In the dark alley where the drizzle was blowing, a mother and son came from a distance.The mother was carrying a broken flower umbrella, and the child looked to be only six or seven years old, and it was the time of mischief, he carried his schoolbag and deliberately jumped into the water.The mud splashed on the cuffs of his trousers, and the mother didn't scold him when she saw it, but just took him by the hand and walked quickly towards the small restaurant."
Middle-aged men are waiting for them?
This mother and son look normal. ”I used my judgment eye to find nothing yin or unclean in them."
Why are you only coming back now?
School ended at five o'clock, and it's past eight o'clock now!
”The restaurant owner's solemn expression was finally relieved, he extinguished his cigarette, and walked out in the rain."
Isn't it your precious son who is causing trouble?
I fought with someone, and I almost poked someone in the eye, so I said that I lost money in the end before I let them go. ”When I entered the store, the mother was embarrassed to lose her temper when she saw me present, but her face was not very good-looking."
Fighting again?"
The shopkeeper glared at the child, "How many times this month?"
Can't you let your parents save some snacks?
Come here!
”"I didn't fight with anyone, he was pushed down by others, he was ...... by a sister" "Still talking nonsense?"
Without giving the little boy a chance to defend himself, the mother interrupted: "The teachers and classmates all said that you were with others at that time, and you should make it up like you, it is better to say that he fell by himself!"
”She seemed to have a headache for disciplining the child, and rubbed her eyebrows: "Such a sharp branch, just two or three centimeters short of poking the eyeball, if you really want to poke the blind, our family can only sell the house to pay for it!"
”The more the mother spoke, the more angry she became, and she pulled off the boy's bag and threw it aside: "You stand up for me!"
Standing without standing or not, doing or not, are you boneless?
”The woman taught the child a lesson, but the middle-aged man did not interject, he wiped the raindrops from his hair with a towel: "How much money did you pay to others in the end?"
”"More than three thousand.""
Three thousand?!
The eyes are fine, and you still have to pay so much?
”The middle-aged man's voice suddenly became louder, and he twisted the child's arm: "Little rabbit, your parents are almost exhausted, and you still give us nothing to do every day!"
”"I really didn't push it, I saw a branch on the ground, so I went over and wanted to remind him, you don't believe me......"
The boy didn't know if he was scared, or if he was twisted too much by the middle-aged man, his eyes were full of tears, and he was about to cry."
Boss, it's natural for children to be naughty, the more naughty a child is when he is a child, the smarter and more promising he will be when he grows up."
I opened my mouth to persuade me, but I remembered what the child had just said.The boy said that the victim was pushed down by an older sister, but the teachers and classmates only saw the boy and the victim alone.I've been secretly observing the boy's reactions, and with a discerning eye, I'm able to pinpoint a person's inner turmoil through the slightest change in expression on a human face, and the little boy doesn't seem to be lying.On the other hand, if the boy hadn't lied, the whole thing would have been more terrifying."
Children can't be taught, it's too skinny."
The middle-aged man smiled embarrassedly at me, patted the boy on the head, and asked the woman to take him into the house."
You can't educate your children too bluntly, you have to reason with them."
I had something on my mind, and I said it casually."
You don't see any children, this little rabbit cub is skinned, I can't wait to kill him."
The middle-aged man lit another cigarette, walked to the door of the store, closed the door, and held it against the board."
Boss, it's only past eight o'clock, and you're going to close?"
No one is left behind on a rainy night, our custom here."
The middle-aged man saw that I was puzzled, and took the initiative to explain: "That is, on rainy nights, you should close the door early, and do not leave strangers overnight, for fear of some bad things to shelter from the rain, and then stay in the house and not leave." ”"What age are you, and you still believe this?"
I bowed my head and munched on the food, but my heart was beating a drum."
It's better to walk a lot at night, so it's better to believe it.""
Then what other customs do you have, I just arrived in Jinghai, and I'm afraid of accidentally violating your taboos."
I said it very sincerely, and the shopkeeper didn't think much about it, and said casually: "It's all small things, like don't ride a dog, don't put your sleeping shoes in the same direction......
By the way, there's one thing you really need to pay attention to. ”As he spoke, he suddenly became serious, and stretched out his hand and pointed to the black umbrella next to my seat: "It's better not to go out with a black umbrella." ”"What's the point?"
I thought it was strange that when I was in the hotel just now, the middle-aged woman almost refused to let me stay at the hotel because I was holding a black umbrella."
You really want to know?"
There were no customers in the store except me, and the boss closed the door and had nothing to do, so he simply lit a cigarette and sat down not far from me: "The rainy season in Jinghai City is very long, and every family has umbrellas, but there are many things about umbrellas."
Some people think that the umbrella was made by Lu Banye, which can ward off evil spirits and drive away ghosts, but some people say that the umbrella gathers yin, and dirty things will hide under the umbrella.Do you have a similar custom in your hometown, the old people don't let their children open umbrellas at home, saying that they don't grow taller is a lie, and playing umbrellas at home will hook out the dirty things that are hidden. ”It's the first time I've heard what the shopkeeper said, so I rubbed my head: "What does this have to do with the black umbrella?"
”"You young man is really curious, I'll explain it to you today, but don't talk nonsense when you go out."
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The shopkeeper took a puff of his cigarette and looked at the smoke ring: "A few years ago, there was a strange thing outside the gate, every rainy night, there would be a woman with a black umbrella wandering in the alley.At first, no one cared, but after a while, it was said that a drunk ghost saw that the woman was slender and wanted to flirt with others, and guess what?
”"I can't guess, you hurry up."
I didn't even bother to eat, so I listened intently.The drunken man was fascinated and hugged the woman with the black umbrella directly from behind, the woman's body was very cold, her skin was slippery, and her long black hair was tied into a big braid.The drunken man put his arms around the woman's thin waist, and at first he felt that he had taken a big advantage, and when he was about to stretch his hand into the woman's clothes, the woman slowly turned her head. ”The shopkeeper's hand holding the cigarette was trembling slightly: "He saw the most terrifying picture in his life, the woman had no face, and she also had a big braid on her head when she turned around!"
”I gasped and drank the tea leaves on the table, which were cooled at some point: "Braids on both sides?
No face?
”"Nope.""
You're talking too much, it's like being there."
My expression was so calm that it was impossible for outsiders to know what was going on in my heart at this time."
Why don't you believe it?
The next day, the body of the drunk man was found in the alley, it doesn't matter if you don't believe me, you can check this case on the Internet, anyway, it hasn't been solved yet. ”The shopkeeper glanced out the window: "Later, many people had seen the woman on rainy days, so we usually don't go out on rainy nights." ”"It sounds scary, but after coming to your Jinghai, I found out that my hometown is still comfortable."
I said with a slight sigh."
Young people have to go outside and venture more, and there are more opportunities in big cities."
The boss smiled and handed me another cigarette.After I lit it, I asked casually while checking out: "They all say that the big city is good, but when I first came to Jinghai, you made up stories to scare me, and there was a taxi driver who told me that Jinghai can go anywhere, but there is only a place called the pig cage apartment that you can't go, you say it's not ridiculous, how can there be an apartment that names itself a pig cage ......"
While speaking, I was also paying attention to the change in the shop owner's expression, when I said the pig cage apartment, his fingers holding a cigarette seemed to spasm.
He moved unnaturally."
Brother, is this pig cage apartment really told you by a taxi driver?
Do you have a grudge against him?
”The shopkeeper's voice was much lowered, and I didn't know what he was afraid of."
There's no big hatred, he's a black car driver, and he overcharged me one or two hundred, and I still suffered."
I asked, "Listen to you, does Jinghai really have a pig cage apartment?"
”"Yes, the pig cage apartment is just outside the gate."
The shopkeeper's voice quickly returned to normal, "Jinghai was a foreign concession a few decades ago, and then the war broke out, and the surrounding refugees wanted to take refuge in the foreign concession, and they flocked to it, and in order to settle the increasing number of refugees, the concession built a 'pig cage' apartment. ”I frowned, "I seem to understand why it's called the Pig Pen." ”"You still don't understand."
The shopkeeper glanced at the food on the table and thought for a while before saying, "Actually, the real name of that place is called Longchang Community, and it can be regarded as saving many people in the war."
There is nothing wrong with the house itself, but when the war broke out, natural and man-made disasters caused many people to have enough to eat. ”"Eat?"
I raised my eyebrows, thinking of something very bad."
Well, that's why it's called the Pig Cage Apartment."
The cigarette ash fell to the ground unconsciously, and the shopkeeper looked at the sky outside: "It's not early, you hurry back to the place where you live after eating, it's dark, don't run around." ”After settling the bill, the shopkeeper had not yet given change, and his wife suddenly walked out of the back room with her mobile phone and beckoned to him.The two ran to the back kitchen together to answer the phone and whispered something.The couple were mysterious, and I wasn't going to bother, so I got up silently, originally wanting to leave, but I found something very interesting when I swept my eyes casually.The door to the back room was ajar, and the woman didn't close it tightly when she came out, so I could see the scene inside from my vantage point.The boy, who was six or seven years old, knelt at the base of the wall, his eyes fixed in a certain direction, and his mouth was talking from time to time, as if he were talking to someone."
A man talking to himself?"
I touched the ghost ring and got up and walked towards the house, the owner of the shop was nice, and I wouldn't mind helping him if it was convenient.Gently pushing the door open, I followed the little boy's gaze, and there was only a broken flower umbrella that was stretched open.