To be on the safe side, before going out in the evening, I put on the Taomu Sword on my back, and Chen Jiayan’s backpack was a little more bulging than usual.
Ji Canghai followed behind without saying a word, still fiddling with the half of the hemp rope in his hand.
When we arrived at the funeral street, my heart beat faster and faster, and I had a vague premonition of something bad.
I said to Ji Canghai behind me: "Don't be impulsive for a while, and don't start fighting at every turn."
However, there was no response from behind.
I looked back and saw him standing at the corner of the street, groping for something in his pockets.
Chen Jiayan and I looked at each other and then turned back.
I took a closer look and saw a little beggar squatting on the street. Ji Canghai stood face to face with him.
He was holding a hundred-dollar bill, his joints were slightly white, and there was a trace of embarrassment on his face.
I asked suspiciously: "What are you doing?"
Ji Canghai shook the money in his hand: "He didn't have any change to ask me for."
His voice was very quiet, but you could still hear the embarrassment.
After a pause, he came close to me again and whispered, "After buying the cemetery, I have no money left."
"But look at him, how pitiful he is."
I made him laugh and cry, asking for change from a beggar. This was the first time I had ever heard of it.
I looked around and there was no cash on me.
"Tsk."
Ji Canghai stamped his feet, leaned over and put the money directly into the beggar's bowl: "It's all for you."
After saying that, he turned around and left, but the pain on his face was obvious.
Chen Jiayan pursed her lips and snickered a few times: "He is quite interesting."
Boss Wang's funeral shop lit up lanterns early, and there were rows of paper pricks on the front teeth. Men, women and children, all dressed in colorful clothes.
At a glance, it is indeed a bit eye-catching.
Ji Canghai looked at the paper man in front of the door, his feet stopped, and his face didn't look so good.
"For a moment, no matter what happens, don't be impulsive."
Ji Canghai looked startled, then nodded slowly.
Chen Jiayan opened the door first and walked in slowly.
As soon as I looked up after entering the door, I was so scared that I trembled all over.
The dwarf was wearing a red cloth shirt, sitting cross-legged on the counter, twisting rosary beads in his hands as big as a baby, and looking at the door with his head tilted.
Chen Jiayan pretended to be calm and took the lead in saying hello: "Boss Wang."
"Are you bringing outsiders here again?"
He raised his eyebrows, obviously unhappy.
Chen Jiayan quickly explained: "No, no, no, you misunderstood, these are all our own people."
Boss Wang grinned and looked me up and down: "So, you guys are together?"
"Yes Yes Yes."
Boss Wang put the rosary beads on his nose and rubbed it, tilted his head and looked at me: "Is it difficult for you to invite me?"
"No no……"
I quickly said it, but I always felt that it sounded a bit awkward.
He didn't respond, so he picked up the remote control in his hand and pressed it lightly.
"Click..."
The rolling shutter door and window shutters behind me slowly lowered until they were completely closed.
The whole room seemed to have become a prison.
I vaguely feel that we are trapped animals in a cage.
Ji Canghai suddenly stood forward. I stretched out my hand to block him back, and kept giving him looks.
Immediately, I glanced at the counter: "Boss Wang, what do you mean?"
"It's not interesting. Let me introduce you to some friends."
After saying that, he moved, jumped down from the counter, straddled his bow legs, and staggered into the room.
Sure enough, tonight is not an easy matter.
I looked back at the big locked iron door, and felt calmer.
No matter what lies ahead, whether it's a dragon's pool or a tiger's den, you have to try it!
Before leaving, I squeezed Ji Canghai gently and asked in a low voice.
"What's wrong with you? Why do you want to do it again?"
Ji Canghai lowered his head and looked at his fists: "I'm sorry, I, I have a conditioned reflex."
"What's the meaning?"
"oops."
Ji Canghai put his hands in his pockets: "I'll tell you when I get back."
I sighed slightly and said, "You are at the back and I am at the front, sandwiching her in the middle."
He nodded vigorously, with a vague feeling of subverting his merits.
"Okay, okay! Don't worry. Nothing will go wrong!"
The three of us walked in with Boss Wang. The room was dark without any light.
If Boss Wang hadn't been holding a flashlight, I might have stepped on him.
Although my vision was poor, I could feel how small this space was with the touch of my hands.
I pulled at my collar, feeling vaguely cramped...
