Although Meng Dongxue's mother's attitude attracted my attention, Uncle Meng and Meng Xiaomei did not notice her strange reaction. So in the following time, I paid special attention to my words and deeds, and I became a lot more cautious. After dinner, I helped Meng Dongxue's mother wash the dishes in the sink in the corridor. It felt very strange for the two people standing side by side without saying a word. So I started looking for topics to talk to Meng Dongxue’s mother.
I said that Meng Dongxue had always been an active member of the propaganda team when she was in the village. She was very helpful and a very nice little girl... But before I could finish my sentence, Meng Dongxue's mother interrupted me. Then he said to me very politely, "Young man, I know who you are and why you came to my house. Xiaoxue's father doesn't know yet, but I know."
Being robbed by my aunt's words, I was suddenly speechless and didn't know what to say. Apart from my life experience and career, I actually don’t hide anything. So what exactly does the aunt’s words mean? What does “knowing who I am” mean? Do you know my relationship with Meng Dongxue, or do you know that I am a Taoist who lives by the craftsmanship of dead people?
I stopped talking. Although Auntie's tone was very polite, her attitude was still a bit cold. The aunt then told me that our Xiaoxue borrowed a phone from the production team to call me today. She told me that you were actually temporarily living in the house where she jumped in the team. You are not from the village, you are a giver. People catch ghosts and drive away evil spirits.
I was considered hopeless. What I had concealed was suddenly revealed. I began to feel at a loss and became nervous. So I hesitantly said, Auntie, don’t be offended. I was afraid that you would look down on people like me, so I didn’t tell the truth...
Once again, he didn't finish his sentence and was interrupted by his aunt again. She stopped washing the dishes, then looked at me and said, but I didn't understand. In my letter to Xiaoxue, I didn't even mention a word about what happened to our family. How did she know? I was also stunned, so I asked, what do you know? The aunt was also stunned, and then asked, "It's about Xiaoxue's father." I said, didn’t Uncle Meng become depressed and ill because of work problems? Auntie is right, but the reason for all this is because Xiaoxue's father encountered something strange that he couldn't understand!
The more I listened, the more confused I became, so I didn't speak. My aunt asked me doubtfully, "Why, isn't it because of this incident that you came here?" I shook my head and said, I don’t even know what happened, so why is something so weird that I can’t understand? The aunt said that Xiaoxue told me on the phone that you are a Taoist student. This time I asked you to come to my house to help take care of her father. I thought you were here to exorcise him and catch ghosts!
Only now did I understand. It turned out that there was a miscommunication between my aunt and Meng Dongxue on the phone. Meng Dongxue and I were simply here to take care of people, but my aunt felt that it was Meng Dongxue who specifically asked me to exorcise his father's evil spirits and catch ghosts. of. And from the aunt's tone, it seemed that Uncle Meng had really encountered something, and they had also thought that this matter had something to do with ghosts.
This is really a blind cat encountering a dead mouse, what a coincidence. In addition, I have read the letter written by my aunt to Meng Dongxue before. Judging from the words at the end of the article about making screws on the socialist building, etc., my aunt should be a materialist. To them, my identity is just that. They should be considered class enemies. So I quickly told Auntie, you misunderstood. I came here completely unaware of what happened to Uncle Meng, and I came here simply to help. I wouldn’t just say to people that I can exorcise evil spirits and catch ghosts. I also know that in this world, people like us will be ostracized and looked down upon.
After talking about it, I started to feel a little uncomfortable. I felt frustrated, like a hot face against a cold butt, so after saying this, I said nothing and continued to wash the dishes silently. I thought that since I couldn't hide it anymore, I might as well be calm. As for whether the Meng family would like to welcome a magician like me, it was not something I could control. Let everything take its course.
Seeing me continuing to wash the dishes silently, my aunt looked at me for a long time, and then suddenly said to me, young man, can you really catch ghosts? I didn't raise my head or stop what I was doing. I simply replied: "I caught it." Auntie asked me again, do you really think there are ghosts in this world? I didn't stop and continued to whisper. Everyone has different opinions. Personally, I don't think there are ghosts, but I know there are ghosts.
The aunt said, then help me analyze the situation of Xiaoxue's father and see if he really hit a ghost. I replied to my aunt that if you reject and don't believe this from the bottom of your heart, it would be meaningless for you to ask me, because you may not believe the answer I tell you based on my experience.
The aunt was silent for a moment and said, I just believe what you said now, and you should also listen to what I said. I turned off the faucet, put down the dish towel, and looked at my aunt with my hands on my hips. I'm thinking, why should you just believe me? I'm a magician, so I should be inferior to others? But I didn't reveal it. The other person was Meng Dongxue's mother. She didn't look at the monk's face and the Buddha's face, so there was no need to engage in these verbal disputes.
Auntie said to me, you also know that Xiaoxue’s father is depressed because of work, but do you know what the problem is at work? I said I probably knew, it seemed like I was fired. The aunt nodded and said yes, and the reason for firing him was because he told people everywhere in the unit that he saw strange things.
The aunt said that Xiaoxue’s father said that a train hit and killed a person on our section of the railway a while ago. Xiaoxue’s father was at the scene of the accident and he witnessed the entire incident.
My aunt told me that because people here are not very disciplined and there are not many trains here, many people habitually cross the railway tracks when going home or going anywhere. There has never been an accident before. Because there is a station not far from here, no matter whether the train enters or exits, it will inevitably slow down during this period. At this speed, unless it lies on the track intentionally, there will generally be no accidents.
The aunt went on to say that Xiaoxue's father was doing routine maintenance on the railway track that day, and he saw a young man on the opposite side trying to cross the railway from a distance, and the smoke from the locomotive was rising from the far side of the railway track, indicating that a train was passing by. So out of good intentions, Xiaoxue's father told the young man opposite him to run over quickly, the train was coming. But the young man was not walking alone, he was carrying an old man on his back.
The place that was originally only a few meters wide could easily be crossed by the young man at his age, but when he reached the center of the railway, his speed suddenly slowed down. It was as if the weight of an old man was heavy on his back, making it impossible for the young man to walk. But in Xiaoxue's father's opinion, that old man was too skinny to be so heavy. So the young man walked to the middle of the railroad tracks and started to hold his knees with his hands and gasp for air. However, at this time, the train was not far from the young man's location, so Xiaoxue's father became a little anxious and shouted loudly, "Run over here quickly!" The train is coming!
But the young man kept panting and stood there motionless. The aunt said that Xiaoxue's father had been working on the railway tracks for half his life, and he was very experienced and confident in this situation. So he immediately dropped what he was holding and rushed towards the young man, trying to pull him over while the train was still some distance away. But he never thought at that time why this young man suddenly walked to the center of the railway track, his footsteps became heavier, and then he started panting. Xiaoxue's father was in relatively good health, so he quickly ran to the young man's side and stretched out his hand to pull the young man. But as soon as his hand caught the young man, he felt a cold feeling, and the young man's body suddenly became as heavy as a stone. I tried hard several times but couldn't pull it. At this time, Xiaoxue's father anxiously called to the young man to move his steps. He looked up and saw the young man's appearance.
Auntie wiped her hands, crossed her hands on her chest, and even shrugged. I knew that behind this action, it meant that she had thought of something that scared her. This is also what is strange to me. Some people keep saying that they are materialists, but they are scared to death of those ridiculous theories about ghosts and gods.
The aunt went on to say that Xiaoxue's father saw the young man and the young sad old man at that time. Both of them had green skin and blue faces, but their lips were red and black, their eye sockets were sunken, and they had a strange smile that was not a smile. expression, all four eyes staring at him.
At this time, Xiaoxue's father began to realize that something was wrong. Why did these two people look so scary? They must have encountered a ghost. So I wanted to let go of the hand holding the young man, but at this moment, I found that my hand was grabbed by the young man instead.
So Xiaoxue's father began to struggle, but he couldn't break free. His hand that he tried desperately to shake couldn't even pull the young man's arm. Seeing the train getting closer and closer, if he didn't break free, he would probably be hit and killed even if the speed was not fast. In a hurry, Xiaoxue's father retracted his hand into his sleeve, and then quickly took off the other sleeve. At the critical moment, he finally took off his clothes, and then staggered He threw himself backwards and fell on the other side of the railway track. At this moment, the train whizzed past behind him with a huge whistle. If he had been half a second later, he would have become a dead soul under the wheels. .
The aunt stretched out her hand to cover her mouth, looked at the unwashed dishes in the sink, and said with a slightly trembling voice. But when he calmed down and looked back, after the train passed by, he found that The two men, one old and one young, with livid faces, were standing in the middle of the railway tracks, looking at themselves.
