I turned my head suddenly and wanted to tell Zhang Hazi, but I only heard a 'pop', and then there was a pain in my butt.
I hurriedly opened my eyes and realized that I was sitting on the floor of the room. Zhang Hazi was sleeping on the bed next to me. After hearing the sound of me falling into bed, he just turned over and continued to sleep.
Aren’t we still driving to find a hotel? Why are you already staying in the hotel?
I tried hard to recall the scene at that time, and then I remembered that Zhang Hazi and I drove in the direction pointed by the boss and arrived at the hotel not long after, checked in and went to the room to sleep. We didn’t encounter any so-called so-called people along the way. Funeral procession.
Was everything just a dream?
But it shouldn't be, dreams can't be so real.
But if it wasn’t a dream, why did I see the cashier carrying my photo of my body?
Aren’t cashiers still guarding the service area on the highway? How could it appear here? You know, I was not driving slowly this way. No matter how fast that guy was, he couldn't be faster than me. Besides, if he had to change into mourning clothes or something, it would only waste more time.
Also, this is my first time here and no one knows that I exist. Except for the cashier, who would know about me and take my photo in advance?
This was the first time that I couldn't figure out whether what I just experienced was a dream or reality, so I sat under the bed for a while and still didn't come back to my senses.
Until Zhang Hazi sat up and asked me, teacher, if you don't like sleeping on the bed, you can get a big bed room next time. I will sleep on the bed and you will sleep on the floor.
I ignored Zhang Hazi's sarcasm and told Zhang Hazi my previous experience. Because whether I was dreaming about what happened before, Zhang Hazi is the one who has the most say.
After he listened, he asked me, have you been blackmailed by the Six Paths of Reincarnation? After finishing the supper, we went directly to the funeral. Where did we meet the funeral procession?
When I heard Zhang Hazi say this, I was sure that the weird scene just now was probably my dream.
So I smiled and said, let me tell you, no matter how fast the cashier is, he can't be faster than us. Even if you drive faster than me, you will be late and you won’t have time to prepare my portrait.
After saying this, I was about to go to bed, but unexpectedly, Zhang Hazi suddenly stood beside my bed, staring at me with a pair of eyes, saying, tell me, did you just see that cashier?
I nodded and said, yes, and I was still standing at the front of the line, holding my portrait in my hand.
When Zhang Hazi heard this, his expression immediately changed. After three seconds of silence, he fumbled to find his shoes. At the same time, he said to me, "Where did you see this? Take me to see it."
I don't know why Zhang Hazi's face suddenly became so ugly, but looking at him like this, I knew that things were not simple.
So I took his shoes first, then put on my own shoes, picked up the car keys, put them in my pocket and walked out the door.
After getting into the Hummer, according to my memory, I drove to the place where I met the funeral procession for the second time, and then told Zhang Hazi that we have arrived.
After finishing speaking, I briefly described the surrounding situation to Zhang Hazi, and then waited for Zhang Hazi's next words. (Many friends say that my writing skills in describing scenes are very good. The reason is that the more I talk, the better it will come naturally. If possible, I would rather be a novice at writing)
After Zhang Hazi thought for a moment, he told me to go to the late night snack stall and ask if anyone knew the cashier.
I nodded, started the car and drove forward again, and soon arrived at the place where I had eaten late night snacks. However, the late night snack stall was still there, but it was not the stall we ate at before. Instead, there were two or three stalls on both sides of that stall, but the middle one was empty.
Closing the stall so soon? But why are others continuing to set up stalls?
Before I could figure this out, Zhang Hazi said to me, how bold is business now? The number of people is obviously much older than before.
I told Zhang Hazi what I saw. After hearing this, he frowned and then said to me, Ha Tudu, are you looking in the wrong place?
I said, it's impossible. There's just a straight road here. After you get out of the hotel, drive straight ahead. The first place you see for late-night snacks is. It's such a short road. Maybe I remembered it wrong? It should be the boss who closed the stall in advance.
But it doesn't matter, he closed the stall and there were others there, so he asked them the same thing.
But Zhang Hazi said to me with a serious face, "Hazui, this is not a question of closing the stalls in advance or not, but we have been here before, why didn't we see other late-night snack stalls?"
When I heard this, my nerves tensed up instantly, and then I froze on the spot.
I remember that after I saw the night-falling coins, I looked around carefully, so I was very sure that he was the only late-night snack stall nearby, and there were other diners in the stall. Apart from this, there are absolutely no other late night food stalls.
I glanced at Zhang Hazi and found that his face was getting more and more ugly. I said, it's okay, maybe it was because the other bosses hadn't come out yet at that time.
Zhang Hazi shook his head and said, just ask him and you will know, but I have a very bad feeling.
I asked him what his premonition was, but he didn't reply to me. He just shook his head and motioned for me to get out of the car and ask the boss.
Zhang Hazi and I got off the car one after the other and walked to the late night snack stall next to us. As a result, before I opened my mouth, I saw the boss looked obviously startled when he saw me and Zhang Hazi, and then I saw him looking at me and Zhang Hazi up and down with complicated eyes.
I asked, do you know us?
The boss shook his head and asked me, are you Zhu Dabiao's relatives from other places?
Let me tell you, no, why do you ask?
He said, if not, why did you come so late to offer incense to him?
Incense?
Where to start?
The boss said that you had been here an hour ago. You didn't say anything after you arrived. You went directly to the place where Zhu Dabiao had set up his stall before he was alive, lit three incense sticks and stuck them on the ground. Then you squatted there and stared at the fragrance.
Wait until the incense is half burned before you drive away. I thought you were Zhu Dabiao's relatives and came here from afar to see him off on his last journey. Since it's not the case, why are you squatting there and burning incense? Is he coming back now?
The boss's words made my scalp numb and goosebumps appeared all over my body.
Let me tell you, boss, it’s not funny to make this kind of joke late at night. We are obviously here to have supper, when did we burn incense?
After I said this, I saw that the boss's face turned pale. He hurriedly looked at the empty stall next to him, then jumped over the empty stall and looked at the stall next door.
I followed his line of sight and found that the stall owner was also looking over here, and his expression was not much better than the owner's expression.
To be honest, their expressions really scared me. Because even the best actor cannot change his face in such a short period of time. Unless, they are really scared.
In order to prove that I did come here for late-night snacks, I recalled the appearance of the previous boss, and then told him that the previous boss was not tall, very strong, shirtless, and had a beer belly. It was very big, covered in sweat and shiny.
I originally planned to prove that what I saw was a human being, but as soon as I said this, I saw that the boss in front of me started to sweat on his head. At the stall not far away, the boss just sat down on the ground, knocking over the pot with the spoon in his hand.
Their reaction scared me again. I asked the boss, is there such a person in your town? Maybe this person occupied Zhu Dabiao's stall in your mouth, but you hadn't left the stall at that time, so you didn't know.
Although this reason cannot explain why Zhang Hazi and I squatted on the ground to smell the fragrance, it at least gave me some comfort in knowing that I had indeed been eating late-night snacks.
But the voice of the boss in front of him began to tremble. He said that there is indeed a person like this in our town, and he is Zhu Dabiao. However, he was very thin when he was alive and did not suffer from a beer belly. But after he fell into the river and soaked for five days and five nights, his whole body swelled into a fat man and his belly was as bulging as a black man.
Did Zhu Dabiao die of drowning?
He wasn't that fat when he was alive. What I saw was that he was swollen with blisters after he died? !
No wonder his beer belly was swollen like that. It turned out that he choked after drowning and didn't know how much water got in! No wonder he always looked wet. I thought it was because it was too hot in the summer, but I didn't expect it was the water from the river!
After the boss finished telling me, he kept looking at the open space next to him. Not only him, but also the guests who came to eat were frequently looking at the open space.
I originally wanted to prove myself, but I didn't expect that it would only become more and more black.
Suddenly, an idea flashed through me, I put my hand into my pocket, and while flipping through it, I said, the boss gave me change before, and he said that you don’t have a QR code to collect payments here, so you only accept cash.
After I finished speaking, I just took out my change, handed it to the boss, spread it out, and then...
Not only him, but also me was completely stunned.
Because the pieces of paper in my hand, no matter where the change is, are clearly the coins of the Bank of Heaven and Earth printed on them!
The boss in front of me was completely frightened. When his wife saw this, she rushed out from behind, pushed me away, pointed at my nose and scolded me, what kind of people are you, late at night? Are black people having fun here? If you dare to come again, believe it or not, I will ask people to beat you to death?
After saying that, she didn't even listen to my excuse and started to clear away the things on the stall. At the same time, she asked the customers who hadn't finished eating to eat quickly because they were about to close the stall.
With her making such a fuss, the guests, who had been listening to the excitement, were still thinking about eating. They all took out their mobile phones and asked the landlady to settle the bill.
The sound of money arriving in your account can be heard all the time.
There is no need to use QR code for payment. It is obvious that Zhu Dabiao and I are separated by yin and yang. There is no QR code for payment in the yang world!
I was completely shocked, and the boss behind the late-night snack stall was also dumbfounded. He stood there motionless.
Watching the diners leaving one after another, I remembered what Zhu Dabiao had said to me before, so I hurriedly shouted to the crowd, do you guys in your town always send people up the mountain in the middle of the night?
As soon as the words came out, I didn't know who it was, but I heard a voice coming from the dark night. It came to your house in the middle of the night. Do you want to cut off your descendants?
It seems that the custom of not allowing funerals at midnight also applies here. As for why Zhu Dabiao lied to me, I don’t know. I can't even figure out why I went to its late-night snack stall to eat.
While the landlady was cleaning up, I remembered the purpose of my visit, so I took out my mobile phone, pulled out the photos I had taken in the expressway service area, shamelessly handed them to the landlady, took a look at them, and asked her, do you guys like this? Is there anyone like this on the internet?
I saw the proprietress' whole body visibly shaking after seeing this photo, and then she turned to look at me with a horrified face and said, have you seen him?
Let me tell you, I’ve seen it in the expressway service area before; I’ve also seen it on the way to the hotel after a late-night snack.
As for him holding my portrait, I didn't say anything. I'm afraid that if I tell them, they will be even more scared.
But obviously my worries were unnecessary, because I found that after I told the cashier that I had seen the cashier, the lady boss collapsed to the ground. In the end, several bosses nearby came over and helped her up.
I asked them why the landlady was so frightened, and they almost said in unison that this person died more than ten years ago! Every once in a while, he would come out and harm people, and he was the one who killed Zhu Dabiao!
After saying that, they closed the stall as quickly as possible and were all gone in a short time.
The straight street was deserted, except for Zhang Hazi and I, like homeless ghosts!
A gust of wind passed by, and Zhang Hazi suddenly spoke, saying, Ha Tu Tu, I don't know if it's right or not, but I have a hunch that the Chen Si Qing Di incident is probably just a bait, and you are the real target of that guy.
I didn't know how to respond, so I could only smile awkwardly, and then pretend to be relaxed and say, "You are overthinking, so it shouldn't be serious."
But Zhang Hazi stared at the empty street in front of him and said with an extremely solemn expression, "Haha, what happened five years ago may not be over yet."
Before I could recover from Zhang Hazi's words, I saw pieces of local paper money with money stamps floating down from the sky. And at the dark end of the street, a funeral procession slowly walked towards us amidst the long and strange sound of suona...
