Chapter Thirteen Jade Pendant(1/2)
At that time, the boss's community had not yet been built, and Lao Chu had not yet started working as a garbage collector, but he was still dressed very simply. The boss chose the angle of the photo very well, and captured Lao Chu's entire expression.
I can see that Lao Chu really likes that piece of jade pendant. This also makes me more curious and even slightly unbalanced. This is obviously my home, why can you secretly sell it?
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Of course, what surprised us even more was that Lao Chu was actually involved in this matter. The boss continued: "I originally found someone to follow him for a few days, but he didn't go into any jewelry and antique stores.
Gradually, this matter became clear. Later, Yang Hui accidentally told me that he still had several pieces of such jade pendants. They were all found in the dry well of the old house and were looked at by experts. Although they were a few years old,
, but it wasn’t anything valuable. He also sold one or two yuan to others and kept one piece for himself. I felt relieved when he said this. Maybe he was too busy, and in the end he didn’t give this person’s photo to me.
delete."
When the boss said this, he gradually began to show panic on his face. It seemed that what he was going to say next was a terrible thing. My heart couldn't help but ask, "What happened next?"
The look of fear on the boss's face became more and more serious, and he whispered: "Yang Hui called me a few days ago and said that he was hit by evil spirits. There must be something weird in that old house, and he asked me to return the jade pendant to him.
I went to find that person's workplace, but everyone said that he had quit his job a long time ago and no one knew where he was. I had no choice but to tell Yang Hui the truth. When Yang Hui heard my words, his face looked as desperate as if he had seen a ghost.
, insisted that I accompany him to this old house for a walk, and even said that he would bring something to show me. As a result, I mistakenly thought that you were here to collect debts, and I only had time to say a few words to Yang Hui that day before leaving in a hurry.
Well, the result is like this, Yang Hui is really evil."
This time it was Erliang who spoke. He seemed to ask urgently: "What did Yang Hui say to you?"
The boss said: "He said that he saw many, many wells. Whenever he closed his eyes every day, he saw the wells. The mouth of the well was dark and faint, and he didn't know how deep it was. He...he said...every time he saw a well.
I can hear a voice coming from the bottom of the well." The boss even started to tremble, curled up into a ball, and his eyes turned around, as if the well would appear next to him at any time.
My lips felt dry and my throat began to hurt, because I had seen such a well in the house. I swallowed hard and asked: "What is the sound?"
The boss shivered and hugged the quilt tighter. He stared at the quilt tightly and did not dare to raise his head: "Yang Hui said that what he heard was a woman's voice. Every time he heard her say
:'Come back and see me!'"
Erliang and I instantly became solemn. I think my face must have been very pale at this time, because I have received such text messages more than once, and I have also seen such a well.
Everyone was silent. Erliang and I were shocked. The boss saw that our faces were wrong and didn’t know how to speak. Finally, Erliang broke the deadlock: "How did you hit the railing that day? I went to see it on site. It was so wide.
It's a road, and it's not a turning point, so there shouldn't be any accidents."
Mentioning the car accident, the boss's face turned even paler, and he said in a trembling voice: "It's a well, it's that well!"
Erliang and I looked at each other: "Speak slowly and in detail."
That day, the boss mistakenly thought that Erliang and I were here to collect debts, so he drove away in a hurry before Yang Hui could finish talking to him. Both of us were worried along the way. After we left the city, the traffic on the road gradually became less and less.
The speed of the car gradually increased, and at this moment Yang Hui suddenly shouted: "Be careful about that well!"
The boss was startled. He cheered up and took a look. Sure enough, there was a well on the road ahead. He had walked this road countless times. He had never seen such a well before, let alone one in the middle of the road. This was
It was absolutely impossible to happen. Thinking of what Yang Hui said to him, I couldn't help but feel nervous and wanted to turn the car around and go back.
But in just an instant, the well disappeared in front of him. The boss blinked and found that it was indeed invisible. He looked back at Yang Hui. Yang Hui's face was pale, which looked even more scary in the dark night. He waved his hand.
Said: "Let's go, it's okay."
The car continued to move forward. According to Yang Hui, he often encountered this situation. The boss had made up his mind never to contact Yang Hui again. The two were silent in the car. Yang Hui suddenly said "Huh" and the boss asked:
"What's wrong?"
Yang Hui touched the edge of his clothes, his expression became extremely grim, and he said, "I dropped something, maybe it was torn off by that person."
The boss asked: "What is it? Is it important?" He was most worried that Yang Hui asked him to drive back to look for it. You must know that at that time, he thought Erliang and I were thugs who came to collect debts.
Fortunately, Yang Hui did not mention this request. He just remained silent for a moment and said, "I found another old house, which is exactly the same as the one I demolished."
The boss shuddered. The jade pendant he picked up in an old house had already caused so many things, but Yang Hui found another one, and it was exactly the same. He turned to look at Yang Hui: "You... didn't move.
Is it?"
Yang Hui shook his head and said nothing. After a long time, he sighed and said, "I... saw something there."
At this time, the boss just wanted to get Yang Hui to his destination as soon as possible, and then go home alone and never contact him again. He was so scared that he didn't dare to ask Yang Hui what he saw.
At this moment, the boss exclaimed and saw another well appearing in front of him, and this well was bigger than the one he had seen before. He could even see the depth inside the wellhead from the car, as if he was about to take the car.
It's like the car was swallowed up.
The boss was about to slam on the brakes when he was suddenly pushed. Yang Hui next to him unbuckled his seat belt and snatched the steering wheel from him. He rushed towards the well with a look of despair. In an instant, the boss heard
I heard a voice ring in my ear: "Come back and see me."
When he wakes up again, he will be in the hospital. Of course there won't be a well on the road. The boss has also passed a blood test and is not drinking. But only Erliang and I will believe what he says.
I asked: "Did Yang Hui tell you where the new old house he discovered is?" At this time, we all knew that these photos were taken from the newly discovered old house that Yang Hui said.
I must go and see that old house, even if it weren't for the fact that I had also seen a well before.
The boss thought for a while and reported a place name. Erliang and I were stunned. This place name was so familiar. We were planning to go to that place to have a look, because it was exactly the same as the postmark on the two mysterious letters signed by Chu Jiangshan.
After saying these words, the boss obviously felt a little better, and the look on his face relaxed a lot. Seeing that Erliang and I couldn't ask any more questions, we comforted him for a few words and prepared to leave. When we walked to the door, Erliang
Suddenly he turned around and asked: "Boss Sun, do you still remember what that jade pendant looks like?"
The boss thought for a while and said: "It is a rectangular piece with a peony flower carved on it."
In an instant, I noticed that Erliang's face was as pale as snow.
I always felt that Erliang was hiding something from me. Now that I saw his changes, I became more convinced. He should have seen such a jade pendant, but I didn’t ask him. If he was willing to tell me, he would naturally tell me.
, if he doesn’t want to say it, he will say he doesn’t know if I ask him. In that case, why embarrass everyone?
After walking out of the hospital, I told Erliang that I wanted to visit that place. Erliang was afraid that he would not be able to take such a long vacation, so he asked me to go first. He could come over to meet me on his day off. I thought about it and agreed.
, Anyway, I am a free person, so there are not so many inconveniences. Erliang took out a card from his pocket and handed it to me and said, "It's the same password. You need money when you go out, so take it with you."
Erliang has helped me a lot over the years. When I saw him bringing money again, I didn't refuse, but a very warm feeling surged in my heart. Yes, Erliang was hiding something from me, but so what.
So, wasn’t there something I was hiding from him? I really wanted to tell Erliang everything I knew, but Erliang obviously misunderstood what I meant. When he saw my lips moving, he waved his hands repeatedly: “Don’t be like Qiong Yao.
It disgusts me like that in the show."
I smiled at him and stopped talking. Some things were the same whether I said them or not. As long as our friendship remained unchanged, it was enough. I said, "Then I'll get ready first."
Erliang nodded and broke up with me. I didn't go to the house that Erliang left for me. I still had a very important place to go, which was my own home. I wanted to ask about the situation of my father's old house.
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Although in the eyes of my parents I was a son who failed to live up to his expectations and did not do his job properly, they were still very happy to see me come home. My mother was busy preparing food and drinks, and my father chatted with me wordlessly, trying not to mention anything that would make each other unhappy.
Despite this, I can still hear my father's care for me from these very unnutritious nonsense. Maybe men are like this, and they are always used to expressing their emotions in some nonsense.
While drinking wine, I asked my dad: "Dad, have our ancestors always lived here? Or did they move here from somewhere else?" In fact, I know that the old house has a history of hundreds of years, and I don't expect to be able to inherit it from my father.
What news do you hear from your mouth? After all, the difference between hundreds of years and decades is too big.
Dad took a sip of wine and said, "It's not from the local area originally. It's been hundreds of years since we moved here."
I didn't expect my father to answer so surely, so I hurriedly asked: "How do you know?"
"I saw our family's genealogy when I was young." Dad said to me. I was overjoyed and was about to ask where the genealogy was, but my next words made my heart freeze again: "But the genealogy was created during the Cultural Revolution.
It was burned when."
Not giving up, I gritted my teeth, reported the name of the place Yang Hui mentioned, and asked, "Did you move from here?"
Dad thought for a while, shook his head and said, "I can't remember. Besides, how could the place names from hundreds of years ago be exactly the same as the place names now?"
I thought about the same truth, but I still didn’t give up and asked again: “Since you were a child, have you ever felt there was anything weird in the old house?”
Dad glared at me: "What's weird? The weirdest thing is that I gave birth to such a weird thing like you. Every day I write and write books with unrealistic ideas. Let me see what you can write!"
Why don't you find a good job, get married and have children?"
According to my experience, my mother should come out to smooth things over at this time, otherwise the dinner will turn into an ideological and political education class and everyone will break up unhappy.
Sure enough, my mother rushed out of the kitchen when she heard my father's loud voice, and shouted even louder than my father: "Why are you making such a fuss? My son has finally come back, why can't he have a quiet meal?"
Every time my mother appeared on the scene, my father would definitely wilt, and it was the same this time. He muttered: "I'm spoiled by you." He ignored us and drank alone.
My mother held my hand and said earnestly: "Arui, you are not young anymore..." I have heard these words countless times, and the calluses in my ears have grown and fallen off.
, I silently said the second half of the sentence for my mother: "It's time to find a girlfriend and get married. Your dad and I are waiting to have grandchildren."
My mother really did not disappoint me. The lines have not changed at all over the years, but she added a sentence at the end: "This time your second aunt next door introduced you to a girl. Although she is from outside, she is really good-looking. I
I originally planned to have you come back and take a look in the next two days."
"The second aunt next door", such a familiar line, I said helplessly: "Mom, can you not watch so many Qiong Yao movies and TVB dramas next time? If you want to watch it, you should also remember the most important sentence, 'Be a human being.
,The most important thing is to be happy'."
My mother didn't hear my teasing, and said seriously: "It's true, your second aunt is in this business. She said that this girl came to her door by herself and asked her to help introduce a partner, and she also brought me a photo.
It’s here, just wait for me to take a look at it.”
"Okay, okay." I was afraid of my mother and chose to surrender. My mother happily went into the room to get the photos. I looked at my father who was drinking and raised the glass and touched it in front of him.
Dad looked up at me, raised the cup and took a sip. I knew that he was barely angry with me anymore.
Taking advantage of this rare opportunity to repair the problem, I quickly asked the question in my mind: "Dad, do you think there are only dozens of people in our old house, why do we need to dig so many wells?"
Dad was stunned for a moment. Apparently he had never thought about this question. He scratched his head and didn't know how to answer. I knew he couldn't get the answer from him, so I had to ask the next question: "What happened to those dry wells?"
To be continued...