Chapter 29: Age
The Chinese New Year is coming soon. [,ka~/My cousin returned to his hometown and said that someone asked his second uncle to look at the cemetery and prepare for the relocation. He went back to help. Anyway, it was only a 40-minute drive and he would only go back for a few days.
Already.
My mother and I took the baby to buy New Year's goods together. I know that it is not easy to be haunted during the New Year. After all, many things during the New Year are meant to ward off evil spirits. The couplets posted on the door, the words "Fu" and so on. But before the New Year, it was
It is an easy day to encounter ghosts. Because many ghosts also look for substitutes at this time, go home to celebrate the New Year, have dinner, and collect children and grandchildren to show their respect. If you look at normal days, there are more car accidents before the New Year, and there are more people dead.
So before I went out to buy New Year's goods, I hung peach stones on the front and back of the car.
There were a lot of cars on the road. My mother was sitting in the back seat with her child in her arms. I drove the car and slowed down. Our community is located in the suburbs, and there are no restrictions here. Some large trucks still go this way.
My car was following a refrigerated truck, and there were large trucks on the left and right. It was as difficult as it was to drive. Girls who have ever driven a car would worry about this. Our car was small and short. The big truck was beside us.
It affects your vision very much and makes you nervous.
So I drove very slowly. There was a "click" sound, and I looked at the shaking peach stone pendant. It was a peach stone with a red pendant that I hung on the rearview mirror, or my cousin was at home and had nothing to do to help.
I made them. He only made a few, and he also used my grandfather's rope-tying technique. I tried to learn from him. Sorry, I didn't learn it.
Handwork has never been my strong point.
I frowned as I looked at the shaking peach core. I was driving so slowly and didn't brake suddenly. Why was it shaking?
I reached out and grabbed the peach core and stabilized it. I was thinking to myself, when can I get farther away from these big trucks.
The light was red, and the car stopped. There were a few more "clicks". I looked at the peach core, why was the car still shaking even when it stopped? The peach core warded off evil spirits, maybe it had encountered something.
My heart became nervous and I wanted to rush out when the light turned green. So I stepped on the accelerator and kissed the rear of the refrigerated truck in front of me.
Uh... something happened. My mother complained that I was not paying attention while driving, while comforting the baby. I think this is entirely my own responsibility. The car in front did not go away, so I rear-ended the car.
But the truck driver came down and apologized to me again and again. I was still baffled. I got out of the car and called my brother. Even if I were capable, when this kind of thing happens, I would call my brother immediately.
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The traffic police came over soon. The truck driver said that he started, but suddenly stopped, and the car behind him caught up. Since he said so, I couldn't tell, so I stepped on the accelerator nervously.
It was soon determined that it was a private matter. The truck driver paid for it. But he asked for insurance coverage, and if the insurance didn't cover it, he covered it all.
Since they were easy to talk to, I was also easy to talk to. My brother came over and called the insurance company, and we waited on the side of the road for the insurance company to come and take photos. Fortunately, the road was relatively wide and there was no traffic jam because of us.
Since the matter was resolved smoothly and there were no conflicts, my brother handed the truck driver a cigarette and started chatting. But I saw that the truck driver’s hands were shaking when he took the cigarette. He exhaled loudly from time to time.
, seemed very nervous.
After all, I felt that the car accident was my fault. I don’t need to pay for it now, so I’d better be a good person. I said, “Brother, if you don’t have too much money, the insurance will come later and you’ll just have to pay for it. Then the rest will be done.”
I can just pay for it myself. It probably won’t cost much.” It’s just that the car was hit, the front hood was scratched, and the front protection bar was crooked. It only costs more than a thousand in total. Even if the insurance is reduced, it probably won’t be used.
How much? In fact, it's more than a thousand, which may not be enough for someone else's insurance claim limit.
The driver smiled at me: "It's okay, it's okay. I delayed you."
That was really a ridiculous smile, as ugly as it is. My baby also got out of the car, and he and my mother were watching ants in the green belt nearby. I looked at my car, and I could still see it from the outside.
Look at the peach stone shaking on the rearview mirror. It's even parked and turned off, so why is it still shaking? There can't really be anything there.
My brother was chatting with the driver and talked about the cargo he was hauling this time. He said he was hauling wine.
My brother was surprised, why do you use a refrigerated truck to pull wine? It took a long time. The driver said that the truck had no electricity and was not refrigerated. It was used as a truck.
When the insurance came, the driver also borrowed a phone. I saw that he was really nervous. He spoke very quietly and took a few steps away from us, so I don’t know what he said before. But his last words
That sentence is: "You must at least tell me where you drank this wine? Who gave it to you? Aren't you going to kill me?"
The phone seemed to have been hung up. He, a grown man, squatted on the ground and started crying. My brother went to communicate with the insurance company, and I didn’t know how to comfort him. When my brother came over, I looked at him and said
: "Brother, it's okay. You can go. I know the insurance guy well. Ask the repair shop to open more bills, and then you can fully reimburse me. It's not easy for you to make money as the Chinese New Year is about to come."
But the driver was still squatting on the ground crying. My brother was also in a dilemma. I asked: "You helped others pull goods. Didn't you ask who you were pulling the goods to and who signed for it before you set off?"
When the driver heard my question, he sniffed and said, "They gave me 20,000 yuan to make this trip. They said they would tell me who to pick up on the way. I thought it would only take four days, one round trip."
I agreed."
"Then they don't want the goods anymore?"
"I don't know, there's something wrong with this thing..."
My brother said: "If there is a problem, just open the police station. Then it won't be your fault if you investigate."
"No." He frowned and hesitated for a while but said nothing.
I looked over at the car and saw that the insurance had been taken care of. An insurance officer came over with the form and asked me to sign it. I signed, looked at the peach core still shaking on the rearview mirror, and said in a low voice: "Yes.
It’s a matter of uncleanliness. There is something like that.”
The driver wiped the tears from his face and looked at me in surprise. I smiled at him and said, "Actually, I don't understand much, but after my car followed your car, the peach core in my car kept shaking.
,My guess."
The driver quickly said: "Yes. If we don't handle it well today, I will die tomorrow. Why should I be involved in such a thing?"
My brother said: "Then dump all these goods in the garbage dump and burn them."
"I thought so too, but the person who gave me the goods said that if I followed the goods for a few days, I would be tainted with the smell of alcohol and there would be no way I could escape. He made it clear that he wanted to kill me."
My brother teased me and said, "Can you do it? If not, forget it."
I hesitated for a moment, since I was the one who hit his car, then I would help if I could. But I still know how good I am. Now my cousin has returned to his hometown. All I can do is wait until tomorrow.
Find someone to handle it.
I didn’t have a compass in my hand, so I could only take the dead branches on the roadside and draw a simple compass on the sand in the green belt nearby.
This compass of mine is not used to tell the direction, because there is no needle. Don’t laugh when I tell you, I am used to calculate strange things. Everyone knows about life and death. Strictly speaking, this is called magic.
Counting is the specialty of Huang Rong's father, Huang Yaoshi. A real Feng Shui master calculates and then determines the direction based on the compass. I don't know how to count. I count based on the position on the compass.
Then I decided that the birth gate of that day would be at the position of Luo Panxu. It was indeed the city where I grew up. There was no problem with due south and due north. Then, I pointed my brother’s gold watch towards due south at twelve o’clock and looked at that
Twelve grids, count the direction of Xu. Tell the driver: "Drive the car to the end of Lianhua Road first. I will think of a way for you."
The driver didn't expect that I could read a compass, and my eyes suddenly turned green. He almost regarded me as a master. But a knowledgeable person would know at a glance that this is the stupidest method of mine. Who can't count grids?
I'm not good at math, so I don't think I'll be able to make any fortune in Feng Shui in this life. Feng Shui is inherently related to magic.
I asked the driver to leave his phone number for me, and I also left his phone number, saying that I would call him if I found a specific method.
After all, I was going out with my baby, and if my mother knew that I was learning this, she would be in a hurry with me. So I might as well go shopping first and go home.
Naturally, my car went to the repair shop. By the time my mother and I came back from the street in my brother's car, it was already five o'clock.
Seeing that the four missed calls on the phone were all from the driver, I guess he was also in a hurry.
I called my cousin. My cousin's cell phone was turned off. I usually don't contact my second uncle, but at this time, I could only ask my brother for his second uncle's phone number and call him.
Damn! Shut down the phone too! The two of them fell into a ditch when they were looking at a graveyard?
As a last resort, I called Uncle Li. Uncle Li's phone was connected, but he said hurriedly: "Are you busy? We'll talk about it tomorrow when the sky falls." That tone sounded like someone who was in the middle of a quarrel.
I will be fine, but what should I do? Leave Driver An alone on Lianhua Road?
I discussed it with my brother. My brother thinks that since I told people that at the beginning, I should try my best to do it well. Otherwise, it would be wrong to let people wait there like this.
I thought about it and said, now I have to help him block the car. I'll go and stay with him in the car all night. Ah! Why are you talking so shamelessly?
The final decision was that my mother would hold the baby for the whole night and tell me that my brother and I were going to the KTV to play with friends. This way my mother would not become suspicious. Then my brother would accompany me to spend time with the driver of the car.
One night. I'll contact Uncle Li or my second uncle tomorrow. Even if the driver really can't escape his fate, at least we tried our best to help him and we can live up to our conscience.
Chapter completed!