In the evening, before Qingqing left, she told us several times to lock the door and not turn on the lights, so I had to listen to her.
I insisted and didn't let her light the lamp, saying that we didn't need to light it when we were sleeping. Sister, just do whatever you need to do.
The landlady asked again, how do you two wake up at night? You're just messing around in the dark, don't hit yourself again, I said it's okay, my phone has a flash, and I don't have anything wrong with my kidneys, so I usually don't wake up at night.
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After hearing what I said, the landlady was speechless. She nodded and said okay, I'll put the candles and lighters here, and you can light them yourself when you want to use them.
Then she asked me, what was the girl next door doing? She didn't answer the door when I knocked on the door. I said she went out for a walk. The landlady asked her when she would be back, and I said I didn't know.
She muttered: Why are you going out in the middle of the night? In this wilderness, aren't you afraid of encountering something?
After saying this, she turned around and went out. I stared at her back for a long time, feeling a little bit guilty in my heart. The boss was injured so badly, and they were in a hurry before they left, but suddenly she came back in the middle of the night.
It feels a bit strange no matter how you think about it.
But nothing weird happened just now, so I didn’t think much about it. I asked Wu Hao if we should continue drinking. Wu Hao said to drink more. There were only a few bottles of wine left. It was a bit cold in this room. Drink some wine.
It's still warm when you sleep.
I said okay, so I went to lock the door tightly first, then came back and opened the remaining two bottles of wine, and each of Wu Hao and I took small sips.
Originally, we planned to go to bed after drinking, but for some reason, we felt that the room was getting colder and colder. We started to get a little handsy even before we took off our clothes. If we had to take off our clothes, we would easily get cold and catch a cold at night.
What worries me even more is, could something be causing the coldness in this room? Because I have had a similar feeling before.
After thinking about it, I asked Wu Hao if he was cold?
He said a bit, I felt cold a long time ago, but seeing no reaction from you I kept silent. Did the boiler not turn on?
Hearing what he said, I suddenly remembered that self-built houses in rural areas are heated by their own boilers. So I touched the radiator by the window and found that it was also cold. It had obviously not been heated for a long time.
But I felt a lot more at ease. The heater was cold, and Wu Hao also felt cold, so this should be cold in the physical sense. There is no messy explanation.
At that time, Wu Hao asked me if I should ask the landlady what was going on and ask her to turn on the boiler. I shook my head and said, let’s get over it tonight. Let’s just wear clothes and sleep like this.
There's something wrong with the landlady.
Wu Hao said yes, and then the two of us drank the last bit of wine in the bottle and were about to get on the bed, when suddenly there was another knock on the door.
We both turned our heads and looked in the direction of the door, because the knock on the door was obviously not right, as if someone was kicking the door, and the kick was very loud.
I quickly shushed and told Wu Hao in a low voice to stop talking. It might not be whoever was knocking on the door.
The room was quite dark, and I couldn't see Wu Hao's expression clearly, but he was obviously scared. He lowered his voice and asked me tremblingly: "What do you mean, Brother Yan, is the person knocking on the door outside a ghost?"
I was about to say I didn't know, but at this time the door was kicked a few more times, and then the proprietress's voice came from outside: "Brother, open the door, and I will give you two quilts."
When he heard that it was her, Wu Hao cursed angrily, "What's going on with the boss lady? Why are you joining in the fun when you have nothing to do?"
Then he turned around and asked me: "How about Brother Yan? Should I open it for her?"
I didn't answer, but shouted towards the door: "What's the matter, eldest sister, we both went to bed."
The landlady said outside, "Didn't I go out for too long and the boiler went out on its own?" It couldn't start for a while, so I just thought of giving you an extra quilt, in case you would catch a cold while sleeping at night.
I was wondering whether I should say that she is enthusiastic? Or should I say that showing courtesy for nothing is either adultery or theft?
Anyway, I had no intention of opening the door, so I told her no need, sister, we are not afraid of the cold, and besides, we are already on the kang, so it would be inconvenient to open the door for you.
She said it's okay, brother, I've already come, so don't let me go all the way in vain. How sorry would I be if you two really caught a cold?
I really didn't want to open it for her, but the landlady was so annoying. After saying that, she kicked the door several times.
Anyway, she stayed there for a long time, which made me angry. I cursed in a low voice, and then reluctantly opened the door for her.
At that time, the proprietress was standing at the door holding the quilt. She was not tall, and the quilt was very thick, so it was very difficult to hold her. Moreover, I saw that she was a little shivering from the cold, so I didn’t have the nerve to say anything more, so I just muttered.
Don't bother me, eldest sister, we don't have much to do.
She smiled and said it was okay, I was just worried that you two would be cold, just don't bother the eldest sister. Then she went into the room and threw the quilt on the kang, then walked to the table and picked up the lighter.
When I saw that she meant to light a candle, my eyes widened. I rushed over and grabbed the lighter. I frowned and asked her what she wanted to do.
The landlady said in a puzzled tone, "I'll light a candle and help you spread the quilt. It will be done in two minutes. If you don't like the light, you can put out the candle and put out the quilt after I leave."
I didn't say anything and kept staring at her face. It was quite dark in the room and I couldn't see the expression on her face clearly.
But I feel more and more that something is wrong with her. Thinking about it carefully, in this age, how can we still say that the power will be cut off when there is a power outage? Besides, who still has candles at home these days? What a coincidence.
Besides, she was a little too enthusiastic, and she kept looking for reasons to light candles. Thinking of Qingqing's instructions, I always felt that the landlady did it on purpose.
So I used that cold tone and asked her word by word: "Do you really want to light a candle?"
She laughed and interrupted: "Isn't this a power outage? Otherwise, I wouldn't want to order it. OK, if you don't want me to lay it, you can lay it yourself. What do you want to eat tomorrow morning? I
Make something for you three."
I said no, just don't bother me again. The landlady said, hey, bro, it depends on what you said. If you find it annoying, I won't come tonight. You two should have a good rest tonight.
After saying this, she turned around directly. I was really on guard at that time, fearing that she had transformed into something and wanted to sneak attack me again when I wasn't paying attention.
But she didn't make any move, she just turned around and walked out, closing the door for us before leaving.
I'm really confused, am I really overthinking this? The landlady just wants me to feel the enthusiasm of Shandong people?
After she went out, Wu Hao asked me, "How's it going, Brother Yan? Did you see anything?"
I shook my head and told him no, the landlady didn’t look like a ghost. Wu Hao asked again, so she was a normal person?
I said it didn't look like it to me either, because she was too weird tonight. Let's wait until Qingqing comes back tomorrow to talk about it. Wouldn't he know what it was exactly if I asked him?
Wu Hao said yes, so we didn’t think much more about it, and just put on our clothes and went to sleep on the kang.
Nothing much happened that night. I just heard a few shouts and curses outside. Maybe it was the men next door who were in a hurry while playing poker. I didn't listen carefully.
Although it was a bit cold, I hadn't slept for a long time, and I drank some wine, so I slept well all night.
The accident happened when I woke up the next morning.