The next morning, my parents went to the vegetable market and bought a cock. I chatted with a middle-aged man and learned his identity.
His name is Jiang Xiu. He was originally my neighbor. But since my parents died early and were unable to grow land, it was my parents who gave him food to eat, so that he could survive his childhood, and later became a Taoist priest in the mountain village.
I know a little about Taoist monks, a little envious. It is said that Taoist monks make a lot of money nowadays, but they can't afford it if they don't have undergraduate degrees, and their English is even better. People like Jiang Xiu started early in the year.
He tied a yellow ribbon to the cock and wrote down my name and birthday on it. I felt puzzled and asked what was going on. He said he would know then. After
, he also put a white font on the door of the new house, which made me a little annoyed. Others are sticking red. Why am I sticking white?
After having lunch angrily, I heard a shout from outside: "Jiangcheng, how about a wedding? In fact, you don't need to do it. Your wife is going to have a car accident tomorrow!! uuuuuuuuuu
The voice sounded familiar, and when I looked out, I was furious. At the door stood a dirty man, who was from the next village. His name was Tan Dongyu, and he was a lady known in the countryside. He was so lazy that he first gnawed at his old age and then stole his parents'coffins to eat and drink. He was so angry that two old people drove him out of the house. For years he never worked, and whenever there was a happy event in his family, he would say bad things.
There was a marriage, and he said the bride had been asleep. Someone had a funeral. He said the whole family would die together tomorrow. Someone offered the kid a full moon wine. He said the kid died in two days.
There's no way he's going to leave without giving money. It's like blackmail. He could not fight again, or he would call the police and tell the police that he had been beaten to pay for it. The villagers felt sick when they saw him.
I was about to curse Tan Dongyu, but Jiang Xiu suddenly said to me, "Let him continue to curse and swear hard."
I wondered how I could give Tan Dongyu a free scolding. But Jiang Xiu looked at Tan Dongyu and scolded with a smile.
Time slowly arrived at night, and Tan Dongyu never left. It's probably the first time he's ever met such a hard bone in my house that he's turned his eyes white with scolding. Several times when Tan Dongyu wanted to give up and leave, Jiang Xiu would shout, "Don't go, who's upset today, who's going to die on the road tomorrow with smallpox."
So the sun went down and Tan Dongyu was still scolding him for refusing to leave.
When it was dark, Jiang Xiu asked me to pick up the cock. He told me seriously and seriously, "I know you don't believe in something, but it's better to do it. Your parents raised you so big that they could do it for them. Hold the cock and walk around the house three times. Remember you can't talk, you can't run, you can't look back, you know? Remember, you have to count your own steps.
I said I knew, so I picked up the cock and went outside. When Tan Dongyu saw me coming out with a cock in his arms, he continued to shout, "Your wife is a chicken!"
I ignored him and walked out around the yard. On the first lap, I felt nothing, just like walking on weekdays. And when I got to the second lap, I thought something was wrong.
Because I have a vague feeling that my family seems to be a little bigger than it used to be. Twelve steps would have made a turn, but when I took the second lap, I had to take eighteen steps to make a turn. After one lap, it took 20 more steps than the first lap.
That's weird.
As before, walking around my house, how can the size of the steps be different?
The cock buried his head quietly in my arms, and did not shout, so it was very quiet. Plus it's dark all around, and this strange thing happened again. I feel a little hairy in my heart.
When I walked on the third lap, I found that Tan Dongyu was no longer at my door. At this time, a breath came out behind my ear. It's not windy. I'm sure someone blew a cool breath behind my ears because I didn't feel a breeze coming from my back and back of my head. Who is
?
I want to look back, but I think Jiang Xiu told me that I can't look back, but I can only keep walking with fear.
Slowly, I felt very heavy, getting heavier and heavier every step, as if I was carrying a person behind my back. The point is, this man seems to have been blowing air-conditioning into my ears and back of my neck, so cold that I can only shrink my neck.
The number of steps in the third circle is different, because the house seems to suddenly become smaller, starting with a Twelve-Step turn, then an eighteen-step turn, and now... But ten steps can turn the corner. When I finally came to the end, I only felt heavy all over, but it was six steps less than the beginning.
I already feel like I'm in a strange situation. Whose house is suddenly small and big?
Walking into the courtyard, Jiang Jiu stood at my door. He said, "Throw the cock away, pat the dust off your shoulders, and then come in."
I put down the cock, and when it landed, the cock suddenly did not have the same security as before, running around in the yard like crazy. At this point, I patted both shoulders and then took a step forward.
Suddenly there was a crash, and a lot of stuff fell out of my sleeve and trouser legs. I looked down and felt white and bright. Squatting down and looking at it, I found that it was all money.
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