Chapter 36: The Trickster
The words of the paper man seemed to be full of magic, and they were full of temptation to Jiang Huaibo.
Perhaps it was the fear of the ghost building and the hatred of men that gave him courage, he nodded at the paper man and said the longest sentence after the death of his mother and sister:
"I ...... I...... I'll go with you. But you ...... Can you help...... Help me ......"
Turning his gaze to the direction of the man's sleep, Jiang Huaibo's voice became cold and ruthless like never before: "Help me kill him!" ”
The paper man's voice was still low, but it became a little cold:
"I took you away because I didn't want you to suffer any more sin. If you have murderous intentions, then you should stay here! ”
In the dark, Jiang Huaibo faced the direction of the man and did not speak again for a long time.
The paper man sighed and said, "Son, there are some things that you should not think about. Hurry up, come with me. ”
Leave this hellish place, or kill the man to avenge his mother and sister?
Jiang Huaibo didn't have a choice.
The paper man asked him to carry himself on his back and follow his own instructions.
Before that, though, ask him to drain the man's remaining half of the liquor in one gulp.
Jiang Huaibo had never drunk alcohol, and he didn't know why the paper man asked him to do this. But the determination to escape from the haunted building overshadowed everything, and he did not hesitate, but sneaked to the table, picked up the wine bottle, unscrewed the lid, and drank the indescribable taste of the bottle in one gulp, but it could make people feel hot.
Then, he wrapped the paper figure in his own torn blanket, carried it on his back, opened the door lightly, and stepped into the wind and snow......
According to the instructions of the paper man, Jiang Huaibo braved the wind and snow overnight, left Pinggu, walked to Shilidian, and came to this house.
Before he could enter the door, he fainted in the snow.
When you wake up, you're already lying on something you can't even dream of.
That thing, it's called a bed.
……
Jiang Huaibo kept his eyes closed when he recounted this.
Speaking of this, I suddenly opened my eyes:
"I ...... When I came here, the first thing I saw was...... An old woman, she asked me to call her Granny Wei. She said...... She will take care of me in the future. ”
I glanced at the niche, but I couldn't help but ask, "What happened to the paper man?" ”
"When I recovered, Granny Wei took me upstairs, that is...... Here it is. Jiang Huaibo looked at the photo frame on the niche, "At that time, here, it was already like this." Granny Wei asked me to ...... Kowtow to this niche and say...... This is my Master. ”
His gaze turned to the direction I was looking at: "This is the paper man who took me out of the ghost building in the first place, he ...... He is my master. ”
Seeing that his eyes were red, I nodded, "I can see it, after all these years, he still loves to eat chicken butts." ”
Jiang Huaibo actually nodded: "Hmm!" It is! I...... I think ...... Good for him. But no matter what you put it, it will be overturned by his old man. Except for the chicken butt and ...... and wine. The better the wine, the less good it is, and the chicken butt is ...... It's got to be a chicken butt! ”
I couldn't cry or laugh: "So now the wine has been changed to Moutai, chicken butt or chicken butt, but you don't know who your master is?" ”
Seeing Jiang Huaibo's face flushed, I asked curiously: "You came here to worship Li Tiezui...... Worship paper people as teachers, how did he teach you skills? ”
It's really hard for me to imagine what that would be like. Could it be that every night, the paper man will come to life and teach Jiang Huaibo by example?
"It's not."
Jiang Huaibo shook his head, hugged the paper man in the past, pointed to the paper man and said, "Since then, only Granny Wei has taken care of me and taught ...... Teach me the sophistication of human feelings, for ...... For me to go to school. Master, his old man, never opened his mouth again. But...... However, Granny Wei said, let me not move away from Master, just let him stay...... Stay by the window. And let me have ...... When you have time, you ...... Just look at Master. ”
"What do you mean?"
"Yes...... Newspaper! ”
I was stunned and looked at the paper figure again.
I had already discovered that the newspaper used to paste paper was no longer known to be from the Year of the Monkey.
But if you look closely, it's just an ordinary old newspaper, and there's nothing surprising about it.
Jiang Huaibo saw me staring at him, scratched his head and said, "Let's put it this way, I'm ...... Later, on more than one occasion, I showed the photos of Master to others, and I also reminded them to read the contents of the newspaper. But who ...... No one said they could see anything. Can it be ...... It's just me, I can ...... You can see something different. ”
Jiang Huaibo's brain is definitely smart, but the language barrier limits his ability to express.
After listening to him point fingers for a long time, I finally got a rough idea of what he was talking about.
The summary is as follows:
After the paper man brought him here, Granny Wei asked him to worship the paper man as a teacher and took care of him in every possible way.
Granny Wei told him to read the newspaper whenever he had time...... Be...... It's the 'master' who looks at himself. In the eyes of others, it is a paper figure with old newspaper paste, but in Jiang Huaibo's view, he can constantly see and master some mysterious things from the paper figure.
I tried my best to imagine the situation that Jiang Huaibo said, but in the end I could only give a thumbs up to the broken paper figure: "Awesome! ”
"One day, Granny Wei told me that she was leaving. I...... I knelt for her that day...... Kneeling, I begged her not to go. She said she had to go, that ...... Be...... It's fate. ”
Jiang Huaibo was a little excited, wiped a handful of saliva from his mouth, and then said, "Before she left, she said that I ...... We'll see you again. She also said that she really didn't want to see me again, but ...... But we have to see each other again. ”
"What are you trying to express?" I really didn't understand what he meant.
"I was ...... too I don't know what that means, and I can't count it out of my own business. Can...... But I really met Granny Wei again, and at that time, I learned that she was ...... She's still taking care of me. ”
"What the hell are you trying to say?" I was so anxious that my scalp was about to burst, and my heart said, "I hate stammering!" ”
Jiang Huaibo swallowed, lowered his eyelids and said, "When I saw Granny Wei again later, she ...... She's dead. That...... At that time, I was grasping the cremation thing. I'm in the crematorium...... You know. ”
I nodded.
"That's when I found out that she ...... She's still taking care of me. On the day she was cremated, I ...... I met Tang Xi. ”
"What the ......"
Jiang Huaibo rubbed his hands and said, "As soon as I saw Tang Xi, I knew and knew that my fate was determined. Master...... Master took me out of the ghost building. Granny Wei...... Not only did they take care of me for so many years, but they also ...... also arranged a marriage for me. ”
"Tang Xi?" I asked knowingly.
Jiang Huaibo nodded: "That year, Tang Xi just joined the work. She...... She's still young. Want...... If it weren't for her mother-in-law's help, she would ...... She definitely can't be with me. ”