Chapter 5 Chapter 4 Taxi Driver

"Could he really want to find a substitute?" Jian Hua tightened his arms around An Qi's arm slightly. "You're scared at the beginning of what I just said, but what happens next is terrifying!" An Qi continued to talk about her childhood experience... Seeing that I refused to tell him my name, he seemed to guess what was going on, so he asked me if I had an English name.Lao Dou didn't even recognize all twenty-six letters, so if he knew how to give me an English name, I said I didn't have an English name.He said I look cute, like a little angel, why not call me ANGEL!He took out a business card, wrote the name on it and handed it to me, saying that the name means angel.

Although I was still young at the time, I managed to know a few words. When I saw the name of the movie on the business card, I asked him if he worked in a movie theater.He said that he is a filmmaker and a director.At that time, I didn't know what the director was doing. I only knew that it was related to movies, so I asked him if he could take me to the place where the movie was filmed. He thought for a while and said: "Actually, the set is not much fun. But I happen to have a commercial on hand and I want to find some children to shoot. Do you want to make a coffee." ("Coffee" is a trick, is A joking term for extras in Cantonese. In the Cantonese version of "The King of Comedy", Stephen Chow is always called "Dead Coffee", and in Mandarin, it means "Dead Walker".)

Although I didn't quite understand what coffee was at the time, but knowing that he could take me to the place where the movie was shot, I immediately agreed.After that, he bought some ingot candles and was ready to leave. Before he left, he asked me to discuss with Lao Dou with his business card, and he would come back to me later. I was quite happy at the time, jumping up and down the store with his business card, thinking that I could go to the place where the movie was filmed, maybe I would meet Wukong and Guixianren... Now I know it is Animation, but to me at the time, animation, movies and TV series are all the same concept.

Lao Dou came to deliver food and saw me jumping around, so he asked me if I was crazy.I said I was crazy, and showed him my business card, and told him that someone just said that he could take me to the place where the movie was made, and let me shoot commercials. After Lao Dou asked what had happened, he felt strange.Everyone has already started offering sacrifices to ghosts on the street, who would come to buy ingot candles at this time!Although he felt bad, Lao Dou had been in the ingot candle business for many years, and he wasn't too afraid, so he didn't care so much. After eating with me, Lao Dou set up a small table at the door of the store, and used rice, tofu, and macaroni to pay homage to the ghosts passing by.He told me that on July 14th, the gates of ghosts are wide open, and all the ghosts in the underworld come out to find something to eat. Pour water into the rice bowl, which can act as a barrier, so that although the ghosts can see the food, they cannot eat it. .Tofu and macaroni also have special meanings, but I have long since forgotten, anyway, it is to make ghosts feel that there is nothing in the world to linger on, so go back to the underworld as soon as possible, and don't stay in the world to cause trouble.

He also asked me to see some ignorant people on the street, saying that they would sacrifice roast goose gizzards (that is, roast goose legs), roast meat and other meat to ghosts, and they meant to tell those dead ghosts to stay in the world and not go back to the underworld. I was listening to Lao Dou whining when I suddenly saw a very weird guy walking down the street.This guy was tall and thin, his face seemed to be covered with a layer of white ash, with no blood at all, and he was wearing a Qing Dynasty official uniform, just like the Qing Dynasty zombies in the movie. But this guy doesn't jump like a zombie, but walks over step by step.When he passed by the door of a paper-making shop, he picked up the roast goose gizzard that was offered to sacrifice ghosts and ate it.He walked to a wreath shop, threw away the roasted goose gizzards, grabbed someone else's roasted pork, and stuffed it into his mouth.This guy walked all the way, and every time he passed a shop, he would pick up the food offered to sacrifice ghosts, eat a few mouthfuls, and then throw it away. The whole street stared at him dumbfounded, but no one dared to say a word , Not even daring to move.The owner of the wreath shop was so scared that he wet his pants.

Lao Dou pushed me lightly, telling me not to look at that guy, just pretend I didn't see him.I said, "I don't care if I don't want to see it. He is here to find us." At this moment, I recognized that the other party was the man who gave me his business card just now. ... "What happened after that? Uncle Ming saved him?" Jian Hua asked tremblingly. An Qi said disdainfully: "Old Dou doesn't have this ability. At best, he can only deceive a stupid teacher like my mother. Let him catch ghosts. I'm afraid the ghosts caught him." ("Shinai" originally It is a Cantonese term for married women. However, since the 1980s, it has gradually become a housewife who does not go out to work. With the rise of professional women, "teacher" has gradually been characterized as old-fashioned snobbery and short-sighted, Therefore, this title has a derogatory meaning. Nowadays, Hong Kong people usually refer to married women with the more solemn "wife", or the fashionable but frivolous "beautiful sister" and "beautiful lady".)

"Then how do you deal with that... thing?" Jian Hua couldn't think of what to call it for a while. "What else can I do, Lao Dou is like selling ingot candles, come up with an abacus and calculate my reward with him." Jian Hua said in surprise, "Ah, he is really the director." "Otherwise, do you think he is a starving ghost?" An Qi couldn't stop laughing, explaining the reason to Jian Hua one by one. "It turns out that this person is called Yang Shaohai, and he is indeed a director. Because he came back from studying abroad, he didn't believe in ghosts and gods at all. He was planning to shoot nearby that day, but the main character was too late to show up, so he wandered around to pass the time. When he came for the first time, he saw someone offering sacrifices to ghosts with roast goose gizzards and roast meat. He happened to have not eaten yet, so he went back to the studio and changed into a Qing Dynasty official uniform, and even put on makeup, pretending to be a ghost Eat and drink."

"There seems to be something wrong..." Jian Hua thought about it carefully, and immediately realized the problem, "Didn't he buy ingot candles from you before? How could he not believe in ghosts and gods?" "You have been with Lianzai for so many years, and you finally learned something from him." An Qi smiled, "Director Yang does not believe in ghosts and gods, but other people do! It was the fourteenth of July, and they were going to meet again at night. When shooting, the cameraman would not dare to turn on the phone without burning some ingot candles to a 'good friend' nearby. Because it is very likely to take strange pictures."

The four of them had reached the taxi stand at this time, and a row of taxis parked neatly and orderly on the side of the road waiting for passengers.Seeing the two passengers talking to the taxi driver in the first row, Jian Hua turned around and boarded another taxi behind him, and asked An Qi, "Sister Shan, isn't it illegal for a taxi in Hong Kong to refuse a ride?" ?” An Qi explained: "It's not necessarily a refusal. The taxi in front is green. It is a taxi in the New Territories. The fare is cheaper, but it usually doesn't go out of the urban area. If you want to go out of the urban area, you can only take the red taxi in the back." Taxi is a little more expensive."

"What kind of taxi shall we take?" "Just take the green one. Go to my house first and put down your luggage, and I'll take you to dinner." Jian Hua was puzzled and said, "Brother is here to participate in the exchange program between the two places, shouldn't he stay in the police dormitory?" "The way things are done in Hong Kong is different from that in mainland China. Employers usually only pay wages, and expenses such as board, lodging, and transportation have to be handled by yourself, so you can live in my house. Anyway, Lao Dou sells salted duck eggs and leaves the house to me. You can stay for as long as you want." No problem." ("Selling salted duck eggs" is a Cantonese proverb. The correct way to say it is "go to Suzhou to sell duck eggs", implying death. In the past, when the deceased was put into the coffin, a lot of tooth ashes would be placed under the coffin, and salted duck eggs were also added during the production process There is a lot of tooth dust, so there is this metaphor.)

"Whoever said that uncle left the house to you, he obviously left it to me." Dulian said angrily. "Brother..." An Qi suddenly called out coquettishly, and as if seeing Hua Xiangxiwang acting like a spoiled child, she walked over and hugged Dulian's arm, rubbing her body against Dulian's body continuously.The plump breasts make physical contact with the other party from time to time, and she coquettishly to the other party: "Brother, isn't yours mine? We are two brothers and sisters! You don't need to be so clear, anyway, you are usually in the mainland, so the house is just like a loan I live!" The durian was made soft by her, and she didn't know how to answer.He is a person who accepts softness and will not be hardened. If his sister makes it clear that chariots and horses are fighting for the house, he will never make any concessions!But An Qi acted uncharacteristically and acted coquettishly to him, which made him unbearable, and soon surrendered to the other party, and reluctantly agreed: "Okay! Okay! You can live in the house first, and wait for you to marry." Give it back to me later." "Brother, you are so kind!" An Qi smiled coquettishly, thinking to herself: A house in Hong Kong that can live in at least three million, I won't pay it back to you idiot. After some nonsense, the four of them walked towards the green taxi at the front.The male driver in his forties immediately opened the trunk of the car and enthusiastically helped them put their luggage in.After everyone got in the car, the driver asked An Qi who was sitting in the co-pilot, "Miss, where are you going?" "There are four orchestra pits." "Received." The driver agreed, and immediately drove away from the taxi stand with skillful skills, and arrived at the Shenzhen Bay Bridge in a blink of an eye. "The driver's skills are very good!" Jian Hua exclaimed from the heart. Compared with Yingliu's dangerous driving, this driver's skills are indeed a hundred times better.Although the speed of the car is fast, the body is very stable, and there is no obvious deceleration when entering the narrow curve, which shows that its driving skills are superior. "Let me tell you, taxis in Hong Kong are all racing drivers." An Qi turned her head and said to Jianhua, "Hong Kong's roads are famously narrow, and often only one small car can pass through. I can't get out either." "Insightful, I was indeed a racing driver when I was young." The driver took out a business card and handed it to Angie. An Qi took the business card and checked it, and learned that the other party's name was "Han Nuan". Besides being a taxi driver, she was also a member of the Hong Kong-Macau Racing Association.His race awards are printed on the back of the business card as proof that he was once a successful racing driver.In addition, to Angie's surprise, there are several published essays and novels printed on the back of the business card. "Wow, so Han Sheng, you are not only a racing driver, but also a writer!" An Qi couldn't hide the surprise on her face. "It's a ghost, it's not a taxi yet." Han Nuan's tone was very embarrassing. Sitting in the middle of the back row, Jianhua saw that there seemed to be some special devices installed on the dashboard, so she poked her head forward curiously, and found that the dashboards were full of mobile phones. She counted as many as six. , models vary, but are all older Nokias.She asked curiously, "Brother Driver, what are your mobile phones used for?" Han Nuan didn't look back, took out another business card and handed it back, saying: "My number is on the business card, if you want to take a taxi, please call me, 24-hour service, and I will be there anytime!" Angie explained for him: "Using high-power walkie-talkies in Hong Kong requires a license. The procedures are cumbersome and there are many restrictions. Therefore, taxi drivers usually use several mobile phones instead of walkie-talkies to communicate with each other." Jian Hua asked again: "Won't the phone bill be very expensive?" Han Nuan said: "It won't be very expensive, at least it's cheaper than the mainland." "I'll go with you later to buy a few mobile phone cards, with zero monthly rent, free calls, and a minimum of five cents per minute." An Qi said like an advertisement. "Isn't it only four cents in RMB?" Jian Hua snapped his fingers and converted, "It's much cheaper than the mainland." An Qi said disdainfully: "This is still a mobile phone card of a communication company in the mainland. It can also be used when returning to the mainland, but the cost is dozens of times more expensive." During the conversation, the taxi had entered a large housing estate and stopped in front of one of the residential buildings.As soon as the car stopped, Han Nuan immediately got out of the car and took the luggage from the trunk of the car, and helped deliver it to the gate of the building.Before leaving, he enthusiastically waved goodbye to everyone: "If you want to call a taxi, remember to find me, and I will give you a 20% discount." He showed a friendly smile to Jian Hua, and Jian Hua also politely smiled back at him. An Qi was in a good mood, and when she led everyone into the building, she said cheerfully, "Put the luggage at my brother's house first, and then follow me to have afternoon tea." "Haven't eaten lunch yet, are you going to have afternoon tea so soon?" Jianhua looked at his phone and said, "It's only one o'clock." An Qi smiled and said, "Afternoon tea time starts at two o'clock. At this time, almost all restaurants will offer discounted set meals. Even dining in hotels usually offers a 20% discount." "So that's the case." Jianhua nodded. "Don't talk so much, I'm about to starve to death, hurry up and put your luggage upstairs." Dulian's belly was beating like a drum, and she led Jianhua's suitcase into the building. Han Nuan, who was driving the taxi out of the housing estate, witnessed all this through the rearview mirror, with a sly smile on his face.A young girl's voice suddenly sounded in the carriage: "Master, that girl just now is very cute, she is the type that Master likes." "It's troublesome!" Han Nuan scolded angrily, but a smile returned on his face immediately, "The two brothers and sisters will never escape my palm."