Chapter 25 twenty four

rancher gold (1) The scale of the "Guli" clothing company is getting bigger and bigger, and Joe's customers are also getting more and more, and they are all big deals.Now he has little time for reading, and business trips have become frequent. Once, he went to a large ranch in the north, and the owner's house was halfway up the mountain.Although it is midsummer, it becomes cold in the mountains at night.Jo was still a little cold in the thick pajamas his master had brought him.The owner, Mr. Jin, is a Korean. He immigrated here with his parents in his early years. "I have ten thousand sheep and cows and deer," Kim said. "I don't care about the business of the farm and live up here on the hill like a retired king. When I heard you were coming, I sensed my chance. .Now let's have a drink. This wine is a good thing. It will make your wish come true tonight."

It was already dark outside, and Joe saw many tall figures walking around in the room, but Jin didn't seem to notice.Joe was very scared in his heart, but he had to pretend to be calm on the surface.Jin told him that his wife and son had died of pneumonia a few years ago, and they couldn't bear the harsh climate of this place.But he couldn't bear to leave, he was like a demon, this place is so beautiful.If it is morning, he will take him to climb to the frozen place on the top of the mountain to see the scenery. "Is there anyone else living in this house?" Joe couldn't help asking.He remembered the horror novel he had brought with him.

"Ah, yes. I have two guests who came to visit my house years ago and then disappeared. I think they are in the house. I'm used to it." Joe noticed a cruel expression on his face as he said this, and his black hair glistened in the light, reminding Jo of a black wolf.Because of fear, Joe stopped asking him.He saw a dark figure standing motionless behind Kim, whose lenses reflected menacingly.Joe said that he drank too much just now and went to bed first. Joe brought the smell of alcohol into the guest room.In a daze, he felt that this was a very luxurious bedroom.But why are there so many black cats on the bed?There were five of them, all sprawled out on the open silk satin quilt.There are a few small green lights on in the bedroom, which seems to be colder than the living room.Joe shivered, and quickly got under the quilt, and the cats got in too. They were fluffy and comfortable.As soon as she lay down, Joe sobered up.Someone was knocking gently on the door, but he didn't dare to open it, he planned to keep the light on.In the living room just now, Jin talked about the company Joe worked for. He said that the "Gulie" clothing company was a monster, and Joe could only escape from the claws of this monster by fleeing to the Eastern countries.All the while King was saying this, he was looking at Joe coldly from behind his glasses, and it made him terrified.In the bottom of his heart, Joe didn't take his words seriously.Although he has little time to read at this stage, this does not prevent him from managing his own story world.On the way here, he has incorporated his travels into his web of stories.So despite the fear in his heart, he was still very excited.

How beautiful is this huge ranch known as "Dangulan".As soon as Joe got out of the taxi, he stood there in a daze.It is a kind of stern beauty that rejects people thousands of miles away.The silent continuous grassland, the haughty, ice-capped, seemingly uninhabited mountain, and this unique house built on the mountainside, all of them are silently squeezing Joe's heart.Joe couldn't help but flinch, but the taxi was long gone.King, in pajamas and pipe in mouth, came down the steps of the great house and shook hands with Joe casually.Joe felt that his hand was very strong, even magnetic, as if hinting at Joe, telling him that he had entered Jin's territory.

King's house consisted of an elderly cook and no servants—perhaps none of the servants were present.During the meal, the chef also sat aside, but she didn't say a word from the beginning to the end.Judging by the stern shutness of her mouth, she seemed to despise Jo.Jo was very depressed, and all she wanted was to hurry to the guest room, close the door, and read the horror novel she had brought.But Kim suddenly talked to him about his native North Korea, his voice high-pitched and urgent, as if he wanted to open his heart to this first-time visitor.In Joe's impression, his hometown seems to be a series of bungalows floating in the air. The men and women in the bungalows neither farm nor go out to do business, but these people have amazing lust in their hearts, and they can live in dreams for a long time. Coitus, drowsiness... "Yellow roses are blooming at the foot of the iceberg." When Kim mumbled this sentence, Joe saw his bloody gums showing, and his whole face became a bit like a tiger.But he suddenly stopped in the middle of the room, and his voice turned into a piercing scream: "After so many years, does the sun always hang in the east?"

As he listened, Joe got into King's story.By the end of the day, Joe couldn't quite tell the line between King's story and his own.Jin's matchbox-like bungalows always exploded suddenly, and all kinds of foreign objects flew out of them. These foreign objects scattered from mid-air to the world, making people live in crisis. "North Korea is actually a balloon in the vast ocean." He told Joe in a positive tone.Joe looked down at the nightgown embroidered with many foxes on his body, and felt desire rising from between his legs.The more he listened, the more interesting he felt about Jin. He called this small man "Eagle" in his heart, and he didn't know why he called him that.

It was windy outside, and the wind howled, and the whole house shook, as if it was going to be completely destroyed.Joe curled up in terror and was about to drill into the table.King stood firmly on the floor, perhaps seeing the house as a ship in the waves.Then he leaned into Joe's ear and told him the secret: "My house has no foundation. It's the style of our country." After a while, the house settled down, and the storm blew harder. , It seems that there are still hailstones hitting the tin roof.Kim put his arms around Joe's shoulders, and Joe sighed again about the magnetism in him. "Who's going to be here? Except you," King said.