Chapter 30 Thirty Night Clothes Shopping

There are always several occupations in the world, and they often need to work late at night. Of course, no one likes to wander alone at night, but there is no way to make ends meet.Drivers who drive late at night are one of them.Since I sorted out Ji Yan's story and posted it on the Internet, many people liked it, including a junior high school classmate of mine whom I hadn't seen for a long time. It's been a long time since we saw each other, so we made an appointment to have a chat at KFC.After the meeting, everyone greeted her with a few words about the situation. She seemed troubled and hesitated to say something several times.

"Is that friend of yours really able to solve some strange things that we ordinary people can't solve?" She finally said it out. Although I had expected it, I was still a little surprised.I asked her if she had encountered any difficulties, and if I could help, I would do my best, and she shook her head. "It's not me, it's my father." She said very distressed, "He has been bedridden for a long time. I have seen many doctors and spent a lot of money, but nothing has improved. When I asked him what was going on, my father always had a smile on his face. She looked terrified, but after she calmed down, she kept silent. I had no choice but to read an article on the Internet. I didn’t expect it to be written by you, so I wanted to try my luck.” Thinking about it, Ji Yan doesn’t like meeting strangers too much. People, if you call him rashly, he may not agree, so I decided to act as a pioneer to see what was going on.

My classmate's home is near the city center, and it's a very elegant residential area. There are iron gates and guards at the door.There are cameras under each building, it seems that it is indeed a fairly safe house. Her house is on the fourth floor, and the interior decoration is very suitable after entering. I remember that her family was not too rich when I was in junior high school, maybe it has developed in the past few years.Under the leadership of our classmates, we walked into the inner room. Inside lay a man in his fifties, tilting his head and coughing violently. He was very thin and his face was yellow like he had hepatitis. Found us in.The classmate hurriedly helped her father up.

"You are?" He finally saw me.The classmate briefly introduced me, and her father was a little upset, probably because his daughter told others casually. I said: "Uncle, some illnesses are caused by boredom. You might as well tell me or your family members. There may be some turning points. Besides, I know some friends. Even if the problems are difficult, they can be dealt with." He looked suspiciously I, together with my classmates persuading me, finally agreed to tell me, but only if his daughter had to go out. "Young man, you have to promise me, you can't tell others." Although he was sick, but his eyes were still sharp, I nodded.

"Actually, a few years ago, I was a taxi driver. At the beginning, I didn't have enough money to buy my own car. You have to know that most drivers who have their own cars drive the morning shift by themselves, and let others drive the evening shift. Then take a tap from it, and I am a night shift dedicated to people. At first, the arrival was smooth, I have rich experience, and there were a lot of guests at night, until that incident happened. Uncle swallowed his saliva and coughed a few more times. "It was a night in autumn, and the weather was quite cool. People who work night shifts love this kind of night very much. It was too hot, and my body was stuffy and uncomfortable after sitting for a long time. It was too cold, and my legs were numb from the cold. I was nursing alone. Shopping at the River Bridge. When there are no customers, we drive an empty car to find people and call it a shopping cart.

But a strange thing happened, I suddenly saw a white figure flashing in front of me, yes, don’t believe it, I still clearly remember that it was a white figure, not far from the front of the car, I stopped subconsciously.It was almost 12 o'clock at that time, and there was no one on the bridge.The car was parked on the bridge, as if it would be swallowed up by the night at any moment.I got out of the car worriedly and found that there was nothing in front of me.I had no choice but to get back into the car and continue looking for passengers. Not long after I drove, I felt that way again, the figure seemed to be getting closer to the car, I stopped the car again, and now I even turned off the ignition.I didn't dare to go down and stayed in the cab.He rested his head on the steering wheel, his eyes fixed on the window.The headlights couldn't shine very far, and the surrounding area was terrifyingly dark.No sound could be heard except the sound of the water being stirred by the wind.I was really afraid that suddenly something would run out from the front.I originally wanted to put the car here and ask someone to take it away, and I was taking a ride home by myself.But it's strange, there was a constant flow of traffic even at a few o'clock in the morning, suddenly there was no one or a car for half a day.I have heard many legends about night trains, taboos about hitchhiking and so on, but I only thought it was a joke that everyone chatted and joked on weekdays, but I never took it seriously, never thought that it would actually fall on me.I just stayed in the car like this.I hope to wait until dawn to speak.

The temperature began to drop slowly, and my body began to tremble. I was a little sleepy, so I lit a cigarette, trying to keep myself awake. Smoking a cigarette while thinking about something. Suddenly, the hand that was placed outside was suddenly touched by someone. I was so startled that I shook off the smoke and almost jumped up.There was a voice outside. "Master, can I borrow a light?" I collected myself, it turned out to be a passerby, I didn't expect there to be a passing car so late, I was very surprised.With the sidelight of the headlights, I squinted at this man.He was very young, barely older than my daughter. He was wearing a gray canvas jacket and carried a burlap bag on his shoulders. He might have come back late from work at night.Some furniture processing shops in this area often invite some rural children to work. They work very late every day, but the wages are unusually low.I lit a cigarette for the boy.At that moment, I saw his face clearly.A face I will never forget.

His skin is very dry, his protruding forehead, bloodshot and tired single eyelid eyes, thick and chapped lips like a dry river bed, especially his nose, which is surprisingly huge, reminds me of Jackie Chan. Suddenly, a very sinful idea emerged from the bottom of my heart like a wooden ladle being pushed into the water. When people are afraid, they will be very selfish, so selfish that they regard other people's lives as nothing.Because I thought of an old man who often drove out said that if you always see people spinning around in front of the car while driving at night, it means that there is a need for a car accident. People in our industry are most afraid of accidents. If the car crashes, you have to accompany others without paying. , even if you can save your own life, if you kill someone else, you won't be able to pay much money, and it's even more unlucky to be injured and disabled, and the whole family will be ruined.The driver has a tacit understanding of that (I reminded him, unspoken rules). Yes, it is called unspoken rules.Don't be upset, it's actually like this. Although I haven't touched the steering wheel for a long time, didn't I say a few days ago that a driver ran a child back and forth twice?He also said that the one time he looked back was to save someone.Shit, I don't know what he's thinking, just save people and stop the car! (When he said this, he was a little excited, and coughed violently a few times. When the classmate heard the sound coming in from outside, he scolded him to go out).

It’s getting too far away, I really just wanted to keep myself talking at the time, and I can’t care about it in the future.The young man lit a cigarette, thanked him, and seeing that I had no intention of leaving, he actually started a conversation with me.I made a set of porcelain with him, so I proposed to buy his clothes. " "Buy his clothes?" I was surprised to hear that, but he waved his hand to signal me not to interrupt him. "At first, he was very surprised. He looked at his clothes, and suddenly he laughed heartily, and asked me what I wanted this ragged clothes for. It was just ordinary clothes. I waved my hand, hesitated, and said to him, I want The one that stuck to the flesh inside him. At this time, he stopped smiling, became alert, took a step back, and stopped talking. I immediately explained to him that I didn’t mean anything else, just told him that the clothes inside were right. He was very interested and wanted to buy it. His wife would also go back and make one. He breathed a sigh of relief and tore the clothes.

'This is what my mother did. Others may not be able to do it. My mother is a good hand in the village. 'He really is very simple, actually believe such absurd reasons, I immediately offered to give him fifty, he was even more surprised.I thought he hated it, so I gave him a one hundred piece and pointed at his clothes.The kid immediately agreed, quickly took off his clothes, and handed them to me, and I gave him the money.He was so happy that he took the money, kept saying thank you to me, and then disappeared into the night. Do you know why I want his close-fitting clothes? Uncle turned his head and asked me. I naturally shook my head, and he sighed.

"I did something that I regret all my life. I did something that will never disturb my conscience. I saw him walk away, spread out his clothes neatly in front of the car. Then he started the car, rolled back and forth on it, and got off. The car checked again and again to see if it hit the clothes. Then, I continued to drive, and I didn’t see any so-called figures.” "Oh? What's going on at this time?" I asked strangely. "Do you know the answer? Sometimes people will make some fake things to respond to their own disasters in order to avoid disasters. They are used as substitutes for the answer. I would have a car accident, so I used the child's clothes as an answer. If you touch something back and forth, it will be regarded as a robbery. This is also taught to me by others. I just tried it, but I didn't expect it to be really useful. I was so happy that I forgot about it afterwards.I did not go to look for the young man from the countryside either.Later, my business got better and better, and I soon bought my own car.The money is getting more and more.Until now, I bought a house here. However, at a friend's gathering, we accidentally talked about this thing when we were drunk.said one of them. 'If it is people whose underwear is used as a refuge, most of them will not live long and will die unexpectedly. ' I was shocked when I heard it, and I woke up from the wine. I immediately asked for confirmation again and again, and everyone answered unanimously.I hastily dealt with the liquor bureau, and immediately, relying on my remaining memory, I asked around in the carpentry shop near the place where I met the young man.It took a lot of trouble, but fortunately his appearance is quite special.Finally, I asked in a very small carpentry shop. 'You mean little Li with a big nose. 'The boss said casually, holding the rice bowl. 'Yeah yeah. 'I was very happy when I saw it, but the boss said that Xiao Li was dead, just a few days after I met me, he suddenly rushed to the road in a trance while working, As a result, he was hit to death by a passing car. His family was poor peasants. Because he violated the law, he didn't get a penny. Even the money for the funeral sparks was pooled by a few fellow villagers here.After I listened to it, I was numb.I stood there for a long time, and didn't even respond to the boss calling me. Do you know how much I blamed myself at the time.I didn't expect him to be like this at first, thinking that the young man would be unlucky for a few days at most, but unexpectedly he killed him.What's the difference between that and killing?All I can do is visit his grave frequently and pray for his forgiveness.And go to his hometown regularly to contribute a little bit.Whenever his relatives are sending me off, I am very grateful.I feel very ashamed. Time passed slowly, and whenever I was free, that person's face was always hovering in front of my eyes, and this matter will always be a knot in my heart.I thought this secret would be carried into my coffin.But it turns out that some things cannot be avoided, and what should come will always come. When Yuzhu (my classmate's name) was a sophomore in college.One time when I went home to rest as usual, I suddenly found that she was missing a sock when she was slipping on her slippers, so I asked casually.Unexpectedly, her answer almost made me break out in a cold sweat. It turned out that just now downstairs, Yu Zhu met a man wearing a wide-brimmed gray hat.His accent doesn't sound like a native's.After talking, Yuzhu knew that he was from another place, and repeatedly asked the minister to buy Yuzhu's personal accessories or socks.At first my daughter thought this man was ridiculous and even scolded him to go away, but the man begged tearfully and said that it had a special purpose and was used to save people.Yuzhu was soft-hearted and couldn't stand his persuasion, so he gave him the sock on his left foot. Before leaving, the man gave Yuzhu a one-hundred-yuan bill. " "One hundred yuan?" I couldn't help but say something.The uncle also stopped, turned his head, and said with a sad expression: "You also thought about it? When I took the money over, I felt a very ominous feeling. The one hundred return I gave to that young man back then It’s really not a small amount, and that kind of money is obviously rare after the revision of the new currency. And I’m afraid it’s fake money, I usually write a five-pointed star symbol on the upper left corner of the money. I turned the coin over to have a look , Sure enough, the familiar symbol is on it. My head swelled up.coming.Sure enough, even though I have tried my best to be kind for so many years, I don't expect to be forgiven by that child, I just hope that my conscience will feel better.I also imagined my own fate, but when he really came, and when it was reported to my own descendants, I was caught off guard.I didn't even hear my daughter calling next to me. " "Maybe it's just a coincidence. You may be worrying too much." Although I also heard a little strange, I still wanted to comfort him.Uncle snorted. "That's how I comforted myself. But if I show you something, you won't think so." He struggled to get out of bed.I stopped him, and at his prompt, I dug out a video tape from the opposite box.I was very surprised, but it was inconvenient to ask, so I had to put it in the video recorder.Uncle asked me to look carefully. This is a surveillance video. I saw that the date was several years ago. I understand that this is the video from the camera downstairs.The video was in black and white, but it was still clear. Soon, a man wearing a gray wide-brimmed cloth hat appeared on the screen. His face could not be seen clearly. He was very low, as if he was waiting for someone.After a while, a girl who looked like a student came over.I recognized it immediately, this is my classmate.The strange person at the beginning immediately rushed up and stopped Yuzhu from talking to her, but Yuzhu ignored him at first, and the two had a little argument.Then the man appeared to start crying.Finally, Yu Zhu took off her socks, stuffed them to the man, and walked in. After getting the socks, the man walked towards the camera.Yes, he is facing the camera right now.I saw his hand slowly reach his head and take off his hat. The white face, indeed, even on the black-and-white video tape, the whiteness is very seeping, as if it has just been painted, especially the nose, a huge nose, very similar to Jackie Chan's.His appearance was just as described by his uncle just now.Especially at the end, he actually smiled. I found that his teeth were all black, and when he smiled, it was as if he had no teeth.People around looked at him strangely.Then the man put on his hat and left. The video tape ended, the screen was full of snowflakes, but I still haven't recovered.My uncle asked for the remote control from me and turned off the TV.That's it. "Now, you believe it." "But, you also said that this happened a few years ago. Isn't the rain bamboo in good condition these years?" I still asked him back.Uncle shook his head.He pointed to his heart with trembling fingers. "He is torturing me." Uncle spit out every single word.He closed his eyes tightly, frowning together. "Have you ever seen a cat catch a mouse, catch it, let it go, catch it again, and let it go again, until the smell is gone. Now, my daughter and I are that mouse. I have been watching Yuzhu all these years, she I want to go to other places to develop, but I block her, and I stop her from traveling. On weekdays, I often tell her to be careful about this and that. You don’t understand my feelings. I worry about her all the time. I’m like a As a prisoner waiting to be sentenced at any time, I am afraid that a sudden phone call will tell my daughter that something happened. If I had known this outcome, I would rather die by myself than have anything to do with Yuzhu." After the uncle finished speaking, he couldn't help crying.I was also sad when I saw it. "Uncle, it's better than this. You must not worry too much first. I will go back and tell my friend. I believe he can help you." I don't know if Ji Yan is really sure, but he should have a better way than us.Uncle looked at me and nodded with difficulty. Yuzhu sent me out, keeping her head down all the way. "I'm sorry to waste so much of your time, but I still have a glimmer of hope that my father's illness will recover." I comforted her a few words, and then Yuzhu went up.I immediately called Ji Yan, told him the general situation, and asked him to come out and see if he could help.Unexpectedly, Ji Yan's tone changed drastically after hearing this. "The important thing is not the socks you took! You can solve the problem, but the money is the key. You hurry up and tell them to burn the money. Then you take out the ashes of the money and give it to me. By the way, you are now Where? I'll be right over." I told him the address, and Ji Yan quickly hung up the phone.I also rushed to Yuzhu's house again.After ringing the doorbell for a long time, the door opened. She was a little surprised to see it was me. "What's the matter? Why are you back again? I'm using the microwave to warm up the soup for Dad. You can drink some too." I saw her with big cartoon gloves on her hands, and she was about to turn around to get the soup.I grabbed her. "No, go and ask uncle to give me that money." Yuzhu was a little confused, but I begged again and again, she still led me in with a strange expression. After talking about it with my uncle, he recalled it for a long time, saying that this piece of money was always with him, but he couldn't remember it for a while.As soon as he was anxious, he coughed violently again.Yu Zhu didn't know what we were looking for, so she kept trying to persuade her father to let it go if he couldn't find the money. I helped my uncle search for it on the bed for a long time, and finally found the money in the pocket of a piece of clothing under the quilt. Sure enough, it was a very early version of the hundred-yuan bill.I immediately went outside to light it, but found it unnecessary. Because the kitchen was already on fire, I just wanted to go over to have a look, and there was another explosion, and the wreckage of a microwave flew out of the kitchen with soup, hitting the door, and the whole house began to burn rapidly.I go back to the house immediately. "Hurry up, the house is on fire. Uncle, let me carry you out." I pulled him up. Although he looked very thin, his body was extremely heavy.Uncle kept shouting: "Here he is, he's here." Yu Zhu beside him couldn't understand it at all. By the time my uncle got out of bed, the fire had spread quickly.But it's too late to go out now.But I found that I don't know when the video recorder actually started.Could it be that I accidentally pressed the switch when I was looking for money just now? The picture appeared immediately, but it was not what I had seen before. The one on the TV was indeed the very pale man, but the background was pitch black.He didn't wear a hat, and his entire face was almost attached to the camera, which looked very deformed and shocked the three of us. "The one who can't escape is either you or your daughter." On the TV, he actually said such a sentence, and the voice was very hoarse like that of a person whose vocal cords were severely worn out.Immediately, there was no picture on the TV, and the video recorder began to make a violent hissing sound, and then the tapes of the video tape flew out from inside, spreading everywhere, entangled the feet of Uncle and Yuzhu.We tried to break free, but it was getting tighter and tighter, and the fire was almost reaching the bedroom.The strong smell of smoke and burnt plastic began to fill the room.I wanted to drag the tape outside to burn it, but it didn't work at all. It turned out that the tape connected the video tape to the VCR and the TV.My uncle was in pain, and shouted to the TV: "Let my daughter go, let my daughter go." Then he pushed Yuzhu to my side. "Hurry up, take my daughter away, hurry up." Uncle shouted to me.Yuzhu was also crying, and kept calling Dad, Dad, I held her back, because my uncle had already rushed into the sea of ​​fire by himself.He turned into a burning man in an instant, he kept wailing in pain, and rolled on the ground, Yuzhu burst into tears, couldn't bear it at all, and passed out all at once. But the fire has already spread, Yuzhu's father is already lying on the ground motionless, and his voice is silent. I look at the fire, and my sanity has already begun to blur. Am I really going to die here?There was another burst of intense smoke, and I was choked out. When I woke up, I was already in the hospital, Yuzhu was lying next to me, and Ji Yan was sitting next to me reading a book. Seeing that I woke up, she shook her head and said, "Fortunately, you are lucky. When I got there, I saw the window was blowing. Yan, immediately called the fire alarm, and you are all right, but there is still a dead body at the scene." I looked at Yu Zhu, and found that she hadn't woken up yet, and Ji Yan immediately explained: "She's fine, but she was too stimulated. , She woke up once just now, but her mood was unstable, so the doctor gave her an injection." Although his head still hurts, he still told Ji Yan what happened. He bowed his head after listening, and said for a long time: "It's cruel to choose one of the two. By the way, where is the money?" I remember It seems that I put the money in the jacket pocket at last, so I immediately took it out with my hands.Sure enough, it is still there. I took it out and took a look, but the money turned black as if it had been stored underground for thousands of years.When touched, it was all broken, and then turned into ashes, and there was nothing left.I looked at the only fragment in my hand and really didn't know what to say. "The power of clothes is not terrible, what is terrible is the heart of revenge." Ji Yan took the fragments from my hand and threw them out of the window.He looked at Yuzhu lying beside him. "She is the most pitiful, and she will never know what happened." It was almost dusk outside, and today the last ray of the sun just shone on Yuzhu's face, and the wet tears on her cheeks could be clearly seen .