ID number 019

Chen Yang clasped his hand over his mouth, breathing hot and humid: "Is there a mouse hole in the room?"

Looking down at Jane, he didn't know what he was thinking, and he didn't make a sound.

Chen Yang pushed Chao Jian's abdomen with his knees: "Come down, don't press me down, I feel uncomfortable if you do this."

After a few moments, the heat on his body receded to one side, and the hand covering his mouth and nose was also removed, and he let out a long sigh of relief.

"Is there really a hole?" Chen Yang propped up the bed and sat up, leaning his wet back against the head of the bed, "Where is it under the bed? How many?"

Chao Jian turned her back to him and faced the door: "A lot."

Chen Yang took a deep breath, he is not afraid of mice, but if there are too many...

Then isn't their room a rat's den?

Chen Yang was terrified by this thought. He was about to ask Chao Jian if there were mice in other people's rooms, when he heard screams from the next door.

Today is the first night here, big-eyed girl and Zhuzhu rock-paper-scissors, she won, tonight she sleeps on the bed and Zhuzhu sleeps on the chair.

When the big-eyed girl sleeps, she likes to sleep on her face. She walked a lot in the town in the afternoon and was very tired. She fell asleep soon after lying down.

Confused, the big-eyed girl felt something crawling on her face.

When she touched it, she found a little fluffy thing, and squeezed it subconsciously. The thing slipped away from her hand with a "swish", and slid under the bed with a rustle.

"Ah!" The big-eyed girl ran out without even thinking about putting on her shoes. She ran to the door of Chen Yang's room and knocked on the door frantically, "Mr. Chen, Mr. Chen, help me!"

Chen Yang pushed Chao Jian: "Let's go out and have a look."

Lying on the side of the bed toward Jane, with her legs slightly bent, her hoarse voice contained irritability: "I won't go."

"Then I'll go for a while, and I'll be back in a while." Chen Yang got off the bed and put on his shoes. The heels were pulled up, and he stepped on them and went out. When he reached the door, he turned his head unconsciously.

The boy beside the bed turned around at some point, with his back to him, facing into the wall.

Chen Yang: "..."

Wasn't it still facing the door of the room just now?Going around, what are you doing?

Chen Yang's thoughts were quickly dragged away by the crashing sound outside the door. He opened the door quickly and closed it quickly, trying to prevent mosquitoes from slipping in as much as possible.

"Why..." Chen Yang just said two words, the little girl threw herself into his arms, hugged him and cried loudly, but he pushed her away without thinking.

After pushing, I was stunned.

It seems that only when his partner hugs him, he will not reject it.

For other people, no matter men, women, young or old, it is not acceptable just to imagine.

Ah, not only Chao Jian, but also my sister.

Even if his sister is hanging on him, he likes it.

Chen Yang moved his feet, drove away the mosquitoes that surrounded him, and patted the frightened little girl: "Stop crying, talk about something."

"There are mice." The big-eyed girl twitched, "Mr. Chen, my room... no, it's the bed. There are mice on the bed!"

The person in front of him reacted calmly.

The big-eyed girl stopped her sobbing immediately: "You also have them in your room?"

Chen Yang thought, not stupid.

"Our room also has them." Ge Fei came out of the room and said, "I found three mouse holes."

The big-eyed girl stared wide-eyed in shock: "Is it in everyone's room?"

After a while, the big-eyed girl's question was answered.

None of the six rooms were spared.

However, among them, only the big-eyed girl had marks on her face.

"I won't die, right?" Big-eyed girl covered the left half of her face that was caught. It was a mouse, it was all bacteria, her skin was broken, and there is no vaccine here.

"No." Teacher Xie patted his arms and legs, "Even if we are bitten by a mouse, we will not die from an attack of infectious disease." not going back."

The big-eyed girl was taught such a popular science, and the fear of death dissipated, but the psychological discomfort was still there. She scratched her face, and put her hand in front of her nose to smell it nervously: "I feel my face is stinky. I suspected that there was rat droppings on the bed, and I crushed it."

Others who slept in the bed: "..."

Zhuzhu comforted the big-eyed girl: "It's okay, it's just a little disgusting, just wash your face a few more times and it will be fine."

"Yes, yes, I'm going to wash my face." The big-eyed girl looked around, and when she saw the wooden barrel by the well, she ran there barefoot and plunged into it.

Chen Yang kept shaking the mosquito.

Teacher Xie asked, "Mr. Chen, does the mouse have anything to do with the task?"

"I don't know." Chen Yang said.

Hope not.

At this moment, Widow Zhou's voice sounded in the darkness: "Several, it's so late, why are you still awake?"

The sound came suddenly, and the air in the courtyard suddenly became thinner.

The woman didn't know when she came out of the room. She walked from the dark to the moonlight, with concern written in her clear eyes.

Zhuzhu said: "Sister, there are mice in our room."

Widow Zhou showed a very sorry expression: "There are some, I forgot to say hello to you."

She smiled and said, "They won't take the initiative to attack people, don't worry."

Everyone: "..."

Old Wu asked: "Aren't there cats in the town? Why are there so many mice?"

He saw several waves of cats in the afternoon, some acting alone, some with families, and there were a lot of them. It stands to reason that mice would not be so rampant.

Widow Zhou said surprisingly: "Cats don't catch mice."

Everyone is stupid.

Is it still called a cat if it doesn't catch mice?

Chen Yang was thoughtful: "Did the cat never catch mice, or did it catch mice at first, but stopped catching mice from a certain day?"

Widow Zhou said: "When the fish tide comes, I don't catch them."

The courtyard fell silent.

Chen looked up at the waning moon, and suddenly asked, "Does the cat eat fish?"

Widow Zhou said, "Don't eat."

Chen Yang asked calmly: "Is it also the day when the fish tide comes?"

Widow Zhou nodded slightly.

Chen Yang retreated to the door of his room and stopped talking.

"Boss." Ge Fei bared his teeth, "The tide of fish will come the day after tomorrow. We are all curious about what the name fish looks like. Can we go with you then?"

"I won't go." Widow Zhou said, "You are the mayor's guests, you can tell him, but he has always opposed everyone's fishing, so I don't recommend you to watch the fun."

Chen Yang looked at the woman under the hazy moonlight, she looked like a jadeite, the collar of her gown was buttoned neatly, and she behaved conservatively.

"Then why don't you go find your own fish? If someone catches and eats it, you can..." Ge Fei pursed his lips, "Madam, is it true that eating fish to gain life expectancy sounds like a rumor, and we all I can't believe it."

There was a trace of sadness and sadness on Widow Zhou's face: "It's true, the mayor knows it, you can ask him."

She sighed softly: "I don't go into the muddy water because I want to resign myself to fate."

After Ge Fei asked what he wanted to ask, he was as quiet as a chicken.

Qian Han moved closer to his ear and looked at him with adoring eyes: "You are testing her, it's amazing."

Ge Fei: "..."

"I'll try it too." Qian Han said blankly, "Miss Boss, a cat doesn't catch mice or eat fish, so what does it eat?"

Widow Zhou said, "Vegetables."

Qian Han was dumbfounded.

The others looked at each other in blank dismay, that is to say, people in the town now eat fish and cats eat vegetables.

After Widow Zhou returned to her room, Chen Yang and his party were still in the courtyard.

Chen Yang looked up at the second floor: "Did you see the merchants leaving the inn?"

Everyone shook their heads.

"No."

"I didn't see it."

"I only saw people delivering food upstairs, but I didn't see them coming down," Zhuzhu said.

When Chen Yang heard Zhuzhu's words, he heard the little girl beside the barrel. He shouted and walked over quickly.

"Whoa-"

The big-eyed girl stuck her head out of the barrel: "Mr. Chen, did you call me?"

Chen Yang looked at her: "Is it better?"

"It's much better." The big-eyed girl wanted to stand up, but got stuck in the middle of the movement, and she said, "My legs are numb."

Zhuzhu ran over to help her.

The two little girls were biting their ears and whispering, their relationship seemed intimate, it didn't look like they had known each other for less than a day.

A hand was placed on Chen Yang's shoulder, accompanied by the smell of cigarettes, he turned his head and said, "Aren't you asleep?"

"You guys have been chattering in the courtyard for a long time, I'm just sleeping." Xiang Dong put his arms around Chen Yang's neck, "How about it, is the chattering famous? The widow didn't give rat poison or trap?"

Chen Yang mentioned the information revealed by Widow Zhou, and he glanced at the taskers in the yard. The team of 12 people was not complete, and only one person came out of some rooms.In some rooms, no one came out, just talking through the door, such as Miss Qiao and Xiang Zimu.

Chen Yang thought of the guess about the single bed in the room, he hesitated for a while, and took it out to share with Xiang Dong.

"There is such a meaning." Xiang Dong whispered into Chen Yang's ear, "If only one of you and your partner can survive, how would you choose?"

Chen Yang said: "I will try my best not to let that multiple-choice question appear."

Xiangdong paused: "You just..."

A questioning syllable came out of Chen Yang's nose: "Huh?"

Xiang Dong rubbed his hair: "Damn, go to bed."

"I've made a major discovery!" Qian Han exclaimed in surprise, "The cats here don't eat fish anymore, so the chances of survival will be much higher if they catch fish with their own name and raise them."

Chen Yang shook his head: "It's just the opposite."

"Why is it the opposite?" Qian Han didn't understand.

"Student Qian, your thinking logic is too simple. The cats in the town don't eat fish or mice, but mice eat fish." Teacher Xie started a small class, "Without the natural enemy of cats, the mice can do whatever they want. What are you doing?"

Qian Han blushed: "Yes."

"Moreover, rats breed fast, are good at digging holes, and are well-informed. Now that the cats in the town don't eat them, the same kind from the surrounding villages will flock to them." Teacher Xie's tone was a little dignified, "We'd better hurry up and find the rats with the most longevity. That person, complete the task and leave, otherwise there is a high possibility of facing the plague of rats and plague."

"Rat plague and plague. I'm okay. It's not my fear. I just feel that the name fish is very tricky. Everyone has one of those fish. If they are eaten by others, they will die. If you raise them yourself, they will be eaten by rats." Ge Fei said, "A dead end."

Chen Yang's eyelids twitched. The word "dead end" had been felt by him when he visited the ancestors in Laoji Village at the train station.

Both of them have loopholes, so this one will too.

Hiding behind deadlocks.

Qian Han tugged at the half-dry curly hair: "You said that the name fish was eaten by mice, and the life span of the mice is not it?"

Ge Fei said, "Maybe."

"Those who catch themselves, they don't need to sleep anymore, just watch over them every day." Qian Han's eyes showed a bit of despair, "It would be great if my brother was here. My brother is very smart and likes to solve problems the most. He must have a way to crack it."

Chen Yang stopped walking towards the door of the room. He tried to think, what would Qian Qin do if he was there?

Are there hidden, unethical shortcuts to this quest?

Chen Yang went back to the room. He took pictures with his mobile phone and wanted to lie down under the bed. Chao Jian dragged him out.

"I have to find the mouse hole and find a way to block it with something." Chen Yang said.

"It's useless to block it," Chao Jian kicked him, "You block one, and they will come out of other holes."

Chen Yang couldn't help thinking of a saying, the son of a mouse can make holes.

"Whatever?" He looked at Chao Jian unwillingly.

Chao Jian frowned: "Come up and sleep."

That is no matter.

Chen Yang comforted himself that they would not stay here for a long time, and they would go back after completing the task.

The key is the task.

If there are mice, let them be mice.

However, this psychological construction was useless, Chen Yang was still very uncomfortable, he asked Chao Jian to come down, and lay down on the bed to look for mouse shit.

"No." Chen Yang said while searching, "There is no mouse droppings, it's okay."

Chao Jian: "..."

"Don't stick your butt at me." Chao Jian said.

The place where Chen Yang was mentioned was inexplicably cold, he changed from lying on his stomach to lying down: "I suspect that the six rooms have been opened up by mice."

"Obvious thing." Chao Jian put the crutch on the bedside.

Chen Yang touched his long nails: "Mr. Xie said there might be a plague of rats."

Chao Jian lay beside him: "Give me the book."

Chen Yang found it and handed it to Chao Jian, and continued to ask: "What do you think?"

"Don't worry about other things, you just need to remember your mission," Chao Jian took the crumpled notebook, flipped it, and fanned it, "walk in a straight line."

Chen Yang leaned over, and the next moment he jumped up, pointed at the bed board and said, "There is a mouse hole behind this!"

Chao Jian was indifferent, with a "so what" demeanor.

Chen Yang's face twitched, he lifted the bed board, tilted his head to the left for a while, tilted to the right for a while, and then moved down again, desperately trying to see the hole.

Chao Jian said neither fast nor slow: "If you have to come together, aren't you afraid that when you look into the cave, there will be a pair of eyes looking at you?"

Chen Yang: "..."

suffocated.

Chen Yang lay down silently, and after a while he said: "The life-span fish is letting people in the town kill each other. It will not appear for no reason. I don't know how much Gao Degui has lied to us. Widow Zhou also has a sense of disobedience..."

There is only the cool breeze from the small book fan next to me.

Chen Yang fell into a deep sleep amidst the messy mission information. He had a dream, a nightmare.

In the dream, he was running in an open place, and the boy crawled behind him with his torn legs, still calling him "brother" non-stop.

No matter how he ran, he couldn't get rid of the boy.

In the dream, Chen Yang was exhausted from running and his mind collapsed. He couldn't stand and fell to the ground, and the young man crawled towards him little by little.

"Brother, why did you run away? You said it, and you won't leave me behind."

Chen Yang's face was pale on the bed, he was panting rapidly, and the veins on his neck were bulging.

"Go away," Chen Yang's hands and feet moved wildly, his forehead was covered with cold sweat, "Don't follow me, get out... get out... don't come over..."

Chen Yang's struggling body was bound by a force, and someone whispered something in his ear, and immediately after, the tip of his right index finger felt warm and soft.

After that, the middle finger and ring finger of his right hand, as well as the middle finger of his left hand were also exposed to that temperature.

Chen Yang moved his eyelids, trying to wake up, but his consciousness was dragged into the abyss. He stopped struggling and slept peacefully.

It was daylight, and the town was as quiet as a sleeping baby, and there was a faint halo in some houses.

Yang Erzhu was pulled up by his wife.

"I was so angry that I didn't sleep well all night. Just the one named Sun, he asked us to borrow money to copy the Internet yesterday. Is that a loan? That's a robbery. You're lucky. Let him snatch things that don't live up to you. He also said that it was a friend and wouldn't let me get the copied net back, shitty friend, he hasn't returned it until now, is he going to return it or what, you go to their house for me!"

"Hurry up, get up!" Yang Erzhu's wife dragged and tugged.

Yang Erzhu had no choice but to go out sleepily.

The road in the town was low and uneven, Yang Erzhu yawned profusely, stepped on a pothole accidentally, and fell.

"Hey……"

Yang Erzhu got up in pain. He saw through the meager light that a piece of skin was broken on his elbow.

The wind was a bit cold, Yang Erzhu shook his body, ready to continue on his way.

"I said... are you okay?"

A voice came from behind, a concerned tone with a hint of mockery.

"Oh it's all right."

For this kind of pretended concern, Yang Erzhu didn't bother to answer, just dealt with it casually, and walked away without looking back.

He walked quickly, crossing the street, turning an alley, just wanting to catch his breath.

"I said... are you okay?"

It was still the voice of that person, who actually followed Yang Erzhu all the time.

Yang Erzhu turned around in surprise, and replied, "Brother, I'm fine, you..."

He saw who was coming.

It was a tall man standing a few meters away from him, his face could not be seen clearly, but the white bowl held in both hands was very conspicuous against the dark background.

Yang Erzhu couldn't figure it out, what kind of idea does a big man have to bring out a bowl to care for others instead of eating breakfast at his own home.

The man stood motionless with his legs crossed and the bowl in his hands.

Yang Erzhu and him just like this, you face me, I face you, neither of them spoke.

"Brother, I just fell, it's okay."

The wind got stronger, and Yang Erzhu's heart felt a little uneasy for some reason, and he even spoke politely.

"You go back too, thank you, brother." Yang Erzhu said.

After hearing that, the man turned and left. Looking at the tall figure going away, Yang Erzhu heaved a long sigh of relief.

This trip to copy the net was not smooth. Yang Erzhu went to a friend's house and found that the door was locked. He asked the neighbors to find out that the friend's family went out last night. He didn't know where he went or when he went out. return.

There was no other way, Yang Erzhu had no choice but to turn around and go home, he was not sleepy anymore, but he was very hungry, his chest was pressed against his back, and acid water was pouring from his stomach.

It was still early, and Yang Erzhu didn't meet anyone on the way back. He returned home with the chill outside.

"Is Chaowang coming back?"

As soon as Yang Erzhu entered the door, his wife came up and asked.

"No!" Yang Erzhu said helplessly, "There is no one in their house, they went out last night."

"Going out? Why didn't you give us the copied net before then? I've said it a long time ago. Your friend is unreliable. If you treat me as a fart, if you don't have the ability, you will die to save face..." Yang Erzhu's wife chattered endlessly. .

"Did you make breakfast?" Yang Erzhu asked.

"Just ask, and you will know if you ask, you won't go to the pot to see?"

After serving the breakfast, Yang Erzhu stood in the kitchen and started to eat big mouthfuls. When he was a little full, he couldn't help but think of the man he met on the road.

Looking back now, that person always gave him a familiar feeling.

Where have you seen it?

No, Yang Erzhu was sure, he had never seen that person before, and even his voice was unfamiliar.

"Strange, where did you get familiar with?"

Yang Erzhu muttered to himself in bewilderment, and when his eyes accidentally glanced at the leftovers, his heart suddenly jumped wildly.

It's that bowl!

It was the bowl that the man had been holding, the big soup bowl with cyan flower patterns, Yang Erzhu was so familiar with it, it was him at all.

home's.

Thinking of this, Yang Erzhu hurriedly searched in the kitchen, but couldn't find it, even looked in the cupboard.

"No! How could there be no!"

Yang Erzhu's heart seemed to be scratched by something, he was still using that bowl last night, why did it disappear all of a sudden?

Yang Erzhu's rummaging made the kitchen ping-pong noisy, and his wife was attracted to him, and she scolded her head and face.

"What's wrong with you?!"

"Let me ask you, where is the big blue and white soup bowl at home?" Yang Erzhu grabbed his wife's arm.

"I said... are you okay? What kind of bowl are you looking for early in the morning?" The wife's caring tone was full of ridicule.

"I find……"

Just as Yang Erzhu was about to answer, he was stunned again. He even froze his opened mouth.

After a long time, Yang Erzhu came back to his senses. He tightened his grip on his wife's fingers and asked word by word: "What did you just say, say it again!"

"I... I said, what bowl are you looking for early in the morning." Yang Erzhu's wife was startled by his panicked expression.

"Yang Erzhu, you..." She was about to ask again.

"It's not this sentence." Yang Erzhu interrupted her, "One more sentence, the last sentence! It's the last sentence, say it quickly!"

"I said... are you okay?"

The wife replied in surprise, with the same words, the same tone, mocking in concern.

Talk to that tall man.

It's exactly the same!

Yang Erzhu grabbed his wife's collar tightly and yelled loudly.

"Say! Where did you get that bowl?"

Yang Erzhu felt his mind was in a mess, he couldn't figure out anything at this moment, but he was sure that this matter must have a lot to do with his wife.

"You used that bowl again," Yang Erzhu stared at his wife's frightened eyes, and asked again, "What did you do..."

His wife did not expect that Yang Erzhu, who was usually melodious, looked so scary now, and the ferocious expression on his face made her breathless.

"It's... over there." The wife pointed to the trash can outside.

Yang Erzhu threw her away and rushed outside, hurriedly pouring out all the garbage inside.

"Crash..."

A handful of white china flakes fell out of the clutter, and...

A gnawed to pieces - fish bones.

"When did you eat this fish?" Yang Erzhu squatted halfway to look at the fish bones, panting and asked.

"That's when you go out," said the wife.

"Who is the name on the fish...?" Yang Erzhu's hands supporting his knees began to tremble.

"I don't know him either, but it should be a man." His wife hesitated and said, "It seems to be called 'Zhao Yishi'."

"I ate the fish with the name and robbed my life. I was afraid of bad luck, so...so I smashed the bowl with the fish after eating."

The more Yang Erzhu listened, the more his hands trembled. His wife took someone else's life, but someone else's soul found him.

Nothing is cheap in this world.

"Why didn't I know that you caught a fish with a name?" Yang Erzhu squatted down, wanting to touch the fish bone but didn't dare, he said with a sneer, "You even kept it from me, and you kept me away from eating fish .”

"Are you speaking human words? I caught the fish yesterday afternoon. I hid it in my trousers for fear of being seen by others. After I got home, I put it into the big tank in the yard with other fish. I forgot about it. In the middle of the night I just remembered." His wife defended, "I won't tell you because I'm annoying you."

"You also know that I am very afraid of death, but my physique is not good. Either this pain or that pain. Now that I am fine, I have gained decades of life in vain. Then can't our family live a stable life? ?”

Yang Erzhu thought with a pale face, a stable life?Is it okay, these names are so sudden and weird, can it be that simple?

"Okay, I've eaten everything, what else do I want to do, it's not whole if I dig it out." His wife took a broom from the corner and came over, "Besides, what I eat is someone else's, and you keep it in the house. Didn’t I touch that one?”

Yang Erzhu suddenly stood up: "You still want to touch my fish?"

"You can't understand human language?" His wife threw the broom on the ground angrily, "Why should I eat your fish? I miss you dead?!"

Yang Erzhu moved his lips a few times: "You won't eat my fish, because the fish with your name is still in the river, without me, who will help you catch it tomorrow."

His wife glared at him.

The faces of the couple became uglier than the other.

"Er Zhu, you will ask me for a bowl, and fish bones, after all..."

Yang Erzhu interrupted his wife: "Stop talking."

He thought of that tall man, and his hands trembled again, hoping that the matter would pass quickly and nothing strange would happen again.

"This matter must be kept secret. If you eat a named fish, it is tantamount to killing someone. If his family finds us, we will be in trouble." Yang Erzhu cautioned.

"I know, what am I talking about, who doesn't eat it secretly." His wife nodded, but she didn't think so in her heart. She thought to herself, now that there are so many named fish, and the town is a mess, who can control who else!

"It's better to bury these things quickly." Yang Erzhu felt that the fish bones made him panic, so he thought it was better to bury them.

safe.

"You come to bury." The wife replied casually.

Yang Erzhu bent down to pick up the broom, turned his head and glanced at his wife inadvertently.

As a result, this sight scared him to death.

Half of his wife's body protruded from her shoulders, like a conjoined body.

It was a man, strong in stature.

Yang Erzhu knew this person, he was the man holding the bowl!

Now he actually grew on the shoulder of Yang Erzhu's wife, his eyes were looking at the fish bones on the ground, and he couldn't see his expression.

His eyes had only whites, no pupils.

"You... are you okay?" Yang Erzhu asked tremblingly.

"Huh?" His wife felt a little puzzled, "I'm fine."

"Your shoulders..."

"Oh, frozen shoulder, it's an old problem, and it's not like you don't know about it." The wife waved her hand, "You can help me pinch it later."

"I……"

Yang Erzhu wanted to say more, but stopped instantly.

Because he saw the extra half of his body slowly turning his head towards him.

Yang Erzhu stood there stiffly, his heart was about to explode.

"what……"

The man turned his head vertically, facing him, slowly opened his mouth, and let out a hoarse moan, as if in great pain.

The man's voice became louder and his mouth grew bigger, until the huge mouth filled most of his face.

"what……"

The voice became more painful and struggling, and the hoarse voice turned into a high-pitched shrill voice.

Yang Erzhu only felt pain in his eardrums. He covered his ears vigorously, and collapsed on the ground in pain, his consciousness gradually blurred.

After an unknown amount of time, Yang Erzhu was woken up by his wife.

"Two pillars, two pillars..."

Yang Erzhu opened his eyes with difficulty, feeling a splitting headache, he immediately looked at his wife's shoulder.

Nothing at all.

Yang Erzhu closed his eyes and opened them again, but there was still no abnormality. His sweat-covered face regained a little color. It was because he was delusional. It is impossible for a person to grow another person on his shoulders.

"Why did you go crazy just now? You were yelling and yelling, it was so frightening." The wife looked a little terrified.

Yang Erzhu stood up with difficulty, and just as he was about to say something, he heard a sentence that made his blood flow backwards.

"I said... are you okay?"

It wasn't his wife who asked, it was a man's voice.

Yang Erzhu suddenly raised his head, and he saw half of a man's body above his wife's shoulders.

The man was trying to poke his neck out, trying to put his face close.