stay taro

Chapter word count: 3917

"Hello, I want to ask where is No. 567, Tanhua Lane?" Jiang Yu walked around the street for a while, but he didn't see No. 567.

The uncle who was enjoying the shade at the door looked at Jiang Yu a little strangely, "There is no 567 here, it's only up to 566."

"No?" Jiang Yu frowned—could Grandpa Shi remember wrong when he was old?

"Could it be that you heard it wrong, but it's actually another house number or something else?" the uncle asked.

"Probably... no." Jiang Yu thought that Grandpa Shi had been trapped in the house and died for more than ten years, but he didn't look like he had a bad memory, and he told himself the house number It feels like I have recited it silently many times in my heart.

"Wow..." Soy Sauce Boy was also boring.

"Uncle, are you sure there is no number 567 here?" Jiang Yu reconfirmed.

"I've lived here for more than ten years, how can I not know about this alley..." The uncle was talking, and a gray-haired old man came out from the next door——

"What are you talking about?" The old man's voice was quite loud.

"Old Chen, this young man seems to be looking for someone, but he misremembered the house number..." the uncle said to the old man.

"Who are you looking for?" The old man still had a fan in his hand.

"I only know that he lives at No. 567 Tanhua Road, and I don't know anything else..."

"What date did you say?" The old man couldn't believe his ears.

"No. 567, this uncle told me that there is no such number." Jiang Yu looked at the old man and felt hopeful.

"There is no such number," the uncle turned to look at the grandfather, "Old Chen, do you think so?"

The old man just stared at Jiang Yu, "567... Are you really looking for number 567?"

"Yeah, grandpa, you know that?"

"I know where number 567 is, but there..." The old man hesitated.

"Grandpa, you just need to tell me where I am. I'm really in a hurry." Jiang Yu pleaded.

"Wow..." Soy Sauce Boy was upset—Xiao Yu begged others like this because of that zombie...

Jiang Yu glanced at Soy Sauce Boy, telling him to be quiet.

"Actually, there is No. 567, but that house is relatively remote, covered by high-rise buildings, and because it has been deserted all year round, people who have moved here in the past ten years may not know it." The grandfather's voice was a little low.

"I don't know about this..." The uncle was very surprised.

"Because that household... was originally doing that kind of business, and since the incident happened 15 years ago, the store has also been closed, so it has naturally been abandoned." The old man pointed in the direction ahead, "You go in there, and then the shop is abandoned." When you turn the corner and go around the building under construction, you can see a house, it may be a little dilapidated, but you can still see the house number."

"Okay, thank you, grandpa, and uncle." After Jiang Yu thanked, he took the soy sauce boy to the front.

The old man stared at Jiang Yu's back in a daze.

"Old Chen, what exactly does that family do?"

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"No. 567 Tanhua Road..." Jiang Yu read the number plate on the door. Although the paint on the door plate has been peeled off, the words can still be read clearly—"However, this place is like this, where can we still do business?"

"Wow woof——" Soy Sauce Boy, who was originally lazy, suddenly called out vigilantly.

Jiang Yu watched the door painted with dark red paint open automatically, as if to welcome herself——

"Soy Sauce Boy, what do you think is inside?" Jiang Yu said and walked inside——

Soy sauce boy followed.

It’s already dark now, and it was originally dark inside, but when Jiang Yu stepped in, the light inside turned on—but, Jiang Yu looked closely, it was not a lamp, but a lantern, the kind of special paper-made The white lanterns used in the mourning hall in the past, only because there are two rows of lanterns lit together, so it looks like the lights are on.The most eye-catching thing is the... several coffins placed in the middle of the room.

Jiang Yu stepped forward and touched the coffin board with his hands—there was a lot of dust on it, but—"It is indeed good wood, and it costs a lot of money on our side."

"Knowledgeable."

Following a sound, Jiang Yu saw an old man with a beard who suddenly appeared in another coffin, wearing a gray Tang suit, with sleeves and trouser legs rolled up, his eyes sparkling, and he looked like an old urchin——

"Are you the boss?" Jiang Yu also sat down on the coffin opposite him.

"Yes." The old man took out a pipe out of nowhere and puffed it up, "However, this is the first time I've seen a young man like you come to my place in so many years."

"I'm here to do business with you." Jiang Yu touched the wooden board under his hand, "This one is good, I want this."

"I didn't say I would sell this to you." The old man smiled slyly, "I won't do business with people lightly."

"You're dead anyway, so you only need to sleep in a coffin. There are so many here, so what if you sell me a coffin?" Jiang Yu looked around the room, "Didn't you let me in just now because you have a relationship with me?" Do I mean a deal? If you want paper money or incense ashes, I can prepare some for you.” Anyway, it’s useless to give you money. I was thinking about spending money, but Jiang Yu still feels distressed. Now the other party is not human, so just Save a lot of trouble.

"If you want paper money or incense ash, I have enough here. I'm in this business." The old man put down his pipe. "You can also ask for a coffin. Do me a favor."

"What are you busy with?"

"Help me find someone."

"who?"

"Schian."

If Jiangyu had water in his mouth now, he would have sprayed it out long ago——

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"Little Yu, have you bought the coffin yet?" Xue Qing ran over to ask Jiang Yu as soon as he entered the house.

Several other ghosts were also waiting for his news.

"Don't talk about buying it, I can't even find that place." Jiang Yu looked at Shi Qi'an, "Grandpa Shi, did you remember wrongly? There is no such place at all."

"Why not?" Shi Qian was a little nervous, "It's obviously there..."

"Grandpa Shi, think about it, that happened more than ten years ago, and things have long since changed. When I went there to see, many old houses were demolished. When I went there, it was just right. I saw a high-rise building being built at a construction site, just around the corner, it was too noisy..." Jiang Yu complained.

When Shi Qi'an heard what Jiang Yu said, he took a step back, "Is it really... gone..."

"Forget it, think about where there is a coffin shop in this day and age, and let the zombie sleep on the bed first." Du Zhou interjected.

"However... Later, an old man guided me, and I really found the place." Jiang Yu said slowly.

Shi Qian breathed a sigh of relief, "Then you went in?"

"Yes, I went in and saw the coffin and lantern inside."

"Is there anything else?" Shi Qian asked.

"Others..." Jiang Yu paused, then took out something and showed it to Shi Qi'an, "Grandpa Shi, do you know this?" It was the pipe.

Seeing that pipe, Shi Qi'an shook his whole body, and when he took it, his hands were shaking, "Little Yu, what's wrong with you..."

"Since this thing is known, then you also know this 'person'... right?" Following Jiang Yu's words, a person began to appear—and finally turned into an old man.

"Qian..." The old man was very happy when he saw Shi Qian.

"Zhengyue..."

"Okay, they haven't seen each other for a long time, let's go upstairs first." Jiang Yu beckoned all the ghosts to go upstairs.

Once upstairs, the ghosts began to gossip——

"Xiaoyu Xiaoyu, who was that old man just now?"

"Yes, it seems that Grandpa Shi has known him for a long time..."

"Why do I feel like I have JQ, like an old lover..."

"But they're all men."

"Old Antique, who told you that men and men are impossible?"

"..."

"Stop arguing," Jiang Yu interrupted them, "Be quiet, I'll tell you what I know."

The ghosts are quiet.

Jiang Yu looked around for a week before saying, "Actually, I don't know much, but the old man doesn't dare not tell me the truth, otherwise I won't bring him back. In short, Grandpa Shi and the old man were in the young They were comrades-in-arms at the time, and they were in the same military camp. After a long time, they developed feelings. But after being discharged from the army, the two returned home. Because of various relationships, they separated and didn't have much contact. However, they still care about each other. The old man told me that he was forced to get married by his family, but he endured the pressure and finally came to this city to find Grandpa Shi. At that time, both of them were over 40 years old. When the old man found Grandpa Shi , I found out that he was married and had a child, so I didn’t mean to disturb him, so I opened a shop by myself. During the period, Grandpa Shi and him also met, but it was still different from before. More than ten years passed like this In [-], both of them were old. That night, when the old man was at home, a thief came. He found out and started fighting with the thief. After all, he was old. When he woke up, he was already dead."

"There is another story." Xue Yi pondered, "This is really a tragedy."

"But that old man is too affectionate. From this point of view, Grandpa Shi is a bit ruthless." Hua Li commented.

"I said that's not the case." Sang Nansheng pushed his glasses and said, "Others don't know, don't those of us who have stayed here longer than him know? Grandpa Shi will fall from the stairs at that time Didn’t he come down because he heard the news of someone’s death and rushed down the stairs, so he accidentally fell down the stairs and died? At that time, he was not even afraid of our threats, so he died like this.”

"If two people are in love, then it's just a tragedy when they were born, but now it seems that they may have a happy ending." Xue Yi nodded.

"Anyway, I've tried my best on this matter," Jiang Yu stretched, "I'll bring the coffin here when the matter is over."

Hua Li walked up to Jiang Yu and pushed him, "Little Yu, if you can bring the old man here, it shows that you have the ability to make the dead people leave the place where they died, then we..."

"He can, but you can't." Jiang Yu glanced at them, "This place is not an ordinary place. When I came here, I felt that it was really too dark here. Let's talk about it after I figure out the situation here. "

"Little taro..."

"Stop making noise. I'm going to bed so late. You guys should wash up and sleep too. We'll talk about it tomorrow." After Jiang Yu finished speaking, he yawned and went to his own room. Soy Sauce Boy followed with graceful steps. behind him.

All the ghosts looked at the closed door sadly.