white porcelain lamp

out? "

He felt the warmth and coolness in the palm of his hand, only to feel that it was more delicate than any piece of porcelain he had ever touched. Eat for three years?It's hard to say-

"Hmm... Bai Ci brand?" Bai Ci raised his head and thought for a while, "I made it all."

"You?" Lu Qingshang's eyes widened, he turned to look at the young man, his mind seemed to explode, and the brush in his hand almost fell off.

Soon, he realized his impoliteness, and quickly said: "No, I don't doubt—I mean——"

"Hahahaha, it doesn't matter," Bai Ci gently took the brush and washed it, and put it back to its original place. "But it was a long time ago. Speaking of it, these are just rewards. After all, they are all things with owners. .How else would I be poor enough to buy a house here?"

The young man blinked playfully, and Lu Qingshang heaved a sigh of relief—although he was a bit shocking, this young man didn't seem like a tough guy.

"reward?"

Bai Ci leaned on the table and sat down, and let out a long breath, "That's right, the labor fee after doing things for others, right?"

Oh... Lu Qingshang nodded, and said straight to the point: "If you want to order such a batch of goods from Mr. Bai, are there any rules?"

The smile on the young man's face deepened to the naked eye, and he looked at him with deep meaning in his eyes, and said with a smile: "Rules? It depends on how much business Mr. Lu is willing to do."

Lu Qingshang couldn't turn his head around, he was stunned for a long time, and suddenly thought of something, the blood on his face faded, his legs softened and he almost didn't sit on the ground.

Bai Ci looked at his terrible complexion and the heavy guard in his eyes as if he was watching a show. It was clear that he had thought of something restricted, so he laughed, "Bones can only be taken after reincarnation. Mr. Lu thinks wrong."

After finishing speaking, the young man closed his eyes, and said softly: "But it's also to blame, otherwise you think too much, it's really strange."

Lu Qingshang's face showed embarrassment, and he felt guilty for a while, and broke out in cold sweat.Thinking that just now he couldn't put it down to the bone china made from someone's bones, he felt a chill.

"This...all? The light at the door...also?"

If he remembered correctly, there were dozens of pieces of porcelain on this shelf.

Lu Qingshang suddenly felt that his back was terribly cold, as if dozens of people were staring at him.He squeezed his goosebump-covered arm, sat back to the original place, took a deep breath to make himself look calmer, and had already thought about his excuse to leave tomorrow morning.

As soon as he raised his head, he saw the young man staring in the direction of the gate in a daze, with inexplicable emotions surging in his eyes.

"One day, they will all return to the owner, and at that time, the transaction will be considered over--Actually, when I opened the door for Mr. Lu, I really thought you were here to pick one of them home. "

The dignified silence was broken by the youth.He lowered his eyes and looked at the ups and downs of tea in the cup, "However, there are always some people who will never wait to pick them up."

Lu Qingshang felt that he couldn't listen any longer, but he couldn't help but think of the white porcelain lamp in his mind.

Bai Ci's profile was peacefully painted on the wooden screen by the yellowed soft light, blending with everything in the room, becoming one of the many antiques.Lu Qingshang looked at him complicatedly - he didn't know why he was still sitting here, it was getting late, he could leave with the excuse of being sleepy, he didn't have to face these bone china, and he didn't have to talk to this weird person again What, after leaving tomorrow, he will not come back, just treat it as Nankeyimeng.

But maybe it’s the curiosity in the subconscious that has been ignored by hard work—why do you need to collect human bones to make bone china?Why is it so young—maybe it's something else, holding him down and not letting him get up.

He looked at the young man, waiting for him to continue to say something.

Looking at him, he realized that Bai Ci might also be waiting, and if he left, he wouldn't have to tell those stories.

Lu Qingshang knew it was bad to think like this, but he bet that he would win—he had seen too many such sellers and buyers, and patience was more important than anything else at this time.

Sure enough, Bai Ci sighed, and said slowly: "Forget it, after all these years, you are still the only one who wants to listen to me."

"You just said that these are remuneration, but you also said that they are commodities for trading, which is very contradictory." Lu Qingshang turned into the businessman who did not change his face in front of many ghosts.

"Yes, yes, but maybe I didn't make it clear. These... these porcelains, they are both rewards, and they are not." Bai Ci slowly filled the teacups for the two of them, "But it is worth being happy What’s amazing is that you’re the first audience member to ask that question in all these years.”

Lu Qingshang was puzzled.

"Oh, they'll either leave when they guess what the porcelain is made of, or they won't even notice that it's bone china." The young man laughed, his voice sounding a little sour.

"Countless people, they ask me to do all kinds of things they can't do... For these things, they are willing to sell their bones and let me make anything. But you know , People have to leave something in the world when they are alive, so I... just accepted it."

Even if he puts himself in the shoes of others, it is hard for Lu Qingshang to imagine that one day he would rather let himself be crushed and turned into bottles and jars after death for something.

Seeing the suspicious look in his eyes, Bai Ci just smiled and shook his head, "For example, I remember a girl who wanted her seriously ill husband to recover, and she found me after all kinds of hardships - I still remember her crying Look, every word, every look—but fortunately not all the girls in the world whose husbands are seriously ill come to me, or I will die of exhaustion."

Lu Qingshang was amused by the weird humor of his last sentence, "Then what?"

"Then? I helped her cure her husband's illness, and signed a contract with her, lest she turn her face and deny anyone. She and her husband lived happily for many years, until one day, regained The newborn husband cheated."

The corner of Lu Qingshang's mouth twitched, he was really surprised by this magical turn.

"She asked me if she could give up. I said no, so she left and chose to end her life in the center of the Pacific Ocean." Bai Ci traced his hand along the wood grain of the table, "I spent a lot of effort to find her The corpse, and a suicide note was found along the way—it was...for me."

Bai Ci closed his eyes and took a deep breath, "She asked me if I could make her bones into that kind of small art sculpture, ask her husband to pick it up, and put it in his wedding room."

The novel-like plot ended here, and Lu Qingshang didn't ask if the scumbag husband came to pick it up.He had an intuition that the story wasn't true—at least half of it—it sounded like a story about a girl's pact with the devil, and the devil won in the end.

The young man's voice lingered in his ears for a long time.He began to try to guess the girl's love and hate, but found that he couldn't even touch the boundary, after all, this has never been his strong point.He looked at Bai Ci with a calm face.That's right, this person has seen so many of the same things, and I'm afraid he has already looked down upon them.

"People don't want to be forgotten in their hearts, and they don't want all the sacrifices they have made to be seen. So they will leave something behind, even if it is a little bit of suspicion that will dissipate at a touch."

two

Lu Qingshang suffered from insomnia, which was definitely torture for a person whose biological clock was always accurate.

However, anyone who has met so many bone china people and heard something full of magical realism from a person who has only known each other for a few hours and who may be a murderer must have this reaction.

Maybe the young man is just a psychopath suffering from paranoia. After all, there is no evidence that those things are made of human bones.

He walked down the stairs, just in time to see Bai Ci watering the flowers in the courtyard.

When Bai Ci followed the movement and saw him, the smile on his face became wider and his eyes flickered, "I thought you sneaked away and were going to find the note you left."

Lu Qingshang replied with an unnatural smile.

After all, it doesn't feel good to have your little thoughts pierced.

"If you're hungry, bear with me, I'll cook." Bai Ci put down the kettle happily, and walked away lightly.

Mr. Lu, who is good at words, almost blurted out his refusal, but was suffocated by his indifferent attitude.

But it’s okay, after walking around yesterday, there are no restaurants in the town, so as not to go out and starve later.

Taking advantage of Bai Ci's cooking time, Lu Qingshang decided to walk around the house.

The house looks like a large courtyard on the outside, but the inside is actually not very spacious. The side courtyards on both sides are overgrown with weeds. It seems that no one has been there. The only traces of tidying up are the front hall and the three rooms behind. bedroom.On the contrary, the flowers and plants in the yard looked spiritually repaired, and were carefully placed in specific places, forming a unique scene.

He leaned against the mottled and yellowed old wall, looked up at the cloud-covered sky through a patio.The cool and warm breath drifts with the wind, which is hard to say is comfortable and comfortable.Lu Qingshang somewhat understood why a weirdo like Bai Ci stayed in this little-known town.

If you don't count the china, it's a really nice place.

After a while, a faint fragrance burst into the air, and Lu Qingshang's stomach growled unconsciously.Only then did he remember that since last night, he hadn't eaten two meals.

He walked around the carved screen and saw Bai Ci arranging the bowls and chopsticks in the front hall.Every movement of the young man was brisk and just right, and his half-length hair was tied into a knot behind his head by a straw-colored ribbon.