damn it

At four o'clock in the afternoon, the two of them closed the store early and were going to deliver goods to Manganziao.But the other party asked for a lot of goods, and the small eDonkey couldn't carry them, and it compacted two heavy sacks, so I had to temporarily go to the street and call a motorized tricycle.

The tricycle was new, with good horsepower, much faster than Dou Cheng's little electric donkey, and within half an hour, he took a shortcut to the place.However, Manganziao is similar to the shanty town in the old street where Dou Cheng used to live. Not only is it dilapidated, the street is still narrow, and the address of the warehouse is in a deep alley inside, so tricycles can’t get in, so they can only park as an excuse, and the goods are delivered by They carry it in by themselves.

It's a bit embarrassing, but it can't be helped.

After paying the fare, Dou Cheng was about to carry the bag, but was pulled away by Qu Zhong.

"I'll do it." After Qu Zhong said, he directly bent down and pulled two bags from the car, hefted them in his hands, one shoulder and the other with ease, just like carrying two bags of air, he turned around and left.

Even so, Dou Cheng still felt very embarrassed, rubbed his hands together and stepped forward: "Shall I carry a bag?"

Qu Zhong: "It's not necessary, you are the boss, follow by, and just settle the payment later."

"Then your employee is really cheap, you don't even need to pay wages." Dou Cheng couldn't help laughing.

"Fortunately, food and shelter are included...sleep~~~" The last word "sleep", Qu Zhong had a meal first, and then it was full of meaning.

Dou Cheng understood the deep meaning behind the wavy line in a second, and immediately choked.Well, old rascal, you can carry it if you like, I am happy to be at ease!

The two of them were a little dazed as soon as they walked through a street.

This place twists and turns like a maze, no matter whether it is the street or the shops on both sides, it looks the same.Of course, this is mainly because it was too late and all the shops were closed. Once the door was closed, the old wooden doors of the all-mud-white-walled wooden buildings turned black, not to mention the modern things like rolling shutter doors, even the painted doors. Very flavorful and very thorough.

Because of this, the two lost their way after walking in for a while.This is all secondary. I can always get out if I get lost. The main reason is that I don’t know which street this warehouse No. 18 is on.

"Ask someone." Qu Zhong said, "I see a teahouse in front of you. Go there and ask someone."

Dou Cheng nodded, and trotted towards the teahouse. When he reached the door, he heard the sound of mahjong inside.The proprietress was sitting at the door knitting a sweater, but Dou Cheng didn't need to go in to find someone, so he asked the proprietress directly.

"No.18 Warehouse, oh, you go straight ahead, pass a clinic, there is a three-way intersection a little ahead, you turn left, then there is another three-way intersection, turn right, go straight down a steep slope, turn again, After passing through, go straight to the right, and then you will see a high-voltage electric pole. The stone road on the left passes a slaughterhouse, and then walks along the river to the bridge, and crosses the bridge pier. It's an abandoned warehouse." The proprietress looked a little cold, but she spoke very carefully, and stopped talking to Dou Cheng after she finished speaking, and continued to knit sweaters.

Dou Cheng: "...Thank you."

Turning around and looking at Qu Zhong who had already come over, his mind was in a daze, he didn't remember anything after asking, he just remembered abduction.

"Didn't remember?" Qu Zhong knew Dou Cheng's expression when he saw it. In fact, he just remembered the general idea after listening to it for a long time.

Dou Cheng shook his head.

Qu Zhong: "Follow me."

"You remember?" Dou Cheng was surprised.

Qu Zhong: "No."

"then you……"

"I can find someone to ask again later, let's walk along the route I remember first." Qu Zhong said, and walked forward first.

Dou Cheng: "..."

Dou Cheng remained silent for a few seconds before following up helplessly.

Facts have proved that remembering is probably unreliable. The two abducted a few times according to what the proprietress said, and then lost their way again and didn't know where they went. The whole thing wandered around like headless chickens. After walking for such a long time, except for the teahouse, I didn't see a passerby or anyone who opened the door.That's right, the weather is cold now, and the doors usually close early, but it's not like there are no people there. This dilapidated place is simply more desolate than their shanty town.

"I said you are a zombie after all, and you got lost too. It's really..." What's wrong, Dou Cheng got stuck and couldn't find a suitable adjective for a while.

"I've never been here before, it's normal to be unfamiliar, but one thing is clear, we don't have ghosts hitting the wall." When his ability was questioned, Qu Zhong didn't feel embarrassed at all, and he still looked calm and calm: "I remember The proprietress seems to say that there are electric poles, let's look for electric poles first."

However, the two searched all the way and found that the so-called electric pole was a pit at all. Because they turned around all the way, the electric pole could be seen everywhere, but there was no shadow of any slaughterhouse on the stone road.

"Are you sure we're not playing ghosts against the wall?" Dou Cheng felt more and more wrong as he walked: "It's not dark yet, even if it's cold and the door closes early, it's not like every family can't stay out of the house, how can I? Do you think there is something wrong with this place?" There is no popularity at all, like a forgotten corner: "Do you really think there is nothing wrong with this place?" Now he is starting to wonder if Qu Zhong's radar is out of order.

"It's really no problem." Qu Zhong said: "There are few people here because there are few people here. Most of the houses are empty. You didn't see the moss growing under the eaves at the door. There are still places under the eaves. Some have spider webs, too."

After being told by Qu Zhong, Dou Chengcai realized that it was true, but...

"This place is not too dilapidated to live in. The bustling market is just outside the street. The transportation is convenient. It's still a campus house. Even if you buy a new house outside, it won't be so empty here. Even if you don't sell it, you will rent it out. That's right." Dou Cheng still felt that there was something wrong with the lack of people and barrenness: "I still think..."

"Of course there's no one there."

An old voice suddenly sounded behind him, startling Dou Cheng, even Qu Zhong raised his eyebrows unexpectedly, turned around and looked over.

"Master, what do you say?" Dou Cheng saw that the man behind him was a man, so he asked.

"We can't keep people in this area." The uncle sighed: "It seems to be cursed. Every year in the middle of the night on the Ghost Festival, a group of people will be drowned in groups, no matter adults, children, men or women. Young and old, if it’s just like this, it can be said to be a coincidence, but every time, the people who die are extremely yin. In fact, many people don’t believe in ghosts and gods, but they can’t stand it every year. Over time, everyone can move out. I moved out, and at the beginning there were rented houses, but accidents followed, and with the dictation and gossip, no one came to rent houses in this area. There are only a few households in our area now. It is said that there will be plans for this area next year. Demolition, even the remaining few houses will move out..."

The uncle must have been chatting for a long time, and the beginning was endless. Dou Cheng interrupted him in time: "Master, do you know how to get to the NO.18 warehouse?"

"Warehouse NO.18, are you here to find the printing workshop?" The uncle did not wait for Dou Cheng and the others to answer, and pointed out the direction: "You go straight along this road, then turn left into an alley, and then turn right. Turn, go straight, and when you see the electric pole, turn right and go down the river to the bridge pier."

Dou Cheng confirmed the route with the uncle three times, and his mouth deepened his impression by talking about it. He felt that he had remembered it, so he thanked the uncle and left.However, my uncle’s guidance is reliable. They walked along this time, and they soon saw the legendary electric pole that can pass through the river, and also saw the slaughterhouse. piers.

When they were all under the bridge pier, Dou Chengcai came to his senses and clicked his tongue.

"The customer is really, leaving such a vague address to deceive people. Just say where the manganese concave bridge pier is not. It's not easy for us to get off the bridge directly, which makes us detour." Dou Cheng complained. After saying a few words, he suddenly remembered what the old man said, and then he turned his head and asked Qu Zhong: "Then the old man said something about cursing, what do you think?"

"It's definitely not a curse or a curse." Qu Zhong directly denied this statement: "This feng shui is not good, and it is evil."

Dou Cheng: "What the hell?"

Qu Zhong: "You still don't understand."

"Tsk." Dou Cheng rolled his eyes: "Virtue."

"The warehouse is over there, go knock on the door." Qu Zhong raised his chin when he saw the closed warehouse not far away.

Without him saying anything, Dou Cheng ran over, knocked twice, and the door was opened, and the customer who came out with a cigarette in his mouth was the customer who came to the store in the afternoon, a tall middle-aged man in his forties or fifties.

"The goods have arrived? Just leave them at the door." The man didn't let the two of them in: "Add a WeChat account, and I'll transfer the final payment to you."

Dou Cheng was actually quite curious about what the other party was doing with so much yellow paper, but after the other party said so, he had no choice but to give up, nodded and signaled Qu Zhong to put down the bag, and asked the person to scan his WeChat and transfer money.

"This is the rune template." Qu Zhong waited for the two of them to transfer the money before taking out the template in his pocket and handing it to the middle-aged man.

The middle-aged man frowned when he saw it: "It's only one piece?"

"Ah." Dou Cheng nodded. The attitude of the middle-aged man made him feel a little uncomfortable, but after all, the other party was a customer, so he didn't show it: "You only asked for a template on the order, but you didn't say the quantity, and this The templates are all handmade, if there are more, the price will definitely not exceed the current price."

"Then how much is this template? I'll order five... ten more." The middle-aged man was straightforward: "Let's not make a deposit either. I'll pay you the full amount now. , go back to your store to pick it up."

Dou Cheng: "Then why did you let us deliver the goods to your door today?"

"As for these two sacks, I'm not as strong as this guy. I can carry them in by myself. Birds don't shit in our place, and cars can't get in at all. Everything has to be done manually." The middle-aged man said.

"Then you can just say let's go up and down the bridge, so we won't be derailed." Dou Chengcheng didn't want to say it at first, but when he was in a hurry, he came out bald.

But the middle-aged man didn't care too much: "Hey, look at me, I actually forgot about this. It's much closer if you get off the bridge, so you can find it."

Dou Cheng: "..." Hey you big-headed ghost!

Just as he was complaining in his heart, he heard Qu Zhong say, "What do you order so much yellow paper for? You look like a workshop?"

"We are engaged in talisman paper printing." The middle-aged man handed a cigarette to the two of them, Qu Zhong waved his hand and refused, Dou Cheng took it bluntly, lit it up and smoked, and heard the other party continue: "We It used to be completely manual before, but the efficiency was too slow, and I just received a large urgent order recently, so I thought about buying templates."

Qu nodded his head, and naturally exposed the topic: "The template can be made in a day, you can come and get it someday, if there is nothing else, we will leave first."

"Okay, then I'll get it from your store the day after tomorrow." The middle-aged man said.

"Success." Qu nodded emphatically.