Chapter 49: Sunrise will not bury the earth, sunset will not sweep the grave
"What, there is a tomb? Is there anyone burning paper at this time?! Could it be... I know where you are, Nan Nan, just stay there and don't move.
Remember, don’t get out of the car. If someone knocks on the door, don’t open the door or pay attention to anyone, got it?” Grandma said anxiously.
"I know..." Before Qin Nan finished speaking, grandma continued:
"Remember, that is a mass grave. You don't know that, right?"
"What?! Mass grave?!" Qin Nan exclaimed.
"Keep your voice down, be careful not to be heard by that thing. I'll ask Haotian to come pick you up. Remember, he has a red ribbon tied to his right hand. If there is no red ribbon, you must not get out of the car. Remember!
The sunrise is not as good as the earth, and the sunset is not as good as sweeping the grave!" Grandma hung up the phone after saying this.
Qin Nan put down the phone, and his hands began to tremble unconsciously. He didn't know if the people burning paper in the mass grave were human beings.
When Qin Nan looked over there again, the man in white clothes disappeared, and the fire also disappeared.
The fog outside the car window began to thicken a bit again. I didn't know when Wu Haotian would come. If I had known, I would have asked him to lead the way.
Qin Nan felt a little sleepy for some reason at this time. He buried his head on the steering wheel. Just when he was about to fall asleep, a bright light shone in the fog not far away.
Qin Nan raised his head, unable to open his eyes due to the dazzling light. Then he saw a three-wheeled truck coming from the opposite direction. Then, the three-wheeled truck stopped next to his car.
Qin Nan looked out through the car window. The three-wheeler was full of watermelons, and the driver seemed to want to transport them down the mountain.
"Dong dong dong." At this time, there was a knocking sound from the car window on Qin Nan's side.
There was an old man wearing a straw hat, whose face could not be seen clearly, standing outside. He seemed to have something to say to Qin Nan.
Just as Qin Nan was about to roll down the window, he suddenly remembered his grandma's words:
"Mass grave... don't get out of the car..."
Then he lay down on the seat and stared straight ahead.
"Young man... What's wrong with you? Is the car broken down? I can help you repair the car. Get out of the car and I'll help you take a look." At this time, the old man's voice came from outside the car window,
For some reason, the voice sounded very reassuring. He glanced out the car window again. It was too dark to see his face clearly.
Qin Nan thought that as long as he didn't get out of the car, it would be fine if he opened the window. Wu Haotian was almost here.
Just as Qin Nan put his finger on the window button, his eyes suddenly widened. He looked at the front windshield and the snow-covered street trees outside.
He swallowed and looked bit by bit in the direction where the tricycle stopped. The tricycle was full of large and small watermelons.
Qin Nan put away his hand that was holding the window, slowly closed his eyes, took a deep breath and leaned directly on the seat.
From this moment on, he knew that he had bumped into something unclean, because where did the watermelon come from in this winter?!
"Dong dong dong." The old man outside the car window kept knocking on the glass. I don't know how long it took before he became quiet.
It's obviously only two or three kilometers away, but I don't know why Wu Haotian hasn't come by this time.
Qin Nan slowly opened his eyes and stared straight ahead, hoping to see Wu Haotian coming at this time.
Suddenly, a woman emerged from nowhere, holding a several-month-old baby in her arms, standing directly in front of Qin Nan's car.
The woman had two pigtails, was wearing a colorful cotton-padded jacket, and was spitting water vapor from her mouth. She seemed to be a real person.
She looked very anxious. At this time, she ran to my driver's window, knocked on the door and shouted:
"Please, save my child!"
The steam exhaled by the woman reflected on the car window, and she seemed to be a real living person. The woman outside the car window was about to cry, so Qin Nan said:
"What's wrong with your child?"
"I can't hear you clearly, can you lower the window?" The woman made a gesture of lowering the window, as if she was afraid that Qin Nan wouldn't be able to hear what she said.
Qin Nan thought about it and left a gap of a chopstick's length in the window. The moment he drove, the woman wanted to press down the window with her hands.
The woman said anxiously: "Can you open more gaps? I'm afraid you can't hear me."
"It doesn't matter, that's it. I just want to say what's wrong with the child?" Qin Nan said with some caution.
"Put down the window, I really can't hear you clearly." The woman desperately tried to lower the window. At this time, Qin Nan felt that something was wrong, so she said:
"Put your hand down. I've already pressed the switch. You can't get down by pressing the window like this."
The woman let go of her hand again, and Qin Nan immediately closed the car window, then closed his eyes and leaned on the seat.
"Open the door, open the door for me!" the woman yelled hysterically, as if she wanted to smash the window open.
Qin Nan looked at the time on his phone again. More than ten or twenty minutes had passed, and Wu Haotian hadn't arrived yet.
"Ang, ang, ang!" At this moment, the sound of a motorcycle engine came from not far away.
Qin Nan couldn't open his eyes when the headlights illuminated him. Needless to say, this must be Wu Haotian.
At the same time, the woman outside the car window suddenly disappeared. Qin Nan's anxious heart finally relaxed. Wu Haotian came just in time.
If it had been a little later, the window of the car would have been smashed open by that woman.
Wu Haotian parked the car aside and knocked on the window. Qin Nan lowered the window without thinking. At this time, Wu Haotian was looking at him with a smile.
He put his hand on the door frame and slowly moved his head to Qin Nan's ear.
At this time, he suddenly noticed that there was no red ribbon tied on Wu Haotian's right arm!
[Author's digression]: The event in this chapter occurred on the evening of November 30th