"Don't ask, be careful." He put two drops of water on his head, pocketed his pants and left.
Boss asked me to go to the village to wait at 3:30, but I went there before 3:00.
There is a big willow tree at the entrance of Tiandong Village. In summer, there are many old people enjoying the shade and playing chess under the tree. In winter, there are fewer people. There is just an old man sitting there who is eating and has no teeth. I have never seen him before.
"Have you given me seven meals?" the toothless old man said to me suddenly.
I said I ate it, so what?
He put his hand on the cane and said, "You are so bright, let me tell you."
"What?"
"eat me?"
I know Qi means eating. He said Qi means eating. Why are you still eating me? You want to eat people?
It took me a long time to understand that the old man probably meant that you are well dressed, can you give me something to eat? That's what he meant.
Judging from his shabby clothes, he might be a lonely old man in the village who has no one to take care of him. I said he has no food, so I can give you a cigarette.
I gave him a root of Hibiscus King, but the old man was not polite and puffed it up after taking it.
"Rumble..." At this moment, the sound of a motorcycle suddenly came from behind.
"Are you here to get the letter?" the motorcyclist stopped and asked me.
I nodded and said yes.
He took out an envelope from his pocket and gave it to me, "The letter has been delivered. Give me twenty yuan."
I didn't ask for more money, but when I touched my trouser pocket, I found a ten-dollar bill and two one-dollar bills.
I said, can that be all?
The motorcyclist pointed and said, "Give me that pack of cigarettes."
I gave them all to him, I walked aside and opened the envelope.
There was a small folded piece of paper in the envelope, with only three small words written on it.
"not human...."
I frowned when I saw it. Isn’t it a human being? Who is not a human being?
Was it written incorrectly?
At this time, there is a popular word among young people, "It's not me." Someone is chatting with you on the newly popular QQ, "Are you there?"
Many people will reply, "It's not me."
But what does it mean to not be a human being?
Could it be a ghost?
I couldn't figure it out, so I took out a lighter and burned the note.
The man riding a motorcycle to deliver the message was not from Tianguangdong Village, but probably a local from Yongzhou. I saw him chatting with the old man under the willow tree.
I burned the envelope together and was about to go back when the old man suddenly stopped me and said.
"It snowed last week, and a little boy couldn't come out after a long time."
The man on the motorcycle looked at me and flicked the ashes from his cigarette: "It was frosty some time ago, and the old man said he saw a man falling headlong into the water. He had never seen him come up before."
What I immediately thought of was Lao Tian who stole our diving suits.
I turned around and came back and asked: "Brother, please help me ask, is it true or not? Have you seen what that person looks like?"
After the conversation, the motorcyclist said to me:
"I asked, and the old man said he wanted a pack of cigarettes."
"If you don't give me a cigarette, don't tell me."
