In February, I don’t know why it’s getting colder and colder.
The Iron Buddha was placed on the floor in the back room and covered with a sheet. Dou Sprout gave three sticks of incense to it on time every morning and evening. I thought Dou Sprout had begun to believe in Buddhism again, but when I asked, it was not the case.
Douyazai smiled and said: "When people eat, Buddha smells the fragrance. I feed Buddha well every day so that he can go on the road well and sell it at a good price."
The boss told me that Boss Qian was coming from the south, and the time of his arrival was uncertain, but it was probably only for a few days.
I suddenly remembered something.
The more I thought about it, the more feasible it became, so I took some time that afternoon and went there.
"Hey, aren't you the boyfriend of Lao Qian's daughter?"
I smiled and said, "Yes, brother, I came to see your Factory Director Wang to talk about something."
"Come to the factory director? That's not right. Lao Qian's daughter asked for leave. He said that his boyfriend had a fracture and he went back to take care of his boyfriend. I think your hand is fine."
I laughed a little awkwardly, Qian Xinhan must have taken leave to take care of her red eyes.
"That's because you remembered it wrong. Last time I said I was her ex-boyfriend, not her current boyfriend. Don't talk about it. Brother, where is your factory director?"
"It turns out to be my ex-boyfriend. You young people are really good at playing. The factory manager is in the office. He just came back. Go ahead and remember to knock on the door first."
When I arrived at the cannery director's office, I knocked twice on the door.
"It's not locked, come in."
Factory director Wang Sujuan was keeping accounts, and she was stunned when she saw that it was me who came in.
"You...are you Lao Yang's friend?"
"Hello, Director Wang, it's me," I said with a smile, "Um...Old Yang has something to do and can't come. He asked me to pick up something."
"What to get?"
Wang Sujuan put down her ballpoint pen: "Lao Yang is just a dealer in our factory, what did he ask you to get?"
I knew that this woman didn't know that Yang Kun had died in Binta Robber's Cave.
"That's right, Brother Yang asked me to get some kind of Buddha statue... He said it seems to be temporarily placed here with you."
"Wait a minute, I'm making a call to ask."
"It's still like this. Why can't I get through the phone?" Wang Sujuan was a little anxious.
"Sister, don't worry. Brother Yang has gone out of town and seems to have no signal. He sent me a text message. Look."
I showed her my phone and the text message read:
"Sujuan, I have something to go to Henan. The signal is not good in the mountains. You ask my brother to go to the Buddhist hall to get the Buddha statue. Put the other things with you first and wait until I get back."
I took my phone back and said with a smile, "Let's see, sister."
Wang Sujuan breathed a sigh of relief and said: "It turned out to be that thing. Take it away. Take it away. I'm scared when I look at that thing. Go out and wait for a while."
After waiting outside the door for more than ten minutes, Wang Sujuan opened the door and handed me a plastic bag.
There was a bronze Buddha statue in the bag. It was not even wrapped, just placed in a plastic bag.
"Then you are busy, big sister, I have to get it to Brother Yang."
"When will Lao Yang come back from Henan?"
"It should be after the new year. I don't know the details."
I walked out of the cannery quickly carrying the plastic bag. I was so happy. I didn't expect it to be so simple. I was prepared to spend money to buy it to pick up the leaks.
Because Wang Sujuan didn't like it and she knew nothing about antiques, that's why I succeeded so easily.
I took out the small Buddha statue from the plastic bag and looked at it. I felt that the more it looked, the better it looked. It could be sold for at least 100,000 yuan.
I muttered two sentences silently in my mind.
"Brother Kun, I'm sorry. I'll burn more paper for you next year. It's useless for you to leave this thing alone, so I'll take it."
When I went back in the evening, I put the gilt statue of Kuzhu on the table.
"Tsk tsk..."
Dou Sprout walked around in a circle and said with a smile: "Old Fengzi, I fooled you so easily."
I said I did it myself and the money from the sale is mine and I don’t need to share it with you.
Dou Sprout's face immediately fell.
"What's yours is mine! Mineko, what's yours is mine! Just give me a little bit, just a little bit."
I laughed and scolded: "Don't think I don't know. You have almost two million in your card, which is much more than the rest of us. If it's what you say, can you give me one million?"
Douyazai said with a smile on his face: "There is no Fengzi, I only have tens of thousands of dollars in my card, haha."
"What are you two talking about? You are so happy."
"Here you go, head," I smiled and briefly talked about the Buddha statue.
After hearing this, he shook his head and said: "Yunfeng, this is your good luck. Remember, don't make it public. If something happens to Yang Kun, his brother should know about it."
"I have never been exposed to wild people like Yang Bin, but I heard from my friends that he has more than 60 people under him. Yunfeng, please be careful and keep a low profile."
"You know the leader, don't worry, when will Boss Qian come to see our goods?"
The boss said: "It will take about four days to fly over from the south. We will be contacted when we arrive. After the year, you can buy a car and get a driver's license. You will need it in the future."
"Okay, I know the trick."
"Yunfeng Yunfeng!"
At this moment, Xiaoxuan suddenly ran over holding a newspaper.
"What's wrong?"
"look!"
Xiaoxuan pointed to the newspaper in her hand for me to read.
It was January 17, a local newspaper published by Yinchuan News Agency. There was a column titled, "The Forgotten Ethnic Group, the Mystery of the Migration of the Alashanhute People."
The contributor is Gan Xuan, a special correspondent of this newspaper.
There are several pictures in the column, including a picture of Hute children herding sheep. There is no Aji, but I saw the dark-skinned Uncle Hulu.
"It's Reporter Gan. It turns out she has returned to Yinchuan a long time ago."
I read the newspaper, and it was very well written. The report was very detailed, including the Hute people's eating habits, fire sacrifices, eating sheep's horns, and the characteristics of the cave dwellings they lived in.
I haven’t seen Reporter Gan for a long time. When I suddenly saw this news, I missed her a little bit.
"Is this the newspaper you subscribed to?" I asked Xiaoxuan.
"No, I haven't made an order. The landlord has. He is from Yinchuan. Once he orders a quarter, someone will deliver it to him every morning. I'll take a look when I have nothing to do."
"Where are the previous newspapers? Let me take a look."
"It's all in the cardboard box under the table in my room. Go check it out."
At that time, the Internet was far from popular. Apart from television, newspapers and magazines were the most important ways for people to understand what was happening in society.
At that time, you could make money by opening a newsstand, but you couldn't do it no matter what. Now it's no longer possible. Young people who still read newspapers only watch short videos.
I went into the room, pulled up a chair, sat down, and poured out the old Yinchuan newspapers from the box to see if there were any major events happening in society.
Reporter Gan is awesome. She has a column almost every other issue or two. With her current influence, she has probably become a regular by now. I watched those interviews in the desert with great interest, and I can really relate to them.
In addition, I also saw some news, such as the construction of the west gate of Xinyi Market and the rent reduction.
Sitting under the desk lamp and reading the newspaper, I saw that it was past ten o'clock before I knew it.
"You won't sleep, Yunfeng."
I was sitting on a chair reading the newspaper, and Xiaoxuan was hiding in the bed, blinking at me.
"ah......"
I opened my mouth to yawn, rubbed my eyes and said, "Sleep, I'm sleepy too."
Xiaoxuan chuckled and lifted up a corner of the quilt: "You can get in and sleep. It's warm now."
"Damn it, you are tempting me to commit a crime."
"Exactly," Xiaoxuan said with a smile, "I will pardon you, do you dare to come in?"
Damn it, this is being looked down upon.
"I am coming!"
I threw away the quilt and scratched the soles of her feet.
"Haha! Haha! Stop! Stop! I was wrong!"
Xiaoxuan laughed and kicked back and forth.
I let go of my hand and said with a smile: "Okay, okay, I won't play anymore."
I'm going to pack up the newspapers and go out.
"Huh? This one..."
I took it out and looked at it. There was a missing person notice written in the newspaper.
To be precise, it is a notice for finding a corpse.
