smuggler

Chapter 366
After listening to my words, the fear in the boss lady's eyes subsided a lot, but seeing my outstretched hand, she still shook her head and told me to put it down.

She looked me over carefully from head to toe, and the fear in her eyes showed half-doubt, not knowing what to say.

Seeing her silence for a long time, I asked again: "Auntie, can you always tell me where No. 44 is now?"

"I do not know."

The proprietress still shook her head at me and said.

I was full of doubts, and the proprietress smiled bitterly and said, "I really don't know, I'm afraid no one in our street knows about No. 44."

Hearing this, I was dizzy and remembered the old man I met at the entrance of the alley when I came here a few days ago.

The face of the proprietress did not seem to be lying to me.

Does she really not know number 44?
But they are all doing business on the same street, and they are so close, how could they not be clear?

I figured I'd have to ask the old man, since he knew about Shop No. 44, he probably would often haunt this street.

I remember very clearly that the old man's face was very recognizable, there was a tumor on his chin, and his figure was also very recognizable.

I asked the proprietress, but unexpectedly the proprietress shook her head.

I pointed to the entrance of the alley where I saw the old man again, and said to her: "He is short and thin, dressed in sloppy clothes, dirty all over, and has a tumor on his chin..."

I didn't continue talking, because when I said this, I found that the lady boss's expression became very ugly, and her whole face turned pale.

The proprietress said a little panicked: "You said that, I have an impression. That old man often comes to our street to pick up garbage, and I don't know where he got it from."

The first time I saw that the old man was very dirty, judging from his attire, he was undoubtedly an old man who scavenged.

I nodded quickly, originally wanting to ask the proprietress where the old man was in the alley, but after I nodded, the proprietress almost cried.

"You...you didn't mean to scare me, did you?"

I noticed something was wrong, and told me about the old man I met two days ago.

"Impossible, how could you still see him two days ago, the old man you mentioned was hit to death by a car a month ago!"

The proprietress was terrified and looked at me like a monster.

Because I don't have yin and yang eyes, I can't tell the difference between some dirty things. This is not the first time this has happened.

The old man told me the truth last time, and now the proprietress says that the old man has been dead for more than a month.

I was shocked at first, then calmed down, I knew that the lady boss was absolutely not lying.

"What exactly is going on?"

My heart sank, but I didn't panic like the proprietress.

The proprietress shivered and said, "Let me tell you, we used to see that old man often, but he did die a month ago. Many people saw it with their own eyes. It is impossible for him to survive if he was hit like that. .”

"In addition, there are too many shops in Yinyang Street that are all funeral goods. It is inevitable that they are a bit evil when they deal with the dead."

The proprietress revealed to me that the reason why there is no street light installed here is because as long as the street light is installed, it goes out inexplicably.

It's good to have the light bulbs off, but once it's dark at night, none of the street light bulbs come on.

If it is late at night and walking in the alley, the flashlight will be turned off inexplicably.

After twelve o'clock, no electric things can be used in the alley at night, and motorcycles and battery cars have to be pushed.

People nearby usually don't come out at night.

Therefore, if someone asks for directions on this street at night, basically no one dares to talk to them, for fear of being entangled with something bad.

This is why the shops on this street are closed one after another as soon as it gets dark.

"To be honest, people who live on this street have more or less encountered things that are not clear to us. We can't help it, because the facade here is cheap. At that time, I didn't believe in evil, so I came to this place .”

The proprietress sighed, with some helplessness in her eyes.

"Then what happened to shop No. 44?" I wondered.

Just now I only talked about the old scavenger, and didn't mention to her that I went into shop No. 44.

"Little girl, let me tell you this. There is really no number 44 on this street. We are all doing small business, and this street is used for funeral goods. They are all superstitious. The number 44 you mentioned is too It's unlucky, no one will rent it."

"And this street was a long time ago. I heard that it was a mass cemetery. It seemed that there was No. 44 at first, but a fire broke out in this street a long time ago and it was burned down. Now our shops have all been renovated and rebuilt."

Most of what the proprietress said was the truth. The old man also said last time that a fire broke out in Yinyang Street and burned down many shops very early.

I asked with a puzzled face: "Since you are sure that there is no No. 44 here, why do I ask, and it seems that people living on this street are very scared!"

"Of course I'm scared." She turned pale and whispered, "I've heard that the No. 44 shop that was burned down before was a grocery store that sold supplies for the dead. What is it?"

"Actually, there were people who came to shop No. 44 before you, and there were more than one."

Speaking of this, the proprietress pointed to the closed shop opposite and whispered to me: "Look, the owner of the steamed stuffed bun shop opposite just moved in a while ago, and didn't believe it. Instead of closing the shop, I met a woman wearing a cheongsam and asked her about shop No. 44!"

"And then?" I asked curiously.

The proprietress said with some fear: "He didn't pay attention at the time, and only remembered afterwards. The woman was standing outside the store without a shadow. She was wearing a very delicate cheongsam, but the cheongsam was opened on the left side."

Cheongsam is divided into left and right fronts.

This is the meaning of following the yin and yang gossip, where yang is superimposed on yin.The left lapel is yin superimposed on yang, so the left lapel is a shroud, and only the dead will wear it like this.

The proprietress said to me in a low voice: "After this incident, the store across the street was too scared to open, and the boss also fell ill. Now you know why this street is afraid of being asked about No. 44, right? "

What the proprietress said made me understand the reason. It was because shop No. 44 was a funeral shop, and now it was burned down.

They may think that those who came up to ask No. 44 first were not living people.

"You don't want to look here anymore. The No. 44 you are looking for is not here. Hey, my shop is still half a year away, so I won't be here anymore."

The proprietress whispered something in her mouth.

When I came out of the store, the proprietress slammed the door shut as if she was afraid that I would turn around after walking a few steps.

That Granny Yan is really not simple. I don't know who she is and why her shop is so weird.

Moreover, the people who go to her store may not only be living people.

"Little girl, why are you here again?"

I was thinking about it, and walked to the dark alley, when a familiar hoarse voice suddenly came from behind me.

As soon as I turned my head, I saw a sloppy old man with a black tumor on his chin beside the garbage dump at the entrance of the alley, staring straight at me.

My heart skipped a beat, I remembered what the proprietress said, and subconsciously took two steps back.

"You, are you a human or a ghost?" I said to the old man vigilantly.

When I spoke, I had already taken out the talisman.

The old man was afraid of the rune in my hand, so he quickly waved his hand at me: "Don't get excited, I have no malice towards you."

From what he said, it was obvious that he was a ghost.

I didn't let my guard down a bit, and said to him, "What do you want to do?"

He smiled and said, "I saw you wandering here alone, so I came out and wanted to say a few words to you. Do you still want to enter shop No. 44?"

This old man is indeed not a living person, he has already said that we have no grievances today and no enmity in the past, and we should have no malice towards me, otherwise he would not have given me the way last time.

I kept a certain distance, wondering: "You know?"

"Yes, yes!" The old man smiled at me kindly, raised his head to look at the sky, and said to me again: "But, you have to wait a little longer!"

"Wait?" I was full of doubts: "What are you waiting for?"

The old man's words were full of deep meaning, and he said with a smile, "It's not time yet!"

(End of this chapter)