Paper Maker

Chapter 34 The Weird Paper Maker

Although my first love was Xia Ling, the person who really made me think about it was Lin Xiaoqi. Even though I had never been in love with her for a day, this secret love that had been hidden in my heart for several years made me have a deep feeling for her. It's a very special feeling. Now that she has left, she has left completely. Apart from sadness, there is a deep sense of loss in my heart!

That night, after Lin Xiaoqi left, Mr. Lin and I went home, and then burned the paper doll on Lin Xiaoqi's bed. After all, the paper doll is a psychic thing, and staying here will only be haunted by some ghosts.

Mr. Lin told me that Xiaoqi was lucky to have a classmate like me, and thanked me for saving Xiaoqi this time.I smiled and didn't say much, just told him that this is what I should do.

The next day, I left Mr. Lin's house, left the county seat, and returned to the deep mountains of Yaoshan Village.

Sitting alone in an empty shop, thinking of the experiences of these days, I can vividly remember them, as if they are still happening before my eyes, and it seems that a long, long time has passed. Yes, I have experienced too much these days.Duanyang, Qianqian, and Lin Xiaoqi, each of them makes me worry when I think about them, and I can't forget them.

Maybe, I should leave and do what I should do, after all, I have to bear the disaster caused by the burial pit, and I really have no reason to stay in the store now, thinking that I am alone, I am really doomed Take the life of the rivers and lakes!
A few days later, I left Yaoshan Village and embarked on a journey to the rivers and lakes.I didn't bring anything, but I brought some utensils that should be used in the Yin and Yang Dao, and of course, there is a heart that has no worries.

Walking alone on the aimless mountain road, I always wondered in my heart, am I really doomed to such a fate, to be alone until I grow old?Born without father and mother, he lost his grandfather when he grew up, lived alone, and the girls he liked left one by one.Maybe this is really fate, but this fate is too nonsense for me!

Leaving Yaoshan Village, a few days passed in a flash.These days, it is said that they are walking in the rivers and lakes, turning disasters and saving lives, but they have not encountered anything.On this day, I still didn't stop, and drove forward aimlessly, and came to a town called Gaocheng. This town belongs to a small town in the mountain city. The population is not very large, and the traffic is not very developed.

As soon as I entered the town, I bumped into a strange thing.I saw a lot of people around the door of a paper-making shop, talking about something in their mouths.

I was curious in my heart, thinking that everyone in the paper-making shop usually stays at a respectful distance, for fear that the things in the paper-making shop will touch my bad luck, why are there so many people gathered in the paper-making shop today?

In fact, I am not wrong. For the paper-making industry, it is a relatively lonely industry.You seldom have any friends, let alone someone who usually sits in your shop to chat with you.Indeed, the paper figurines in the paper shop are usually dressed in red and green clothes, with bloodless white faces, black eye holes, and bright red mouths. They look scary. The paper figurines made like this are burned for the dead, and the human heart feels a chill!
Is the business in this store so good?But I know that this can't be the effect of good business, because those onlookers don't look like they want to buy paper-made items, but are more like watching the excitement.I was curious, so I leaned over...

There were too many people around outside, and it was impossible to enter the store, but from the gaps in the crowd, I could see that there were a few policemen in the store watching something.

At this time, the people around were all talking about the store in amazement, saying that this is really a strange thing that has not been seen in a century, and that such a thing would happen in broad daylight.

Someone else said that the owner of the paper-making shop, Mr. Bai, might have done this because he knew he was going to die. Otherwise, he was such a shrewd person, it would be impossible for him to make a paper figurine for himself.

Listening to their discussion, I became even more confused. What is making a paper man for myself? Why does it sound very similar to what Lin Xiaoqi did before?

So I couldn't help asking an old man beside me, what happened here, why are there so many people around here?
The old man glanced at me and said, you are not a local, are you?
I nodded, I said I just arrived here, seeing so many people around here, could something have happened?

The old man said, yes, something happened indeed, the boss of the paper making shop was scared to death by the paper figurine he made!
When I heard this, I was very surprised, because I also make paper, and I have never seen any paper figurines or horses, so how could I be intimidated by paper figurines?What's more, it's a paper man made by myself!
I told the old man right away, to be honest, I was in the paper making business, but how could someone in this business be scared to death by the paper figurines?This is too absurd, right?

The old man saw that I didn't believe it, so he stared and said, I am an old man, why would I lie to you a young man, let me tell you.Boss Bai's paper maker is not to other paper maker, he is evil, alas, maybe this is retribution!

Hearing what the old man said, I became even more curious, so I asked him why this paper-making master is evil. Is paper-making different from other places?
The old man said, you don’t know this. To tell you the truth, the reason why Boss Bai makes paper differently is because the paper figurines he makes are based on the photos provided by others.That is to say, if you ask him to make a paper doll with someone's photo, he will make you a paper doll that is exactly the same as the person in the photo. Do you think he is different from other paper making shops?

When I heard it, it was really different. You must know that the paper figurines were burned to the dead. If anyone wanted to blackmail someone, he would take a photo of the other living person and ask him to pierce one. Wouldn't that be harmful?

Thinking of this, I pointed to the store and said, then this is... what happened?
Seeing that I was so curious, the old man pulled me aside and told what he knew.

It turned out that the owner of the paper-making shop, Bai, was a young man who inherited his father's business and took over the paper shop after graduating from university.For a college student who has received higher education, he naturally does not believe in ghosts and gods. The reason why he took over this paper shop is to treat it as a career.

In other words, in this day and age, everyone talks about innovation and novelty, and there is no way to stand out without unique features.Boss Bai, who has studied in university, naturally understands these concepts, and hopes to make his paper-making shop unique, so that it can become stronger and bigger.

After thinking about it, one day, when he was playing with his friend, his friend suddenly said that if he died, Boss Bai should burn some stars for him, so that he can enjoy it too.

As the saying goes, the speaker has no intention, but the listener has intention.When Boss Bai heard this, his eyes lit up immediately, and he thought right, if I can customize a paper figurine for a customer, as long as the other party provides me with a photo, and I tie it according to the photo provided by the other party, it will definitely be a big hit marketing.

Thinking of this, Boss Bai was so happy that he typed up the advertisement the next day.

Don't even mention that these days, whatever is in the world of the sun is burned for the dead, such as mobile phones, computers, cars, etc. are all burned.As a result, Boss Bai's ad was published, and it really became popular. A large number of customers came to the door, ordered paper dolls of celebrity beauties, and burned them to the dead, hoping that they would be accompanied by beauties.

In fact, this matter is really wicked, why?Because most of the photos provided by customers are cut from beauty magazines, and these beauty stars or models are still alive in the world!Think about it, making paper dolls in the shape of these living people, and then burning them to the dead, and letting them accompany the dead below, do you think it is not unethical?How angry is this?

However, at this time, someone also said to Boss Bai, young man, you can't do this, this is a wicked thing, and you will be punished sooner or later.But Boss Bai is a person with a modern higher education, how can he believe in these trivial things, he said right away, there are so many pictures in magazines, it’s not the same, many people burn them, it’s not necessarily bad. What's more, there are no ghosts and gods in this world, and burning someone is just to satisfy the longing of a stranger.

In this way, a year passed in a flash, the business of Boss Bai's paper-making shop was booming, and he naturally made a lot of money.On this day, some customers joked, why didn’t you think of making a paper man in your own image and put it in front of the store? Wouldn’t it be a living signboard? First, it can show the characteristics of your store. Show off your craftsmanship too.

When Boss Bai heard this, he immediately felt reasonable, so he made a paper man in his own image...

(End of this chapter)