our supernatural life

Mai Mai rushed to the Sifang Coach Station, walked around the station for a long time, and finally found Shi Chunyuan under the street lamp beside the road: "Brother Yuanzi?"

Shi Chunyuan stood up suddenly: "Brother Chun? Don't dare to call me by my real name! Hei Niu, Hei Niu!"

Mai Mai can't laugh or cry: "Yuan--Brother Hei Niu, this is not in my hometown." This is the rule of grandma's hometown, saying that as long as you are outside your house door, you cannot let others call you by your real name, which is unlucky!That's why people in my hometown are given a humble name when they are born, and they also use this name to call each other. It is common to hear old men and women in their 80s and [-]s being called the leftover uncle and auntie.When Mai Mai was born, grandma had to give him a humble name according to the rules, but mother thought it was purely a feudal superstition, and she was determined not to let her son be called a dog, so grandma had to give him a name according to the seniority of her natal brothers. He was nicknamed Chundi, and the disagreement between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law started with this name.Mai Mai himself doesn't like this name, because girls in his hometown are called recruiting younger brothers and so on. When he is called by this name, he is always regarded as a girl.Shi Chunyuan's cheap name is Hei Niu. In the past, if Mai Mai went back to his hometown, he would follow other cousins ​​and call him Brother Hei Niu outside, but he was used to calling him Brother Yuan Zi on the phone. Unexpectedly, Shi Chunyuan's concept was so deeply rooted. After leaving his hometown, he still refused to be called by his real name outside.

Shi Chunyuan shook his head again and again: "Hei Niu, Hei Niu!"

Mai Mai surrendered: "Brother Hei Niu, then, let's go home first. You came here today, what can you do?"

Shi Chunyuan hesitated for a moment, wiped the sweat that didn't exist on his face with his hand, and said, "Brother Chun, my aunt is ill. The doctor in the county said it might be a tumor in her stomach, so I asked her to go to a big city for examination. We scraped together some money, and it’s still worse..."

Mai Mai's heart skipped a beat: "What? Grandma, could it be stomach cancer?"

"Don't you want to check it? But we haven't collected enough money..."

Mai Mai hesitated for a moment: "Go home first, it's so late, you haven't eaten yet, right? I, I have nearly 1 yuan in my hand, you can take it back to grandma for an examination first, and then talk about it after the diagnosis."

When Shi Chunyuan heard the amount of 1 yuan, his expression was a little disappointed. After thinking for a while, he said: "Brother Chun, the doctor said to come to a big city for inspection. I think you can come to Binhai. I won't take your money back yet." , you can contact a hospital, we will bring my aunt here, okay?"

Mai Mai really didn't know any doctors, but what Shi Chunyuan said made sense, so he nodded: "OK."

Shi Chunyuan breathed a sigh of relief: "Okay, I'll pack things for my aunt when I get back and send them to your house. By the way, this time I'm going to check on your house."

Wheat is a little worried.He doesn't live alone in his house, if grandma comes, he will naturally sleep in his room, then he has to discuss with Shao Jing to let him build a bed in the living room.In this way, it would be very inconvenient for Shao Jing, and at least 200 yuan of rent would have to be refunded to him.Plus grandma's living expenses, the money he earns in this job right now is definitely not enough, how can he earn more?well!

When we got home, Shao Jing just came out of the bathroom, his face was wet as if he had just washed it.Mai Mai couldn't help but glanced at his room, the door was ajar, and there was no one inside, so he must have left.

Shao Jing glanced at Shi Chunyuan, but said nothing.Mai Mai hurriedly let Shi Chunyuan enter her room, and then followed Shao Jing to the kitchen: "Mr. Shao, I, I have something to discuss with you."

Shao Jing poured a cup of hot water and listened impatiently while drinking.Mai Mai briefly explained the matter: "...Can I refund you part of the rent? You won't be able to live for long. If the hospital is diagnosed, you will be hospitalized immediately for surgery. See if you can..."

Shao Jing nodded: "Understood."

Wheat froze for a moment.What does you know mean?He tentatively asked again: "Mr. Shao, did you agree? This money--"

"You don't need to retreat." Shao Jing waved his hand casually, "You are filial, that's fine. That's it, I have to go out."

Mai Mai didn't expect him to be so eloquent, she was overjoyed, and wanted to say a few more words of thanks, but Shao Jing became impatient and turned to go out.Mai Mai followed him to the door, when Shao Jing suddenly stopped and turned around: "What's the smell on you?"

Mai Mai was stunned, and involuntarily picked up the T-shirt and smelled it. Could it be that the body smelled from sweating too much these days?No, it doesn't have any smell, does it?Moreover, the goods in the warehouse have been finished in the past two days, there is no physical work, and there is no sweat... Shao Jing frowned and asked, "It doesn't smell like sweat. You work at the zoo?"

Mai Mai was startled again: "No."

Shao Jing frowned again, pushed the door open and left without saying anything.Mai Mai scratched her head, thinking that Shao Jing must have heard it wrong, right?But just in case, he still soaked the top of his overalls in the basin--pants, let's wash them after wearing them for a few days, he is indeed very tired.

After soaking his clothes, Maimai made some rice and ate with Shi Chunyuan, and then he made the bed for him.As soon as the quilt was rolled up, there was a flash of silver light, and something fell on the ground. Shi Chunyuan bent down to pick it up: "What is this? A silver chain? Oh, it's a tiger's head, and the eyes are golden?"

"It's probably painted with gold." Mai Mai stretched out his hand to take it back, but Shi Chunyuan held on tightly, "This chain is beautiful, hey, Brother Chun, did you buy it for your wife?"

Mai Mai's face flushed red: "No, a friend gave it to me." How could he have a wife in this life.

"Why do big men still wear this? Brother Chun, if you don't need it, give it to my daughter? She's grown up, so she can wear something..."

Wheat is a little speechless.He knows that Shi Chunyuan is a person who likes to take advantage of small things, and he will give it to others, but this chain was given by Zheng Yunshu after all, so it is not suitable for others: "Brother Yuanzi, this is a gift from a friend. I will give it to you later." Buy one for Lan Lan."

Shi Chunyuan used to ask for something from Mai Mai before, and he had never failed to get it. This was the first time he was rejected. He felt that he had lost face, so he pulled his face down. After thinking about it, he said: "Brother Chun, I forgot, now the field There are so many things to do, and there is really no one at home to send my aunt. I want to ask your sister-in-law to send it. She is a woman who has never been out of the house and knows nothing. Otherwise, you can go back and pick it up."

Mai Mai choked for a while, and said after a long time: "Okay, but I can't go back until the weekend. In this way, brother, you go home and pack things for grandma, and I will go back to pick her up next weekend."

Shi Chunyuan said naggingly: "My aunt has been in poor health for the past few years. Although we don't have any good things in the countryside, we still have to take medicine. My aunt doesn't have medical insurance, and we spent all the money. It’s not much, after all these years, it’s not too old or young…”

Mai Mai listened patiently for a while, and said, "Brother Yuanzi, it's getting late, go to sleep, don't you have to go back tomorrow? Anyway, I will pick up grandma on the weekend, so you can pack up your things."

Shi Chunyuan got the guarantee, and went to sleep muttering.Mai Mai moved her quilt and pillow to the sofa outside, sat there for a while, and finally took out her mobile phone to call Pang Fengyun.After hearing his situation, Pang Fengyun immediately promised to get his salary on the card before next Friday, and then comforted him a few words before hanging up the phone.

Mai Mai sat hugging the quilt, unable to fall asleep at all.Grandma has this disease, and the examination alone costs a lot of money. If it really happens—then she will have to have an operation immediately, which will cost a lot of money.Seeing what Shi Chunyuan meant, he wouldn't spend much money, but he didn't have any money either.Back then, Mama Mai's family ran a small factory. This was known to everyone in the hometown when Mama Mama's father married, so Shi Chunyuan has always been dissatisfied with the poor money sent by Mama over the years.However, the factory at home burned down when Mai Mai was five years old. The people in the hometown only thought that the emaciated camel was bigger than the horse, but they did not know how difficult it was for a woman to take care of the child without a man in the family. My mother got sick again, and when she passed away, the family even sold the house, and it was Mai’s mother who quietly kept her jewelry, and finally sold a sum of money to Mai for college tuition, so the living expenses for the past four years were all in vain. Mai Mai earned it by herself, and it was not easy to squeeze out a little to send to grandma.

When he couldn't sleep, Xiaomai thought of grandma.It is not easy to say that grandma is also very difficult. At the age of 19, she recruited her son-in-law, and the man died at the age of 25, and she raised her son to grow up alone.But she is a bit supernatural, Mai's mother always thinks that she has some mental problems, especially when she found her mother-in-law scratching Mai's palm with a knife, she decided that her mother-in-law had a mental problem, and finally the two broke up. Mai's grandma went back to her hometown.

Mai Mai involuntarily raised his hand to look at the palm. There was indeed a scar extending from the tiger's mouth to the wrist, which was about the position of the so-called lifeline. The color was brown. There were still marks after so many years, indicating that The wound must have been deep.Maimai can't remember this matter anymore. In his impression, grandma is a very kind old man who loves him very much. He never imagined that grandma would scratch his hand with a knife.But mother always said that, and said that she saw it with her own eyes, and the scar was still there, and Xiaomai could only believe that grandma might really have some mental problems.Later, he followed his mother to visit his grandma. Grandma was always very affectionate when she saw him, but she always liked to hold his hand and look back and forth. It really seemed abnormal, but other than that, there was nothing wrong. Weird behavior.Counting it, he and his grandma haven’t seen each other for five or six years. The last time we saw each other was when Mai went to his hometown when he was admitted to university. At that time, grandma seemed to be in good health. She didn’t expect to get cancer, and she didn’t know What is it like now.

Scratching his hair a little irritably, Maimai calculated his money.Excluding the money from Wei Yan, he only has 1 yuan. An examination may be okay, but surgery is definitely not. Even conservative treatment, the cost is staggering.Looking for a part-time job?Now this job is mainly during the day, and it will be fine after seven o’clock in the evening. Maybe he can find a bar or something to work for two hours. Although he doesn’t earn much, he can always make up for it. At least he can give to grandma Add some nutrition.

Mai Mai was thinking wildly when she suddenly heard movement in the room.When they first rented a house in this community, they wanted it to be quiet, because Wei Yan always hated to be disturbed by noise when drawing at night.The neighborhood is far away from the road, and the neighbors around are very quiet at night. Basically, the house is very quiet after nine o'clock, so although the noise is not loud, Xiaomai can hear it clearly, as if some animal is panting rapidly. .When he turned his head, he suddenly saw two green bright spots on the window sill, like two small light bulbs in the darkness.Mai Mai's first thought was a wild cat, but the distance between these two bright spots is too far away. Where can there be a cat with such a big face?

These two bright spots are exposed on the window sill. Maimai narrowed his eyes to look at them, and suddenly felt that these two bright spots did not seem to be outside the glass, but rather inside the room, and the panting sound was not loud but very clear, even more so. It can't be through the glass.What has come into the house?Mai Mai got up to look, but suddenly there was the sound of a key opening the door, the door was pushed open, and the lights in the corridor spilled in, it was Shao Jing who had returned.Mai Mai looked up at the window sill again, and the two green dots had disappeared.

Shao Jing went in and turned on the light, and saw Mai Mai standing in the living room, he was a little surprised: "Didn't sleep?" Because Mai had to go to work, she must have gone to bed before eleven o'clock every day.

Mai Mai is still looking at the window sill, but now the room is bright, and the window sill is clear at a glance, and there are no cats at all.Seeing him staring at the window sill, Shao Jing frowned: "What's wrong?"

Mai Mai said hesitantly: "It seems that a cat came up on the window sill just now."

Shao Jing looked at him suspiciously: "Can cats go up the windowsill on the fourth floor?"

A cold war of wheat.How could he have forgotten that this house is on the fourth floor!What kind of feral cat can jump on the windowsill of the fourth floor?Besides, those eyes are too big, and the distance between them is too far... But if it's not a cat, what is it?The more Xiaomai thought about it, the more hairy his back became, and he couldn't help but walk to the window sill to look down.Of course, the grass below is the community, and there is nothing unusual about it.And the window is closed, even if there is a cat, it is impossible to come in. Could it be that he misread it?

Shao Jing watched Mai Mai looking at the window, and walked over with a frown: "Why is there such a bad smell in the room?"

Mai Mai turned to look at him in surprise: "Stink? What kind of smell? I just cleaned it this morning."

Shao Jing looked him up and down: "Where do you work these days?"

Wheat is puzzled: "Me? I sell copiers at an office supply store."

Shao Jing frowned and looked at him, as if he didn't quite believe what he said, and after a while he said lightly, "Don't go wandering around in the wilderness, go to work and go to work." He turned around and walked to his room while talking, and finally After saying a word, the door just slammed shut.

"You--" Xiaomai's last words were locked out by Shao Jing, holding his breath in his chest, unable to move up or down.What does it mean to work hard when you go to work?Why doesn't he work hard?Let's talk about the wilderness - Xiaomai looked at the shoe prints on the ground, who was it that ran into the wilderness?From time to time, he stepped on the mud and came back!

While he was struggling, Shao Jing opened the door again and threw something in his face: "Take it, take it with you."

Mai Mai instinctively reached out to catch it, and found it was a folded piece of yellow paper. She asked strangely, "What is this?"

Shao Jing said impatiently: "Just take it." After speaking, he slammed the door shut in front of Mai's nose.

Being interrupted by Shao Jing, Mai Mai forgot about the wild cat. He took the yellow paper and read it over and over for a long time, but he didn't understand what it meant. Stuffing it in the trouser pocket, I thought it would be thrown into the trash can when I went out tomorrow morning.He lay down on the sofa and fell asleep until dawn, nothing happened.

Shi Chunyuan hadn't gotten up yet, let alone Shao Jing.Mai Mai made breakfast, left a note for Shi Chunyuan, and went to work.He is a person who does what he says, and after work at night, he goes to the nearby snack street to find a part-time job.

This street is full of all kinds of small catering shops, starting from the east end, Xiaomai asked one by one.There are a few larger shops that want to recruit people, but they all have to work full-time, which doesn't meet his requirements.Asking all the way to the corner of the snack street, Mai Mai saw a pastry shop with a piece of red paper posted on the window, saying that it was hiring part-time workers.

The pastry shop is not big, but now there are many customers, most of them are girls, jokingly asking for bread, egg tarts, milk tea and so on.The boss is a middle-aged man, taking money and snacks at the same time, sweating all over his head, wishing he could grow four hands.Mai Mai waited for the group of guests to leave before going up to talk to the boss.

"Oh, I want to hire someone from six to nine at night. I have someone here during the day, but I need someone to help me at night."

Mai Mai thought for a while: "Is it okay to start at 06:30? I can get off work for an extra half an hour at night." He usually just got off work at six o'clock, and he packed up and came over in half an hour.

The boss thought for a while, looked at him for a while, and nodded: "It's okay, but it can't be later."

While talking, another three or four girls came in, Mai Mai rolled up her sleeves: "Boss, what should I do?"

The boss was surprised: "Are you doing it now? Haven't you talked about how much money?"

Mai Mai smiled: "If you can't reach an agreement, you can take it as my help."

The boss laughed: "Okay, for your diligence, I will use you. Go inside and wash your hands, and get some snacks for the guests."

Mai Mai didn't go home until nine o'clock. After entering the door, she found that Shao Jing was not there, and Shi Chunyuan had left too.All the food was eaten, but the bowls were piled up in the kitchen sink for him, and he didn't wash them at all.Wheat stir-fried some leftovers to eat, cleaned the bowls and mopped the floor, went back to my room, made up the bed, and fell asleep. When I was half asleep and half awake, I suddenly remembered something: where did I throw that silver bracelet yesterday?He remembered putting it in his bedside table, why is it gone?