Reading Agreement

After passing through the bustling streets and crowds, Shi Zhen's next stop was a bit chaotic.It was an unnamed alleyway, with residential houses and shops intertwined, each occupying a corner.There are no tall walls and railings that go up and down. On both sides of this narrow road, you can see open doors everywhere, the furnishings in the house, and the living atmosphere that spreads to the street.

Someone put an induction cooker at the door to cook a pot of stewed pork with bamboo shoots, and the aroma wafted out from the cracks of the pot, causing half the street to be filled with the smell of crispy and soft meat. All I could think about was the crystal clear white rice.At this time, a young woman walked out quickly from the dark room behind the pot, holding two plates of vegetarian dishes in her hands, followed by a kid, shouting all the way to the people in the room to come out for dinner.

There was no movement in the room for a while, so the woman raised her voice and yelled out to eat, which caused the old tailor from the tailor shop next door to poke his head out first, smile and play with the little boy in diaper, and gave him a sweet sweet sugar.The child was very happy, and said thank you grandpa in a childlike voice, and then went back to the house with the mother to serve the dishes.The old tailor watched the little figure flash before his eyes, lovingly withdrew his protruding body, continued to work, and hung one piece of clothing on the high shelf behind him in order.

Shi Zhen bypassed a few small tables on the street and stopped at the door of the old tailor shop.The plaque of "Chen Ji Tailor Shop" above the head is so old that it has almost lost all its color, leaving only mottled gold and wood grain, stating the age.He was at the door, and did not enter right away. He glanced at the various clothes hanging in the shop. Suit and cheongsam were the main characters. Detailed labels are waiting for customers to pick them up.

"Making a suit?" The old man in the shop wore black-frame reading glasses, looked Shi Zhen up and down, visually estimated the price he liked, and calculated how much he would spend here.

"Hi, I'm looking for Master Mo." Shi Zhen said truthfully, looking through the shop, he saw a lot of beautiful cheongsams, high-quality fabrics, and exquisite self-cultivation.It's a pity that he didn't come here for the cheongsam. The cheongsam worn by the old lady in Boss Yu's shop is a big brand, but it's not a customized version, nor is it a limited edition. Finding a needle in a haystack is not so easy.

"What's the matter?" The old man pushed his glasses and looked the young man up and down suspiciously.

"You are Master Mo?" Shi Zhen looked at the old man and said.

"Yes." Master Mo nodded confusedly: "Well... are you looking for Lao Chen? She went to the class reunion today, and she will be in the shop tomorrow."

Shi Zhen shook his head and smiled: "No, I'm not looking for Master Chen who makes the cheongsam, I'm looking for you, Master Mo who makes shoes. Can you come in?"

"Please come in, please come in." Someone knew himself as a shoe maker, which filled Master Mo's small vanity with big emotions in an instant, and lost the most basic vigilance.He welcomed Shi Zhen into the shop very politely, and then took him directly to the back hall to visit, and asked all the way: "May I ask, who are you making shoes for? Old people or children? It should not be worn by young people, right? "

"Shoes worn by old people in size 35." Shi Zhen replied, walked through two rows of shelves, and arrived at the back hall in a few steps.

"You can take a look at the styles. These are all ordered by others and made by hand." Master Mo turned on two fluorescent lamps, and the back hall instantly became bright.The space of ten square meters is not too small. There is a work table in the middle and open shoe racks on the three surrounding walls. Leather shoes of various styles, colors and patterns, mid-high heels, cloth shoes, embroidered shoes, children’s shoes, etc. The three rows of shelves are packed to the brim, making people dazzled.

Shi Zhen quickly scanned the shoes on the shoe rack, and then said: "I saw an old lady wearing a pair of lake blue leather half-heels, with round toes and beautiful flower patterns engraved on the leather surface. They are very beautiful, so come here Excuse me, do you have a second pair in your store?"

"I'm all handmade. Each pair of shoes is unique. After the sample is made, the customer confirms it. There is no second pair." Master Mo said quite proudly: "If you like, I can make the original If you want to fit your feet better, it is best to come here yourself, I can accurately measure the size of the feet, and the shoes I make will fit better."

"Let's look at the style first." Shi Zhen took a pair of blue leather slippers from the shelf: "It seems to be this color."

"I know which pair of shoes you are talking about." Boss Mo happily flipped through the order album on the table and said, "But you are very good, how do you know that the shoes are from my store?"

Shi Zhen put back the slippers and said, "There is an outstanding shoemaker, Mr. Mo, in Chenji Tailor Shop, which is almost well-known in the handmade shoe market."

"Ha, I'm so famous?" Master Mo didn't believe it: "Then tell me, why didn't I change the name of the shop to Moji Handmade Shoes Shop, or open a handmade shoe shop."

Shi Zhen replied directly: "This shop originally belonged to your wife's family. You said that you like making shoes and don't care about the name, so the name of the shop has never changed. However, your wife's cheongsam is also quite famous. You are also a perfect match."

"That was an interview a few years ago, and it was still published in an obscure corner of a magazine." Master Mo seemed even more excited. It is rare for a thousand cups of wine to meet a bosom friend, and his reputation has been heard by the younger generation. , It can be regarded as a kind of recognition, and when I am happy, I will work harder to read the notebook.

"Actually, someone in my family made shoes with you, and it was quite a long time ago." Shi Zhen smiled, and walked to Master Mo's side to watch him flip through the account books.What he said was not a lie. In the past, his grandma liked to make shoes at Chen Ji tailor shop, but later his grandpa didn't live up to it and divorced his wife when he was 70 years old. After that, his grandma left Shi's house and never appeared again. Since then, the old gentleman has become even more worry-free.

"So it's a regular customer." Master Mo was very happy: "I don't know if I can know the name?"

Shi Zhen smiled: "My surname is Zhao. It's been a long time. Your book is big and thick. Your business is really booming."

"It's okay, it's okay, because the bill is attached with the drawing and the customer demand list, so it will be thicker." Master Mo flipped through it for a while, and suddenly stopped on one page and began to read it carefully.It was a sheet of accounts, with the orderer's name, price, requirements, and measurements.

Shi Zhen could see clearly from one side, and read the contents of that piece of paper into his mind at a glance.Then, he watched Master Mo turn over a page, and a color drawing of a shoe jumped into his eyes instantly. It was the blue cowhide half-heeled shoes that the old lady was wearing.

"Ha, look, is it this style?" Master Mo pointed to the blueprint: "This pattern can be changed, the style is a half-high heel, if the wearer is older, it is recommended to change it to a flat heel."

"Understood." Shi Zhen smiled meaningfully, everything was as he expected, and his direction was correct.At that time, in Lao Yu's shop, he could tell at a glance that the shoes worn by the old man were special custom-made shoes, plus the exquisite carving skills on the cowhide. In Yuncheng, except for Master Chen Jimo, it might be difficult to find them. A craftsman who can do both shoe making and leather carving has emerged.

"Look at the style first. If you have time, take the elderly to try on the size. Shoes, the wearer must be comfortable to be considered a success." Master Mo is not in a hurry to sign the order, he pays more attention to customer experience and quality.

"This style is really good." Shi Zhen looked at the drawing. The pattern, style, and size were almost exactly the same as the pair on the feet of the old lady in Boss Yu's shop. Besides this pair, which pair would it be?

"This is the top-quality cowhide. It uses minerals and vegetable dyes, so the color is very bright and beautiful. It is the kind that can catch your color at a glance." Master Mo said that the shoes are like a treasure: "This piece of leather It is expected that I still have some here, and I have already ordered a pair of slippers and a pair of boots, so it will be difficult to deal with these materials.”

"It's really pretty, the old lady must like it." Shi Zhen nodded in approval.

"This is for you. I'll show the old man the color. It's a bit of an idea." Master Mo took a small square piece of leather from the table and gave it to Shi Zhen: "Choose a pattern you like and paint it on the leather carving. It will definitely attract everyone's attention."

Shi Zhen took the leather, looked at the touch of blue and smiled, "It's definitely not bad."

Master Mo laughed when he heard this, and kept saying that Shi Zhen was a man of knowledge.

"Then I'll go back and ask the old man first. When I'm sure, I'll bring her to measure the feet." Shi Zhen put away the leather and planned to leave.

Master Mo smiled and said, "Okay, no problem. I'm in the shop every day and every day. We're closed on weekends. We'll have a rest. Don't make a trip in vain."

Shi Zhen replied: "Understood. I'm bothering you today, so I'll take my leave first."

"You are welcome, please come here." Master Mo happily sent Shi Zhen outside the shop, watched him go far away, and then happily returned to the shop to continue working.

It was getting dark outside, Shi Zhen continued to walk to the other side of the street.Today's investigation went well, at least there was a small breakthrough, which gave him a direction to continue the investigation.However, he was actually not interested in the case, but the old man didn't play cards according to common sense, and he was forced to accept this mess. Anyway, he didn't feel very good about this matter. He vaguely felt that it could not be explained simply and complicatedly. What's the big deal.

Shi Zhen walked all the way and was in a daze thinking about things. The phone rang for a long time before he took it out to look as if he had just woken up from a dream.The number on the screen was jumping slightly. Shi Zhen raised his eyebrows at a glance, and his heart became even more amused. By the way, he complained: "I can't help but confess at last? Don't play the trick of pretending to be stupid?"

There is no pre-stored name on this number, but Shi Zhen recognizes it as Gao Yang's cell phone.The number on the screen kept ringing, but he was not in a hurry to answer the call, but let the phone ring for a long time, guessing that the other party was about to hang up, and then slowly pressed the answer button, and said in a calm tone: "What's wrong? Want me to buy you coffee?"

"Can you take me to investigate Boss Yu's case?" Gao Yang said directly on the other end: "I actually read a little bit."

Shi Zhen raised his eyebrows again. Gao Yang had read the content in the secret room at that time, but he knew it a long time ago. He didn't believe that the little fox would completely lose consciousness due to fear.At that time, there was a trace of drying on the paper on the table in the secret room, which should be caused by the sweat from Gao Yang resting his elbow on the paper before writing.Shi Zhen has been to the secret room. Although it is closed, it is not stuffy, but rather cold. What makes Gao Yang sweat profusely, there should be nothing but fear and nervousness.

Gao Yang was indeed afraid and tried to escape, but that was later. If the monster hadn't been close to the door of the secret room before, how could Gao Yang be so afraid that he would sweat and wet the paper he was writing on.It can be seen from this that he has close contact with the monster, which may be almost separated by a wall, and as a specially hired psychic teacher, even if he is so frightened that he trembles, it is impossible for Gao Yang to read nothing, so from the beginning Gao Yang He deliberately concealed what he had read, while Shi Zhen deliberately did not expose him, but resorted to constant rejection to force Gao Yang to submit.

"What's the content?" Shi Zhen asked calmly. He didn't understand why Gao Yang wanted to investigate this case so much, but since the other party wanted to participate so eagerly, it made him more active.

Gao Yang said resolutely on the other end: "Let me participate in your investigation and let you know."

Shi Zhen said lightly: "It's fine if you don't like to talk, it's nothing more than reading the thoughts of the old lady. The thoughts of the old man are nothing more than children. It doesn't matter if you don't know it, it will add unnecessary psychological burden. That's it, hang up..."

"Don't hang up!" Gao Yang shouted anxiously on the other side.

Shi Zhen switched the earpiece to the other half of the ear, and then poked the pierced ear with his fingers. The little fox was in a hurry, and his ears almost rang from the roar.

"Are you listening?" Shi Zhen didn't say anything, and Gao Yang was a little anxious.

"Turn it to the other ear, and I'm almost deaf." Shi Zhen glanced at the gradually darkening sky: "Tell me, I'm very busy."

"I'm sorry. I want to participate in the investigation because this is my task." Gao Yang said in a low voice.

"Your mission?" Shi Zhen pretended to be puzzled.

Gao Yang hesitated for a moment before saying: "Boss Yu's case is closed, that's because someone closed it for him. However, when I was in the secret room, my original task was to read the complete content, but actually... I only read To a fraction."

"And then?" Shi Zhen glanced at his watch. It was 06:30, and he was a little hungry.

Gao Yang said: "So the content of Boss Yu's contract was transferred to Ms. Fang, and then assigned to me again. This time, it is necessary to write the complete content of the thoughts, that is, all the thoughts that the monster wants to express."

"Then read it." Shi Zhen didn't take it seriously, he probably wanted to drive Gao Yang crazy to be more comfortable.

"Things are not that simple. How could it be possible to just read other people's thoughts... besides... I... I... don't want to read it again. I can't guarantee that I can read it this time." Gao Yang said a little anxiously .

"Oh." Shi Zhen blinked, and he was quite happy when he saw the anxious little fox in front of his eyes.

"Hehe," Gao Yang heard Shi Zhen's disapproval and refusal tone on the other end, and he said disappointedly, "I'm sorry, I... I took the liberty today, I'm sorry to disturb you twice, I'm hanging up the phone, bye."

"You can check with me if you want, but you have to answer a few questions with me first, and you can't lie." Shi Zhen felt that he was almost playing tricks on him, so he let go with a smug smile.

"You...you asked." Gao Yang was a little surprised, his tongue couldn't keep up with his brain speed, and his answer became dull.

"Have you eaten yet?" Shi Zhen asked suddenly.

"What?" Gao Yang didn't understand.

"I'm hungry. I'll give you an address. Come and find me." Shi Zhen heard his stomach beating: "Come here if you're not afraid. I don't know what questions I will ask or what outrageous things I will do."

Gao Yang: "..."

"Can I hang up?" Shi Zhen asked proudly.

Gao Yang said half a second later: "Oh, of course. You...you give me the address, and I'll come over later."

"OK." Shi Zhen turned off the phone, then sent an address, put away the phone, and triumphantly picked up the car for dinner.