It was already past three in the morning when Lin Bing went back to her room to sleep. She didn't want to set the alarm, but when she fell asleep, she suddenly remembered that she had made an appointment with the store to deliver some sturdy mountaineering clothes and sports shoes to her small apartment.
The appointment was for nine o'clock, and she had to get up to run and eat. She might as well set the alarm for seven-thirty. Oh, what a miserable life.
As soon as her head touched the pillow, Lin Bing fell into a deep sleep.
The next day, the alarm rang for more than ten minutes before Lin Bing opened her eyes in a daze and turned off the alarm. When she got up to wash, her eyes were half open and she almost stuck the toothbrush into her nose. She slapped her face with cold water and then she became more awake.
When she went downstairs, she heard Mrs. Zhou say that her grandfather, father, uncle, and cousins were all out. They went out at six o'clock. They got up really early. After a little thought, she knew what happened. Lin Bing is a girl, so she won't be called for such things. Her mother and aunts should be at home, and they are the same.
Lin Bing is used to it.
Running, eating breakfast, and asking Mrs. Zhou to tell the kitchen to make a lot of food. She just took the big bag and went out. She had thought about it. She would make more every day. If she took it out, she would secretly put it in the space in the car. A little bit will add up to a lot. She can also buy some outside. The more the better.
Lin Bing really racked her brains not to miss a drop of food she saw.
"Miss, you take so much out, can your friends finish it?" Mrs. Zhou looked at Lin Bing worriedly with her hands holding four big bags, the largest bags in the supermarket, very sturdy. Look, her tender hands are all red. Oh, how many people will have to eat together.
"Don't worry, I can finish it!" Lin Bing said very firmly. She will definitely finish it, for sure.
"It's hot now, these things will go bad by noon. If they are placed in the refrigerator, the taste will be bad." Lin Bing just stepped through the door, and Zhou Sao chased out again, and said something worriedly.
"I will pay attention." Lin Bing gave Zhou Sao a big smile, and then took out four large bags of things to the garage.
After leaving the Lin family's old house for a long time, Lin Bing put the things into the space and came to her small apartment smoothly.
At 8:40, she arrived early, and the deliveryman hadn't come yet. She took the notebook she prepared last night, turned to today's date, and read it carefully again. By the way, she turned on the computer. Just in case, she bought the things she could buy online again. When the time comes to deliver the goods to the door, I don't know if it will be in time. She didn't prepare enough rice, only a few dozen bags, so she had to go to the farmer's market, where there was more stock.
Lin Bing was a little worried. If she bought too much rice and salt at one time, she would be targeted. As for rice, it is better to go to the countryside to buy it. Now that the early rice has just been harvested, the farmers have surplus grain at home, so we can just buy a thresher. By the way, Lin Bing lowered her head and added another item to the notebook, flour machine, flour mill.
Just as she was thinking deeply, there was a knock on the door.
Lin Bing stuffed the notebook into the drawer, came out to open the door, there were a lot of things, the guest room and the living room were almost full, after Lin Bing signed for them, the deliveryman left quickly, Lin Bing was about to close the door, but saw the neighbor opposite just opened the door, looked at the full of goods in Lin Chan's house, and looked a little surprised.
The neighbor was a gentle man in his late thirties, wearing glasses, a doctor at the school affiliated hospital, his surname was Xu, everyone called him Doctor Xu, Lin Bing had lived here for a few years, so of course she knew him, and she always ran into him a few times a week when she went in and out of the door.
"Doctor Xu." Lin Bing greeted with a smile, regretting in her heart, she thought the neighbor opposite would go to work in the hospital today. "Why didn't you go to work at the hospital today?"
Doctor Xu glanced at the things in the living room behind Lin Bing's door, and then retracted his gaze. Hearing Lin Bing's question, Doctor Xu smiled and replied: "I asked for leave. My head started to hurt in the middle of the night yesterday. I might have a fever. I want to rest today."
"You are sick, so you should rest more." Lin Bing said casually. The two of them were not close friends. It would be strange if she cared too much about his condition.
The two casually said a few more words and ended the conversation. Doctor Xu went out to take out the garbage, and Lin Bing closed the door.
Lin Bing looked at the things in the living room, and finally did not put them into the space. He only put the things in the guest room into the space. This couldn't be like this. Everything disappeared all of a sudden. It was too strange. It would be the same if he came back to collect them in a few days.
Lin Bing was afraid of bumping into Doctor Xu again when he went out, so he dragged a chair to the door and listened to the voice from the opposite side. Until he heard the sound of Doctor Xu coming in from the opposite side, Lin Bing went out.
While waiting for the elevator, Lin Bing met a chatterbox, a young man with decent facial features, but he was as thin as a monkey, his face was deformed, and he looked ugly. He was wearing a shit-yellow T-shirt, black shorts, and very old blue slippers. When he saw Lin Bing, his eyes lit up and he said, "Miss, I see that your forehead is dark and your eyes are dull. You will definitely have bad luck in the near future and meet the wrong person. Why don't you let me tell you a fortune to avoid disasters and keep your family safe..."
"Where did you come from, you liar? Why haven't I seen you on the eighth floor before, and you tell fortunes?" Lin Bing glanced at him. He looked so wretched. Even if she believed in Taoism, she would not believe such a person.
As she was talking, the elevator arrived and Lin Bing walked in directly. The man immediately got in and stood next to Lin Bing, laughing.
Tsk, he looked even more wretched when he laughed.
"Since we are destined to meet, my name is Zhang Shu. Miss, what's your last name?" The chatterbox continued.
Lin Bing turned his head to look at him: "Brother, can you be normal?" There are surveillance cameras in the elevator. The property management here is still wrong. Lin Bing is not worried that this man will do something bad.
"Actually, that's not what I said. Look," Zhang Shu took out a few pieces of yellow paper from his arms and handed them to Lin Bing, saying: "This is not expensive, 100 yuan per piece, yellow talisman, my family's ancestral heirloom, how about it, look, this word is written with cinnabar, look at this word, look at this strength, look at the color of this talisman, how positive it is!" The tone was particularly inciting, like a pyramid scheme.
Zhang Shu squinted his eyes and stared at Lin Bing with his eyes sparkling.
The underground floor arrived, Lin Bing got out of the elevator, the underground floor was a garage, and Lin Bing's car was parked here. Zhang Shu also followed behind Lin Bing, constantly promoting his family's heirloom yellow talisman.
"100 yuan is too expensive for you, right? Then 80, no, 50... Hey, don't go, this is the lowest price, 20, 20 is not enough? Hey, 10 yuan, this is really the lowest price, it can't be any lower! You don't want to buy it, right? If you don't buy it, I will follow you all the time. I will come to block you as soon as you go home. I will follow you every day."
He followed Lin Bing all the time. When Lin Bing opened the car door and was about to get in, he even stuck his body at Lin Bing's car door, blocking the car door. He was still smiling and handing the yellow talisman to Lin Bing, muttering: "You know, it's not easy for me either. My ancestors were in this business. The ancestral craftsmanship cannot be lost. Now people only believe in the elderly. You say I am so powerful, not only have no hair on the mouth, but also have excellent craftsmanship, but no one believes me. Isn't it unfair? I tell you..."
Lin Bing was considering whether to send this man to the police station or call the security guard.
The man's next words dispelled Lin Bing's thoughts.
"I'm not exaggerating. I calculated this with my fingers. One month later, in mid-August, something will definitely happen. It's a big deal! My eldest brother said, no, it's me..."
Eldest brother? Did the eldest brother of this wretched boy calculate it? It seems that his eldest brother is still quite capable. Let's just treat it as a good relationship with this boy. Lin Bing took out a few red bills from his bag and handed them to him, "Give me all the talismans in your hand. I'll buy them. Is this money enough?"
When Zhang Shu heard that Lin Bing wanted to buy, his eyes were bright and he immediately started to take out the yellow talismans from his arms, "I still have some at home. How about I send them to you when you come back in the evening?"
Zhang Shu took the money from Lin Bing very quickly, counting the money and laughing. After receiving the money, Zhang Shu immediately made way from Lin Bing's car door. After counting the money, he made a very gentlemanly gesture of "please get in the car". He looked at Lin Bing as if he was looking at a gold ingot.
"No need." Lin Bing threw the yellow talisman on the back seat, got in the car, closed the door, and saw Zhang Shu counting money by the car again, and said lightly: "Your ancestors are all charlatans. Have you ever been to school? Illiterate?"
"Don't talk nonsense," Zhang Shu stopped what he was doing and glared at Lin Bing, "I'm a college graduate. My diploma and bachelor's degree are still at home. They're still warm. Even if you are my guest, you can't damage my reputation like this. I'm a knowledgeable and cultured charlatan. Pah pah pah... What charlatan, I'm a master!"
When he said this, Lin Bing had already driven away.
The rear of Lin Bing's car could not be seen, and Zhang Shu went upstairs with a sly smile on his face and hummed a little tune.
Hey, I met another fool. He sold a lot of talisman paper. Those were the talismans he drew himself. Hey, the paper was bought in bulk. You know, paper money for the dead, just go to the manufacturer. No need to print marks, just blank paper, wholesale, one drawing can draw a whole stack, just use a brush, the cheapest ink, brush, brush, brush, he waved it casually, hey, the yellow talisman is done!
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On the way.
Lin Bing threw the yellow talisman directly into the space, not caring, the words on it are not bad, but the quality of the paper is really... Anyway, keep it for now, and talk about it later.
As soon as he arrived at the farmer's market, Lin Bing received a call.
"Hello, I'm Lin Bing, who are you?"
"Hello, my last name is Liu, it's correct that you are Lin Bing, I'm the martial arts teacher hired by the Lin family, when are you free, let's meet and talk."
"Okay, is 4pm okay, at the Lin family's old house."
"I'm afraid the Lin family's old house won't work, Master Lin has said that the Lin family has banned outsiders from entering recently, otherwise, you can come to my martial arts school, I'll send you the address directly."
"Okay."
After hanging up the phone, Lin Bing thought to himself that it seemed that his grandfather had already started to take action.