On Monday, at 4 pm, Lore received an email from Xu Tian. It reads: “Lore, do you remember when we were young, a redwood coffin hung on the beam of Warehouse One?” Of course, I remember Luo Lei and Xu Tian, as well as Shao Ying and Zhang Xiaohe. They are all employees of the supply and marketing cooperatives. Large warehouses are used by supply and marketing cooperatives to store agricultural materials. Since the founding of the People’s Republic of China, the supply and marketing system has been a smash hit, and it was not until the 1990s that it gradually went downhill. There are two large warehouses in the dormitory area of Lore’s family. He knew that Xu Tian was referring to the dilapidated one, the so-called Big One, to distinguish it from the new warehouse built later. The first warehouse was in disrepair for a long time. After the new warehouse was completed, the first warehouse was empty. Apart from some dilapidated furnishings and the debris thrown by residents in the dormitory area, the most conspicuous thing is the coffin set by Grandma Shao Ying hanging on the long roof beams.
Like many elderly people, Grandma Shao Ying was afraid of cremation. When she was 60 years old, she clamored for Shao Ying’s father to ask a carpenter to buy a coffin. The old man’s body has been tough and there is no sign that he is about to die, so the coffin is delayed in use, and there is no place to put it, so it is placed in the large warehouse of the supply and marketing cooperative. This release took 30 years. When the old man passed away at the age of 90, she could not use the coffin, but was cremated.
Luo Lei scrolled his mouse to look down, but there was nothing under the email except Xu Tian’s signature. Xu Tian’s email brought back Lore’s memories of the past. The past brought him more fear. When he was ten years old, Luo Lei and Zhang Xiaohe were playing hide-and-seek. Luo Lei searched the entire dormitory area, but did not find Zhang Xiaohe’s shadow. It was midsummer afternoon, and the ground was almost cooked by the outdoor sunlight, and Lore broke into Warehouse One. He believed that Zhang Xiaohe must be hiding in a corner there.
However, Lore searched all corners, but still did not find Zhang Xiaohe. At this time, he felt a constant cold air in the warehouse one. In the deep warehouse, apart from the damp musty smell, long cobwebs, and the sound of his own empty footsteps. Lore’s hairs stood up all at once. But he didn’t want to buy popsicles for Zhang Xiaohe, because the two had agreed before hide-and-seek. If Zhang Xiaohe was found by him, the person who bought the popsicles would be Zhang Xiaohe, otherwise, it would be Lore.
Lore raised his head boldly. The coffin had just been brushed with tung oil and it was shiny. For the first time, Lore felt that the coffin was hanging so short that he reached out and reached it. He found an old table and climbed onto it, reaching out just to reach the waist of the coffin. Lore reached out and patted the body of the coffin. If Zhang Xiaohe was inside, he would definitely crawl out. Loray waited for the coffin lid to be turned up, and Zhang Xiaohe crawled out of it. However, there was no movement in the coffin. Lore jumped off the table disappointedly and was about to move the table back to its original place. He suddenly heard someone gloomily asking: “Who is knocking on the door?” Lore immediately judged that the sound came from the top of his head, if it was a man. Tone, alsoCan’t frighten Loray, because he always thought Zhang Xiaohe was there. However, this is clearly a female voice, which sounds almost the same as Grandma Shao Ying’s accent, with a slightly nasal and trembling voice. Loray was paralyzed with fright, his teeth creaking.
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Zhang Xiaohe and Shao Ying stood up from the coffin one by one, climbed to the roof beam, and then jumped off again, laughing to Luo. Lei said, “How about it, coward, is it time for you to buy popsicles?” Luo Lei looked at Zhang Xiaohe and Shao Ying with straight eyes, but there was no response.
Shao Ying and Zhang Xiaohe shook Luo Lei, and Shao Ying tickles Luo Lei’s armpit, but Luo Lei still did not move. Shao Ying was timid. She screamed and ran out. She yelled as she ran, “It’s terrible, Lore is scared to death.” Scared to escape back home. When Lore’s parents arrived upon hearing the news, the dormitory area of the supply and marketing agency exploded. Lore’s father was the director of the supply and marketing agency. He naturally refused to let go of Zhang Xiaohe’s instigator, especially his father who could not tame Zhang Xiaohe during his work. This time naturally gave him an opportunity. In addition, Grandma Shao Ying’s coffin also annoyed him: everything can be stored in the first warehouse, but why do you have to put a coffin!
Lore was definitely not scared to death, but Lore’s father took this opportunity to show off for a while, and obtained a lot of benefits from these two families. That was the mid-1980s, and more than 20 years have passed since now. Therefore, Lore didn’t know how Xu Tian would think of this. In fact, Lore and the children who came out of the supply and marketing agency have rarely contacted since they went to university and started work. Even when he was a child, he rarely lived in a row of small houses behind the first warehouse. Xu Tian play together. “They are a single-employee family. They are too poor and dirty. Don’t play with them.” Lore’s mother taught Lore this way.
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Luo Lei ignored Xu Tian and did not even reply to the email. He is now the head of the human resources department of a large state-owned enterprise. Some time ago I heard that Xu Tian, who lives in the same city, was unemployed. Xu Tian is almost here now, most likely because he wants to find a position under his own. Luo Lei couldn’t help feeling regretful, why did he leave his email address to Xu Tian when he went back that time.
The wife Shao Ying saw Luo Lei’s expression a little unhappy, and asked: “It’s spam, right? Leave it alone, it’s true, now the payment mailbox can’t filter ads.”< br>
Lore nodded with a smile, answered “Yes”, then clicked to delete Xu Tian’s email, thinking in his heart, since Xu Tian mentioned this, he would never stop there. When it’s over, he will have a request, so wait for his request.
Two days later, Xu Tian sent a second email. “I believe you have received the first email. I often have nightmares recently,