C14 (1/2)
”You heard it all, I know I found it all myself!”
” What do you mean, don't always talk like that! Have you ever been to the place described in the old branch books? The branch books know about most of the things in this forest. If it's not the branch books, then unless you've really been there yourself! ”
” If you really want to know all of this, then go find the answer yourself! ”
” Ma, don't you feel that something's wrong here? ”
” I have never lived here before, so how do I know what it was like before? ”
” You don't need to live here. Didn't you find anything? ”
” If there's really something that doesn't make sense, it might be possible to say it! ” The pockmark paused.
” Tell me about it! ”
” ”The mattress on the kang!”
I went to study in the city. The old branch book probably lived here alone, using a rabbit skin as a mattress, because many of the hair was flattened and there were traces of a body lying on it.
The pockmarked man said the mattress was wrong. I don't understand.
But just as I was about to ask, my heart skipped a beat. Damn, a room that no one had visited for so many years could not still have a strong smell of dry smoke, so how could a mattress that had lain so many years ago leave any traces of a person's body?
The two of us looked at each other for a brief moment before we understood what each of us was thinking.
” Aren't you surprised that you're so calm? ” I almost bounced up, but the pockmarks were too calm.
” ”What's there to be surprised about? There are many signs, I've already suspected it!”
” Who do you think it is? Is it really a book? ”
” ”It's a book, I can't imagine what's behind it, not a book, I definitely can't imagine it, San-zi, if it was just the tip of the iceberg, would you dare to investigate it?”
” ”What do you mean?”
” There are many things that you might never know about. If you were to know even a tiny bit of them, it would be equivalent to being infected by poison. I'm afraid that you won't be able to get rid of them! I am reminding you to consider it! ”
Because the next day there was something important on our minds, we just managed to get it done. After filling our stomachs, the brick bed was also hot, so we quickly went to sleep.
At night, at an unknown time, I woke up with a piss. The brick bed was very hot, and I really didn't want to leave this warm bed, so I opened and closed my eyes, holding it in for a long time in the mountains. The brick bed was hot under my back, and the tip of my nose was cold, because there was only one layer of heat on the bed.
I looked at the fire under the brick bed, I really needed more firewood, so I got up and pissed together.