The man went to the countryside to collect antiques, spent five hundred yuan to buy a wooden scorpion, and slept on his chest to save his life

Anecdotal stories

Xiao Yi is in the antique business, in his early thirties, don't look at his age is not too old, but he debuted early, these years to go south and north, can also be regarded as an understanding person in this line. When he looks at the goods and takes a look at them, he can determine what the goods are and what the price is.

On weekdays, Xiao Yi would go to the big ravine to sweep the goods every once in a while. Because he does not cheat in business, the price is fair, and the time has been long, people in these places are familiar with him, and whoever has an object to sell often calls him first.

One day in the summer, Xiao Yi answered a phone call, it was Cao Laoba, this person Xiao Yi was familiar with, was a farmer, the two had dealt with each other several times, some transactions were completed, some were not. This time Cao Laoba said on the phone that his relatives had an ancestral old object to sell, which was a good thing, and asked Xiao Yi to bring more money.

Cao Laoba's home is in the north, and it takes five or six hours to drive. On this day, Xiao Yi drove all the way, and the farther north he went, the worse the walking condition became, and the potholed road was still a winding road. The car drove for more than three hours, halfway turned off, it was difficult to repair the car, Xiao Yi was tired and hungry. Fortunately, there is a big willow village nearby, and Xiao Yi knocked on the door of a house, trying to beg for a drink.

The one who opened the door was a little girl, looking timid, and hesitated for half a day before letting him in.

Entering the door, Xiao Yi knew that the little girl's name was Yan Yan, and there were two people in the family, she and her father Lao Lin, and Lao Lin was actually a paralyzed person. Seeing Xiao Yi, Lao Lin helplessly smiled bitterly and asked his daughter to quickly make tea and pour water. Xiao Yi's heart gushed out a complex feeling, both warm and sad.

Hearing that Xiao Yi went to the countryside to collect antiques, Yan Yan's eyes suddenly lit up: "My father has a scorpion, he has always wanted to sell, uncle do you want to see?" ”

Saying, Yan Yan took out a small cloth bag from the wooden cabinet and handed it to Xiao Yi, Xiao Yi opened it to see that it was a big scorpion that came alive and vividly, he was startled, and almost threw it away.

Only to see that this scorpion is the size of an adult's shoe sole, the exquisite shell arthropods, the front seven and the back five, the knots are thick and full, the segments are dazzling, the most frightening thing is the forward curved tail spines, lurking endless killing chances, it is too impressive.

Xiao Yi asked and knew that this scorpion was actually carved by Lao Lin himself. Old Lin was actually only a few years older than Xiao Yi, originally a carpenter, originally quite healthy, but just the year before, he helped people build a house, accidentally fell from the house, the spine suffered permanent damage, since then can only lie on the bed, even turn over to rely on others.

After a long time, Lao Lin's wife could not bear this kind of suffering, saying that she went out to work and never came back. There are only old Lin fathers and daughters left in the family, and the work in the family on weekdays all falls on Yan Yan alone.

Xiao Yi looked and listened, and couldn't help but have wet eyes, he asked, "Besides carving scorpions, what else can you carve?" Old Lin smiled embarrassedly and told Xiao Yi that he could only carve scorpions, why would he only carve scorpions? Old Lin told his own personal experience -

It turned out that after Lao Lin was paralyzed, he could only lie on the earth kang, he did not know when this kind of day was a head, his heart was particularly uncomfortable, and he secretly made up his mind to find an opportunity to end this pain of life is better than death.

One day, when he waited for the opportunity, he found half a bottle of dusty pesticide on the windowsill, and he wanted to drink it quietly after his daughter fell asleep at night. At night, he lay on the kang with his eyes open, thinking about how to get the bottle of pesticide, when suddenly something "clicked" and landed on his belly.

By the moonlight like water, he could see clearly that it was a scorpion with its tail spikes raised high, crawling on his belly. Because of the experience of being stung by a scorpion when he was a child, Lao Lin was too frightened to move, and he did not even dare to breathe. In this way, he stared at the scorpion without blinking, and it was not until dawn that the scorpion crawled away reluctantly.

At this time, Lao Lin was already sweating profusely, and people were also awake, and he thought that if he died, what would his daughter Yanyan do? Suddenly, Lao Lin dispelled the idea of suicide, he asked his daughter to find a bunch of jujube roots in the yard that were used for making fires on weekdays, and he chose a piece of material and carved it with a knife in the shape of a tree knot.

With the foundation of carpentry and the impression that the scorpion left on him that night, a month later, a lifelike scorpion was carved. Since Old Lin was playing with it in his hand when he was fine, over time, this scorpion was polished by him, and at first glance, it looked like a living creature.

Xiao Yi did not expect that this scorpion carving still had such a story, so he took out five hundred yuan to buy this scorpion. Old Lin stuttered a little, "Too much, too much... Besides, it's not an antique either. Xiao Yi smiled and said, "I always buy goods at the price of goods, although your scorpion is not an antique, but I think it is worth this price." After saying that, Xiao Yi bought a scorpion and drove on the road.

Arriving at Cao Laoba's house, Cao Laoba regrettably told Xiao Yi that his relative was not at home today and would not come back until tomorrow, so that Xiao Yi could stay overnight at his house, and that his relative would personally send the object early tomorrow morning. Xiao Yi asked what kind of object it was, and Cao Laoba said that it was a jade pillow, which was handed down from the ancestors and would never be sold for less than 50,000 yuan.

Then, Cao Laoba asked Xiao Yi how much money he had brought, and Xiao Yi smiled and asked, "What, I'm afraid I can't afford it?" This question, Cao Laoba was embarrassed, embarrassed to scratch his ears and scratch his cheeks, said: "No, my relative is very strange, only recognize cash transactions, do not see rabbits and do not spread eagles!" Xiao Yi saw him say this, patted his handbag and said, "Rest assured, I will carry it, as long as the things are good and the money is enough." When Cao Laoba heard this, he immediately became happy.

When sleeping at night, Cao Laoba arranged his daughter-in-law and children in the East House, and he and Xiao Yi slept in the West House, and the two of them had a kang head and a kang tail, and no one affected anyone. Cao Laoba drank the wine and quickly fell asleep, purring loudly. Xiao Yi was not used to it, lying on the kang and turning over and over and falling asleep, he simply took out the scorpion carving and played with it, I don't know how long it took, before he fell asleep confusedly.

The next day, Xiao Yi woke up from his sleep and found that the sky was bright. Cao Laoba seemed to have risen early, and the scorpion carving was still lying quietly on his chest, looking at it coldly, it was really scary.

When Xiao Yi got dressed and came out, Cao Laobacai greeted him with a panicked face and began to chatter: "Oh, my mother, you came out alive, but you scared me to death!" I got up last night and saw a big scorpion lying on your chest.

The scorpion here is extremely poisonous, and if you touch it, you must not move, if you move, you will die, and others will not be able to help it, but can only wait for it to crawl away. When I was a child, I was stung by this thing, but fortunately it was delivered in time to pick up a life in the township hospital! I've never seen such a big scorpion before, I'm afraid it's a scorpion spirit..."

Xiao Yi didn't expect that Cao Laoba was actually serious, he thought it was funny, and didn't say much, so he asked about the jade pillow, and Cao Laoba actually stood up and said that he wanted to tell Xiao Yi that his relative had changed and did not plan to sell.

This kind of thing is often common to Xiao Yi, even if it is not unusual for things to change at the last moment before the transaction. Xiao Yi was a little disappointed, simply ate a mouthful of food, said hello to Cao Laoba, and drove back.

After Xiao Yi returned, he quickly forgot about this matter and did not contact Cao Laoba again. But not long after, a shocking news reached his ears: Cao Laoba told the public security bureau to arrest him, and the crime was quite big, it was actually a murder.

At first, Xiao Yi did not believe it, but when he inquired later, this matter was actually true. Some time ago, this Cao Laoba took a relative to have a jade pillow to sell as bait, and successively deceived two antique dealers, and when he slept at night, he beat him to death with a hammer and put it in the Kang Cave, the matter was quite secretive, even his wife did not know, it is said that this Cao Laoba is owed a huge gambling debt and can't pay it back...

At first hearing this news, Xiao Yi thought of his experience in Cao Laobajia, and he felt that the back spine was "nourishing" and he was cold, and he was in a cold sweat from head to toe.

Xiao Yi found the scorpion carving, carefully placed it on the table, carefully examined it, and then he drove straight to the big willow village. Xiao Yi and Lao Lin signed an agreement, not only underwriting Lao Lin's scorpion carvings, but also bringing him some pictures of other insects and animals, so that Lao Lin could learn to carve.

As for the first scorpion carving, Xiao Yi put it on the table, loving it like a treasure. Some Tibetan friends saw it, liked it, and wanted to buy it at a high price, but no matter how high the price, they could not impress Xiao Yi, in his words: "This scorpion saved my life..." The author Han Dong

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