Reincarnation Train Restart [Unlimited]

Chapter 209 Hong Kong Guild Tower 02 [1 more]

Li Bao led them into a stairwell, and it seemed that they were about to take the stairs.

Yun You couldn't help but said: "I see that this building has more than 20 floors. Isn't there an elevator installed? Why do you have to take the stairs?"

If they lived on the eighth or tenth floor, they would not be exhausted to climb up.

Li Bao turned his head to look at Yunyou, grinned, showing his yellow and uneven teeth, and said, "This building was built a long time ago, and it was only five or six stories high when it was first built."

"I think about it, it should be a six-story building. What kind of elevator was installed at that time, just walk up."

"Besides, at that time, some people had never even seen what an elevator looked like, and the installation fee was too expensive."

Li Bao shook his head and curled his lips.

Wu Xiajiu: "In the beginning it was only six stories high, so are these many floors added later?"

Li Bao: "That's right. At that time, there was a wave of migrant workers. Many foreigners like you came to Hong Kong Island. Hong Kong Island is very expensive, and the land is so expensive."

"We can only add to the top, keep adding and adding, and add to the current [-]-storey height."

"There is no elevator from the first floor to the twelfth floor. The elevator was installed on the twelfth floor. If it didn't happen later..."

"Both buildings can be built up to [-] or [-] stories."

The last sentence Li Bao said vaguely.

Wu Xiajiu's eyes flashed, what happened next?

But when he wanted to ask about the situation of Kangfu Building and Kangle Building, Li Bao obviously didn't want to talk.

Carrying a large bunch of keys, he urged them with a wave, and led them upstairs, saying: "Hurry up, hurry up, there are no rooms available from the first floor to the [-]th floor, you have to live on the [-]th floor, and it takes a lot of time to go up." How long is it?"

After all, one person walked up the stairs in front of him.

Wu Xiajiu waited for someone to follow behind, walking on this seemingly narrow staircase, two people side by side are enough to occupy the entire staircase.

They went all the way to the sixth floor, probably due to the later additions, the stairs were not in this direction, but were built on the other side.

So, they walked through the corridor under the leadership of Li Bao. According to Li Bao, there were no vacant rooms from the first floor to the twelfth floor, and the sixth floor was naturally included.

But they walked through the corridor all the way, but they didn't meet anyone.

It was very quiet here, with houses on one side of the corridor and railings on the other side, and one could see the diagonally opposite floor, that is, the uninhabited Kangfu Building.

Wu Xiajiu turned his head to look at the Kangfu Building. The uninhabited building was like a silent night just after the sunset. It seemed to be shrouded in a dark shadow, silent and gloomy.

Some doors were open, others were closed, but without exception, the windows were all dark.

The height of the Kangfu Building and the Kangle Building are the same, obviously both are [-] stories high, which means that the Kangfu Building is uninhabited and it became a murderous building after the addition was completed.

Then, when the Kangfu Building became a murderous building, the people in the building were all emptied.

Will some people who originally lived in the Kangfu Building live in the Kangle Building?

Li Bao is the manager of the Kangyue Building. Was he also the manager of the Kangyue Building before the accident happened in the Kangyue Building?

Who was responsible for the original construction of the twin towers?

Thinking of this, Wu Xiajiu couldn't help turning his gaze back to Li Bao who was walking in the front.

When he was about to reach the other side of the stairs leading to the upper floor, Wu Xiajiu saw that the door of the house next to the stairs was actually filled with brightly colored paper figurines, paper umbrellas, or paper carriages. It looks like they are burned for the dead.

One of the paper-wrapped people probably didn't put it away properly, and fell to the ground, just blocking Li Bao's way.

So Li Bao kicked impatiently, and shouted: "Uncle Agui, can you put all your paper figurines in the house, they take up a lot of space in the corridor, and they are all stepped on. "

As he said that, Li Baoming had already kicked the paper-wrapped man away, but stepped on it again.

Wu Xiajiu frowned.

Xue Rong muttered contemptuously.

The house was not closed, the door was ajar.

Not long after, a stooped old man with gray hair and reading glasses opened the door and appeared at the door.

He raised his head to look at Li Bao, then glanced at Wu Xiajiu and the others, his eyes were cloudy and unmoved, and he only showed distress when he looked at the paper pierced by Li Bao's foot.

Uncle Agui hurriedly bent down to pick up the paper man, patted the footprint dust with his hand, and said in an old voice: "There are too many paper goods in the room, and I can't put them all. I haven't had time to get the money." It is sold in the boss's shop."

"This was originally placed by the wall, probably blown by the wind, and fell to the ground..."

While talking ramblingly, Uncle Agui re-arranged the paper puppet by the wall.

Wu Xiajiu turned his head and caught a glimpse of the open door—a large pile of paper-made people and paper goods piled up in the room, with almost no place to step down. The paper-made people's faces were covered with two blushes. The faces are the same, there are men and women, and the bodies are arranged in the same way, all facing the door, and the black eyes seem to be staring at them together.

The windows in Uncle Agui's house are not facing the sun, so even in the daytime the room looks dim, and the yellow light is on, shining on the paper figurine looks a little weird.

Moreover, Wu Xiajiu also saw a shrine placed on the wall of Uncle Agui's house. The shrine was illuminated with red lights, and three sticks of incense were burning below it. Combined with the dim room lights, it was even more uncomfortable. .

I don't know why Uncle Agui stayed there all the time.

Li Bao spat on the ground and said: "Okay, okay, pay attention next time, this aisle is for people to pass by, not for placing paper dolls."

After finishing speaking, he waved his hand and continued to wait for Wu Xiajiu to wait for someone to walk up the stairs.

Uncle Agui nodded silently, hunched over and raised his head, watching them leave.

Wu Xia watched from the corner of his eye for a long time, until they turned a corner and climbed the stairs, Uncle Agui turned around slowly and went back into the room. The door creaked and gradually closed.

When going upstairs, Wu Xiajiu asked, "Is there a store in the Kangle Building that sells these paper goods? How is the business?"

The key in Li Bao's hand flickered, accompanied by their footsteps, adding a little sound to the silent corridor.

He replied casually: "Sell it, it's on the first floor. Boss Qian's grocery store sells everything. I usually make a living on a small business."

"Recently, the Obon Festival is approaching, and everyone wants to burn paper money, paper figurines, etc. for the dead family members. Uncle Agui's paper goods are very popular, and I just took the opportunity to make some money."

"What is the Obon Festival?" White Pigeon asked Yunyou softly from behind.

Before Yunyou could answer, Xuerong rolled her eyes and said, "The Yu Lan Basin Festival is a ghost festival, that is, the Hungry Ghost Festival on the [-]th day of the seventh month of the lunar calendar. It is said that it is a day to burn paper money for the dead, but I don't know that. "

Xuerong's appearance is almost like saying that Bai Gezi has no common sense, just like a fool.

Bai Gezi's face suddenly became annoyed, and when he was about to curse back, Yun You pulled his arm and said in a low voice, "Don't quarrel..."

Yun You signaled with his eyes to Wu Xia, who was walking ahead, that he had been waiting for the old passengers for a long time. This is not a place for them to quarrel.

Bai Gezi endured it, lowered her eyelids, grabbed Yunyou's sleeve and shook it.

Xue Rong glanced at it, her complacent expression immediately turned gloomy, and she would pretend to be pitiful if she cursed a bitch secretly.

Wu Xiajiu heard the movement behind him, but ignored it.

He said: "When is the Obon Festival? I, someone in my family also passed away, and I want to burn some paper money for him."

Yes, members of Ji's family, especially Ji Siyi, although they haven't died yet, they can burn paper in advance.

Li Bao: "It will be the day after tomorrow."

The day after tomorrow, that is the third day after leaving the world.

After getting useful information, Wu Xiajiu stopped talking.

Going all the way to the [-]th floor, Wu Xiajiu saw a closed iron door on the other side not far away as soon as he stepped out of the stairs. It is not accurate to say that it is an iron door, because it may have been two security doors originally.

This passage connects the Kangfu Building and the Kangle Building, but after the Kangfu Building became a murderous building, the passage was closed when people left the building.

Two iron door panels were nailed outside the original two safety doors, not to mention completely welded, and there were still many exposed iron nails.

It can be seen that they don't want anyone to enter the Kangfu Building through this passage, or those in the Kangfu Building... enter the Kangyue Building.

Seeing Wu Xiajiu and others staring at the welded iron door, Li Bao stopped and said, "Behind this iron door is a passage, which used to lead to Kangfu Building, but later...it was sealed."

"Some people find it unlucky and don't even want to live on this floor, and move to other floors or other places."

"There are only a few who still live on the twelfth floor, such as Grandma Deng."

"I'm old and my legs and feet are not good. Recently, I can't even go downstairs. I have to ask others to bring up the food, or go to the thirteenth floor to buy food."

Lu Nan couldn't help asking: "Which family is Grandma Deng?"

Li Bao glanced at the end of the corridor, and pointed out: "Here, the one with the red lantern hanging outside the door is Grandma Deng's house. She sells lanterns for a living."

Wu Xiajiu: "Is food still sold on the thirteenth floor?"

Li Bao: "I sell glutinous rice and fry dozens of portions every day. Not many people eat it."

After all, he didn't want to talk anymore, Li Bao greeted them and walked towards the elevator.

The elevator was built on the twelfth floor, not at the same place as the stairs.

It just so happened that if they wanted to go to the elevator, they had to go through the door of Grandma Deng's house.

Wu Xia glanced at the two red lanterns hanging on the wall for a long time. They were new and did not look old at all. Is it because the lanterns were often replaced after they were finished?

The door of Grandma Deng's room was closed tightly, and they couldn't hear any movement inside when they passed by.

Not far away is the elevator, which is as old as this recreational building. The elevator door is very dirty. After opening, the inside is also so dirty that people don't want to go in. It smells strange.

——like the disgusting smell of soup and rice spilled on the floor, and someone peed in the elevator.

But no matter how heavy the taste is, you have to go up.

Wu Xiajiu stepped into the elevator first, and when everyone came up, Li Bao pressed the button leading to the [-]th floor, and said, "There are many vacant rooms on the [-]th floor, you can choose whatever you want."