The years of reselling the haunted house

I thought about it and said to the fat man, "Did you see that red cloth bag on that tree?"

Pang Dahai nodded: "I see."

"It seems to be related to this cloth bag. Since you see that it is fine, just get it off for me."

"That's it. Look at it." Fat Dahai responded, put the butcher's knife in his mouth, rubbed his palms on the ground, and climbed up the old willow tree.

After three times, five times and two times, he grabbed the little red cloth bag hanging on the tree.

"Open it and have a look. I'd like to see what's in it, but it confuses me."

Pang Dahai unfastened the mouth of the bag, and poured out the contents in one go.

At this time, the sky was already dark, and the moon rose into the sky, and the silvery moonlight poured down, illuminating the area outside the village, which was blooming white.

The things in the red cloth bag first fell out a few pieces of money, which were real money, not paper money.There are various amounts, it seems to be a set.

In addition, there is a villain cut out of red paper. The villain looks very delicate, has a head and feet, and is very vivid. It looks like a girl in a bridal gown.

"Brother, here is the money." Pang Dahai picked up the coins.

"This red bag is too weird, put it back, and I can't take the money." Although I don't know what this bag is about, my intuition tells me that this money bag is not simple, and that paper-cut man is even more evil.

I asked the fat man to stuff all the money and the villain back into the red cloth bag, and then hung it back to its original place.

I was sweating profusely to greet Pang Dahai for the car, and just sat down in the car, the fat man suddenly said: "Brother, tell me, is the person in the red dress I saw the little paper bag in the red bag?" people?"

I was shocked, living people and paper people are two different species.One is big, one is small, one is alive, and one is dead. I don't know how Fatty can link these two things together.But after he said it, I actually felt that this possibility existed.

This is simply ridiculous.Could it be that the phantom of the little paper man was seen by the fat man?

I shook my head vigorously. Before I entered the village, I had such a big problem. I don't know if it has a direct relationship with my purpose of coming here.

If not, I'd rather have one more thing than one less thing, and it's better to keep my affairs to a minimum.

I secretly made up my mind, started the car without answering Fatty's words, and prepared to go into the village to find Xue Quangui's father.

At this moment, a voice suddenly came from the village, as if a person was singing something.At the beginning, we couldn't hear clearly, but as the man got closer and closer, we could hear what he was saying.

"Red window paper, heart-to-heart bridge, red curtains and candles for joy... The drums for welcoming the bride, beat a few times, and my mother sent me to the sedan chair... black oil braids, clouds covering the vines, and a red jacket for Xixi... ..."

It's a happy song, and it's also a nursery rhyme.

I know there is a custom that when someone gets married, there will be a group of children singing this kind of festive nursery rhyme around, and the host will usually give these children happy money.

But the one who sang this nursery rhyme was not a child, but a crazy woman.The woman ran out of the village with disheveled hair and disheveled clothes.Seeing our car, he ran straight towards our car.

It was too late for me to escape.The woman was running so fast that she almost hit my car.

"Hey, you don't have eyes, hit the car."

Fat Dahai roared.

As if she didn't hear, the woman brushed the messy hair on her face and looked at me and Pang Dahai curiously.

I saw that woman's face, if it wasn't for some stains on her face, it should be very fair and handsome.

Chapter 180 Crazy Woman

Pang Dahai and I hid in the car, and saw that this woman had no intention of leaving, and kept chanting that nursery rhyme.

Only then did I notice that this woman should also be wearing a red dress.It's just because it hasn't been washed for a long time, and the clothes have many holes and cuts for some reason, and she can't see the slightest festive atmosphere in this clothes.

On the contrary, it was getting late and this woman was in a crazy state. When I read this nursery rhyme, it added a lot of weird atmosphere and made me feel chills all over.

The woman stopped instead of walking, stood outside the co-pilot, looked in through the window glass, pointed at Pang Dahai, and said in a broken voice: "Hey, the groom officer, you are the groom officer... the groom The officer came to pick me up, came to pick me up..."

I was amused in my heart, and said to Pang Dahai: "Okay, Fatty, I didn't expect you to have a girlfriend in this place where you don't want to shit?"

Fat Dahai's face turned red and turned white, as if he was humiliated by this crazy woman calling him the bridegroom's official.He impatiently waved his hand at the car window: "Go, go, you have identified the wrong person, hurry up and find your groom."

The woman didn't bother her too much, she just smirked at us, then left our car, bouncing and walking towards the big willow tree.At this time, she no longer read the nursery rhyme, but kept shouting: "One, two, hee hee, there are two more..."

The woman walked a certain distance, looked back suddenly, and then disappeared behind the big willow tree.

Those eyes were so sharp that my heart trembled when I saw them.Those were a pair of eyes full of emotion. These eyes seemed to be resentful, but also seemed to be indifferent. In short, it was very uncomfortable to see.

Pang Dahai and I looked at each other, and rubbed our eyes, the woman wearing the tattered red wedding dress, indeed disappeared behind the big willow tree.

I questioned: "Fatty, at the beginning, you said you saw someone over there, so it must be this woman?"

The fat man shook his head: "Who knows? This crazy woman is elusive, really like a ghost. Sigh, what is she calling, one two, two more... What does this mean?"

I scratched my head and couldn't figure it out: "Could it be that someone came before us?"

Pang Haihai said: "Nonsense, this village is not closed, and people will come every day. What this silly woman said is inexplicable, so don't take it seriously."

I patted the fat man on the shoulder: "Fatty man, I didn't see it, but you are destined for women. I am so handsome, she didn't call me the bridegroom officer, but she fell in love with you."

The fat man took my hand away impatiently: "Go away, if you like it, I'll give it to you."

"Young man, don't talk nonsense."

We were frolicking in the car when we heard this sound coming from the window.

Pang Dahai and I both trembled in fright, the sound came from the car window on my side, and I was so frightened that I almost ran over to Fatty's side.

Because the two of us looked at the car window at the same time, we saw a face pressed against the car window. That face, together with the facial features were deformed by the glass, and the light was unclear, it was not scary at first glance.

"Who?" I dared to call out.

The face left the car window immediately, and I saw an old man in his 60s standing outside, who seemed to be from the Aojiazhai.

I saw that the man's face was quite kind, so my heart relaxed, and I thought that the people in this village are always talking and disappearing.

The fat man and I got out of the car. The man was carrying a three-pronged steel fork. I don't know if it was for fish or dung.Although he is a bit old, his body looks very tough, wearing a gown, and his exposed arms are full of tendons.At first glance, he was either a practitioner, or a person who often engaged in physical labor.

"Are you... from this village?" I saw that the man was very serious, so I asked tentatively.

The man took the fork off his shoulder and snorted in his hand: "I haven't asked you yet, it's late at night, what are you doing in our village?"

Thinking about it, we parked the car at the entrance of the village and didn't enter the village for a long time, which is indeed suspicious.

And judging from that person's posture, once he found out that Fatty and I were acting abnormally, the fork would probably greet him.

"We...we came to the village to find someone," said the fat man.

"Looking for someone? Looking for someone at this time?" The man seemed suspicious of the fat man's words, and his eyes never moved away from the two of us.

I hastened to tell the truth: "Uncle, we are indeed looking for someone. By the time we arrived at this village, it was already too late. Do you know a person named Xue Shouwen in this village?"

Xue Shouwen is Xue Quangui's father. Before leaving, Xue Jingui confessed to me.His old mother is gone, and only his father is left at home.He had wanted to take his father to the city a long time ago, but Xue Shouwen couldn't live without him, saying that he couldn't leave his hometown.Xue Quangui had no choice but to come back once a year to buy something for his father.Fortunately, there are two older brothers in the village who can take care of them nearby.But this old man is stubborn, and usually lives by himself.

When the man heard me talking about Xue Shouwen, his expression calmed down obviously, and he asked, "Are you... friends of Quangui?"

I suddenly realized that this person was obviously Xue Quangui's father, Xue Shouwen.

I nodded hurriedly: "You are Uncle Xue, sorry for bothering you at night."

Xue Shouwen waved his hand as if he was relieved from a heavy burden: "You are all on your own, why are you being polite? You can be considered to have arrived. Come, follow me into the stockade."

I asked Xue Shouwen to get in the car, but he couldn't survive and said he would lead the way.

We drove the car into the village, turned on the lights, and wanted to illuminate him, but Xue Shouwen waved at us in front of us, telling us to turn off the lights.

I was very surprised, how come I encountered such strange things.Could it be that there are also mountain ghosts here, who will come when they see light?

I turned off the lights and followed Xue Shouwen into the village.Only then did I realize that there really was very little light in the village, and the lights in a few houses were also the dim yellow candle light, and it was also very dark.

Xue Shouwen strode ahead, not slow at all.

After turning around the village for a while, I drove the car into a small courtyard, where a small earthen building stood.There are two floors in total, with obvious Xiangxi characteristics.

We got out of the car, moved all the things that Xue Quangui brought to his father, and sent them to the main room.

Xue Shouwen thanked him again and again, which was very polite.

Xue Shouwen's small earthen building seemed to be quite old.The furnishings in the room are very distinctive, very different from those in our city.

Xue Shouwen carried a large teapot, poured us two cups of tea, and said, "Try our "Xiahai Tea". It is made from rough tea brewed from mountain springs and let it cool down. Drinking a few sips will relieve fatigue."

Xue Shouwen has a strong local accent, but he tried his best to speak Mandarin to us, and we could understand it, without too much effort.

I picked up the tea bowl and took two sips of the tea. Sure enough, the tea soup had a strong aroma, a mixture of mountain spring and rough tea.Drink it into the stomach, cool and quench thirst, and relieve fatigue.

Chapter 181 Miserable fate

Xue Shouwen told me that people here generally serve guests with "xiahai tea".Because this way of drinking tea is rough, the relationship between subject and guest is natural, the truth can be seen in the plain, the life is reflected in the simplicity, the etiquette is simple, but the friendship is strong,

After I left here, I once asked someone to buy this kind of tea.But unfortunately, no matter how brewed it is, it can't achieve the taste at that time.It may also have a certain relationship with the local water and soil.

Pang Dahai picked up the teacup, drank several cups in a row, smacked his lips and said, "There's nothing to drink with this thing, and I'm not very hungry. I said, Dad, you only have tea at home, don't you have anything to eat? "

The fat man has the personality of a man from the Northeast, and he speaks straight to the point.

When Xue Shouwen heard this, he felt a little embarrassed, and hurriedly said, "Oh, I was negligent. I thought you guys had already had dinner. Wait a minute, I'll prepare meals for you."

With that said, Xue Shouwen turned around and went to work.The fat man shouted at Xue Shouwen's back: "Just keep it simple, just take care of your stomach."

I smiled bitterly and said, "You don't think of yourself as an outsider."

Pang Dahai didn't care, drank another cup of tea, and said, "What's the matter, we came all the way here and brought him something, so we just use tea to fool us?"

I smiled and scolded: "That thing is filial to his son, what's the matter with you?"

But with Pang Dahai by his side, he really won't be lonely.

Not much time, Xue Shouwen invited us to dinner after finishing his busy work.

It can be seen that although Xu Shouwen lives alone, he manages his life very well.The family is not as sloppy as a single old man, but in good order.Judging from his tea set and eating bowls and chopsticks, they are exquisite and clean. He should be a person who pays attention to sentimentality.I don't know if Xue Quangui bought these things, or if he bought them himself.

Xue Shouwen let us to the dinner table, rubbed his hands together, and said, "Both of you are from big cities, and I have wronged you here. These are special products from the mountains near us. Let's eat some."

There are some vegetables and a plate of bacon on the table.We were also starving, and we were no longer polite. After serving the table, we had a terrible meal.

Xue Shouwen's few small dishes should also be unique here, and they are quite tasty, and there is still something to be desired after eating.

After dinner, Xue Shouwen said that he would arrange for us to rest on the second floor of the Tulou.I nodded: "We have something else to do, and we may have to stay here for a few more days."

Xue Shouwen fully agreed: "You just live comfortably, it doesn't matter how many days you stay, let alone Quangui's friends, even if strangers come, people in our village have no reason to keep people out."

What happened at the entrance of the village has always stuck in my throat.Now that other things have been settled, I am not in a hurry to rest, so I naturally mentioned that matter.

I pulled the stool towards Xue Shouwen and asked, "Uncle, at the entrance of the village, you said that we should not talk nonsense, what do you mean?"

Hearing this, Xue Shouwen's face became serious, and he asked me back, "Did you see a woman in red?"

Fat Dahai nodded: "That's right, crazy, is she a crazy woman?"

I stabbed Pang Haihai, and when I got to the village, I had to pay attention to what I said.

Xue Shouwen smiled, didn't mind, nodded and said: "That's right. That girl is indeed crazy. Her name is Qiaomei, and she is a hard-working girl. Is she turning [-] this year? About the same. In the first two years, she In the outer village, a young man named A Mu was married, and the two hit it off. But her mother said that the two were not compatible, and their fates were mutually exclusive, so she disagreed with everything. In the end, the two young people ran away from home. Two years after she ran away, Qiaomei took the young man A Mu back to the village again, still pregnant. It was just that the young man was lying on the cart and was dragged back by Qiaomei alone. It was said that A Mu gave birth outside She suffered from a strange illness, and came back to ask her grandma to treat her illness."

When I heard this, I interjected and asked, "Her mother is a doctor?"

Xue Shouwen shook his head: "What kind of doctor? Doctors can't cure the postnatal illness, otherwise can you leave and come back? It is said that it is an evil disease. The person is not dead, and he still has a breath, but he is getting thinner every day. , after the examination in the hospital, all indicators were normal. Qiaomei also had no choice, so she thought of coming back to beg her mother."

"Then her aunt is quite powerful, and she even sees evil diseases?"

Xue Shouwen nodded: "Golden Pom not only knows how to see evil diseases, but also has a great ability. If there is an accident in any of our ten miles or eight villages, we have to go to Jin Po."

"Jin Po?" I was taken aback and blurted out.

Xue Shouwen was startled, stared at me and asked, "You...do you know Po Jin?"

"No... I don't know. I'm just surprised that an old woman knows these things." I didn't need to tell Xue Shouwen about some things, so I covered them up afterwards.

Xue Shouwen didn't ask further, and said: "That's not true. Mrs. Jin has delivered babies in our eight villages all these years. It's a matter of virtue. But she didn't find a husband until she was 40 years old, and she was almost [-] years old. At that time, Qiaomei was born. Not long after giving birth to Qiaomei, her father passed away. So Jin Po said that the girl’s life is hard and can kill her family. If she is not a cultivator, I am afraid that she will also be killed by Qiaomei. Even so, she loved Qiaomei very much and took good care of her until she became an adult. However, Qiaomei eloped with the young man, causing Jin Po's elderly people to leave and die, leaving her alone .”

"Didn't Qiaomei come back later?" I asked.

"It's back. Didn't he bring the young man who was about to die of illness? Jin Po said that it would not be difficult to save him, but there are two conditions. Qiaomei must be separated from the young man. Second, the child in her stomach must be separated." Get rid of it. After Qiaomei made a painful choice to save the young man, she wanted to meet these two conditions. Who knew that the young man and Qiaomei had a sincere relationship, and after hearing about it, she would rather die than follow. If you become husband and wife with Qiaomei, you will die without regret. If you break up with Qiaomei, life would be worse than death. And this child must be kept, it is his last thought for Qiaomei."

I nodded: "This young man is kind and righteous. Then what happens later..."

"Later... Qiaomei begged Po Jin to save A Mu, but Po Jin insisted on those two conditions and would not let go. In the end, Qiao Mei pulled A Mu by the door and knelt in front of Po Jin's door for three days and three days. Ye, even so, Jin Po was still unmoved. Until the end, Ah Mu finally died in Qiaomei's arms. Qiaomei didn't shed a single tear at that time, and left with Amu on her back, burying that young life behind her back. Mountain."

Listening to Xue Shouwen's vivid words, I thought of the Qiaomei I saw at the entrance of the village, and I could almost imagine Qiaomei's sad and helpless expression at that time.

"Oh...it got even worse later..." Xue Shouwen sighed, seeing that I was still interested in listening, he poured me a cup of tea and continued talking.

Chapter 182