Records of Strange People and Strange Events in the Old Mansion

Chapter 137 Repair

Thinking that he was dazzled, Zhu Badger locked the One-Armed Luowu and the Stilt-legged Man's house and walked towards Tian Laizi's house diagonally opposite.

Just as he was about to open the lock of Tian Laizi's house, a dark shadow flashed across the alley between Tian Laizi's house and Weasel's house. This time Zhu Badger saw it clearly.

It doesn't matter whether you are a human or a ghost. I have to catch you today!
Just as Zhu Badger was about to chase after him, he saw that the eight fine dogs and eight pig badgers around him did not show any abnormality and all looked at the direction where the black shadow flashed, shaking their heads and wagging their tails. Then he took back his steps and opened Tian Lezi's house normally. gate.

"It stinks!"

A stench hit his nostrils, and Zhu Badger subconsciously held his breath. He stood at the gate and looked towards Tian Laizi's home. After taking a closer look, he couldn't help but get angry.

The road at Tian Laizi's house was filled with dead mice that had just begun to rot. Zhu Badger estimated that there were at least forty or fifty of them.

Tian Leizi, Tian Leizi, thank you for leaving me this gift. I thank you on behalf of my badgers. Zhu Badger waved, and the eight pig badgers immediately rushed towards the pile of dead rats. The wind and the residual clouds were quickly wiped out, leaving only a few completely rotten rats.

Zhu Badger wanted to use a broom and dustpan to clean up the completely rotten mice, but he searched all the rooms in Tian Laizi's house and couldn't find them.

Naoxi was imprisoned, and the one-armed Luo and the swing-legged guy didn't take anything away, but you, Tian Leizi, took away everything. The whole house was as empty as a rough house, leaving nothing behind.

Zhu Badger returned to One-Armed Luo's house, brought a broom and a dustpan, and while sweeping up the rotting mice, he cursed secretly: "Tian Leizi, in order to catch these mice, you may not be able to survive this year, right?" Humph, even if you don't catch these mice this year, you'll still have a hard time. With all three sons in jail, you old couple can still think about celebrating the New Year? You deserve it. Why don't you be imprisoned together?

Hey, no, this Tian Leizi was originally sentenced to death because of Tian Da Lei, Tian Er Lei and Tian Xiao Lei. He refused to go down the mountain and would die in the old house. Why did he suddenly go down the mountain so easily? Before I left, the cat cried and the mouse shed a few tears of gratitude in front of me. Bah, bah, bah, I'm not a mouse, I'm a dignified fairy.

Tian Leizi, no matter what your intentions are? What are you trying to do? I won't be afraid of you.

After Zhu Badger finished sweeping up the completely rotten rats, it was completely dark. Just as she was about to leave Tian Leizi's house to empty the dead mice out of the dustpan, a shrill meowing sound rang out.

What's the name? Isn't he stealing your food? Zhu Badger locked the door of Tian Laizi's house in the dark, and walked to the front yard with a broom in one hand and a dustpan in the other.

When we walked to the door of Weasel's house, a shadow floated slowly in front of our eyes. Zhu Badger pretended not to see it, because it was already very dark and it could be said that he could not see his fingers. Zhu Badger walked completely by feeling. As for a shadow floating past his eyes, it was because the shadow was white, and the red badger's eyes had adapted to the darkness.

Walking to the connection between the middle courtyard and the front yard, the shadow slowly drifted past Zhu Badger's eyes, but Zhu Badger still pretended not to see it.

When I walked to the half of the persimmon tree in front of Granny Squint's house, snow particles began to fall. "It's not too cold in winter, but it's freezing in spring." Even though it was the beginning of spring, it was still so cold that the ice on the pond didn't melt all day long, making the night even more eerie and terrifying. Is this why the villagers are in a hurry to go down the mountain? After all, it's warmer and more cheerful down the mountain.

On such a cold night, Zhu Badger was the only one left in the entire old house, even the entire Lvluo Village, or even the entire mountain. Zhu Badger said it was impossible not to be afraid at all.

The red badger stood motionless in front of half of the persimmon tree, quietly observing its surroundings. Now that Zhu Badger's eyes have completely adapted to the darkness, and her hearing has been particularly sensitive since she was a child, she is extremely familiar with the old house, so can she tell where the abnormality is? What happened to that shadow?

The shrill meows in the distance continued, each one more horrifying than the last, as if there were a large group of wild cats meowing.

A looming will-o'-the-wisp appeared in the west mountain, and its eyes were as blue as a wild cat's, staring at the old house and the red badger.

"Winter night is full of pottery, rain and snow are dim. Divine light is shining, and ghost fire is shining." Zhu Badger feels that the two lines of the poem "Jiu Si·Lai Sui" written by Wang Yi of the Han Dynasty are very suitable for the occasion. I started chanting.

The chanting drowned out the meowing of cats and echoed over the old house, over the village, and over the entire mountain, causing white snow to fall, like piles of cotton wool falling from the sky.

After chanting, Zhu Badger suddenly swept the broom in one hand towards the half of the persimmon tree, flipped the bucket in the other hand and then rushed towards the half of the persimmon tree.

Half of the persimmon tree actually jumped up and ran towards Zhu Badger's hut.

The red badger did not chase. The broom and dustpan in his hands hit the same place again, and the half of the persimmon tree, which was half the size of the original, shook a few times.

Are you trying to scare me? I made you a rotten rat. Zhu Badger threw the broom and dustpan beside the half-cut persimmon tree and continued walking towards the main house.

When he was about to reach the edge of the stone mill, a black shadow flew up from the stone mill. When it flew over the head of the red badger, it made a sharp and shrill trembling sound, which made people shudder.

The sharp and piercing trilling sound continued, and Zhu Badger wanted to ignore this legendary ghost cry, but it just kept on top of her head. Zhu Badger walked under the eaves of the main house, and ghost screams came from the roof. The red badger retreated to the ground, and ghostly screams came from the half of the persimmon tree. Zhu Badger chased after him, and ghostly screams were heard under the eaves of Zhu Hu's house. Zhu Badger chased him to the door of Zhu Hu's house, and a ghostly scream came from the Weasel's house.

Could this ghostly scream remind me that the Weasel family has not gone in for a proper inspection? Because Tian Laizi's house was full of dead mice, Zhu Badger took some time to clean it up. After it got dark, she didn't go to the Weasel's house for inspection. Anyway, she went in once during the day and there was no problem.

Since you called the Weasel's house, I'll just go in and take a look. Zhu Badger used the light in the snow to find the weasel's key and opened the door.

The ghostly screams came from the weasel's house, and they were shrill and plaintive. Together with the meowing of cats in the distance, they were enough to scare ordinary people to death. But Zhu Badger was Zhu Badger. She opened the door of Weasel's house in no hurry and entered the house in no hurry. But as soon as she stepped on the ground, the fearless Zhu Badger was still startled, and all her pores were covered with sweat. He stood up without saying anything, and cold sweat broke out on his back.

Fortunately, it was no longer so dark that he couldn't see his fingers. With the faint skylight and the reflection of the white snow, Zhu Badger could vaguely see the objects in front of him. He saw a chair placed in the center of the Weasel's house. The portrait was placed on the chair, and the ghostly screams came from the dark room of Weasel's house, which became a bit ethereal. It seemed to be coming from the innermost bedroom, and it seemed to be coming from every room.

Zhu Badger ignored the ghost's cry and pretended not to hear it, walking towards the chair where the Weasel's portrait was placed. The closer he got to the chair, the closer the weasel's rat eyes stared at the red badger. Zhu Badger was no stranger to the weasel's rat eyes. When she was a child, she was most afraid of his rat eyes staring at her. As long as he stared at her for a while, she would be so frightened that she would throw herself into Mayaksha's arms and cry for several days. Don't dare to look at people.

The weasel's mouse eyes were fixed on the red badger, and the red badger was fixed on the weasel's portrait. He stepped closer to the chair, and when he could kick it, the red badger raised his leg, and the ghostly scream suddenly changed from ethereal to a roar. The roar reached Zhu Badger's ears, making her scalp numb.

He's dead and still haunts me to scare me? I will let you never be reincarnated. Zhu Badger kicked the chair over and the Weasel's portrait fell to the ground on its back, and was soon submerged by the heavy snow.

The ghost's scream became ethereal again, and Zhu Badger couldn't tell which room in the Weasel's house it came from? She ignored it and walked out of Weasel's house, closing and locking the door.
The heavy snow fell down in large groups, and the red badger soon turned into a snowman. He returned to the main house, stood under the eaves and shook off the snow on his body, and called the eight thin dogs and eight pig badgers squatting at the door to come into the house.

Ever since the ghost howled, Zhu Badger no longer allowed the eight thin dogs and eight pig badgers to follow her, leaving them squatting at the door of the main house.

After entering the house, Zhu Badger did not turn on the light, but shouted: "Come out, come out. If you don't come out, don't even think about going back to the old house again."

Silence, boundless silence, terrifying silence, the creepy ghost screams stopped abruptly, and even the meowing of cats was pressed on the pause button.

Zhu Badger shouted again: "Don't you dare to show up? Okay, I'll make sure you never show up."

"No, no, no." "No, no, no." Two people's voices sounded, and the lights in the old house turned on.

"Hmph, you want to scare me? Be careful, I will fix you." Zhu Badger angrily sat down on the chair in the hall.

"Don't be angry, we are also worried about you." "You are the only one in this old house in the mountains, how can we not worry about you?" Ma Yasha and Zhu Yunshan walked up to Zhu Badger with a smile.

Zhu Badger raised his head and glanced at Ma Yasha first, and said: "Oh, the repair is pretty fast, doesn't the rotten mouse smell good?"

"How did you know it was me?" Ma Yasha straightened his hair in embarrassment and asked Zhu Badger.

Zhu Badger did not respond to Ma Yasha immediately. He looked at Zhu Yunshan and said, "What? Dan'er is not here, and you want to inherit his expertise? It's a pity that your screams are not as good as Dan'er's."

"Isn't your mother insisting that I pretend to be a ghost and scare you? I didn't expect you to be so powerful. You saw the clues from the beginning." Zhu Yunshan looked even more embarrassed.

Zhu Badger said: "It's not me who is great, it's my dogs and badgers who are great." "Your dogs and badgers are great? They didn't show any abnormality from beginning to end, and they didn't even bark. What are they great about?" Ma Yasha As he said this, his eyes couldn't help but look for eight thin dogs and eight pig badgers.

Zhu Badger said: "You flashed in front of me again and again. They showed no abnormality and didn't even bark. Didn't you tell me that this ghost is you?"

"That's it. No wonder I imitated ghost calls for so long. They didn't say a word, so they should have been barking non-stop." Zhu Yunshan suddenly realized.

Zhu Badger curled his lips: "After you two got tired of being together, did your brain become like Huanhuan's and became a love brain? Do you still have the grace of Yushu Linfeng? Do you still have the Yaksha energy of Ma Yaksha? Let me tell you, in the future, if If you scare me like this again, I will let you Cowherd and Weaver Girl."

"Let us be the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl?" "What do you mean?" Zhu Yunshan and Ma Yaksha looked at each other.

Zhu Badger said seriously: "The Cowherd and the Weaver Girl are separated by the sky. We can only meet each other during the Chinese Valentine's Day every year. How about it? Do you miss the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl?"

"I don't want to." "We will never be separated again." Ma Yaksha and Zhu Yunshan's hands held together unconsciously.

Zhu Badger pretended not to see it, stood up and said, "Are you tired of pretending? I'm going to cook."

"I'll do it." "Yes, let your mother do it." Ma Yaksha and Zhu Yunshan let go of their hands.

Zhu Badger walked out of the hall, walked to the door of the kitchen, turned around and said to Zhu Yunshan and Ma Yaksha: "Now that I am the real owner of the old house, how can the owner let the guests cook? You two should recharge your batteries and cook for me." Brother, come out."

"You?" "This child." Ma Yasha and Zhu Yunshan looked at Zhu Badger's back and couldn't laugh or cry.

Soon, Zhu Badger served three dishes, one soup and three bowls of white rice.

The three dishes are stewed meat with dried bamboo shoots, braised big fish, stir-fried winter bamboo shoots with pickles, and the first soup is mushroom clear soup.

The family of three chatted while eating, which was quite enjoyable on such a snowy night.

"Have you got the funds for the repairs in place?"

"Don't worry, your uncle has already prepared everything according to the amount estimated by your grandfather and uncle." "We will prepare the temporary expenses during the repair process, don't worry."

"Well, I wonder how things are going with grandpa and uncle?"

"Renovation of an old house is a complicated project, and all aspects must be considered. It cannot be so fast." "Your grandfather and uncle said that when the weather warms up, the illegal buildings in the old house will be demolished first after the Dragon Boat Festival at the latest. ”

"How are you considering the cultivation and management of mountain products?"

"Following your idea, we contacted the relevant departments in the county and town, and they were very supportive." "They suggested that we set up a company, recruit talents, and operate it in a unified way."

"I have already thought of the name of the company, called Donkey Bu Cunshan Goods Alliance, and the trademark is 'Laozhai'. What do you think?"

"Don't leave the village and sell goods alliance? It's a bit rustic and a bit trendy, okay?" "'Old house is a trademark'? Is that okay?"

"Okay? Is that okay? You go and consult, I'm just suggesting it. Also, have you heard anything about Lan Yuliu?"

"I've heard a little bit about it, but this willow tree spirit is so mysterious that even the people handling the case said her identity is not real." "We know her identity is not real, but we have no way to verify it, so we have no way to start."

"What do you mean? You two tell me in detail."

"It's just that her current identity is too simple, she doesn't even have any relatives, as if she jumped out of a crack in the stone." "The person handling the case said that all her household registration information shows that she has been living alone, and there is little information about her parents. nothing."

"This is definitely something she did and should be investigated."

"The person handling the case said that there is no problem with the household registration information and there is no way to investigate." "From the analysis of the existing information we have, she should have a backer."

"Does this still need to be analyzed? She must have a backer, and the backer must be quite big, at least not just people from the county."

"Well, since she is so rampant, she must have a large backing." "But the person handling the case said that she has never left the county and her experience in all aspects is very simple."

"Humph, you've never left the county? Who believes it? Your experience in all aspects is very simple? Is it possible?"

"You mean the person handling the case might also be bribed by her?" "But she has been locked in, how can she move around?"

"My father, my mother, have you really become a love brain? Just because she doesn't have a chance to move around doesn't mean her people don't have a chance to move around. Also, she beat Dan'er to death and was only sentenced to a few years. It's obvious that she has question."

"But Dan'er is not dead." "It stands to reason that we should also be punished for lying to others."

"My biological father, my biological mother, does anyone else know that Dan'er is not dead? Didn't the forensic doctor conduct an autopsy? Now there is only Zhu Jingzhai in the world, and there is no Dan'er."

"Well, it's just Jingzhai and no Dan'er." "I don't know why? I still like Dan'er, but Jing Zhai always feels too distant."

"It's fine if some people like to respect the house, but things are unpredictable and no one can predict what will happen tomorrow?"

"Hey, why have you become so sentimental all of a sudden?" "I'm not very at ease in my heart. I always feel that the relationship between Huanhuan and Jingzhai is not real enough."

"Maybe that's love? But I haven't experienced it. You two should experience it more deeply than anyone else, right? Hehe."

"Are you making fun of your father and mother?" "You can think about it yourself."

"Can I think about it myself? Don't think so, you two. I will be in the old house all my life, alone."

"Have you been in the old house all your life?" "Have you been in the old house alone?"

"That's right, so I advise you to build a Xiaoyunshan or a Xiaoruyu as soon as possible, otherwise you will never have a grandson or granddaughter in your life."

"Alas, you are already at this age. Even if you think about it, you are too weak to do it." "You are half a hundred people, what are you thinking about?"

"Hey, Zhu Shanzi can still have a little fat boy at the age of seventy or eighty. What does your half-century mean to you? What's more, my Ruyu Niang is less than half a century, and her monthly menstruation is more accurate than mine. The book says that women As long as there is still menstruation, there is no problem in having a litter of babies.”

"Stinky girl, do you think I'm a sow?" "In that case, let's work hard."

"You have to work hard, who?" Zhu Badger rushed out of the main room.