Records of Strange People and Strange Events in the Old Mansion

Chapter 166-Light

Uncle Liu and Lu Bo said, "Dreams are just dreams after all." "Dreams are just dreams." Zhu Hu felt the same way. She hadn't had a dream for a long time. Without dreams, there would be no Zhu Yuanzhang and Ugly Jade, and even less Red Boy and Little Dragon Girl. But Grandma Taizu would always be in her heart, more real than in dreams.

Dan'er had endless questions, the real "100,000 Whys"! He would not stop until he got to the bottom of it. He asked Uncle Liu and Lu Bo: "The Willow Spirit is the leader of the Arrow Willow Sect, which is a well-known sect among tomb robbers. How could she be wrong? And Zhu Shanzi, he quoted scriptures and was completely focused on stealing treasures. How could he be wrong?"

"It's not that the Willow Fairy and the Red Shanzi made a mistake, but their ancestors lost their minds and misled her and him." "People are most likely to lose their minds on two things, one is money, the other is love." Uncle Liu and Lu Bo answered respectively.

"Can you two old kids stop sighing about life and make it so profound? Believe it or not, I will pluck all your beards off just like Daylily plucked out Zhu Shanzi's beard." Lu Huan was a little impatient.

Uncle Liu and Lu Bo subconsciously covered their beards with their hands and said to Lu Huan with a smile: "Dan'er is still a child. When answering his questions, we should also teach him some principles of life." "Of course, you can also listen to it. If you have any mistakes, you can correct them. If you don't, you can encourage him. Haha."

"Haha, you big head, Dan'er, ask questions quickly. You, answer quickly." Lu Huan went over and patted Uncle Liu and Lu Bo on the back respectively.

Dan'er laughed and then asked and answered questions with Uncle Liu and Lu Bo.

"You mean that the ancestors of Willow Fairy and Red Fan lost their minds and were obsessed with the treasure hidden by Lan Yu in the old house, but they didn't have a good end and also implicated the next generation?"

"That's right. A young man can be taught. So we must correct our values ​​and never lose our minds because of obsession." "Oh, are you insinuating me? Then I must explain to Dan'er how the Willow Fairy and the Red Fan went astray because of their lost minds."

"Uncle, Grandpa, of course the Willow Fairy and the Red Fan lost their minds because they were obsessed with the treasure. Don't talk about this anymore. I already understand it and I want to take it as a warning. Can you tell me more about the treasure house?"

"Didn't I say that Lan Yu didn't hide any treasures in the old house? So there is no treasure house at all." "Could it be that you are also thinking about the treasure house?"

"Hey, hey, hey, why are you two old kids asking me questions? I'm asking, and you answer. You must answer seriously. I'm asking about the treasure house built by the owner of the main house of the old house. What's going on?"

"Of course the treasure house built by the owner of the old house was built by the owner of the old house. There is nothing wrong with it." "Yes, what else can happen if the treasure house was built by the owner of the old house?"

"Is it true that you won't answer properly unless I pull off the beards of you two old kids? Dan'er, pull off their beards one by one." Lu Huan rolled up his sleeves.

"Okay." Dan'er agreed and rolled up his sleeves.

Uncle Liu and Lu Bo hurriedly asked Ma Yasha and Zhu Yunshan for help: "You two should take care of your children." "If a son is not educated, it is the fault of the father; if a daughter is not educated, it is the fault of the mother."

"Really? Really? Are you scolding my mother for not educating me well?" Ma Yasha walked over and stretched out his hands, tightly grabbing Uncle Liu and Lu Bo's ears with each hand.

"You deserve it. Didn't Dan'er just ask you to explain the ins and outs of some things? You two old kids not only don't give a straightforward answer, but also dither and talk about all sorts of things. Why are you putting on airs? Do you really think you are so knowledgeable?" Zhu Hu walked into the hall cursing.

As soon as he saw Zhu Huan coming in, Ma Yasha quickly let go of Uncle Liu and Lu Bo's ears and said with an apologetic smile, "No, no, no, nothing, we are just playing games, playing games."

"Playing games? Are you playing it for the little brother in your belly? Ma Yasha, let me tell you, it is the mother's fault if a girl is not well educated. It is your responsibility that I became one of the Eight Immortals of the Badger." Zhu Hu did not look at Ma Yasha well.

Ma Yasha stood there at a loss, Zhu Yunshan tried to smooth things over, saying with a smile: "Bao Ba, how could you be one of the Eight Immortals? You are a fairy, the fairy of the old house."

"That's right, you are the fairy of the old house, you are the fairy of the old house." Uncle Liu, Lu Bo, and Dan'er's mother echoed. Lu Huan and Dan'er stood aside, covering their mouths and laughing, secretly glancing at Zhu Huan.

Zhu Hu scolded, "What are you two trying to do? And you, you are clearly Hua Mulan and Mu Guiying, how come you have become a slanted-eyed woman and yellow bean paste?"

"Hey, it's enough for you to scold me, why do you have to involve your father? Your aunt? Your uncle and grandfather? Badger Eight Immortals, I'm telling you, don't get too greedy. You shine just because we're given a little light. Do you think we're afraid of you?" Ma Yasha reacted.

Zhu Hu angrily retorted: "Do I want you to be afraid of me? If you give me some light, would I be called the Badger Immortal? Do you give me any light? Not even a fart."

"How can you, kid, talk to your mother like that? You know that your mother has suffered so much for you." Dan'er's mother scolded Zhu Huan, but her tone was not as harsh as before, and there was a smile on her face.

Zhu Hu didn't give Dan'er's mother any face, and said to her: "I don't know you know? Suffering? Didn't I suffer? I died several times? If it weren't for your obsession, would I be called the Badger Eight Immortal by others? It's fine if others call me the Badger Eight Immortal, but even you call me the Badger Eight Immortal all the time. No wonder my Eight Immortal sister in heaven is angry."

"Hey, hey, hey, Badger, what did you say? Are you the Eight Immortals lady from heaven?" Lu Huan walked up to Zhu Hu and asked.

Zhu Hu ignored Lu Huan and continued to scold him: "You keep telling Dan'er to correct his values ​​and never lose his mind because of obsession, but what about you? Go pee and look at yourselves carefully. What did you do wrong?"

"They are adults, our adults, how could they do anything wrong? Only they can scold us, how can we scold them? Hehehe." Seeing that Zhu Huan ignored her, Lu Huan simply added fuel to the fire.

Zhu Huan cursed even more fiercely, pointing his finger at Uncle Liu and scolding: "You, do you act like an adult? I'm not going to mention how pedantic you were when it came to the personal problems of the two sisters. I'm just asking you, do you act like a grandfather at all?"

"Why don't I look like a grandfather anymore?" Uncle Liu's forehead was covered with sweat.

Zhu Hu questioned, "Now, Huanhuan, Dan'er and I are all in our twenties. Have you ever bought us a piece of candy or a piece of cake? This is still a small matter. Huanhuan is a foodie, but Dan'er and I are not, so it doesn't matter. Then you should teach us some knowledge. You always say that you want me to protect the old house after I grow up, but have you ever taught me any knowledge about protecting the old house? Not only did you not teach me, but you also kept it from me."

"You're right to scold me. I told you a long time ago not to hide anything from Badger. You must tell her what you should tell her." Ruburt gloated.

"You too, always saying that mortise and tenon structure is the representative of oriental wisdom and that the old house is the representative of mortise and tenon structure. Have you ever told me about the knowledge about mortise and tenon structure? You are not even as good as that Zhu Yunhe, who did explain a little bit to me in the cave. You are not even as good as this evil man." Zhu Hu's hand turned and pointed at Rubeur.

"I, I, I..." Lu Bo stuttered and could not speak. He slowly retreated behind Uncle Liu. Zhu Hu ignored him and pointed at Zhu Yunshan, cursing: "You are doing well as a handsome man, but are you qualified as a husband and a father? Are you qualified as the male owner of the main house of the old house? Let me tell you, if it weren't for your cowardice, recklessness and retreat back then, would the old house have caused so many grievances? You and Yaksha Po clearly knew that Zhu Shanzi was a hypocritical hypocrite, but you still let him wave the folding fan freely until today."

"Wow, Badger, you are so amazing. Not only can you speak eloquently, but you can also use idioms one after another." Lu Huan clapped his hands and cheered.

Zhu Hu glared at Lu Huan and said, "Stop making trouble or I'll scold you. If you hadn't kept it a secret from me, would the situation have developed to this point? Do you have to kill someone before you'll be happy? Will you let it go?"

"No, no, no, I don't have any. If I do, it was all the ideas of those two old kids. I am their adopted child, so I have to listen to them." Lu Huan was full of grievances. Zhu Huan scolded Lu Huan: "You don't have any? You are adopted by them and you have to listen to them? Lu Huan, I tell you, don't act in front of me. You really acted well in front of Lan Yuliu. You are worthy of being called Huan Huan. You can act however you want."

"I didn't, really." Lu Huan was so anxious that he almost cried.

Zhu Huan refused to give in and continued to scold Lu Huan: "You don't have it? Lu Huan, do you really want me to point it out? You already know your own life story. You were not picked up by Lu Bo, but you are his biological son. Wang Yanjing is your biological brother, and the biological brother played by Lan Yuliu is played by Wang Yanjing. You two siblings sang in unison and performed the double act really well. I'm afraid that Lu Bo owes each of you a little golden man, right?"

"You? You, you, how do you know everything?" Lu Huan's face flushed and he didn't dare to look Zhu Huan in the eye.

Zhu Hu shouted outside the hall: "Come in, or you will never be able to step into the old house again."

"Coming, coming." Wang Yanjing hurriedly walked into the hall and came in front of Zhu Huan.

Zhu Hu pointed at Wang Yanjing and asked, "Lu Xi, if I don't call you, are you going to be a ghost forever? A ghost who is playing tricks in the old house behind the scenes?"

"No, no, no, I'm not a ghost. I have never made any trouble in the old house." Wang Yanjing explained hastily. His real name is Lu Xi, the son of Ruber.

Zhu Hu said disdainfully: "Do you think you can do this without anyone noticing? In fact, you are neither human nor ghost, neither yin nor yang, so I don't bother to pay attention to you. Of course, this is all thanks to your obsessive old father."

“I, I, I…” “This, this, this…” Wang Yanjing and Lu Bo blushed and lowered their heads.

Zhu Hu turned around and called Dan'er: "Come here, I will explain to you what happened in the past few days."

"Sister, do you know everything? Did they tell you?" Dan'er walked to Zhu Huan.

Zhu Hu caressed Dan'er's little head lovingly, and said to him with sobs, "They can't tell me. They have been planning everything together. I am the only one who has been kept in the dark by them, including you, of course. So we should live together in the old house from now on."

"Sister, Dan'er will always be with you. Dan'er doesn't want to know what happened in these days. Dan'er just wants to live quietly with you in the old house." Dan'er stretched out her little hand to wipe away the tears from the corners of Zhu Huan's eyes.

Zhu Hu smiled, although it was a bitter smile, but it was a smile after all. She smiled and said to Dan'er, "What happened these days is actually very simple. They planned to set a trap to lure Zhu Shanzi and Lan Yuliu into the trap. Their purpose is to find the treasure house where the owner of the old house hides treasures. You and I are just used as guns by them. In their eyes, you are just Dan'er without balls, and I am just a brainless Badger."

"Sister, they are more or less the owners of the main house of the old house, how could they not know where the treasure is hidden?" Dan'er deliberately asked Zhu Huan.

Zhu Hu smiled and replied: "Because they are not qualified as masters, so Grandma Taizu won't tell them where the treasure is hidden?"

"Okay, I understand." Dan'er nodded.

Zhu Huan stretched out his hand and scratched Dan'er's nose, saying with a smile, "Do you really know? You probably haven't known what you want to know the most yet, right? I'll tell you straight out, why is the water in Taiping Pond suddenly boiling? And why is there thick smoke coming out? That's because someone deliberately stirred up the silt in Taiping Pond, releasing methane. The methane burned, and the pond water naturally boiled, producing a large amount of water vapor, which looks like thick smoke."

"Oh, so that's how it is. What's with the bag of the willow spirit? How come Zhu Shanzi, the weasel, yellow soybean paste, okra, the Tian father and son, One-armed, Qiaojiao and others didn't die after jumping down?" Dan'er asked Zhu Huan in one breath.

Zhu Hu replied, "The big cloth bag of the Willow Fairy originally contained highly toxic powder. She wanted to poison all life when the water in Taiping Pond boiled. But the bag had long been replaced by the Lu family with dry powder. Dry powder can put out fires, especially fires produced by methane. So after the bag fell into Taiping Pond, the water in Taiping Pond stopped boiling and the thick smoke naturally disappeared. As for why Zhu Shanzi and the others were not scalded to death by the boiling water after falling into Taiping Pond, it was because the Lu family had designed a trap under Taiping Pond. When they fell into the pond, they went directly into a cave. This cave was the treasure house where the Arrow Willow Sect thought Lan Yu was hiding his treasures."

"Well, so that's how it is. Then, is the cave under the open-air manure vat in the vegetable garden the treasure house of the owner of the old house?" Dan'er asked Zhu Huan.

Zhu Hu replied, "No, it was just a treasure cave of Jianliu Sect. They planned to connect this treasure cave with Lanyu's treasure house, which would not only save the trouble of transportation, but also allow them to take all of it for themselves. However, all of this was discovered by the Lu family kid after he infiltrated Jianliu Sect, and was destroyed by the Lu family old man's plan."

"Sister, are the people in the Lu family good or bad?" Dan'er completely ignored the existence of Lu Bo, Lu Huan and Wang Yanjing, and asked Zhu Hu innocently. Zhu Hu also ignored the existence of Lu Bo, Lu Huan and Wang Yanjing, and answered bluntly: "If you say they are good, they are good, and if you say they are bad, they are bad. They are good because they protected the old house, and they are bad because they want to take those treasures for themselves."

"People die for money and birds die for food. It seems to be true, including my father and mother, hehe." Dan'er smiled innocently.

Zhu Hao smiled even more innocently: "Don't take ill-gotten gains, and don't be greedy. Greed for ill-gotten gains will easily lead to ruin, and trusting unfaithful people will bring many disasters. Dan'er, let's go have dinner, Fatty Zhu has prepared a feast."

"Okay!" Dan'er followed Zhu Huan and skipped to the big camphor tree.

Huang Huacai had already eaten so much that his mouth was dripping with oil and his belly was round. When he saw Zhu Hao coming over with the egg, he came over to hug Zhu Hao while chewing on the pig's trotter. Zhu Hao quickly hid aside and asked, "Where are the neighbors?"

"Still working in the mountains." Daylily mumbled in reply. She had already finished chewing the pig's trotter in her hand, and her greasy hands reached out to Zhu Hu again. Zhu Hu had no choice but to let her hug him and asked, "Have all the people in the road construction shed across the street returned?"

"We're back, we're back, all of us are back." Daylily answered with its greasy mouth close to Zhuhu's ear.

Zhu Hu wanted to vomit, but he tried his best to hold it back and asked Huang Huacai: "How do you know that they all came back without missing a single one?"

"The man in the red safety helmet reported to me." Huang Huacai looked proud.

Zhu Hao frowned: "Which red helmet reported to you? Why did he report to you? Can his report be trusted?"

"Of course I can believe it, because I am his master now." Huang Huacai let go of Zhu Hao, put his hands on his hips, and looked arrogant.

Zhu Hu asked: "Did your sister entrust you with all her property?"

"A fairy is a fairy, she understands everything right away." Huang Huacai stretched out his big hand and patted Zhu Huan's shoulder.

Zhu Hu smiled apologetically and said, "In the future, please take good care of me, Sister Huacai. I will ask my father and mother in heaven to send more heavenly soldiers and generals to bring down precious wine, dragon liver and phoenix marrow for Sister Huacai to drink and eat."

"That's great, that's good." Huang Huacai grinned.