Records of Strange People and Strange Events in the Old Mansion

Chapter 29 Red

"elder sister……"

In his sleep, Zhu Badger was woken up by Dan'er.

Zhu Badger turned over and shouted outside the house: "What's wrong with you if you don't lie in bed in the middle of winter?"

"Sister, dog, dog..."

"Dog? What's wrong with my dog?"

Zhu Badger turned over and sat up, and saw eight thin dogs and eight pig badgers lying peacefully beside the bed watching her, so she scolded Dan'er angrily: "You disappear immediately, and if you make any more noise, I will chop you into pieces." Feed it to my badger dog."

"Sister, it's dog meat. My mother asked me to come over and give you dog meat." The more anxious Dan'er felt, the smoother he spoke. Normally, speaking would be awkward.

"Dog meat?!" As soon as Zhu Badger heard Dan'er's old lady calling Dan'er to bring dog meat, she got out of bed and ran to the door without even bothering to put on her shoes. Eight thin dogs huffed around her and refused to let her go out. "Oh, why did I forget you? Dan'er, take the dog meat and go home. See you under the big camphor tree at noon. I have something to do." Zhu Badger returned to bed. She loved to eat dog meat, but she couldn't eat it anymore. She definitely couldn't. Eat again.

"Sister, it's still noon? The sun is almost setting."

"Ah? I slept all day and all night? Then take the dog meat back quickly and wait for me under the big camphor tree."

"Sister, the butcher is killing pigs under the big camphor tree."

"The pig butcher kills pigs? What kind of pigs are you killing at night?"

"Sister, the sun hasn't set yet."

"What time is it now?"

"Sister, come out and see for yourself."

"Then wait for me while I get dressed."

Zhu Badger walked out of the room and saw Ma Yasha sitting in the hall. He was stunned for a moment and thought, isn't there Chou Jade at home? Why did you change back to Mayaksha? Ma Yaksha put the big tea vat in his hand on the table, stood up and walked to Zhu Badger in three steps and two steps in succession. He lowered his voice and asked, "Do you want to know how Zhu Hu deceived you?" Zhu Badger didn't expect that. Ma Yasha would ask this, and then he would be stunned for a moment, and then he would pout and reply: "If you don't tell me, I will have to ask him." "Don't ask here, Dan'er, I will tell you." Ma Yasha looked very mysterious.

Zhu Badger thought, why didn't Ma Yasha let himself ask Dan'er? She couldn't have been sitting in the hall waiting for him to come out, right? It stands to reason that Dan'er could see it most clearly at that time. He was standing on the stage door, and he would be able to see it clearly from his vantage point.

Zhu Badger vaguely remembered that when she rushed towards Zhu Hu, Dan'er shouted to stop her. Unfortunately, she didn't have the arrow to turn around. She couldn't lose her temper in front of the public. In the end, she was the one who lost because of her emotions. .

However, Ma Yasha was standing next to Zhu Hu at that time, and she should have seen it clearly. There must be a reason why she didn't let me ask Dan'er, so let's just listen to what she said? Maybe she knows more. After all, she is my biological mother, Mayasha who can't reach the village without a donkey.

Seeing Zhu Badger staring at her blankly, Ma Yasha smiled and said, "You wash your face first, and then eat something. I'll buy meat under the big camphor tree."

"Buying meat? What kind of meat? There is so much wild boar meat at home, not enough for you?" Zhu Badger realized and stepped forward to stop Mayasha. She couldn't let Ma Yasha go. It was so difficult to tell her how Zhu Hu deceived her? Can she let this mother-in-law who talks all over the place leave?
Ma Yasha was kind as he had never been before, and whispered softly: "My fairy girl, please stay at home well. I will buy the meat and be right back. Today is the 23rd night, and I have to deliver the stove."

Twenty-three nights? Is it already the twenty-third of the twelfth lunar month? The New Year will be celebrated in seven days? Zhu Badger watched Ma Yasha walking out of the door with a bamboo basket in his hand. When the door closed, she thought of Lu Huan and went upstairs to look for her. She was still in bed, laughing so hard that the quilt shook. She was probably reading a comic book again. To the funny place.

Zhu Badger did not disturb Lu Huan, it would be better for her to continue nestling in the quilt. Now Chouyu and Ma Yaksha, she had to shout for a while. Zhu Badger casually carried the toilet and went downstairs. As soon as he reached the manure tank, Dan'er returned.

"elder sister……"

"Stink, stay aside."

"Sister, Mr. Zhu asked me to send you a message."

"What are you talking about? Say it quickly."

"Mr. Zhu said, you must not worship the stove tonight."

"why?"

"Mr. Zhu didn't say why? He scolded my mother, saying how could she kill a dog on the 23rd night?"

"Yes, why did your mother kill the dog today?"

"My mother didn't kill the dog. How could my mother kill the dog? When I woke up early this morning, there was a killed dog hanging at the door of my house."

"Oh, your father should have brought it to you. It would be good for your mother to eat some dog meat in this cold weather."

"My mother said that he is not my father, and I don't have a father."

"Where did you come from without a father? Didn't he declare it himself?"

"That's because he pitied my mother and pitied me. I was born to my mother in a dream while lying in bed."

"Hahaha, do you believe this too?"

"I believe everything my mother says, and you, I believe everything you say."

"Dan'er, don't trust anyone, but you can't doubt anyone either."

"Sister, I don't understand."

"Dan'er, tell me, why did Zhu Hu deceive me in the ancestral hall yesterday?"

"Sister, it's not Zhu Hu, it's..."

Just as Dan'er was about to continue, Ma Yasha returned to the house with the bamboo basket in his hand, loudly called Dan'er to his side, picked up a knife of pork belly from the bamboo basket and asked him to take it home to his mother for the stove.

Zhu Badger was upset, but Ma Yasha had said beforehand that don't ask Dan'er about Zhu Hu's deception, she would tell him. It was reasonable for Ma Yasha to interrupt Dan'er to continue. Zhu Badger couldn't blame her, he could only blame himself for being too anxious. Zhu Badger rinsed the toilet and went into the house to go upstairs. Lu Huan was still laughing in bed. How good it is to be simple, sleep in bed, read comic books, laugh when you need to laugh, cry when you need to cry.

When Zhu Badger went downstairs and entered the kitchen, Ma Yasha had already placed a rice sieve on the ground next to the stove. A rice sieve is a tool made of bamboo wire for sifting rice. It is generally round in shape with dense holes on it. It is normal. Rice will not be leaked, and defective rice grains will be eliminated through the rice sieve.

On the 23rd night of the lunar calendar, it is a custom in the village to use rice sieves to deliver stoves. It is said that on this day, the stove god will go to heaven to report the work of the past year. He must be sent to heaven well, otherwise he will say bad things and there will be no good life in the coming year. Therefore, in the evening of this day, every household in the village will place a rice sieve on the ground next to the stove. On the rice sieve, put three pairs of chopsticks, three cups of old wine, three cups of rice, three bowls of vegetarian vegetables and a knife of raw pork. The three bowls of vegetarian vegetables are usually Tofu, peanuts, taro, and then light incense and candles, and the family takes turns worshiping the Kitchen God.

As for why use a rice sieve? Badger Zhu asked Mr. Zhu, and Mr. Zhu said that the rice sieve is also known as the "Thousand People's Eyes". The fine holes on it can identify all kinds of monsters and ghosts and suppress them. Therefore, whenever the flat-mouthed woman hangs a rice sieve in front of her house, Zhu Badger will feel an inexplicable feeling of tension in her heart. Zhu Badger did not go to worship the Kitchen God. On the one hand, Dan'er had heard Mr. Zhu's words, and on the other hand, Ma Yasha brought the food to the hall to eat tonight, so Zhu Badger did not need to enter the kitchen. In fact, if Mr. Zhu didn't ask Dan'er to send the message, and if Ma Yasha didn't bring the food to the hall, Zhu Badger wouldn't go into the kitchen to worship the Kitchen God because she was red.

If a woman is red, she must not participate in worship, and she cannot even go to the cemetery of her ancestors. This is the rule. Zhu Badger doesn’t understand what the rule is? But now that Hong Lian has died, why should he worship? The red badger's redness comes in a haphazard manner, with no pattern at all. It always surges forward without you being prepared, rushing like a mountain and causing you to want to kill yourself directly in pain.

This time the red came more fiercely than ever before. I felt it when I was on the stage of the ancestral hall, but I didn't come back home. Even after some sleep, he still didn't come, always thinking he wouldn't come. In the end, after climbing the stairs twice, it came as it came, and it was so unstoppable that it was like a river bursting its banks. Zhu Badger curled up on the grand master's chair in the hall and wanted to die.

"Drink it and go into the room and go to bed." Mayaksha handed a bowl of hot soup to Zhu Badger.

Zhu Badger pushed himself up and said feebly: "I'll drink, you tell."

"say what?"

"Zhu Hu's deceit."

While Zhu Badger was drinking soup, she listened to Mayaksha's story about how Zhu Hu had tricked her, and she actually forgot about her physical discomfort.

Ma Yasha treats Zhu Badger well in front of outsiders, but he always cares about Zhu Badger at home. Every time Zhu Badger comes to visit, Ma Yasha will cook a bowl of Bazhen soup to warm Zhu Badger's stomach.

The Bazhen soup cooked by Mayasha is genuine and contains a lot of eight ingredients, namely red dates, peanuts, glutinous rice, pumpkin, hawthorn, lotus seeds, red beans and brown sugar. These eight ingredients are all grown, picked or made by Mayasha himself. Ma Yasha has endless strength. Even if there is no man in the family, the mountains and fields are kept full of vitality, and not an inch of land is left uncultivated. Of course, Zhu Badger learned good farm work from Ma Yasha, and she was never hesitant to work in the fields.

Mayasha's Bazhen soup today was a bit sweet, probably because she added a little more brown sugar. Zhu Badger's brown sugar is truly home-made brown sugar, made by pressing juice from sugar cane. Although the red color is a little purple, it is sweet to the heart.

Ma Yasha sat next to Zhu Badger, and his voice was so low that only Zhu Badger could hear it clearly. "Did you know? It wasn't Zhu Hu who deceived you, it was that woman."

Zhu Badger didn't believe it. She had never seen that woman at the scene, so she didn't dare to come to the scene.

Ma Yasha said that the woman arrived at the entrance of the ancestral hall when two thin dogs bit Zhu Hu's trouser legs. Zhu Badger called the thin dogs back, and the woman immediately stood at the gate to the left of Zhu Hu. The angle where Zhu Badger stood was just right to see Not to her.

No wonder Zhu Hu's throat suddenly rang loudly, and he felt like he had been given blood. It turned out that the woman had arrived at the scene. It seemed that Zhu Hu knew that the woman had extraordinary abilities, and perhaps she had been treated to be submissive.

How did that woman cheat? Ma Yaksha said that she couldn't explain the details. She only saw the woman taking out something similar to the size of ordinary toothpaste from her trouser pocket and spraying it on the red badger and eight thin dogs who rushed over. All the thin dogs fell to the ground.

Why can't I ask Dan'er? What clues should he have seen while standing on the stage? Ma Yasha said that it was not Dan'er who saw the clues, but Dan'er's father who saw that the situation was not good and sent a signal to Dan'er in time. Unexpectedly, Dan'er didn't react fast enough and only knew to call you.

Dan'er's father sent a signal? That Yushu Linfeng who wears a bamboo hat and a coir raincoat all day long? Ma Yaksha said, yes, he was the one who carried you back home when the strong wind blew.

Did he carry me back home? Did he come into our house? Ma Yaksha hurriedly waved his hand, "No, no, how could someone else come in casually in our house?" Even if they want to come in, I won't let them in, even if he is Yushu Linfeng. He carries you to the door and under the eaves, and then I carry you into the room.

What about my small dogs? How did they get home? Aren't they also deceived? Ma Yasha said, it is strange to say that after the gust of wind blew, your dogs all woke up. They wanted to chase Zhu Hu and the woman, but I shouted to stop them. I didn't expect them to listen to me.

You are my mother, of course they will listen to you. Hey, when did Zhu Hu and that woman run away? Have you seen the Yushu carrying me home in the wind? Ma Yaksha replied, "When Zhu Hu and the woman saw you and the dogs lying on the ground, they turned around and ran away, as well as the Tian Leizi, Tian Da Lei, and Tian Er Lei. They ran faster than rabbits."

Did Mr. Zhu and others see him carrying me home? No, Ma Yasha answered very simply, with a hint of hatred and full of hatred. Zhu Badger didn't understand. Ma Yasha explained that those people were all white-eyed wolves. When you were in power, they all turned to you to please you. After you fell, they all ran faster than Zhu Hu and that woman.

Oh, that means that the one-armed man and the stiletto man can run faster than rabbits. Hey, let me ask you again, why can't you ask Dan'er? Ma Yaksha replied that Yushu Linfeng is an expert. He can see everything in the village and the old house clearly. If you ask Dan'er about that matter, he will definitely get angry and think that you don't understand. Believe Dan'er and blame Dan'er for not reminding you in time.

It seems that you care about him very much. Have you also fallen in love with him? Mom, do you also eat tofu here? Go, drink the soup and go in and have a good sleep. Ma Yasha's tall and thick body twisted shyly, and his face was as red as the fire in the stove.

Zhu Badger drank the last mouthful of soup, smacked his lips and said, "Lao Ma's Bazhen soup is so refreshing, my stomach doesn't hurt anymore."

"Do you know? Today I specially asked for some pig blood from the pig butcher and stewed it into the soup. Isn't it said that what you eat will make up for it? Besides, you are the same kind." After Ma Yasha finished speaking, he stood up and took the blood from Zhu Badger's hand. That big bowl.

Zhu Badger touched his belly and responded with a smile: "Then today's should be regarded as Jiuzhen soup. What's the real supplement to eating? When you come next month, you can stew this Jiuzhen soup for me. Hey, No, what are the same kind? My surname is Zhu and I am a pig, I am not a pig."

"Isn't the pig very good? Eat, sleep, and eat meat during the New Year." Mayaksha returned to the kitchen.

Zhu Badger looked at Mayaksha's back and felt comfortable. She followed her to the kitchen, but did not go in because the kitchen was delivering the stove and she was red and could not go in. So she stood at the door of the kitchen and said to Mayaksha: "If you had been like this before, It would be great to be my mother."

"It's still too late now. Go back to your room and go to sleep. Don't think too much." Ma Yasha's tone was extremely gentle.

Zhu Badger was a little reluctant to leave, fearing that when he woke up from his sleep, Mayaksha, who was now so gentle, would turn back into the swooping Mayaksha.

Seeing Zhu Badger leaning on the kitchen door frame and not leaving, Ma Yasha said to Zhu Badger while washing the dishes: "Don't worry about what will happen tomorrow? No one knows if you can get up again after falling asleep? No one knows what will happen next. What will happen when the time comes? Just do what you want to do, drink soup when you want, sleep when you want, and just have a clear conscience."

"Hey, hey, this chicken soup for the soul is very replenishing. Are you still the old lady I was before? Are you not directly possessed by Chouyu?" Zhu Badger was surprised at Ma Yasha's change.

Ma Yasha replied calmly: "What ugly jade? You don't want to eat dried plums and vegetables with meat, do you? I will make it for you tonight, and it will be boring all night, and it will be delicious tomorrow."

"Lu Huan also likes to eat the braised pork with dried plums and vegetables that you made. You might as well make a few more bowls so that you don't have to cook them again during the Chinese New Year." Zhu Badger wondered if Ma Yasha deliberately diverted the topic? But since she pretended not to know, there was no need to get to the bottom of it. The words "ugly jade" and "kourou" had the same pronunciation in the dialect of Lvbubucun, so it was hard to be confused.

Yes, it was rare to be confused. Mr. Zhu asked Dan'er to send a message, didn't he just hope that he would pretend to be confused for the time being? Wait until the New Year is over before taking action.

Well, let’s celebrate the New Year first. No one can play tricks during the New Year, including the flat-mouthed woman. She will tear off the charms at the door of her house every New Year and replace them with Spring Festival couplets. Who doesn’t want to have a happy, peaceful, safe and healthy New Year? ?
Zhu Badger fell asleep sweetly, and good dreams will come soon.

In the dream, Zhu Badger stood on the top of Dongshan Mountain. The sun was warm and shining on her. It shone on the eight pig badgers and eight thin dogs at her feet. In the warmth, a red leaf floated in front of her eyes. The red leaf was bright and eye-catching. It was Zhu Badger. The badger's favorite kind of purple.

The red leaves gradually grew larger, until they were no longer as big as a donkey in a village drying grain farm.

"Children, come up." Zhu Badger and her badger dog stepped onto the red leaves together.

The red leaves floated into the air, flying higher and higher, reaching up to nine heavens.

"Welcome to the fairy!" Above the auspicious clouds, handsome men and beautiful women saluted Zhu Badger with smiles.

The red badger looked around blankly and at a loss. The badgers and dogs were very excited, shaking their heads and wagging their tails at the handsome men and women from time to time.

"Nine Immortals, I forgive this emperor for listening to the slander and mistakenly banishing you to the mortal world. I welcome you back today. If you have any requests, please tell me."

"no!"

Before Zhu Badger could see clearly the person with the rich male voice, a shrill female voice sounded.

(End of this chapter)