Records of Strange People and Strange Events in the Old Mansion

Chapter 35 Joy

Lu Huan and Lan Yuliu went to Zhu Badger's house to have breakfast together. Lan Yuliu did not refuse and walked to the main room of the old house talking and laughing with Lu Huan.

"This?" Ma Yasha pulled Zhu Badger and looked at Lu Huan and Lan Yuliu's backs to mouth at Zhu Badger. Zhu Badger looked at the backs of Lu Huan and Lan Yuliu and hesitated for a while. Seeing that Lan Yuliu had already stepped into his home, he said to Ma Yasha, "It's okay. You'll be fine if you have breakfast in the kitchen."

Ma Yaksha sighed and said, "We won't know until it happens whether something happens. Don't regret it later."

"Mom, I already understand her situation. She will be fine. Go in and get ready. After all, she is a guest from the city." Zhu Badger ran into his home.

Ma Yaksha followed the house and started busy. No matter what, it was indeed what Zhu Badger said. After all, he was a guest from the city. Ma Yaksha still knew how to treat guests, and everyone in the old house knew it. Hospitality is the tradition of villagers, and it is also the tradition of old people.

At the dinner table, Lan Yuliu, Zhu Badger, and Lu Huan happily ate breakfast made by Mayasha, including buckwheat buns, steamed sweet potato cakes, old pumpkin cakes, and polenta. Lan Yuliu kept praising Mayasha's cooking skills. It was natural and there was no trace of artificiality at all. Ma Yasha felt comfortable listening to it.

As soon as breakfast was finished, Lu Huan impatiently urged Lan Yuliu to urge Zhu Badger to go out and take photos. Lan Yuliu insisted on helping Ma Yasha wash the dishes before leaving, making Ma Yasha and Zhu Badger very embarrassed.

After tidying up the kitchen, Lan Yuliu comforted Lu Huan, saying that she would be in Lvbubu Village throughout the Spring Festival. She could take as many photos of Lu Huan as she wanted, and she would go to the mountains to take pictures of the snow scene later. Lu Huan, who had a pouty little mouth, immediately jumped up and ran to the yard, opened his arms and cheered: "We are going to take pictures of the snow scene!"

Ma Yasha asked Zhu Badger to take good care of Lu Huan and Lan Yuliu. The mountain road is not easy to walk, so walk as slowly as possible. At noon, go back to Zhongyuan Tian Laizi's house or the one-armed Luo and the swing-legged guys. The rice dumplings should be made for the three of them. . Ma Yasha also said that he originally wanted to add a few rice dumplings to breakfast, but he was afraid that everyone would get tired of eating rice dumplings continuously, so he would save them for the Chinese New Year.

Lan Yuliu smiled and responded to Ma Yasha, the food cooked by her aunt is delicious, and she will not get tired of it even after eating it.

Zhu Badger pushed Lan Yuliu out of the house, and turned around and asked why Mayaksha became a mother-in-law? Was Lan Yuliu a little dizzy when he praised her a few words?

Ma Yasha didn't care whether Zhu Badger and Lan Yuliu heard it or not, he smiled and said: "I'm just a little dizzy. This kid Yuliu is really sensible, he is pretty and has a better heart."

Walking out of the old house, Lu Huan and the eight thin dogs ran ahead excitedly. Zhu Badger asked Lan Yuliu casually: "Are you bringing that thing you sprayed on me in the ancestral hall with you today?"

"I have it with me. Is it useful for you now?" Lan Yuliu immediately took out a small bottle from his coat pocket and handed it to Zhu Badger.

Zhu Badger took the small bottle and looked at it. It was all in English and asked Lan Yuliu: "What is it? I can't understand it. I gave back all the English sentences I learned to the teacher."

"This is not English, it is French. French perfume. Do you want to spray it now?" Lan Yuliu took off the cap on the small bottle.

Zhu Badger hurriedly hid aside and waved his hands repeatedly: "No, no, no, no, I don't want to be poisoned by you again."

"Poisoned? How is it possible? This is just an imported perfume. You ask me, don't you want to try it again?" Lan Yuliu looked relaxed.

Zhu Badger looked panicked, waving his hands and saying, "I want to go up the mountain and if I encounter wild animals, this hidden weapon of yours can poison them."

"Hahaha, you are so funny. How can perfume poison a beast? And a hidden weapon? Have you read too many martial arts novels?" Lan Yuliu sprayed a few times on herself with a small bottle.

Zhu Badger held his breath for a while before speaking: "The dogs and I were clearly poisoned by you last time."

"How is that possible? When I saw your dogs trying to bite Zhu Hu, I took out this perfume bottle and sprayed it on them in desperation. I just wanted to scare them. I didn't expect you and the dogs to faint. It's really unacceptable. Sorry, just throw it away." Lan Yuliu pretended to throw the small bottle.

Zhu Badger went over and grabbed Lan Yuliu's hand and stopped him: "The perfume imported from France must be very expensive, right? How can you be willing to throw it away? Maybe it's because I, a mountain man and a dog, have never smelled such a high-end perfume. , so I fainted, haha.”

"Haha, it's possible. I'll get used to it gradually in the future. Just get used to it." Lan Yuliu took advantage of the situation and put the small bottle back into his coat pocket.

Zhu Badger no longer struggled with the perfume bottle and shouted to Lu Huan who was running ahead: "Hey, slow down, be careful of slipping."

"It's okay. Hurry up, the snow is almost melting." Lu Huan urged Zhu Badger and Lan Yuliu.

Lan Yuliu shouted: "Huanhuan, just stand still. The scenery here is so beautiful. I will take some pictures for you."

Lu Huan stood on the spot and posed in various poses, Lan Yuliu pressed the shutter from time to time, Zhu Badger stood aside and watched quietly, and eight thin dogs sniffed around.

Zhu Badger originally didn't want to mention the matter of poisoning her at the entrance of the ancestral hall to Lan Yuliu so directly, because Ma Yasha's praise of Lan Yuliu was too outrageous. Also, as soon as I left the door of the old house just now, a shadow flashed halfway up the west mountain.

I wonder if Lan Yuliu saw that shadow? Anyway, it was impossible for Lu Huan to see it. When Zhu Badger saw the shadow, he became alert again.

If Lan Yuliu's life experience is what she said, it is really sad and worthy of sympathy, but when I think about it calmly, I always feel that it is too unreal and too similar to the plot in a novel. A person may be unlucky, but it is impossible to be unlucky to this point unless she has done too many sins and bad things in her previous life. In this case, it is retribution. That doesn't deserve sympathy, it's your own fault and you deserve it!
Also, is Zhu Hu that good? Help generously without expecting anything in return? Are you affectionate, righteous, and selfless? is it possible? impossible! If possible, he would not have left the squinty-eyed woman alone in the village of Lvbu and not come back for several years; if possible, he would not have even been regarded as a village official, and the majority of people in Lvbu village would not have been left behind. Despised by people.

"Zhu Badger, come here, let me take some pictures for you." Lan Yuliu's greeting interrupted Zhu Badger's thoughts. Zhu Badger regained his composure and declined: "You can take pictures for Huanhuan, I don't take photos."

"Badger, why don't you take some pictures? The snow here hasn't melted yet." Lu Huan came over to pull Zhu Badger, but Zhu Badger had no choice but to let Lu Huan do what he wanted. Lan Yuliu said "eggplant" and "OK" at other times. Click the shutter button repeatedly.

Zhu Badger looked at Lan Yuliu, whose head was resting on the camera. There were more and more question marks in his heart, getting bigger and bigger...

After taking the snow scene, the three girls returned from the mountain. When passing under the big camphor tree, Zhu Badger took the initiative to ask Lan Yuliu to take a photo with the demolition notice as the background.

"This is good, this is very memorable." Lan Yuliu said while taking several photos of Zhu Badger from different angles. He also taught Lu Huan how to use the camera and asked her to take pictures of herself and Zhu Badger standing in front of the demolition notice. Take a group photo. When Zhu Badger waited for Lan Yuliu to approach him, he asked her softly: "Sister Liu is familiar with this big camphor tree, right?" "Well, Brother Hu and I came here to say hello." Lan Yuliu's answer was blank. Hesitating without any scruples, this actually made Zhu Badger a little embarrassed, so he had to smile and continue to ask: "Sister Liu also knows how to send you off at night?"

Lan Yuliu still answered calmly: "We are in the same county, so the customs should be similar, right? Seeing that my health has not improved, Brother Hu thought that I had offended some gods or ghosts when I first arrived at the old house? So he took me there This is a big camphor tree where you can have a good night's sleep. Hey, you think it's really miraculous. I've been here for three consecutive nights and my health has improved."

[Send the Night Head] is an activity that cannot be seen in the dark in the village. If someone in the family encounters a strange incident, or is ill for a long time, they will go to a symbolic place in the village at night when no one is around to do it. Sacrifice and bless the gods with Qi and Qi, so as not to disturb the family again.

It was lunch time when we returned to the old house. The villagers were making rice dumplings at Tian Laizi's house. Zhu Badger always thought that Lu Huan would not go to Tian Laizi's house, so she said goodbye to Lan Yuliu in the front yard and prepared to give Lu Huan her own meal at home. While making lunch, Lu Huan took Lan Yuliu's hand and skipped to Tian Laizi's house.

Seeing that Zhu Badger was still standing there, Lu Huan turned around and greeted loudly: "Hurry up, we will take pictures after eating the rice dumplings."

"Oh." By the time Zhu Badger came to his senses, Lu Huan and Lan Yuliu had already turned around the persimmon tree of their husband's house and disappeared in the corner of Weasel's house.

The Weasel's house is in the second entrance of the old house, behind the Zhu Badger's house, and on the side of the squinting husband's house. The Feng Shui angle is the third.

Logically speaking, it is impossible for a person with a foreign surname like Weasel to live in a good house like the old house. Being able to live in the old house is considered a good thing, all thanks to Weasel's craftsmanship.

The Weasel family has been bricklayers for generations, and the Huang family's bricklayer skills are famous far and wide. They rely on the Huang family for the repairs and renovations of the old house, so naturally they live in a house with the third best feng shui of the old house.

Zhu Badger walked to the door of Weasel's house and saw that the door was open. He couldn't help but stop and look inside. He happened to meet the eyes of Weasel's wife Huang Doujiang who was looking out. It was impossible to avoid it, so he simply walked in openly. Inside the house, he praised it and said, "Yo yo yo, how clean is this? It's even neater than a new house."

"Oh my, what kind of fragrant wind blew the fairy into my house? Old man, hurry up, make tea quickly, honey tea, put more honey." Huang Doujiang rushed to Zhu Badger and hugged Zhu Badger tightly. Badger's hands pulled toward the hall.

Zhu Badger was not polite, walked into the hall and sat down at the Eight Immortals table. The weasel served a cup of warm honey tea, and then a bamboo fruit plate filled with pecans, peanuts, fried sweet potato slices, kumquats, hawthorns, etc.

Zhu Badger took a sip of honey tea and ate a piece of sweet potato slices. After saying "it's delicious" several times, he asked Weasel and Huang Doujiang why they didn't go to Tian Leizi's house to make rice dumplings? Why are the fried seeds at home ready so early?

Huang Doujiang happily told Zhu Badger that her youngest daughter Huang Qiukui would be back this afternoon, so she couldn't live without someone at home, and the New Year's goods at home had to be prepared in advance. Huang Doujiang was full of pride when she spoke. She held Zhu Badger's hands affectionately and invited her to come to her home for dinner tonight and spend some time with Okra. Huang Doujiang told Zhu Badger that every time she went to the provincial capital to visit Okra, Okra always asked about Zhu Badger and cared more about Zhu Badger than her sister Huanglili.

Zhu Badger agreed wholeheartedly, saying that he also cared about Sister Qiukui very much. Sister Qiukui was the pride of everyone in Lvbubu Village, and even more so the pride of the old house. In the past, I felt sorry for Sister Qiukui and the Huang family. Please ask Aunt Jiang and Uncle Wolf, please forgive me.

Huang Doujiang squeezed Zhu Badger's hands tighter and said, "Fairy is the pride of our proud old man in the village. He is not afraid of rape at a young age and bravely fights with bad guys and lawless elements." Huang Doujiang encourages Zhu Badger to fight the enemy boldly, and Okra will definitely help her when she comes back.

Zhu Badger was moved and grateful, his nose felt sour, and he threw himself into Huang Doujiang's arms with a "wow" and cried. Huang Doujiang gently stroked Zhu Badger's back and comforted Zhu Badger. Tian Laizi's family were not human beings, and Zhu Hu was just a mountain tiger. Do you think it was a big deal to hook up with a city woman? Humph, at most she is just a has-been woman from the county town. How can her ruined flowers and willows compare with my okra in the provincial capital? My okra is only twenty-eight years old, and it is flourishing like a bamboo shoot after a rain.

The weasel corrected the soybean paste beside him, saying that the sesame seeds were blooming steadily and the bamboo shoots were springing up everywhere after the rain. Huang Doujiang retorted, my okra was blooming all over the place. She lowered her head and asked Zhu Badger: "Do you think so?"

Zhu Badger hurriedly replied: "Yes, yes, yes."

"Fairy, you must come over to my house for dinner tonight. Fatty Zhu will be here soon." Huang Doujiang's tone was even more heroic.

Fatty Zhu is a chef from the village, and he is good at cooking. Although he lives in an old house, it is rare for people in the old house to eat the food he cooks, because he does not easily go to the stove, let alone go to other people's homes to cook. , he had to pay double red envelopes for the weddings and funerals of his neighbors, and the host was very willing, which made his face look bright.

Badger Zhu really wanted to eat the food cooked by Fatty Zhu, but she couldn't come to Huang's house for dinner at night. It would depend on the situation. She knew that Huang Doujiang only talked about it in person. Maybe as soon as she walked out of Huang's house, Huang Doujiang would Jiang forgot about it.

The reason why soybean paste is called soybean paste is that it is the same as the soybean paste made by every household in Lvbue Village. It can be mixed with any dish when cooking. Laozhai and Lvbue Village do not have her soybean paste. People who can’t get in. Precisely because of Huang Doujiang, even though the weasel was usually cunning and calculating, the Huang family was not left alone in the village or the old house.

Weasel was also very polite today. After serving honey water, roasted seeds and nuts, and fruits to Zhu Badger, he specially peeled two chestnut rice dumplings for Zhu Badger. Zhu Badger was hungry and took two or three bites each. He quickly ate it and stood up to ask Weasel and Soybeans. Jiang said goodbye.

Huang Doujiang and Weasel accompanied Zhu Badger out. When they arrived at the door, Huang Doujiang pulled Zhu Badger and whispered against Zhu Badger's ear: "Fairy, you went to the mountain to take photos this morning. Do you know the details about the ruined flower and willow? ?”

Zhu Badger didn't expect Huang Doujiang to know so soon that she, Lan Yuliu, and Lu Huan had gone up to the mountain to take pictures. It seems that everyone in the old house is paying attention to Lan Yuliu. Why don't I take the opportunity to reveal some of her details and take a look? Is Lan Yuliu's own life story true or false? Also, when Huang Okra came back, I took the initiative to ask about Lan Yuliu. People would think that I was a tongue-tied woman, or that I had some purpose? Maybe he wouldn't say anything, and he might be able to find out a lot of things through Huang Doujiang, so Zhu Badger responded to Huang Doujiang: "Aunt Jiang, how can I have the ability to find out other people's details? But they took the initiative to tell me. a lot of."

Huang Doujiang was stunned for a long time after listening to Zhu Badger's detailed explanation of Lan Yuliu's life experience. The weasel standing behind her had his mouse eyes completely narrowed into a line, and he was also stunned for a long time. Finally, Huang Doujiang spoke first, while she Wiping away her tears, she said to Zhu Badger: "I can't believe it, I can't believe it, this Broken Flower and Broken Willow has such a hard life. Oh, you can't call her Broken Flower and Broken Willow, that would be too sorry for her. In this case, Fairy, you invite her to come to my house for dinner tonight. , and the girl who was bullied by the Tian family and his son, you all come together, I will ask Qiu Kui to vent your anger."

"Aunt Jiang, Lu Huan has never been bullied by Tian Leizi and his son. She is fine. She is my working friend in the provincial capital. Also, I have nothing to ask Sister Qiukui to vent my anger on, and neither does Lu Huan." Badger suddenly became very disgusted with soybean paste, just like before.

The weasel saw the unhappiness and impatience on Zhu Badger's face, and first scolded Huang Doujiang: "What kind of sauce are you mixing up again? Who is the fairy? Is it necessary for you to mix it up? Maybe my okra has something to do when I come back. Where's the fairy?" Then he turned to Zhu Badger and said with a smile: "Fairy, your Aunt Jiang is like this. No matter how salty she is, she likes to mess around. Please bear with me and remember to come here early in the evening."

Zhu Badger smiled back at Weasel, raised his hand to Huang Doujiang, and said: "Thank you, Uncle Lang, thank you Aunt Jiang, Sister Okra comes back to say hello to me. I will definitely come and visit Sister Okra when I have time."

Looking at the back of Zhu Badger walking towards the backyard, Huang Doujiang pushed the weasel back with his elbow and said smugly, "How is it? Is my sauce good?"

"It's a bit salty, she choked on it." The weasel's mouse eyes narrowed into a thin line.

Huang Doujiang turned around and returned to the house, saying as he walked: "If I don't mix it with salt, how can she pour beans in a bamboo hole and tell the life story of that ruined flower? Humph, you want to compete with my okra? First, take a piss and show off that you are a monster." It must be a ghost."

"Things are not that simple." The weasel and mouse kept rolling their eyes.

(End of this chapter)