Records of Strange People and Strange Events in the Old Mansion

Chapter 39 Cat

"You said Zhu Hu became a sick cat in front of her?"

"Yes."

"I believe Zhu Hu became a sick cat in front of Huang Okra, but I don't believe he became a sick cat in front of Lan Yuliu."

"Believe it or not."

The conversation between Badger Zhu and Mr. Zhu was not speculative from the beginning, and both sides held their own opinions.

Zhu Badger believed that Okra and Blue Jade Liu came to visit the old house, and Blue Jade Liu's aura was not inferior to that of Okra.

Mr. Zhu believes that the return of Huang Okra is a blessing to the villagers of Lvbue Village, and that it is back to benefit the neighbors of Lvbue Village. What is the blue jade willow? A romantic young woman from the county town, after hooking up with Zhu Hu, wanted to come to her old house to seek revenge and steal treasures. Let her have her spring and autumn dream.

Zhu Badger did not expect that Mr. Zhu was so optimistic about okra and disdainful of blue jade willow, so he asked: "Has she come to visit you?"

"Speak clearly." Mr. Zhu closed his eyes slightly, swaying his folding fan slightly, with a detached air.

Zhu Badger disliked Mr. Zhu's appearance the most. He was too self-righteous. He originally wanted to talk about Huang Qiukui directly, but he raised his voice and imitated the tone of the slant-eyed woman: "It's not Mr. Zhu who is full of knowledge that I like. What I like is Zhu." That divine power, sir.”

"No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, okay, okay..." Mr. Zhu jumped up from his chair, not caring if the folding fan fell to the ground.

Zhu Badger suppressed his laughter, picked up the folding fan from the ground, shook it and said slowly: "How can a scholar sweep the floor politely? What are you not doing? What are you not doing? What are you doing? If you can't tell me why, This fairy will continue to speculate on your magical power for three days and three nights until the first day of the new year."

"No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, good, good, good, Mr. Zhu stood in front of Zhu Badger, standing in front of Zhu Badger." Zhu Badger had a straight face and asked: "Did you say it or not?"

"'No' means that it's not the case at all, 'don' means that I hope you won't mention it again, and 'yes' means that we sit down and have a good chat." Mr. Zhu answered simply and neatly.

"Then why don't you sit down? Take it, but don't shake it in front of me." Zhu Badger waited for Mr. Zhu to sit down and handed the folding fan to him. Mr. Zhu took the folding fan and wanted to shake it out of habit. When Zhu Badger saw Staring at him closely, he stopped immediately, leaned over with a smile on his face and asked Zhu Badger: "What does the fairy want to talk about?"

"Didn't you say you should sit down and have a good chat?"

"But you came here on your own initiative."

"Tell me, has Huang Okra come to visit you?"

"Isn't it wrong for students to come back and visit the teacher?"

"Student? What has she studied? Not just embroidered pillows with straw cores."

"I am now a graduate student and will soon become a postdoctoral fellow, but I have a certificate to prove it."

"It's not just the notebook you got in exchange for money. Did she give you some expensive gift?"

"How can a scholar be greedy for money? The friendship between gentlemen is as light as water, but the relationship between me and her is very elegant."

"Elegant ass! How could she marry someone in her 70s or 80s? She's just greedy for other people's money. She's really shameless!"

"Be gentle with your words, speak with evidence, and never slander others. She is the glory of the village and the glory of the old house."

"Where is she? If you can't explain why today, I will drag you to the ancestral hall, take off your clothes and put you on the stage."

"How can a fairy be so rude? No wonder she said that you have changed too much. She hopes that I can educate you on etiquette. It is really difficult for her to take such pains."

"Nao Xi, what qualifications does she have to judge me? Well, sooner or later I will let her show her true colors and let you understand what true benevolence, wisdom, propriety, righteousness and trust are!"

Badger Zhu said as she slapped the table and got up angrily and left. When she walked to the door, Mr. Zhu's words made her turn back, pick up the bamboo basket, pick up the pig leg and take it back. She didn't give Mr. Zhu anything she sent, and she even squinted. The pair of pork kidneys that her mother-in-law asked her to secretly bring to Mr. Zhu also took them back to her home and asked Ma Yasha to come over with a plate of stir-fried kidneys.

After returning home, Badger Zhu locked himself in his room and sulked. The more he thought about it, the more he felt that what Mr. Zhu said was too irritating.

Mr. Zhu saw Badger Zhu angrily about to leave. Not only did he not stop her, he shook his folding fan at her back and said, "It's so irritating to compare people to each other. We're both girls from the same old house. Why is there such a big gap?"

Damn it, did I compete with her? Do I deserve to compare with her? Zhu Badger was not an ordinary Qi Qi person. She always thought that Mr. Zhu would always be facing her from beginning to end. Unexpectedly, as soon as the okra came back, Mr. Zhu would only have eyes for her.

Yes, Huang Okra is amazing. He has become a prominent person in the provincial capital at a young age. This is probably the first time in the history of Lvbuo Village. She wants to build a road for her neighbors, a road leading to wealth. For this reason alone, she is worthy of Mr. Zhu’s praise. You, Badger Zhu, can’t compare to her anyway.

Well, I can't compare to her, and I don't need to compare with her. I just want to be a peaceful villager and protect the old house.

Sister Liu was right when she said, "Don't care about the immediate gains and losses." "If she wants to be a tiger, let her be. Can't we step back and be a sick cat? Let's see who can have the last laugh!"

Yesterday, Huang Okra scared Zhu Badger at the door of Zhu Badger's house. Zhu Badger suddenly panicked. It was Lan Yuliu who walked up to Zhu Badger and whispered a few words before Zhu Badger came back to his senses. What Lan Yuliu said at that time was the above. Two sentences.

That's right, the world is brighter when you take a step back, can't I just pretend to be sick? But the cat must have a bottom line, which is the safety of the old house. If you endanger my old house, I will fight back. Who cares about Okra or Mr. Zhu? !
My biological father said that you should do Mao in front of Okra. It seems that he is right, so I will do Mao first. "Mao" has the same pronunciation as "cat", so let's do it first. Look at your strong tenon shoulder. How long can it last?
"Sister, sister..." Dan'er's shout came from outside the house.

"Here, what's going on? Tell me." Zhu Badger responded to Dan'er.

Dan'er kept shouting: "Sister, sister..."

Zhu Badger knew that Dan'er would not stop shouting until he went out. He must have something important that he wanted to tell her face to face, so Zhu Badger got up from the bed and walked out of his room to the door. Dan'er stood in front of the screen wall and faced her. I looked in the direction of the door and saw Zhu Badger going out. A gust of wind blew in front of Zhu Badger. He stood on tiptoes and whispered in Zhu Badger's ears: "Note, note, his note."

"Note? Whose note is it?" Seeing that Dan'er's hands were empty, Zhu Badger looked around, but there was no one there.

Dan'er pulled Zhu Badger to the corner and whispered, "Inside the collar of my back." Zhu Badger reached out and rummaged through Dan'er's collar. Dan'er was wearing an old cotton-padded jacket, and the collar was as hard as a piece of bamboo. . Turning over the entire collar of Dan'er's cotton-padded jacket, there was no note as mentioned by Dan'er. Zhu Badger patted the back of Dan'er's head and scolded: "How dare you tease me?"

"No, no, no, I wasn't teasing. Yes, he put it there himself." Dan'er kept explaining with a red face.

Seeing Dan'er's appearance, Zhu Badger understood that he was not lying. He continued to look for it and saw a piece of cotton wool coming out of the fold of his collar. He plucked it and brought out an object smaller than a cigarette. When he unfolded it, he saw that it was a piece of cotton wool. A note read: "Be still and be prepared."

"Who asked you to bring it here?" Zhu Badger put the note in his hand and asked Dan'er. Dan'er smiled and replied: "He didn't let me say it."

Zhu Badger looked at the note again. The font was in neat small regular script. It was graceful and graceful. It was in the same style as the demolition notice posted on the big camphor tree. But my own father said that he posted the demolition notice. If the note was written by him, there was no need for Dan'er to deliver it in such a mysterious manner. What needed to be said was clearly stated in person in the cave yesterday evening.

Could it be that Yushu Linfeng? If it was him, then he must have just learned the latest information, which is why Dan'er came to send the note in such a hurry. But why is his writing style exactly the same as his own father's? He also studied under Mr. Zhu? If he has studied under Mr. Zhu, then he is also an old man.

The literal meaning of the note that Dan'er brought was very clear to Zhu Badger, "to stop with stillness", which was the same as what her own father, Lan Yuliu, said to mean "mao" and "cat move". She was also prepared to start with it. Don't take the initiative, wait and see if the situation arises. "Be prepared for any danger" reminds Zhu Badger to make relevant preparations, take precautions and fight a prepared battle.

The handwriting of the note made Zhu Badger think for a long time. Who was the person who wrote this note? Ask Dan'er? If Dan'er didn't say it just now, he will definitely not say it again. Although he is mentally weak, he is honest and beating him to death will not break his promise.

What did the person who wrote this note mean? Is it necessary for Dan'er to deliver these two sentences in this way? Making a fuss out of a molehill? Pretending to be mysterious? Or does it have a deeper meaning? Zhu Badger racked his brains and couldn't think of anything, so he simply didn't want to and asked Dan'er, "What's the noise outside?"

Zhu Badger heard a lot of noise as soon as he left the door of his house, but there was obviously no one in the yard. Dan'er had a pair of fair and small hands like a girl. One held Zhu Badger's hand and the other pointed to the outside of the old house. Her beautiful eyes were full of excitement. She was so excited that she stuttered when she spoke: "Money, money, cent, cent, cent." , share the money.”

"Split the money? Who is sharing the money? Who is sharing the money? Is there any money that can be shared?" Zhu Badger, like most people, couldn't help but get excited when he heard the money. He asked Dan'er a lot of questions while taking his hand and walking towards the old house. Run at the door.

Dan'er responded to Zhu Badger while running, no longer stuttering, and said neatly: "Penns are divided among the okra and under the camphor tree. Every household has a share. My mother just took it home."

"Did she share the money?" Zhu Badger stopped. Dan'er didn't notice that Zhu Badger suddenly stopped. Before he could stop, he stumbled into Zhu Badger, who fell on the threshold of the old house gate. Ma Yasha returned to his old house with a large stack of colorful banknotes and a bright smile. Lan Yuliu and Lu Huan, who followed him to the left and right, also smiled brightly. Seeing Zhu Badger fall on the threshold, the three of them smiled even brighter. .

Zhu Badger was originally unhappy when Dan'er said that okra was paying for money at the big camphor tree. Now he was even more unhappy. He simply lay down on the threshold without moving, looking at the big camphor tree.

There were only two or three villagers left under the big camphor tree. They bent down in front of a few Eight Immortals tables to sign and receive money. Those people brought by Huang Okra confirmed and counted the money to the neighbors.

"Get up, you are shameless and we want shame." Ma Yasha came over and kicked Zhu Badger. Zhu Badger didn't even look at her and continued to lie on the threshold and look at the okra under the big camphor tree.

At first, Zhu Badger didn't see Okra, but now he saw her turning out from the other side of the big camphor tree. The smile on her face was brighter than that of Ma Yasha. The unhappiness in her heart disappeared and she was actually a little happy. Ma Yasha kicked Zhu Badger and scolded Zhu Badger. Zhu Badger didn't care. He lay on the threshold of the old house like a scoundrel and started crying: "You can kick me and scold me. I know I have embarrassed you, but I didn't." They are good-looking, but I am not as capable as others, I am lazy and lazy, and I am one of the Eight Immortals."

"Oh, what evil did I do in my last life? I gave birth to an Eight Immortal like you in this life? OK, OK, just lie down. If you can, keep lying like this and never get up." Ma Yasha cursed and returned to the big camphor tree. Yuliu and Lu Huan did not persuade Ma Yaksha or Zhu Badger, and followed Ma Yaksha back to the big camphor tree. Dan'er stood at the threshold and wanted to step over Zhu Badger's body to get out. He raised his feet to the left and right several times but did not dare. Step over.

Seeing Zhu Badger lying on the threshold, the old house dwellers who had received the money shook their heads and sighed for a while before turning to the back door. When those people walked away, Zhu Badger winked at Dan'er and motioned for him to come closer.

Dan'er understood and squatted down along the door frame. Zhu Badger asked him softly: "Where did the penny man live last night?" "Lived in a cloth house." "Cloth house? What cloth house?" "There were several built under the big camphor tree. Cloth houses, those people live in cloth houses." "Naoxi set up a tent, that's a tent, what are they going to do?" "It seems that they want to sell things, including food, clothing, and supplies." "Selling things? They Opened a store?" "A big car drove up this morning, and it was full of good things." "Push me down." "Don't dare." "Are you going to push me away?" "Push to Taipingtang. What should I do?" "That's better." "I still don't dare." "Remember the note you just brought me?" "Remember." "The person asked you to push me down on the note." "Really ?" "Of course it's true." "Then I agree." "You have to scold me first." "You know."

Dan'er was no longer Dan'er. He straightened up, faced the big camphor tree and cursed at the top of his voice: "Why are you pretending to be dead? If you are not convinced that you are not as powerful as others, I will drown you!" While cursing, he pushed Zhu Badger down the threshold, Zhu The badger rolled down and into the Taiping Pond.

There was ice on the Taiping Pond. The red badger weighed less than 90 kilograms. He flopped on the ice several times before sinking into the water.

"Oh, my daughter, you are such a decent person and don't want to be a good person, why are you a water ghost? My mother just kicked you a few times and scolded you a few times, but you don't want to commit suicide?" Ma Yasha cried towards Taiping Pond, crying. Heartbreaking.

Dan'er stood on the threshold of the old house and shouted, "I pushed her down."

"Oh my daughter, you have such a hard life. It doesn't matter if you are called the Eight Immortals by others, and you are bullied by a kid without balls. It's better to be alive than to be dead. So good, so good, so good." Ma Yasha danced happily, I am even happier than when I just received the money.

The neighbors who had returned home and those who Huang Okra had brought all flocked to the Taiping Pond. When Ma Yasha saw Huang Okra standing calmly under the big camphor tree, he looked at the red badger that had sunk into the pond with cold eyes and shouted, " My child, my mother is here to keep you company." He threw the colorful banknotes in his hand into the air, jumped into the Taiping Pond.

"Save people!"

"Hurry up and save people!"

Lu Huan and Lan Yuliu shouted.

"thump!"

"thump!"

With two crisp sounds, One-Armed Luo and Stilt-legged Man jumped into the Taiping Pond one after another, and picked up Ma Yasha and Zhu Badger one after another.

Although the legs and feet of the cross-legged man are inconvenient, it is not difficult to carry the red badger ashore. After carrying Zhu Badger under the big camphor tree, Mr. Zhu arrived just in time. He looked at Zhu Badger's nose, shook his head and said, "Go and go, you will really become a fairy at such a young age."

As soon as Ma Yasha spit out a big mouthful of sewage, he heard that Zhu Badger was dead, so he shouted "my child" and fainted.

Lu Huan came over and hugged Zhu Badger's body, "Badger Badger, Badger Badger..." and burst into tears. Lan Yuliu hugged Ma Yasha's body and shouted desperately: "Auntie, Auntie..."

Huang Qiukui walked to Mr. Zhu and asked in a low voice: "Is Zhu Badger really dead?" "Dead, completely dead. Even if Bian Que is reincarnated and Hua Tuo is reincarnated, there will be no way to save her." Mr. Zhu held a folding fan in his hand. Shake and shake. Huang Qiukui asked again: "Then how to arrange the funeral arrangements next?" "You have to ask her mother about this. Didn't you say her father is still there?" Mr. Zhu shook the folding fan faster. Huang Qiukui asked Mr. Zhu: "If I announce to the villagers that Zhu Yunshan is still there, what will happen to the villagers?" "They will think that you saved him, and your image will be even higher among the villagers." Mr. Zhu held his hand The vibration frequency of the folding fan slowed down.

Huang Qiukui pondered for a moment, then walked to Ma Yasha and touched her forehead, and said suddenly: "Auntie, my condolences, Uncle Yunshan is still here."

"Ah? My man is still there? My man is still there?" Ma Yasha jumped up from the ground, and the water droplets on his body splashed all over Okra.

Lan Yuliu did not go to comfort Ma Yasha, but took out a pack of paper handkerchiefs, took out one and handed it to Huang Okra, and took one in her own hand to wipe Huang Okra's clothes.

"Thank you, let's have a chat when you have time." Huang Qiukui smiled at Lan Yuliu and then said to Ma Yasha: "Aunt, people cannot be resurrected after death. Fortunately, Uncle Yunshan is still here. I will find him and deal with Zhu Badger together. Things to do after the funeral." Huang Okra said to Daylily again: "Sister, call your mother-in-law over."

(End of this chapter)