Records of Strange People and Strange Events in the Old Mansion

Chapter 44 Return

Zhu Badger suddenly turned around, looked directly at the people under the platform, and shouted: "Shut up!"

It was so quiet under the big camphor tree that you could hear the sound of a pin dropping. Both those who had closed their mouths and those who had no time to close their mouths all pressed the pause button and focused their attention on Zhu Badger.

Zhu Badger stretched out his arms, his long white skirt fluttered high in the wind, closed his eyes and muttered words, just like the flat-mouthed woman.

Huang Okra stood aside and stared closely at Zhu Badger, fearing that she might play some trick or order the thin dog and pig badger to bite her when she was not prepared.

The eyes of everyone in the audience were as unblinking as Huang Okra's, staring at Zhu Badger to see how she would welcome her father.
Leng Buding Zhu Badger opened his eyes, stretched his arms to the sky and shouted continuously: "When the strong wind rises, my father will return! When the strong wind rises, my father will return! When the strong wind rises, my father will return!"

Huang Qiukui found it funny and thought to herself, even if you shout at the top of your lungs, you can't call your father who has a broken leg back like this, unless you beg me to send someone to carry him back.

woohoo hoo...

The north wind was howling, the clouds were gathering, and it was as dark as night under the big camphor tree. Everyone involuntarily covered their mouths and noses with their hands, completely ignoring what the red badger was doing, including the okra.

The red badger kept shouting: "When the wind rises, my father will return! When the wind rises, my father will return! When the wind rises, my father will return!"

When the cries of the red badgers stopped, the dark clouds cleared and the warm sun shone brightly, and the north wind subsided, it was as warm as spring under the big camphor trees.

"My dear father, my little girl, Zhu Badger, kneels down and bows down!"

Everyone looked up and saw a man with a thick waist and round arms standing on the earth platform. He was Zhu Yunshan, Zhu Badger's dead father. Zhu Badger knelt down in front of him.

Huang Qiukui didn't believe that the scene in front of her was true. She wanted to go over and kick Zhu Yunshan to see if he was a real person?
Zhu Yunshan was the first to speak: "Child, get up quickly. It's thanks to you that my father is able to come back to life today."

Huang Qiukui couldn't believe it when she saw Zhu Yunshan helping Zhu Badger up and standing firmly on the earth platform. She stammered and asked: "You, you, are you a human or a ghost?"

Zhu Yunshan responded with a gentle smile: "You say it's a human being, it's a human being, and you say it's a ghost, it's a ghost."

"You, you, you must be a ghost, a ghost. If Zhu Yunshan was alive, his legs would have been broken." Huang Qiukui looked at Zhu Yunshan in horror, and her two long legs moved back involuntarily.

Zhu Yunshan ignored Huang Qiukui and turned around to face the people under the platform, clasping his fists and bowing: "Everyone, Yunshan is back!"

"Daddy, you are really back!" Ma Yaksha rushed to Tutaizi and hugged Zhu Yunshan tightly, crying.

When Ma Yasha had finished crying, Zhu Badger stood in front of the stage and spoke: "Dear neighbors, thank you for witnessing the return of my father by the strong wind. At the same time, I also want to ask everyone to testify for me and urge someone to fulfill his promise!"

"Yes, keep your promise!"

"This poisonous oath will never go to waste!"

Lu Huan and Lan Yuliu immediately agreed.

Okra has retreated to the stage and is hiding behind the big camphor tree.

The one-armed Luo and the swing-legged man were going to catch Huang Okra out, but Zhu Yunshan stopped him: "Everyone, please forgive others if you have to. The right path in the world is subject to vicissitudes of life. You can judge your likes and dislikes, so don't care too much."

Huang Okra took the opportunity to escape to the car, and Weasel and Huang Doujiang sneaked back home. Also sneaking home were Trapped Mouth Woman, Pig Killer, and Daylily.

Ma Yasha wiped away the tears of happiness from the corner of his eyes and announced happily: "Tonight there will be a banquet in the front yard of the old house, and the whole village will come to eat. Don't get drunk or leave!"

"Okay, I'll take charge!" Fatty Zhu was the first to respond.

"I'm going to move the tables and chairs right away." One-armed Luo Guifeng ran towards the back door of the old house.

The stiletto man hurriedly chased after him, shouting as he chased, "I'm in charge of the hot wine!"

"Are you responsible for hot wine? I'm afraid I won't be able to drink it until late at night."

"That's right, rush to the market and disperse, hahaha!"

Lan Yuliu and Lu Huan laughed happily at the back of the cross-footed man, and there was a lot of laughter and chatter under the big camphor tree.

Mr. Zhu stood at the door of the old house to greet Zhu Yunshan. When Zhu Badger and Ma Yaksha approached Zhu Yunshan on the left and right, Mr. Zhu put away the folding fan, stretched out his hands and held Zhu Yunshan's hands tightly, and the two shed tears. With eyes filled with tears, everyone said: "Congratulations! Congratulations!" "We are all happy together. It's all thanks to my daughter that she can see the light of day again." "With a girl like her, why worry about losing her old home?" "My daughter has to rely on her husband to continue to support her."

Ma Yasha scolded her husband from the side: "Still a little girl? Call her a fairy." "Yes, yes, yes, a fairy, a fairy!" Zhu Yunshan and Mr. Zhu looked at each other and smiled, and at the same time they gave Zhu Badger a thumbs up.

Zhu Badger blushed and ran into the old house first. He turned back to Mr. Zhu and Zhu Yunshan and said, "Don't be pretentious, do something practical."

"Listen, listen, you are worthy of being a fairy, your words are in front of us." Mr. Zhu shook his folding fan, fluttering.

Zhu Yunshan stared at Zhu Badger's back and said to himself: "I've grown up, I've grown up, it's been twenty years." "Go back to the house quickly and give a toast to Mr. Zhu." Ma Yasha urged Zhu Yunshan. "Okay, okay, sir, please." Zhu Yunshan stretched out his hands to help Mr. Zhu enter the old house.

Mr. Zhu declined politely: "The Nine Immortals have shown their true form. All residents of the old house are not allowed to enter or exit through the front door, but can only enter and exit through the back door." "Sir, isn't this the rule you established to promote my daughter? Don't take it too seriously. Yunshan, Help Sir in quickly." Ma Yaksha raised her legs to cross the threshold carelessly. Zhu Yunshan reached out to hold her and advised: "Sir, there must be a reason for this rule. We should implement it to the letter. From now on, we will all enter and exit through the back door. .”

"No, no, no, how can an old man have the right to establish such a rule? After the fairy debuts and the male protagonist returns, the door plaque of the old house can be re-hanged. Before re-hanging, the door god needs to be clean for seven days, except of course the fairy." Mr. Zhu raised his head and looked up at the old man. The lintel of the gate of the house sighed: "This gate has been blank for twenty years. Twenty years have passed by in a trance. This is the day that the old man has been waiting for."

Zhu Yunshan and Ma Yaksha put away their smiles and looked up at the lintel of the old house with solemn expressions for a long time. After Mr. Zhu lowered his head and covered his face with a folding fan to wipe the tears from the corners of his eyes, they helped him to the left and right along the wall of the old house towards the back door.

Zhu Badger saw that neither his parents nor Mr. Zhu entered through the front door, so he simply went over to close the door and bolt it. He turned around and said to all the neighbors who had come to the front yard to have a feast: "In the future, the door is not allowed to be opened without authorization. If you want to open it, Subject to owner’s permission.”

"Zhizhao!" Everyone replied in unison, no one dared to object.

Everyone present was convinced that Zhu Badger was in the form of a fairy, a fairy who truly descended from heaven.

After falling into the Taiping Pond, being submerged in the icy water for so long before being fished out, and being stabbed so many times with the flat-mouthed woman's wooden sword, she is actually more alive than before. What is this if not a fairy?
From the threshold of the old house, he sang "With Mother and Father" and flew to the foot of the big camphor tree. His figure was more elegant than a bird, and his voice was as beautiful as any other. It could only exist in the sky. What is this if not a fairy?
"When the wind blows, my father returns home." A strong wind really blew up and sent her father back to the earth platform under the big camphor tree. Can a mortal do it? I don’t even dare to think about it. What is this if it’s not a fairy?
It's even more amazing now. The door of the old house has not been closed for decades. To close it, at least two big men like Luo Luo with one arm are needed to push it. But Zhu Badger can easily close it with one hand. As a bean sprout How could an ordinary mortal woman possess such divine power? The latch of that gate weighs hundreds of kilograms. It usually takes two people to lift the latch. Zhu Badger can hold it in his hand more easily than holding a chopstick. What is this if he isn't a fairy?
"Everyone, sit down wherever you want. Let's have a good meal and drink tonight." Zhu Badger saw Zhu Yunshan and Ma Yasha accompanying Mr. Zhu to the front yard. Just as he was about to go over to greet him, Dan'er hurriedly ran up to him and said breathlessly: "Sister, Huang Okra She, she..."

"What is she? Speak slowly." Zhu Badger patted Dan'er's back, frowning, thinking, Huang Okra, are you determined not to give up until you reach the Yellow River? Still want to play tricks? This fairy will accompany you to the end!
After listening to Dan'er's words, Zhu Badger laughed loudly. Dan'er laughed so hard that she asked, "She fled back to the provincial capital, and you're still laughing?"

"Is it possible that I beg her to stay for a feast? Stay in the village and celebrate the New Year in the old house?" Zhu Badger asked back.

Dan'er said: "She has sworn a poisonous oath. If she goes back on her word and her words don't count, she will be struck by lightning and everyone in her family will die!"

"That's good. God will punish her. Why should I worry about it anymore? Let's go and see your godfather." Zhu Badger took Dan'er's hand and walked towards the persimmon tree of her squinting husband's house. Dan'er even more Confused, he asked: "Godfather? Where did I get my godfather?" "Isn't your godfather here?" Zhu Badger stretched out his other hand and pointed at Zhu Yunshan, who was walking vigorously towards the front yard.

"Hello godfather, godfather, I'm here to give you my blessing!" Dan'er was very smart now, and without waiting for Zhu Badger to say anything else, she ran up to Zhu Yunshan and knelt down to acknowledge her godfather.

Zhu Yunshan was stunned, looked at the Zhu Badger standing under the persimmon tree, and then looked at Dan'er kneeling at his feet. He laughed loudly and said: "Okay, okay, double happiness is coming to my door. Double happiness is coming to my door. Please get up quickly, son, and come back." My godfather will give you a big red envelope!" As he said this, he stretched out his two big hands to lift up Dan'er, hugged him, and touched his head affectionately. He was very fond of it.

A figure flashed across the hillside of the Western Mountain. After the figure, hundreds of birds on the mountain flew up. The birds flew over the old house, and there was a singing voice: "The sky is high in the dream, and the sky is high. Looking down, there are many mountains. Looking up to the sky, it is still pale. The clouds are rising and I am climbing higher, but I can't reach the sky. Looking to the west, it is as low as a water rabbit, and to the east, the waves of the flat peach sea are black. The light of the sun and the moon does not reach here, and it is neither dark nor bright, filled with smoke. The sky is long and far away, the body is across the wind, there are no stairs to go down, and there is no power to go up. When I come, I am afraid that someone will come up, cut off the dragon's beard and cut off the wings of the peng. The vast and long way is sad, crying to the blue clouds. The sound of crying is disgusted by the evil of others, arousing tears of surprise and sadness. Floating dew. I feel ashamed and thank you for calling me disgusting people, but I will never give up to my envoy without a king."

"What a wonderful song "Dream of Heaven", the dream is to reach high in the sky, the sky is high and the sky is high. There is no need to dream anymore, there will be fairies who will go to the sky every day." Mr. Zhu shouted while looking at the Western Mountain.

Countless birds flew up from Xishan again, fluttering and flying to the old house. At this time, the sun was setting in the west, and the red glow was hanging on the top of the West Mountain. In the afterglow, the birds turned into golden birds, and the old house became a golden house. It was so spectacular that the people who came to eat were stunned and believed that Zhu Badger was a real fairy of the old house.

At the banquet, everyone was happy. The sluggish woman came with the butcher and day lily. She smiled happily and toasted to Zhu Yunshan, saying how could such a good man like him, the male protagonist of the old house, go there so easily? Woolen cloth? Since his death, she has been reciting mantras for him every day, believing that one day he will be able to come back to life. Sure enough? I am finally back today, which is a huge joy.

The flat-mouthed woman toasted to Zhu Badger, saying that at most she was just a little goddess halfway up the western mountain of Donkeybu Village, and she had never thought of competing with a true fairy like Zhu Badger. That day you fell into Tianping Pond, people always thought you were dragged away by the river ghost. I held up the talisman and took a look, and sure enough there were a few little devils biting at your heart. Huh, you idiots are ignorant. How can you trample on the real body of the fairy? I stabbed the little devils with one wooden sword after another, and finally regained the true body for the fairy.

Zhu Badger held up the wine glass and said with a smile, "You are always troubled. Actually, you don't need to stab those brats to death. If my true body is broken, wouldn't you just become a true god and go to heaven?"

The flat-mouthed woman laughed sarcastically, "Hehe, hehe, I am half human and half god, that's enough. Fairy, please take care of me in the future. Come, the old woman proposes a toast to you."

Zhu Badger raised his wine glass with both hands, facing the west mountain, and said, this wine should be dedicated to the ancestors buried there in the village. As he spoke, the wine in the cup was poured out, like a dragon taking off from the abyss. Under the reflection of the setting sun, a rainbow of seven colors appeared in the sky, which was so beautiful.

Huang Doujiang and Weasel both came to the front yard before the flat-mouthed woman. They were busy setting up tables and moving stools. After the banquet started, they rushed to toast the neighbors' wine, table by table, table by table. He said, I am busy with things in the town of Okra, and I must return immediately. Don’t worry, by this time next year, a bus that can accommodate all the people in our village will definitely be able to drive under the big camphor tree. Everyone can sit on it. Taking a bus to travel to the provincial capital, my okra will cover all expenses for food and accommodation, as long as everyone has a good time.

After toasting to the main table, Huang Doujiang still said the same thing. Zhu Badger couldn't bear to listen. He stood up and asked Huang Doujiang if he could ask Huang Okra to help someone who is also a villager and an old man. Soybean Sauce didn't even burp, she simply replied, "Of course you can. Your fairy asked my okra to help. That is the glory of my okra. As long as you ask, you will help even if you can't help."

Zhu Badger said, let me tell your Okra and ask her to help find my father who has a broken leg. My current father can run faster on two legs than a weasel in the pine forest of Nanshan. He has no missing arms at all. Young Legs, where is my father with a broken leg that she mentioned?

This, this... Huangdoujiang stood there holding the wine glass in his hand, his two thin lips opening and closing, speechless, and could only keep mixing his own soybean paste. The weasel spoke, Fairy, the weasels in the Nanshan pine forest are definitely not as good as me, the weasel in the old house. I, the weasel, can break my own legs and be your other father, if you still want a father. . Hehe, sister Yasha, brother Yunshan, what do you think?

Zhu Badger didn't wait for his parents to respond, drank the wine in one gulp, and asked Weasel word by word: "Is Okra your daughter?"

"Of course, I am the youngest daughter of a big boss in the provincial capital." Weasel replied with a loud voice and full of pride.

Zhu Badger still asked Weasel word by word: "Then can you still remember the poisonous oath she just swore on the earth platform under the big camphor tree?"

"This, this..." The weasel was mixed with soybean sauce.

Huang Doujiang had already mixed her own soybean paste. When she saw her husband mixed the soybean paste, he laughed and said: "Fairy, now let's talk about your father who has a broken leg. Okra's father is also doing it for your own good, because you still want to I want a father."

"I still want to have a father, one on earth and one in heaven. Huang Doujiang, do you dare to tell me about my other father?" Zhu Badger pressed Huang Doujiang.

He licked his thin upper lips with soybean paste and licked his thin lower lips. He wanted to mix the soybean paste again but was a little scared, so he looked at the weasel. When the weasel saw his wife asking him for help, his arrogance became stronger. Grandma is a bear. I am a bricklayer, and my youngest daughter is the big boss. How can I let you talk me down in public with just a bean sprout? Donkey Bu Village will definitely belong to my Huang family in the future, and the old house will definitely belong to my youngest daughter. Weasel blinked his mouse eyes, and said to Zhu Badger with a smile on his face: "Child, my uncle advises you not to talk about heaven. It is understandable that you are young and speak unobtrusively. It doesn't matter once or twice. But you can boast about yourself again and again. Fairy, who would believe that you are the ninth daughter of the Jade Emperor and the Queen Mother?"

"Stop mixing Doujiang, do you dare to say another word about my other father?" Zhu Badger turned to Weasel with a cold eyebrow. She could not care about the flat-mouthed woman for the time being, but she had to care about Weasel and Huang Doujiang, because they actually dared to show up here. Sometimes he was mixing bean paste in the front yard at a banquet to welcome his biological father back, and promoted the abilities of okra, disturbing the audience.

The weasel blinked its mouse eyes, raised its neck, took a gulp, and slammed the wine glass in its hand to the ground before scolding the badger: "Bean sprouts, don't push yourself too hard. My okra misses you because you are young and from the mountains. I don’t care about you. But you don’t know what’s good or bad, and keep pressing forward step by step. Okay, I will expose your true face now. You are originally a wild species, a cross between a pig badger and a yaksha. A wild species like you has never been seen before or in this life. Maybe he has a father, and he is also a bastard, a bastard with a broken leg..."

"Boom!"

A bolt of lightning and a big thunder exploded over the old house.

(End of this chapter)