Records of Strange People and Strange Events in the Old Mansion

Chapter 49 Kitchen

The man standing in front of the main niche really surprised Zhu Badger. She never expected that the person who took the lead in causing trouble in the old house this time would be him?
From the time he can remember, his impression on Zhu Badger is that he smiles all day long, and is a living Maitreya Bodhisattva. When he sees Zhu Badger, he will always stretch out his chubby big hands to touch Zhu Badger's little head, and then take the food from his pocket. Take out a piece of candy or some pastry and give it to Zhu Badger. Zhu Badger bends down to say thank you. He will pat Zhu Badger’s back with a smile and say repeatedly: “No thank you, no thank you. You are the fairy of our old house. We all I should pamper you."

Now he stood in front of the main niche in the back hall. He was no longer Maitreya Bodhisattva, but an evil ghost with a green face and fangs.

"He died twenty years ago, so we didn't pursue the case against the orphaned daughter and widowed mother. Otherwise, how could any of them be allowed to live to this day?"

Zhu Badger's face stuck to the door twitched involuntarily. Her eyes didn't want to look at him anymore. She wanted to see Grandma Taizu in the main niche. She said this to such a wicked person in front of the ancestral tablets in the back hall of the ancestral hall. What was Grandma Taizu’s reaction? It's a pity that his fat body has been blocking the front of the main niche, and Zhu Badger can't even see the sacred little hall in the main niche.

"Dear Zhu family heads in the village, I am not telling you, but you are too kind. When Ma Yaksha gave birth to such a bastard, we should have immediately driven her out of the main house, the old house, and the village. .”

Don't worry, you are a bastard. This fairy has parents on earth and parents in heaven. Her bloodline is very authentic. You, on the other hand, are good at cooking, aren't you? You don't even know who your biological father and mother are, and you still have the nerve to scold me?
Badger Zhu heard from Mr. Zhu that this Fatty Zhu was picked up from the roadside by Chef Zhu from his old home.

Chef Zhu of the old house was one of the servants sent by Zhu Yuanzhang to serve Taizu's grandma. He was responsible for cooking. Later, he fell in love with a fire girl in the kitchen and made her pregnant. The housekeeper wanted to execute them both. Too Grandma was so kind that she not only spared them, but also gave them the surname Zhu and became residents of the old house.

Fatty Zhu’s father and mother were infertile, and they were over fifty and had no children. One day, Fatty Zhu's father went to a village on the other side of the mountain to cook a meal. On the way back, he found a small cloth bag. When he opened it, he saw that it was a baby. He took it home and regarded it as his own. When Fatty Zhu was little, he was chubby and cute, but he didn't like reading. He couldn't recite much of "The Three Character Classic" and "Hundred Family Surnames", but he was very good at stealing snacks from the friends who studied with Mr. Zhu, and even stole them. Eat the sweet potato chips that Mr. Zhu hid under the bed.

Fatty Zhu’s father had no choice but to let him learn cooking skills from him. Now he was on the right track. He became famous in cooking, surpassing his father and becoming a famous chef in the entire county. Once, when he represented the town in a county chef competition, even the chefs in the county hotel couldn't beat him, and he won first place.

After he won the first place, major hotels all over the country rushed to hire him, but his father refused to let him go out. He said that he could become a member of the village and become a member of the Zhu family in the old house. It was all up to Grandma Taizu to send him to their home. A son, who has such good cooking skills, is inspired by Grandma Taizu in heaven. He is asked to cook a dish every day and go to the ancestral hall to pay tribute to Grandma Taizu and thank Grandma Taizu.

Fatty Zhu listened to his father's words very much. He cooked a different dish every day for three hundred and sixty-five days a year and sent it to the ancestral hall to be enshrined in front of the main niche in the back hall to thank Grandma Taizu for sending him to Lububu Village to send him to his old age. House.

At first, Mr. Zhu used to open the side door of the ancestral hall when Fatty Zhu delivered food. Later, the two of them found it troublesome, so Mr. Zhu simply gave Fatty Zhu the key to the side door of the ancestral hall and asked him to unlock it and deliver food in every day.

Damn it, it turns out you opened the door to the ancestral hall? No, Mr. Zhu gave him the key to the side door of the ancestral hall. What he opened tonight was obviously the main door of the ancestral hall. Could there be someone behind him? Isn't it Mr. Zhu who is behind this? If that's the case, that's really terrible!
No matter who is causing the trouble, I must catch you ghosts out. Just as Zhu Badger was about to kick the door in, Fatty Zhu spoke again: "Heads of the Zhu family in the old house, you can no longer accept things like this. Don't you know she is a wild man?" She was completely unqualified to live in the old house and become the owner of the old house. Back then, everyone agreed to keep her only because Zhu Yunshan died in middle age. Moreover, it was agreed at that time that she would have to leave the old house when she became an adult. Now she has At the age of twenty-one, he should have left the old house long ago. Also, Zhu Yunshan is not a serious descendant of the Zhu family. His ancestor is also a wild species that Grandma Taizu rescued from a tiger's mouth."

Don't be fooled, you are a bastard yourself and you are calling everyone else a bastard? Just wait for me. Today I will ask you, a bastard, to go underground to meet your wild father and mother who know how to have children!

"Zhu Tou, she has really become a fairy now. How can we go to settle accounts with her?"

"That's right, we all have seen it. Not only can she control the wind and rain, but she can also fly and soar. If we go to settle accounts with her, aren't we asking for death?"

"Otherwise, if Zhu Tou said you would be our leader, then you go find her and try it first. If your kitchen knife can defeat her, a fairy, then we will follow you wholeheartedly."

"..."

Badger Zhu heard people shouting inside, and lowered her raised legs. She wanted to hear how Fatty Zhu bewitched the common people in the old house?

"Don't call me Zhu Tou from now on. People think it's a pig head used for ancestor worship. If you insist on calling me Tou, then call me Zhu Tou Shan. My name is Zhu Shan."

The pig head is worse than the pig head. With your pig brain, you still want to settle a score with me? Badger Zhu wanted to laugh, but after hearing what Fatty Zhu said next, she was a little scared. Standing at the door of the back hall of the ancestral hall, I quickly started my brain. Apart from thinking that Mr. Zhu might have taught him to say such words, I really couldn't think of another person.

Fatty Zhu said: "Heads of the Zhu family in the old house, don't be fooled by the superficial appearance of that bastard. How could she become a real fairy? We used to call her a fairy, wasn't it because we pitied their orphaned daughters and widowed mothers? She is so ugly, and her body is like a bean sprout. How can she not seek death by herself without calling her a fairy? Let me tell you, there are no gods or ghosts in this world. It’s just that some people want to fool us, so they show up in front of kind people. Pretend to be a ghost."

Damn it, how can you say such a thing with your pig brain? I want to see who is the person behind you?
Fatty Zhu continued: "Dear all the heads of the Zhu family in the old house, after Zhu Yunshan died, the old house owner's house should have been given up immediately, but Zhu Fanzi interceded for Na Ma Yaksha and that bastard, saying that sooner or later, that bastard would be a girl. When it comes to getting married, Ma Yaksha, who is over half a century old, doesn't have much time left. The main house will naturally belong to everyone by then. Let's think about it and forget it. There is no need to push too hard. But now that Zhu Yunshan has come back from the dead, that bastard is still pretending to be a ghost. Now that we have become real fairies, this is not a question of whether to let us into the main house, but about driving us out of the old house. They want to monopolize the old house."

Isn't the person behind this Fatty Zhu Mr. Zhu? If it were Mr. Zhu, it would be impossible for him to scold Mr. Zhu. Just as Zhu Badger was racking his brains to figure out who the person behind Fatty Zhu was, Stilt-legged Man stood up and spoke: "Hey, Zhu Tou San, when you called us over, didn't you mean to accompany you to deliver food to Grandma Taizu? At the same time, tell me Good news about Grandma Taizu’s return, Uncle Yunshan?”

"Why are you so confused, you stilt-walker? No wonder you were deceived by that bastard." Fatty Zhu didn't take the stilt-legged guy seriously at all.

The cross-legged man frowned and said, "I just believe that Badger has become a real fairy!"

"Tilty-legged man, if she really becomes a fairy, then let the evil ghost drag me to the underworld in front of my ancestors."

"Zhu Tou San, I'll drag you!"

As soon as Fatty Zhu finished speaking, a woman with disheveled hair and a long gown floated down from the roof.

"ghost!"

"Female ghost!"

"There is really a ghost!"

"..."

The back hall of the old house's ancestral hall was in chaos. Fatty Zhu ran out desperately, knocking over the candle holder, knocking down the swinger, and breaking through the carved door, just to escape.

Fortunately, Badger Zhu reacted quickly and she ducked aside in time. Otherwise, if she hadn't been knocked down by Fatty Zhu, she would have been knocked down by fifty or sixty men swarming out from behind. The heads of the Zhu family who were summoned privately by Fatty Zhu were a little flustered by Fatty Zhu's conspiracy in front of their ancestors in the middle of the night. Now that the female ghost appears, can they not be scared to death? Seeing Fatty Zhu running for his life, they all ran after him. They only regretted that their parents had given them two fewer legs. It would have been better if he had a pair of wings. Zhu Badger yelled: "Don't be afraid, there are no ghosts! There are no ghosts, don't be afraid!" But despite her shouting at the top of her lungs, everyone still ran to the gate of the ancestral hall with all their strength. Several people were hit by pillars or being beaten while running. They tripped over the thresholds of the first hall and the second hall, and people who came after them stepped on them, causing several of them to fall to the ground.

Fatty Zhu was the first to run to the gate. The gate was bolted by Zhu Badger. He wanted to escape through the side door, but it was locked on the outside and could not be opened at all. He had to run back to the front door to unbolt it, but the people behind him chased him. It still can't be pulled out, because Zhu Badger has removed the anti-theft nail, and people who are not familiar with it can't find the location.

More and more people ran to the gate, and more and more people wanted to unbolt the door. Everyone huddled together, and they all fell to the ground while they were being pushed. They trampled on each other, and howls broke the tranquility of the old house. , resounding through the night sky.

When Zhu Yunshan woke up Mr. Zhu and took the key to the side door to open it, they all trampled on each other until their noses were black and their eyes were swollen, their heads were bruised and bleeding, and several of them passed out.

Badger Zhu originally wanted to run out and open the door of the ancestral hall before Fatty Zhu, but in order to save the cross-footed man, the situation was already irreversible by the time she arrived. Looking at the injured and bleeding heads of the Zhu family in front of him, and thinking of Lan Yuliu's reminder, Zhu Badger felt angry, annoyed, and even more regretful.

Lu Huan may have good intentions in pretending to be a ghost to scare Fatty Zhu, and Lan Yuliu had even better intentions in reminding Zhu not to bolt the door of the Badger Temple, but she just didn't listen to Lan Yuliu's advice and didn't stop Lu Huan from pretending to be a ghost again, which resulted in this A big disaster.

When the female ghost played by Lu Huan appeared in the back hall, Zhu Badger was a little excited at first, even smug and gloating, thinking, don't you, Fatty Zhu, think you are very powerful? If I were not a real fairy, wouldn't you be willing to be dragged to the underworld by a ghost? Now that the female ghost is here, let’s see if you dare to be coaxing again?

When Fatty Zhu escaped from the back hall, Badger Zhu didn't think anything big would happen? Still thinking, you, Fatty Zhu, only have this little courage? See where else you can escape to? I've bolted the door. Huh, I even put on anti-theft spikes. Even if you, Fatty Zhu, have a kitchen knife in your hand, you can't escape from this ancestral hall.

When the heads of the Zhu family in the old house were stumbling and scrambling to escape one by one, Badger Zhu had a premonition that something was wrong. Just as she was about to run to open the door, a cry for help came from the back hall, and she turned back and rushed in. In the back hall, the exact location of the Stilt-legged Man could not be found in the darkness. When Lan Yuliu came over and lit the candle again, he saw the Stilt-legged Man lying by the threshold. He had been trampled to the point of dying, and his whole face was bloody. Unrecognizable.

Zhu Badger suddenly didn’t know what to do? He stood there helpless and his mind went blank. Lan Yuliu calmly and quietly called Lu Huan, asking her to quickly take off her mask and gown. Then he tore the gown into strips of cloth, wiped and bandaged the legs-walking man. After a brief process, Lan Yuliu called Zhu Badger to come over and walk with Lu Huan out of the back hall while she explored the way in front.

Lan Yuliu told Zhu Badger and Lu Huan that if they saw anyone in front of them, they would immediately put the cross-legged man in a conspicuous place in the middle of the road. They quickly hid aside and must not let anyone discover that they had been to the ancestral hall.

Zhu Badger and Lu Huan nodded in agreement, but they didn't understand why Lan Yuliu did this. The two of them were in a state of confusion at the moment, especially Zhu Badger who had not yet fully recovered.

"Hurry up and put him down and follow me." Zhu Badger and Lu Huan had just carried the leg walker to the connection between Xiangtang and the Second Gate. Lan Yuliu returned from the front and waited for Zhu Badger and Lu Huan to let the leg walker reach the middle of the road. Later, Lan Yuliu took them to hide in the west wing of Xiangtang.

Xiangtang is the largest space in the ancestral hall. It is a place for family ancestor worship and discussion, facing the stage. When the show is being performed, ordinary people stand here and watch the show. Important figures in the family or important guests sit in the wings on both sides to watch. People who are usually idle are not allowed to enter the wings without permission.

As soon as Zhu Badger and Lu Huan entered the west wing of the Xiangtang with Lan Yuliu, someone entered the Xiangtang from the second door with a flashlight. They found the cross-legged man lying on the ground and immediately called for someone to come and carry him out.

After the person with the flashlight walked to the back hall, Lan Yuliu immediately took Zhu Badger and Lu Huan to the stage gatehouse. From here, you can see the entrance of the ancestral hall and observe the corridors on both sides leading to the back hall.

"What is this Fatty Zhu doing? Doesn't ancestor worship last until New Year's Eve?"

"Even if the ancestors are worshiping in the hall, why did he take people to the back hall?"

"That's right, the back hall is just a sleeping hall, how can you disturb your ancestors casually?"

Zhu Badger stood on the stage door and heard her parents and One-Armed Luo walking and talking. Her heart was beating so hard. She had never been so panicked as she was tonight. She wanted to go out. After explaining the situation to Zhu Yunshan and Ma Yasha, Lan Yuliu grabbed her tightly as soon as she moved.

"Mr. Zhu is here, Mr. Zhu is here." Following One-Armed Luo's shout, he heard the sound of shoes dragging the floor and rapid breathing. He reached the bottom of the stage. Zhu Badger took a sneak peek and saw Mr. Zhu buttoning up his hands. The buttons on the long coat ran in front of Zhu Yunshan and Ma Yaksha. The shoes on his feet had not been completely put on, but were just pulled on his feet. It seemed that he no longer cared about being polite.

Seeing Mr. Zhu arrive, Ma Yaksha asked: "Why did you give out the key to the ancestral hall door so casually?"

"It's Fatty Zhu who said he wanted to deliver food to Grandma Taizu. I'm delivering food." Mr. Zhu subconsciously wanted to shake the folding fan, but in the end there was nothing in his hand, and he was shaking only at a loss.

Zhu Yunshan asked: "Didn't he have the key to the side door? Why did he ask you for the key to the front door?"

Mr. Zhu replied: "He said he forgot his side door key at home. After he cooked the food at your house, he directly delivered the food to Grandma Taizu so that Grandma Taizu could eat it warm, so I gave him the ancestral hall. Key to the gate.”

"It seems that he had a premeditated plan and wanted to win the main house, which caused so many people to almost die." Ma Yaksha kicked the large painted pillar with hatred and frowned in pain.

Mr. Zhu said while waving his hands: "It shouldn't be said that he had premeditation. Yunshan's return is an unexpected event. It can only be said that he did it on the spur of the moment. Hehe."

"I won't argue with you. Fortunately, no one was killed. Da Luo, have everyone carried them back?" Ma Yasha asked the one-armed Luo behind him. The one-armed Luo stepped forward and answered, "Everyone has been carried back, Da Luo. Tian family Father and son performed well tonight, and they just went back after lifting the others."

"Tonight? It's almost dawn. Alas, it's rare for the three girls to sleep so deeply that they don't come out to watch the fun, otherwise some people will make excuses for them. Come on, let's go to the back hall and have a look." Ma Yaksha said After taking a quick glance at the stage gate, I happened to make eye contact with Zhu Badger. Zhu Badger hurriedly retracted his head and waited for Ma Yasha, Zhu Yunshan, Mr. Zhu, and One-Armed Luo to go to the back hall. He pulled Lan Yuliu and Lu Huan to jump off the stage gate, trotted out of the ancestral hall, and took a detour back to his home.

"It's okay, okay, everyone is busy taking care of their men in the house, no one sees them." Lu Huan was thankful.

Zhu Badger looked sad and said: "Weasel and Huang Doujiang also entered the ancestral hall, they should have seen us."

"Ah? How can this be better? The soybean paste must be so mixed that we can't even wash it off if we jump into a big stream." Lu Huan was speechless.

(End of this chapter)