Kaifeng Monster

Chapter 84: Wedding Dress (3)
Zhan Zhao didn't find it abrupt, and said with a smile, "You say it looks like it, it looks like it."

He stretched out his hand, his red sleeves were folded, his fingers slightly bent, and he knocked on the door twice.

There were faint footsteps coming all the way, the door opened, and there stood a neatly dressed woman, around fifty, in an ink-colored gown, with silver trim on the cuffs, her hair was neatly tied up in a bun, and a simple wooden hairpin was inserted, There are deep tail lines at the corners of the eyes when he smiles, which makes people look very close.

Zhan Zhao politely called her: "Aunt Liu."

Aunt Liu hurriedly bowed to Zhan Zhao, and then carefully looked at Duanmucui.

This girl looks good, her eyes are like stars, she can talk, she is very energetic (can you not be energetic if you go up the ladder early in the morning to draw a knife), she is wearing a white petticoat inside, and she wears an emerald green trousers on the outside. , the long hair is as shiny as satin, and the sideburns slipped a few strands, making her look playful.She and Zhan Zhao stood together, no matter how you looked at it, it was right, as if the sun had suddenly entered the room, it was bright and spacious.

Aunt Liu liked her from the bottom of her heart, and she fell in love with her as soon as they met.

"This is Miss Duanmu."

Aunt Liu rushed to pay her respects, Duanmucui was rather embarrassed.

"In the future, please trouble Aunt Liu to take care of Miss Duanmu's daily life. I will come here often. If there is anything missing, just tell me."

Duanmucui didn't bother to listen to what he was talking about, she looked at the yard curiously - as soon as she entered, the place was small but compact, the stove was on the right, and a jar was placed along the corner of the wall. The edge of the water is still slightly rippling, and I think it was newly filled by Aunt Liu; through the wooden lattice window, you can see the stove and the spoons, shovels, and dishes on the shelf.

There used to be a stove in the thatched cottage, but it was a place where the parents of elves chatted endlessly. Now seeing such a stove, she felt both fresh and curious.

Directly opposite is the bedroom connected to the living room, and the lower left is the guest room.A flower bed was built out of blue bricks in the yard. The soil was soft and no flowers had been planted yet.

This house is really small, so small that everything is so compact that it seems to be squeezed into her elbow, but it is as close to the heart as it is warm.

I don't know how it's arranged inside.

She quickly walked in, and after walking two steps, she realized that Zhan Zhao hadn't followed, so she walked back again.

Zhan Zhao smiled: "Look slowly, if there is anything you want, just tell Aunt Liu, I still have to enter the palace."

"What are you doing in the palace?" She immediately forgot about the house, her eyes widened.

"It is said that there is a mission from the Holy Majesty, and the adults will also go together. I found the time to come out, and it is time to go back."

"Then you are not in good health yet." Duanmucui was very dissatisfied with the Holy Majesty, "Just say you are not awake yet?"

"I'm awake." Zhan Zhao smiled.

"Then go back to sleep." She always came up with bad ideas.

"I'll see you later."

"Is it today?" She suddenly felt an inexplicable nostalgia and reluctance for Zhan Zhao.

"It's today." He reassured her.

"Then I'll wait for you to eat." She raised her head, and her two clear eyes reflected into his heart.

Small but complete.

The furnishings in this room are indeed so "complete" that people can't find anything wrong with them. Quilts, brocade pillows, Luosang, silk handkerchiefs, writing desks, inkstones, rice paper, brushes, and so on, all cost nothing. Unprepared.

Duanmu Cui was so strange, he pulled out a compartment of the dressing table, inside there were several hairpin rings, which were extremely exquisite and delicate in appearance, and there were very few gold, silver, pearls and jade.Duanmucui picked out a rattan bracelet from among them, lowered her head and sniffed it lightly, and seemed to be able to smell the very faint fragrance of the rattan wood.

Duanmucui frowned slightly.She originally thought that this house was temporarily bought by Zhan Zhao for her to have a place to live, but no matter how powerful he is, it is impossible to build it in such a comprehensive way in a day or two, and some traces of the things she saw just now are still new. Some of them are obviously old, but they seem to be old things that have been found on the contrary.

Just as she was thinking about it, Aunt Liu came in with freshly brewed tea.Duanmucui thought for a moment, then smiled and said, "Aunt Liu, how long have you been here?"

Aunt Liu was eager to talk to her more and get acquainted as soon as possible. Hearing this, she put down the tea bowl and said, "It's been a while. After Mr. Zhan bought this house, he hired an old man to come over. Sweeping every day is absolutely necessary.”

Duanmu Cuiqi said: "No one lives there? Could it be that it has been vacant since it was put down?"

Aunt Liu smiled and said: "That's not what I said. I also asked Mr. Zhan, and I only said that it's a pity that this house is empty. If you find a reliable tenant, you can make some daily income. But Mr. Zhan said that this house is reserved for friends. It is better to leave it empty than to borrow it.”

Duanmucui snorted, because she thought: So it was not specially bought for me.

Thinking about it this way, it's inevitable that I'm a little bit dispirited, but I can't help but wonder: "Has Zhan Zhao ever said what kind of friend he is?"

"I heard that it was a girl's house. The original house was flooded. The girl is not in Kaifeng. Mr. Zhan said that if she came back, she would not even have a place to go. It would be a big mistake."

Speaking of this, he looked at Duanmucui with a smile: "I just saw it today."

Duanmucui saved Aunt Liu from thinking of herself as "that girl", she immediately shook her head and said, "It's not me."

She hadn't seen Duanmu thatched cottage before, and even though she was clamoring to ask Zhan Zhao and Gongsun Ce, she actually put the matter on Wen Guweiyu in her heart, thinking that it was Wen Guweiyu who ruined her by some means The thatched hut—in fact, if you look carefully at that time, although the days have passed for a long time, you can still find traces of burnt.With a blind eye, she dived into the corner of the horn, just thinking: Although my house is gone, it is not gone by water, so what girl belongs to, it must not be me.

After a pause, I couldn't get excited, and said after a while: "Then the things in this house, those hairpin rings and so on, were you prepared?"

Aunt Liu shook her head: "Not all of them. Mr. Zhan came here every now and then, some things he sent me to do, and some he brought over by himself. Just a few days ago, there were several snowfalls, and the city was very cold. Mr. Zhan asked me to buy some warmer quilts. Mr. Zhan bought those hairpins and rings himself. I also said at that time, if it is for that girl, why not buy some expensive ones. Mr. Zhan laughed at that time She smiled, and said that the girl has seen many rare treasures, gold, silver, pearls and jade are definitely not rare, so she likes these exquisite things... Scary, even gold, silver, pearls and jade are not rare, it must be as precious as a princess. "

After Duanmucui heard this, she felt even more depressed, she threw the rattan bracelet on the case, at first she thought that Zhan Zhao had prepared everything for her, and she liked everything she saw, but now she heard that it was When looking at someone else's, I feel awkward when I look at it. I just feel that I have occupied the other's place, and I am cramped everywhere, showing caution, as if I have come to visit.

Aunt Liu saw that her face was not right, so she guessed something, so she had to say something embarrassingly: "I asked Mr. Zhan at that time, when will this girl come to live? Mr. Zhan gave strange answers, sometimes he said no. When I came back to live, sometimes I said that he couldn't explain clearly..."

Speaking of getting up, seeing that Duanmu Cui didn't respond at all, Aunt Liu got stuck for a moment, paused, and suddenly thought of something: "Ms. Duanmu, Mr. Zhan is coming to dinner tonight? What kind of dishes do you want to arrange?"

After a while, Duanmucui said slowly, "Noodles."

What?Noodle?

Aunt Liu suspected that she had heard it wrong: "Only...noodles?"

"Gnoodles." Miss Duanmu was extra gracious and added another dish.

Aunt Liu was stunned for a moment and looked at Duanmucui.

Duanmucui also raised her head to look at her, and was prepared to add another layer of batter if Aunt Liu had another word.

Back in the kitchen, Aunt Liu carefully pondered the meaning of the new owner, and the mutterings in her heart surged one by one.

Noodles with gnocchi?

Is it plain noodles with gnocchi, or...

Impossible, entertaining Mr. Zhan to eat noodles in clear soup and noodles in clear soup is unreasonable. Could it be that this girl wants to test herself to see if she can make amazing noodles and noodles?
Aunt Liu was full of fighting spirit all of a sudden: This is something that will never fail her. Chicken soup or bone soup is used as the base. Egg noodles should be used for noodles, which are chewy. Small mushrooms, shredded bamboo shoots, and shredded ham should be added to the noodle soup. , shredded sea cucumber, and green vegetable leaves...

All in all, there is no shortage of other dishes in the kitchen, except for fresh mushrooms and bamboo shoots, so it’s okay, just buy them quickly.

Aunt Liu is a typical example of strong mobility, she is about to set off with a vegetable basket in a short time, and she just wants to go out when she thinks of something, so she has to come to trouble Duanmucui.

"Miss Duanmu..."

The girl was sitting on the steps, resting her chin in her hands in a daze, when she heard this, she tilted her head: "Huh?"

Aunt Liu just felt it was funny: "Girl, I'm going out to buy some things. My niece Caixiu will come over later. I have a package for her, and I will put it on the top shelf in the kitchen, a green package."

"understood."

In fact, Duanmucui couldn't tell why she was in a daze.

I was very happy at first, why did I suddenly feel down?
Just because this house was prepared by Zhan Zhao for another girl?

That girl is too careless, her own house, you take care of yourself, how can you say that it will go out of water?After getting into the water, he has to find a way to solve it by himself as soon as possible. What's the trouble with Zhan Zhao?
If her house was flooded, she would definitely not bother Zhan Zhao, she would...

she will...

Duanmucui was still struggling, when suddenly there were several beeps on the door, accompanied by a timid voice: "Auntie? Auntie?"

Duanmucui was taken aback for a moment, and then realized immediately: Aunt Liu just told her, it must be her niece, what is her name?

The door was unlatched, Duanmucui opened the door, and there was a girl standing at the door, a thin girl, a head shorter than her, wearing a water-red gown skirt and lake-green trousers, with a pair of big yellow butterflies embroidered on the trousers.

The girl was startled when she saw her, and took a step back awkwardly: "Miss, miss..."

Duanmucui smiled: "Are you Caixiu?"

Strange, I didn't think about it for a long time, but I blurted it out.

Caixiu nodded hurriedly: "Aunt asked me to get things."

Duanmucui let her in: "Aunt Liu told me, I'll get it for you."

She took Caixiu to the kitchen, and as soon as she entered the door, she saw the lake-green bag on the top of the shelf, she couldn't reach it, if Caixiu wasn't there, she could fly on it—forget it, don't scare her...

Duanmucui moved a step stool and stood on it to help Caixiu carry the burden.Caixiu was very disturbed, she wanted to say that she came here, but this is not her house, what kind of appearance did she put on the stool at the owner's house...

So she looked up at Duanmucui, for fear that she would fall.

Duanmucui quickly got the bundle, lowered her head and smiled at Caixiu.

That smile suddenly froze on his face.

Caixiu looked up at her, afraid that she would fall, her lips parted slightly, her eyes were concerned and nervous.

That's fine.

The problem is, there is a woman lying on Caixiu's back.

The woman was unkempt, her body seemed to have been burned, and there were only bare lumps left where her hands should have been. Her arms were wrapped around Caixiu's neck, and shiny saliva dripped from the corner of her mouth, dripping on the Caixiu's hair.

With her arms around Caixiu's neck, she also raised her head slightly to look at Duanmucui.Her eyes were rolled so much that there were only white pupils, as white as the belly of a dead fish.

Duanmucui fell down with a plop, and it was definitely strong enough.The kitchen is made of rammed earth, and I swear she raised a lot of dust because of it.

Caixiu was terrified, tears were about to fall: "Miss, miss..."

She hurried over to help Duanmucui.

Duanmucui fell heavily, supported the ground with her hands, moaned and raised her head.

Caixiu is Caixiu, only Caixiu, that woman is gone.

"Miss," Caixiu burst into tears, "I didn't mean it, miss..."

It has nothing to do with her, because her aunt is serving Duanmucui, and even she feels inferior, for fear of offending the young lady and making her aunt tired...

Duanmucui came back to her senses slowly, and said with a smile, "I slipped on my foot, Caixiu, help me up."

Caixiu hurriedly wiped her tears with her sleeve, and helped Duanmucui to sit on the stool in the kitchen.

Duanmucui caressed her knee with her hand, with a pained expression on her face: "Caixiu, go to the hall, there is a pot of medicinal oil for traumatic injuries on the table, you can bring it for me."

Caixiu let out a cry, turned around and trotted to the hall.

Is there a medicated oil for bruises on the case?Lie to a ghost, it's only strange if she can find it.Watching Caixiu's figure disappear outside the door, Duanmu Cuiteng stood up, looked around quickly, and muttered words: firewood, rice, oil, salt, sauce, vinegar tea, firewood, rice, oil, salt, sauce, vinegar tea...

I went to the stove and picked up a piece of firewood, grabbed a handful of rice in the rice tank, poured a few drops of oil into the oil pot, a pinch of salt, soy sauce, rice vinegar, and some tea crumbs that Aunt Liu had spilled on the table when she was making tea. ...

Let her find all the firewood, rice, oil, salt, soy sauce, vinegar and tea.

They lined up along the distance of more than ten feet from the threshold, and just stretched out their fingers to draw the talisman, Caixiu's figure appeared in sight.

Duanmucui got up slowly, stood behind the spell, and watched Caixiu approach.

She didn't believe that she was dazzled just now, and the woman on Caixiu's back must have something mysterious.

Without mana, she didn't dare to insist on it rashly, but it didn't matter, she had a lot of ways to keep demons for many years.

Dead people, with endless resentment, have a dark nature and are afraid of fireworks in the world.The firewood, rice, oil, salt, soy sauce, vinegar and tea, together with her spells, set up a barrier of fireworks in the world. If Caixiu can come over, everything will be peaceful and peaceful. If she can't come over...

Xihualiu, I'm afraid it has to reopen.

When she was one or two steps away from the barrier, Caixiu suddenly stopped.

Duanmucui frowned imperceptibly.

"Miss, there is no medicated oil on the table in the hall."

She looked directly at Duanmucui, her back was straight, her chin was raised slightly, her previous humility and humbleness were gone, and no arrogance could be seen on her sparse and ordinary face.

"Is that so, I misremembered that." Duanmucui smiled, stepped on the step stool again, and took down the green package, "Caixiu, the package you want."

Caixiu smiled, her feet seemed to have taken root, she remained motionless: "Miss, why didn't you give it to me?"

"I just fell down." Duanmucui was so good-natured, "I'm too lazy to move around, so you should come in and get it."

Two people, inside and outside the house, behind their shallow smiling eyes, there is a sharp reluctance to give in to each other.

"Then I don't want it anymore." Caixiu suddenly stopped and turned around to leave.

"Hello." Duanmucui got off the step stool.

Caixiu remained calm.She is not beautiful, with a small nose and small eyes, slightly messy eyebrows, dark yellow skin, small white spots on her cheeks, and a thin stature. She wears a water-red gown skirt and lake-green trousers, with a pair of embroidery on the bottom of the trousers. Big yellow butterfly.

Even if you are not thrown in the crowd, it is difficult for you to notice her, and even if you notice, it is difficult to remember her.

But now, she is standing upright like that, as if no matter how strong the wind is, everything becomes a backdrop, her eyes are like still water, and there is a deadly undercurrent gushing from somewhere deep.

Duanmucui didn't look at her, but just weighed the green package in his hands: "You really don't want it?"

"It's not a rare thing. If the lady likes it, I can give it to the lady."

"Then respect is worse than obedience." Duanmucui smiled sweetly, not angry at all, as if he had taken advantage of the sky.

She unbuttoned the package in front of Caixiu, and inside was a pair of bright red shoe uppers, which had not yet been fully fitted, and on the upper were embroidered with mandarin ducks crossing their necks in gold thread.There is also a hijab, which is also bright red, square, with red tassels on the side.

Anyone with a discerning eye can tell at a glance that this is what the newlyweds will use.

Duanmucui laughed: "Send me? That's not appropriate, I'm not in a hurry to get married yet."

She suddenly gasped, and raised her beautiful eyebrows slightly: "Could it be that Miss Caixiu wants to get married?"

"When a girl reaches her age, she will always get married." Caixiu ignored her words.

Duanmucui was a little annoyed.

It's a thing that can't be seen on the stage, but it's so arrogant that it won't give in to her. God knows how much she wants to smash the thing in her hand like a brick, and it will smash her head and blood.

After thinking and thinking, weighing again and again, after all, it is not the era of being a fairy in the past. Now the situation is not as good as human beings. She can be identified and blocked, but she cannot be subdued.

If you want to subdue her, you have to be fully prepared.Although she doesn't need to ring the three clear bells like ordinary bluffing Taoist priests, she still needs the dharma ropes, bronze mirrors, canopy rulers, etc. needed to subdue ghosts.

(End of this chapter)