Chapter 42

Seeing that the sky is getting darker and darker, in fact, I suspect that it is only past noon now, and the luxuriant branches and leaves block all the sunlight, so it is dark here.

My eyelids began to fight, and sleepiness hit me, making me drowsy.

But at this moment, a crisp ringing sound came from the front!
I immediately became nervous because I suddenly remembered that the first time I met Little Fairy, I heard this ringtone, and that Little Fairy was scared away by this ringtone.

So I hurriedly told the sixth grandpa about it, and the sixth grandpa nodded and took me to hide behind a small tree.

I have basically determined that it must be those three people who came.

But in the direction where the voice came from, only a thin figure appeared.The thin figure was holding a bell in his hand, shaking it left and right, the sound of the bell came from the little bell.

The fog was so heavy that I could barely see a group of thin figures, and I couldn't see the other person's appearance clearly.

Grandpa Six said in surprise, "That's not right!"

After speaking, he led me out and walked straight towards the weak figure.After the little figure spotted us, it turned around and started running.

Grandpa Six and I were chasing closely behind.The kid didn't run fast, and we caught up in a while.

The sixth grandpa grabbed the child's arm and slipped her up.

"Let me go, let me go." The child yelled loudly, "Who are you?"

After my sixth grandfather found out that this figure was just an ordinary little girl, he was also stunned: "You came here alone?"

"Old man, let me go, of course I came alone." The little girl kept struggling.

Grandpa Six said: "I'll let you go, don't try to run away, you know you can't run away from us."

With that said, Grandpa Six put the little girl down.The little girl glared at Grandpa Six angrily, then looked down at the ground, ignoring Grandpa Six.

"Let me ask you, who gave you the bell in your hand?" Sixth Grandpa asked.

The little girl said: "My mother gave it to me."

"Your mother? What's your mother's name?" Sixth Grandpa asked.

"Huo Jiangnan," said the girl.

"Fourth Sister Huo." Grandpa Six suddenly shouted in surprise: "Is your mother Fourth Sister Huo?"

"Are you Sixth Uncle?" The little girl immediately became excited when she heard Sixth Grandpa's name, and looked at Sixth Grandpa directly.

Grandpa Six nodded again and again: "I didn't expect that... I didn't expect Fourth Sister to be married and have children. Not bad, not bad."

The little girl's expression dimmed instantly: "Actually, my mother is not married."

When Grandpa Six heard this, he frowned instantly: "Not married? Then what's the matter with you?"

"I heard from my mother that I am a child picked up by her." The girl was a little sad.

Grandpa Six patted the girl on the head: "It's okay baby, Fourth Sister is a good person, although she is not her own, but she will definitely treat you as her own."

The girl nodded.

"Where's your mother, take me to find your mother!" Sixth Grandpa said.

As soon as she said this, the little girl's eyes filled with tears instantly: "Uncle Six, my mother is... already dead."

"Dead?" Grandpa Six couldn't help but yelled out, then covered his mouth with his hands, blocking a series of violent coughs: "How did you die, where did you die?"

The girl said: "I don't know what's going on. My mother fell asleep at night, and her whole body suddenly burned up. Then she jumped out of bed and ran away. The villagers searched for three days and three nights, but they couldn't find it." Found my mother's body..."

As she said that, the little girl started to sob softly: "Uncle Six, you know where my mother is, right? My mother said that you are the most capable because of how many brothers and sisters you have."

Grandpa Six took a deep breath and said, "This is not a place to talk, let's go home first."

The sixth grandpa said, and asked the little girl to lead the way and take us home.

Through the discussion between the sixth grandpa and the little girl, we learned that the girl is called Huo Mingyue. She was an orphan since she was a child, and she didn’t know where her hometown is. After wandering to this small village called Balipu, she was adopted by Huo Jiangnan. , has been following Huo Jiangnan.

Soon we came to Balipu.

This village is next to the woods, not far from the corpse site.I was surprised for a while, thinking that these folks are quite courageous, don't they panic at all when they are next to that ghostly place?
Could it be that there is something tricky hidden in it.

The village is not big, and there are only a dozen families in total. After finding us, they were all a little curious. It is estimated that there are not many outsiders in such a remote village, right?
Several elderly people also greeted the little girl: "Mingyue, they are your relatives."

The little girl said sullenly: "Well, my sixth uncle."

"Oh, why don't you come to my house for a while?" Someone warmly invited.

Mingyue waved her hand and refused.

When I came to Huo Mingyue's house, I realized why those people took the initiative to invite us to their house. It turns out that Huo Mingyue's house is really simple and shabby. There are few pieces of furniture, a cabinet and a dining table, even the ground is earth, and there are several mouse holes in it.

Huo Mingyue said in a bit of embarrassment: "Go and sit outside for a while! You probably haven't eaten yet, I'll roast some corn."

Grandpa Six waved his hand and said, "Son, take the money. I just saw a small shop in the village. Buy some snacks you like."

I found that the sixth grandpa had an extra one hundred yuan bill in his hand as if by magic.In my opinion at the time, this amount of money was a huge sum, let alone Huo Mingyue.

Huo Mingyue's eyes lit up, very excited.But then he waved his hand: "Sixth Uncle, my mother said, you can't take other people's money casually."

Grandpa Six said: "Here, kid, I'm not an outsider, go buy some snacks with Daqiang."

Huo Mingyue glanced at me, hesitated, and finally took the money: "Grandpa Six, I'll go buy you some food..."

As she spoke, she silently walked ahead, and I followed behind Huo Mingyue.

But I had just walked two steps, but the sixth grandpa suddenly stopped me and asked me to go to him.

"Grandpa Six, what's the matter?" I asked curiously.

"When you come back from the grocery store later, bring me something." Grandpa Six said, "Get some good lard."

"Okay." At that time, I thought that the sixth grandpa would cook vegetables for Mingyue, so I didn't think much about it.

The canteen is not big, dirty and messy, there is a big shelf inside, a lot of things are placed messily on it, covered with dust.

An old man with grey-haired but shiny face was grinning at us, and I also smiled kindly at the old man.

My first impression of this old man was that it was a bit strange.

From his stooped body, attire, and snow-white hair, I judge that the old man must be at least seven or eighty years old.

But at such an advanced age, there are no wrinkles on the face, on the contrary, it seems to be smeared with a layer of lard, smooth and moist.And the teeth are also very white. Although it is a big smoker, the teeth in the whole mouth are frighteningly white.

The old man smiled at me so slightly that I even noticed that the old man's tongue was a little white.

"Master, bring me two packs of instant noodles." Huo Mingyue said.

"A relative is here." The old man grinned and said, "Would you like a pack of ham sausage? It just came in and has a lot of meat."

Huo Mingyue hesitated for a moment, looking very embarrassed, but finally nodded vigorously: "Well, let's have two more ham sausages."

The old man smiled and took two packs of instant noodles and two ham sausages for Huo Mingyue. I kept my eyes on the jar on the counter when I looked at Huo Mingyue. When I looked carefully, I found that there was syrup in it, so I said, "Master, Let’s get another syrup for Mingyue! I want a bigger one.”

Huo Mingyue glanced at me gratefully, then lowered her head shyly.

To be honest, I feel a little bit sorry for Huo Mingyue, who regards syrup as a delicious little girl, and probably never was willing to eat it before.

"Master, another catty of good lard." I said with a smile.

The old man's eyes suddenly became a little abnormal: "You want good lard? Good lard is very precious."

(End of this chapter)

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