As soon as the RV in miserable condition returned to town, it attracted the attention of the townspeople.
Lu Ning was too lazy to explain that so many crows had crashed and died on her car, but the townspeople were already panicking about this, and even alerted the mayor.
This was also the first time Lu Ning saw the mayor.
He is only in his early forties, has a short beard, and wears an old-fashioned striped suit, but his attitude is quite modest.
"My name is Sivis, and I am the mayor of this town. The best thing about the current situation is that we find a room to discuss it in detail."
He prioritized using his reputation to isolate Lu Ning and the others from the curious townspeople outside.
After asking for a room from the hotel owner, the four people walked into the room. The mayor didn't say anything but sighed.
"Have you... seen her?"
"So you know?" Lu Ning crossed her arms, "The witch...and the lake house?"
"I'm the mayor," Sivis said. "Last time you went there, there were two less people when you came back. Why do you have to go again? I don't think there's anything wrong with being an ordinary tourist."
"Such words should have been said before we got involved." Lu Ning pouted, "We saw a group of crows, and they almost crashed our car with a suicide attack. This should be what the witch did. Bar?"
"I don't know." Sivis shook his head, "I have never seen a witch, nor have I seen a witch's methods..."
"Hello!"
Sui Shan stood up directly while pressing the table: "Don't you, the mayor, know about the things in your own town?"
"Let me finish. Just because I haven't seen the witch doesn't mean that I don't know about it. In fact, a few people in the town still keep some records about the witch, and that's how I learned about it." Si coughed and continued, "If the time is right, the witch will return, and the town will fall into the nightmare again. This is all I know. And what I have to do is to try to reduce or even eliminate this disaster. It was in the initial stage, but now it seems...the witch has regained some of her power."
"Are you just sitting back and watching those suspicious situations happen again and again? You must understand the strangeness of the lake house, right?" Lu Ning asked.
"Not touching is the best way," the mayor replied. "I'm not blaming you, but everything was normal before you broke into that hut."
"Normal?" Inahara finally couldn't help but speak, "I remember that there were rumors of cats and dogs dying in the town before this, and before going there, Dr. Lu also saved a boy with strange injuries. You Do you call this kind of thing normal?”
"As long as no one dies, it's still a normal situation."
Sivis said leisurely.
"Ha." Inahara shrugged his shoulders, looking like he really couldn't accept this.
"Maybe you don't understand, but it's rare for the town to have a peaceful life. Many people don't want this stability to be broken, so yesterday's reaction was so... violent."
"You know this is just a false calm."
"However, you have no right to dictate our way of survival, Doctor Lu. I respect you for treating the boy, but you are too involved. This is Baihu Town's own business, and it is up to us to solve it ourselves. "
"Solve it? Do you think you can handle the witch? Look at that car outside!" Suiyama shouted excitedly.
"Our ancestors can bury the witch, so can we. As tourists, you just need to enjoy the peaceful appearance of this town. I will persuade people outside to leave... But don't make it difficult for me anymore. I sincerely I hope you can have good memories of Baihu Town."
After the mayor finished speaking, he stood up, bowed slightly to the three people, and then walked out of the room.
"It's unreasonable... Does he value that false calm so much?" Suiyama turned to the two of them and said, "The devil and the witch! We don't know what kind of attack we have been, but he still said that he would left a wonderful memories."
"It's a bit ridiculous." Lu Ning slowly aligned his fingers and then separated them, but he was very calm.
"That's right." Suiyama sat down angrily.
"So there's something I didn't tell him. The moment before we escaped the crow attack, I saw a woman wearing a mask in the rearview mirror." Lu Ning said.
"What?" Both of them looked at her in surprise.
"Whether you believe it or not, I confirm that I saw it." Lu Ning took out a piece of notebook paper and simply traced the figure in his impression on it with a pen.
"She is about the same height as me. She is wearing a special black rimmed robe and a metal mask like this. She has short light blond hair. Those crows are hovering above her head and hands. They must be following her instructions."
Lu Ning's drawing skills are not very good, but she can roughly see the features clearly. Fortunately, she doesn't need to draw faces, otherwise she would not dare to say that she can restore the other person's face.
Sugiyama and Inahara came closer and frowned at this image.
"By the way, I only know one person in this town who is light blond, short-haired, and female." Lu Ning shook the pen, put it back in his pocket, and handed the picture directly to Inahara.
— Serra of the Tin Flask.
The bar only opened in the evening, but this did not mean that the three sisters slept during the day. Lu Ning went downstairs and inquired with the boss for a while, and found out that Sharma and Tina would go to the farm in the south to buy fresh vegetables during the day, while Sera would visit the butcher shop and winery in the town to prepare other necessities.
The reason for this arrangement is that Sharma has mild symptoms of haemorrhage, and Tina is not very good at communication, but she is the chef, and the two of them must discuss the menu issues. Relatively speaking, Sera's task was a bit simpler. There were only a few types of meat. She only had to order it and ask the butcher to send someone to deliver it to the tavern.
The quality of meat freshly slaughtered in the morning was the best. Lu Ning sped up a little and soon arrived at the only store selling fresh meat in the town.
The butchers here are two brothers. Their parents and wife are responsible for selling the chopped meat in the front. As for buying in large quantities, you have to go directly to the two brothers in the back to purchase the goods.
Sera happened to be there just in time to catch up with a sheep being bled and checking the quality of the meat. Lu Ning walked in, and the sound of footsteps made Sera turn her head.
"Good morning." Lu Ning said hello first, "It seems I didn't tell you my name before, Lu Ning."
"I know you are a doctor, but calling you by your first name seems more to your liking." Sierra smiled, "This is not a place where tourists usually come. What are you doing here?"
"Come and take a look. After all, I live in an environment where I have never seen slaughtering on site." Lu Ning watched the butcher cut open the sheep neatly and remove the internal organs and display them on the chopping board next to him, with an expert technique. After everything was done, he took out a red cloth strip from a drawer, tied it around the sheep's neck, and looked at Sera.
"Okay, as per the old rules, all bones and flesh except the four legs and ribs are separated and sent over together with the internal organs. What about the rest?"
"Brother is processing it now. You can take it out in a while. This..." The butcher glanced at Lu Ning with a puzzled look.
"Come here to take a look." Lu Ning replied with a smile, "Please be busy, I won't disturb you."
"Oh, oh." The butcher replied quietly, and then hurried back to urge his brother to continue working.
"Do you come here every day?"
"About every other day, it's usually a pig, a sheep or a quarter of a cow, plus some chickens and ducks, all raised on farms outside. I hope you're not an animal rights activist."
"I have no objection to respecting ingredients." Lu Ning glanced at the sheep, "I have something very curious, can I ask you?"
"Okay, but it's a pity that I can't serve you a glass of wine here." Sierra smiled.
"Your sisters' hair colors seem a little different?"
"Yes, Tina has black hair, and Sharma and I have blond hair, but we should have inherited the hair color of our parents respectively. What's wrong?"
"Heredity...but your and Sharma's hair colors are also slightly different."
Sierra smiled.
"You sound like you're asking twins why you look different."
"Of course I understand that, but... your hair is quite special, at least I haven't seen anyone else in town with the same hair color."
"That's true." Sera reached out and stroked her hair, "My hair is slightly lighter in color. If the light is too strong, it can even be seen as silver. Sharma is quite envious of it. But then again, people are Love a blonde beauty like her, don’t you?”
Her expression was so natural that Lu Ning couldn't tell anything special about her.
"Weren't you affected by what happened the day before yesterday?"
"Even people who come to drink will ask what happened, but most of the time the drinkers will help answer the questions, so I don't need to say much." Sierra thought for a while, "By the way, there was someone last night. The Turner’s clerk went to the tavern and investigated carefully.”
"Turner family?"
"Yes, that guy bought a very expensive glass of wine in order to get more information from me - I don't know why he thought so - you should really see what happened when I told him that I didn't know anything more. His face." Sierra seemed to have remembered something interesting.
"Sounds like an embarrassing scene."
"The embarrassing thing is him. In fact, most of the Turner family members are experienced people. By chance, such a stupid young man appeared and everyone wanted to tease him. I guess he just started working." Sierra shrugged. "But after that, several people who were present the day before yesterday gave him enough information, and I think it was enough to cover the price of that glass of wine."
"Can I ask what you think of the Turner family?"
"Well... I can only talk about my personal feelings. People in the Turner family act a little too seriously. This is not a bad thing, but once they get serious, many simple things will turn into trouble, just like what happened last night. Obviously with his family's reputation Everyone would tell him the matter just by sitting there and chatting, but he had to come to me first to ask, as if not following the procedure would lead to disaster."
"Except for this? It seems that you have a much better opinion of them than the Herman family."
"Hey...are you going to say this? The Hermann family doesn't like to show up so much that no one even has a chance to get to know them. The talk in the streets will naturally demonize them. The Turner family does practical things and often comes into contact with everyone. Yes, everyone knows who they are, and they get along just like ordinary townspeople, and everyone will forgive them even if they make small mistakes."
What's the saying? If you are not popular with others, you have to look for problems within yourself.
Lu Ning now has some understanding of the Herman family, but this can only be regarded as incidental information. She plans to go straight to the point.
"I met someone outside the town this morning. She has the same short hair as you, and the same light blonde hair that looks like silver in the sun."
Sierra raised an eyebrow.
"Really? Sharma, Tina and I just separated when we went out this morning. Then we passed through several liquor stores and then came here. We have never been out. The person you saw really looks like me ?”
"She was wearing a mask, and I couldn't see her face, but she looked very similar to you in body shape and hair color. I thought it was you." Lu Ning nodded, "This matter is very important to me. Sierra, do you really not know if there are other people with the same hair color as you in this town?”
"What I know is limited to those who often come to the tavern. I can say that I know half of the people in the town, but if I want to say all... I can't guarantee it. For example, I don't even know the names of anyone else in the Hermann family except the current head of the family. clear."
Sierra was also a little unsure.
"That might just be a misunderstanding. Sorry for asking some strange questions."
"It doesn't matter. If you have time, you are welcome to come back to the tin-plated jug to drink." Sierra didn't mind either.
After saying goodbye, Lu Ning walked out of the butcher shop and walked along the road to the Turner family's house.
She couldn't see the flaws in Sera. Either she was very good at acting, or she really wasn't her.
However, she really didn't know much about the Turner family before. It was probably because the various mysterious actions of the Herman family were a bit too concerning, and she unconsciously ignored the existence of the other family.
Family style determines the appearance of the house, and just as the Hermann family lived together in one large mansion, the Turner family took a completely hands-on approach, and their family members lived in a cluster of smaller buildings with similar architectural styles.
The Turner family values individual hard work. Although they don't mind if the family's reputation is borrowed by individuals, they have strict requirements. Each adult family member will rent a house or even a house from the family residence at a relatively cheap rent, and the family benefit is that after renting for a period of time, the house can be purchased as personal property by paying a full fee.
Lu Ning remembered that she was shocked when she heard about this system.
So far, there has been no news about anyone in the Turner family who was so incompetent that he couldn't afford to live in the house and was kicked out of the house. However, there were many cases of people being warned for rent arrears. At least the people in the town would definitely not mind sharing such news to entertain the public.
With this personal impression, Lu Ning came to the house in the center of the Turner family, where the head of the family lived - even this house was only one floor more than other houses.
