Early the next morning, Cao Junwu arranged a bus to take us to Shimen Village.
When we got off the bus, the villagers thought a tour group was coming.
"This place is nice." Shao Zilong sighed as he looked around.
The environment of Shimen Village is indeed good. It is backed by Qinglong Mountain. There are forests and farmland nearby. There is also a river surrounding the village, dividing the village into two worlds from the outside.
There is a large gray-white stone gate standing at the entrance of the village. It looks quite old. This is probably the origin of the name Shimen Village.
I remembered what Liu Hao said before he died: "Red River", and I went to the river to take a look.
But nothing unusual was seen.
Of course, this Honghe may also refer to Honghe Village.
When Liu Hao said the word "Red River", his eyes were fixed on that strange eye.
Maybe Liu Hao has been here before and seen the strange eye here?
"Everyone can walk around as you like and see if you can find any clues." Wei Dongting was heard shouting there.
Soon, everyone started to act separately.
Wei Dongting accompanied Cao Junwu to find the village chief.
"I heard them say that after this matter is done, the Cao family will definitely prepare a very generous thank you gift for us." Shao Zilong frowned.
"That's not good. Why are you looking so sad?" I said casually as I was thinking about it.
"But my old man doesn't allow me to make money with my skills. Should I accept this gift or not?" Shao Zilong was very troubled.
I glanced at him and said, "Can't you just stop using your skills?"
"That's right!" Shao Zilong's eyes lit up, "I'm just going to join in the fun, is that okay?"
"Can."
"That's okay!" Shao Zilong suddenly smiled.
While he was talking, he suddenly heard a "splash" sound, a circle of water splashed on the river, and then a small head emerged from the water.
She was a girl of thirteen or fourteen years old. She had pretty features but a sallow complexion. When she saw us, she was startled and hurriedly fell down.
Bubbles bubbled on the river.
After a while, it floated up again.
"Don't be afraid, little sister, we are not bad people!" Shao Zilong said with a smile.
The little girl stared at us timidly for a while, then swam to the edge and threw two fish onto the shore, where they jumped around on the ground.
Then she climbed up, picked up the fish and left.
"Don't run." Shao Zilong shouted.
As a result, the more he screamed, the faster the little girl ran.
Even though she is thin and frail, as soon as this little girl starts running, she disappears in a flash.
"Go and have a look." We then followed.
Finally, I found someone in a somewhat dilapidated yard. The little girl was twisting the water out of her hair.
When he saw us following him, he was startled. He turned around and wanted to escape into the house, but Shao Zilong grabbed the door first.
"Little sister, how do you sell this fish?" I asked.
The little girl was stunned for a moment, stared at us several times, and asked timidly, "Are you here to buy fish?"
I laughed and said, "Yeah, what else?"
"Oh." The little girl ran into the house, brought out a bucket with the two fish she just caught, and asked me, "Can it be ten yuan?"
"Well, can you help us burn this fish and make fish noodle soup? I'll give you two hundred yuan. How about that?" I asked with a smile.
"Really?" The little girl's eyes lit up.
"Of course." I took the two hundred yuan and handed it to her first.
"Okay." The little girl collected the money, found a somersault rope and tied her wet hair casually, then carried it over and quickly started killing the fish and scraping its scales.
"It's really yours." Shao Zilong winked at me and asked with a smile, "Little sister, what's your name?"
The little girl hesitated and said, "My name is Xiao Haitang."
We both looked at each other, and we really bumped into each other. The person in front of us was the little girl who got up early in the morning to pick sweet potatoes in the vegetable garden, and happened to find the strange corpse.
"That's a nice name. What's your last name?" I asked with a smile.
"My surname is Hai." said the little girl.
After a few more small talk, the atmosphere became much more relaxed.
"By the way, I heard that a strange thing happened in the village before?" Seeing that the time was right, I changed the topic.
I could clearly see her back stiffen, and she shook her head and said, "I don't know."
"Look, he is a very powerful Feng Shui master. He came here specially after learning that something happened in the village." I pointed at Shao Zilong.
Shao Zilong coughed, straightened his chest slightly, raised his chin, and said, "Not bad."
Haitang looked at him, then at me, then turned back to continue scraping the fish scales.
"Do you know how much it costs per hour for someone to ask him to look after things?" I asked.
Sure enough, Haitang raised her head again and asked me, "How much?"
I held out five fingers and said, "Five thousand an hour!"
"Ah?" Haitang was shocked, "So many?"
Shao Zilong asked, "Where are you going to cook the fish?"
Haitang pointed to the stove nearby, "I'll just use this to cook, okay?"
Without saying anything, Shao Zilong walked to the stove and squatted down, put his fingers into the stove and snapped his fingers.
A flame burst out from the stove, igniting the briquettes inside.
This hand made Haitang stunned.
"How is it?" Shao Zilong asked quite proudly.
"No wonder it costs five thousand yuan!" Haitang exclaimed.
I smiled and said, "Tell the master about it. There is no charge today. If you pass this village, there will be no such store."
"Okay!" Upon hearing this, Haitang nodded quickly and told us the story.
"So you are the person involved." We both had to pretend we just knew.
However, what Haitang said is very similar to what we heard before, and there is basically no difference.
As for other things, Haitang said that she was frightened at the time and was in a coma for a long time, so she didn't remember clearly.
"Do you live alone?" I stopped asking and changed the subject.
"Yeah." Haitang nodded.
I processed the washed fish, boiled a pot of water, and started frying the fish.
"What about your family?" Shao Zilong asked.
Haitang was silent for a moment and said, "He passed away."
We were both startled and quickly said, "I'm sorry."
Haitang shook his head and continued frying fish.
Soon, bursts of fragrance floated in the air.
Then pour the boiled water into the pot and cook it over high heat. After a while, milky white fish soup is boiling in the pot.
Haitang went into the house to get some noodles, and I asked her to put more noodles.
This noodle is thin and long. I heard from Haitang that it is their local noodle. They cooked it in a big pot with fish soup.
Haitang set up a small table in the yard, found two benches for us, filled two large bowls of fish noodle soup, sprinkled a handful of chives, and served them to us.
"You come and eat too." I greeted with a smile.
Haitang shook his head.
"There's a big pot left. We can both eat it. Let's eat together quickly. Don't waste it." Shao Zilong said.
Haitang said, "I'll pack it back for you."
"How can you eat this lumpy noodles? Fresh ones are the best. Stop talking nonsense, otherwise we will throw them away!" Shao Zilong frowned.
When Haitang heard this, she hurriedly took the bowl and chopsticks to fill a bowl, and squatted beside the bowl to eat.
