The sky was dimly lit, and the warm sun shone through the mist towards Lexiang County.
Lexiang County, which had been silent all night, became lively again, and the streets and alleys extending in all directions were filled with people.
The shops on the street opened their doors one after another for business, and the waiters stood at the door, eagerly waiting for the first customer to enter.
The vendors who gather early in the morning are practicing intensively. Those who sell breakfast, those who sell exotic cultural toys, and even those who perform arts are not too late.
Outside Ansi's courtyard, a small group of men, women, and children gathered. These people all lived near Ansi's courtyard and could be considered Gu Ning'an's neighbors.
When Gu Ning'an used magic to clean the house last night, he accidentally used it too hard. Many neighbors heard the strange wind noise and banging door.
They thought it was just the house that had been uninhabited all year round that was hit by the strong wind, but when they thought about it carefully, they found that none of the mazaars on the wall of their house had been blown by the wind.
Could it be that the wind blew in the Ansi courtyard?
If this is the case, it is definitely a demonic wind!
"Look, the weeds around here are full of dust and broken grass roots?"
"The key is that there are mushrooms?"
The speaker looked to be in his thirties, with a thick voice and a strong build.
This person is a Lian family son in the eyes of the neighbors, named Lei Ben.
There are many rumors that evil spirits are afraid of people with strong yang fire. Neighbors invited this Lei Ben to come to cheer up everyone and calm down the situation.
"It's strange. It wasn't there yesterday evening, so why is it here early today?"
"Did so much weeds and dust come from Ansi's courtyard?"
"Who knows? Could it be that the owner of this courtyard has gone home? But he can produce so many things in one night, unless there is more than one person... at least five people are enough!"
The speaker was a middle-aged woman with a big waist and a big waist. She was wearing a loose linen shirt with the sleeves rolled up to her elbows. She had a dark red Han towel tied around her head and she was holding a big broom in her hand.
From her clothes, it is not difficult to tell that she is the "Tiao Langshi" of Lexiang County, that is, a sanitation worker.
She was on duty alone today, and as a result, she encountered such a "big task", and it was inevitable that she had a look of irritation on her face.
Tiao Lang specializes in this kind of cleaning work. She said it took five people to clean it out in one night, so naturally everyone believed it.
"The original owner of An Si Courtyard is Ma Sanlai, the one with the pimple on his face!"
"No! That was the last owner. The last owner lived here for just a few months... I remember that he was an elegant gentleman!"
"Yes! I remember it. At that time, I asked him to write a letter home to my son on my behalf... The handwriting was so beautiful. I have never seen such beautiful calligraphy in my life."
"I also remembered that at that time, the matchmaker in the town was still thinking of marrying that handsome gentleman for me... Unexpectedly, the gentleman left one day and never came back... ..”
Everyone was talking to each other, but too much time had passed, and everyone could only vaguely remember some of the most profound things.
"Ahem!"
"Folks, aren't you afraid that there will be some dirty things in this yard when you called me here?"
"Why are you still talking about Mr. Ruya?"
After Lei Ben finished speaking, the neighbors suddenly became quiet.
Seeing this, he twisted his neck and rubbed his wrists. After flexing his muscles, he said with a nonchalant expression: "It doesn't matter whether he is Mr. Ruya or a monster. Let's just knock on the door and have a look."
A skinny old man shook the copper smoke pot in his hand and said with a smile: "Okay! Lei Ben is right. What's the point of guessing here? Why don't you knock on the door and take a look..."
"Then I'll go." After saying that, Lei Ben strode towards the courtyard gate.
However, before he could reach the entrance of the courtyard, the old courtyard door creaked and was opened inward.
The first thing that caught everyone's eyes was the eye-catching blue robe.
Then everyone's attention turned to Gu Ning'an's face.
The face is like a crown jade, with sharp edges and corners, sword-shaped eyebrows and starry eyes... For a time, different words came to everyone's mind.
The general direction is just one word - Jun!
"Everyone got up early, I'm Gu Ning'an." Gu Ning'an said hello, then walked out of the courtyard gate and came to the crowd. Among the crowd, he only saw two people he had seen before. face.
For example, Gu Ning'an had never seen the Tiaolang clan before.
Yesterday, he only focused on cleaning up the courtyard, but he forgot that piling these things outside would also be a trouble for the local Tiaolang clan.
Therefore, he was also the first to clasp his fists at the middle-aged woman with a round waist and said: "Gu returned home last night and didn't have time to clear the weeds and ashes out of the city... If it's convenient, could you please lend me a hand?" Give me some tools and I'll clean them up."
"No! It's my job to clean up this mess. Can you, sir, do it?" Mr. Tiaolang said in a relaxed tone, with a smile on his face. There was no trace of his previous anger because of this mess. The meaning of irritability.
It was true that she didn't know Gu Ning'an, but she could tell from his elegant demeanor that his identity was unusual.
She felt inexplicably "flattered" that such a gentleman was so respectful to her.
In fact, even if Gu Ning'an didn't tell her anything, she still had to clean up the debris. After all, this was her job. Complaining was a complaint, and she had to do it to get paid.
But Gu Ning'an's respect made her full of energy, and she wanted to start working immediately.
"This..." Gu Ning'an was silent for a moment and continued: "I'd better do it together with you. It's too hard for one person to do such a large workload."
Hearing this, Ms. Tiaolang's body trembled, and she waved her hands vigorously: "There's really no need, this is what I should do. If you want to interfere again, are you looking down on me as a woman?"
Gu Ning'an smiled helplessly: "Of course not."
"That's great." Mr. Tiaolang took a broom and walked out of the crowd, heading towards the grass piled with debris.
When passing by Gu Ning'an, she nodded and smiled... When passing by Lei Ben, she grabbed his thick arm and said, "Let's help auntie do it together."
Don't look at Lei Ben's burly figure, Tiao Lang's big and round body is not weak at all, so with just one tug, he was dragged away.
"Hey, hey, hey!" Lei Ben was dragged backwards with a confused look on his face: "Didn't I come here to control the situation? Why am I still a coolie?"
"You are the one who is here to control the situation!" Mrs. Tiaolang said impatiently: "Help Auntie do the work well... Auntie will arrange a marriage for you!"
"It's settled!" Lei Ben's eyes shone, he took the broom from Tiao Lang and went straight to the weeds, and started cleaning up hard.
Seeing this, Gu Ning'an smiled noncommittally, then clasped his fists in the direction of the two of them and said, "I'll excuse you two!"
Mr. Tiaolang waved his hand and said, "Sir, there is no need to be polite. This silly boy is so energetic that he has no place to go!"
