Seeing Wang's figure disappear into the hazy night, Chu Yi, who was hiding in the darkness of the woods, protected his wife and Yuan Shuang and came to Chu Ping who was standing on the river bank.
Yuan Shuang took two steps forward, and while helping her husband to tidy up his hair that was deliberately scattered in front, he complained softly: "You're scaring me to death. Didn't I tell you to be quiet? Why are you still talking to that class?" Auntie has spoken, what if she recognizes you?"
"It's okay, I suppressed my voice on purpose. Look at the way she was running for her life just now, it didn't look like she recognized me! But don't tell me, those two cries from you and my cousin were really loud in the middle of the night. It’s scary, I’m getting goosebumps right next to you!” Chu Ping said, rubbing his arms exaggeratedly.
Chu Yi also didn't expect that his wife actually had such a skill, and joked with a smile: "It's really scary."
Shen Luzhu also didn't expect that tonight's environment would be so cooperative, and the effect would be surprisingly good: "It all depends on God, haha!"
Chu Yi helped her tighten her tight coat, and then said, "It's getting late, and people are probably far away. Let's go home."
When they were about to leave, Chu Ping suddenly caught a glimpse of the basket behind him that Wang had just used to attack him. He pursed his lips and said, "What should I do with the basket? Just throw it away here?"
Following Chu Ping's words, several people looked at the abandoned basket on the ground. Every household in the village would use rattan to weave various baskets. It was not uncommon for this thing to be found in the fields, but it was just left here. There shouldn't be anyone suspicious.
However, Shen Luzhu said to everyone's surprise: "Just keep it, maybe it will be used for other purposes in the future!"
Mrs. Wang ran stumblingly for an unknown amount of time until she finally saw her front door. She rushed forward and knocked on the door desperately, "Come here, come quickly! Open the door and let me in! Quick, quick, quick!"
Mrs. Li, who was coaxing her son in the room and waiting for Mrs. Wang to open the door, was startled when she heard such a loud sound. She hurriedly grabbed her coat and trotted towards the courtyard door while wearing it: " I'm coming!"
When she saw Mrs. Wang outside the door who was sweating profusely, her face was pale and her hands were empty, Ms. Li was a little surprised: "Auntie, didn't you go to get the paper money? What's going on?"
As if she was afraid that she would be chased by the terrifying thing behind her if she was too late, Mrs. Wang did not bother to respond to Mrs. Li, and rushed into the door with one step, and then hurriedly closed the courtyard door with a "clang" sound. !
Mrs. Li was even more confused by Wang's series of actions, and she tentatively called out, "Aniang?"
Looking at the candlelight in the room in front of her and listening to Mrs. Li's voice in her ears, Mrs. Wang finally felt her body begin to warm up a little bit. She took two rough breaths and replied calmly: "No, I didn't see that. People, let’s talk about it tomorrow!” After saying that, he dragged his stiff legs and entered his house without looking back.
Mrs. Li stood in front of the courtyard gate and glanced thoughtfully in the direction in which Mrs. Wang was leaving. She wondered if Mrs. Wang had been robbed? Otherwise, why would even the basket I took to put paper money in when I went out was missing? After thinking about it, I felt something was wrong. Who would grab a basket filled with burning paper in the middle of the night?
As a daughter-in-law, she should follow up and ask for details about this situation, but Chu Ren has not returned from Fucheng to take the exam. Since Mrs. Wang does not want to say more, Mrs. Li is more happy to do more than to do less and simply check the courtyard. The door was locked, so he turned around and went back to his room to sleep.
Mrs. Wang was still tense in front of her daughter-in-law, but when she got back to the house, she couldn't hold herself together at all. She was frightened and tired from running all the way back from Hexi Village. She collapsed on the ground as soon as she entered the door. Uncle Chu was still there. Someone helped him to the bed.
"Old man, let me tell you, I saw a ghost today! A female ghost! She was in the woods by the river in Hexi Village. She cried so hard that she came over and took pictures of me! Say, say me Are you waiting for her? Old man, tell me, she can’t come back to our house, right? Why don’t we stop blowing out the candles tonight! Isn’t it true that ghosts are afraid of fire? Let’s light them instead of blowing them out!”
Uncle Chu was startled by Wang's sudden crying voice, and said in a somewhat unkind tone: "What are you talking about? Where are you from? I think you are hysterical. What nonsense are you talking about?"
Seeing that Uncle Chu didn't believe it, Mrs. Wang suddenly sat up from the kang and said, "It's true.
of! it is true! I heard it really! I can still feel it on my shoulder when she patted me! "
"Then tell me what that ghost looks like. I've never seen it once in my entire life. Tell me too!"
Mrs. Wang felt that Uncle Chu just didn't believe in herself, so she continued to explain: "How could I dare to look back? It's a life-threatening situation! By the way, I took that basket and threw it at her. She must have been thrown into the basket by me. It’s hit, otherwise I’ll be choked enough to run back!”
"But come on, you are getting more and more outrageous. You said there was such a strong wind tonight, and you went to the woods. How could there be no movement? Maybe the branches of the trees were blown off and smashed. Now that it’s on you, why did a ghost shoot you! If your broken basket could really hit a ghost, it would be called a ghost!"
"Really, I can't even distinguish between the sound of wind and crying? Let me tell you..."
Uncle Chu yawned, waved his hand to stop him and said: "It's done, it's done, go to bed quickly, what time is it!"
Wang was tossing and turning for a long time that night, her mind uncontrollably recalling the ghost scene at that time, and then she was so scared that she tried her best to tell herself that it was all a lie. She didn't know how long it took before she fell asleep in a daze. .
Early the next morning, Mrs. Wang, who felt like she had just fallen asleep, was woken up by Uncle Chu who had already gotten up. He rubbed his sore head and went out of the house. He saw Mrs. Li already busy working in the kitchen. Mrs. Wang planned to open the shop in front of the courtyard for business first.
Unexpectedly, when I opened the courtyard door and stepped out with my front foot, I kicked something. I lowered my head and took a closer look, and then with an "ah" sound, I fell backwards!
By the time Uncle Chu and the others heard the noise and ran out from all over the yard, Mrs. Wang had already closed her eyes tightly and was lying on the ground unconscious.
Everyone carried Mrs. Wang back to the house in a hurry, and Mrs. Li hurriedly ran out to find the doctor in the village. Only then did Uncle Chu notice that something seemed to be placed in front of the courtyard door. When he took a closer look, he was a little puzzled. He murmured to himself: "Isn't this the big basket that the old lady took out yesterday? Why is it here? Didn't I say yesterday..."
As if he thought of something, Uncle Chu stared at the basket he was so familiar with, his eyes widened, and his heart couldn't calm down for a long time!
Shen Luzhu slept until midnight as usual before getting up today. He and Chu Yi were eating a belated breakfast in the main room when they saw Chu Ping running over from outside the house.
"Cousins, guess what? Didn't we put the basket back in front of my cousin's house yesterday? I just met that boy Lu Jin in front of the door. His second uncle can grab some herbs. He He said that his second uncle was invited to his uncle’s house, and that when his uncle opened the door to the courtyard this morning, he fainted for some reason! Hahaha, he must have been frightened by that basket!"
Shen Luzhu originally thought about taking the basket back yesterday, maybe it could be used as evidence or something in the future, but when he was halfway there, he changed his mind and thought, Wang's kind of advocate can argue even if there is no reason. , it didn’t seem necessary, but I couldn’t help but let him come by himself, so he simply put it back in front of Uncle Chu’s house. Who would have thought that this was a mistake?
Wang didn't get a good rest all night, and she was frightened twice in succession. The moment she saw the basket being placed in front of her door, she fainted and then fell into a state of high fever and confusion. in the state.
It doesn't matter that Wang is dizzy, Uncle Chu's family is in complete chaos. Although the shop has lost Wang's supply, coffins still have to be sold. Uncle Chu has to make coffins every day, and Mrs. Li has to look after the shop. At the same time, she had to help Grandma Chu with housework and take care of the children. In addition, she had to have someone to take care of Mrs. Wang, and she was even more busy at the time.
On the day Chu Ren returned home, the Chu family's new house was in such chaos. At this time, Mrs. Wang was no longer sleeping all day long, but she was still weak and weak, with palpitations and panic all day long. Uncle Chu was not much better, since he hit Wang When he woke up, he confirmed with his wife about the basket at the door, and then he was in a trance and suspicious all day long.
"What's wrong with my mother? Why is she so sick? Did you invite a doctor to come and see her?"
When Mrs. Wang saw her eldest son whom she had not seen for a long time, she suddenly felt that she was stronger than the day before. She took Chu Ren's hand and said, "It's nothing serious. My mother is gone."
Burned. Don't talk about me first, Ah Ren, tell me quickly, how did you do in the exam this year? Didn’t he say that he would stay in Fucheng until the results were released? What's the result? But high school? "
Mrs. Li looked at the excited Mr. Wang from the side and couldn't help but feel disdain in her heart: "You are such a brainless person. I have told you so many times that if you win the imperial examination, you should take advantage of this momentum to directly take part in the subsequent imperial examination." Yes, my husband said before he left that he would wait until the results were released before making any plans. Now that he has come back, I am afraid that the results will not be satisfactory!
Chu Ren looked a little unhappy: "I failed to pass the exam!"
The moment Wang heard this, she felt that her previous strength had been extinguished again. She forced herself to comfort herself and said, "It's okay, it's okay. Just take the test again next time!"
Under Chu Ren's constant questioning, Wang finally told the whole story. Unlike Uncle Chu, Chu Ren's first reaction was that his parents had been deceived!
"I don't want to talk about my strange powers. Don't believe those ghost stories. It's obvious that you are being teased!"
Although Wang always listens to Chu Ren on weekdays, what she experienced that night was something she witnessed with her own eyes. Coupled with the continuous reflection and strengthening in the past few days, she can no longer believe it: "Ah Ren, it's true!"
"If it's true, then why didn't it just put the basket in Grandma's house? Wouldn't that be more scary!"
"this……"
Chu Ren sighed and shook his head in his heart: "Mom, you should go find the person who sold you paper money and ask for details!"
After settling Xie Daqiang's matter, it's already mid-September. It seems that in less than twenty days, the Winter Clothes Festival will be ushered in. Now the weather is getting colder little by little. Shen Luzhu's After their appetite and health improved, the young couple decided that it was time to reopen the shop in front of their house.
The shop was closed for two months after the Hungry Ghost Festival, but it didn't seem to have much impact on the paper money business. Thanks to Wang's lack of supply, within a few days, the couple's business was back on track.
