Several families came forward one after another, saying that after they burned paper money, they were taught a lesson by their ancestors in their dreams. These people spared no effort to spread panic in the village. It seemed that they had nothing to do but talk to people about this every day. Things were done normally.
The Chu family's old house was not idle either. During the same period of time, they also burned the paper money sold by the couple, but nothing happened. They began to stand up and refute those who spread rumors and caused trouble. .
Most of these people who took the initiative to come forward were the young couples who had made friends with them when they were buying paper money. After Shen Luzhu came up with this delaying strategy, Chu Yi, Chu Ping and Zhao Cheng immediately After finding them, if anyone had burned paper money, I begged them to come forward and help. Someone raised objections with facts, which at least made those who were doubtful to wait and see for a while instead of directly believing the nonsense. .
The two groups of people held different opinions. On the one hand, they said that the paper money sold by the Chu family could not be bought. If they bought it, they would be reprimanded and bad luck by their ancestors. On the other hand, they said that there was no response after their own house was burned. Those who shouted that their ancestors were asking for dreams were probably from their own family. question, maybe he did something evil behind his back!
Rumors are spreading outside. Although I don’t know whether this is true or not, some people have begun to have concerns. Thinking that there are still some days before the Spring Festival, they will wait and see for a while. If it is really not possible, it is still too late to go to the town to buy.
And this is what the young couple wants. Although the business in the shop has been affected a lot, if they can come up with a solution during this window of time when everyone in the village is watching, things can still be turned around. room.
Shen Luzhu thought that his family had already been affected, and Uncle Chu's shop was about to start making money, but after waiting and waiting, there was still no sign of selling paper money.
This was the rare time when Wang felt that what Li said was particularly reasonable. If they start selling paper money in a hurry now, then fools will know that they are doing all this behind the scenes. By then, they will be like everyone before. The result was the same every time. My family once again became the laughing stock of the village, but the couple could still make money by stepping on them.
So this time they have to endure it and wait until the couple's business is completely ruined by the people in the village. They are taking over the paper money business in the village. Mr. Li is right, they are not making any money these days. What is money? They can do this business for a long time in the future. Is it the money they can earn in the past few days or the money they can earn in the future? She, Wang Xiuhua, is not stupid. She can't tell which side is lighter. , which one is heavier!
So the Wang family was especially able to keep their composure this time, or maybe Wang family felt that what they were doing now was not enough, and they had to add more fire to make it so that no one would dare to buy the couple's paper money again. The business of the young couple in the old house must be completely stopped!
The fat aunt inquired in the village for several days, and finally she found some new clues, so she ran non-stop to the Chu family's old house to discuss with everyone: "Hey, those people now know that your cousin and I are related to each other. , even those who have evil intentions dare not say a few words to my fat aunt, but there is no airtight wall in this world, so after all, I discovered something different about your fat aunt!"
Qian handed the hot tea in her hand to the fat aunt and urged: "Her aunt, her biological aunt, has discovered what happened. Stop being so secretive and come and tell us!"
"Look at me, as soon as we started chatting, I forgot to mention all the important things. Just before this incident, someone mentioned it several times in the village, saying that you two were imprisoned and were afraid of buying you. My ancestors blamed me for the paper money at home, but no one believed them at the time, so this matter never spread in the village. I only found out about it from others in the past few days!"
Qian frowned and said, "Isn't this the same as what's happening now? Maybe it's all a rumor created by someone over there!"
The fat aunt heard this and clapped her hands: "My mother-in-law, you are really right. The few people who spread this word at the beginning are the same group of people as the people who are now said to be the ancestors who entrusted dreams to them. They are still the same group of people. Not left behind! Moreover, these are families who like to take advantage of small things on weekdays. Some families even live next door to Mr. Chu’s house. It’s a certainty that this matter was done over there! "
Chu Yi was not too surprised by this, but he could
To drive these people to spread rumors again and again, money must have been spent. Some people are surprised that the Wang family, who has always been extremely stingy, actually spent money to hire people to spread rumors for this incident: "It's really a shame. Lost money."
Shen Luzhu patted Chu Yi's arm: "Don't be angry, maybe what I will earn later will not be as much as it costs to hire people to spread rumors!"
Speaking of this matter, the fat aunt became extremely angry. She took a sip of tea and continued: "Tell me about the Wang family. Why are they so shameless? If you want to make money, you can't just think of your own way. You have to follow I've never seen such a shameless robbery by my juniors. If I weren't afraid that you might have some plans, fat aunt, I would even want to go and settle the score with that Wang family!"
Shen Luzhu hurriedly advised: "Fat aunt, please stop being angry. My uncle's temper is no longer the same. Let's find a way to return it!"
Yuan Shuang also said: "Yes, aunt, why bother getting angry with people like that? They never really took advantage of their cousins, they are just clowns."
The fat aunt was obviously more concerned at the moment. How the young couple planned to take revenge, they hurriedly asked: "Then what are you going to do? But what help do you need from me, fat aunt?"
"There really is something that needs help from my fat aunt. I wonder, aunt, can you remember all the people you just mentioned?"
"Of course I've written it down. I recognize those long-tongued women who turned into ashes. Lu Zhu, are you going to find them? Most of them have received money. If you go find them now, they will definitely not admit it. We can't just give them money to find out the Wang family. Although the Wang family is the most evil, these few are not good people either. Giving them money makes me feel panicked!"
Shen Luzhu smiled when he heard this and assured Fat Aunt, "Don't worry, Fat Aunt, I will never let them get a copper plate from me!"
Yuan Shuang said worriedly: "Then what if they refuse to tell the truth?"
Shen Luzhu shook his head: "It doesn't matter. We only treat these people as a last resort and only use this method. When the time comes, it won't be up to them whether they are willing to tell us or not!"
Just when everyone in the Chu family's old house was thinking about how to fight back against the Wang family, another incident happened in the backing village that night, which shocked several nearby villages. That day, in the cemetery not far from the end of the village, a person who paid homage to the grave was worshiped. A man named Liu saw a ghost in his house in the middle of the night!
The commotion in the Liu family was particularly loud. It is said that not only the Liu family, but also the neighbors who were attracted by the screams of the Liu family saw the ghost figure, and what the Liu family burned that day was what the young couple had just bought that day. Paper money, for a while the rumors in the village about the ghosts of the Liu family and the paper money in the young couple's shop became even more popular and spread out of control.
"But what's going on?" Chu Yi saw Chu Ping and Zhao Cheng who had gone outside to inquire for information returned, and hurriedly helped his wife sit up straight and asked.
My wife is now eight months pregnant, and her belly is getting bigger and bigger. Mr. Chu also said that the last few days are actually more dangerous. If you are not careful, the baby may be born early. Besides, it is the middle of winter now. The weather is freezing. Ordinary people may accidentally slip when walking, let alone Shen Luzhu, who has a big belly and has difficulty moving. Chu Yi's worries have become more and more serious recently, and now he is even more worried. You can feel at ease only if you are by your side, so the job of going out to find out the news naturally fell to your friends and cousin.
Zhao Cheng had experienced his wife's pregnancy and childbirth, so he naturally knew how to be more grateful than Chu Ping. He stood at the door of the shop, pulled Chu Ping to shake off the snowflakes on his body, and warmed himself up further away from the young couple. Then he walked to the chair pulled by Chu Yi and sat down, fearing that the cold air on his body would chill Shen Luzhu in the room.
"Then the Liu family said yes, there was nothing unusual when they went to the grave that day. It was at night when they were half asleep and half awake, they suddenly heard what sounded like crying in the house. The men of the Liu family hurriedly lit the candles on the kang cabinet, got up and shined the light towards the place where the sound was heard. , he said that he saw a woman dressed in white, sitting on a chair in the corner of his house, crying towards him. He said that the whole family was frightened and saw it, so he shouted a few times, and then the female ghost came directly to him. He ran into the yard and was seen by the neighbors who got up and looked around Liu's yard after hearing the cry."
Chu Ping interjected: "Cousin, you don't know, then the Liu family is now
He would tell anyone he met that there was no need to ask around. As soon as he walked near his house, there would be a lot of people watching the excitement. If you stood at the door of their courtyard and looked in, someone would come out of the courtyard in no time. Let’s learn the whole process again from everyone watching! "
Shen Luzhu felt very strange when he heard this: "This is not a good thing, why does the Liu family seem to be eager to let everyone know!"
Chu Ping agreed: "My cousin is right, it just gives people the feeling that everyone wants everyone to know that there is a ghost in their house. Brother Cheng and I thought it was a bit strange, and we even went to ask the neighbors on both sides of the Liu family. After asking, those two families look much more normal than the Liu family."
Chu Yi looked at his friend and cousin: "Then what did they say? Did they really see a ghost?"
Zhao Cheng nodded: "I did see it. He said that as soon as he climbed up the wall shared with the Liu family, he saw a white shadow running out of the Liu family's house and making a whimpering sound. The hostess of the house to the west was so frightened that she became sick after she found out what it was. She has been having a fever for the past two days, and she doesn’t look like she’s just faking it.”
Chu Ping added: "The family on the east side said the same thing. They all said that the white shadow ran out of the house and ran straight to the backyard. When they entered Liu's yard and chased after them together, there was nothing there. .”
Shen Luzhu was a little doubtful about this: "Is it possible that he ran away from the backyard?"...
Chu Ping shook his head: "We went to take a look. The wall in Liu's backyard is much higher than the front yard. Most people can't climb out without tiptoes. The backyard is all cultivated land cultivated by his family, and it is now bare. There was nothing there, there was no way someone was hiding in the backyard, and his neighbor also said that when they chased him, the back door was still locked from the inside, and it was the man from the Liu family who opened it!"
Not long ago, they pretended to be a ghost to scare Mrs. Wang. How long had it been before someone actually saw a ghost? Shen Luzhu couldn't convince himself to believe it. They all thought that this incident was too coincidental with the previous incident. They pretended to be a ghost to scare the Wang family, and now someone really saw a ghost.
First, they tried to arouse everyone's discussion, but failed, and then they came up with the idea that the ancestors were to blame in dreams. They had just found someone to counter the rumors on the other side, and now someone actually saw a ghost again!
