Chu Ping followed the Liu family's grandma all the way from her yard to Uncle Chu's shop. She hid outside until someone came out and went all the way back to Liu's house. Unexpectedly, she walked in without even having a cup of tea. After a while, he came out with a roll of white cloth again, and Chu Ping had to follow him again. Unexpectedly, this time he went straight into Uncle Chu's shop again.
Seeing the grandma of the Liu family walking into the yard of the Liu family again, Chu Ping was afraid that the Liu family would do anything else later, so he squatted in front of the Liu family's door for a long time. Seeing that the sun was about to go down, he came to straighten his clothes and hurriedly Rush back to the Chu family’s old house.
As soon as Chu Ping entered the door, he excitedly talked about today's discovery with his cousins: "The Liu family is indeed related to the cousin's family. It must be the cousin's family who is behind it. My cousin can guess it." Nothing wrong!"
It turned out that since Aunt Feng came to the shop to make a fuss that day, people in the village gradually began to question the so-called dreams. After Shen Luzhu found out about the rumors about the Liu family being haunted, he guessed that if the Liu family was really instigated by someone to deliberately cause this trouble, then after being questioned, either the Liu family would not be able to sit still, or they would be disturbed by the people behind the scenes. If someone comes to your door, there must be a connection between the two. ..
After Chu Ping found out, he volunteered to help track down the Liu family. He thought that even ten or eight days would be considered a short period of time. Who would have thought that the Liu family would be so impatient, but within a few days, the Liu family's grandma became very angry. He entered and exited Uncle Chu's shop twice in a row!
Chu Ping drank a large bowl of hot tea, wiped the corners of his mouth with his sleeve, and then began to learn what he saw and heard today: "I just replaced Lu Jin in front of the Liu family in the afternoon, and I saw the Liu family's The old lady came out of the courtyard. She didn't even look aside, she walked so fast, and went straight into the coffin shop of her uncle's house!"
The young couple looked at each other and found that, as they had guessed before, this matter had something to do with Uncle Chu's family.
"I was afraid of being discovered by my uncle's family, so I hid in the narrow alley east of his house. But I hid very well, but I couldn't hear what they said so clearly. Only at the beginning, I heard The cousin's wife yelled something like "I can't handle this little thing", and then it seemed that it was replaced by the Li family. I only heard the neighbors saying something about being unsafe, and then the old lady of the Liu family said, let the cousin I remembered going back to give something back to her. As soon as she said this, the old lady of the Liu family walked out of the shop. If they said anything else after that, I didn't hear it! "
Shen Luzhu didn't think it was a big deal: "My cousin can help keep an eye on the Liu family. It's already a lot of hard work. It's just researching some bad ideas. The most important thing is that we know who is behind it!"
Chu Yi patted his cousin on the shoulder and said with relief: "It's okay, your cousin-in-law is right, they are just studying how to make trouble, so we won't know sooner or later."
Chu Ping waved his hand: "Maybe we don't have to wait until later. I have a guess! Cousin, you and your cousin-in-law don't know that the old lady of the Liu family went home after she came out of the coffin shop, but she didn't even have a cup of tea after she stayed at home. Soon, I took the rolled up white cloth and went to my uncle's house again. This time I didn't stay long, but when I came out, the white cloth in my hand was gone!"
Shen Luzhu asked with some confusion: "Could it be that the old lady of the Liu family said that she wanted to return this white cloth?"
Chu Ping nodded: "That's what I guessed too! Even though the white cloth was rolled up, it looked like a robe or something like that to me. But who is really good at making white clothes to wear?" Thinking back on it, when the Liu family said they saw ghosts, didn't they mean that the female ghost was wearing white clothes? Cousin, do you think this is what the Liu family wore when they were pretending to be ghosts?"
Chu Yi carefully recalled what Zhao Cheng and Chu Ping said after asking around that day, and felt that Chu Ping must have guessed correctly: "That's why all the neighbors of the Liu family saw a white shadow coming from his house. He ran into the backyard, and his family members must have pretended it themselves!"
"The Liu family is really in trouble. They pretended to be a ghost in their own house and frightened the neighbors! But Cheng Ge and I took a look at the backyard of his house. It is indeed impossible to hide people. Ah, how did this person disappear from the backyard?" Chu Ping said, scratching his head.
Chu Yi did not think that Zhao Cheng and Chu Ping's judgment at that time was wrong, but after confirming that it was the Liu family who was pretending to be a ghost,
Then everything else is easy to explain: "Perhaps there are two keys, or it is not locked at all, maybe it is just pretending to open the lock. After all, it is a fool's errand, and they are all scared, so they misunderstood It’s also normal.”
Shen Luzhu nodded: "It's all just a cover-up after all. The female ghost might be pretending to be the Liu family's wife. After all, you can't ask outsiders for this kind of thing. The Liu family's old lady's legs and feet may not be up to the task."
"Indeed! I didn't hear much from the neighbors of the Liu family that day about how the Liu family's daughter-in-law was behaving at that time! Now the Liu family has sent this thing to Aunt Tang. Is it because they are afraid of being discovered by the neighbors? It seems that they heard something from Mrs. Li The neighbors are unsafe and so on. But the Liu family is really just such a pretentious thing. Why do you ask people to return it to her after they finish the work!"
Shen Luzhu seemed to have thought of something, and explained with a smile: "I think I want to keep it for the younger generation born in the family to make bedding. Most people don't prepare such a big piece of white cloth for them. Most of them are kept at home. When the old man dies, the leftover filial piety strips are cut out. It is said that the older the old man is, the longer he will keep them. Later, he will make the inside of the bedding for the newborn child. The better it is for the child, it is a blessing. Good stuff for Timshou!”
Shen Luzhu didn't know about this custom in Daqian before. This time during her pregnancy, her grandmother, Zhang, used the leftover filial piety cloth that her grandmother had left to make a bedding for the baby in her belly, fearing that she would She didn't understand, and she even told her the reason. She guessed that the old lady of the Liu family probably wanted to keep it and use it for this purpose in the future.
"So it has this purpose!"
Shen Luzhu smiled: "I only found out a while ago, but my aunt and cousin-in-law asked for these white robes to pretend to be ghosts, maybe not only because they were afraid that the Liu family would be discovered by the neighbors, but maybe they wanted to act again How many times have the Liu family seen ghosts like this?"
Chu Ping was a little puzzled: "How many more times? Isn't it the more people who know, the more dangerous it is?"
Chu Yi knew that Chu Ping might have misunderstood his wife's meaning, so he said, "Cousin, you have misunderstood. What A Zhu means is that the uncle and the others are planning to go out and pretend to be ghosts to scare people!"
"Yes, I think this is probably their plan, because many people have begun to question whether the Liu family is haunted and whether the previous claims about ghosts are true or false. Now they can only continue to pretend to be ghosts to scare other people and let everyone I believe this is true again, and there is probably no way to immediately reverse the situation, so I want that white robe, most likely because I want to go out and pretend to be a ghost by myself."
When Chu Ping heard this, he immediately became energetic: "How dare your cousin sister-in-law dare to go out and scare people? Hahaha! What should we do about my cousin sister-in-law? Should we hide behind her and scare her again, haha Ha ha!"
Shen Luzhu thought about that scene and couldn't help but burst into laughter: "It's a good idea, but it's not feasible right now!"
When Chu Ping heard this, he knew that his cousin-in-law had another idea. He hurried forward and asked, "So, cousin-in-law, what should we do?"
Chu Yi looked at his wife and cousin who were discussing in low voices and smiling evilly. He was helpless for a moment. After the two finally decided on a countermeasure, he warned: "Be careful, and A Zhu is here." I can only stay at home, but I can’t go out and join in the fun.”
Shen Luzhu still had this self-awareness. After all, she was still a pregnant woman. It was probably at night, and the weather was cold and the roads were slippery. She would not be able to go out. She hurriedly assured Chu Yi: "Don't worry, I will Promise to stay home and sleep!"
Chu Ping said: "Sister-in-law, when the time comes, ask my Xiaoshuang to teach you how to behave like a cousin."
"That's the best thing. When Xiaoshuang talks about it, it's more interesting than seeing it with her own eyes!"
Chu Ping said he was disgusted, but his tone was full of pride and he said: "It's not as exaggerated as what you said, sister-in-law!"
Sure enough, a few days later, when the business of the young couple's paper money shop began to recover a little bit, someone in the backing village saw a ghost in the middle of the night. It was said that they had just used the paper money sold by the young couple during the day. The person who went to the grave was still the one at the cemetery at the end of the village, and there was still a female ghost dressed in white, sobbing constantly. The only difference was that this time the female ghost really spoke, saying that the family had been in jail The person who sells the paper money for sacrifice will be punished!
The days before and after the Lunar New Year are the main days for families to visit the graves to offer sacrifices. However, several horrific incidents of hauntings occurred one after another, causing panic in several nearby villages. Even fewer people visited the graves to offer sacrifices. It was supposed to be a festive and lively day, but every door was closed tightly, fearing that if I was not careful, I would see a ghost at night.
The worst thing is the paper money shop where the young couple came. For a while, let alone buying paper money, this time there are no more people who come to refund the money and cause trouble. It seems that there is something that can eat people hidden in that small shop. Like evil spirits, even when passing by, you have to take a few more steps and stay farther away, for fear of being contaminated by something bad. Seeing this scene, Chu Yi simply closed the shop and stayed with Shen Luzhu to raise the baby at home.
Just when the young couple felt that the matter was almost settled and they could make the next plan, the door of the Chu family's old house was knocked open. The moment Chu Yi opened the door, he seemed a little surprised. The wife thought that the person who would never appear in their home again was now standing outside the courtyard gate with a look of fear on her face.
Chu Yi rarely had some evil thoughts in his heart. He really wanted to ask Xie Daqiang whether he was afraid of his wife having more so-called potions with his expression at the moment, or whether he was afraid that he would see more ghosts after visiting his home. !
Standing in front of the Chu family's door, Xie Daqiang was frightened and frightened. When he came, he silently recited the words he had said all the way. At this time, he couldn't remember a single word. He was so anxious that he was sweating. It was the Zhang family behind him who really couldn't stand it. The uncle spoke first: "Ayi, we have something to tell you and Lu Zhu. I think we should go to the hospital first!"
Chu Yi greeted the Zhang family's uncle and his wife, and then introduced the four people who came with him into the courtyard: "Uncle, aunt!"
When Shen Luzhu saw the group of four in the west wing of his house, he was also a little confused: "Why did uncle and aunt come here in such a cold weather, and they brought Uncle Xie with them, and this one?"
Uncle Zhang said with some shame, "That's Xie Daqiang's son. He sneaked into the house today and stole your molds for making copper coins and burning paper. Your aunt and I caught him!"
As soon as he finished speaking, before the young couple could react, Xie Daqiang took his son, who still looked disdainful, and knelt down with a thud: "Boss Chu, boss lady, we know we are wrong, please spare us once more." Bar!"
