The cemetery at the end of Kaoshan Village is actually just a wasteland in the village. It's just that for many years, people have placed the graves of their deceased relatives here, and over time it became the village's cemetery.
When the Chu family originally chose a location for their coffin shop, they chose it nearby. Standing in front of Uncle Chu's courtyard, you could just see the entire cemetery.
Since they guessed that the Wang family might continue to pretend to be a ghost, Chu Ping, Zhao Cheng and Chu Yi began to take turns to keep an eye on Uncle Chu's family, especially the Wang family and the Li family. Originally, Jiang Quan and the Shen brothers also wanted to They came together to help, but Shen Luzhu considered that they were not from the mountain village and it was not convenient to come every day. Secondly, it would be difficult to explain if they were bumped into by other people in the village, so he said that he would need help later. Call a few more people.
The Lu Jin family who played well with Chu Ping also happened to live near the end of the village, which made it convenient for a few people to keep an eye on Uncle Chu's family. They secretly observed Uncle Chu's family day and night for several days, which not only made several people Everyone witnessed the whole process of every time people in the village collided with ghosts, and also thoroughly understood the routines of Wang and Li. Everyone discussed the strategy and division of labor, and just waited to pick an "auspicious day" to start work!
On the twenty-sixth day of the twelfth lunar month, Chu Yi felt that the sky was gray when he got up early in the morning, as if it was going to snow heavily at any time. When Shen Luzhu woke up, he told her about this: "I felt that the weather was not good when I went out in the morning. , it’s probably going to snow heavily, shall we call Chu Ping and the others over soon?”
As soon as Shen Luzhu heard this, he lost his drowsiness instantly. He sat up and looked out the window. He was really gloomy: "Then we will call everyone over after breakfast? Or wait a little longer until the snow falls?" Say more? 」
Chu Yi followed his wife's actions and looked up outside the house: "Looks like I'm probably going to go to the ground today, but don't be in a hurry. We'll see after breakfast."
As a result, the young couple had packed up and were sitting in the main room eating breakfast when heavy snow began to fall outside. In less than half an hour, Chu Ping, Zhao Cheng, Jiang Quan and the Shen brothers seemed to have received some signal. Usually, without waiting for the young couple to call, they all came to the Chu family's old house in a tacit understanding.
After planning everything, Shen Luzhu has been waiting for an opportunity. To describe it as eager to get through is the most appropriate way to describe it. As the saying goes, if debts are not renewed for years, Uncle Chu's family should end everything they owe them and want to live a comfortable life. If the year is good, that family will definitely be settled before the end of the year.
But this matter can't be done just by picking a day. Wang and Li took advantage of their location and secretly watched the movements in the cemetery next to them in their yard every day. They saw who went to the grave and burned copper coins or paper. I had found the paper ingot, so I secretly wrote it down, and ran to people's homes at night to put on a haunted show. However, there were so many people visiting graves to offer sacrifices around the time of my childhood, and the Wang family couldn't go from house to house, so every day Each time is random, it depends on which house they see first.
In order to ensure that the Wang family could accurately fall into their trap, the young couple had to ensure that there would be no one else around on the day they arranged for the person to go to the grave. Therefore, after everyone made a plan, they have been waiting for an opportunity. Today This heavy snowfall is like God giving them help in times of trouble.
After all, with such heavy snow, no one would go to the cemetery to visit the grave unless it was the anniversary of his death!
Chu Ping looked very excited today, as if what was falling from the sky was not snowflakes, but gold and silver: "It seems that God is still on our side. The snow fell at the right time. Last night my little one and I Shuang is still thinking about a way to reduce the number of people visiting graves in the village!"
"It snowed really at the right time. Although we could have thought of an alternative if it hadn't snowed, it is human intervention after all. I'm afraid it will be seen in advance that something is wrong. It would be bad to scare the snake away!"
Although due to the recent intensification of haunted incidents in the village, there are very few people who are determined to use their paper money at this time, but they are always afraid of the unexpected, and they are afraid that they will not be the only ones visiting the graves. As a family, if something goes wrong on Wang's side and they don't fall into the trap, then everything they have done before will be in vain.
"Over at Lu Jin's house, Aping, have you made an agreement?"
Chu Ping patted his chest and assured his cousin, "Don't worry.
Cousin, the Lu family has already said hello in advance. This guy Lu Jin is a righteous man, so there will definitely be no problems! "
Shen Luzhu also asked: "The old people and children of the Lu family can be brought to our home quietly first, so as not to be frightened by the noise at night."
"I know cousin, I'll go to Lu's house soon, so you and your cousin can rest assured."
After giving instructions to Chu Ping, Shen Luzhu said to his second brother: "Second brother, go back and help me tell the Xie family that it will be decided today and ask them to hurry up."
"Don't worry, I'll go to Xie's house soon after I get back from you!"
Everyone went over the entire plan again, confirmed their division of labor and details again, and then set off to prepare for the next highlight.
In Uncle Chu's shop, Mrs. Wang and Mrs. Li were looking at the heavy snow outside. Both of them looked a little haggard. Recently, they had to keep an eye on the situation at the cemetery during the day, and go out to pretend to be ghosts and scare people at night. What's more, it's too tiring to hide this matter from everyone else in the family except Yuan.
When the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law made up their minds to do this, they had no intention of letting the family know about it. Grandma Chu was fine, but the chance that Grandpa Chu and Uncle Chu would agree was slim. Adding Chu Ren to the mix, once again It was enough for him to worry about failing the exam and being refused to continue studying at a private school. Neither of them wanted him to worry about such mundane things anymore, so they just stopped doing it and kept it secret from everyone except Yuan who gave them the advice in the first place. down.
In order not to be discovered, the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, together with Mrs. Yuan, lied, claiming that Mrs. Yuan had contracted the cold and needed Li's personal care at night, while Mrs. Wang had to help take her grandson Chu Mingxuan to bed, so Li moved in After entering Mrs. Yuan's house, Mrs. Wang took Chu Mingxuan into another side room to facilitate their movements at night.
I don’t know whether Uncle Chu and others were too asleep, or whether God was taking care of them. The mother-in-law and daughter-in-law have struggled so many times, but Uncle Chu and others have not yet discovered it. It snowed so heavily today. The two of them estimated that no one would come to either the cemetery or the shop, so they simply hid in the shop and rested for a while.
But how can Mrs. Li rest peacefully at this time? How long has passed since the Xie family son whom Ms. Wang contacted stole molds, but there has been no news. Although she tried to persuade Mr. Wang to be nice, but now the couple's The shop is basically dead, and it was a good time to sell paper money again a year ago. If I start selling paper money again under the banner of making it convenient for the folks, maybe Chu Ren will be able to go there in the first few days of the year. I’ve earned the tuition for the new private school!
"Auntie, are the Xie family reliable? How come it's been so long and there's still no movement at all!"
Ms. Wang was more anxious than Ms. Li, but she urged the other party several times, but they just asked her to wait. There was nothing she could do: "I just asked yesterday, and the little brat from the Xie family said, over there Business has been so bad recently that all the paper money makers have been idle, but it’s not as easy as before when everyone was busy, so we are told to wait for two more days and see.”
"It will be the 28th of the twelfth lunar month in two days, and the Chinese New Year will soon be here. Even if I get it by then, I guess everyone will have gone to town to buy it!"
Mrs. Wang rolled her eyes and Mrs. Li choked, "Then what can I do! You said you shouldn't be in a hurry, just let me know which end is heavier and which is lighter!"
Mrs. Li was about to reply when someone suddenly pushed the door open and entered her shop. It was a half-year-old child. As soon as he entered the door, he said to the two people in the room: "There is a man who said his surname is Xie. He asked you to go to the river to get it now." Things, and I told you not to forget to take what you should take!"
After saying that, regardless of whether the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law in the room heard her clearly, she turned around and ran out of the shop door.
Mrs. Wang couldn't call the person back even after shouting several times: "Hey! Hey! This kid is really running away at any time! The same goes for that little brat named Xie. Why do you have to ask me to go to the river? take?"
After Mrs. Wang finished speaking, she got up and went to the yard to find a raincoat. Just as she was about to go out, she was stopped by Mrs. Li: "Aniang, either you went to his house to look for him, or he came to our shop to look for you. Why are you alone?" This time I didn’t even see you, so I asked you to go to the river with a child?”
"That's right, I don't know what that little bastard is up to!"
"We're about to have lunch right now
It's that hour, and it's snowing so heavily outside. Could it be that he didn't get the mold at all, and wanted to take advantage of the fact that there was no one outside to grab the money directly from you, Auntie! "
As soon as Mr. Li said this, Mr. Wang, who was already biased against Xie Jinbao, began to become suspicious: "But if we don't go, what if he really has the mold in his hand?"
In the end, the worried mother-in-law and daughter-in-law decided to close the shop and go to the riverside to meet Xie Jinbao for a while. They were two against one person, and they were in Kaoshan Village. It was expected that he would not dare to rob directly.
The mother-in-law and daughter-in-law were worried all the way, but they went to the river and got what they wanted smoothly. They took it back to their yard in a secretive manner. Who would have thought that as soon as they closed the yard door, Grandma Chu's voice sounded behind them? "You two were not in the shop watching the business in broad daylight, and you were not back in the yard cooking, so where were you?"
When Mrs. Wang saw Grandma Chu's look, she knew that she must have just come out of the main room. She didn't look like she had gone to the shop to look at her. "Grandma, we have just closed the shop and entered the courtyard. We are in the middle of this. I need to cook!"
Otherwise, Wang’s daughter-in-law for many years knew Grandma Chu. She had indeed never seen the shop, but her shop had a back door that led directly to the courtyard. She saw the two of them coming in through the courtyard door. It was just a bluff: "If you don't hurry up, you'll be too hungry if you wait a little longer!"
But as soon as he finished speaking, he heard someone shouting: "It's on fire, it's on fire! Whose yard is this? Hurry up and put out the fire!"
The three of them listened carefully and found out that the sound seemed to be coming from their own backyard. When they were about to check it out, they saw that the men were also disturbed by the shouting. The family hurriedly ran towards the backyard. Just after passing a few When I opened a house, I saw thick smoke billowing in my backyard. Someone threw several bundles of ignited straw into my yard. There were a lot of half-made coffins and wood piled in the backyard, some of which had already been ignited!
Uncle Chu's family was busy putting out the fire in the backyard, but they didn't know that two men who had covered their eyes so hard that they could only see their eyes came over the front yard and entered the shop directly from the back door left in the yard.
"Every time the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law come back from pretending to be ghosts, they have to go into the shop. I guess the clothes used to pretend to be ghosts are in this shop. Let's look through them first instead of going to the house to take a look!"
It was Zhao Cheng who spoke, and Chu Yi was following behind him. One had been following the Wang family for several days, and the other was relatively familiar with the structure of Uncle Chu's yard. It was so suitable for them to do this. But that's it!
