Siheyuan: Starting from the driver

Chapter 666 The Jia Family House is Haunted?
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"Smack smack~"

"Delicious! Delicious!"

The sleeping dog smacked its lips, seemingly dreaming of something good, and kept laughing foolishly.

In his dream, Banggeng could eat chicken, duck, goose, pork, and beef as he pleased, eating heartily and throwing away whatever he wanted when he didn't want it anymore—how magnanimous!

I dreamt again that I stole Xiao Dang's milk candy, which Li Kailang had given her, and now I had finally taken it away.

Everything is so beautiful.

Banggeng kicked his legs happily, accidentally waking up Jia Zhangshi.

"Bang Geng, sleep well." Madam Jia Zhang didn't even lift her eyelids, and after saying that, she fell asleep.

Jia Zhangshi's words woke Banggeng up. He raised his eyelids, looked at the dark surroundings, smacked his lips twice, turned over and went back to sleep.

However, this time, there were no sweet dreams.

"Bang Geng, have you been disobedient?"

A familiar yet unfamiliar voice came, and the dreamlike Banggeng looked around.

"Who? Who is it? Come out!"

"It's me~ Have you forgotten your father?"

Jia Dongxu's figure was seen floating in front of Banggeng.

"Daddy"

"Sigh~" In my dream, Jia Dongxu was so kind and approachable.

But Banggeng didn't notice, his body trembling as he asked, "Dad, you...you weren't dead?"

"Dead?" Jia Dongxu was stunned. "How could that be? Dad was perfectly fine."

"Banggeng, why are you afraid of your father? Did you do something bad? Did you treat your mother or grandma badly?"

"No, no," Banggeng shook his head repeatedly.

"No? Then what are you afraid of me for? Is it because you're not studying well and don't study hard enough? Fine, you dare not study hard when I'm not around? I think you deserve a beating!"

The kind and amiable Jia Dongxu instantly turned into a ferocious figure, blood streaming from his eyes as he stared intently at the stick.

Suddenly, a broom appeared in Jia Dongxu's hand, and he started hitting the stick!
"what!!!"

"Ghost!"

With a scream, Bang Geng instantly woke up from his nightmare and sat up.

I was terrified and my whole body was trembling with cold.

"Bang Geng, what's wrong?" Jia Zhangshi was startled.

"Grandma, I dreamt about Dad, and I'm so scared," Banggeng cried.

Upon hearing that it was Jia Dongxu, Jia Zhangshi immediately stopped caring and patted Banggeng on the shoulder, saying, "Good boy, our Banggeng is a good boy. Don't be afraid of your father. Your father won't hurt you."

"No, Dad is so scary, he even hit me," Banggeng explained, his face pale.

But Jia Zhangshi just listened and said, "How could that be? Daddy is too busy taking care of you, how could he hit you?"

"real."

"Alright, alright, Grandma knows, go to sleep." Jia Zhangshi assumed that Bang Geng was just scared out of his wits and was too sleepy to bother with such a big deal.

At this moment, she is an unwavering realist.

After patting Banggeng's back, Jia Zhangshi turned over and went back to sleep.

Seeing that her grandmother didn't care and her mother was still asleep, Banggeng had no choice but to compose herself and go back to sleep.

In her sleep, Jia Zhangshi also dreamed of Jia Dongxu.

"Dongxu, is that you?"

Jia Dongxu turned around and looked at Jia Zhangshi: "Mom, it's me. Are you alright?"

"That's wonderful, that's wonderful!" Madam Jia was overjoyed, but the next moment she saw Jia Dongxu's eyes wide with rage.

Jia Dongxu said ominously, "Mom, I died a terrible death. Please come down and join me."

"No, no!" Jia Zhangshi was so frightened that she backed away repeatedly.

"Mom, don't go! Do you think it's easy to take my money? If you take my money, you have to do something, come down and keep me company!"

Jia Dongxu flew up to Jia Zhangshi in a flash, opened his blood-red mouth and laughed sinisterly. He stretched out his hands and grabbed her neck in an instant, shaking her violently.

Immediately afterwards, blood began to flow from all seven orifices of his face.

"Don't don't!"

"Ah! Help! It's a ghost!"

In her dream, Jia Zhangshi screamed in terror and woke up instantly, leaping to her feet.

"Dongxu, no, no!" Jia Zhangshi shouted in fear.

She was drenched in sweat and dreamed of Jia Dongxu!
"Grandma, did you dream about Dad too?" Banggeng asked.

"Hmm." Madam Jia wiped the sweat from her forehead, patting her chest to calm herself down, still shaken.

Looking at Bang Geng, she had no choice but to believe him this time, though she had a vague sense of unease.

"Dong Dongxu is here to claim my life."

"What's going on? Are we being pestered by Dongxu?"

The grandmother and grandson saw the fear in each other's eyes.

Having nightmares isn't scary; what's scary is dreaming about the same person repeatedly, or dreaming that Jia Dongxu is plotting something sinister—that's highly abnormal.

"Grandma, I'm scared!" Banggeng clung tightly to Jia Zhangshi's leg, looking around at the darkness.

They always felt like Jia Dongxu was watching them from some dark corner.

"Don't be afraid!" Jia Zhangshi was terrified and quickly sat down to cover herself with a quilt.

The grandmother and grandson huddled together on the bed in fear, still feeling unsafe, so they simply hugged each other, as if that would drive Jia Dongxu away.

"Whoosh~" A cold wind blew across their feet.

"Ah!" Startled, the two huddled under the covers, desperately trying to hide the corner.

"Don't come any closer! Don't come any closer!"

"Dad, I was wrong! Dad, I was wrong!"

The two were so frightened that they trembled under the covers.

Just then, the two of them suddenly felt a hand touch them.

"Ah!" The two screamed, their eyes tightly shut in fright, waving their arms around inside the blankets as if they could defeat Jia Dongxu.

"Mom, Banggeng, what are you two doing!"

"Why are you making such a racket so late at night instead of sleeping? Are you bored out of your mind?!"

Qin Huairu's angry voice rang out, and the two of them instantly relaxed from their tense and excited state.

Trembling, he lifted a corner of the blanket and saw an angry Qin Huairu.

"Whoosh~" The two felt as if they were floating on air; it was just a dream.

"Mom, Mom! There's a ghost! There's a ghost!"

"Dongxu, Dongxu has come looking for us. What are we going to do about the repair?"

"Mom, I'm scared, Dad's going to hit me."

"Dongxu, you're pinching me again! That's terrifying!"

The two hurriedly explained that although they had been scolded, it was Qin Huairu, and being scolded by her was better than being beaten by Jia Dongxu.

It's truly terrifying!

They thought Jia Dongxu had come to the house from their dream to take their lives.

"Playing tricks! There are no ghosts now. Dongxu has been gone for almost a month, and the seven-day mourning period has passed. Where would there be any ghosts?"

"I think you two are just bored. You don't do much work and you're just daydreaming all day. Do more work tomorrow."

"Go to sleep!"

After giving the two a lecture, Qin Huairu comforted Xiao Dang and then went back to sleep.

After being scolded by Qin Huairu, the two of them showed no intention of resisting; instead, they felt relieved. "Go to sleep, go to sleep."

Jia Zhangshi comforted Bang Geng to sleep, but the two were still somewhat apprehensive and cuddled each other to sleep.

Just when the two thought the matter was over, Jia Dongxu appeared in their dreams again.

Although it wasn't as ferocious as it initially appeared, it was still quite terrifying.

"Ah! Ghost!"

All night long, Jia Zhangshi and Banggeng made a racket in the courtyard with their wailing and howling.

The next day.

Jia Zhangshi and Bang Geng looked haggard, their eyes filled with dark circles as they gazed at the light outside the window, finally feeling a sense of relief.

It's dawn now; Dongxu should no longer be appearing.

"Thump!" The two lay down and fell into a deep sleep.

"Bang Geng, wake up, it's time to go to school."

Qin Huairu was exhausted from the two arguing all night, but she still forced herself to wake up Banggeng.

Unfortunately, the stick remained motionless, and no matter how much Qin Huairu shook it, she couldn't wake it up.

"Mom!" Jia Zhangshi exclaimed as well.

Before long, people in the courtyard woke up and started washing up.

"Sigh, what's wrong with the Jia family yesterday? They're like they're possessed. They keep saying that Jia Dongxu came to see them. Are they crazy? They've been arguing all night without stopping."

"That's right, Jia Zhangshi is crazy. She's been copying all night and doesn't have to go to work, why is she bothering us? I really hope Jia Dongxu came to see her."

"They're so bored all day long, they're always looking for trouble. They don't sleep, but we do."

Groups of two or three people were cursing Jia Zhangshi.

After everyone went to work, Jia Zhangshi suddenly woke up from her sleep.

"Phew~ I was so scared, so scared." Seeing that it was getting light, Jia Zhangshi finally felt less frightened.

"No, no, what if Dongxu comes looking for us tonight?"

The thought of this made Jia Zhangshi tremble. She remembered what Jia Dongxu had said in her dream and how she had squandered his money.

"No, no, no."

Jia Zhangshi immediately got out of bed, found all the paper money stored in the house, and burned it all.

"A little more, a little more!" Jia Zhangshi felt it wasn't enough and quickly took out money to buy some more.

When I came back, I saw that Bang Geng was awake.

"Banggeng, come on! Burn paper money with Grandma."

"Okay!" Banggeng was also afraid that Jia Dongxu would come looking for him, so the grandmother and grandson burned paper money together.

He muttered to himself as he burned it.

"Dongxu, Mom has burned money for you. You can spend it as you like down here, but you can't come back up."

"Dad, I was wrong. I will study hard from now on."

"Dongxu, Huairu is pregnant and I have to take care of her. If something happens to me, there will be no one to take care of Huairu."

"Dad, I have to take care of my sister, and I can't let anything happen to me."

The two of them mumbled something incoherently, and finally knelt down and worshipped before the brazier.

The group of people in the courtyard were watching with great interest.

"Tsk tsk tsk, what kind of time is this to be still indulging in feudal superstitions? Jia Zhangshi is really something. Luckily, the leaders of the street office didn't see it, otherwise it would have been troublesome."

“Jia Dongxu has been dead for so long, how could he possibly come up here?”

“That’s right. There’s a saying that goes, ‘If you don’t do anything wrong during the day, you won’t be afraid of ghosts knocking at your door at night.’ Who knows what wrong Jia Zhangshi has done?”

"I think so."

A group of women were whispering and discussing.

After Jia Zhangshi and Bang Geng finished their offerings, they were still uneasy and felt they had to do something.

Seeing the busy Qin Huairu and the lonely and bored Xiao Dang, the two exchanged a glance and immediately got to work.

"Daughter-in-law, let me do it."

All day long, Madam Jia wouldn't let Qin Huairu do anything. She was extremely attentive and did everything herself, never asking Qin Huairu for help.

"Little sister, big brother will play with you. You can play whatever you want today."

Banggeng is not going to school today. He's staying home to play with Xiaodang. She can play whatever she wants, even step on his head without hesitation.

The two showed Jia Dongxu through their actions that they were an indispensable part of the family and that he should never look for them again.

After a long period of busy work, the two felt a little less uneasy, but they were still somewhat anxious.

At this time, the people working at the steel rolling mill also returned one after another.

"Old Yi, Old Yi!" Jia Zhangshi rushed straight to the Yi family home.

"Old Yi, please help me! Dongxu came back looking for me yesterday, and I'm scared."

Yi Zhonghai frowned: "Jia Zhangshi, look at you, at your age, don't you know whether there are ghosts or not? Why are you talking to me about feudal superstitions?"

"Haunted? How did you even come up with that idea?"

"Old Yi, I'm not making this up, Banggeng and I both dreamt about Dongxu yesterday, it was so scary, you have to help me!" Jia Zhangshi pleaded.

"Dongxu not only scared Banggeng, but she also tried to kill me! Lao Yi, you have to help me."

As dusk approached, Jia Zhangshi felt a chill run down her spine.

She didn't want to stay in the yard for even a moment longer, feeling as if Jia Dongxu might jump out at any moment once it got dark.

So creepy!
Yi Zhonghai rolled his eyes: "If you leave, what will happen to Bang Geng? What will happen to Xiao Qin? Even if you leave, where will you live? There's nowhere for you to stay outside right now."

Jia Zhangshi had already thought about what Yi Zhonghai was saying.

"Don't worry, Qin Huairu is pregnant. Dongxu won't hurt her. As for me and Banggeng, we'll just stay at the guesthouse for the night."

"You think you can just stay in a guesthouse whenever you want? Dream on."

Guesthouses generally do not accept private guests; they are mainly for official business.

"Please, have mercy! You're an eighth-grade worker, maybe you can do it," Jia Zhangshi pleaded.

How could Yi Zhonghai waste his goodwill on such a trivial matter?

"I think you're overthinking it. You're just bored. As the saying goes, what you think about during the day, you dream about at night. There are no real ghosts. It's just that you're scared, that's why you dream about them."

"Think about it yourself, how many years have you been calling for Lao Jia, has Lao Jia ever come up here?"

"I think you're missing Dongxu so much you've gone crazy. Dongxu has been gone for so long, he's probably in the underworld by now, how could he possibly come up to find you? You're overthinking it."

At this point, Madam Jia was taken aback: "That makes sense. That's the underworld, how could an ordinary person like Dongxu possibly go up there?"

"Could it be that I'm overthinking it?"

"You're definitely overthinking it!" Yi Zhonghai said decisively.

After hearing Yi Zhonghai's words, Jia Zhangshi's doubts disappeared considerably, and she returned home happily.

"Grandma, I'm scared." Banggeng immediately hugged Jia Zhangshi, who was in the same boat. As it got darker, he became more and more scared.

"Don't be afraid, don't be afraid, we're just having nightmares." Jia Zhangshi immediately repeated Yi Zhonghai's excuse.

Bang Geng's worries lessened considerably, and he was no longer afraid of the dark.

Looking at Qin Huairu, who was still lying in bed, Jia Zhangshi said, "Qin Huairu, I'm hungry. Go and cook some food."

Qin Huairu glanced at the erratic Jia Zhangshi, wondering why she seemed like a completely different person after going out for a while.

But he remained unmoved, only touching his belly and glaring at Jia Zhangshi.

Seeing that glare, Jia Zhangshi immediately realized that it was wise to be pragmatic and started cooking.

"I'll do it, I'll do it, daughter-in-law, wait a minute~"

Pregnant women should not be messed with, especially those carrying a child born after the death of their parents; otherwise, it will be difficult to explain to the Jia family after their death.

Whether it was Yi Zhonghai's words or the actions of the two during the day that were effective, the grandmother and grandson indeed did not dream of Jia Dongxu that night.

(End of this chapter)