The years of reselling the haunted house

Chapter 308

Compared with the houses of other villagers, these houses are obviously much newer. The paint on the gate seems to be freshly painted, and there is a faint smell of paint.

At the gate of the blue brick house, Xu Changhe stopped, pointed to the house and said to me: "This is the residence of Lord Shoushan, but we repaired it after Lord Shoushan left. In the past 20 years, we It needs to be refurbished every two years. We just wait for the descendants of Lord Shoushan to come back here one day. Today we finally have you here, so you should live here first."

I nodded, anyway, let's settle down first.Otherwise, it's easy to talk about during the day, but at night, Pang Dahai and I can't even have a place to live.

Xu Changhe took out a key from his body, opened a large iron lock hanging on the door with a click, pushed the door, and let us in.

Pang Dahai and I walked into the yard, and the old man with triangular eyes at the door wanted to follow us in.

As a result, Xu Changhe coughed loudly and drank: "Second mouse Xu..."

The old man was about to step over the threshold with one leg, and when Xu Changhe yelled, he quickly shrank back in fright.

It turned out that the old man was called Xu Ershu. I was amused, and thought that the name was really appropriate. I don't know if it was his real name or a nickname.

Xu Changhe said in a deep voice: "Since we want to abide by the rules of the Shoushan Lord, we must abide by it to the end. When the Shoushan Lord is here, we are not allowed to enter this yard. When the Shoushan Lord's grandson comes back, we must abide by it. Otherwise, don't blame me for being rude."

That Xu Ershu knew he was wrong, and although he was a little annoyed, he didn't say anything.

That Xu Changhe waved his hand: "Okay, Li Yang has already arrived at his residence, everyone should leave first. When dinner is ready, go to my house to gather."

The people around heard this and dispersed one after another.

At this time, they returned to their old senile appearance, and their movements slowed down.

Looking at their backs, I can still recall the expressions on their faces when they knew that I was a descendant of Li Shoushan.At that time, they were not like old people in their twilight years, but more like young people in their prime of life.

What is it that makes them look like two different people?

Watching them walk away, I was also in a state of turmoil. They seemed to value my status as Li Shoushan's grandson very much.It's just that although I am the grandson of my grandfather, I came here and knew nothing about it.Now I have this identity in vain, but I don't know what to do.

At this time, Pang Dahai looked at the green brick house and said, "Boss, this house is not bad, it is much better than other houses in the village. It seems that this Xu Changhe is good to you and your grandfather. What does your grandfather do?" what?"

I've never told Pang Dahai about grandpa, so I guess he has more doubts than me.It's just that he doesn't pretend to be serious in his mind, and even if he has doubts, he probably won't ponder them carefully.

If it comes, I will be at ease, I simply didn't think about it anymore, and I didn't bother to answer Pang Dahai, so I was going to go into the house to rest first.

And at this moment, I suddenly heard someone calling my name softly.

I froze for a moment, looked left and right, the gate was empty, and there was no one there.Except for Pang Haihai, no one was seen in the yard.

I thought I heard it wrong, but then someone yelled again.

I listened carefully, and the sound seemed to be coming from the wall.

I walked over slowly and put my ear to the wall.Then the voice came out again: "Li Yang..."

"Who are you?" I asked in a low voice.

"Don't be afraid, I'm a villager from Shoushantun, and your grandfather is kind to me."

"Then...you come in to talk?"

"No, I have to abide by the rules set by Lord Shan. I can't stay here for long, I just leave you a few words, you have to remember. At noon, someone will come to ask you to go to the patriarch's house for dinner. You Don't eat eggs, and you must return to this yard before dark, and no matter what happens outside, you can't step out of this yard, remember?"

The voice of the people outside was a little hoarse, but they spoke very fast.

"I remember, who is the senior?"

I asked a question, but did not hear an echo, but heard a rush of footsteps going away.

Pang Dahai also squatted aside and heard these words, he asked: "Boss, did that Yumo also tell you that you can't eat eggs?"

I nodded: "They don't let me eat eggs, are these eggs poisonous?"

Fat Dahai scratched his head and said, "Boss, it looks calm on the surface, but in fact there is an undercurrent under here..."

I took a look at Pang Haihai: "Fuck, even you can see it? It seems that we are really in danger?"

Pang Dahai smiled honestly: "Anyway, there is someone here to help you. Both of them said that eggs are not edible, so you don't eat them. If you are told to come back before dark, then come back, how simple thing……"

I shook my head: "Fatty, you forgot, that Yumo told us. Don't trust anyone easily. The purpose of that person just now was unknown, so is anyone among them?"

Pang Dahai nodded and said: "That must be counted. It's hard to tell the truth from what these people say, which is really a headache. I feel that they look at you in the wrong way. I think that old patriarch is also worried, and that Xu Shushu is even less like a good person."

I was taken aback: "Is it Xu Ershu?"

Pang Dahai waved his hand: "Anyway, he looks like a mouse, and his eyes are sneaky when looking at people."

I stretched my waist vigorously: "It doesn't matter, let's go to the house and rest for a while. The soldiers come to cover the water and soil, whether it is a blessing or a disaster, or the disaster can't be avoided..."

Pang Dahai is also a person with a big heart. Seeing what I said, he was even more lazy to do the work of trying to figure out people's hearts, so he took a step forward and opened the door.

The house was kept very clean, and there was no damp and stale smell that had been left unoccupied for a long time.It seems that Xu Changhe is not lying, they really clean this room very often.

There are three or four rooms in this green brick house.Among them is the main hall, with a bedroom on the left and right, and a cooking place in the back.

Although tidy, the furnishings are simple.There is a round table and a few chairs in the main hall, and there is an altar near the wall in front of the room, which should be enshrining some kind of god statue.But the strange thing is that the enshrined statue is covered with a red cloth.The red cloth covered the statue tightly.There are incense burners and incense offerings in front of the statue.I lifted my nose, but there was no smell of incense.

Each bedroom has a single wooden bed with complete bedding.A set of bamboo table and chairs with teapots and tea bowls.

There is no toilet in the house, and the toilet needs to go to the back yard, which is the kind of dry toilet that is very common in rural areas.

Chapter 309

Since there is only one bed in each bedroom, Pang Dahai and I live in two separate rooms.I live in the east-facing room, and leave the west-facing room for Fatty.

Lying on the wooden bed together, it was very comfortable, and it was very quiet outside.This gave me an illusion that this quiet environment shouldn't be so dangerous.I wondered if I was thinking too much. Uncle San asked me to come here to avoid poisonous silkworms. This should have been a simple matter.It's just that the third uncle said that my natal lamp is probably also in Shoushantun, and grandpa was involved, which made this matter a little complicated.I don't know if it is safe to take the time to ask the patriarch Xu Changhe?

I was lying on the bed thinking wildly, maybe I was tired, maybe the current environment was relatively comfortable for me, so I fell asleep without knowing it.

I didn't know how long I had slept in a drowsy state, when I suddenly heard someone calling my name again.

I sat up suddenly, forgetting where I was for a while.He turned his head and remembered his situation.

I took out my phone and checked, but no surprise there was no signal.It's strange that there is a signal in a place where this kind of bird doesn't shit.The time on the phone shows [-]:[-] pm.

I slept for three hours this time.

I went over to take a look, and found that Pang Dahai was still sleeping like a dead pig.He pushed him hard to wake him up, and then walked into the yard.

The voice calling my name came from the gate, and there was a knock on the door at the same time.

I opened the door and found that it was another old man.

Seeing me coming out, he quickly smiled at me and bowed slightly: "Master Yang, it's time for dinner, please come and eat with me."

I was taken aback: "Master, why do you call me that?"

The old man nodded: "Master Shoushan is our benefactor here, and his descendants can bear the title of young master. If this was in the past, I would still have to bow down to you..."

While talking, the old man bowed his body and led the way.I told Pang Dahai, who was not fully awake, to follow the old man closely.

This village is really just like my feeling, full of the atmosphere of twilight everywhere.Even the person who came to lead the way was an old man.

I asked the old man, "Master, are there all old people in Shoushan Village? Where are all the young people?"

The old man didn't return, and said, "Young man, it's precious to us, they..."

When the old man said this, as if he realized something, he stopped talking abruptly, and didn't say anything more.

According to the old man, it's not that there are no young people in this village, it's just that we haven't seen them.

While talking, the old man led us to the front of a residence.Like most houses in the village, this house looks very inconspicuous, even a little old.

The old man sent us here, pointed to the house inside and said, "Master, this is the patriarch's house. Go in."

After speaking, the old man bowed his waist and left.

We stood at the door and looked inside.At this time, the door opened, and a large group of people came out of the room.It was the group we saw during the day, headed by the old patriarch Xu Changhe.

Seeing us, Xu Changhe laughed and said, "Li Yang, are you hungry? Hurry up, wash your hands and eat in the house..."

The people behind him also greeted us warmly, with smiles on their faces.

Seeing this scene, it feels like a big family has prepared meals and is waiting for someone who has returned from a long journey to eat.This feeling is very warm, warm enough to make you forget the danger.

Pang Dahai and I were surrounded by that group of people and entered the room.There was a big round table in the room, and the table was full of dishes, and the aroma of vegetables wafted from it.

Xu Changhe greeted us and asked us to sit down.And let me take the lead.This flattered me, so I quickly turned it down.

Who knew that Xu Changhe and a group of people, regardless of their old age and frailty, had great strength, and pushed me to the main seat, saying that it was the seat I should sit in.

Pang Dahai was placed opposite me, and a group of them sat in other seats.It can be seen that they are very polite, and the seats are seated in order.

Seeing that we were seated, Xu Changhe pointed to the person in the seat and said that he wanted to introduce me.

I glanced at it, and besides Pang Dahai and me, there were five other people sitting here.

Among them are Xu Changhe and Xu Ershu. I have seen the other three, but I don't know their names.

The remaining three, two men and one woman, are all in their 60s.

After Xu Changhe's introduction, I got to know the big old man among them, named Xu Dongyang. He was wearing a blue long gown with old-fashioned styles.I still have an impression of him. From the time I found them, he didn't say much from the beginning to the end. He seemed to belong to the kind of taciturn, and he just nodded when he saw me.

Another old man with a shorter stature was wearing a red robe.It's hard not to notice him.But he doesn't seem to be in a very good state of mind, his eyes are always half-closed, and he looks like he can't wake up.When he walked, he felt even weaker, as if a gust of wind could blow him down. The old man's name was even more bizarre, Old Dog Xu.

The remaining old lady leaned on a cane, she was very handsome, her silver hair was tied into a bun, her clothes were not outstanding, but she was very neat, she seemed to be a person who was very particular about appearance.The old lady had a kind face and looked very amiable.Xu Changhe introduced her as Xu Meilu.

The five people present are all surnamed Xu, so they should all belong to the same clan.At the beginning, I didn't feel any surprise when I heard the names of Xu Changhe and Xu Ershu.Especially Xu Ershu's name, I think it's probably a nickname.Otherwise, who would want to have the word mouse in their name?

But after hearing the names of these three people today, I realized that their names have a common feature, that is, there is an animal in their names.

Xu Changhe, Xu Ershu, Xu Dongyang, Xu Laogou, Xu Meilu.

And they themselves don't seem to have any objection to their own names, especially the names Xu Laogou and Xu Ershu, which are insulting in our opinion, but they seem to have accepted it.

Seeing that I was a little surprised, Xu Changhe smiled: "Li Yang thinks our name is a bit strange, right? Sigh... Anyway, we can't get out of this village, and the name is just a code name. So we usually have nothing to do and are bored In the beginning, I changed my name. At the beginning, I changed it for myself, and later I changed it for each other. Everyone has to accept the name. Later, in order to save trouble, I simply named it an animal. You must think this Ridiculous, right?"

Chapter 310 Blood Spring Egg

After listening to Xu Changhe's introduction, I finally understood why they had such strange names.This name has been taken since birth, so there is still a reason to change it every three days?

How bored do they have to be to come up with such a boring way to pass the time?But think about it, the five of them add up to more than 300 years old, don't they still gather together in the morning to watch the tortoise walk?Thinking about it this way, it is not difficult to understand that they would treat naming as a game.

Fat Dahai didn't care about it, he stared at the dishes and asked Xu Changhe: "Old patriarch, when can I eat this?"

When Xu Changhe heard it, he immediately slapped his head: "Look, look at me, I'm so patronizing and talking, are you hungry? Come, eat, you're welcome, let's eat."

I glanced at the table, and there were roughly a dozen dishes on the table.There are only seven of us at full count, which can be described as extremely rich.

Those dishes are also mostly meat and poultry, and the cooking skills are not bad, and the aroma has not dissipated.There is still a jar of wine on the table, which has already been opened, and the aroma of the wine is overflowing, and it smells tangy.

But I read it, and there is no egg dish in it.Neither boiled eggs nor scrambled eggs…

Pang Dahai probably noticed it too, so he ate without any scruples.

Xu Changhe introduced to us that those dishes are basically raised poultry and livestock, as well as some game, such as pheasants and hares.

I thought that when Xu Changhe invited us to dinner, he would say something about my grandfather at the dinner table, or ask me the purpose of coming here, and some things in their village.

Unexpectedly, none of Xu Changhe and his group spoke much, and they all started to eat sullenly. Only Xu Changhe would persuade me to drink from time to time.I was afraid that drinking would cause trouble, so I shirked my drinking capacity and didn't take a sip.They didn't try to persuade them to drink too much, they drank and ate food on their own.

I thought Pang Dahai would be enough to eat, but I didn't expect these people to eat more than fat people, as if they hadn't had enough food for 800 years.And the way they eat is very indecent, bones are thrown all over the table, and each of them is also full of oily mouths.

This posture shocked Pang Dahai, and in the end he had to put down his chopsticks and watch them eat.

The five of them were sullen, eating a lot.Pang Dahai and I were dumbfounded.

I thought of the stranger outside the wall who told me that I must go back to the yard before dark, so I decided to go back first.

I said to Xu Changhe who was biting a chicken thigh: "Grandpa Xu, we are full, thank you for the hospitality, we want to go back and rest."

When Xu Changhe heard this, he hurriedly put down the chicken legs, and patted his head again: "Look, look, I'm getting confused again, and I haven't served the last dish yet, you must try it before leaving."

Saying that, Xu Changhe clapped his hands, pulled his neck and asked: "Are you all right, the young master is leaving..."

There was a reply from inside, and an elderly woman came out with a basin in her hand.

The pot was placed on the table, and inside was a pot of hard-boiled red-skinned eggs.

When I saw the egg, I was secretly excited, and my heart was in my throat.

Two people warned me at the same time, don't eat eggs when you get here.I didn't see any eggs on the dinner table just now, and I was secretly glad that the eggs still appeared.So what's in this egg?

Although I was full of doubts, it didn't show on my face.

Xu Changhe pointed to the pot of eggs: "There is nothing good in our village, but this egg is the only one that can be sold. It is boiled with the blood spring in our place. It has extremely rich nutritional value. The egg melts in the mouth when boiled, and the taste is delicious." Delicious, come... have a taste..."

Xu Changhe really asked us to eat this egg.But when I looked at those eggs, the color of the egg skins was red, and the redness was a bit abnormal. Coupled with the previous warning, I dare not eat it.