Traveling through time and space to become a child, supporting the family by catching fish and shrim

A guard from the Xu family hurried over and shouted, "Don't run, fellow villager. We are traveling merchants and we were caught in a heavy rain. We would like to take shelter in your house."

“We paid.”

After hearing this, the person hiding in the dark hesitated for a moment, then came out and asked, "Are you really traveling merchants?"

The guard nodded repeatedly: "Not only are there traveling merchants, there is also a scholar in the team, who is going to Qinzhou Prefecture to take the imperial examination."

The reputation of a scholar is more useful than that of a traveling merchant.

This person said, "Come with me."

The guard breathed a sigh of relief and waved to the back, indicating that they should follow.

The convoy followed this person to a dilapidated courtyard, which at first glance was not even as good as the charity cemetery where he had stayed before.

The villagers said: "Only four people can live in the house, and the rest must be arranged to live with other families."

"You can discuss it among yourselves."

There is nothing much to discuss. The security guards will go to another house, and Chen Lang, Xiaoqi, Xu Mengru and Hong'er will live in this house.

But before they parted, Hong'er whispered a few words to the guards, asking them to take turns guarding here at night.

This village is full of weirdness, so it's always better to be careful.

The guards drove away in the carriage, and Chen Lang and his three companions followed the fellow villager into the main hall of his house.

Two portraits of the old men are hung in the center of the main hall. The ancient portraits did not pursue realism, but freehand brushwork. Even the portraits of people were painted in a freehand style.

This resulted in the portraits of the two old men appearing quite strange against the backdrop of incense.

Hong'er took one look and didn't dare to look again.

Xiao Qi wanted to stare at it, because he thought that would make him look very courageous, but after being slapped on the back of the head by Chen Lang, he became obedient: "How can you stare at the portrait of someone's elders for a long time?"

Xiao Qi rubbed the back of his head and said "oh".

The villagers pointed to the two houses on the west side and said coldly, "You will stay in those two houses tonight."

"I'll call you when dinner is ready."

"I have something else to do, please help yourself."

Chen Lang said, "Please stay, fellow villagers."

"I haven't asked for your name yet."

"I am Lu Ting, the village chief of Qingniu Village."

Lu Ting said this and turned away.

Xiao Qi said, "How cold."

Chen Lang said: "Indifference is the normal reaction."

"If the village chief comes in too enthusiastically, that would be really bad news."

"Let's go inside and change our wet clothes."

After taking off wet clothes, it is best to dry them immediately. If you wait for them to dry naturally in the shade, the clothes will have an extremely strong sour smell.

Chen Lang led Xiao Qi to the kitchen, wanting to use the stove fire to dry the clothes.

As soon as I went out, I met Xu Mengru and Honger who were also holding wet clothes.

Xu Mengru walked up to Chen Lang and whispered, "I found the child's clothes in the house."

Chen Lang said: "Miss Xu, it's not right to rummage through the owner's things..."

Before she could finish her words, she saw Lu Ting hurriedly coming over. Without even saying hello to Xu Mengru, he went straight into the room where she lived. After a moment, he hurried away holding a pile of clothes.

Xu Mengru said: "I didn't turn it over. The clothes are on the bed."

Chen Lang said, "A few pieces of children's clothes don't mean anything."

"We've been here for a while now. Have you seen the child?"

"Maybe he went to visit relatives and hasn't come back yet." Chen Lang said.

"Then why did Village Chief Lu take the child's clothes? Is he deliberately hiding something?" Xu Mengru asked.

Chen Lang said, "Miss Xu, you are too sensitive. The village chief took the children's clothes because he didn't want them to disturb your rest."

Xu Mengru was somewhat helpless: "I just realized how big your heart is."

Chen Lang smiled and said, "I'm not careless, I'm just too lazy to think about it."

Xu Mengru shook her head and smiled bitterly: "Okay, you are a gentleman, and I am a villain."

After saying that, he pushed Chen Lang away and led Hong'er to the kitchen.

Xiao Qi was puzzled and asked, "Master, what's wrong with Miss Xu? Why is she suddenly angry?"

Chen Lang shrugged: "My period is coming."

Xiao Qi looked around and said, "Miss Xu's aunt lives in this village? It seems that Miss Xu and her aunt don't have a very good relationship."

Chen Lang said: "The aunt I'm talking about, she's not...that's all, just treat her as her."

"Let's go dry the clothes."

After the clothes were dried, dinner was ready.

A bowl of brown rice and some pickled cabbage.

Lu Ting said calmly, "My humble abode is simple, so please make do with what you have."

Chen Lang said, "You're too polite, Village Chief. It's great to be able to have a hot meal in this weather."

"Thank you."

Everyone was busy eating, and the atmosphere was depressing and solemn.

Chen Lang took the initiative to talk and said, "Village Chief, are you alone at home? Where is the child?"

Lu Ting said expressionlessly: "I am the only one at home."

Then no matter what Chen Lang said, he no longer answered.

The meal was quite dull. Afterwards, Chen Lang suggested that Xiao Qi help wash the dishes, but Lu Ting refused.

Everyone had to go back to their rooms to rest.

But Xu Mengru and Hong'er ran to Chen Lang's house in a short while.

They also want to hear Chen Lang tell stories.

Hong'er also asked to hear a touching but very complete story.

Chen Lang thought about it and began to tell them the story of "Painted Skin".

An hour later, Xu Mengru and Hong'er hugged each other tightly, their faces pale and shaking.

The story had been told long ago, but the two of them did not dare to go back to the house to rest.

Because this story is so horrifying, it is many times more terrifying than A Chinese Ghost Story.

"Young Master, you are so bad! I want to hear a touching story. How can what you said be touching?" Hong'er said angrily.

Chen Lang smiled and said, "I think it's quite touching."

"I see you're so moved you're almost crying."

Hong'er said, "What do you mean by moved to tears? You're obviously scared to tears."

"I won't tell you stories tomorrow."

"Miss, let's go back."

Xu Mengru glared at Chen Lang resentfully, then ran to her room with Hong'er tremblingly.

Chen Lang yawned and said, "Xiao Qi performed well today. His courage has improved."

Xiao Qi forced a smile, "Master... I..."

Chen Lang fell on the bed and said, "I'm sleepy. Let's go to sleep first."

Xiao Qi covered her lower abdomen with both hands, and her expression began to twist.

He wanted to go to the bathroom.

He had been holding his urine for a long time. He finally waited until Xu Mengru and her servant left. He wanted to ask the young master to accompany him, but the young master fell asleep in a second and didn't give him any time to talk.

Seeing that he was about to pee his pants if he continued holding it in, Xiaoqi had no choice but to bite the bullet and walk out of the house.

After going to the toilet and flushing the toilet, Xiao Qi hurried into the house. On the way, he suddenly heard a rustling sound of footsteps. Xiao Qi thought it was a ghost coming to take his life, and he was so scared that he stood at attention and dared not move.

After a while, there was nothing unusual around, so Xiao Qi bravely moved forward a few steps and looked out from the corner of the wall.

He saw the village chief Lu Tin coming out of the kitchen carrying a basket and walking into a small room on the east side.

He came out after a while with nothing in his hands.