Shang Yuankui catches the demon

Shang Yuankui and Hongxia didn't mention that they went to stay in the Li family's old store, but only said that the young master Lin Wuyou brought the servants back to Lin's mansion.

As soon as he entered the mansion, the butler Lin Xiao came out to pick him up: "Master, you are back, Master and Madam have been waiting for you for a long time."

Upon hearing this, Lin Wuyou hurriedly walked towards the backyard.

When I came to the upper house, I met my parents.When Master Lin saw his son came back, he ordered the housekeeper to serve dinner.

After the meal, the remaining seats were removed and tea was served.The family sits together drinking tea and chatting.

Mrs. Lin asked her son, "Why have you been away for so long today?"

Lin Wuyou told the story of meeting Jin's mother and daughter on the street today.

Master Lin nodded: "Well, very good. When you meet poor people, help if you can, and you will also accumulate virtue for yourself."

Mrs. Lin also recited Buddha directly.

While talking, Lin Xiao came in and said, "Master, everything is ready."

Master Lin said: "Then let's start."

"Yes."

Lin Xiao agreed to go out, Lin Wuyou also stood up: "Wait, I'll go with you."

Mrs. Lin smiled helplessly: "You child, you just like to watch this."

Lin Wuyou smiled at his mother, and followed Lin Xiao out of the back hall.

When they came to the front yard, there were a dozen servants waiting with rice noodles. Lin Xiao waved his hands and told everyone to start spreading rice noodles in every corner.

The book endorses that there is a custom in Shandong that every family sprinkles rice and noodles on the seventh day of the first lunar month to congratulate the mouse on marrying a daughter and pray that there will be no mice in the family in the coming year.

The servants began to sprinkle rice in front of and behind the house, Lin Wuyou saw it interestingly, and also took a small bag of rice, and sprinkled it in the yard where he lived.

Strange to say, mice are generally afraid of people, and they run very fast when they see people.Today Lin Wuyou had just sprinkled two handfuls of rice when he heard a creaking sound. Following the sound, he saw two white mice, one big and one small, running over from the bottom of the wall, holding the rice that Lin Wuyou had just sprinkled. Creak and gnaw.

These two mice were not as dirty as the usual mice, but extremely clean, with smooth white fur and no stray hairs.

Lin Wuyou saw that these two mice were not afraid of people, so he knelt down to watch them eat rice.The two mice did not run away and continued to eat rice.

Lin Wuyou has a problem, he likes animals with fur.Seeing the fluffy and clean fur of the two mice, he felt itchy and couldn't help touching the fur of the smaller mouse.

I don't know if it's because my eyes are dazzled, Lin Wuyou felt that the mouse was touched, and turned his eyes to look at himself.The big mouse's eyes are bent, as if a person is smiling.

Lin Wuyou felt a shiver all over his body, and his back felt cold.He whispered to the servant who was following him: "Why do I feel that that mouse glanced at me just now? The other one seems to be smiling at me?"

Shunzi originally thought it was weird seeing mice not afraid of people, but now hearing what the young master said, chills ran up his spine, and he hurriedly dragged Lin Wuyou outside: "Master, the rice is also sprinkled, hurry back Come on. Master and Madam are still waiting for you."

Lin Wuyou also felt evil, so he followed Shunzi to his parents' yard.As soon as he walked out of the courtyard, the two mice stopped eating rice. He stood up and looked at Lin Wuyou's leaving back, a red light flashed in his eyes.

Lin Wuyou and Shunzi came to their parents' yard, and the maid Peiyu helped Lin Wuyou into the house.

The room was dark, and there were no lights on.Madam Lin's voice sounded in the darkness: "Son, are you back?"

Lin Wuyou came to his mother's side in response, touched the chair, and sat next to his mother: "Yes, the baby is back."

"Has the rice been sprinkled?"

"Yes, it's all sprinkled. The boy watched them sprinkle it all over the place."

"Ah That's good."

According to the custom, after the rice is sprinkled, no lights can be lit at home, and the family members can't sleep, so as not to disturb the rats and married daughters, and they can't go to rest until the dawn of five drums.

Master Lin ordered Lin Xiao to stay in the servant's room with his family and servants, and no one was allowed to sleep.

Lin Wuyou stayed in the room talking with the old couple to pass the time.

At first everything was fine, but at midnight, Lin Wuyou started to fight with his upper and lower eyelids, he was extremely sleepy, and his voice was also low. Mrs. Lin talked to him, but didn't reply for a long time.

Seeing that her son hadn't spoken for a long time, Mrs. Lin asked, "Son, are you sleepy?"

Lin Wuyou yawned: "Yes. Mom, I'm a little sleepy. Maybe I had a drink just now, so I'm very tired now."

Mrs. Lin thought for a while: "Then you can take a nap here. Peiyu, go get some more cushions for the young master to sleep on."

"Yes, ma'am." Peiyu went out in the dark, and came back after a while with several cushions, "Young master, you can just take a rest."

"Well, good. Thank you sister Peiyu." Lin Wuyou asked Peiyu to wait and arrange the cushions, half-closed his eyes and talked with his parents.

After about a stick of incense, Lin Wuyou felt weak all over, and slumped on the chair, sleepy and tired.I couldn't bear it any longer, so I said to Mrs. Lin: "Mother, the baby is really sleepy, and I want to go back to the house and have a rest."

"This, I'm afraid it's not right." Master Lin was a little hesitant. He kept watch until dawn every year, and he never saw his son sleepy like this.And my son has always had a lot of food, so he didn't drink much today, so why can't he?

Mrs. Lin felt sorry for her son, but she didn't think too much about it: "There's nothing wrong with it, just find two more people to watch over him. Shunzi!"

"Hey!" Shunzi agreed, raised the cotton curtain and walked in, "Madam, please order."

Mrs. Lin said: "You take two more people to accompany the young master back to rest, so that he can take care of him."

"Yes, ma'am, don't worry." Shunzi saluted, helped Lin Wuyou out of the house, found four more people, and accompanied Lin Wuyou back to her yard.

After entering the house, Lin Wuyou fell asleep.Shunzi led someone to guard the door.

Until Yinshi, Lin Wuyou began to dream.

In a trance, I felt that I sat up from the bed, walked through the door and left the room.At the door, Shunzi and the servants sat on the spring bench and dozed off.

After leaving the courtyard, Lin Wuyou heard the sound of suona ringing in his ears.Listen carefully, the voice seems to be coming from the gate.

Following the sound, Lin Wuyou walked to the gate, and walked out without opening the door.

Standing at the door, looking left and right, I saw a team of sending off relatives coming from the south.

This group of people walked over Chuichuidada, and stopped in front of Lin Wuyou.

Xi Niang, who was wiping her white face and red lips, twisted her fat body and walked up to Lin Wuyou, she giggled and said with a handkerchief: "Young master is here, hurry up and go with the old lady." hand and walked back.

Surprised, Lin Wuyou grabbed Xi Niang's hand: "Who is your uncle? I don't know you."

Xi Niang laughed again, her voice was shrill and sharp: "Young master, what are you talking about? Let it go. Why are you not my uncle? Come home with the old lady and marry the young lady."

"What do you worship! Who is your lady! I don't know your lady! Let me go!" Lin Wuyou was shocked and tried to pull his hand back.But for some reason, this Xi Niang's hands are so strong that she can't break free no matter what.

After such a short effort, the whole team fell silent, and everyone stared at Lin Wuyou.

Xi Niang turned her head, there was no smile on her chubby face, her two mung bean-sized eyes were shining with green light, she was looking at Lin Wuyou gloomily, her right hand was about to run towards Lin Wuyou's face to say hello .

A woman's delicate voice suddenly came from inside the sedan chair: "Mother Zhao, stop quickly, don't hurt your husband. It's important to visit the hall, don't miss the auspicious time."

After hearing what the woman said, Xi Niang immediately stopped her hands, and replied respectfully: "Yes, Miss."

Lin Wuyou was listening to this woman's voice very familiar, but for a moment he couldn't remember where he heard it.

Xi Niang took the order, and didn't bother with Lin Wuyou any more, she threw the handkerchief at Lin Wuyou's face, a puff of white smoke came out, Lin Wuyou felt blurred in front of her eyes, and then stood still on the spot up.

Xi Niang let go of her hand and walked straight to the sedan chair, Lin Wuyou followed behind her slowly.Xi Niang raised her hand and shouted: "Get up the sedan chair!"

The bearer lifted the sedan chair, the drummers played the suona again, and the group headed north.

Lin Wuyou followed the team and walked forward in a daze. He vaguely knew that he couldn't follow, but his body didn't seem to be his own, and he walked forward step by step.

Seeing that he was about to reach the city gate, he suddenly heard a rooster crowing.

In an instant, the bride, the sedan chair, the bearer and the drummer all disappeared.

Lin Wuyou heard someone calling him beside his ear, and he felt like he was falling down quickly. He opened his eyes suddenly, sat up and panted heavily.

Shunzi quickly supported Lin Wuyou: "What's wrong with you, young master, are you sweating so much?"

Only then did Lin Wuyou realize that the clothes on his body were soaked in sweat, and his face was covered in cold sweat.He waved his hand and said to Shunzi, "It's okay, I had a nightmare. Why are you here?"

Shunzi replied: "Peiyu came just now and said Madam was worried about you and told me to go over when you woke up. I just came in and saw that you seemed uncomfortable, young master, so I called you a few times."

Lin Wuyou nodded: "Oh, order someone to fetch water, change clothes and freshen up."

"Yes."

Shunzi withdrew, and the maid walked in with a copper basin and towels before it was too late.

Lin Wuyou changed his clothes, washed up, and went out of the house to his parents' yard.

When he was about to leave the courtyard, he glanced at the door inadvertently, and saw that there were many footprints on the rice scattered last night.

The author has something to say: Shandong did have the custom of throwing rice on the seventh day of the seventh lunar month in ancient times, but what is said here may be somewhat different, and some changes need to be made according to the plot~

I tried my best to describe the feeling of getting married in my dream as scary, but it seems not so scary QAQ