Chapter 49 Chapter 14 Water in the Patio

In the middle of the night, there was a strange sound in the courtyard, as if someone was pouring water on the ground non-stop, splashing, splashing patiently, following a steady rhythm.She hesitated on the stairs for a long time, but still didn't dare to go down to check, and bluffed a few times to the patio, who?What are you doing?I am pregnant!Strangely, when she yelled, the sound of the water in the courtyard became weaker and gurgling, which sounded like water flowing from a leaky rain pipe.She didn't know if the ghosts on Toon Tree Street really didn't mess with pregnant women. She turned on the light, clutched the scissors, and dared not sleep, but too many things happened during the day, and she was too tired. drowsiness.

In a daze, she dreamed of her grandfather again.Grandpa was sitting on the eaves, his two skinny feet hanging in front of her window, and the moonlight shone on his black and dirty toes, with drops of water constantly falling from between them.She tapped her grandfather's toes with scissors, why are you on the roof again?Go down, go down, if you don't go down, I'll cut off your toes.Grandfather is not afraid of her scissors, he sits on the eaves and weeps, girl, give me back the flashlight, why did you throw my soul into the river?You gave me back my soul, and I went down.She remembered Bao Run's words in her dream, and persuaded him, don't be ignorant, you can live so long without a soul, your soul should sink in the river.My grandfather said, I don’t want to live so long. To live without a soul is to suffer. I have suffered all my life, and I hope that the next life will be good. If you sink my soul into the river, I will be a fish in the next life. I have suffered all my life. Do you want to be a fish in your next life?Girl, please do me a favor and give me back my soul.

She was awakened by her grandfather's constant pleading.When I woke up from the dream, the scissors were still in my hand, and the two crossed blades were actually wet.She didn't dare to close her eyes anymore, thinking of the story of the ancients hanging on the beam, tying her ponytail to the coat hook on the wall, sitting in resentment, staring at her eyes and waiting for the dawn.The Toon Tree Street outside the window is quiet, and the sound of water in the courtyard has disappeared, but the old wall along the river keeps making noises. It seems that someone can’t get over the wall, so they beat the wall irritably, punishing the wall .Mrs. Ma's prophecy came true, and she got into a catastrophe.Haunted.Baorun's house is indeed haunted.The water in the river was also restless. Faintly, she heard some kind of strange sound floating on the surface of the river not far away, louder than the sound of fish blowing bubbles, and lower than the grunt of human beings, the sound was sad, Depressed, soothing, but stubborn, she discerned those syllables carefully, and concluded that they came from the flashlight at the bottom of the river. She thought, it must be the bones of two dead people shouting to her.

scoop it up. scoop it up scoop it up. Pick it up, pick it up, pick it up. When it was daylight, she had the courage to go downstairs.I ran to the patio and saw that there were indeed large areas of water stains on the ground. The top of the wall seemed to have been soaked in water for centuries. Overnight, the gaps between the masonry and stones were covered with fresh moss.She provoked the ghosts of Baorun's family from generation to generation, and they all came.According to her observation, the courtyard is full of traces left by ghosts.In addition to the strange-shaped water stains, there was a brown triangular leaf lying on the ground, which could not be removed by sweeping. Upon closer inspection, the brown color was actually a layer of mold.A pearl-like particle stuck to the red brick, the broom passed by, the pearl disappeared, and a white moth flew out of the broom whiskers.There was also a multicolored pebble, which was softer than a sponge to the touch, almost sticking to her hand.A pocket-sized lizard, which she thought was a specimen, touched it with her toe. The lizard crawled quickly, crawled into the moss on the wall, and stuck to the moss and stopped moving.She knew that they came from bad people. She angered the ancestors of Baorun's family, and the ghosts came to denounce her.

She had spent the morning trying to figure out how to exorcise ghosts, but she didn't have much experience in the field to determine what worked.She first hung a bamboo broom on the wall of the courtyard, and then doubted the strength of the bamboo broom. How could such a broken bamboo broom restrain ghosts?She dug up a plaster statue of Chairman Mao in Baorun's parents' room, moved it and put it on the corner of the wall, thinking about it or not, Chairman Mao must have lost his mana after so many years of death, not to mention Chairman Mao may not be willing to help her , a depraved woman like her is completely incompatible with his requirements for the next generation.She knew that only Bodhisattvas can save all living beings, and Bodhisattvas can suppress demons, but Baorun's house does not offer Bodhisattvas, so she had to take off the platinum necklace around her neck and hang it on the wall. The emerald pendant of the necklace is also a Buddha statue.After finishing her work, she put her ear against the wall and listened to the sound from the river.Maybe her method of suppressing demons is wrong, the surroundings are still full of ghosts, she hears the river water always giving a low and clear order, pick it up, pick it up, pick it up.

When she was desperate, she went to ask Mrs. Ma in the pharmacy for advice.Mrs. Ma didn't take her horrifying description as a surprise. I had expected that Bao Run's house would be haunted!Mrs. Ma said, there are only two bones left by the family's ancestors, and they were thrown into the river casually by you. How could this family not be haunted?Why not pick it up?Of course you have to pick it up!Hearing Mrs. Ma's voice, she obviously favored the ghost's side, so she cried out in despair, pick it up, pick it up, the ghost said so, so do you!Do you talk about humanity?I have such a big belly, and I can't swim. Didn't you want me to die if you asked me to go into the water to get the flashlight?Mrs. Ma glanced at her swollen abdomen, and defended the ghost, saying that ghosts are also transformed by people, and human hearts are made of flesh. How could you have the heart to let a pregnant woman like you go into the water?The ghost cares about your attitude, your attitude is wrong!She self-reflected, admitted that her attitude was wrong, and asked Mrs. Ma how to correct her attitude and how to coexist peacefully with ghosts?Mrs. Ma is very experienced in this. She believes that the way of getting along with ghosts is the same as the relationship between neighbors. It is just mutual respect. She warned her not to rush to drive away ghosts. The best way is to burn paper.Mrs. Ma said that the ancients and the living and the dead all liked money. You have to burn paper, and burn it every day until the ghosts are satisfied, and they won’t bother you anymore.She was dubious and said, I'm just a tenant, not a descendant of his family, what if his ancestors don't accept my money?What if the ancestors of his family hate me and scare people after collecting money?Mrs. Ma said assertively, no, don’t ghosts have to adapt to the times?Now the ghosts may like to take other people's money, so hurry up and buy paper, buy more, burn more, take one step at a time.

She went to Lao Yan's grocery store and bought a bunch of tinfoil yellow paper. Lao Yan suggested that she buy some ghost money, saying that his ghost money not only has a face value of 100,000 yuan, but also US dollars, yen and euros. After receiving the foreign currency, the ghost can travel around the world and will be very happy.She covered her mouth with a smile, followed Lao Yan's suggestion, bought a bundle of RMB and several foreign currencies, and threw them in plastic bags.However, the plastic bag provided by Lao Yan was of inferior quality. She hadn't walked far when she heard a pop in her hand, and the white plastic bag was torn open.She subconsciously wanted to squat down, but her heavy pregnancy hindered her. A simple picking up action was difficult to complete, so she had to guard the pile of things and ask a passing boy for help. Come, learn from Lei Feng, help me pick up. something.The boy bent down and picked up a bundle of ghost money, staring at the huge amount of money, suddenly reacted, and threw it back on the ground like hot hands, fake money, money for the dead, you pick it up yourself!She watched the boy run away in a hurry, feeling a little angry, and shouted to the boy's back, idiot!If it is true, is it your turn to pick it up?

It was a fine day, and Toon Tree Street was soaked in the dry sunshine of early autumn.She didn't know if that gust of wind was the legendary Yin wind. The gust of wind seemed to come out of the ground. The whistling sound was extremely short, but the wind was persistent and effective.The gust of wind first lifted up the yellow paper on the ground, and then the Ming note, her hand was in vain to stop it in the air, how could it stop the power of the wind?She watched the pieces of yellow paper flying over her head, and then RMB, US dollars, and Euros, they broke out from the air like a colorful army of elves, flew from east to west, and crossed the roofs of others. disappeared.There was only a bundle of Yen Ming notes tightly bound by a rubber band, lying alone on the ground, she kicked it flying in a fit of anger.

She decided that the gust of wind was just an illusion, and the real culprit was the ancestors of the Baorun family. This was their ancient territory, their ghosts knew this street well, they were haunted, and they were protesting against her.It seemed that the ancestors of Baorun's family were vengeful and difficult ancestors, and it was chilling that they rejected her homage so insidiously.Everyone rejected her, everyone detested her, even ghosts, so she was very sad. She returned empty-handed, walked to the door of the house, and saw a crowd of people crowded in the pharmacy. Their lively expressions showed that something important had happened on Toon Street.When Mrs. Ma found her back in the store, her eyes were strangely bright. She had a premonition that the big event had something to do with her. Something big happened!She turned her head and stood still at the door of the house. I knew something happened. Who and what happened?Mrs. Ma came over and grabbed her, and she was killed!Last night, Baorun went to trouble Liu Sheng's bridal chamber, drank too much wine, and stabbed Liu Sheng three times, three times!She screamed, what's going on?Mrs. Ma made a tsk-tsk sound, it was a mess, who can tell what happened?I heard from Chun Geng's mother that Liu Sheng was in danger, his intestines were exposed, and he might not be able to save him.She froze there, although her body was trembling with fright, she tried her best to keep calm, and she didn't want to trust Madam Ma.Don't listen to their nonsense.She said, Baorun was going to stab her a long time ago. They are good friends now, so good that they are almost wearing a pair of pants. Baorun went to a wedding yesterday, how could he stab the groom?Mrs. Ma said, they said that Baorun drank a bottle of white wine, and his old problem was committed. When he was drunk, he would tie up people. He just set his sights on the bride and chased her all over the house with a rope, but he couldn't persuade him. Wait, Chun Geng and the others tied up Bao Runfan and pushed him to the street to sober up. Unexpectedly, he broke free from the rope, took the knife and rushed back to the bridal chamber, three swords, three swords, they said Liu Sheng's wedding bed was covered in blood!

She couldn't remember how she started crying.Don't blame me, I didn't go to the wedding.It wasn't my fault that she opened the door while crying, and I wasn't there.Mrs. Ma rushed forward and looked at her with concern. We don't blame you. Whoever stabs someone commits a crime. Who doesn't understand this truth?But Shao Lanying was stimulated, and her mind was not clear. She kept saying that this was a settlement, that you ordered Baorun, we all know the old accounts of the three of you, and now everyone on our side believes you, those people on the east side of the street They all believed Shao Lanying and said that you were the murderer behind the scenes.

She nodded silently, just as the tears were wiped away, they welled up again.ok, ok.She covered her face, took a deep breath, and counted me as the murderer behind the scenes, damn it, I'll wait for the police car to come at home.