Chapter 24 Five, weird old lady

The rice cake seller took Zhu Neng to the gate of the resort and left. Along the way, he didn't say a word. Back in the empty room of the hotel, Zhu Neng was even more frightened. He turned on all the lights in the house, sat on the sofa, and dared not sleep. It was too quiet around here. He could hear his own heartbeat and breathing.He slowly turned his head and looked at the lock on the door. He was afraid that the lock would move suddenly. Then, the door opened, and Sun Kong, Lao Yuan and Bai Jingjing appeared at the door, waving at him... When a person is alone, he is always suspicious, especially in the middle of the night——

Two people wearing red raincoats, one tall and one short, and a woman with long hair covering her face, walked lightly on the mountain road in the drizzle. They walked extremely fast, frighteningly fast, not at all like the speed of human walking. They didn't walk along the mountain road all the time, they walked in a straight line, and when the mountain road turned, they floated directly.Soon, they came to the door of Zhu Neng's room.The short man raised his hand, ready to knock on the door... Zhu Neng took the coat and covered his face, not daring to think about it. They were coming, and he couldn't stop them even if he wanted to.All he had to do was cover his eyes and not look.After he blindfolded, his ears became more sensitive.

He felt movement again.It seems to be in the bathroom, it seems to be under the sofa, it seems to be behind the ceiling, it seems to be outside the door... After a while, his nerves seemed to relax a little.Suddenly, he heard the door lock turn.He slowly lifted his coat and took a look, his head exploded! A short man stood in front of the door, as if about to go out. He is wearing a red raincoat! The door lock is too high, he can't reach it, he can only touch it by jumping and jumping, like a zombie... Sitting up suddenly, Zhu Neng finally woke himself up with fright. After waking up, he called Sha Jing and found out about Grandma Yuan.Soon, Zhu Neng saw her beside a row of trash cans.

Lao Yuan's grandma picked up junk. She was very old, wrinkled and dirty, dragging a large woven bag, moving forward step by step. Zhu Neng stood not far away and looked at her, his heart was in a mess. He looked around to make sure no one was following him.After experiencing so many things, he became as sensitive, careful and suspicious as a detective. A child ran over and gave her two mineral water bottles. She took it and bowed to the child. Zhu Neng's nose was sour, and tears almost fell down—the old lady in front of him who bowed to a child for two mineral water bottles was probably his grandma.

She dragged the woven bag and continued to move forward. Zhu Neng chased after him: "Please wait!" The old lady stopped slowly, turned her head, and looked at Zhu Neng blankly. Zhu Neng found that, no matter in appearance or demeanor, this old lady was somewhat similar to Lao Yuan.Of course, it is somewhat similar to Zhu Neng. "I'm Lao Yuan's colleague..." The old lady was like a mineral water bottle, stiff and unresponsive. Zhu Neng decided to get straight to the point: "Zhu Yiming, it's my grandfather." She shuddered, and then said a word.She spoke very slowly, but Zhu Neng couldn't understand her.He judged: That shouldn't be a foreign language, but it doesn't look like a Chinese language—what kind of language is that?

"what did you say?" She looked at Zhu Neng and said a few more words. Zhu Neng still couldn't understand. She spoke very slowly, almost spit out word by word, but Zhu Neng just couldn't understand.He thought back carefully, hoping to find even one word he understood. But he failed, he could not understand a word she said. The old lady also seemed to be in a hurry, and she started talking non-stop. Zhu Neng was also anxious, and said word by word: "What did you say? I don't understand... Can you understand what I said?" They each talk about their own. Zhu Neng stopped talking and listened with his ears open—he hoped that a word he was familiar with would suddenly come out of the old lady's mouth.One word is enough, a word can be associated with a word, and a word can be associated with a sentence.

Still can't understand, the strange voice of the old lady seems to come from another world.She has been speaking in a slow voice, and sometimes she seems to be emotional, and sighs deeply... Frustrated, Zhu Neng took out some money, stuffed it into her hand, and walked away. This time, the old lady did not bow to him. Zhu Neng went to find Sha Jing. There was a picture posted on Sha Jing's door: "The Picture of Zhong Kui Catching Ghosts".Zhong Kui, who was wearing a red robe, grinned his teeth and opened his eyes angrily, trampled an evil spirit under his feet, and twisted off the evil spirit's head.

In the dimly lit corridor, this eccentric painting is eerie. On the door of the room next door was a picture of Zhong Kui lying drunk.Zhong Kui's eyes are half-opened in the painting, looking at the front coldly. There is also a picture of "Zhong Kui Slaying Demons with a Sword" pasted on the door of a family.Zhong Kui in the painting is dancing, holding a sword, not knowing what to chop... Zhu Neng understood that they were also afraid, afraid that Sun Kong, Lao Yuan and Bai Jingjing would come back to find them.These crudely painted portraits of Zhong Kui exposed their inner fears.

As soon as they met, Sha Jing smiled and asked, "Did you find it?" Zhu Neng sat down on the sofa, lit a cigarette, and said sullenly: "Don't mention it, I don't understand what she said. Why don't you go with me? Be an interpreter for me." Sha Jing poured him a glass of water and said, "I can't understand that old lady's words either. By the way, what do you want from her?" After a pause, Zhu Neng said in a low voice: "She may... be my grandma." Sha Jing almost spit out a sip of tea: "What are you talking about? She is your grandma? How is this possible, she is just picking up rags..." At this point, he stopped and smiled awkwardly, "I'm sorry, That was not what I meant."

"It's okay." Zhu Neng said absent-mindedly. Sha Jing asked: "What's going on?" Zhu Neng recounted what happened last night. "So...she might be your grandma." Sha Jing frowned.Then he said cautiously: "Old Yuan, is that your brother?" "Very likely." Zhu Neng couldn't tell whether he was happy or frustrated. Sha Jing stopped talking, and the atmosphere became dull. After being silent for a while, Zhu Neng asked, "Whose idea was it when I was asked to help raise the monkeys?" "...Old Yuan, he proposed it to the leader."

Zhu Neng's face was ashen. Sha Jing handed him a cigarette, and asked hesitantly, "Ask something that shouldn't be asked... Did you and Lao Yuan have any problems before?" Zhu Neng smiled wryly, and said, "What can I have with him? We haven't met before. Maybe it's my grandpa... and Grandma Yuan." "Oh, it's very possible." Sha Jing nodded. After thinking for a while, Zhu Neng said, "Can you do me a favor? Help me find someone who can understand her." Sha Jing showed embarrassment, and said: "The old lady said something strange, it seems that no one can understand..." Zhu Neng heaved a long sigh—someone tells you the answer, but you don't understand it, it's really frustrating. "No, no..." Sha Jing said suddenly. "What's wrong?" "You think, if the old lady is your grandma, she must have lived with your grandpa, right? How can she not speak Chinese? Even if she can't speak, she can always understand it, right?" Before he could finish speaking, Zhu Neng stood up and hurried out. "Wait a minute, why are you going?" Sha Jing shouted. Without looking back, Zhu Neng said, "Go find her." "I advise you not to go for now." Zhu Neng turned around and looked at him puzzled. Sha Jing came over, and Raju Neng sat down on the sofa and said, "Think about it carefully, if she can understand you, or she can speak Chinese, why didn't she speak when you went to her just now? " Zhu Neng was stunned. Sha Jing said: "I think...you should find out the problem first, and then go to her. This is the best." "What's the problem?" Zhu Neng was startled. "Of course it's between her and your grandpa." Zhu Neng nodded, and said sullenly, "Do you think my grandfather did something to offend her? Otherwise, Lao Yuan wouldn't have been so calculated to plot against me." Sha Jing stared at him for a while with burning eyes, then suddenly said: "You really don't know?" Zhu Neng shook his head with a wry smile and said, "I don't know." Sha Jing looked at him with strange eyes. Zhu Neng was a little embarrassed, paused for a while, and said in an awkward manner: "Does the old lady have any other relatives?" "I don't know much about this. Oh, by the way, you can ask Yuan Hui, she and the old lady are from the same village, so she should know something." Zhu Neng stood up and said, "Okay, I'll ask her." Shajing sent him out the door. Zhu Neng pointed to the picture of "Zhong Kui Catching Ghosts" on the door and asked, "Where did you buy it?" Sha Jing's expression was a little unnatural, and he hesitated and said, "Antique shop." Zhu Neng stepped out of the door, stepped on the ground when going down the steps, and almost fell down.At the moment of reeling, he saw a black shadow behind a tree. The black shadow obviously wanted to avoid it, but he didn't have time. He stood firm and saw that the black figure was the old lady picking up the rags.She and Zhu Neng stared at each other blankly for a moment, and finally, she lowered her head, and disappeared behind a tree. Zhu Neng chased after him, but there was no one behind the tree. During his lunch break, he went to the antique shop. "Boss, is there a statue of Zhong Kui?" "there is none left." Zhu Neng was stunned for a moment: "No more?" "I don't know why, but the statue of Zhong Kui has sold out very quickly in the past two days, and all the stocks in the store have been sold out." Zhu Neng was about to collapse.