Chapter 43 Chapter 42: Day and Night

When we arrived at the place, we didn't delay, and directly contacted the proprietress of the dog meat restaurant.While waiting for the proprietress to come over, I took a quick look in front of the dog meat restaurant. The store is not particularly big, with two floors, and the decoration is okay, but it seems that it has been closed for a while. From the outside, the whole house is very empty. angry.Qin Yiheng also turned back and forth, but found nothing.Guessing that the proprietress will not be here for a while, we inquired around the store, and this inquiry is not important, it really made us ask a lot of things.

According to the owner of the nearby restaurant, this store was a home cooking restaurant before, because the owner passed away a few years ago, so it was transferred to the Dog Meat Restaurant family.Before the urban renovation, there was a river in front of their store, which was later filled into a road.In fact, it is said to be a river, and the depth of the water is only half a meter.One night, the owner of the home cooking restaurant didn't know if he drank too much, but he drowned in this river. The body was only found the next day.Originally, the home cooking restaurant was not big, but the owner is actually a chef.Now, the boss died, and the restaurant basically couldn't survive.The owner's widow sold the store to the couple who opened the dog meat restaurant. It is said that the price was very low at that time, and people around said that the price was so low that there might be something wrong with the house.But the dog meat restaurant has been open for a few years, and I haven't heard of any strange things happening, and their business is pretty good.Over time, if it wasn't for another death this time, this matter would have been forgotten by people.

According to the people around, I'm afraid this house is really a haunted house.Qin Yiheng didn't express his opinion, but said that when the proprietress came, let me try my best to ask how the boss died.After waiting for about half an hour, the proprietress arrived.The man looked quite young and well dressed, but he didn't talk much, he just took the key and opened the door, briefly said the size and price of the house, and then stopped talking. Frankly speaking, when I entered this house, I was really surprised, because the inside can no longer be described as old, it is simply dilapidated, the dining table and chairs are crumbling, and they are still very incomplete. It's like being smashed.Seeing that Qin Yiheng's expression was also muttering, I casually asked the proprietress, what's going on?The answer from the proprietress was even more surprising. She said that she asked someone to smash these things.

Did you find someone to smash it yourself?Isn't this full of food?I saw that the lady boss is in a good state of mind, she doesn't seem to be violent.I looked at Qin Yiheng, but he nodded half-understanding, turned his head and asked the lady boss, are you still dreaming?This question made me even more confused, but the proprietress seemed to understand, and shook her head at us twice, her expression looked aggrieved.Qin Yiheng didn't continue to speak, but went upstairs and downstairs. At the beginning, I was still talking to the proprietress below, firstly because Qin Yiheng had explained to me before; secondly, I also wanted to see if I could take the opportunity to bargain.Helplessly, the proprietress didn't talk to me very much, and I felt like I was making fun of myself after asking a few questions, so I just shut up.Qin Yiheng wandered upstairs for a long time before coming down to wink at me. I saw his expression was quite relaxed, and I also started to be secretly happy. This time it was really not in vain. After all, it has not opened for a long time, so I was very excited.Unexpectedly, he whispered to me, telling me that this house is not very easy to manage. After he finished speaking, he showed me the tables and chairs that were lying on the floor with his eyes, and asked me, do you know why the proprietress ruined her place?

How could I know this? I told him not to be secretive, and just tell him if he has something to say.Qin Yiheng sighed and said, because this restaurant is open both day and night, this day and night opening is not the so-called 24-hour business now, to put it simply, it is a business for people during the day and a business for ghosts at night.When he said this, he didn't suppress his voice, obviously he intended to say it to the proprietress. After saying this, we both turned our eyes to the proprietress.Sure enough, the proprietress' complexion changed, and her eyes were still a little red.

Seeing this, Qin Yiheng said, "You don't have to worry about it. Now you should know that the two of us are sensible people. If you have anything to do, just talk about it. If it's easy to handle, the two of us will buy the house."His tone was very sincere, and I saw that the proprietress's expression was obviously moved by persuasion. She was stunned for a few seconds before she told us about their store. The proprietress's expressive ability is not very good, and things are said intermittently, but I can understand the general meaning.Before the couple took over the shop, the shop was already open day and night, and it was still a restaurant during the day. When it was midnight and the shop was closed, the boss hung an empty bowl upside down on the door, which was considered the beginning of "" open".However, this ghost business is not to prepare meals like a restaurant, but to order tribute incense and arrange "five stews" on every table.After burning a piece of tribute incense, it will be changed to a table with five stews until Yinshi, that is, at three o'clock in the morning, the boss will take down the empty bowl hanging upside down on the door and hang a small broom, which means that it is closed to see off guests.On the surface, opening day and night would not bring real benefits, but the boss had no choice but to do so because the business was not booming when it first opened, and I don’t know who the previous boss listened to, saying that doing so would open up a source of income .Unexpectedly, after the boss tried it, the business gradually improved, and the store opened day and night like this.But not long after, the boss drowned in the river and died.His family also knew early in the morning that there would be a special opening in the middle of the night, and they inevitably had associations in their hearts, thinking that the death of the boss had something to do with it, so they didn't dare to sublet at a high price, for fear of causing some trouble.The subsequent owner of the dog meat restaurant had a set of ancestral recipes for making dog meat. At that time, he wanted to open a restaurant, but the capital was not much. He heard that the store here was cheap, so he came here after hearing the news.It was a coincidence, and I don't know how the boss's family fell in love with the couple before, and they decisively transferred it to them when many people were chasing this store.However, on the day the contract was signed, the family members of the previous boss may have had some conscience, so they told them about the day and night.The owner of the dog meat restaurant is a daring and unbelieving master. He refused to believe in these evil things, so he resolutely bought the shop, but he didn't expect that after the shop opened, he would always have some strange dreams every night. , It was some faceless people who came to ask him why the store was closed.

After coming down for several times, the owner of the dog meat restaurant also became a little suspicious. In addition, the business at that time was really difficult, and he was eager to make money later, so he opened it at night with the idea of ​​giving it a try. Since then, Their dog meat restaurant also opened day and night. It took a lot of time for the proprietress to talk about such things, because she would be interrupted by sobs every few words. It seems that the relationship between the two of them is really good.After she finished speaking, I kept staring at Qin Yiheng's face, he looked quite serious.I asked him, is this store still open like this?

Qin Yiheng said with a "hmm", this is true. According to legend, since ancient times, inns and taverns and restaurants have reserved special tables and rooms. Even if they are full or full, they must be empty and cannot be used by guests. It is used to greet the little ghosts who come and go.However, it was the first time he had heard of using "five stews" as a treat.The so-called "five stews" are the livers of five kinds of poultry, which are taken from geese, sparrows, pigeons, geese and hens. It is said that they were all used to sacrifice to the river god in the early days. , the specifications are quite high, so it's no wonder that the money will open.This soul has eaten his family's things, so it will definitely not block the way of making money.It's just that this is not a long-term solution, because even if these ghosts are harmless, they will still have a lot of yin when they gather like this. In addition, the time in the middle of the night itself suppresses yang and raises yin. If the boss keeps guard like this for a long time, it is inevitable that his life will be shortened. that's it.

After listening to Qin Yiheng's explanation, I gained a lot of knowledge. However, what I care most about is whether the house can be handled well. After all, this is what lies ahead. When asked, he curled his lips and turned to ask the proprietress, how did the boss die? This sentence really touched the sore spot of the proprietress, and she immediately burst into tears, saying that she disapproved of the boss doing such a thing at night, people, instinctively would be afraid of these things , but the boss refused to listen.Because she was worried, she waited at home every time until the boss returned before she could sleep peacefully.But one day, it was broad daylight and there was no sign of the boss. She felt very uneasy. When she went to the store, she found that the boss had died naked on the second floor. , I don't know what was burned inside, and there was a pot of ashes left.Later sent to the hospital, the doctor said the boss died of heart failure.But the boss had always been in good health, why did he die in good health?At that time, she thought that the previous boss also died inexplicably, but she couldn't find out whether it was related to the night business, but at least the store could not continue to open, so she simply closed the door and went home, wanting to calm down for a few days and relieve the mourning Husband's pain.But after closing the business, she actually started to have the kind of dream her husband had before. It lasted for several days, and then she was so scared that she couldn't sleep all night.In the end, I had no choice but to find a knowledgeable person to show me. The other person told her to wrap the tables and chairs in the store with red paper. After she did so, she was really stable for several days.It's just that the good times didn't last long, and after a while, she began to dream again and again.The dream this time was even more evil, actually dreaming of those things coming to scold her for being impolite, and driving her away so abruptly.She saw that the advice given to her by the knowledgeable person could not solve the problem, and those things made her fear and hate at the same time. In the last panic, she found a few people and smashed all the tables and chairs in the shop. .Fortunately, this time, she really didn't have any strange dreams again.

The more the proprietress said this, the more confused I became. Why did these things focus on this house?If you are about to die, do you still refuse to forgive?Qin Yiheng seemed to have heard something, turned his head and looked around the room, but didn't speak.He didn't make a statement, and I couldn't make up my mind, so I quietly asked him what to do now.Qin Yiheng said, this, we have to go back and think about it first, but the death of the boss has nothing to do with these brats who came to eat! This sentence made me shiver, is it okay?Was the boss' death a coincidence?But one person can be a coincidence, this adds up to the death of two bosses.However, questions are questions. Since he said it, I had no choice but to tell the proprietress that we have to go back and make up for it. I hope she will wait for us for a few days, and we will try to figure out her husband's death.The proprietress agreed very much, and she generously gave me the key without waiting for my request, and said that next time we want to come to see the scene, we should not call her. .

This is convenient, since there is nothing to steal in the house anyway, and I don't care if I lose something and get suspected after I get the key.So, we said goodbye to the proprietress, and we went back to the hotel first.When I got in the car, I asked Qin Yiheng, if it had nothing to do with the kid, how did the boss die?He said that he doesn't know how the boss died now, but if you talk about it in detail, it is actually very strange, because the dog meat restaurant is no different from ordinary restaurants, and most of the dog meat is sold by suicide, so the boss at least It's half a butcher.It is said that the butcher's evil spirit is very difficult to attract evil spirits. Generally, evil spirits and heretics will hide away when they see it.However, this butcher who kills dogs is different from those who kill pigs and sheep, because the dog itself is a very spiritual animal and can know the family, so most of the dog slaughters are carried out in the dark, and the fear is that they will kill during the day. , it will remember the way back. Hearing Qin Yiheng say such a thing, I also murmured in my heart, thinking, could it be because the boss killed dogs in broad daylight, and then recruited evil? Ask Qin Yiheng, but he shook his head, saying that it might have something to do with it, but the proprietress also mentioned what the boss burned before he died. If we really want to buy this house, we have to go again tonight.