Chapter 20: Dialogue with Villagers
After Uncle Wu sent us to the villager's home, he was about to leave, probably because Boss Jin called him and asked him to go back quickly.
He gave us some more details and asked us to make sure we swept the house well.
"Don't worry, we all know each other and we will never cheat you. Just leave it to us and we will contact you with the rest ."
My cousin is really good at doing business.
Following him, I am not afraid of having no life in the future.
Uncle Wu took a special interest in us. He gave the villagers some money and asked them to treat us well.
After Uncle Wu left, it was still early, so we lay down on the big kang in the villager's house.
The villager was about the same age as me. He said that he was the only one in his family. His grandparents had passed away, and his parents worked in the city and had not been back for a long time.
"I am the only one who looks after this family. Occasionally I go out to help others with some work. This is to earn a living. I also have my own land, where I can plant some crops. Basically, my life is not a problem. But if someone comes to the village, they are usually arranged at my house. The village chief lets me earn some extra money by hosting tourists."
Listening to what the villagers said, I felt that he was also simple.
His name is Sun Ming and he grew up in this village.
When it comes to Uncle Wu's ancestral home, he has a lot to say.
"I was the first to discover the strange noises coming from Uncle Wu's house. I went up the mountain to chop firewood that day. I was so sleepy at noon that I fell asleep. I didn't come down the mountain until midnight. When I passed Uncle Wu's house, I heard the sound of knocking on a wooden board. But his house has been uninhabited for many years, so there shouldn't be such noises. So I suspected that someone had entered his house. The next day, I reported the matter to the village chief, and we stayed there at night. We stayed there for a week and were sure that there were strange noises in his house, so I called Uncle Wu."
Sun Ming rolled his eyes as he spoke, and added, "And I'm sure there's no one at his house. If there is, he has to take care of three meals a day. If he doesn't go out in the morning and doesn't see anyone at night, how is he going to get through the week? We always suspect that there's something unclean in his house."
What he said made sense, but before we entered Uncle Wu's house, we didn't dare to jump to conclusions.
Besides , I’ve dealt with so many things before, and in the end it was all due to human factors.
"It's probably not appropriate for just the two of us tonight. Should we invite Dong Jing along as well?"
I turned and looked at my cousin .
He seemed to be thinking about something, so I didn't bother him.
I once heard from a village fortune teller that if one deals with things like this too often, one’s yang energy will gradually become insufficient.
But no matter what, my cousin and I are both boys, and our yang energy is much stronger than that of girls.
Our team cannot be without girls. If we need to use Yin energy to attract evil energy, it is better to have girls.
In addition, Dong Jing had some experience when she came here, so she handled these things very skillfully.
So we used her as bait and had no fear of her getting hurt.
I don’t know if it’s because my cousin and I have been together for a long time, but we have become more and more tacit in our understanding of each other. Before I could say these words, he had already called Dong Jing.
Moreover, the content of the call and all the excuses were exactly the same as what I told them.
"Anyway, we have 150,000 yuan in hand now, so we can give each of us 50,000 yuan when the time comes."
As soon as the cousin mentioned money, Dong Jing would definitely agree.
Although I have not known her for long, I know that she is very greedy for money.
Maybe not, it’s just the stereotype she gave me when we met on the first day.
I couldn’t hear what they were talking about afterwards, as I had already fallen into a deep sleep.
When I woke up, Sun Ming had already prepared dinner and Dong Jing had also arrived at Sun Ming's house.
"We have to go into the old house tonight, but this old house is said to be particularly evil. We may have to be careful, especially on the top floor. Some people always hear the sound of knocking on wooden boards from the top floor in the middle of the night."
While eating, my cousin discussed with us seriously what we should do tonight.
Follow his arrangements, just like last time.
He will be responsible for setting up the formation on the first floor to protect the entire old house.
This formation is quite powerful, at least in my opinion.
On the one hand, it can protect the old house so that other villagers cannot get close to it and cannot hear any sound.
On the other hand, a super strong barrier was built to prevent wild goblins or evil things in the old house from escaping easily.
"I have enough supplies on hand, what about you, Dong Jing?"
Before leaving, my cousin checked the cloth bag he was carrying.
To me, that thing is just a treasure bag.
There are all kinds of things in the treasure bag, among which yellow paper is the most common, there are also some grains used to drive away evil spirits, and a peach wood sword.
These are the things that my cousin uses for his meals. He usually protects these things very well, for fear that one day when he needs to use them, he will find that they have lost their usual functions.
"I had already bought some in the funeral shop in the city before I came here. I am more worried about Wen Jie."
Dong Jing said, and looked at me again: "Are you still without any equipment like last time?"
I was stunned for a moment. It was true that I had nothing on my body that they had.
The only thing I have may be a handful of black glutinous rice in my pocket.
Dong Jing sighed: "Well, I'll give you some yellow paper. If you really need it, you can use your blood to write and draw talismans on it. After all, your blood is the most useful thing in your body, and it can also save your life. "
Although her intention was good, her words made me feel a little uncomfortable. I always felt that she was making fun of me.
Maybe it wasn't me who felt that way, but she was just teasing me.
"Why are you looking at me like that?" Dong Jing noticed that I was staring at her fiercely. She just glanced at me and went back to packing her things.
"Don't blame me for saying that. Since you plan to continue doing this, you have to equip yourself well. Whether it's hardware or software, you should also make yourself grow quickly."
What she said actually makes sense, and that’s what I thought too.
But I just don't want to admit it in front of her.
So I snorted coldly and walked out.
Sun Ming followed behind me, and my cousin and Dong Jing also followed.
Our group of four arrived at Uncle Wu's old house.
Strangely enough, I heard the sound of knocking on wooden boards ever since I walked out of Sun Ming's house.
But when we reached the old house, the sound stopped.
Could it be that there is something in the old house that knows we are approaching?
