The pretty boy was scolded like an eggplant hit by frost, and immediately wilted. Lion-head chuckled secretly and winked at me. My heart was still hanging there, anxious and uneasy. I glanced at the other end again, and I heard Boss Ma chuckle a few times and say, "Children are a little impatient."
After listening for a while, I vaguely heard Boss Ma calling the stern-looking man Mr. Liang and the woman Mrs. Liang. It seemed that the two were probably a couple.
I only heard the man surnamed Liang say, "One of our juniors is missing. Someone saw him entering your house, so we came to disturb you."
As soon as the man finished speaking, Heimao immediately got angry and said in a muffled voice: "Someone saw it? Who saw it? Are you talking about this little bastard?"
Boss Ma immediately said, "Third brother, don't be rude."
Heimao snorted, turned his head away, and stopped talking. Mr. Liang said in a deep voice: "What the young man said is correct, but there is no smoke without fire in the world. I think there must be a reason for it."
Boss Ma laughed and said, "We are a funeral home. We are doing a legitimate business. We dare not do anything like kidnapping or abducting people."
Mr. Liang said coldly, "Not necessarily. You dare to do this dead business in this place where evil spirits gather, I'm afraid you are not ordinary people."
Boss Ma sighed and said, "Ah, it's not easy to make a living these days. Sir, you have a keen eye and must have seen that our place is full of negative energy. Sir, you are right. This place used to be a place of execution. I don't know how many wandering ghosts were buried here. Later, we finally planned it into a cemetery, but unfortunately, the dead were struck by thunder! In the end, we had no choice but to build this funeral home. Several of us can't make a living outside, so we can only stay here to beg for food."
Madam Liang looked around the hall and said with a smile, "Your place is a bit yin, but it's good in the summer, very cool. This is an advantage, but there is also a disadvantage, that is, if a living person stays in a place with too much yin for a long time, he will inevitably get seriously ill. But look at you all, you are all in good health."
When I heard this, I couldn't help but curse in my heart. Damn, this woman looks kind and benevolent, but she is very thoughtful and hits the nail on the head with just one sentence.
Boss Ma laughed and said, "Don't mention it. In order to earn a living, we have to put up with any bad environment. We are all born with lowly lives, not that precious."
Madam Liang said, "I don't think so. Look at all of you present here, you are not ordinary people. For example, you, old man, probably deal with dead spirits and evil things for many years."
My heart skipped a beat when I heard that, and I quickly looked at Boss Ma, who smiled calmly and said, "I'm an old man who spends every day and night in this funeral home, dealing with dead things all year round. Madam, you're really right."
Madam Liang shook her head slightly and said, "That's different. The deathly aura on you is not something that can be endured in this funeral home. It's more like those rats that have been burrowing underground for years." She pointed at the other three and said, "I think they are similar."
I looked carefully, the three people the woman just pointed out were Black Hair, Muscle Man and Swallow who was nestling in the corner. I still knew what she meant by "Tuhaozi". It was actually a local name , meaning tomb robbers. Some people also called them Tufuzi or Mojinxiaowei, which sounded better.
I felt Lionhead elbow me and turned around to see him winking at me and mouthing, "Really?"
I shook my head. How could I know if it was true or not? There were six people in this funeral home, all of them were mysterious. Was there any one of them that I knew the details of?
I just heard Boss Ma laugh and say, "Madam, you are joking. If we were really capable of doing those jobs, why would we be begging for food in such a hellish place?"
I stared at the old man for several times, but couldn't tell whether what he said was true or false. As expected, all the older people are old foxes, and none of them are easy to get along with.
Mrs. Liang did not insist on her point, and said with a smile, "Perhaps I saw it wrong. When I came in just now, I just took a quick look and felt that your building had a very good layout and unique scenery. I wanted to take a look around. I wonder if I am disturbing you?"
Heimao chuckled and said, "You already know that I am disturbing you, but you still have the nerve to bring it up?"
Boss Ma glared at him and said, "Please do as you please."
Mrs. Liang thanked him, stood up with a smile, and said to Mr. Liang and the young man, "You two should stay here and ask Mr. Ma for advice. I will just take a break."
Mr. Liang nodded. As for the young man who had crossed his legs and sat there when he entered the room, he waved his hand and said, "Go ahead." Then he sat there again, holding a teacup in his hand and staring at it, and no one knew what he saw.
Seeing Mrs. Liang coming towards the door, I pushed Lion Head and moved aside.
The woman passed by and waved at me, saying, "Kid, can you take me for a walk?"
I shook my head and said, "Not interested."
The woman smiled slightly, reached out her hand and shook mine, then pulled me out the door and said with a smile, "You are such a bad-tempered kid."
Although I struggled hard, although this woman looked kind and delicate, she was surprisingly strong. She grabbed my wrist and I couldn't get rid of it no matter how hard I struggled. I could only be taken out of the door by her.
"What's your name?" the woman held my hand and said as we walked.
I told the truth, and then asked, "What's your name?"
The woman glanced at me and said with a smile, "My last name is Jiang, and my name is Jiang Chuhong."
I said "Oh" and said, "So you are Mr. Liang's wife? Should I call you Mrs. Liang or Madam Liang?"
Jiang Chuhong laughed and said, "What do you mean Mrs. Liang or Madam Liang? My last name is not Liang."
I asked curiously, "Your husband's surname is Liang, so you are Mrs. Liang, aren't you?"
Jiang Chuhong asked, " Don't I have a last name myself? Why should I use his last name?"
As soon as I heard this, I understood what was going on. This woman must be very opinionated. Even if she was married, she didn't like being called someone's wife. So I said, "Sister Jiang is right!"
I am so shameless now. Although Jiang Chuhong has maintained herself very well, she is at least forty years old. It is too much for a young boy like me to call her sister. However, during the time when I was running around with my uncle, I also experienced a lot of things, which made me realize a truth, that is, women are most afraid of being told that they are old, and the second is being told that they are ugly!
Even though Qingzi usually looks cold and indifferent, if I dare to call her "Auntie" at home, I guarantee she will break my legs.
This woman surnamed Jiang looks very strong-willed, so it will always be right for me to call her "sister" first.
Sure enough, she chuckled and said, "You are a sweet-talker, but you are too shameless. Call me Aunt Jiang, so you don't have to talk nonsense."
I said "Pah" in my heart, thinking that I had just gone out and hadn't accomplished anything yet, but I got back a cheap aunt. If Feng Laosan knew about this, he would definitely laugh at me.
But I didn't dare to act rashly in front of this woman, so I just called her "Aunt Jiang". I was talking nonsense, but I was actually very nervous.
The woman surnamed Jiang said that she came out to see the scenery. Actually, our funeral home is gloomy even in broad daylight. What a spooky sight to see in the middle of the night. She just wanted to find an excuse to go out and find the whereabouts of Chen Yuande, the big shot.
Although the ox nose had been locked up in the pigsty, it was said that the Maoshan magic was very strange. Who knew if there was any evil magic that could dig a person out from the ground. He took her for a few steps and said, "Aunt Jiang, our place is old and shabby, and there is a stench of corpses everywhere. It's very unpleasant and there's nothing to see. Let's go back quickly."
Jiang Chuhong took a deep breath and said, "Is there a stench of corpse? Why don't I smell it?" She laughed and said, "You little brat, I asked you to accompany me for a while, but you are impatient?"
I quickly denied it but thought in my heart, damn it, if you didn't have ulterior motives, I would accompany you to visit the funeral home without any hesitation!
Just as I was thinking about it, I heard the woman ask, "What is this place?"