Most of the old houses in rural areas are tiled houses, which are the kind of houses with green tiles.

Our old house is no exception. It has been disrepaired and many tiles on it are broken, and some of them have moss on them.

In short, if you want to repair a house, you must first remove the roof. All the tiles on the roof are removed and the beam and column structure inside are exposed to see if the beam and column are damaged. It is equivalent to peeling off the outer skin of the old house and further repairing the interior.

Several workers climbed onto the roof of the house on a ladder and lifted the green tiles one by one.

Even if we keep the old house in the end and only do repairs, the green tiles on the roof will have to be replaced, and a batch of brand new tiles need to be replaced. Therefore, these old tiles are useless and thrown off the roof one by one, falling and crackling, just like setting off firecrackers, which is also lively.

Leizi also climbed onto the roof and helped uncover the tiles.

I told him that he didn't need to do it himself, but Lei Zi refused to say anything: "I said yesterday that I am here to work, not here to eat plain rice! After eating your meal and drinking your wine, I should work for you. Go and go, go cool, don't delay my work!"

Leizi said this to this point, and I couldn't stop him, so I had to let him go.

The kitchen has not been demolished yet. My mother is cooking in the kitchen. I went in and helped me a little, and then came out to bask in the sun with my father.

My father held my hand and said, "It's still my Jiujizi who is capable. I wanted to renovate the old house two years ago, but I couldn't afford it. I blame me for being incompetent and I'm making you both suffer!"

"Dad!" I handed the teacup to my dad: "Look at what you said? Over the years, my mother and I have lived a good life. When have we suffered? Although we are not as rich as others, we also have clothes and food to eat! Besides, can't we make money now? Don't worry, life will definitely get better day by day!"

My father nodded at me: "Jiujizi, I believe in you. From the day you were born, I knew that my son was not a mortal, and my son was the best!"

I smiled and said, "I feel sorry for parents in the world. Who is a parent who doesn't want their children to make a name for themselves?"

"Huh? By the way. Why didn't I see your master today?" The father suddenly mentioned Xiucai Chen.

My father respected Chen Xiucai very much. He was seriously ill now and I didn't want to cause too much stimulation to him, so I had to lie: "Oh, Master, he is still dealing with things in the county town, and I can't come back for a while! Besides, I can only do small things like building a house, so I can do it. How can I ask Master to come out, right?"

The father nodded: "That's right, you can't bother Xiucai, you can solve everything yourself. You can solve it yourself! The main reason is that you haven't seen Xiucai for a long time. One day Xiucai comes back, you will definitely invite him to sit at home. I'll ask your mother to cook some specialties and express your gratitude to Xiucai! Our family can have today and you can earn so much money. It's all the credit of Xiucai! Don't forget to dig wells when drinking water, our Xiao family can never forget the kindness of Xiucai!"

"Yes, yes, yes! Unforgettable! Unforgettable!" I nodded repeatedly, and my heart felt bitter. Thinking of the kindness Chen Xiucai was to me, I would never be able to repay it in my life, and I felt so uncomfortable that I wanted to shed tears.

"Jiujizi, what's wrong with you?" Dad noticed my strangeness.

"Oh, it's okay, the wind blows the sand into my eyes!" I quickly rubbed my eyes, turned my head quietly, and wiped away the tears that were about to gush out of my eyes.

At this time, Lei Zi shouted at the roof at the top of his voice: "Hey, everyone, see what I found?!"

Lei Zi's voice was shocked, and everyone else stopped what they were doing and looked at Lei Zi curiously.

Lei Zi waved at me: "Jiu Jizi, come up and take a look. This thing is really strange!"

I was suspicious, what was wrong? What did Lei Zi find on the roof? Judging from his appearance, he probably didn't pretend.

"Dad, drink tea slowly, I'll go up and take a look!"

I settled my dad down, walked quickly to the eaves, and climbed up the wooden ladder.

"Come on! Come on and have a look!" Lei Zi greeted me while lifting a piece of green tiles under his feet.

I only took a look and couldn't help feeling disgusted.

Under the blue tiles, there was the corpse of a toad. The toad was peeled all over, like a bloody ball of meat, which was just under the tiles. I don’t know how long it took, but the toad’s corpse had turned into a mummy and had been dried long ago, without any moisture, and looked like a specimen of a toad.

The strangest thing is that the toad has become a mummy, and there are no maggots or any signs of rotting. There seems to be a faint black gas rolling in its round belly.

"Hurry up and throw it away, such a disgusting thing!" I suppressed the vomiting desire in my heart and urged Lei Zi to throw away the toad.

"Don't you find it strange?" Lei Zi wore wool gloves for work, carried the dead toad's legs, lifted the toad upside down, staggering in front of me like a wall clock.

"Take it away! Take it away quickly! It's so stinking!" I covered my nose and waved my hands repeatedly, and a foul stinking made me unable to open my eyes.

"Strange! It's so strange!" Lei Zi looked at the dead toad without blinking and muttered to himself.

"Isn't it just a dead toad? What's so strange?" I said angrily, because when I saw the dead toad, I felt extremely uncomfortable all over my body, especially after being peeled, I was slippery and extremely disgusting.

"How high is your old house?" Lei Zi suddenly asked an inexplicable sentence, and the change in the tone made me a little at a loss.

"Average houses are almost three meters high!" I said.

Lei Zi nodded and gestured, "Okay, assuming this place is three meters high from the ground, do you think a toad can jump up?"

I was stunned and immediately understood why Leizi asked a question that was unrelated to each other.

Yes! The roof is three meters high from the ground. Can a toad jump up?

It's definitely impossible to jump so high!

Can a toad climb a wall?

It seems that I can't do it either!

So then again, this toad did not jump onto the roof and then die on it.

But after death, he was peeled and then quietly stuffed under the tiles on the roof.

To put it bluntly, someone has come to our house and climbed up the roof of our house and hid a skinned dead toad under the tiles. I don’t know how long it has been hidden, but the dead toad has turned into mummies.

As I thought about it, my face changed completely.

This matter is terrifying to think about it carefully. The more you think about it, the more terrible it feels.

If Lei Zi hadn't awakened me, I wouldn't have realized the seriousness of the matter.

Who quietly climbed up to the roof of my house?

Who hid a skinned dead toad under the tiles on the roof?

The most critical question is, what is the purpose of doing this?

Is this a mysterious and evil curse?

Anyway, hiding a skinned dead toad on someone else's roof will definitely not be a good thing!

I suddenly thought of my father's strange disease. My father had a sudden attack during this period, the dead toad on the roof, and my father's strange disease. Is there any connection between the two?

It was noon at this time, and the warm autumn sun was hanging above my head, but I felt a chill of coldness in my vest. Who did our family offend? Who wanted to secretly plot us?

Leizi and I were also thinking of the same question, and asked me whisperedly: "Jiujizi, have your family offended anyone?"

"No!" I racked my brains, but I couldn't think of any enemy we would have. My father is a well-known honest person in the village. He has a good relationship with others. He never quarrels with others, and rarely even be popular with others. How could he offend others?

If it was me, it would be even more unlikely. I have been outside during this period and have never made enemies with anyone in Shuipu Village. And now I am a very prestigious person in Shuipu Village. No one will target me like this, right?

After thinking about it, I still can't think of it.

"Everyone come down to have a meal! Take a break and drink some water!" My mother had already prepared lunch and called us in the yard.

We climbed down from the roof and washed our hands and had dinner. After everyone's efforts, almost the entire roof was dismantled. Except for some green tiles on the roof of the kitchen, all the tiles in other places were removed, revealing bare beams and columns.

My dad asked me, "What did you find on the roof just now?"

"Oh, it's okay!" I didn't know how to answer, but Lei Zi immediately helped me clear the circumference: "A gecko was stuck under the tiles and became a mummy. Haha, it scared me!"

Dad said, "What do I think is it!"

Lei Zi blinked at me, and I nodded slightly to him and expressed my gratitude.

This matter is definitely not that simple, but for the moment, I don’t want to worry my dad, so I hide it better from him for the time being.

My mother was serving dishes in the kitchen. I followed into the kitchen and while helping to serve dishes, I pretended to ask inadvertently: "Mom, has anyone come to our house recently?"

"No!" My mother added some MSG to the soup and tasted it: "You don't know that our family has no relatives, so who will come to the door all year round? Except for the village committee's notice, there will be a few people coming to our family on weekdays!"

I nodded, thinking about it, our family really has no relatives, and it is relatively deserted all year round.

But this is also good, and it saves a lot of trouble. There are many relatives in Gouwa's house opposite. They have been quarreling all year round, and their aunts and sisters are quarreling like enemies, and they are so annoyed.

"Why did you suddenly ask this question?" My mother looked at me strangely.
Chapter completed!