Qian Bo asked Tan Xuan to stop the car and opened the door to get out. Xiao Di took her equipment and wanted to follow. She said it was a joke to take pictures of ghosts, but she didn't expect that there were people in the village who were doing nothing.
But it's a rare scene.
"do not go!"
Tan Xuan dragged Xiao Di back.
"What's wrong?" Xiao Di asked in confusion, with some dissatisfaction on his face.
"On such an occasion, people are in great grief. It would be inappropriate for you to rush there with a camera. It can easily cause trouble."
Seeing that Qian Bo was already surrounded by people watching the fun, and they were all talking about something, Tan Xuan parked the car on the side of the road. Qian Bo was also a leader, so going home was a return to his hometown in glory, and it was inevitable to meet his father and fellow villagers.
They wanted to chat for a while. Although the occasion was a bit inappropriate, it still did not hinder their chatting and laughing. It seemed that the crying person over there had nothing to do with them.
Qian Bo came back soon, his face glowing red, not sure whether it was because of the enthusiasm of the villagers or the temperature of his hometown, but the crowd of onlookers on the road had already made way for them.
"let's go."
Qian Bo waved to the people on the roadside and then let Tan Xuan drive.
"What is going on? Who died?"
Su Ying couldn't help but ask as she held Duoduo in her arms. Ever since she experienced what happened last time because of Qian Bo, and now it's like this, although Su Ying is scared, she can't help but be curious.
"This morning, a man came to fetch water from the edge of the old well. As a result, the edge of the well was too slippery and he lost his footing and fell into the well."
"ah!"
Disinfection and Su Ying couldn't help but exclaimed. When they blocked the car and passed by the shed, they turned around and saw a crystal coffin parked in the shed, as well as the two crying people in front of the shed.
The child who came back from the dead.
Xiao Di was very puzzled, "What age is it now? Hasn't the rural area already had running water? Why are there still people who fetch water and fall into the wells?"
Qian Bo chuckled bitterly and said: "Tap water costs money, well water costs nothing. People in the village are accustomed to using well water."
"Speechless! I really need money at the expense of my life."
"Is it a woman who died?" Tan Xuan glanced at the rearview mirror and asked casually.
Qian Bo sighed, "Well, it's a woman. This kind of thing has happened to that well before. I didn't expect that it was the end of the year, and something like this happened, leaving two and a half-year-old children behind. This made their family
How are you doing?"
"Is this your family?" Tan Xuan asked again.
Qian Bo shook his head, "No, her husband's surname is Zhao, and the Zhao family is the common surname in the village. There are few people named Qian in our village. My father only has two brothers, and the others all have dance costumes. From the perspective of the village, I
She also calls the deceased sister-in-law, but our two families are not far apart, just separated by a road, and her husband and I were classmates in elementary school. Although I moved to Jiangzhou to live with my parents when I was in the third grade,
She rarely came back after that, but she said hello every time she came back to see her. Now her husband is working out of town, and something big happened at home. I heard he won’t be able to come back until tonight."
"Oh!" Tan Xuan nodded, assuming he understood, and then drove slowly towards the village.
"Why do people have to put up a funeral shed outside the village after they die? In this cold weather, it's too hard to pay homage outside, right?" Xiao Di was still looking at the situation behind the car through the rearview mirror.
I didn’t know what it was, but I never stopped watching.
"This is the custom of our village. As long as the death is not normal, the body cannot enter the village. No matter what season, the funeral shed must be set up at the entrance of the village."
Xiao Di curled his lips, "What kind of breaking of the rules is this? It's not humane at all."
"Don't talk nonsense." Tan Xuan interrupted Xiao Di's complaint, "Every custom has its own special reasons. We must respect the customs of each place."
Xiao Di pouted at Tan Xuan and did not refute, but she was obviously not satisfied with Tan Xuan interrupting her.
"Here we are, the courtyard in front is my home." Qian Bo suddenly patted Tan Xuan's seat, then pointed to a courtyard in Daobei and said to Tan Xuan.
"You park the car here first, and I will go to my second master's house to get the keys. These things in the car are also prepared for my second master, so I will send them there first."
As soon as Qian Bo got off the bus, there was something in the east yard.
People came out. A middle-aged man strode in front, followed by a middle-aged woman and an older girl.
"Bozi!"
"Second uncle!" Qian Bo said hello with a smile, patted the girl on the head, and said with a doting look on his face: "I haven't seen you in a year, and Xiaoman has grown so big."
"Sister-in-law, Duoduo." The girl named Xiaoman and Qian Bo smiled and ran towards Su Ying and Duoduo who were getting off the car.
"Xiaoman..."
Qian Bo smiled, then opened the trunk and took out the gifts he bought.
"I just came back from the village and saw a car entering the village. I told your second uncle that it was you, but they still didn't believe it. Why did you buy so many things? We have them all at home. Come on, Duoduo, follow your sister-in-law
Come inside quickly, it’s cold outside.”
The middle-aged man asked the girl to take Duoduo ahead, and then followed behind with a few boxes of heavy-looking things.
"Tanzi, you two should come in and have a drink of water." Qian Bo said to Tan Xuan after closing the trunk, carrying his things.
Tan Xuan shook his head, "We won't go in. It's either your uncle or your father's. You, my grandson, can just go in. I won't pretend to be a grandson."
"Okay, I'll go in, say a few words, get the key and come out."
Qian Bo did not argue with Tan Xuan, but carried his things and Su Ying into the yard. At this time, an old couple was already standing at the door of the room, waiting for them with smiles.
Xiao Di looked at the happy family in the yard and said with envy: "How wonderful it is. I have a house in the city, a home in the countryside, and cares about everything. I really envy this kind of life."
Tan Xuan smiled, leaned back, and said in a nonchalant manner: "What's the point of envy? Do you think the golden phoenix that flew out of the chicken coop will return to the chicken coop? If you like this pastoral life
, when we get older, we can also find a place with a beautiful environment to retire, but it’s a pity that we don’t have a rural household registration, we don’t have a homestead, and we can’t build a house.”
Xiao Di didn't say anything. The ride was bumpy. Now she was just looking out of the car lazily. Suddenly, Xiao Di sat up straight, pointed to a place in front of the car and asked Tan Xuan, "What do you think that is?"
Tan Xuan looked in the direction of Xiao Di's finger, narrowed his eyes slightly, snorted and said, "That's a well, why, never seen it before?"
"Is that a well?" Xiao Di looked carefully and saw that it was indeed a well, with a well platform and a windlass. There was thick ice around the well platform, and there were many deep or shallow red cloth strips tied to the shelf at the wellhead.
One red one is very new, fluttering in the wind, unlike the others that are frozen on the shelf.
"Why is this well like this? And the mouth of the well seems to be covered with something. Could this well be the one where the man fell into the water? I'll go and have a look."
Tan Xuan grabbed Xiao Di and said, "Don't rush to see it now, Lao Qian will come out soon. I'll go see it with you later."
"Oh well."
Xiao Di was very obedient this time and just watched from a distance through the windshield, while Tan Xuan still squinted his eyes as if he was not interested in anything.
Qian Bo worked in the house for a while before coming out. When he came out, his second uncle's whole family followed him out, especially the man Qian Bo just called uncle, who ran all the way to open the door next door with a bunch of keys.
door.
"Master, please drive the car into the courtyard. It is easy to get injured on the roadside."
Qian Bo's house is not small. It has five older tile-roofed houses facing north and south. The house is well-kept. Although it is old, it is not dilapidated at all. The snow in the courtyard is very thick, but from the courtyard door to the door
A not-narrow road has been cleared between them, so parking and walking are no problem.
Tan Xuan and Xiao Di followed Qian Bo and his family into the house. The house was the same as an ordinary farmhouse, with two bedrooms in the east and west, but the living room was a bit larger and there was also a study room. It was very hot in the house, and the sun shone into the house.
It was warm, not to mention that the heater inside the house was burning hot, and it was completely different from the ice and snow outside, so everyone couldn't wait to take off their coats after entering the house.
"You guys should rest for a while. Your aunt and your second wife are almost ready to prepare the food. I'll ask them to bring it over when it's ready. Bozi, please greet your friend yourself first. If you need anything, call me."
, something happened in the village today, your second master and I are going to take care of it, and we won’t accompany you at noon."
"It's okay, second uncle, you are busy with your business, I am going back
I'm at my own home, do you have any guests?"
The middle-aged man brought out a table from the back and placed it in the living room. After saying a few words, he went out. Not long after, the young girl and her mother came over carrying large and small pots.
"Bozi, hurry up and eat. It's just out of the pot, eat it while it's hot."
There are not many dishes, only one meat and one vegetable, a plate of fried peanuts, and a large pot of goose stewed with pickled cabbage. Yes, it is a pot, a pot as big as a washbasin, full of it. Other than that
There is also a small bowl of rice outside.
"Try it, the authentic goose stewed in an iron pot is countless times better than the one in the hotel."
Qian Bo greeted Tan Xuan and Xiao Di to the table and started eating. There was no politeness. He had been hungry all morning, and now he looked like hungry wolves when he saw the food, especially after taking one bite, he found that there was a big pot of stew in the farmhouse.
The food tasted different from the food in the restaurant, so I didn’t care about the image at all. The food tasted so delicious. Qian Bo’s cousins were stunned. They didn’t expect that people in the city ate better than those in the countryside.
People are still crazy, it seems that this kind of eating can only be seen when eating at a banquet.
After dinner, Qian Bo pulled Tan Xuan into the yard and handed Tan Xuan a cigarette. While he was digesting the food, Qian Bo asked him the question he was most concerned about.
"Tanzi, look at the feng shui of my house."
Although he was clearly rejected by Tan Xuan last time, now that he has brought Tan Xuan here, Qian Bo will certainly not let him go easily. After all, this is the primary purpose of getting Tan Xuan and him back.
Tan Xuan smiled while holding an unlit cigarette and asked, "Do you really want to know?"
"Yeah!" Qian Bo nodded vigorously.
Tan Xuan stretched out his hand, "You know the old rules!"
Qian Bo took out his wallet and pulled out a bunch of red bills. After thinking for a while, he gave Tan Xuan one, "Here you go! You're not short of money anyway, tell me, do you see any problems?"
"Bring it all." Tan Xuan snatched all the money from Qian Bo's hand and put it into his pocket without even looking at it.
"Oh! You...why are you acting like a robber? You are not short of money." Qian Bo was speechless at Tan Xuan's love of money.
Tan Xuan chuckled, "I'm not short of money, but you can't do errands. Don't worry, I won't let you spend this money in vain."
Qian Bo knew that once the money was in Tan Xuan's hands, it would be completely lost. If it didn't come back, he would have to admit it.
"Then you should tell me how my house is like."
Tan Xuan smiled and said, "Your house is fine."
"That's good." Qian Bo breathed a sigh of relief. It was unfair to spend thousands of dollars to buy these few words, but it was worth it. At least he felt at ease.
Tan Xuan's smile suddenly faded and he said coldly: "But there is something wrong in your village."
