The bottom of the well is covered with weeds, and on top are bones. All the bones are sitting against the walls of the well.
The five-foot-wide old man's well was already half filled with bones.
It's cold and there are no flies or bugs inside.
Maybe the old man died so cleanly because he was afraid of scaring his family after death.
But their families still don't want to see them, and would rather put heavy stone slabs at the mouth of the well than move the old people out for burial.
"It seems that the villagers no longer put old people into the wells."
After covering the stone slab again, Yan Yan and Qing Xuan continued to look for Yin Nan Teng in the woods.
Until the two of them walked out from the other side of the woods, they didn't see the shadow of the vine. Except for the black trunk-like tree, not even a root of grass could be seen.
After the two walked out of the woods, they met the villagers in Xinghua Village.
The villagers were startled. After looking at each other, they did not dare to look at them again.
"Yin Nan Teng is a thing from the underworld after all. I thought it would appear in the old man's well." Qingxuan frowned and said, "But I didn't see it around the well just now."
In the whole forest, the most gloomy place is probably the old man's well.
But there are only weeds and bones in the well.
"Do you feel weird?" Yan Yan touched his chin and asked doubtfully, "The old people in the old man's well didn't want to drag down their families, and they went to the underworld as soon as possible after death. How did the ghost punching the wall appear?
"
If a ghost breaks a wall, there must be a ghost.
And it can make the ghosts that Yan Yan encounters break the wall, so the ghosts who set him up are just bad ghosts no matter what.
"Indeed." Qingxuan nodded.
"Speaking of ghosts..." Yan Yan's cold gaze passed over the villagers in front of him, "I wonder which of these people in front of me could be a ghost?"
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A unique knock on the door sounded in Xinghua Village.
"Bang bang bang——" The sound of banging the door to break it will attract people to scold you.
The neighbor came out to take a look, choked back his yells, and simply ignored him and let the man knock as much as he could.
The Guapi family was discussing something when a loud knock on the door made Grandpa Guapi tremble.
"Guapi, look what delicious food I have brought!"
As soon as the courtyard door opened, Yan Yan entered the courtyard with roasted chestnuts just like he did at home, stopped directly in front of Guapi, and stuffed the roasted chestnuts to him.
He also peeled off one and stuffed it into Guapiniang's mouth.
As soon as the sweet chestnut meat reached her mouth, Guapiniang chewed it and swallowed it.
"Is it delicious?" Yan Yan smiled, "I met Guapi in Yin'an City, and I happened to be passing by Xinghua Village. Can I stay for a few nights?"
Still looking unceremonious, the crutch that Grandpa Guapi was leaning on just wanted to shake Yan Yan's smiling face.
What's the worst thing about being old? It's moving too slowly.
Before Grandpa Guapi objected, Yan Yan threw a silver ingot in his hand.
Guapiniang and Guapidi followed the silver ingot up and down with their eyes intently.
The smile on Yan Yan's face deepened, and he stuffed the silver ingot into Guapiniang's arms, "A little thought."
Dad Guapi reacted first, took the silver ingot and took a bite. Seeing that it was real, the couple quickly invited Yan and Yan into the house.
"The silver coins are so useful!" Yan Yan exclaimed, "Fortunately, Jia Dashan gave me a lot of silver coins at that time."
“What should I do if I run out of silver?”
"I still have Shen Shizi." Yan Yan said with a smile, "Don't worry about the silver. Speaking of which, I still have a bunch of treasures hidden in Wutou Mountain."
They were saved during his lifetime, and each item is a treasure worth tens of thousands of gold.
It's just that she forgot where to hide...
"Auntie, have you always been in Xinghua Village? Have you ever seen it in the village? Have you ever seen it..." Yan Yan looked at Qingxuan, "What does Yinnan Veng look like?"
"The stem is black with dark purple meridians on it. The leaves are wrinkled into a ball. If you don't look carefully, it looks like an old man's face." Qingxuan said,
Yan Yan slowly turned his head to look at him, "You put such a scary potted plant in my yard?"
"In our place, the leaves of Yinnanvine are not wrinkled together." They only become wrinkled when they reach the human world.
Guapiniang said with a smile, "I have never seen such a scary vine before. If such a scary vine appeared in our village, I would have known about it a long time ago."
Seeing the disappointment on the faces of Yan and Yan, Guapiniang said, "It's cold here and there aren't many living trees and grass. Is it possible that what you are looking for is not here?"
"I guess so."
As soon as Yan Ji came, Guapi stopped going out to play with his friends in the village and stayed at home chatting with Yan Ji.
"Why did you and your grandfather suddenly return to the village? Aren't you at the county magistrate's house?"
From what Guapi said, his family had just returned to Xinghua Village from Heishui County. His parents came back first, followed by him and his grandfather.
"The county magistrate asked me to come back." Guapi ran to the door with his short legs and looked. When he saw no one was there, he came back and whispered to Yan Yan, "In order to prevent any sound from the coffin."
Yan Yan was confused when he heard this.
She thought that the sound in the coffin that Guapi had heard was referring to the still-dead old man Qiu in the coffin, but now that she heard what Guapi said, she felt that it was not the case.
——Obviously, Mr. Qiu was taken to the underworld by ghost messengers on the eighth day of the Lunar New Year.
"The sound in the coffin?" Qingxuan wondered.
"Yes." Guapi nodded, "The sound will only disappear when you return to the village."
The more they talked, the more confused they became.
"Whose voice, what voice, can you still hear now?"
"The sounds in the coffin are human voices." Guapi raised his index finger in front of his mouth, "Listen, it's still ringing."
Yan Yan didn't even breathe. In her ears, after she deliberately used her ghost power, she could hear the quarrels in the next village.
"What is that voice saying?" She wasn't sure if what she heard was what Guapi heard.
"It's screaming, it's very harsh." Guapi closed his eyes.
Yan Yan frowned, "I only heard dogs and chickens croaking."
"No, it's someone shouting!"
Yan Yan looked at Qingxuan.
She didn't think Guapi could hear sounds that far away, but she really didn't hear the so-called human shouts.
Qingxuan shook his head slightly.
He doesn't have the ghost power as strong as Yan Yu, and he can't hear sounds that far away.