"Why are you going to their house?" Wen Xiaoni asked immediately.
I do understand what Cheng Baize means. If Wen Xiaoni was responsive to requests before, then the five ghosts must have gone to someone else's house last night. As for what happened to cause Wen Xiaoni's backlash, we can only understand it by going to see it. This is just like going to the hospital.
It's the same as seeing a doctor. Only by finding the cause can you prescribe the right medicine.
"I think Jiaolong understands. You two girls should come over and have a look. I'm a man and it's not convenient for me to go there. Isn't your neighbor new here? You just pretend to go there and keep in touch with each other. You can leave the rest to Jiaolong."
That's fine." Cheng Baize made arrangements directly there.
Wen Xiaoni looked at me with a confused look on her face, "Jiaolong, what on earth do you want to see?"
"You'll know when you get back." I agreed and pulled her out the door, thinking that there must be someone at home. "Wait a minute." Wen Xiaoni shouted when she walked to the door and ran to the kitchen.
He took out a bag of dried fungus and said, "My mother brought this to me. It's a specialty over there. We can't go to other people's homes empty-handed."
I nodded. It seemed that Wen Xiaoni was better than me. At least she was more understanding of the world than me. We walked to the opposite door of their house and rang the doorbell. I remembered that when I first came to see her, someone came to see this house.
He said that this house had changed owners several times within a year, and there was no compensation for doing business. He looked at her and asked: "Are the houses that I lived in before related to the Five Ghosts' luck in wealth?"
She lowered her eyes and hummed softly: "Maybe."
No wonder Wen Xiaoni was so enthusiastic that day and went to find out what they were doing. How could she be so eager to catch up for no reason? It’s all my fault. If I had known earlier why this happened today.
Thinking about it, the door opened and I exhaled. Fortunately, there was someone at home. The woman who opened the door was really the one who visited the house last time. At this moment, she was looking at Wen Xiaoni and me with a suspicious look on her face: "Are you..."
"Oh, hello, eldest sister, I live across from you. Do you remember that we met when you came to see the house? Yesterday I saw the movers coming when I was at home. I had something to do and didn't take care of it at the time.
I just have a break today and wanted to come over to say hello. I will be a neighbor from now on, so please take good care of me."
Wen Xiaoni immediately put up a smile and handed over the fungus in her hand: "This is a specialty of my hometown, specially brought to you to try."
The woman was a little confused, but she still nodded politely and took the fungus from Wen Xiaoni's hand: "Oh. Thank you, come on, come in and sit for a while. We just moved here and have been busy cleaning today. You are so kind
You said I had an impression. Yes, you seemed to have come over and said a few words on the day I looked at the house, come on, come on, come in and have a seat!"
As soon as I entered the door, I saw a statue of Guan Gong with a broad sword enshrined on the desk at the door. It had stern eyes and a heroic spirit. This God of Wu Wealth was really domineering. I vaguely remembered that the eldest sister said that their family was engaged in small business.
It’s not surprising that the God of Wealth is worshiped.
After entering the door and sitting on the sofa, the living room was indeed a little messy. The eldest sister looked at the two of us and smiled sheepishly: "My husband is very tired before we finish cleaning up, and he has to take a bath to cool off.
You two sit down and I'll wash the fruit for you to eat."
I looked around, the bedroom door was open, I stood up pretending to be unintentional, and while the eldest sister was in the kitchen, I quickly took a look at several bedrooms. There was nothing unusual. I didn't see anything else except Wu Caishen at the door.
Strangely, this doesn't make sense. Even if the Five Ghosts bumped into Wu Caishen and were crushed to death and couldn't get in, they wouldn't be missing arms or legs.
Just as I was thinking about it, the eldest sister came out of the kitchen with a fruit plate. Looking at Wen Xiaoni, they started chatting, whether it would be cheaper to buy the parking space downstairs now, and how about the floor heating in winter. They were all common things.
The short topic made me a little restless, and I felt very anxious while listening to Wen Xiaoni chatting with the eldest sister.
Just when I was thinking about finding an excuse to escape, a shirtless man wearing big underpants came out of the bathroom while wiping his head with a towel: "Honey, why didn't you send my clothes in?"
When he saw Wen Xiaoni and I, he was stunned for a moment: "Who are these two?"
The eldest sister glared at him: "You can't go in first and put on your clothes before asking questions. This is a neighbor from across the street who is visiting!"
The man smiled sheepishly and looked at Wen Xiaoni: "Oh, I remembered. Isn't this the little girl when we were looking at the house? You guys sit down first and I'll get dressed while I talk to you.
." After saying that, he turned around and walked towards the bedroom.
I was stunned and glanced at my eldest sister: "Brother-in-law, this tattoo is..."
"Oh, Zhong Kui, it is said that he has a strong destiny. With Zhong Kui on his back, he has great power. Some people said before that he can carry it on his back and it will be good for our business, so he got the tattoo. But don't be afraid, we are doing business seriously.
People in business are so particular, they are not in the underworld." The eldest sister said, and looked at me and smiled, as if she was afraid that I would think too much.
I twitched my lips and said, "I can't think too much about it, I just think it looks good. Well, you should be careful when you get the tattoo."
The eldest sister frowned: "It's nothing special. Just when I was tattooing him, it hurt him so much. Oh, oh, I remembered it, and it was consecrated. It was said that consecration was more effective, but I don't know if it was true.
It’s fake. Anyway, it’s just a ceremony. Why, you don’t want to get a tattoo, don’t do it. Tattoos don’t look good on girls. If you really like it, just get a small tattoo. Your brother-in-law’s is too big. He’s a man.
The tattoo is okay, but the woman is really unattractive."
I nodded graciously, and I finally understood what was going on. No wonder those five ghosts lost their arms and legs and turned back on Wen Xiaoni. In our local dialect, this was like being slashed at the muzzle of a gun.
It was cut cleanly, and their arms and legs were broken, so these five people must be full of resentment and couldn't afford to offend their opponents, so they could only vent their anger on Wen Xiaoni.
Now that I had figured out the reason, I gave Wen Xiaoni a wink and made an excuse to leave. The eldest sister was quite enthusiastic and said she would come to see us after she was done with her work. She also said thank you for the fungus and so on.
As soon as we entered the house, Wen Xiaoni looked at me: "Jiaolong, the man in my eldest sister's family has Zhong Kui tattooed on his back. Isn't Zhong Kui a ghost hunter? Does this have something to do with my backlash?"
I nodded and walked into the dark room of their house. Cheng Baize was waiting for us both. He glanced at me and said, "Have you found the reason?" I still didn't want to pay attention to him and hummed angrily. Wen Xiaoni was beside me.
He opened his mouth and said: "The newly moved man opposite has Zhong Kui's tattoo on his back, and he said it was a tattoo! Jiaolong said this is related to my backlash."
Cheng Baize responded. Just when he was about to say something, the cell phone in his pocket rang. He picked it up, looked at it, and picked up the phone: "Hi, I'm Cheng Baize. Yes, the Lexus is mine. What's the problem?
What's your parking space? How did you know my phone number? Who gave you the business card? I have something to do now. Can I move it for you when I'm done? Hey!"
Cheng Baize hung up the phone with a speechless expression and looked at me: "There's something wrong with my car. I'll get out and be right back. Just wait for me. It will be easy to solve the problem once we find out the cause." After saying that, he walked quickly.
Got out.
As soon as he left, Wen Xiaoni pulled me behind with some fear: "Jiaolong, let's go out and wait. I feel a little guilty and panicked now."
Just as I was about to answer, the door of the dark room slammed shut. (To be continued)