The village was deathly silent, without even a chirping of poultry. Qin Yu and Tank followed Hu Laoer and walked towards a certain direction on the village road.
Hu Laoer was very careful when walking, often stopping and stopping, while Tank was even more attentive, paying attention to all directions. His sensitivity to crises, which he had honed over many years as a special forces soldier, told him that this Wajia Village was not simple.
Among the three, Qin Yu was the most relaxed in comparison. He had a calm smile on his face and looked at the houses on the roadside from time to time. He seemed to be very interested in seeing the buildings of these ethnic minorities.
despair!
The clear sound of a cane hitting the ground made Hu Laoer suddenly startled and stood still. This also made Tank look at the corner in front of him with cautious eyes.
The sound came from around the corner.
"Boss, please don't speak for a while. Just follow me. You must remember this."
After Hu Laoer said this, he kept silent and looked nervously at the corner, where a crutch appeared in front of Qin Yu and the others, and then, there was a skinny old woman with a
The Tujia people in unique costumes walked toward the three of them tremblingly. As they took a step, the silver jewelry on their bodies jingled and sounded crisp.
"Grandma Wa, hello." When Hu Laoer saw the old woman coming, he quickly bowed and shouted respectfully.
"Who are you?"
"I am the nephew of the blacksmith of Wacun Village in the east of the village. I met my mother-in-law with my uncle last year." Hu Laoer replied respectfully.
"Oh, he is Master Donghe's nephew, let's go."
After listening to Hu Laoer's words, the old woman raised her crutches and continued walking forward.
"Thank you so much, Granny Wa." Hu Laoer breathed a sigh of relief and made a gesture with his hand behind his back towards Qin Yu and Tank, telling them to follow and leave quickly.
"Wait a minute, who are these two children, Donghe's nephew?" The old woman suddenly stopped again, her eyes fell on Qin Yu and Tank, and she asked.
"These two are my friends. We will spend the night at my uncle's house tonight and leave tomorrow. Please ask my mother-in-law to be accommodating." After Hu Laoer said this, cold sweat was already breaking out on his face.
He stopped and bowed to the old woman.
Hu Laoer's behavior made Tank confused. Even if the old woman didn't welcome them to the village, she didn't have to be so humble. We were going to your uncle's house, not this old woman.
She has no right to control a woman's home.
The old woman's eyes moved from Hu Laoer to Qin Yu and Tank. When her eyes fell on Tank's face, she turned away calmly. However, when she saw the smile on Qin Yu's face, her whole body was filled with excitement.
But he was stunned.
"Grandma Wa, let's stay here for one night without disturbing you." Qin Yu said to the old woman with a smile.
When Hu Laoer heard Qin Yu speak, his face suddenly turned pale, and his heart suddenly knew that something was going to happen this time. At that moment, he reached his waistband and was about to take out something hidden there.
"Oh, no... no problem, just the few guests can do whatever they want."
The old woman seemed a little frightened, and her voice was trembling. After saying this, she walked away quickly on crutches, without any faltering feeling at the beginning.
"Hey, what's going on? How could Granny Wa leave so easily?" Hu Laoer muttered in confusion as he watched the old woman leave.
"We are not bad people. We are just looking for help from your uncle for one night. Isn't it normal for this old woman to leave?" Qin Yu replied with a smile.
"What do you know, this...forget it, it's okay to leave. It can save some energy. Now you just follow me. If you meet people in the village again, don't say anything. Let me do everything."
Let’s talk.”
Qin Yu raised the corners of his mouth slightly, said nothing, and followed Hu Lao Er, seemingly acquiescing to Hu Lao Er's request.
This Wa Village doesn't look very big from the outside, but following Hu Lao'er, the three of them have been walking for almost ten minutes and still haven't reached the end of the village, which makes Hu Lao'er a little anxious.
"What's going on? Why haven't you arrived after so long?" Hu Laoer muttered after listening to the footsteps, and suddenly took out a large white porcelain bowl from the sack he was carrying. The style was quite old. People nowadays are very
This kind of bowl is rarely used, but it is not an antique.
Hu Laoer took the bowl, bowed several times in a certain direction, and then mumbled some dialect that Qin Yu and Tank couldn't understand.
Tank looked at Hu Lao Er's movements, but looked at Qin Yu who was standing aside with a strange expression. Isn't Hu Lao Er's current move the same as what Mr. Qin often did in the past?
Thinking of this, Tank suddenly remembered Mr. Qin's smile along the way, and he was not allowed to find out the secrets in Hu Laoer's car. Could it be that Mr. Qin already knew it?
The more I thought about Tank, the more likely I felt that this was a possibility. Hu Lao Er seemed to be traveling with Mr. Qin. Since they were traveling together, it was normal for Mr. Qin to see Hu Lao Er's background.
At least Tank believed that Hu Laoer's level was certainly not as high as Mr. Qin's, otherwise Mr. Qin would not have seen through him, but he had not seen through Mr. Qin.
After Hu Laoer recited dialect for a while, he placed the bowl in the middle of the road, then squatted down and carefully fiddled with the position of the bowl, as if to straighten the bowl.
"Okay, we can continue walking, remember not to touch this bowl." Hu Laoer placed the bowls, greeted Qin Yu and Tank, and continued walking forward without explaining a word.
However, what Hu Laoer didn't see was that when Qin Yu's foot was about to step over the bowl, his toes quickly pushed the bowl, causing the bowl to move a centimeter to the southeast.
This time, after the three of them walked for a few minutes, they finally saw the head of the village. Hu Laoer also breathed a sigh of relief, wiped the sweat from his face, and cursed secretly: "It's really evil tonight, but still
Okay, everything is safe at last."
"Boss, are you curious, why did I put a bowl on the ground earlier?" As soon as he relaxed, Hu Laoer showed off again and said to Qin Yu and Tank.
"Yes, I am indeed quite curious. I thought you were hungry at night and wanted to get something to eat." Qin Yu answered with a smile.
"I'm hungry. No matter how hungry I am, I don't dare to eat on the road." After Hu Laoer finished speaking, he seemed to know that he had let something slip again, and quickly changed the subject, "My bowl is too big.
There is a background, I wonder if the two bosses believe in ghosts?"
"I believe in ghosts, but my brother has never believed in ghosts. Why, Hu Laoer, if you have something to say, you might as well tell my brother so that he knows."
After listening to Qin Yu's words, Hu Laoer glanced at Tank and smiled: "Boss Chen is so righteous that ordinary ghosts will not come to him, so naturally they don't believe it, but just because they haven't met him doesn't mean they don't have it.
Take the path we just took for example."
"Have the two bosses noticed that this village is obviously not big, but we have just walked for so long and still haven't reached the end of the village. What's the reason?"
"What's the reason?" Qin Yu asked following Hu Laoer's words.
"Is that because there is a ghost who doesn't want us to go through? He deliberately sent a ghost to break the wall for us. Have you ever heard of a ghost breaking a wall?"
"Never heard of it." Qin Yu shook his head.
Tank watched the conversation between Qin Yu and Hu Lao Er. He couldn't hold it back and laughed out loud. When he saw Hu Lao Er looking at him suspiciously, he waved his hands and said, "Go on, what the hell are you talking about?"
The Law of the Wall.”
In Tank's eyes, it was obvious that Mr. Qin was pretending to be stupid on purpose. He and Hu Laoer were acting like a cross talk, singing and cheering each other, pretending to be serious.
"This ghost hits the wall. To put it bluntly, the ghost confuses our eyes. There is obviously a road ahead, but because we are blinded by the ghost, we feel that there is a wall in front of us, and then we will continue on the route designed by the ghost.
We are walking in circles, actually we are going in circles.”
"There is such a thing. I have heard of this ghost breaking the wall before, but this time I actually encountered it? What should we do? The ghost won't kill us, right?" Qin Yu finished speaking with a look on his face.
Surprised, with a hint of fear, this scene made Tank lower his head and suppress his laughter.
"Don't worry, I have already captured that ghost. Did you see the bowl I had earlier? There is a kid who is making trouble with us in that bowl. But fortunately, this kid is just playing with us. I am
The man is not a murderous person, he just trapped this kid."
As he spoke, Hu Laoer also touched his thick beard and pretended to be a master, "Boss, don't believe it. My bowl has a name. This is called a weight. What is called a weight?
It is precisely because of this weight that the little devil can be pressed inside."
"The two bosses must have heard of weighing weights. The weight used to weigh weights refers to this bowl. The two bosses are still young and may not know that in the past, weighing weights were a good thing. Almost every household had one. In addition to weighing scales,
After all, there is another very important thing, and that is suppressing ghosts."
Hu Laoer started to show off, and he poured out all the food in his stomach without Qin Yu answering the question.
"In the past, the older generation knew that weights should be placed carefully, especially that weight. It could only be placed upright, never upside down. Once it was upside down, the house would not be able to contain ghosts, and there would be no ghosts outside.
Seeing that this house cannot suppress them, they will take the opportunity to sneak in and bring disaster to the family."
"As for my bowl, when I was at home, I would put the weight in the bowl. In this way, over time, the bowl would have the spiritual power of the weight, and it could also suppress ghosts." Hu Laoer said proudly.
PS: Tomorrow is the period for double monthly passes. Dear book friends, are your monthly passes ready? (To be continued)