"Yawn..." After getting dressed, I couldn't help but yawn.
"Dongfang, I see you are listless early in the morning. Could it be that you didn't sleep in bed last night?" Lao Bai asked me.
"No! Maybe it's because I sat in the car for too long yesterday, so I was too tired. I still haven't responded after sleeping all night." I made up a random reason and dealt with it. I thought,
"It's time for breakfast!" Mrs. Gu shouted loudly.
As soon as we heard that we were going to have breakfast, the three of us walked to the living room together.
Sister-in-law Gu is standing next to the dining table with a smile on her face, serving us porridge!
Although Sister-in-law Gu went out last night, looking at how energetic she is now, she must have slept for a while after coming back, so she would not behave like this to me.
Sister-in-law Gu seemed to be in a good mood. It suddenly occurred to me that her daughter was coming back this morning. I am afraid that it was for this reason that Sister-in-law Gu was so happy!
After the porridge was served, we sat down to eat.
Breakfast starts with steamed buns and two dishes, including scrambled eggs and shredded potatoes and pork.
I ate vegetables and drank porridge, but all I could think about was what happened last night.
I hesitated for a moment, and then asked, "Sister-in-law Gu, when I went to the toilet last night, I seemed to see you going out. I originally wanted to stop you, but you disappeared in just the blink of an eye. You
Did you go out last night? I was half asleep at the time, maybe I saw it wrong."
I asked this question deliberately. My purpose was naturally to test Sister-in-law Gu's reaction.
After I finished speaking, I stared at Mrs. Gu closely, observing her reaction carefully.
After Mrs. Gu heard what I said, a look of panic clearly flashed across her brows, her hands shook, and she almost dropped the bowl she was holding.
But Sister-in-law Gu quickly returned to normal. She smiled stiffly, "Then I guess you saw it wrong. I was sleeping in the room last night! I never went out at all."
"Oh, I guess I saw it wrong!" I nodded pretending not to care, and then continued eating.
This conversation between me and Sister-in-law Gu seemed ordinary, but it set off a storm in my heart.
It's strange that Mrs. Gu is telling lies. I was following her closely yesterday, but she said she had been sleeping in the house.
"Mom, I'm back!" Just as we were eating, a crisp female voice suddenly came from outside the door.
"It's my daughter Gu Ning who's back!" Sister-in-law Gu said happily
Then I saw a 17 or 18-year-old girl in a blue sportswear jumping in.
"Mom, why are there so many people at home?" Gu Ning was stunned when he saw us.
"They are tourists who came to our Lujia Village to play. They have been staying at our house these days. Didn't you always say that the house is deserted and there is no one else except you and me? Now there are so many people at home.
, you’re not happy yet!” Sister-in-law Gu served another bowl of porridge to Gu Ning.
"I'm not happy at all!" Gu Ning said with a straight face, making a lot of noise when he put his schoolbag on the table.
This is clearly a silent protest against us!
Loach, Lao Bai and the three of us looked at each other. I don’t remember when I had offended this unruly little princess in front of me.
The atmosphere seemed a little awkward for a while, and Mrs. Gu quickly smoothed things over: "You kid, why are you so rude, why do you apologize to the guests so quickly?"
"I don't!" Gu Ning turned away stubbornly and said stubbornly, "I didn't ask them to come here, why should I apologize?"
Then Gu Ning took her things and walked to the room, "I'm going back to my room to do my homework. I won't have breakfast!"
Then Gu Ning slammed her bedroom door shut, and the loud sound made the table in the living room tremble slightly.
After Gu Ning left, Sister-in-law Gu said to us apologetically, "I'm sorry! I have spoiled this child rotten. There are clearly guests at home, but she still gets angry like a young lady."
I smiled at Sister-in-law Gu and said, "It's okay. What girl doesn't have a little temper? This way she won't be bullied in the future."
Although I said so, I felt very uncomfortable in my heart.
Did this little girl Gu Ning take the wrong medicine today?
It was fine when we first entered, but when we saw Loach, Lao Bai and the three of us, it suddenly exploded like a dynamite pack.
This is our first time in Lujia Village, and we have never had any interactions with Gu Ning before. Why is she so hostile to us?
After a melancholy breakfast, I told Mrs. Gu that we wanted to walk around and take some photos.
Sister-in-law Gu didn't say much, she just told us to be careful.
After leaving the house, I took Lao Bai and Nili directly to the house in the north of the village.
When I got there, I took a special look at the place where Mrs. Gu burned paper money yesterday.
The area had been cleared and covered with some loose new soil.
I gently pushed this layer of new soil aside, and sure enough I saw the black ashes under this layer of new soil.
I grabbed a handful of ashes and scattered them on the ground.
Looking at the house in front of me, I said to him, "Let's go in and take a look!"
Then I walked in first, and Loach and Lao Bai quickly followed.
The ghost child also came out of the spirit tablet. He looked at the house in front of him, with a painful and complicated look in his eyes.
He gently touched the house where he once lived.
None of the three of us spoke, because we knew it was best not to disturb the ghost child at this time.
This is just an ordinary private house. Because no one has lived here for a long time, it has already been covered with a thick layer of dust.
We searched the house carefully and found nothing particularly valuable, but a painting in the house caught my attention.
It was a family portrait of a ghost child and his parents. The ghost child stood in the middle and his parents stood on both sides of him.
The family of three all had smiles on their faces, but this smile was now covered with a layer of dust, becoming the ghost child's last nostalgia in this world.
In the end, we found nothing, so we went back.
When we arrived at the door of Mrs. Gu's house, we happened to see Mrs. Gu walking out with a basket in her arms.
We asked Sister-in-law Gu what we were going to do. Sister-in-law Gu said she was going to pick honeysuckle and asked us if we were going.
I didn't sleep well last night, and now I was thinking about going back to catch up on some sleep, so I decisively refused.
On the other hand, Lao Bai and Ni Loach were eager to give it a try, and finally they followed Sister Gu.