After walking for a while, Xu Guodong saw those people who were still busy repairing and reinforcing their roofs on the roofs. Hearing bursts of noisy sounds, he felt a lot more at ease.
However, he still looked very anxious and trotted towards his small courtyard.
When I got home, I locked the door to the yard, then pulled Lin Juan, who was still busy in the yard, into the house.
"Is this what you're doing?"
Lin Juan did not struggle. After living with Xu Guodong for three years, she knew him very well. He was a gentle and gentle man who never panicked and was always very calm when doing things.
Although he was not a powerful man, living with him gave Lin Juan a sense of security.
The moment Xu Guodong entered the yard in a hurry, Lin Juan had already noticed Xu Guodong's face. His face was ugly, as pale as paper, full of sweat, and there was a lot of dust on his clothes, making him look very embarrassed.
So when Xu Guodong dragged her into the house, she didn't resist at all. She also wanted to know what happened to Xu Guodong.
What could have happened that could make this man who had always been so calm become like this.
"Baby, I...I may have encountered something strange."
Xu Guodong stuttered a bit and didn't know how to explain it to Lin Juan for a while. You should know that when he usually heard Lin Juan talk about some legends about cows, ghosts and snake gods, although he would listen quietly to the end, he still couldn't help but laugh at Lin Juan's superstition.
.
But now, when he really encounters something that he can't explain, the first thing that comes to his mind is that he has encountered a ghost.
For a moment, Mr. Xu, who was humble and indifferent in the eyes of ordinary people, blushed in front of his wife and didn't know what to say to her.
"Tell me what's going on. I'll see if there's any way to solve it. If it doesn't work, I'll go find my third uncle."
Lin Juan asked Xu Guodong to sit on the edge of the kang, comforting her softly and asking questions. In fact, she didn't need Xu Guodong to tell her, but she also understood that Xu Guodong might have encountered something that he couldn't solve. This matter made him very panicked and worried.
Fear.
But she didn't expect that Xu Guodong actually said that something strange had happened to him.
"Do you still remember that old Taoist..."
Xu Guodong raised his head, his eyes showing traces of begging and expectation, as well as a kind of fear and uneasiness. He was afraid that his wife would ask some questions from the Taoist priest.
In that case, this matter may become serious. It is very likely that Xu Guodong has encountered ghosts three years ago. The old Taoist and the young man are both ghosts, but he did not discover it until today. If
Things turned out that way...
Xu Guodong didn't dare to think about it. He didn't know that if things were really like that, he was chatting with a ghost.
I have been talking about it for three years, whether I am lucky or unlucky...
"Old Taoist?" Lin Juan was slightly surprised, but Xu Guodong's face instantly turned extremely pale and he began to roll his eyes.
Lin Juan was startled and hurriedly gave Xu Guodong some relief. When Xu Guodong finally recovered, she hurriedly said: "Is it that Taoist who often comes to our house? What happened to him? How did he scare you like this?"
She didn't dare to hesitate now. Seeing Xu Guodong's performance, she also understood that this matter might be more terrifying than she imagined.
"You said you had seen that Taoist!"
Xu Guodong, who looked like he was going to die a second ago, suddenly jumped down from the fire bed, grabbed Lin Juan's hands, and held Lin Juan's hands tightly like iron pliers, with the pale back of his hands
Full of bulging blood vessels.
Those eyes became blood red and filled with bloodshot eyes, and Xu Guodong's expression also looked a little ferocious, as if he had grasped the last life-saving straw.
He looks very crazy now, completely different from the usual Xu Guodong. This is a kind of madness inspired by fear. There is actually nothing wrong with Lin Juan's answer. She just paused for a moment to think about Xu Guodong.
What happened with that old Taoist man?
But I didn't expect that such a short pause of a few seconds would cause Xu Guodong to have such a big reaction.
Her hands were tightly grasped by Xu Guodong. It hurt. It hurt a lot. Both hands were red from being clenched. Lin Juan wanted to take her hands out, but she found that for some reason, Xu Guodong was extremely strong at this time. She couldn't even
Can't pull it out.
Lin Juan showed a slightly painful expression on her face, but did not cry out. She endured the pain and answered Xu Guodong's question that was not a question.
"I've seen him before, I must have seen him before. He's not always chatting with you in the yard, talking about random things."
Lin Juan gasped for air and wanted to relieve the pain, but did not struggle.
"Great, great, you've met him, great!"
Xu Guodong quickly let go of Lin Juan's hand, the madness in his eyes faded a little, and he kept murmuring in a low voice, as if he was suffering from hysteria.
He did not comfort Lin Juan. At this time, he felt somewhat comforted in his heart. He was too scared. He was afraid that the old Taoist and the young man were both ghosts, and that he himself had been crazy for three years.
However, this did not make him regain his calm. Instead, he remembered the situation in the small courtyard where the old Taoist lived. The feeling of being stared at seemed to appear behind him again, around him, and around him.
It even felt like a pair of blood-red eyes were hidden in all the lightless places in this room.
Xu Guodong squatted on the ground, huddled in a ball. He was a man, but he still felt fear when he encountered death.
"Guodong, what's wrong with you? Tell me. If it doesn't work, let's go find Uncle San. Maybe he can do something."
Lin Juan found that the situation was more serious than she imagined, so she leaned over and hugged Xu Guodong, comforting her softly again, trying to calm Xu Guodong down. The peaceful tone would make people relax slowly, and the gentle tone would also
Let a person who is in a frenzy slowly calm down.
Of course, when driven crazy by fear, the surrounding environment can provide some guidance to the person who can no longer think.
Xu Guodong slowly calmed down and his body slowly relaxed. Lin Juan is a very good girl. At this time, she did not force Xu Guodong to tell her what happened. Although she was worried, she knew that comfort is what Xu Guodong is now.
The most needed thing.
After a long time, Xu Guodong calmed down again. The first thing he saw were the two small hands covering his own, two hands full of scars and some bruises.
He felt guilt, love, and love for Lin Juan, which made Xu Guodong slowly calm down.
Holding the person opposite him tightly in his arms, Xu Guodong was not so much afraid of his own death as he was more worried about how they would live if he just left and left the mother and daughter behind.
It is not easy for a woman to live a good life with a little girl in such an environment. It should be said that it is very difficult.
If Widow Lu hadn't had the help of her neighbors, she might not have survived with a child, and she wouldn't have been able to raise her child so well.
After calming down, Xu Guodong told Lin Juan everything he had encountered when he went to look for the old Taoist priest.
He has nothing to hide about Lin Juan. This is his wife, the dwarf of his life, and one of the most important people to him. The other one is his and Lin Juan's daughter.
Xu Guodong is a teacher who is very good at telling stories. After telling everything he encountered, he found that Lin Juan listened with gusto. When he finished telling the story, she still felt that she still had something to say.
Not to mention, seeing Lin Juan's expression and the expectation inadvertently revealed in her eyes.
Xu Guodong actually felt that he was a little funny. Now that he thought about it carefully, it seemed that the thing was not that scary. Why would he, a grown man, be frightened like that?
The fear in his heart disappeared because of Lin Juan's expression. At this time, Xu Guodong finally breathed a sigh of relief. However, this matter was still very strange. If they could not find a reasonable explanation, they would really go there.
Lin Laosan, the third uncle in Lin Juan’s mouth, took a trip to his house.
After all, he was the one who brought the old Taoist into the village...