Although the smell that permeated the Li family was very unpleasant, Xu Guodong frowned and endured it. He didn't know whether the Li family's wife was really used to the smell, or whether she couldn't smell it at all.
It means nothing to Xu Guodong.
The main purpose of his coming here was to see if he could get some clues from the Li family boy.
Let's see if this young man from the Li family, who was originally very strong, suddenly died not long ago, is related to a series of strange things that happened in the village.
After taking two steps towards the main room, Xu Guodong suddenly stopped. He found that he seemed to have forgotten one thing, that is, he did not ask him why the boy from the Li family suddenly stopped. He was sick.
Or did something else happen??
“Careless”
If he asks the Li family's daughter-in-law what her husband's situation is like when he leaves home, he will be able to make some judgments based on the situation, and there is no need to come here if he can't.
"Mr. Xiao Xu, come into the house~"
Someone inside the house said hello, and Xu Guodong recognized that person. He was an elder of the Li family and could be considered an old man in the village.
"Auntie."
Xu Guodong called out, which was considered a greeting. The elders had already spoken, and it was already too late to retreat now.
He could only bravely walk into the room. After entering the main room, the strange smell became stronger and stronger. The room was filled with smoke, and it seemed as if it was on fire.
I looked up and saw a table in the corner of the main room. There were a bunch of incense candles and tributes on the table. It turned out to be an incense table. This incense table was obviously much more solemn. The incense was not an ordinary bowl.
Or a jar, but a real incense burner.
Although this kind of thing is not an important thing in the countryside, in that kind of dilapidated environment, Xu Guodong has never seen many families own this kind of thing. Even if they do, they are mostly hidden.
Woke up.
It is really rare for the Li family to be placed in the main house with such great fanfare and used to worship something.
There were two people in the room shrouded in smoke. One was sitting by the kang, and the other was lying in the corner. The smoke in the room covered the two people with a layer of white gauze, and they could be vaguely recognized in the haze.
Show the faces of these two people.
Sitting there was the elder of the Li family who had just greeted Xu Guodong to come in, and if nothing else happened, the person lying in the corner should be the boy from the Li family.
"Auntie, the Li brothers are..."
Xu Guodong stood at the door and did not move forward. Although he was familiar with the Li family, he had never entered the Li family. Under the current situation in the village,
This situation of the Li family had to make Xu Guodong think more.
His vigilance was raised to the highest level, and he adjusted his clothes to bring the oil paper bag in his arms closer to his body. At this time, Xu Guodong was a little worried. He didn't know whether the peace charm wrapped in oil paper could still work, but at the moment
It's definitely not a good time to take out the peace charm.
"Xiao Xu, come here, my son wants to say something to you."
The person sitting there waved and motioned for Xu Guodong to walk over. Respecting elders is a traditional etiquette of the Chinese nation. Although the situation is strange at the moment, nothing happened. Xu Guodong could not lose the old man's face, so he could only bite the bullet.
Walked over.
Although he looked calm and indifferent, he was panicking in his heart.
His eyes kept glancing towards the tablet on the incense table, wanting to see what the Li family was enshrining.
But the smoke around the tablet on the incense table was so thick that even if you were very close, you couldn't clearly see what was written on it. It seemed that the smoke didn't want Xu Guodong to see the words on it.
"Xiao Xu, come here quickly."
Aunt Li's tone was very gentle, with a hint of kindness. Xu Guodong couldn't see clearly what was written on the tablet. He couldn't refuse the elder's request at the moment. He could only turn his head and look at Aunt Li, thinking in his heart
There is a vague feeling of uneasiness.
Next to the Li family's aunt is the man lying down. According to the Li family's daughter-in-law, this man should be the Li family brother he knows. His name is Xu Guodong. He can't remember it anymore. He usually says hello when they meet.
, nodded, and when you need to call someone, just call Brother Li and that’s it.
I really never thought that Brother Li, whom I was not very familiar with, would come to him to ask him something before he died.
The two families are not close, but they are not very far either. If the brother of the Li family wants to find someone who can take care of the remaining two parents after his death, then he should not just ask him to come here alone. Xu Guodong
But I know that there are several people in Linjia Village who have good relations with Brother Li.
But after he entered the house, he saw no trace of those people at all.
The person lying on the kang was completely wrapped in quilts, which was very strange.
It stands to reason that even if a person is sick, he cannot cover his face, and it is still summer. Although it is raining outside and the house is relatively cold, there is no need to cover the patient with such a covering when the kang is so hot.
Thick quilt.
Yes, that man was covered with a quilt that was only used in winter, and there was more than one. Two quilts were stacked together. From the outside, one could only vaguely see a human-shaped thing pressed underneath.
It’s hard to tell what it is specifically or not.
It was very hot inside the room, and the weird smell made it even more depressing.
Walking in front of the Li family's aunt, keeping about two steps away from her, Xu Guodong bent down slightly and turned his head to check on the Li family's boy, but the quilt was too tightly covered and he couldn't see anything from the outside.
, only a little bit of hair can be seen.
"Auntie, who is Brother Li?"
Xu Guodong did not lift the quilt. After all, when he arrived at someone else's home, such an action meant that he was not treated as an outsider. What's more, if possible, he really didn't want to lift the quilt. He always felt that there was something terrible hidden in the quilt.
s things.
In the case of the Li family, there was this weird smell everywhere, and as he walked into the Li family boy, the pungent smell around him seemed to become even stronger.
It's like the source of the smell comes from the person wrapped in two layers of quilts.
A living person does not emit the smell of decay. There is a smell of something rotten in the air. It is very weird but extremely obvious, but no matter Aunt Li's
Neither the daughter-in-law of the Li family showed any abnormality.
This is the biggest abnormality that Xu Guodong seems to have.
Xu Guodong even wanted to leave here now, leave the Li family, and then find Lin Laosan to tell him the strange behavior of the Li family. However, at this time, he only entered the main room of the Li family and saw nothing.
Neither was heard, although everything seemed strange.
But these things may not be weird to Lin Laosan.
Lin Laosan is very busy now. Since Xu Guodong has decided to rely on his own strength to explore some things and try his best to help solve what happened in Linjia Village, he cannot always rely on Lin Laosan.
Although Lin Laosan has many methods, and although he will probably investigate everything clearly in a short time when he gets here, if he disturbs Lin Laosan at this time, there is actually no one here.
If there is any abnormality, I will go to Lin Laosan again to see if he will believe that it is a problem again.
Although Xu Guodong didn't know the story of the boy who cried wolf, he also understood a similar truth. Since he wanted to find someone to help him, he had to find definite evidence, otherwise people might do it once or twice out of kindness, but
If something goes wrong later and people still think you're joking, things will be really bad.
"Now that we're here, let's see what the situation is like!"
After cheering himself up from the bottom of his heart, Xu Guodong calmed down, suppressed the uneasiness in his heart, and took a step forward again...