Story 59 The Cursed Surname (2)
Although everyone here has the surname Tang, I don't know if it is God's favor, the descendants of Big Elm Village have many sons and few daughters, and there is no problem in marrying in this village if one or two girls are born occasionally, as long as they don't marry close relatives.
But no one knows what the specific reason is, everyone just knows that their ancestors came to Daqing Mountain to live in seclusion more than 700 years ago, and their ancestors have lived here for generations, of course, it is also because of the reason of escaping the world, but it is because their Tang clansmen have escaped one war after another and have lived to this day.
Therefore, the people in the village of Big Elm believe that the ancestral teachings are reasonable, and the ancestors have always adhered to them for generations and never dared to disobey them.
For this, Ji Mantang also adheres to the idea of respecting the customs here, because only by respecting their customs can he truly integrate into this ancient village.
After the farmhouse was built, Ji Mantang called Chunxiao and asked her to prepare to leave, and the environment in the village here is also very good, which must be of great help to her physical recuperation, Ji Mantang also specially instructed her to go to her own house first to get some things to bring together, including a black sealed bag.
Two days later, Chunxiao came to Big Elm Village, she came with some friends, she came to open the farmhouse, a team of three off-road vehicles, a total of 6 people except Chunxiao. The captain's name is Da Zeng, who is a senior outdoor adventure enthusiast, and there are three men and two women, Wu Qiang, Song Yu, Pang Xuan, Li Jing and Han Yanan.
When they arrived at the village of Great Elm, it was already dark. But a few people got out of the car and shouted that this place is really beautiful, the green mountains and green waters are full of thick oxygen, so that these people from the city who are used to absorbing the haze air are also really drunk with oxygen.
Li Jing, who was only in the car with Chunxiao, complained that the air conditioner was too big, and he almost caught a cold, but Pang Xuan, who was driving, was very aggrieved and said that he didn't turn on the air conditioner at all, and he didn't know why it was cold in the car.
Ji Mantang glanced at the car, and immediately understood, and saw Song Haiping sitting gloomily in the back seat of the car, there was a ghost sitting in the car, it was strange that it was not cold!
He hurriedly beckoned everyone to go into the house and rest for a while, and the meal would be ready immediately! As soon as a few people entered the house, they felt that the buildings here were very distinctive, most of them could use wood and never stone, and those that could use stone never use cement.
Song Yu is an architect, he touched the wood in the room with his hand and said, "Brother Ji, there is such a large amount of wood used here, have you done any termite prevention treatment?" β
Ji Mantang said with a smile, "I did, but I don't know exactly how to do it, it is said that all the houses here will be placed with a mysterious substance before they are built, and with that thing, this house will not be eaten by termites for hundreds of years." β
Song Yu asked with a look of surprise, "Really?" I didn't expect that in such a closed small village, there is no such powerful technology? β
Ji Mantang saw that he didn't believe it, so he patted him on the shoulder and said, "The methods used by the villagers here are all the experience summed up by their ancestors for generations, and they can definitely stand the test of time. β
Because he knew in advance that they were going to come with Chunxiao, Ji Mantang bought some bacon and sauerkraut from the villagers that they ate themselves, so that these people in the city could taste what the locals of Big Elm Village usually eat.
Of course, these ingredients have also been reprocessed by Ji Mantang in a way that everyone can accept, and then with some white rice and grilled pork belly, so that these tired people can eat with essence and flavor.
After dinner, Ji Mantang arranged a room for them, and he knew that on the first day of coming here, everyone would be a little uncomfortable, so he let everyone rest early.
Chunxiao didn't have the heart to sleep, because she would be half the master of this place in the future, so she had to get familiar with the grass and trees here as soon as possible, Ji Mantang saw that she hadn't slept yet, so he asked her to take the black sealed bag to her own house.
In fact, he originally didn't want to tell his cousin Song Haiping's existence, but today, it seems that if he didn't tell her in advance so that she could be mentally prepared, it would be difficult for her to know about it in the future.
At this time, Chunxiao knocked lightly on the door, and then pushed the door and walked in, and as soon as he came in, he saw his cousin waiting for him with a smile.
"Then, the sealed bag for your baby, not to mention what it is, it's so mysterious!" As soon as Chunxiao entered the house, she threw the sealed bag to Ji Mantang, it turned out that she had asked Ji Mantang what was contained here, but this damn cousin just wouldn't say it, and he said that he must bring it to her later.
Unexpectedly, Ji Mantang returned the sealed bag to Chunxiao again, and said with a smile, "Don't you want to know what's here?" Open it up now and take a look! β
Seeing the mystery on his cousin's face, Chunxiao took the sealed bag and slowly ripped open the mouth of the bag, and the contents grew up instantly after entering the air!
As soon as she put her hand in and touched it, her face changed drastically, "How could it be this thing?" Have you kept it all the time? β
Seeing Chunxiao's panicked expression, Ji Mantang hurriedly said, "Don't be afraid, this thing is not filled with that guy now, it's Song Haiping." β
βwhat?β Chunxiao's mouth opened even wider, although she learned from Ji Mantang's mouth that it was Song Haiping who saved her by surviving, but when she thought of that guy turning into Song Haiping's appearance to deceive herself, her heart throbbed.
"He, why is he here?" Chunxiao tried to calm her emotions before saying this.
Ji Mantang shrugged and said, "No way, he didn't die normally, so he couldn't leave for the time being, he could only keep wandering in the world, so he found me and said, I want to live in this pillow, I think that someone else has saved your life, I really have no reason to refuse him." β
"So he's been following me all the way?" Chunxiao asked in disbelief.
Ji Mantang nodded, "Yes, he has been in the car, so Li Jing will feel cold, maybe her physique is weak." β
But Chunxiao said with a puzzled face, "Then why can't I see him?" β
Ji Mantang shook his head helplessly and said, "That's because he's afraid of scaring you, he won't show up before I tell you, in fact, he's behind you......"
When Chunxiao heard him say this, she immediately turned her head in horror and looked behind her, but there was no one behind.
"You better let him show up, I don't want an invisible person to exist next to me!" In the end, Chunxiao had no choice but to compromise.
Song Haiping, who was hiding in the corner, slowly walked to Ji Mantang's side, and then appeared little by little.
Chunxiao glanced at Song Haiping, and there was no change from his impression, but his face was a little pale, and the others looked like he was a living person.
Song Haiping also didn't speak because he was afraid of scaring Chunxiao, the two ghosts just kept looking at each other, and Ji Mantang on the side had to cough lightly in embarrassment and said, "Everyone is so familiar, don't be so nervous, okay!" β
As soon as these words came out, both of them laughed, especially Chunxiao, the tears of laughter almost flowed out, and finally gently spit out two words, "Thank you......"
But Song Haiping said frankly, "I saved you, if you take me in now, won't we settle it?" β
Chunxiao smiled and said, "It's so even, no one owes anyone!" Suddenly, she thought of a question again, so she asked Song Haiping, "Then what do you do during the day?" β
"It's not that I can't come out during the day, it's just that I can't be too far away from that pillow, but I can move freely when the sun is behind," Song Haiping replied honestly.
Chunxiao thought for a while and asked, "Besides me and my cousin, can anyone else see you?" β
Song Haiping shook his head and said, "Ordinary people definitely can't, unless some people who are born with yin and yang eye physique may be able to see it." β
Chunxiao nodded, then said with a smile, "That's good, where are there so many people with special physiques in the world!" β
The two of them chatted happily together for a long time, but in the end, Chunxiao was so sleepy that she had to go back to the house to sleep!
After Chunxiao left, Ji Mantang asked Song Haiping, "Why don't you tell Chunxiao that you like her too?" β
Song Haiping smiled very indifferently, "It's impossible for me to be with her now, so I don't want her to think too much after she knows, as long as I can always watch her by her side and protect her, I don't dare to ask for anything else." β
Ji Mantang suddenly felt that he was really not very accurate in looking at people before, if he had known that this kid had such a good character, he would have matched him and his cousin a long time ago, how could there be today, it was too late to say anything now!
"Can you feel the other ghosts?" Ji Mantang suddenly thought of this question.
Song Haiping answered truthfully, "Yes." β
"And what is there now?"
Song Haiping closed his eyes and was silent for a while, then said, "There is no ...... in the farmhouse."
"That's great!" Ji Mantang said happily.
But Song Haiping's face was not quite right, he felt a faint uneasiness in his heart, and he didn't know whether to tell Ji Mantang or not.
"What's the matter, just say whatever you want, we're people and ghosts in the same boat now, I'm good for you, I'm not good, you're not good!" Ji Mantang saw that Song Haiping wanted to speak and stopped, so he urged him to say something quickly.
Song Haiping thought for a while and said, "Actually, as soon as I entered the village, I felt that it was very strange here......
"Strange? Where is it strange? It can't be that the resentment is too heavy! Ji Mantang asked a little scared.
But Song Haiping shook his head and said, "No, on the contrary, there is not a single ghost in this place." β
Ji Mantang was stunned, "Isn't that good?" It shows that the people here are clean! β
Song Haiping said solemnly, "You are a living person now, of course you think that a place without ghosts is good, but I am a ghost, and I know that there is no place where there are truly no ghosts, unless there is a high-ranking person in the array!" (To be continued.) )