Chapter 3: The Haunted House
"Aunt Liu, I don't believe what the ghosts and gods say, you also know that I also have the little silver given by the kind young lady. I thought it would be nice to be able to rent a place to live, but now that I have such a cheap house, I thought about buying it and saving a lot of money. You see, I want to go and see that house, and if it's really suitable, I want to buy it, so I can settle down here and make a living. ”
"Well, I'm just saying, I don't really want to introduce this house to you, don't take it seriously." Aunt Liu looked at Feng Tianyu's meaning, as if she wanted to buy the house, but she was a little anxious.
"It doesn't matter. You help me make arrangements, I want to go and see it today. ”
"This ......," Aunt Liu looked at Feng Tianyu with a little worry.
"It's really okay, if it's not suitable at that time, it's not too late to find another house." Feng Tianyu said and pulled Aunt Liu and walked out, this Aunt Liu saw that Feng Tianyu was insistent, so she no longer shirked it, and led her directly to Chengshuang Street.
At this moment, it is the beginning of the hour, the street is the most lively time, you can see the vendors shouting everywhere, people come and go very lively, the shops on both sides have already been people coming and going a few times, saying a few polite words to come next time.
Walking from the lively street to an alley next to it, Aunt Liu led Feng Tianyu into the alley, and walked about 20 meters to the door of a house.
At this moment, a sixty-year-old man at the door was sitting at the door smoking a dry cigarette, puffing out smoke, with a pleasant face, and when he saw Feng Tianyu and Aunt Liu, he only raised his eyes slightly, and was not busy speaking, but after smoking a few puffs of cigarettes, he asked, "Look at the house?" ”
"Sixth uncle, this is the Tianyu girl who has borrowed my house for the past two days, and for some reason she decided to live in our town, she will want to buy a yard, I heard that you are ...... here."
"I know that I just look at the house. First of all, my house is cheap, but there are also rumors of haunting. That's to me, though. But the people who tried to stay overnight were scared away, and if they wanted to buy my house, they could, at least for one night, and if they bought and scared away, I was in trouble. The old man who was called the sixth uncle by Aunt Liu was unhappy on his face, looking at Feng Tianyu's gaze, as if he was not optimistic about Lu.
"Uncle, can this house really be bought for only five taels of silver?" Just a glance at the house from the outside, it had been renovated in at least a year, and it was still very new. Such a half-new house only costs five taels, even if it is because of the big tree in the yard, it will not drop the price so much, so Feng Tianyu still thinks it is better to ask clearly.
What's more, the silver for repairs alone is not only five taels, but at least ten taels of silver. Even if it's a new house, the repair cost of five taels is always indispensable.
Now this yard sells for five taels, which is cheaper than giving it away for nothing, and it is no wonder that Feng Tianyu has doubtful thoughts.
"The old man is not short of that money, he just wants to find someone destined to live in the house he has lived in for half his life."
The old man said this like a person in Buddhism, and he talked about a fateful word, which was very surprising.
Babbling open the door, the old man took the lead in the courtyard, Feng Tianyu and the others followed behind, and the first thing they noticed was the hundred-year-old tree standing in the middle of the courtyard about ten meters high.
The body of the tree needed at least three people to hug it to be able to circle it. Looking at the variety of this tree, it turned out to be the welcome pine, which is even more amazing.
I looked at this tree outside the yard before, but when I looked closer, I realized that this familiarity was because of the tree.
It's just that the welcome pine, isn't that supposed to be standing in a steep place like a cliff?
How could this be so lush in such a small courtyard, it is completely unreasonable.
"This, this is the welcome pine." Feng Tianyu couldn't help asking, not hiding his surprise at all.
"It's a bit of a look. That's right, this is the welcome pine, which is supposed to grow on the cliff, and it is also the tree that our ancestors have spent a lot of effort planting successfully. I don't know exactly how to do it. The tree was there when I was born. Little girl, you take a look at the house yourself, if you think it is suitable, you will stay here tonight, if you decide to buy this house tomorrow, we will go to the town office to go through the land deed formalities. ”
"Hmm." Feng Tianyu nodded, and then looked over the rooms one by one, which was better than he expected.
Five taels of silver is really a big deal.
"Uncle, this house is really good."
"Everyone who has seen it says this, but in the end, no one buys the house. You'd better wait until you stay overnight. The old man didn't buy Feng Tianyu's praise at all, so she could only touch her nose and smile.
Now that I decide to buy it, I have to follow the rules of the old man.
There are ready-made futons and beds in the house, and you can move in directly.
The old man's name is Liu Tao, and the mayor Liu Hai is his cousin. Because of the problem of the house, Liu Tao and his son Liu Lintian had a little unhappiness. However, he was given a year to deal with the matter of this house, if he couldn't sell the house according to his heart within a year, Liu Lintian would deal with the problem of the house, or just leave it empty, and occasionally find someone to clean it or rent it out.
Regarding this matter, Aunt Liu's husband Liu An talked about it when he went home for dinner at noon.
I have to say that this father and son are really a bit laughable.
Strange to say, just after Liu Tao was about to sell the house, haunted things happened one after another, so that people in the town did not dare to buy the house.
Feng Tianyu was going to live in that house, Aunt Liu was very worried, and even Liu An persuaded Feng Tianyu a few words and told her not to take risks.
Although Feng Tianyu didn't dare to say that there were really no ghosts and gods in this world, the house was really good, and it was on the other side of Chengshuang Street, the location was very good, and it was cheap, which really made her tempted.
If you want to buy a courtyard of that size, I'm afraid you can only buy it in a small village on the edge of the town.
It's not easy to buy the town center.
The iron-hearted Feng Tianyu lived in that courtyard that night.
Today's old man Liu Tao lives in the house of his cousin Mayor Liu Hai because of his son, and Feng Tianyu is the only one in this place at night.
After dinner, staying alone in the courtyard, Feng Tianyu didn't have anything to do, so he simply went outside for a stroll, and the stalls on Chengshuang Street were almost finished, and it was just the time at the moment, which is what we call seven o'clock in the evening.
Night life in ancient times can be described as boring, even here in the town center.