Chapter 67: The Haunted House
Li Zheng put away the thoughts in his heart, turned around and asked Old Man Cheng, "Then tell me first, how do you plan to arrange it?" ”
Old man Cheng sighed helplessly, "The Su family asked to build a house, but it's too late now, so I plan to buy the house at the foot of the mountain and let the Su family and the two children move over." The area of the house is much larger than ours, and the house is quite neat, so it should be able to live in it with a little repair. ”
Both the patriarch and Rizheng remembered the house at the foot of the mountain.
That house was a house built on the land that a foreigner who had some money bought when he came to Xiaohe Village for refuge, a blue brick house, which was very spacious, and it was the first one in Xiaohe Village at that time. It was only later that the family returned to their hometown, so they sold the house to Lizheng cheaply.
After all, houses in rural areas are not easy to sell, and they are said to be cheap, but a house of nearly three acres is not affordable for ordinary people, no matter how cheap it is.
Why didn't Li Zheng move there after buying it?
One is that the house is too remote, it has been separated from the whole village, and it is at the foot of the mountain, which is somewhat inconvenient. At that time, I bought it because the house was big enough and the price was cheap, and I planned to wait for the future when there were more children in the family and divide it out for living.
The second is that the house was later haunted, and several people who went into the mountains to hunt said that they had seen ghost fires in the yard.
During that time, people were panicked, and at first Li Zheng thought that someone had taken a fancy to the house and deliberately created some rumors of haunting, so that the house would depreciate. As a result, after personally verifying it, I gave up on the house.
Li Zheng was also complained about by the family because of this. After all, the house was bought, and it cost most of the savings of the Li Zheng family, and now it is all smashed in his hands, and no one is willing to sell it at a discount of fifty taels.
Suddenly, when he heard Old Man Cheng mention it, Li Zheng was stunned for a moment, "That house...... It's not appropriate. ”
This Su family is a woman's family, with two children, will it be dangerous to live in that house? After all, it's so remote and haunted, it's really not a good place.
Old man Cheng spread his hands, "At present, I really can't find any other place in the village except for that house." ”
The reason why he chose that house was because it was remote! It's good to be remote, the more remote it is, the more convenient it is for them to clean up Su Qinniang in the future.
Li Zheng didn't know Old Man Cheng's plans, but he thought about the situation in the village carefully, and it was really as Old Man Cheng said.
Xiaohe Village has a large population, and although there are some empty houses, most of them are either in disrepair or too small to meet the requirements put forward by the Su family.
So Li Zheng turned his head to look at Su Qin, "You know the situation in that house, do you think it's okay?" ”
That house, Su Qin really knows.
The first two times she went up the mountain, she was still coming near the house. It's a big house, the courtyard wall is built quite high, and the house is spacious.
Coupled with her plan, it couldn't be more suitable.
was about to nod his head in agreement, but Su Mu asked, "Is there anything wrong with that house?" ”
Li Zheng didn't hide it, and told him about the situation of the house.
Su's mother directly shook her head and refused, "That's not good, it's so remote, my daughter lives there with two children, and I'm afraid that I won't be able to live in peace in the future." ”
There are many rights and wrongs in front of the widow's door, her daughter is good, and she is so young, even after living alone in the village, she is afraid that there will be some bad things, and if she lives in such a remote place, isn't it a good bully?
That alone made her unacceptable, not to mention that the house was haunted.
Su Qin was not in a hurry to express his position.
Old man Cheng smiled and said, "If my in-laws don't agree, then I can only find a house in the village." ”
Su's mother can think about it, live in the village, and take care of it.
So the old man Cheng said a few places one after another, and the more the patriarch and Li Zheng listened, the more their brows wrinkled.
Su Mu asked, "Is there anything wrong with these places?" ”
Li Zheng was a little embarrassed, "The houses in these places have almost collapsed." The few places where the house can barely live in people, the surrounding neighbors are a little difficult to get along with, and it is not suitable for the Su family to live. ”
Su Mu frowned, and heard the meaning of Li Zheng's "not easy to get along with".
I'm afraid that the people living in those few places around are not serious people.
"Then look again, in such a big village, you can always find a suitable one."
Old man Cheng was proud, but his face didn't show it at all, his face was full of tiredness, "My in-laws don't know, because Xiaohe Village is close to the county seat, there are not many vacant houses in the village, and those with better conditions have already been bought, and these are the only ones that can be picked now." ”
Su Mu was a little unconvinced, and turned her head to look at the patriarch and Li Zheng.
The two carefully counted the houses in the village, and nodded helplessly at Su's mother.
Old man Cheng spread his hands, "At the moment, this is the situation, you can pick any of these houses, you can pick any of them, but I am not responsible for renovating, I have that little silver tael in my hand, and after buying the house, there is nothing left." If you really push people into a hurry, I will go out to the county government to ask Master Tao what you want me to do. ”
Su Qin only spoke at this time, "I want the house at the foot of the mountain." ”
Mother Su was so anxious that she wrung her under the table, this stupid girl! Can you have a house?
Su Qin almost screamed out in pain, her mother's strength was really strong.
endured the pain and patted the back of Su's mother's hand, signaling her not to worry.
The patriarch glanced at Su Qin with some disapproval, "Have you really thought about it?" The house is remote and haunted......"
Su Qin said with a righteous face: "Zi Bu is silent, strange and confused, I don't believe that there are ghosts in this world." As for the remoteness, if I raise a few more vicious dogs, I can live in the deep mountains and old forests. Patriarch, Li Zheng, I have lived in places that are more dangerous than that house, and what other places I dare not live? ”
This made the old man Cheng want to beat someone.
Isn't this an obvious statement that their Cheng family is a den of jackals!
The patriarch and Li Zheng also understood the meaning of her words, and they couldn't speak for a while.
Su Mu was not at ease in the end, so she said: "The matter of the house, I will make a decision after reading it tomorrow." Let's start with two other things. ”
Old man Cheng coughed twice, "It's not a secret, the silver that Yan'an has earned over the years is indeed in our hands, after all, there is no separation, so all the money earned must be handed over, this is a rule that every household has." But with such a large family, the expenses are not small, so we only have ninety taels of silver in our hands now. ”
"Therefore, my idea is that after I buy the house at the foot of the mountain, I will not give out the rest of the silver. I'm old, and I always feel unhappy these days, so this silver is to keep our old couple to make a coffin book in the future. In the future, we will not let the big house take care of the matter of taking medicine when we are sick. ”
"As for the fields, they will be given three acres of high-quality fields and two acres of low-grade fields to the big house, and these two fields are not far from the house, and they are easy to take care of."