I naturally want to listen to my mother's words, but I just listen.

Now I can't tell her that I have a marriage contract with the mountain god Niangniang, right? With her character, if she hears this news, she will probably faint, either happy or frightened.

It is a woman's nature to nag, especially an older woman.

After my mother and sister-in-law had eaten enough, my eldest brother and I, as well as my father and three masters, dared to get close to drink. Compared with my mother, my father is more concerned about how much money I have earned outside in the past three years.

Naturally, I didn't dare to tell the truth, if I let him know that I couldn't get a penny after wandering outside in the past few years, I guess he would sweep me out of the house directly.

Fortunately, the old man handed me the passbook before leaving, and now he has the capital to pay.

Rural people are so realistic, wives and money are essential, otherwise they will be laughed at when they go out.

This is the life that a mortal should live, and I like it more than what I have experienced in the past few days on the Heavenly Mountain.

For the next few days, I stayed at home to recuperate and did not go back to Paradise Mountain. Anyway, the snake can't turn over any wind and waves for a while, Jingmei is also in retreat, and it is useless to stay on the mountain by herself, so she just nests at home and rests for a few days.

But these days, my parents are very busy, they know that I have the money to marry a wife, so they go around from morning to night. In the morning, I visited this village, and in the afternoon I went to another village to look for my future daughter-in-law.

Naturally, I don't want this kind of thing, but I can't persuade them.

In this way, five days passed in a row, during which there were no other major events except for a few blind date oolong incidents.

It wasn't until the night before my birthday that a sudden gust of wind blew outside my window and the news alerted me to a yellow warning signal for heavy rain, that I started to get nervous.

Generally speaking, it rarely rains in winter, but if it does, it will definitely come big.

When it rains heavily, the water in the mountain streams will swell and the water level in the reservoir will rise. It's fine in normal times, but now there is a Jiao living in the reservoir!

I secretly prayed that this heavy rain would come and go quickly.

However, things are often unexpected, and the more you don't want it to happen, the more it happens.

The torrential rain continued until midnight and showed no signs of stopping, but it became heavier and heavier, and I lay on the bed tossing and turning, unable to sleep, and the bad premonition in my heart became stronger and stronger.

Bang!

With a loud thunder, I couldn't sit still and jumped out of bed.

Although the old man did not clearly tell me how to protect Heavenly Mountain before leaving, at this time, heavy rain fell and the flash flood surged, in case the snake took the opportunity to walk on the Jiao, it was thousands of innocent people under the mountain who suffered.

I can't be calm, after all, the mountain is guarded by my own old man, and now that he is gone, as his descendant and half of the mountain guard, it is impossible to sit idly by.

Even if I put these identities aside, I can't ignore them, because the village where my parents and I live is next to a stream that flows down from the Paradise Reservoir.

Although you know that you are weak, you must also do your best.

The first thing I thought of was the old lady Yan who opened a big red coffin shop outside the village, and the old man said that if I couldn't solve something, I would go to her.

Granny Yan's coffin was about five miles away from the village, and I hurried out with rain boots, a raincoat and a flashlight.

The road outside the village was already soaked in thick water, and the sound of rushing floods could be heard in the distance, shaking the heavens and the earth.

I trotted all the way with a flashlight, and finally saw the coffin shop of Old Lady Yan.

Her coffin was laid on a low hill, and two hundred-year-old willow trees grew in front of the door. Legend has it that willow trees, locust trees, and mulberry trees are the easiest to attract ghosts, although there is a willow branch to fight ghosts, but in fact the willow tree itself is very yin.

In addition, the coffin shop opened by Old Lady Yan is extremely remote, even in broad daylight, it is gloomy and scary, let alone stormy nights.

However, the only good thing about this place is that there is electricity, unlike the old man's residence in Heavenly Mountain, which can only be lit by candles at night.

I've seen a female ghost complaining about babies, and I'm a lot bolder, otherwise I wouldn't dare to come to such a ghost place in the middle of the night.

There was a faint light in the room under the willow trees, and when I came here, I could clearly feel that the temperature around me was several degrees lower, and the rich yin qi was so cold that my scalp was numb.

"This place is so eerie."

I didn't dare to stay outside for too long, and I raised my hand to knock on the door, but at this time, the door creaked open and closed on its own.

I rubbed my eyes and said secretly, "Could it be that the wind blew the door open?" ”

But as soon as this thought arose in my mind, I heard the sound of treading water beside me, and a dark shadow passed me in a blur.

At that moment, I felt like I had fallen into an ice cellar.

Ghost?

Could it be that this old woman Yan is not only doing business in the yang world, but also in the business of the underworld?

"Can you see me?"

Just as I was sluggish, a cold voice sounded from behind me.

I turned my head to look, and my face suddenly turned pale, only to see a middle-aged man dressed in black standing behind me, his face was very white, and his body exuded a cold aura.

I'm sure this one in front of me is definitely not human.

I swallowed hard and nodded.

"I see, since you can see me, can I ask you someone?" The man in black said.

"Who are you looking for?" I asked with a forced composure.

"His surname is Lao Daobo, and he borrowed something from me twenty-five years ago, and he has not returned it yet, do you know where he is?" The man looked at me with a cold look in his eyes and no emotion on his face.

However, after I heard this, my heart was stirring up, because the Lao Daobo he was talking about was not the name of his old man?

Could it be that the old man left suddenly, avoiding this person who is not human?

I thought of a lot of things, but on the surface I shook my head and said, "I don't know." ”

"Oh? That bothered. ”

The man in black had a look of disappointment on his face, and then turned to leave.

Although this ghost looks a little scary, he is quite polite.

I touched my nose, a little worried, wondering if this person had asked me this on purpose? The aura emanating from his body is different from that of female ghosts and ghost babies, but I feel that this person is even more terrifying than female ghosts and resentful babies.

I really don't know how many secrets the old man has!

I sighed and turned to knock on the door.

The first time I knocked it, no one in the room responded.

Knocked a second time, but there was still no answer inside.

It wasn't until the third time that an angry shout came from inside the house: "Who the fuck knocked on the door in the middle of the night and didn't let people sleep?" ”

Hearing this voice, I couldn't help but be shocked in my heart, because this voice was crisp, and it couldn't be the voice of Old Lady Yan.

Soon I remembered that Granny Yan had adopted a granddaughter a long time ago, and I had sat at the same table with her when she was in elementary school, but then she dropped out of junior high school, and I heard that Granny Yan did not let her study.

Unexpectedly, she is not married yet, and she still lives with Granny Yan.

"Is it Yan Xiaoying, I'm Tianyan, your old elementary school classmate, I have something urgent to find Granny Yan, open the door quickly."

Actually, the door was not closed, but without the permission of the owner's house, I didn't dare to break in at will, because this was a coffin shop, which was extraordinary, and it was better to have rules.

It didn't take long for the door to creak open, and a petite figure with an umbrella stepped out of it.

"Lao Tianyan? What's the matter with you coming to Grandma in the middle of the night? ”

When I saw Yan Xiaoying's appearance in front of me, I couldn't help but be a little surprised. Because she is so different from other women, she has no hair.

You must know that hair is the standard for women, no matter how long or short, but it can't be without hair, but the woman in front of her has a bald head.

"I haven't seen you for more than ten years...... Are you a monk? I asked, with my mouth wide open in disbelief.

"You've just become a nun, and you can't spit out ivory from your dog's mouth."

Yan Xiaoying glared at me fiercely, and then invited me into the house.

After entering the door is a small courtyard, somewhat similar to the house where the old man lived in Heavenly Mountain.

"Grandma is in the hall, what are you looking for her so late?" Xiao Ying asked me as she showed me the way.

"It's hard to say, it's a very important thing anyway."

"What's so bad about this? Dead in the family? What coffin do you want to buy? ”

I smiled bitterly in my heart, I haven't seen her for more than ten years, this little girl's mouth is still as vicious as ever, no wonder she can't get married.

The lights were on in the hall, there were several coffins that had not yet taken shape on both sides, and there were sawdust everywhere on the ground.

"Buying a coffin or something else, just say it!"

Originally, I was going to come forward to salute, but as soon as I stepped on the threshold, I didn't have time to remove my raincoat, so I spoke coldly.

In the dim light, Old Lady Yan slowly turned to look at me, her hair was all white, her body was bowed, her face was full of wrinkles, she looked older than my grandfather, but her eyes were very bright.

She didn't seem to welcome me in the tone, but I had expected it.

At the moment, he didn't beat around the bush, and said: "A snake was born in the Heavenly Reservoir, and now the storm is raging and the water level is rising, I'm afraid it will break through the embankment and rush out along the torrent." It is about the lives of tens of thousands of villagers under the mountain, so I ask my mother-in-law to help! ”

"What? A Jiao was born in the Paradise Reservoir? ”

Old Lady Yan stood up in shock, and then snorted coldly, "What does that old dog eat?" There is such a big trouble in the place you manage, but you don't know it? It should have been eliminated a long time ago. ”

"The old man said that it had been hiding under the water before it turned into a Jiao, so he didn't know about it." I replied with a wry smile.

"Where is he now?" Old Woman Yan frowned.

"Ran!"

"Ran away?"

I nodded, and said helplessly: "A few days ago, he said that he was going to go on a long trip, and then he never came back. Now that something like this has happened, the younger generation really has no choice but to come to her mother-in-law for help. ”

Old Lady Yan was stunned, and it took a long time to come back to her senses: "Running away is also his old dog's style." ”

"However, the old woman's strength is low, and she has no ability to help you. You go, there's nothing I can do about it. After the old woman Yan finished speaking, she gave the order to expel the guest.

"But ......"

I opened my mouth to try to persuade me, but at this time, Old Lady Yan directly said angrily: "Didn't you hear my words clearly? Hurry up, you Lao family people are not welcome here, is it possible that the old woman will kick you out by herself? ”