Chapter 17: The Master of Exorcism I

At six o'clock in the morning, Xiahoudun woke up, although he only got home in the middle of the night, went to bed at almost two o'clock, and forgot to turn on the alarm clock, but he was used to waking up at this time. He glanced at his phone, only a thank you note from the charity, and ignored it, instead lying in bed and staring at the ceiling, thinking about what had happened yesterday. He was ten years old for as long as he could remember, and he only remembered his name and birthday, as well as a small amount of information about his younger siblings. He had never had an impression of his parents, and this was what he had always wanted to investigate. He was wondering if he had parents, would they treat him like Xu Jiarui's parents, or would they treat Chen Ming and Chen Xuan like Aunt Cheng did. Xiahoudun, who had not experienced father's love and mother's love, could not understand the concept of parents, and he could only reverie infinitely.

Xiahoudun sat up and stretched, then got out of bed to wash and shave. After washing, he went to the kitchen to prepare breakfast, as usual. Xiahoudun opened the refrigerator door to look for ingredients for breakfast, and suddenly was disturbed by a sound of footsteps, he heard from the weight and frequency of his footsteps that it was Xiahouyuan coming down, so he continued to look for things, and asked, "Why did you get up so early?" ”

"When I hear you, I'll get up." Xiahou Yuan opened the door, brought in the newspaper at the door and put it on the dining table, "How was yesterday?" ”

Xiahoudun took some vegetables and ham and put them on the kitchen table, shook his head, and replied, "Very poor." ”

Seeing Xiahou Yuan's expression, he basically guessed the result, he didn't ask more, but comforted: "It's not easy to deal with something like a mind eater. ”

"You can't say that," said Xiahoudun as he made breakfast, "after all, it's a life. ”

"Did you come back and contact Sister Chen Xuan later?" Xiahou Yuan began to change the subject, "I mean, sister-in-law. ”

Hearing Xiahou Yuan say the word "sister-in-law", Xiahouyuan's originally solemn face finally smiled a little, "Of course." ”

"When is the wedding?" Xiahou Yuan asked.

Xiahoudun brought three breakfasts from the kitchen to the dining table, and then said while untying his apron: "I don't know, I'll go to Aunt Cheng's after eating in a while and discuss it with her." ”

"Hey," Xiahou Ling also came down from the second floor, she looked a little haggard, the death of her good friend made her basically not sleep much all night, but in order to forget these for a while, and let her family not worry about her, she forced herself to cheer up, "It's also called 'Aunt Cheng'." ”

Xiahoudun glanced at Xiahouling, and saw that her mood was quite stable, so he put his mind at ease, smiled, and said, "As you know, eat quickly, and send you to school after eating." ”

"You have to pay for changing your mouth, you know," Xiahou Yuan and Xiahou Ling, who had just sat down for breakfast, explained with great interest, "The woman will charge 9,999 yuan for changing her mouth, and the man will charge 10,001 yuan for changing her mouth, not for nothing." ”

"Really?" Xiahou Ling also asked with interest, "Who will pay for the change of mouth?" ”

"The parents of both sides will give it," Xiahou Yuan pointed at Xiahoudun and continued: "If he is like this, we have to pay for it, and we will be his parents at the wedding." ”

"It's almost there," Xiahoudun saw that the two of them were chatting endlessly, and finally couldn't help it, "Don't be big or small." ”

Xiahou Yuan stopped talking and began to bow his head to eat. Xiahou Ling made a grimace at Xiahou Yuan and also had breakfast.

After breakfast, Xiahou Yuan drove to work alone. Xiahoudun drove Xiahouling to school first, and then went to Aunt Cheng's house. Aunt Cheng's house is in the west of Yandu, and it is a house divided by Aunt Cheng's unit back then, and the house is not big, but it is the happy residence of Aunt Cheng's family.

There was no suitable parking space downstairs in the old house, so Xiahoudun parked the car on the side of the street, walked into the community, and came to the door of Aunt Cheng's house. Xiahoudun rang the doorbell, and it was Chen Ming who opened the door, which made Xiahoudun a little surprised, and he asked, "Why are you here?" ”

"What do you mean by 'I'm here too'? Is this my home? Brother-in-law! Chen Ming teased Xiahoudun with a sneer, "Do you only have Chen Xuan in your mind?" Brother-in-law! ”

"No, can you call me that?" Xiahoudun was a little embarrassed by Chen Ming's call, "I mean, aren't you interning at Xirou?" ”

"It's training in Dongyi! My brother-in-law! I just came back yesterday, and today I have a day off and come over to spend time with my mother. Chen Ming looked like he couldn't cry or laugh, and took Xiahoudun into the house, "I've been a policeman for more than ten years, and I still practice......

Xiahoudun walked into the house and saw a demure and dignified woman in her early thirties, who was Chen Ming's wife Yu Xiaoxiao, so he stepped forward to greet her, "Hello, sister-in-law." ”

"Here comes the little one?" Yu Xiaoxiao said with a smile, and took Xiahou to the inner room, "Our mother and Xiao Xuan are both in the inner room." ”

Xiahoudun walked towards the back room and saw three people in the back room, Chen Xuan, Aunt Cheng and an aunt he had never seen who looked about the same age as Aunt Cheng, and the two older aunts were sitting on the sofa, chatting happily and laughing. Chen Xuan, on the other hand, sat on a small pony next to the sofa, smiling and listening to the conversation between the two old men.

"It's so hilarious." Xiahoudun said.

Chen Xuan looked at the door and saw that it was Xiahoudun who came, so he stood up with a smile, "You're here?" ”

"Yes." Xiahoudun looked at Chen Xuan, and saw that she had coiled her hair up today, looking a little more mature than usual, and compared with yesterday, she couldn't help but praise, "You are so beautiful today." ”

"Am I not pretty anymore?" The corners of Chen Xuan's mouth rose slightly, and he asked in a slightly provocative tone.

Xiahoudun suddenly remembered the crazy appearance of Chen Xuan, who had received the marriage certificate in the Civil Affairs Bureau yesterday, and couldn't help laughing, he stroked Chen Xuan's cheek and said, "I thought it wasn't you who married yesterday." ”

Chen Xuan remembered yesterday's scene, and couldn't help laughing, she slapped Xiahoudun, "I hate it!" ”

"Xiao Dan is here, sit down!" Aunt Cheng was warmly entertained.

"Aunt Cheng, you look so good today." Xiahoudun walked inside, subconsciously flattering his mother-in-law, and then pointed to the aunt he had never seen, and asked, "Who is this?" ”

"This is the neighbor, Sister Liu, you have to call Aunt Liu." Aunt Cheng introduced.

"Hello Aunt Liu." Xiahoudun hurriedly greeted Aunt Liu.

"You're Xiao Xuan's lover, right?" Aunt Liu looked at Xiahoudun with a smile, then took Aunt Cheng's hand and said, "You are really a blessing, your uncle is really a talent." ”

Hearing the compliment, Xiahoudun was a little embarrassed and didn't know how to reply, so he turned his gaze to Chen Xuan again.

"What do you do?" Unexpectedly, Aunt Liu began to ask again.

"Half-fairy! Exorcism. Chen Ming didn't wait for Xiahoudun to answer, so he said, "Find him permission to succeed in the matter of your grandson's evil!" ”

"Don't talk nonsense, you kid." Aunt Cheng heard Chen Ming say this about Xiahoudun in front of outsiders, and reprimanded him a little angrily. Chen Xuan and Yu Xiaoxiao also echoed Aunt Cheng, counting Chen Ming.

Aunt Liu's eyes on the side began to glow, and she hurriedly pulled Xiahoudun and said, "Young man, will you exorcise evil spirits?" ”

Xiahoudun looked at Aunt Liu helplessly, although the word "exorcism" sounded vulgar, and it was indeed different from his work, but looking at Aunt Liu's expectant eyes, he had to nod reluctantly and said, "It will be a little." ”

"Great!" Aunt Liu heard Xiahoudun's answer, and said excitedly: "You can save my family Yangyang, he has fallen into evil." ”

"Huh?" Xiahoudun was confused when he heard this, and asked, "Who is Yangyang?" What evil in it? ”

"Yangyang is my grandson." Aunt Liu got up from the sofa, pulled Xiahoudun and walked outside, explaining anxiously as she walked, "It's evil, the previous period was fine, this month is coming, somehow, I ran out with my small fish tank every once in a while." ”

Watching Aunt Liu and Xiahoudun walk out of the house, Aunt Cheng walked to the living room, pointed at Chen Ming and whispered: "Let you talk nonsense, people will make trouble for others as soon as they come." ”

Xiahoudun didn't feel troublesome, he took Aunt Liu to Aunt Liu's house next door, and saw that the layout was similar to Aunt Cheng's house, so he asked, "Who usually lives in this house?" ”

"Just me and my wife, and Yangyang." Aunt Liu said, walked to the low shelf in the hall, pointed to the small glass fish tank on it, which could only raise two goldfish, and said, "That's it, Yangyang just carried it out." ”

Xiahoudun stepped forward to look, only to see that although the fish tank was small, the workmanship was very exquisite, the wall of the tank was smooth and sleek and the shape was exquisite, but it was exquisite, and the lines were too complicated to make the inside of the fish tank have many dirt and dirt, and the green moss formed a thick layer. However, what Xiahoudun couldn't figure out was, what does this have to do with the "evil spirit"? Then he asked Aunt Liu again: "Then what do you mean by 'evil spirit' just now?" ”

"Well, that's a long story." Aunt Liu pulled Xiahoudun to sit down at the dining table in the living room, poured him a glass of water, and began to speak, "Just a few days ago, my grandson started, and sometimes he would go home and take the fish tank out as soon as he got out of school. I began to think that he was just going out to play with the fish tank, and my old man also thought that he was going to play with the goldfish, so I said a few words to him, but I didn't care much. Who would have thought that every time he took the fish tank out, the fish tank was full of moss, and it would be clean when he got it back. ”

Hearing this, Xiahoudun smiled and said, "Could it be that your grandson cleaned the fish tank?" ”

"Hey! Can he have this heart? Aunt Liu said: "That fish tank is difficult to wash, and it won't be able to be brushed for an hour." My family is seven years old and has just entered elementary school, and he can't clean it. ”

Xiahoudun nodded, and asked again: "Then, this can't be said to be 'evil', right?" ”

"Yes, it's nothing, but here you look." Aunt Liu took Xiahoudun to a room and looked like a child's room. Aunt Liu pointed to the window and said, "That's it, I also found it by accident." The window of his house, outside is a grass that no one goes, in fact, it is quite dangerous, I am afraid that there are pits or something, but once Yangyang took the fish tank down again, I said, 'Be careful', I didn't care, so I came to this house to clean the house. So I looked out the window, and guess what, this kid was in the grass, holding the fish tank and saying, 'Come on, eat.'" You know, my house is on the third floor, and I heard it really, but when I looked around, I found that there was no one, no cats, no dogs, no cats. Hey, I saw three or four blue dots of light, right around my grandson, and I was scared, I was about to go down, and he came back, and when I came back, I saw that the fish tank was clean again. Tell me, is he doing something evil? ”

"Is there such a thing?" Xia Houdun listened, and also looked out the window, and suddenly he found that there seemed to be two pairs of eyes looking at him, and suddenly there were no more. Xiahoudun thought for a while, then laughed again, "Aunt Liu, you don't have to worry about it, I know what's going on." ”

"Really?" Aunt Liu hurriedly took Xiahoudun's hand and said, "Young man, I have found a lot of high-ranking people here to see that it is useless, if you can really save Yangyang, my whole family will thank you." ”

"You're right, it's just a matter of raising your hands." Xiahoudun walked outside the house and said, "In this way, I will go back first, and when your grandson comes back, I will come back." ”

"Okay, I'm sorry for you." Aunt Liu said, and sent Xiahoudun to the door.

Xiahoudun said goodbye to Aunt Liu and returned to Aunt Cheng's house.

Chen Xuan saw that Xiahoudun was back, and hurriedly stepped forward and asked, "What's the situation?" ”

"It's okay," Xiahoudun closed the door and walked into the house, "Two young river demons. ”

"What kind of thing is a river demon?" Chen Ming on the side asked.

Xiahoudun sat down at the dining table in the living room and said, "The river demon, whose scientific name is Tamsui Shark, is the same as the Shark Man recorded in the book, but he just lives in Tamsui. They usually hide in the river from other creatures, feed on algae, moss and aquatic plants, and sleep on the trunks of trees or stones at the bottom of the river, which is very kind and generally does not harm others. ”

"Then why are there in the city?" Chen Xuan asked.

Xiahoudun shook his head and said, "The urban environment is too poor, so it won't be settled here." These two river demons must have gotten lost and accidentally come over. I'll ask in the afternoon and send them back. ”

Chen Ming listened and asked suspiciously, "Can't you send it now?" ”

"It's still afternoon." Xiahoudun replied: "Aunt Liu's Yangyang often sends them food, it's been more than a month, and they can be regarded as friends, so let's let them meet before sending them back." ”

"Hey, that's thoughtful." Chen Ming teased, "No wonder it made my little Xuan swoon." ”

"Nasty." Chen Xuan slapped Chen Ming and said with a smile.

Xiahoudun looked at the two of them brother and sister, smiled, and then took out his mobile phone and dialed Xun You's number, "Hey, Xun You, you can help me check, has there been any river demons lost recently, okay?" ”

When everyone saw Xiahoudun calling, they didn't make a sound, just looked at him quietly.

"You're lost, aren't you? Well, yes, oh, okay, sorry for the trouble, hey, hey. Xiahoudun hung up the phone, looked at everyone looking at him, and asked, "What do you think I'm doing?" ”

"Xiao Dan, is the matter settled?" Aunt Cheng walked out of the back room and asked, she looked at Xiahoudun kindly, "You just came to make trouble for you." ”

"Where are you," Xiahoudun stood up, helped Aunt Cheng sit down, and said, "I came to tell you about me and Chen Xuan, but I went to do something else first, so I made you wait for so long." ”

Aunt Cheng smiled happily, she looked at Chen Xuan, then at Xiahoudun, and said, "Xiao Xuan came back yesterday and told me that it was bad for me to be beautiful, and I have been looking forward to this day for a long time." ”

"When are you going to get married?" Yu Xiaoxiao on the side asked.

Xiahoudun thought for a moment, looked at Aunt Cheng and said, "Let's listen to Aunt Cheng's arrangement." ”

Aunt Cheng said with a smile: "You young people decide for yourself, I'm an old lady scared of something." ”

"That's it," Chen Ming spoke, he pointed his hand in passing, and said, "That, let's order a table of dishes outside at noon, and we'll talk while eating, okay?" ”

So the family followed what Chen Ming said, drove to the city to find a restaurant, and discussed the wedding of Xiahoudun and Chen Xuan while eating. Yu Xiaoxiao is very familiar with the people in the wedding company, and she will soon be able to arrange the venue and emcee, and the cost will be greatly discounted. Aunt Cheng was naturally anxious to see that her daughter and son-in-law could enter the palace of marriage as soon as possible, contacted all her relatives, discussed them with them, and decided to hold the wedding next Sunday.