Chapter 255: The Evil Orchard
"Later,"
The old farmer took a sip of tea and said, "Later, during the Chinese New Year, I got up one morning and saw an old ginseng squatting at the door. Although it is not as precious as ginseng in human form, it is also very valuable. The ginseng in the world is not worth mentioning compared to the ginseng at the door. ”
"I know it was sent by a ginseng doll."
"Every year in the future, it will send me a ginseng like this."
"Oh!"
I immediately understood: "So your family can't eat it, so you can take it out and sell it, right?" ”
"No,"
The old farmer said: "Those ginseng are all very valuable, and they make up for the nosebleeds of our family." ”
"My eldest son said that he would simply sell the ginseng and divide the money equally after selling it. Later, they were too little, so they simply asked for a year, and you wanted the ginseng sent this year, and I wanted the ginseng sent next year. ”
"It was a great idea."
"But the human heart is insufficient, and it always wants more."
"Every year, when it's time to sell ginseng, the other brothers who shouldn't be selling ginseng this year are red-eyed and feel that they have suffered losses in the past few years. Gradually, the brothers felt that it was not appropriate to divide them, and they fell out of harmony for this brother, and quarreled and fought, and the trouble was inseparable. ”
The old farmer was so angry that when the ginseng doll gave ginseng last year, he shouted outside the door: "Little doll, don't send me ginseng in the future." I've had enough to eat, and it won't be cheap for you to send it back, bunnies. ”
In this year's Chinese New Year, the ginseng doll really didn't send ginseng to the old farmers anymore.
In other words, the old farmer only had one ginseng doll left in his hand to send to Du Sheng, which was the one I had just bought.
He said, "For this ginseng, the brothers made a miasma in the house, so I took out this last ginseng and sold it." cut down the old wow tree, save the old wow from screaming, and see if they will fight in the future. ”
There's really no need to fight now.
I listened to it with a sigh, and left the old peasant to sit for a while before sending him out.
As soon as the old farmer left, I went to the vegetable market to buy a white chicken and came back, and the flower butterfly took it from my hand, and then ran to the kitchen to cook and slaughter it cracklingly, and then simmered it in a casserole over low heat.
This ginseng is worthy of being of the best, and it will fill the room with fragrance in a short time.
In the evening, Xuanwei Hall ate a good meal, ginseng replenishes the spirit and spirit, and everyone is satisfied with the food before going back to the room to sleep.
The next morning, I thought that there was still some ginseng soup left from yesterday, and I was going to call Jiang Sichen and them to get up for breakfast, but as soon as I opened the door, I saw a person lying at the door.
This man was an old man, with a scruffy beard and a yellow face.
As soon as he saw me open the door, he hurriedly got up, crouched to the side with his head in his hands, and shouted: "Don't hit me!" Don't hit me!! ”
"Don't be afraid, don't be afraid!"
I hurried over to help him up: "Why are you at my door in the morning?" ”
The old man's head swayed, and he didn't speak.
I saw that he was looking at him with dementia, and thought that he might have some intellectual problems, so I looked at him, but found nothing. When he saw that he was dirty, he took him in and took a bath.
It happened that Xie Sifei also got up, so he volunteered to lead the old man to take a bath.
After a while, I led the man who was neatly dressed down. Now everyone is up and running.
"Hey, what is this?"
When Xie Sifei took the man and turned around to show us, Yang Yang suddenly saw a silver bar spliced with silver-gray cloth on the back of the man's hand, and a phone number was written on it with an indelible pen: 177.......
"So he's lost?"
Yang Yang just looked at his outfit and thought he was a homeless man, but now when he saw the phone number written on it, he immediately understood that this was written on his clothes by his family in order to prevent him from getting lost, and hurriedly took out his mobile phone: "I'll call their home." ”
But the phone rang several times, and there was no one on the street.
I hung up and beat again, but still no one answered. I used someone else's mobile phone to call, but still no one answered.
I looked at this situation and said, "According to this situation, I guess this person's family will not answer the phone, and looking at his face, he must have been lost for a long time." Although he had a phone number written on the back, it was clearly an ornament. ”
"Huh?!"
When Yang Yang heard it, he couldn't help but cry out: "What should I do then?" ”
I glanced at the homeless man, "Don't worry, I can use this number to calculate the location of their house and bring him over." ”
Yang Yang was puzzled: "Didn't you say that there is no one in their family?" ”
Me: "When did I say that?" ”
Yang Yang said: "The six relatives have no support, isn't there no one at home?" ”
I looked helpless: "These six relatives are helpless, it doesn't necessarily mean that there is no one at home, looking at him stupidly and stupidly, maybe the family is unwilling to support him." ”
Yang Yang pointed at him: "Then let's send him back... Will? ”
"No matter what attitude their family has,"
I sighed, "I have to send it." You can't let him wander the streets alone, can you? How dangerous is that? What if you accidentally get hit by a car or something? We also know each other once, so it's fate. ”
Yang Yang nodded: "Okay, okay." Then brother, do the math. ”
I walked to the old man's usual fortune-telling table, and wrote the calculation on the paper, which was called a concentrated person, and the flower butterfly was full of confidence in me, but he did not believe that I could calculate the address of the homeless man based on a string of phone numbers, and stood aside to watch.
I did the math for a while and wrote the directions on a piece of paper: "Worked it out." ”
"What?"
Yang Yang hurriedly snatched the piece of paper and unfolded it to take a look: "In the northwest, Xun, there are big trees, streets and alleys. What do you mean, brother? Don't have a clear address? ”
I tapped Yang Yang's head lightly: "This is still not clear, huh?" We just need to follow this direction and ask, and we will definitely find it. ”
Hua Butterfly looked at the paper for a long time: "Northwest, what is the place?" Northwest of the North City? ”
I nodded: "Let's just go to Xunwei in the northeast of Beicheng to find a place with woods and meadows, and it seems that there is still an old alley there." ”
When I spoke, Yang Yang had already taken out the tablet and looked it up: "Oops! Really! Brother, there is an old alley in the northeast of here, where some poor people live, all of them are destitute people, no wonder they are reluctant to raise homeless people. ”
After speaking, he also glanced at the homeless man.
At this time, the homeless man had already eaten the beef that Xie Sifei brought to him, and smirked at Xie Sifei while eating: "Hehehe, it's delicious." ”
"Without further ado."
I said, "Let's send him back when he's done eating, it's still early, or we'll have to wait until tomorrow." ”
When several people heard this, they all agreed.
Jiang Sichen drove us to the north of the city.
Once there, there were several small alleys.
The locals call those alleys Eleven Miles and Seven Alleys.
That is, there are seven alleys in total, and each alley is as long as eleven miles. In fact, these eleven miles are just an exaggeration, this ancient one meter is equivalent to 500 meters, where can there be an alley as long as eleven 500 meters.
But this alley is deep and winding, but it's true.
I walked through seven alleys, and I didn't see any fruit trees planted in them. It's also strange that every house is closed, just like in ancient times.
I can't ask someone if I want to.
When I was at a loss, a woman in a waist-length skirt came out of nowhere, still holding a dustpan in her hand, and they were a little surprised when they saw me: "Oops! Who are you looking for? ”
When Yang Yang and Xie Sifei saw the women wearing ancient clothes, they thought they had seen a ghost.
Pointing at her, he asked, "What are you?" ”
"Me?"
The woman glanced down at her dress: "Hey! Isn't this a revival of Hanfu now in vogue? I'm also in fashion for that. In addition, our family is very traditional, and I am not allowed to wear short sleeves or anything on a hot day, saying that I can't let other men see me showing my skin, do you say that you are angry or not? I was angry, so I bought Hanfu to wear, it was cool and generous, and I didn't show my skin or anything. ”
The one who listened to it was called a sweat: "That's right, you are wearing it, covering it tightly, not to mention other men, even if your husband wants to see it, it is estimated that it is difficult." ”
"Is that not it?"
The woman generously sifted the beans in the dustpan: "Hey! We are in a remote place, and we are a poor people's settlement, ordinary people don't come here, you are here to find people, right? ”
"Yes, yes, yes!"
Yang Yang hurriedly asked: "May I ask the eldest sister, do you know where there is a place near here where fruit trees are planted?" Many, many and that. Also, there is grass under the fruit trees? ”
"Fruit trees?"
When the woman heard this, she said, "Zhujia's orchard, there are many fruit trees there." Now is the time to eat plums. You're from the city center and want to pick plums, right? ”
As soon as Yang Yang wanted to say no, the woman waved her hand at Yang Yang again: "Don't go, don't go, that place is now stinking, you will vomit if you go." ”
When I heard it, I thought it was material.
Busy asked, "What?" How can a good orchard stink? ”
But the woman said, "Hey! You don't know this, didn't you just ask the grass? There is a meadow in the orchard of the Zhujia family, and their family also raises geese, and they don't let them out every day, and the geese inside, can it not stink? ”
As soon as I saw that they were all right now, I hurriedly glanced at the flower butterfly and asked her to ask the woman about the Zhujia orchard.
After all, looking at the degree of tradition of this woman, if she and Xie Sifei are two big men, if you talk to her and are accidentally seen by her husband, then why don't you use a knife to cut it?
Flower butterflies have lived with us for so long, and one look has already understood it.
Hurriedly asked the woman: "Big sister, who is running this Zhujia orchard now?" ”
"It's not a person surnamed Zhu yet."
The woman said while picking the sand in the beans: "Zhujia Orchard was originally not surnamed Zhu, it was called Yujia Orchard before, and the Yu family ran this orchard, and the business was originally very good." Who knew that a few years ago, a man hanged himself in the orchard. When the news spread, no one dared to come and pick the fruit, and the orchard was deserted. ”
"Even if this orchard is deserted, it is said that there are still people who have seen the hanged man walking around it."
"We people originally believed in ghosts and gods, and who dared to contract that orchard, it has been abandoned. Who knew that after two years, a family surnamed Zhu came, claiming that he was not afraid of ghosts, and bought the orchard at a low price. ”
"At that time, the people in our 11th lane thought that the Zhu family would not live long in the orchard, after all, there were more than one or two people who saw the hanged ghost, and everyone was scared enough."
"They dare to move in, aren't they face to face with ghosts?"