Chapter 90: Puzzled

With no expression on her face, she just waved her hand at Mu Ziqi, obviously meaning to let him leave this room.

Mu Ziqi smiled and said, "Otherwise, let me clean up and leave after eating, how embarrassing it should be." ”

The old lady still acted as if she had heard nothing, but stubbornly let him out.

When Mu Ziqi saw it, it was pointless for him to persist any longer, so he had to walk out of the room obediently.

Before going out, he turned his head and took a sneak look, but found that the old lady had disappeared again at some point, and the dishes and chopsticks on the table were still there.

Mu Ziqi thought to herself, what is she doing here, she kept letting me leave just now, which means that I don't need to clean up, everything will be handled by her, after I leave, why did she leave.

Or just wait for the old woman to come back?

But where is the old woman, and why is it not up to dinner time, and what is there to do in this family, with only two people—nay, and perhaps another, and even then, only three in all—that they are not even able to eat?

Mu Ziqi was full of suspicions, and his curiosity became even stronger.

After eating, I had nothing to do and walked around the wall.

After walking a few steps, he suddenly made a new discovery, and saw some footprints in the wet soil by the wall.

Because the old lady and the old woman have small feet, and these footprints are very conspicuous, much larger in size, and completely different in shape, that is, as if outsiders had been here, and were still men.

One thing is for sure, I've never been here.

From the clarity of the footprints, it can be seen that the time of this person's visit is within a day or two.

What kind of person would this be, and what was his relationship with these two old women?

However, what puzzled Mu Ziqi was that he hadn't found anyone else in this courtyard yesterday or today.

Wrong!

Mu Ziqi suddenly remembered the pair of terrible eyes that were lying on the window and peeking into the house last night, could it be it? If it's really it, then it should actually be a person, in the middle of the night, what is he doing here?

What is his relationship with these two old men, why his eyes are so terrible, they look like devils.

Although the two old men quarreled endlessly, they did not look like wicked people, but why could such a hideous and terrible person come into the house, could it be uninvited, that is, they did not know about the visitation of that person?

All this will be left to the old woman, and she will find out when she comes.

But a day passed, and the old woman was still not seen.

And the old lady did not go out, and before she knew it, the sun was setting in the west, and a goshawk in the sky was soaring thoughtfully in the setting sun, and some dragonflies were flying back and forth among the dense trees and flowers.

What kind of bird is chirping in a long voice, as if to summon the kind that has returned late.

The sun had set, and the scenery in the courtyard had begun to dim, and the old lady had not come to greet her for dinner.

Just when Mu Ziqi's stomach was "gurgling", he suddenly heard the door "creak".

Mu Ziqi's heart lit up, isn't the old woman back?

But when I looked closely, it was the old lady, who pushed the door and entered the courtyard with a gloomy face.

What's going on, Mu Ziqi thought suspiciously, it can be said that on this day, my eyes have never left those two gates, and I haven't found anyone who has gone out from here, not to mention this old lady, she has inconvenient legs and feet, and she walks with faltering steps, besides, once this door is opened, it will definitely make a sound, how did the old lady get out, and when did she go out, how can I not notice it at all, isn't it strange?

At this time, he began to suspect these two old men, could they be ghosts?

Thinking like this, Mu Ziqi felt a little chill on his body: If this is the case, if he is stranded here, isn't he looking for death?

But on second thought, if they were ghosts and wanted to harm themselves, they would definitely not wait so long and not do it.

Because this conclusion can be drawn from many ghost novels, goblins have never had that kind of patience, and they generally do not slowly fatten you up like a man would feed an animal, and then slowly use it, and when they see an edible creature they can't wait to pounce on it, they can't tear it to pieces at once, and then swallow it in one gulp.

Besides, when they eavesdropped outside yesterday, it could be heard from their conversation that these two people did not mean to harm themselves in a hurry.

The night was a little darker again.

Just when Mu Ziqi was puzzled, he only heard the door knocking again, and at this time, he could only barely identify it, so that he could see that it was the old woman, and her figure finally appeared.

I can't say what's going on, Mu Ziqi feels very relieved as if he is looking forward to his relatives.

Because there were no candles lit in his room, it was difficult to see inside from the outside.

At this time, Mu Ziqi was sitting on the bed, so he leaned against the wall, so as not to be discovered by the other party.

It may have been that he heard the sound of the door opening, and in the dark shadow, he saw the old lady come out, and muttered a few words to the old woman, and Mu Ziqi saw that the old lady pointed to the wall of the courtyard with her hand.

Then, the two turned around again and looked at Mu Ziqi.

Mu Ziqi was afraid that he would be found spying on them secretly, so he hurriedly leaned against the wall.

After a while, he cautiously moved forward, ready to look out again, and it didn't matter what he saw, he almost made a close face to the old woman standing outside the window!

Mu Ziqi: "Ah! With a thud, he leaned back and fell on the bed.

When the old woman outside looked at it, she hurriedly asked, "How is the guest officer?" ”

In order to hide his embarrassment, Mu Ziqi immediately sat up again, and said repeatedly: "It's okay, it's okay." ”

But in my heart, I was complaining to the old woman: What else do you ask, aren't they all scared by you? How can there be anything like this, lying under someone's window without any movement, fortunately I am a big man, if it is a woman or a timid person, I must not be surprised by you.

"I saw that there was no one in the house, so I took a look, but I didn't expect the guest officer to be in the house, and I hope to forgive me." The old woman said very politely.

When Mu Ziqi heard it, what people said made sense, who told you to sit inappropriately in the house, but sneaky and dodgy.

If you want to see anything, you can look at it openly, and it is misunderstood that there is no one in the house, and it is normal for people to stick their heads out to take a look.

"I'll prepare a meal for the guest officer." So saying, the old woman went back.

After a while, the food was brought and the candles were lit.

Mu Ziqi thanked her, thinking that she would leave immediately, but found that she was preoccupied today, standing at the door.

When Mu Ziqi saw it, this was an opportunity, so why not let her sit here for a while and talk to her.

So, Mu Ziqi said to the old woman: "If the eldest lady is fine, just sit for a while and rest, I see that you are quite busy all day, especially today, you are not at home for a day, are you a little tired?" ”

When Mu Ziqi saw it, when she heard what she said, the old woman groaned, turned around, and sat on the stool by the wall, as if she was a little close to Mu Ziqi, and she raised her ass and moved the stool farther away.

Mu Ziqi thought it was very interesting, and thought, why are you an old lady, like a twenty-eight girl, why are you so far away from me, are you afraid that I will be rude?

Mu Ziqi looked at her, and happened to meet her gaze, the old woman immediately looked away, and Mu Ziqi found that her eyes showed a sad and helpless look.

Mu Ziqi was curious, so he asked her: "Auntie, I see that you seem to be in a bit depressed, don't you have some troubles?" ”

The old woman listened to Mu Ziqi's question, lowered her head, and sighed softly.

At this time, the candle "popped", and the light of the fire suddenly weakened, and the old woman got up and took out the silver hairpin on her head, and plucked the candle twice on the flame of the candle, and the candle lit up again.

She sat down on the stool again, and was about to open her mouth, when she suddenly heard someone calling her outside, and when she listened carefully, it was the old lady.

When the old woman heard this, she hurriedly stood up, answered the call, and went out of the door.

However, then I heard an unusual noise outside the door, and the old woman's screams came, as if she was afraid that Mu Ziqi in the house was listening, and the old woman was lowering her voice.

When Mu Ziqi heard this, he hurriedly put down the dishes and chopsticks and ran out to see what was going on.

As soon as I went out, I only saw the back of the old woman walking in a hurry, and the courtyard was almost completely dark, but I could clearly see that the bushes next to the door were swaying incessantly, as if there was something hidden inside.

Mu Ziqi felt a tightness on his body, and asked, "Who, who is inside?" ”

Hearing his voice, there was a lot of movement inside, and Mu Ziqi wanted to go in to see what was going on, but because he was a little afraid, he didn't dare to move the place.

Immediately, the bushes were calm again. And the old woman over there seemed to hear Mu Ziqi's voice here, and looked back, looking like she wanted to come back and see.

Seeing that there was no more abnormality, he turned around and went back to the house.

Mu Ziqi couldn't be quiet, he finished the meal in a hurry, thinking to himself, it's so late, don't wait for the old woman to come back and clean up the dishes and chopsticks, and send her over yourself.

However, when I thought of what had just happened outside, I felt timid.

After thinking about it, it's better to wait, it's really not good, wait until tomorrow morning.

He was about to go to bed, when he suddenly remembered that he had forgotten to plug in the latch, so he got down and put on his shoes again, and walked to the door.

At this time, I heard footsteps outside.

Mu Ziqi thought that this must be the old woman who came to clean up the dishes and chopsticks, and when he opened the door, he only saw the shadow of the tree swaying in the moonlight, and he didn't find the old woman.

Just when he was confused, he saw the bushes next to him shaking, Mu Ziqi was a little scared, could it be that thing was doing it just now?

Just as he was thinking, a figure flashed out from behind the bushes.