Because of Zhong Kui's return, the silent backwater bay was lively again. Once again, they became the guests of honor in Backwater Bay, where every family slaughtered chickens and sheep to entertain them.

As for the disappearance of the ruffians, their relatives also sent personnel to search for and inquire around. With no news, I had to give up.

Zhong Kui had promised to help recover the bodies that had disappeared and died in the lake. Counting the days, unfortunately, the third day is Halloween (July and a half).

There are four major ghost festivals among the people, which are the half of July, the Qingming Festival, the third day of March, and the first day of October.

The original plan was to return to City A to join Ran Qin after rescuing the drowning man ashore. Now it seems that the time will have to be delayed, because there are some things to be taboo in the days before and after Halloween.

Xu Qian has only heard of Halloween legends, but has not witnessed them in person. So when I saw a very tacit situation in Backwater Bay, I asked vanilla curiously.

Vanilla tells her that Halloween is a solar term that has been passed down to this day. In real life, the Spring Festival is a festival in the world (New Year). In the underworld, Halloween is also the (New Year's Day) of the underworld. On this day, the gates of hell will be opened, releasing many ghosts.

It is also equivalent to the meaning of the world, a holiday. After that night, the ghosts had to obediently return to the underworld, doing whatever they wanted, and there were also a few disobedient ghosts who took the opportunity to stay in the world, and they had to go out in black and white to get back to the underworld.

Xu Qian smiled indifferently and said, "I see." ”

"Yes, let's see they also have a custom of sacrificing Halloween! On this day, both adults and children are cautious in their actions and words. They went to the bazaar to buy the paper of the underworld, as well as some ingots made of tin foil, as well as papier-mâché people, the so-called golden boys and maidens, and prepared to burn them to their relatives in the underworld on the night of Halloween. ”

"Oh!"

"There are also some cases that are not meant to be burned to relatives. Instead, those who are burned for some lonely souls and wild ghosts have to be burned at intersections, or in more secluded places, which is called vow-revoking. ”

"Yes, I would like to ......" Vanilla grinned again, "Don't forget, what do I do?" Aren't these things sold in my brother's shop? ”

Xu Qian was stunned for a moment, as if she remembered something, "Then, should I burn them?" ”

"Yes, especially your sister Xu Rui...... Hurry up, let's go and tell Brother Zhong Kui and ask him to bring back some more dark paper. As Vanilla spoke, she grabbed Xu Qian and ran around the house, shouting as she ran: "Brother, do you want to go to the market for Uncle Li?" ”

Inside, Zhiqing and Zhong Kui were discussing the disappearance of several people who had gone missing with the village chief to an uninhabited island. Vanilla's crisp shout temporarily interrupted the conversation between the two.

"The girl still doesn't look like she's tall." Zhiqing quipped.

Zhong Kui shook his head and smiled bitterly: "Watch the scene after she and Wengen get married." ”

"You're going to do something about the two of them this time?" Zhiqing was surprised.

"Of course, it's been delayed for a long time, and the date has long been set, and there has been no time."

"That's a good dare, I'm ready to drink this cup of wine."

"Uncle Chen, give me the list, and we'll leave when Mr. Li comes."

Zhiqing nodded, and handed him the list at hand, "You are looking at the data above, whether it is enough, if it is not enough, you are adding it appropriately." ”

"Okay." Zhong Kui took the list, quickly glanced at it and said, "Almost!" ”

The door opened, and vanilla came in, bringing a gust of wind. He said with great interest: "Brother, don't forget that there is also Sister Xu Qian's share." ”

Zhong Kui's thick eyebrows twisted and said: "If you mention this more, I have already counted it in it, and it is indispensable." ”

Xu Qian then came in, stopped reservedly, and said with a smile: "Thank you." ”

"Hmm! Where did you two go? Zhong Kui folded the list and asked without expression.

"Didn't go anywhere. I just saw that many people went to the market, so I remembered that tomorrow and the day after tomorrow were Halloween, and Sister Xu Qian wanted to give her sister a set of clothes, so I came to you. "Vanilla has sharp teeth.

Zhong Kui seemed to be uneasy, looked at Vanilla and Xu Qian and said, "By the way, let's go to the market, don't run around." Those good brothers have come out these days, if you are not careful, don't be followed by good brothers. ”

"Yes, follow the boss's orders." Vanilla stuck out her tongue mischievously. grabbed Xu Qian's arm and wanted to go out to play again.

Wen Gen came in, cheekily leaned in front of her and laughed: "Vanilla, you are my daughter-in-law, what's the use of holding Xu Qian's hand if you don't hold my hand?" ”

"Who is your daughter-in-law? If you don't visit the church for a day, you will never be your daughter-in-law, hum! Vanilla said angrily with a calm face, and then raised her head and walked out with Xu Qian.

was said by vanilla, and Wen Gen, who was frozen, was not embarrassed. With a dry cough, a touch of red flew to the neck, eager to find a crack in the ground and get in.

Seeing that he was afraid of vanilla, Zhong Kui was secretly amused, but he said seriously on his face: "Okay, don't worry about this girl with vanilla." ”

Li Laoqi picked a pair of baskets and shouted to call Zhong Kui and them.

Xu Qian and Vanilla stood on the commanding heights of Dead Water Bay and saw several men swarming all the way to the west. In her mind, among several men, her Zhong Kuige is the most eye-catching, strangely ugly, full of guts, the best among men.

Xu Qian has been sullen. The two of them squatted under a tuft of silk hairy grass, with a dog's tail grass in their mouth, and squinted their eyes to look up at the clear blue sky.

"Vanilla ......"

“…… Hmm...... "For Xu Qian's shout, her gaze did not change, and she still stared straight at a flying little dot in the sky.

"Do you think the ghost elf will come to me?"

Vanilla sat upright and looked at her, "Ghost elf?" Probably not. Are you afraid of her? ”

"No, I think the ghost elves are very pitiful...... Xu Qian smiled bitterly, and said, "After your brother goes back, will he marry Ran Qin?" ”

The other party asked this sentence, and Vanilla finally understood her intentions. She used ghosts and elves to open the topic, and then turned to Ran Qin and Zhong Kuige. Xu Qian's real purpose is actually to inquire about the relationship between Zhong Kuige and Ran Qin.

"I don't know!" Vanilla pursed her lips and smiled. Then, he deliberately said: "I have an idea, would you like to hear it?" ”

"What?"

"That's ......," vanilla whispered in Xu Qian's ear.

At first hearing the other party's words, Xu Qian's face was flushed with shame, one turned over and jumped up, stretched out her hand to pull the ear of the vanilla, and the two laughed and chased. A laugh rippled through the valley. At the bottom of the valley, not far away, a pair of dark and melancholy eyes glanced at the two of them deeply.

Ran Qin didn't hear from her for a long time, and Zhong Kui was worried, but she didn't say it. I went to the market and bought those sacrificial items, mainly to help the people of Deadwater Bay, get what they wanted, and salvage the bodies of those who drowned.

Halloween! It is also the day the gates of hell are opened. If all goes well, there's no better time to do it after Halloween. But there is also a certain risk, the corpse that settled at the bottom of the lake was originally a soulless puppet, and if their soul returned to the real world on the day the hell gate was opened, then it would be difficult to salvage the corpse.