The three of them really stayed at the secretary's house honestly all afternoon and waited until dinner.

Mrs. Secretary prepared a simple dinner and brought it to Ji Yue and them.

Two plates of dumplings.

"Ladies and gentlemen, you should eat something to cushion your stomach first, and then there will be something else to eat at the wedding."

The secretary's wife helped them set the dishes and chopsticks and greeted them warmly.

"Thank you, Aunt Zhang, sorry for your trouble." Liu Xiaoying thanked her very politely, and then sat down at the dinner table.

"You eat slowly, Auntie will go and bring food to your uncle." As she spoke, Mrs. Secretary returned to the kitchen, fished out the remaining dumplings, put them in the lunch box, and packed them in bags.

"Won't the secretary come home to eat?" Ji Yue asked.

"They're busy with the wedding now, and they're all in the ancestral hall." The secretary's wife smiled at them without finishing her sentence, and then closed the door and left.

"Absolutely locked." Liu Xiaoying muttered in a low voice.

Qu Yilian stood up and walked to the door, reached out and broke the doorknob, and nodded, "It's indeed locked, but it's actually useless." ”

As she spoke, she straightened a very thin silver ring on her left wrist and slipped a section into the keyhole to open the door.

"Misty grass, are you still doing this?" Liu Xiaoying was a little surprised to see her friend's movements, she also walked to the door and watched her movements with some curiosity, "The question is that we don't plan to run away?" ”

They had planned to stay honestly, and there was no need to pry the door open.

"......" Qu Yunlian took the silver ring in his hand for a moment, and silently broke it back into the ring and put it on his hand.

I wanted to lock them up with this little trick, and she was a little unconvinced...

"Xiao Hei, follow and have a look." Ji Yue pushed Xiao Hei, who climbed onto the table and was eating dumplings, and said softly.

"Meow~"

After swallowing the food in his mouth, Xiao Hei jumped out of the window with a scream.

At this time, the sky was getting dark, and in the mountain village, where there was no light, Xiao Hei easily blended into the night.

"It's not going to be discovered, is it?" Liu Xiaoying asked with some concern.

Although she heard them say that this little black cat is a cat demon, she is always confused by the appearance of the little black and cute, and unconsciously treats it as that kind of soft and cute pet.

In this small mountain village where people are not familiar with life, it is still a black cat that is not welcomed, it will not be beaten out, right?

"Don't worry, Xiao Hei will be fine." Ji Yue sat back on the chair, picked up the chopsticks and took a bite of a dumpling, "The taste is okay, let's eat some, I will definitely not be able to eat the meal for a while." ”

"Are these dumplings hygienic?" Qu Yilian walked to Ji Yue's side and sat down, and also picked up one and tasted it, his eyes lit up, "It's really delicious." ”

Seeing that both of them said so, Liu Xiaoying also picked up the chopsticks and put one in her mouth, and the three of them began to have dinner leisurely.

On the other side, Xiao Hei followed behind the secretary's wife and walked lightly towards the ancestral hall.

There are quite a few people in this mountain village, which is not rich, and it walked around it in the afternoon and counted it, and found that there were no less than twenty or so families when it was full.

With so many people, why is this village so poor?

As a cat, Hei didn't care much about these problems, she just followed the person in front of her closely to see what she was going to do.

At this time, all the families in the village were cooking, and they were a little more angry than the deserted appearance of the day. The secretary's wife carried the lunch box all the way to the path leading to the waterhole at the edge of the village.

There was a faint noise in front of him, and when he walked past a row of large trees that blocked his view and reached the waterhole, Xiao Hei saw the location of the ancestral hall.

It is a very delicately decorated building, which resembles an ancient temple and looks very solemn.

Different from the atmosphere in the village, at this time, the ancestral hall was hung with red silk characters, and looking inward through the gate, a huge coffin was placed in the center, and the person lying inside should be the secretary's short-lived nephew.

On the floor of the ancestral hall are all kinds of papier-mâché clothes and utensils, all of which are burned for the bridegroom.

The secretary was standing at the door of the ancestral hall, with his back to the door, talking to a man.

"Sister-in-law!" As soon as the man looked up, he saw the secretary's wife and called out.

"I'm here to bring you food, eat some food first and then get busy." The secretary's wife said and put the lunch box she was carrying on the desk next to her.

"Those girls didn't do anything, did they?" The secretary sat down, picked up the lunch box and asked as he ate.

"No, I watched TV in the house for an afternoon, but I listened honestly." The secretary's wife handed another dumpling to the man, "Eat it while it's hot, you still have to be busy." ”

"Thank you, sister-in-law." The man took the lunch box and smiled a little reluctantly.

He was the younger brother of the secretary and the father of the deceased.

At first, he and his lover were immersed in the grief of their son's early death, and did not have the idea of finding a daughter-in-law. Strangely, from the seventh day after their son's death, they kept encountering some strange things.

The couple would dream at night that their son was standing at the door drenched, and when he woke up, he would see water stains on the ground outside the door...

The elder brother said that the child's ghost was haunting, and as long as he asked for a daughter-in-law and became a family, he would settle down, and then they thought of getting married.

As for the candidates, the secretary personally selected them for the children.

He can be regarded as watching Zhang Xiaoxiao grow up, so he naturally has no opinion on this girl. They didn't think about whether Zhang Xiaoxiao would be unhappy, after all, in their hearts, their son was more important.

"When the marriage is over, let the girls see the little side and send them away. They're all from the city, and I'm afraid they'll get into trouble here. The secretary said inarticulately.

"Let them see Xiaoxiaoxing?" The secretary's younger brother frowned and was a little worried, "That girl must have thought of a lot of ghost ideas, what if she runs away?" ”

The secretary laughed, "It's all done, it's still in the village, she has nowhere to run, it doesn't matter if you meet and talk." ”

The man nodded.

When the marriage is over, Zhang Xiaoxiao will be their family, and they will be disciplined at that time.

"It's seven o'clock, you go to Zhang's house and tell them that it's almost time to start preparing." The secretary looked down at his watch, and then instructed the secretary's wife on the side, "Let them keep an eye on that girl... Forget it, you can stay at Zhang's house and watch it for a while, don't make a mistake with your clothes or anything, especially if you keep an eye on it, don't let people run away. I'll deal with the girls at home. ”

"I know." The secretary's wife put away the empty lunch box they had eaten and walked towards Zhang's house with it.

The green light flashed in the eyes of the little black who had been hiding behind and eavesdropping, and he jumped a few times flexibly and disappeared here, running towards the secretary's house.

The moon slowly rose, and the waterhole next to it reflected the scene in mid-air, coupled with a little cool breeze, a little eerie.

The secretary's younger brother put on his somewhat fat formal clothes and walked into the ancestral hall.