I didn't expect Jin Yiyi to get up more than three hours earlier than I expected, and when I was still looking around the village for the source of the green, pale gold smoke I saw before, he and Tong Xiaomeng found me and said to take me to meet the Yellow River corpse collectors.

This kind of Yellow River water ghost generally lives on the edge of the Yellow River, has no children and no daughters, has a black dog at home since childhood, and has a large penny in the courtyard, and an octagonal mirror is tied to the penny, which are all objects to ward off evil spirits.

When the water ghost came home, the first thing he did was to call the black dog, then look in the mirror, and if it was all right, go back to the house to cook and sleep. If the black dog barks incessantly and there is blood in the mirror, he will turn around, go to the edge of the Yellow River and walk around again, remove the obscure objects on his body and come back.

On the edge of the old Yellow River, there are many sayings about water ghosts, some people say that the black dog he raised is a dragon dog in the Yellow River, and some people say that water ghosts have fed on water corpses since childhood, and they can only get close to the walking corpses in the water. However, these claims are closer to legends and are not to be believed.

Originally, we brought some gifts to see the water ghosts, but the things were still on the boat, and the boat didn't know where it had drifted down the river, so we had to be cheeky and empty-handed to visit the water ghosts. According to Jin Yiyi, after the liberation, the whole country was breaking superstition, the penny in his yard was also broken, the mirror was smashed and thrown in the Yellow River, and there was a black and thin old man left in the small courtyard, guarding a skinny black dog.

Fortunately, the government saw that he had no children and no daughters, so they designated him as a five-guarantee household, and gave him some food during the New Year's holidays, otherwise he would have starved to death.

In a dilapidated courtyard next to the river, we met the legendary Yellow River water ghost.

When we entered, he was squatting in the yard to feed some leftovers to a skinny black dog, wearing a shabby tugie, and when he heard our intention, the water ghost groaned for a long time, telling us that the female corpse died without decay, and if it floated on the surface of the river in a lying position, I am afraid that it has already cultivated into a bad and is not easy to deal with.

Regarding the female corpse in Hezi Village, Jin Yiyi is also the first time he has heard of it. Sitting next to him, his eyes were straight, and it was estimated that he would not go to Lao Zhai Tang to live again when he went back this time, no matter whether the matter was resolved or not.

I took Jin Yi Yi away and let him smoke at the door, and then told the old water ghost in front of me some details.

During the whole process, the old water ghost kept squinting his eyes, smoking the dry cigarette in his hand, and after listening to it, he didn't give me advice at the first time, just told us not to wait here, and come to him when we had lunch, if it works, he will give us an answer.

Walking out of the yard, Tong Xiaomeng said to me, "He doesn't seem to want to help us?" ”

"He hasn't figured out what's going on with these female corpses." I said. "You may need to think about it again, after all, human life is a matter of heaven, and you always have to be responsible when you speak."

But when I left the courtyard, I turned my head to look at the mountains next to the riverbank, and from this angle, I vaguely felt that the scene here looked somewhat similar to what I saw on the boat, and I couldn't help muttering in my heart, the so-called Heavenly Spirit Cultivation could not be the black dog in the courtyard of the old water ghost.

When the three of them returned to Liu Dehan's house, Liu Dehan had been waiting inside for a long time.

In addition to him, there was also an old man who looked older, with a dark face, and two people each carried a large smoking gun more than a meter long.

Liu Dehan said that the old man is the village chief of Shanxia Village, also surnamed Liu, called Liu Baoguo, this piece of Wang Ba Shell was shoveled out by him with a shovel, and Wang Ba Shell has always been placed in the yard of his house before, but later the government wanted to relocate Shanxia Village, and some staff asked about the whereabouts of this Wang Ba Shell, and for the sake of insurance, it was transferred to Liu Dehan's backyard.

A few people sat in the courtyard and chatted, Liu Baoguo asked Jin Yiyi how much money he planned to pay to get things away, he said that he didn't plan to ask for more, he could give the old folks in Shanxia Village after the relocation, everyone can give a little subsidy in their hands.

Jin Yiyi asked him what the standard of this subsidy was, and Liu Baoguo waved his hand: "Not much, 10,000 yuan per person!" ”

"And how many people are in your village?" I asked.

Liu Baoguo said: "Not counting those who work in other places, there are more than 190 people. ”

The price was almost two million, I turned my head to look at Jin Yiyi, this grandson's cheeks were biting out a line, picked his fingers, and asked, "Three thousand per person, no more." ”

Liu Baoguo shook his head: "There was a foreigner from Germany who came to our village to give 20,000 yuan to everyone, I thought that our ancestors' things must not fall into the hands of foreign devils, so I have been pressing and not selling out, if you can only pay this price, I will arrange someone to send you across the river now, I have other things to do." ”

Liu Baoguo's attitude is very clear, he is not like Liu Dehan who can be fooled in a few words, after all, the village chief still has a little knowledge, so I gave Jin Bar a look, suppressed the words he was about to blurt out, and asked: "I heard that some people came to your Shanxia Village before, why does it seem that these people are gone, is there such a thing?" ”

While speaking, I have been paying attention to the changes in the expression on Liu Baoguo's face, but what disappointed me was that this face was so dark that it was difficult to see the expression except for the great joy and sorrow, so I smashed my mouth and said, "There are indeed some people who have come to our village during this time." ”

Liu Baoguo's simply made me a little embarrassed, thought about it and asked, "What about them?" ”

"Gone." Liu Baoguo said: "Don't think I don't know, you guys from Beijing and Tianjin, just want to deceive us, the cabbage price will take away the Wang Ba shell, and then take it back and sell it at a high price, we really don't have any culture, but a Wang Ba Hull can grow so big, I can be a medicinal herb on the pound, how much can it be sold, it is impossible for a person to be 3,000, you still die of this heart." ”

Speaking of which, there is no need to hide it, I glanced at Jin Yiyi, and said in my heart I can only help you get here, and the rest is up to you.

Jin Yiyi bared his teeth, patted his thigh with his hand and said, "You dug the river, but you didn't dig anything else except this king eight shells?" ”

Li Baoguo said: "Yes, there are still a few broken bottles and bowls, if you fancy it, even take this king eight shells with you, these things don't need your money, they should be escorted." ”

Hearing this, I guess that this Li Baoguo must have been instructed by a master, and everything was said in our heads, which made Jin Yiyi stare dryly, and he had nothing to say.

In fact, the subsidy of 10,000 yuan per person can be afforded. Before he came, he found a good home for this Wang Bahu, and he didn't have to pay a penny for anything, he only needed to run errands to keep the price to the lowest and earn more by himself, no matter how it was calculated, it couldn't be regarded as a money-losing business.

But the profit fluctuation of this trip is too big, not to mention the golden one, even I can't help but be tempted by a bystander, as long as I press down a thousand more, it is close to 200,000 profits, and my small shop in the east gate can't earn so much in a few years.

A few people sat facing each other, looking at Jin one by one, I smiled and said to Liu Baoguo: "Otherwise, you let us think about it again, after all, millions of business, even if we want to take it, we have to let our friends outside scrape together the money, give us one night's time, and give you an answer tomorrow morning." ”

Liu Baoguo knocked on the sole of his shoe with a cigarette gun, emphasized the hotness of the thing twice and left, Liu Dehan went to prepare lunch for us, and when he walked into the kitchen, I pulled Jin Yiyi out of the door and said, "In this village, in addition to the three of us, there are other people." ”

Jin Yiyi glared at me: "It's not nonsense, the people in the village are not alive, can they still be ghosts?" ”

I shook my head: "I mean, the surplus buyers must be in the village now, this Liu Baoguo wants to sit on the ground among our families and raise the price, and whoever pays the highest price will sell the goods to whomever the time comes." ”

Jin Yiyi slapped his thigh: "I fucking said how this old grandson said everything between his teeth, there is a master behind the joint author." ”

I nodded: "And I heard from the previous coachman that these people have lived in the village for a while, and it is said that things should have been negotiated a long time ago, but they have not left for a long time, I guess there must be something else in this." ”