When the old man heard this, he asked again, "Then what about your father, why did you come to work for the Li family at the age of three!" ”

Xiao Huang Mao paused, said, "My hometown is Shangqiu, Henan, when I was three years old, there was a famine in my hometown, my father took me all the way to Jiangsu, on the way to escape from the famine, my father was caught by the soldiers to dig trenches and died, my mother took me to Jiangsu just to die of illness, and finally I was taken away by human traffickers, and was sold to Master Li's house several times!" ”

"Then you were only three years old at the time, what can Master Li do when he buys your little doll?" The old man asked.

"Master Li, a businessman, naturally won't do loss-making business! The lame uncle he hired and the second strong uncle are all paid on a monthly basis, I have no father and no mother for a little doll, as long as he gives me food and drink and raises me, it is equivalent to hiring a free long-term worker for his family! Little Yellow Hair said.

When the old man heard this, he grinned, stroked Xiao Huangmao's head, and said, "Looking at your small person, I understand it very well!" ”

After going back and forth, Xiao Huangmao felt that although the old man looked fierce and vicious, he was actually quite good at talking, so he also plucked up his courage and asked the old man, "Grandpa, are you ...... Is it a ghost hunt? ”

When the old man heard this, he was stunned, then looked at Xiao Huangmao and said with a smile, "What's the matter, why are you asking this?" ”

"Grandpa...... You really know how to catch ghosts, so can you teach me how to catch ghosts! Little Yellow Hair said.

The old man looked at the little yellow fur curiously and asked, "Why do you want to learn how to hunt ghosts?" ”

"If I am going to be able to catch ghosts, Master Li will not dare to let me herd cattle for him every day, and a few young masters will not dare to beat me and scold me! Whatever I want to eat, Master Li has to prepare something for me! Xiao Huangmao pouted and said, it seemed that he was already very dissatisfied with Li Zhengqu's various exploits.

When the old man heard that Xiao Huangmao wanted to learn to hunt ghosts for this, he immediately laughed again, and after laughing, he let out a long sigh and said, "Hey...... Bub...... Grandpa told you...... Even if you really do a lifetime of long-term work... Don't even think about doing it...... It's not something everybody can do..."

When Xiao Huangmao heard this, he immediately rushed to frustrated, and asked unhappily, "Why can't you be ****!" ”

The old man said, "Hey...... It's all fate, who is born to do this business, every day is either in contact with dead people or dealing with unclean things, don't put your head on the waistband of your pants, maybe you will die that day! ”

"That'...... Grandpa, when did you start doing this? When Xiao Huangmao heard that it was so sinister, he dispelled his thoughts just now.

The old man pondered for a moment and said, "It's been a few years...... Get started in this industry...... Probably about the same age as you are now, but ...... At that time, I had only been working for half a year, and my first master died tragically...... At that time, I also began to see that there were really some unimaginable strange things in this world? ”

When Xiao Huangmao heard this, he immediately became interested, probably children of this age are very interested in such stories, Xiao Huangmao hurriedly asked, "Grandpa...... What happened back then...... Can you tell me about it? ”

When the old man heard this, he looked at the little yellow hair's curious face, and knew that the children were more curious in their hearts, so he breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Okay, since you want to hear it, I'll tell you the story of what I encountered back then!" In fact, my life is more unfortunate than your doll's, I was just born by my father and mother to sell, because there are already six or seven children in the family, my father and mother really can't afford to raise me and sold me to outsiders, only in exchange for three buckets of rice, the people who adopted me are not a rich family, it is an ordinary ordinary people, but the two have not wanted children, and then when I was seven years old, my adoptive father was fishing in the river and drowned, and the adoptive father died, the whole family collapsed, because I am an adopted son, naturally I can't get the inheritance of my adoptive father, and the adoptive mother has to remarry, Afraid that I would be a burden to her, she took me to the bazaar to be sold to the rich men as slaves, but several rich people came one after another and did not look down on me, either they thought I was vicious, or they thought I was too young to work, just when my adoptive mother was about to take me home and come back the next day, suddenly a man came to the bazaar, this man was very ugly, and he fell in love with me at a glance, and the price he gave was far higher than the adoptive mother expected, and the adoptive mother happily handed me over to the man when she got the money. It doesn't matter what he does, what he buys me for, I was young at the time, and I can only follow whoever my adoptive mother sold me to, or I don't even have to eat, and after the man bought me, he told me that from now on I am his apprentice, and asked me to call him master, I asked him what he did, he just opened a hotel by himself, and he bought me back to help him look after the store, so I followed him, and we walked a long way that day, and climbed several hills, and finally stopped in a large wooded area on a hill, The man told me that his shop had arrived, and then I noticed that there was really a hotel in the hidden woods, and I wondered in my heart at that time, most inns are opened in the lively bazaar, so that there are customers, but this inn is open in the mountains, how can anyone come to stay here, and what is even stranger is that the lanterns hanging outside the hotel are all white lanterns, and even the signboard is made of white cloth, as if it is a funeral, so I was a little timid and confused when I saw this store, but I was also just in contact with the master at that time, Don't dare to ask anything else, this person took me to his shop, the store layout is also simple, only two or three small wine tables on the first floor, there are four or five rooms on the second floor, the master let me first familiarize myself with the environment, and then explain that my future work is to boil water for the guests to serve meals, etc., the next day I was considered a formal job, but that day the whole day outside the store was deserted, no one had no one, until more than ten o'clock in the evening, I was a little sleepy, thinking that no one should be coming today, But I looked at the master, he didn't mean to close at all, at this time, I suddenly heard a burst of footsteps outside, I quickly looked up, there was already a strong man standing at the door, the strong man was also fierce eyebrows and angry eyes a little terrifying, the person came in and greeted the master, the master also hurried to catch up, from the conversation between the two I knew that this person often came here to live in the store, the master and this person are old acquaintances, but when the person entered the store I also found a strange thing, This strong man carried two bamboo stools on his back, and there was a person sitting on each bamboo stool, but the heads of the two people on the bamboo stool were covered by a black cloth, and only the arms and legs could be seen exposedAfter a while, the man came down, but he was the only one who came down, the other two did not come down, the man washed his hands after coming down, the master had already prepared meat and wine for the man, the master accompanied the man to drink two sips, the two talked about some parents, after a pound of wine down, the man was already a little drunk, so he went upstairs to rest in a daze, and waited until late at night, the master felt that there would be no more guests, so he closed the door and let me rest, the next morning the man has not come down, It wasn't until noon that he came downstairs from the upper floor, but he was the only one who came down to eat, and the man went upstairs after lunch, and when he came down again, it was already dark, and he put the two people with black cloth on his back, and the man took the dry food and water prepared for him by the master, and left after closing the money for the store, I wondered in my heart at that time, this man did not go during the day but waited until the night to walk at night, and from the time the man entered the store last night to the time the man left tonight, he always had a black cloth on his back. I have never come downstairs to eat a mouthful of food, let alone the master or the person who has something to eat, so I was very puzzled, after the man left, I asked the master, why did he carry two people on his back, why didn't the two people come down and walk by themselves, the master heard that his face darkened, and told me to do my duty well, don't worry about anything else, that was the first time I saw the master angry, so I didn't dare to ask anything else. In the next few days, one or two people stayed in the hotel every night, these people either walked alone or in the company of two people, but the strange thing was that they all carried one or two bamboo stools on their backs, and on the bamboo stools sat a person whose face was covered with a black cloth, and those people generally came to stay in the store for one night and then left the next night after a day, and over time, the doubts in my heart became more and more serious, I was very curious why there were really people who came to stay in the hotel in this barren mountains and mountains, and these people who came to stay in the hotel all had some of the same characteristics, firstSecond, almost all of these people who come to stay in the hotel come at night, and almost no one comes to the store during the day, and there is business in the store at night, and these people leave at night, and they all choose to leave at night, and third, these people all carry one or two people on their backs, and the faces of those people on their backs are covered with black cloths, I have never seen those people say a word or eat a mouthful of food, once they come to the store, Those people are then sent to their guest rooms, where they are never seen again, and the next night they are carried away again. Over time, my curiosity was deepened, but the master did not let me ask more, until one day, I really couldn't hold back my curiosity, that night, there was a customer in the store, he also first carried the person on his back, and then came down to eat by himself, I took advantage of him and the master did not pay attention, sneaked upstairs, I cautiously came to the man's room, and saw the man covered with a black cloth sitting in the corner, motionless, I quietly walked over, touched the man, the man shook twice, Then it didn't move, I didn't squeak, in order to get a glimpse of the end, I carefully uncovered the black cloth on the person's head, but the moment the black cloth was taken off, the scene in front of me scared me to sit on the ground, because I saw that the face of the person under the black cloth was abnormally swollen, his face was pale, his lips were purple, his eyes were slightly closed, he looked like a dead man, and his body still exuded a burst of rancid smell, seeing that it was a dead man, I was so frightened that I ran out of the guest room and ran down from the second floor, the master and the man were eating downstairs at this time, Suddenly, I ran down from the stairs in a panic, and hurriedly asked me what was wrong, I quickly said that there was a dead man upstairs, and then the master and the man knew that I was running up to peek at the person in the guest room, and the master couldn't help but say that he scolded me, if it wasn't for the person who stopped me, the master would have beaten me up that night, and I was so scared that I didn't dare to sleep that night, because I didn't expect that those people who came to stay in the hotel were all dead people on their backs, and I didn't know about it. On the second night, when the man had settled the bill and left, the master called me over and told me to sit in front of him, and I thought that the master was going to criticize me again, but I didn't expect that the master not only did not criticize me, but also told me everything! It turns out that the mountain where the master opened the shop is called Miaoziling, which is located in a barren mountain, rarely populated, and ordinary people will not come to this kind of place, and the inn is opened here, mainly to provide accommodation for a special group of people, this kind of person is the legendary corpse chaser, that year, the war is in chaos, and many people died in a foreign land. Alone in another country, before death, they will entrust the corpse chaser to transport their corpse back to their hometown after death, so this is the business of the corpse chaser, as long as the body of the deceased can be successfully returned to the hometown, the corpse chaser can get due remuneration from the family. It's just that this industry is a bit rash, and the fear of shocking the world during the day, so I usually rest during the day and rush at night. When the corpse chasers are in a hurry, they will pick the deep mountains and old forests that are inaccessible to people, so as not to run into the living. This Miaoziling, a remote place, is the favorite of the corpse chaser. Most of the corpse chasers who lead from north to south have to pass through Miaoziling no matter where they are headed. Therefore, this has become the foothold of the corpse chasers, and those corpse chasers generally collect the corpse chasing technique before entering the store, and carry the corpse on their backs before entering the store, so as not to shock the living, but also because the corpse chaser is a secret of the industry, and it is easy not to be revealed in front of outsiders. So every time I saw those people came into the store with corpses on their backs. And the master also said, this is to do the line of chasing corpses, must have three characteristics, the first is that you must be born ugly, which is a condition that you must have as a corpse chaser, because there is a saying in this line that people are ugly and angry, and they are afraid of ghosts, so they are suitable for chasing corpses, and the second is that they must be bold, which does not need to be explained, corpse chasers must often deal with dead people, and they are not bold enough to do this business, and the third is that physical strength must be good. Because the corpse chaser is not always able to use spells to drive the corpse forward on the way back to his hometown, and occasionally it is inevitable to encounter the living, such as when staying in the hotel, at this time he must collect the spell and carry the corpse on his back, so as not to startle the living, so he must have good physical strength to do this business, and if the physical strength is not good, he can't carry the corpse at all. And the reason why the master bought me at a high price at the market at that time was that I was born ugly, and there happened to be a lack of people in the store to look at, because I had to deal with corpse chasers all year round, and it was really impossible to find an ordinary person with a mediocre appearance to calm this evil spirit. The master originally bought me back, and he didn't plan to tell me the truth of the matter first, because I was still too young after all, but I didn't expect that I would be naughty and expose the truth in advance, so the master no longer hid it from me, and told me all these things that night, and let me choose whether to leave or stay. Although I was young at the time, but I thought about it for a while and decided to stay here to help the master look after the shop, although this job often has to deal with the dead, but after all, there is food and drink every day, and the master treats me well on weekdays, if I choose to leave, I really don't know where to go, and the world outside is so chaotic, after going out, my little doll is either starving to death on the road or being caught and sold to do coolies. The master was naturally very happy to see that I was willing to stay, so he slowly taught me the rules and taboos of doing business in the following days, and did it imply that as long as I did a good job, he would pass this shop to me sooner or later, and the days passed like this, and soon I became familiar with this work, and I no longer felt any fear after seeing those corpse chasers and the dead people on their backs, but the good days did not last long, and one night after half a year, the nightmare came!! That night, I opened the door as usual, shouting three times outdoor, "Open the door!" The living avoid, the dead enter the door! So today's business is open, and when the night is fast, there is not a single customer in the store, I lie on the counter in the store and am really bored, thinking that no one should come tonight, but at this moment, I suddenly heard a large creaking sound outside the door, I hurriedly walked to the door to see, the scene in front of me almost scared me paralyzed, only to see thousands of rats gathered outside the door, black pressure pressed a piece, see the scalp numb, I quickly called the master, I think the master and the dead have been dealing with so many years, should be well-informed and bold, but when the master came to see this scene, he was also shocked, saying that he had never seen such a scene, I don't know what these thousands of rats gathered in front of the door, just when my master was panicking, I suddenly saw a figure in the dark night slowly coming from a distance, and when the person approached me and the master, I saw clearly, it was a young man, about twenty years old, burly, dressed in white, handsome, this person was walking towards the store, and we were surprised to find that this person could reach, Those mice will obediently give way to a way, just when the master and I were shocked and didn't know what was wrong, the man had already come to the door, and before the master could ask, the man smiled slightly, and his hands were folded, the two masters were not afraid, in the rat wasabi, the night walk here, specially came to stay for one night, I don't know if there are rooms in your store?

The master looked at the group of rats and said hesitantly, there is a guest room, but ...... This...... These rats? Obviously, the master is afraid that as soon as this person comes in, he will recruit these thousands of rats as well, and then this small shop will not be yellow.