Chapter Twenty-Six: Deepening
The old man was busy preparing to cook, and Lu Xiaoling followed into the kitchen.
The refrigerator has long been useless, the neighborhood has been demolished, and the old man has to go far to buy food, and the old man is worried about the house, and it is inconvenient to walk, so he rarely goes out. Lu Xiaoling saw her bending down to take out a few eggs from the rice bowl, turning out a few sprouted potatoes from the foot of the stove, picking all the shallots from a flower pot next to her, and then tremblingly dragging a stool over to cut the bacon hanging on the beam, her tears finally couldn't help but flow out.
"Auntie, I'll help you!"
Scrambled eggs with shallots, fried bacon with dried peppers, and then shredded potatoes fried with sprouted potatoes that have turned green skin, but these dishes are all there is to the old man's house.
"It's time to eat." The old man's face was rarely a little bloody, Sun Yang carried a small round table and a few small stools to the door under her command, and Lu Xiaoling helped her take out the food and chopsticks.
"It's been a long time since anyone has come to the house, and the children who came before won't stay for dinner." The old man smiled on his face, but the mood of several of them became heavier and heavier.
Lu Xiaoling saw her fill a large bowl with food and put it in the steamer on the stove.
"Auntie......"
"There is probably too much work today, he is too busy to come back for dinner, you don't have to wait for him, I have already left him food." The old man said with a smile. The sun shone on her face, making her look peaceful and happy.
Her skills may not be very good, but they eat slowly, savoring every bite of the food.
After eating, Sun Yang was busy washing the dishes, Lu Xiaoling took the old man's hand, not knowing what to say, after a while, she said to the old man: "Auntie, the weather is so good today, I'll comb your hair, right?" ”
"Okay~"
"There is no water in the water tank, fetching water and buying vegetables, which one do you choose?" Sun Yang turned back from the kitchen and said to Ma Bin in a low voice.
"Where is there a place to fetch water around here?" Ma Bin shook his head.
"Auntie, I'm going to fetch water, where am I going?" Sun Yang turned around and asked.
"Out of water? I'll ......," the old man stood up tremblingly.
"Don't! I'll just go, you just tell me where it is! ”
"It's at the public toilet on Wuyi Road in front, two cents a bucket." The old man asked Sun Yang to give him change, and Sun Yang hurriedly ran out with the flat pole and two buckets in the corner.
"Wuyi Road......" Ma Bin looked in that direction, the whole area was full of uneven ruins after being demolished, at least more than a kilometer, he had no way to imagine how the old man would have to fetch back water to meet the basic needs of life every day.
Sun Yang was about to leave, but Ma Bin stopped him: "How do you drink the water from the toilet?" You go grocery shopping, I'll solve the water problem. ”
Sun Yang has never bought vegetables once in his life, but he still drove the ducks to the shelves and entered the vegetable market.
He didn't understand either, but fortunately, money was not a problem, so he specially asked a kind-looking vegetable vendor to help, and specially selected vegetables suitable for the elderly to eat and put to buy, and soon got a lot of them, and had to buy a small car to drag them back.
From a distance, I saw Ma Bin directing a car to hang a huge white water tank on the steel frame that had been placed, and there was a faucet under the water tank, which was very convenient.
"Oops, how does this make ......" The old man's white hair was combed and tucked into his hat, probably because of Lu Xiaoling's craftsmanship, which looked much more refreshing, but she was cramped and uneasy at the moment. Seeing the small cart of vegetables brought by Sun Yang, she became more and more uneasy. "I can't ask for it!"
"Auntie, you're welcome, this is what we should do."
"You are from the government!" The old man's face changed suddenly, as if he had thought of something.
"It's not." Sun Yang hurriedly said. "We read your story online and came to see you." He looked at the old man's expression and pulled Lu Xiaoling over. "She's still a student? Do you think she looks like a person from the government? ”
The old man's expression finally returned to calm.
"It's good if it's not, it's good if it's not...... None of those people in the government are good! She babbled and spoke, making Ma Bin, who was standing on the side, look embarrassed.
They sat for a while longer, and finally took their leave.
"Girl, are you coming back to dinner tomorrow?" The old man suddenly asked with tears in his eyes.
Lu Xiaoling's heart softened: "If it's okay, I'll come, don't worry!" ”
The group walked out of the ruins, and Ma Bin wanted to speak and stopped.
Lu Xiaoling's tears finally flowed. "She's been telling me about her son, and she's been lying to herself, saying he's out there and he's coming back soon."
"The people of the White Mountain Construction and the Blackwater Gang should be killed!" She said loudly. "They're not human at all!"
A gust of wind suddenly rose on the ground, as if echoing her words, Sun Yang opened the eye of the sky, only to see a faint black qi dissipating in the air.
"Those things are not something we can control." Ma Bin finally said. "It's been a day since you watched it today, do you have a little frowning in your heart?"
"There's nothing wrong with the house, there's no problem with the old man, and the area where the spirits are active has never really been close to the house." Sun Yang said. "Where is the man who killed her son?"
"That person was among the first people to go missing."
Sun Yang was stunned for a moment: "Then can you find the person who was there on the day her son was killed?" I want to know what happened when he died, and the more details the better. Also, find a way to find out his date and time of birth. ”
After asking Ma Bin to help check his date of birth so many times, Sun Yang guessed that he or the Special Case Administration Bureau behind him should be able to guess what he was going to do, but other than that, he really had no other way. Fortunately, Ma Bin has never investigated this matter.
Ma Bin hurriedly left to find what he wanted, while he and Lu Xiaoling stayed in a nearby mobile police kiosk to rest.
"What do you think?" Lu Xiaoling asked.
Sun Yang shook his head.
The old man's appearance reminded him of his parents, if such a thing happened to him?
He has never had a good impression of the Blackwater Gang, the last time the cat demon incident was like this, and this time is even more so, although many people in the Blackwater Gang may not be guilty of death, but obviously, there are many damned people among them. However, as a Heavenly Master, it was impossible for him to do such a thing as letting the resentful spirits kill people.
"I don't think he did anything wrong." Lu Xiaoling said.
"Let's do what we have to do." Sun Yang said with a sigh. "Maybe it's not so wrong now, but what about later?"
Ghosts, especially resentful spirits, gain great power after each killing, and their nature becomes more and more distorted in the process.
If the ghost who killed people was Wang Zheng, Sun Yang hoped that it would never become an evil spirit that lost its mind.