Nanmen Village is not too far from our town, only four or five miles away, all the way upside down, about 9 o'clock in the morning, arrived at Nanmen Village.

According to my original idea, I went directly to Xu Sanxiang, but the idea is always the idea, and it can't change the reality, because as soon as I arrived at the entrance of the village, I was fascinated by the scene in front of me.

But I saw that there were people standing in front of the hall house in Nanmen Village, and the whole hall was surrounded by water, and those people rushed towards the hall house, and among these figures, I saw a few familiar figures, all of them were some carpenters in our town, and even the coffin guy Chen Yukun was among them.

What's going on? Could it be that Xu Sanxiang invited me alone?

I muttered, walked straight into the village, and found a villager to inquire about Xu Sanxiang's address, the villager was also enthusiastic, and told me a lot of words before and after, roughly speaking, Xu Sanxiang's family had something to go out today, and it was estimated that they would not be able to come back until noon, and told me that the reason why so many people came to their village today was because the second and third of the three brothers of the Xu family were also hiring carpenters, and the wages were not low, which attracted so many carpenters to grab business.

Hearing this, I was very puzzled, so I asked the villager, weren't the three brothers the carpenter hired together?

The villager explained to me that the three brothers did not agree with each other, and the new house of the three brothers involved the issue of providing for their parents. Therefore, the three brothers failed to reach a consensus on this matter, and finally had to ask for their own requests.

I roughly understand, some time ago, I was still wondering why the three brothers of the Xu family supported their parents and built three houses, isn't this burning money, tinkering with the old man for a long time, these three brothers have contradictions.

I didn't ask any more questions, after all, I just came here to work, and if I asked too much, it seemed that I was a gossip person.

At that moment, I found a clean place in the village to sit down, to say that the rural people are hospitable, this is not false at all, the villager saw me sitting there alone, so he invited me to his house, and poured me a cup of sugar boiled water, let me rest at his house, and when Xu Sanxiang came back, he came to call me.

I said a word of thanks to the villager and chatted with him at home.

In the chat, I learned that this villager's name is Xu Jianguo, in his forties, thin and thin, and there is a son in the family who is in junior high school, and the three brothers of the Xu family are from the same grandfather, which can be regarded as a little pro.

"Little brother, don't blame the old man for talking too much, I'm afraid you won't be able to solve this matter." Xu Jianguo sat across from me, smoking a cigarette and saying.

I understood what he meant, and I estimated that I was referring to the haunting of Xu Sanxiang's house, and said with a smile: "Uncle Jianguo, the kid is young, and I hope you will give me some advice." ”

He took a puff of his cigarette and pouted outside, "See, those carpenters outside are all carpenters with better skills in our town." ”

With that, he stared at me for a while, and continued: "You..., no, too young, the craft must not have arrived at home. ”

Well, I was too young to argue with him, so I said, "What you always said is that it's just that the master's fate is hard to disobey, so I have to be cheeky and come and take a look." ”

When he heard me say this, he wondered, "Little brother, who did you learn the craft, why didn't you call your master?" ”

I didn't hide it, so I said: "My master is an old ghost Liu, and his old man is old, so it is inconvenient to do this kind of manual work, so I asked the kid to come and take a look." ”

"Old ghost Liu?" He was stunned, as if he thought of something, and hurriedly asked, "Is it the old ghost craftsman from Wangniutun?" ”

I hummed, my master's name is quite loud in our town, and most villagers who work at home have heard his old man's name. This is also a helpless thing, our town is so big, who has good craftsmanship, the villagers are like a mirror in their hearts, and they are very clear.

"Little brother, don't lie to the old man, Liu Lao Ghost's apprentice, the old man knows him, his nickname is Wang Haozi, he has to be almost thirty years old, but he is not as young as you." Xu Jianguo didn't seem to believe me, and stared at me vigilantly, for fear that I would deceive him.

I smiled bitterly and quickly explained: "That's my senior brother, I am the apprentice of the master last year, and I have been following the senior brother to learn the craft in the coffin shop in the town, if you don't believe it, you can always go to the town to have a look." ”

He was silent for a while, and then asked me, "Are you really Liu Laogui's apprentice?" ”

I hummed and said, "I don't dare to lie to you, I am indeed his old man's apprentice." ”

As soon as the words fell, Xu Jianguo suddenly got up and knelt down towards me, so frightened that I hurriedly pulled him up and said hurriedly: "What are you doing here, hurry up." ”

He opened my arm and said, "Little brother, since you are the apprentice of Liu Laogui, you can naturally bear the old man's kneeling, I think when the old man's family built a house, the family almost didn't die, thanks to his old man's help, this saved the old man's family." ”

As he spoke, he kowtowed to me three times and continued: "Over the years, the old man has always wanted to visit his old man's home, but his old man has always been reluctant to see me, but he didn't expect to meet his old man's apprentice here today. ”

In the end, Xu Jianguo almost didn't cry, he grabbed my arm excitedly, his voice began to tremble, and he vigorously asked his daughter-in-law to take more fruit out, and told his daughter-in-law to kill a chicken, saying that he had to have lunch at his house at noon today.

Under the hospitality, I nodded and agreed, which made Xu Jianguo excited, grabbed my hands, and was reluctant to let go, and kept saying a sentence in his mouth, it was really good to see his benefactor's apprentice this time, and said that since the accident in the house of the three brothers of the Xu family, he has been thinking about whether my master will come.

That Xu Jianguo pulled me and said a lot of words of thanks, and in the end, he grabbed my arm and said in a deep voice: "Little brother, don't take this job, leave after lunch." ”

I looked at him suspiciously and asked him why.

He said in a deep voice: "Little brother, you are from another village and don't understand this matter, it is very likely that you will be deceived, I am a local, but I am very clear about the affairs of the Xu family, this matter is too dangerous, the old man can't let you take this risk, listen to your uncle's words, and go back after eating." ”

I smiled awkwardly and said, "Uncle Jianguo, I know about his family's affairs, don't persuade me if you are old, besides, let the old master come over and take a look, I can't just leave without doing anything." ”

His face sank suddenly, and he said: "Little brother, why don't you listen to persuasion, the old man is for your good, when the three brothers of the Xu family built a house and laid the foundation, they buried four newborn calves in the four directions of the foundation, you say, can such a house not be haunted?" ”