Chapter Twenty-Six: The Jar
"Don't talk nonsense, beware of letting them hear." Lei Baoquan whispered, Li Bai didn't dare to say more, and quietly watched Uncle Li do things.
The last piece of paper was burned, and silence returned to the surroundings, and there was no sound of footsteps. Uncle Li walked over with a lighter, his face covered with sweat.
"Uncle, is this the end?" Li Bai asked.
Uncle Li nodded, Lei Baoquan and Jin Guo both showed joy, but Li Bai said with a sad face: "Uncle Li, you won't fool us every time, right?" Why is it so easy to clean up the ghost when it comes to it, either burning a few pieces of paper or chanting a few words, how can this ghost be cleaned up so easily? ”
Uncle Li pointed to Li Bai's head and said, "Who said I cleaned it up?" Are these 'friends' something we can get rid of? ”
"That's... What are we doing here? Lei Baoquan was also confused.
Uncle Li smiled slightly, and explained to a few people around him as he walked downstairs: "Do you think these 'friends' can be beaten by a few talismans and a few peachwood swords like they played on TV?" That's fooling, they won't be scattered, they won't disappear. All I can do is talk to them and get them back where they need to go, at most I'll just give them a ride. ”
"Oh, I see. Those just now... All sent away? Li Bai asked.
Uncle Li shook his head: "How can it be so smooth?" Do you think I'm their leader, and if you say a word to let them go, they will all listen? ”
"That..."
"Some are gone, and some look like they're waiting for someone, or have some unfulfilled wishes." Uncle Li's expression was also very lonely.
"So what are we going to do?" Jin Guo asked.
"No, it has nothing to do with us, they didn't affect us, this time we recruited them, and they appeared. Maybe after a while, they'll have had enough of it and go on their own. ”
Li Bai was anxious: "Why didn't it matter?" It scared me several times. ”
Uncle Li smiled: "That's not these either, it's downstairs." ”
"It's... Is there still a gang? Lei Baoquan couldn't help but feel a little funny when he heard it, he imagined in his mind that a group of ghosts had divided the territory, and once the boundary was crossed, the two groups of ghosts would fight.
Several people made their way to the next floor, and at the same time looked at the room at the end of the hallway.
When the little fat man saw that the eyes of the four people were gathered in that room, he immediately said, "What else are you going to do?" Ladies and gentlemen, do you believe that there are ghosts? You can go upstairs, but don't bother with this room. The proprietress told me that if something happens to this room, then I really won't be able to stay here. ”
"We didn't say anything, why are you in such a hurry?" Lei Baoquan said.
The little fat man looked out the window, now that it was dawn, he breathed a sigh of relief and said: "Now that the sky is bright, the proprietress is estimated to be here in a while, a few uncles and brothers, hurry back to the house and sleep, don't go to that room, okay?" ”
Uncle Li glanced at him, smiled slightly, and said, "Actually, before we came, you knew there were ghosts, right?" ”
The little fat man was stunned for a moment, and when he saw that the four people were looking at him, he said a little hesitantly: "You say... Say what? How could I..."
"Only people who spend their time with ghosts will have bruises under their left ear, and your face doesn't look so good now." Uncle Li's sharp eyes stared at the little fat man.
When the others heard this, they all looked at the little fat man's left ear, and sure enough, there was a small bruise, which was really easy to ignore if he didn't look carefully.
The little fat man didn't know how to answer, covered his left ear, thought about it, and said, "This is what I hit a few days ago." ”
"Where did you hit it?" Uncle Li asked.
The little fat man immediately said angrily: "Am I guilty of telling you this? Are you fed? I'll say okay first, if you mess around again, I'll call the police! ”
Uncle Li was not annoyed by the little fat man's words, but smiled slightly and said, "Let's not go to that room, I'm a little hungry, let's go to the kitchen and have a look." With that, he went downstairs.
The little fat man was in a hurry, so he hurriedly stopped them and said, "I said you are finished?" ”
Jin Guo stood in front of everyone and said, "We didn't go to that room, we were just hungry, can't we go to the kitchen?" ”
"That's right, that's the service attitude of your hotel?" Li Bai also shouted in the back.
The little fat man knew that he was ignoring him, and dodged his way.
A few people came to the kitchen downstairs, and Uncle Li was holding a compass in his hand, as if he was looking for something.
Seeing this, Li Bai said, "Uncle, it can't be that there is another one in this house, right?" ”
Uncle Li nodded and said, "The answer is correct." ”
Li Bai patted his head and said, "I remember, when I came here last time, I came back here at night to get something to eat, but I touched someone's hand!" It must be it! ”
The little fat man leaned against the door, his expression a little tangled.
Uncle Li took the compass and walked around the house for a while, then suddenly looked at the stove by the window and said, "Look at what is over there?" ”
The three of them were just about to go over, when the little fat man suddenly ran over and said, "Big brothers, the boss lady will come soon, it's really hard for me to do this with you." ”
Lei Baoquan pulled him away with one hand and said, "It's okay, when she comes, we'll just say she's cooking."
The little fat man couldn't stop him, so he could only stand to the side uneasily, and Uncle Li on the side saw all his demeanor.
Li Bai searched very hard, lying on the ground and searching the corners of the cracks in the wall, just when he wanted to complain that there was nothing, he suddenly saw a small jar behind a few jars in the closet.
"What is this?" Li Bai said as he took it out of the cupboard.
The little fat man panicked all of a sudden, and said, "This is the flour for the pancakes." ”
Li Bai glanced at him, but still opened the lid on the jar. It's really a white powder, but it's not as fine as flour.
"Is this flour? Are you stupid for me? Haven't eaten flour before? Li Bai smiled, "This is obviously brown rice!" ”
Lei Baoquan leaned over and took a look, gave Li Bai a look at the back of his head, and said, "You are indeed stupid, this is brown rice?" ”
"And what is this?" Li Bai asked unconvinced.
Lei Baoquan looked at the contents of the jar and said that flour really doesn't look like it, what about rice? It's even less so.
Jin Guo glanced at it and said, "It seems to be lime." ”
"Really? What is this kid doing hiding lime? Li Bai said that he wanted to touch it.
"Don't touch it!" Uncle Li suddenly shouted, startling Li Bai, "This is ashes!" ”
"What?!" The three of them were taken aback.
Lei Baoquan took a closer look, and it was indeed somewhat similar to the ashes.
"Really?!" Li Bai still couldn't believe it, "You kid... What the hell is this? ”
When the little fat man saw that they had found it, he sighed and said, "That's right, it's ashes." ”
Li Bai hurriedly put the jar down, clapped his hands vigorously, patted his clothes, and said, "You dead fat man, put the ashes in the kitchen?" As you can imagine, if I were to cook, I would have to eat all this jar. Li Bai was scared when he thought about it.
"Whose ashes are this? How did you end up here? Lei Baoquan asked.
"This is my sister's, I put it here." The little fat man said with his head down.
Seeing the appearance of the little fat man, like a person with a story, several people felt curious and wanted to ask what was going on. At this moment, a female voice came from the kitchen door: "Early in the morning, why is the kitchen so lively?" ”
A few people were startled, turned their heads to look at the door, and it turned out to be the proprietress who came.
The little fat man immediately became nervous, and Jin Guo's hands were quick and blocked the ash jar at once.
The proprietress walked in, looked at Lei Baoquan and the four people, and then looked at the little fat man, and saw that the little fat man looked a little flustered, and asked, "What are you doing here?" ”
The little fat man couldn't answer nervously, and Li Bai said with a smile: "We want to make breakfast by ourselves when we get up in the morning, why don't we ask the little fat brother to help." ”
The proprietress squinted at Li Bai, then at the little fat man who didn't speak, and asked, "Is that the case?" ”
The little fat man didn't dare to look up, just nodded carelessly.
The other four people thought about how to continue to deal with the proprietress, but they didn't expect the proprietress to see the little fat man admitting, and immediately said impatiently: "This is a hotel, not a restaurant, I want to eat by myself, our store is just such a waiter, just now I came in, and found that there was no one at the front desk." I said fatty, you have a really big heart, all the money is in the front desk cabinet, you are good, come here to help people cook, hurry up and look at the store. After the proprietress finished speaking, she glared at the four people and turned to leave.
"You see, with this attitude, can you blame me for arguing with her?" Li Bai gets angry every time he sees the boss's arrogant appearance.
"Thank you just now, if I let her see it, I will not only have to fuck off, but I don't know what she will do to me." The little fat man bowed to the four people, stepped forward silently, and hid the urn again.
"I think you should have an explanation for this, no matter what you have to say, we will try our best to help you, you go and get busy first, and we'll talk about it when the boss lady leaves in the evening." Uncle Li said earnestly.
The little fat man nodded, turned around and walked out, walked to the door, and suddenly turned to the four people and said: "This kitchen is very clean, I clean it every day, and there are many dishes in the refrigerator, except for that can, the rest are normal rice and noodles, you can cook with confidence." With that, he turned around and left.
"I don't think he's a bad guy." Jin Guo said.
Lei Baoquan nodded, turned around and took out the wok: "I'm really hungry after a busy morning, wait for me to show you a hand." ”
Uncle Li smiled and said, "Yes, yes, I want to eat some pasta." ”
Li Bai opened the cupboard, and there were five or six jars in it that were the same as just now, Li Bai turned his head silently and said, "Otherwise, let's eat rice, right?" ”