After a while, Bai Ye's belly stopped bulging, like the ripples in the pond caused by throwing a stone into it

"It's not pretending to be a soul, it's eating a soul." Xiaomi corrects Daddy's statement.

"Okay. Eat the soul. Daddy agreed.

During the time when Daddy and Xiaomi had nothing to do during the day, Miss Tie came to see Daddy a few times, but she didn't talk about anything, just sat down and left. She seems to be busy. Baoding also has her ghost fighting arena.

Once, Miss Tie was drinking tea when Bai Ye crawled out from under the bed.

Miss Tie saw the cat and asked, "Ma Xiucai, have you started raising cats?" When I was in Thrush Village, I heard people say that your father said, 'Men don't have cats, women don't have dogs.'" ”

Grandpa glanced at Bai Ye and replied, "It's not me who raises it, it's millet that raises it." ”

Xiaomi was not in the room at that time. When Miss Tie is there, Xiaomi will not stay in the same room with her father and her. But she came in and out frequently, under the pretext that she was looking for something.

When Grandpa answered Miss Tie, Millet happened to come in.

Xiaomi looked at Grandpa and Miss Tie, and immediately said, "You go on." I'm here to hug my cat and go out to play. "She came in and got the scissors, and then she came in and got the yellow paper.

Daddy and Miss Tie both know why millet comes in and out frequently. The little girl's mind is always easy for adults to see through, but the little girl has to pretend that she doesn't think so.

"Xiaomi, your cat?" Miss Tie asked.

Millet nodded.

"Cats are scary animals, especially those in Baoding. You have to be careful. Miss Tie said.

Xiaomi asked: "Why are the cats in Baoding particularly scary?" ”

"In recent years, strange things have often happened to cats in Baoding."

"What's weird?"

Miss Tie said, "You sit down, I'll tell you two." ”

Millet sat down.

"The first thing happened in the south of Baoding. There was a vinegar seller in the south of the city, and he had a cat that was smooth and shiny, and as strong as a tiger. The guy who sold vinegar loved it. One day, the cat died. The vinegar seller was reluctant to throw it away and kept it at home for several days. After a long time, the cat rotted and stinked. He had no choice, so he took the dead cat to a nearby pond. He's going to throw the dead cat in the water. But when he threw the dead cat down and turned to leave, he suddenly heard a sound of water in the pond! ”

"Dead cat alive?" Xiaomi was surprised.

"It's not alive yet. At least not yet, you can tell me about it. ”

"Hmm. You said. ”

The vinegar seller heard the sound of water, looked back, and saw his beloved cat struggling in the water, as if trying to swim to the shore. He hurried into the water to save it. But he had cramps in his hands and feet, fell into the water, and soon drowned. And the cat quickly landed on the shore. This scene happened to be seen by a woman who didn't know how to water. Soon the news spread in Baoding City. ”

"What happened to the cat?" Xiaomi wasn't intimidated by the story, she only cared about where the cat went.

"I don't know where to go. The neighbors of the vinegar seller never saw it again. Miss Tie said.

Daddy interjected: "He shouldn't have thrown the cat into the water, he should hang it on a tree." ”

Millet turned to ask her father, "Why do you want to hang it on a tree and not throw it into the water?" Is there something about the connection between cats and water that we don't know about? ”

"I don't know why. Some people say that cats will not be dissipated after death and will come to harm people, so they should hang it on a tree and let it rot to prevent future troubles. As the saying goes, 'a dead cat hangs on a tree, and a dead dog abandons the water'. In addition, there is also the saying that 'chickens do not have eight years, and dogs do not have six years'. ”

"Chickens don't have eight years, dogs don't have six years? What do you mean? Millet asked.

"Chickens can't be kept for more than eight years, and dogs can't be kept for more than six years. It is said that they are afraid that these animals will spend too long with people and become spiritual, and slowly become spirits and harm people. Of course, these are hearsay legends, and they can't be true...... Nor can it be completely unheard. Daddy said.

"What else is there to do?" Seeing that her grandfather's words were finished, Millet asked Miss Tie again.

Miss Tie smiled and said, "The second incident happened last summer, and the place where the incident happened was the Yu Mansion in the center of the city. One night, Boss Yu was sleeping at home with his newborn child, when his cat suddenly yelled and woke up the child. Boss Yu asked someone to throw the cat with a pillow. Because it was a domestic cat for many years, he was reluctant to really hit it. But the cat died after being hit by a pillow. ”

"How can a pillow kill a cat?" Xiaomi couldn't help but interrupt Miss Tie's words again.

Boss Yu was also surprised. But that's not what surprised him the most. After the cat died, his child, who was only two or three months old, sounded like a cat crying when he cried again. Within a few days, his child died. ”

"Is it a cat revenge?" Xiaomi asked.

Miss Tie spread her hands and said, "No one knows what's going on until now. ”

"Ma Xiucai, do you know what's going on?" Xiaomi asked her father.

"I think the first one should be that the cat took the soul of the vinegar seller, and the second should be the soul of the cat that took the human body." Grandpa thought for a moment and replied.

Miss Tie said to Xiaomi: "Whether it is to seize the soul or the body, this is not what I mean. I mean, cats are particularly vindictive. Boss Yu just asked someone to throw the pillow, and it killed the child. I think the person who sells vinegar drowns, probably because he has accidentally offended it, and even if people like it so much that they are reluctant to throw it away when they die, it will not be moved. Millet If you want to raise it, you must be mentally prepared. You can't do anything that offends it, because it will remember it clearly until it dies, and then return it even worse. ”

As Miss Tie spoke, Bai Ye walked to Xiaomi's side.

Xiaomi picked up Bai Ye, stroked Bai Ye's hair with one hand, and said, "Hmm." Thanks for the reminder. I get along well with my cat and it doesn't retaliate against me. ”

After saying that, Xiaomi went out with Bai Ye in her arms. Later, Miss Tie's words saved a life. But that life is not Xiaomi's, it's Baiye's. Although Miss Tie meant to warn Xiaomi.

Miss Tie finished her tea and left.

One morning, Millet was cutting paper at the table, and Grandpa was napping by the window, the sun beating on him.

Grandpa loved to bask in the sun, and this habit was maintained until he was too old to walk. When he couldn't walk, he still had to lie on his old bamboo chair, which was placed in the center of the hall. Sunlight shines through the glass tiles and cracks of the roof, and falls on my father's body in a square or round way, like a patch on his clothes.

Xiaomi said coldly: "Ma Xiucai, she likes you." ”

Grandpa opened his eyes and asked, "Who?" ”

"Miss Iron."

"Oh." Grandpa closed his eyes and imagined himself as a plant, and the exposed skin was the leaves of the plant, slowly absorbing the energy from the sun.

The room could hear the snorting of scissor blades rubbing against the yellow paper. Xiaomi's scissors are a little loose, and the paper will get stuck between the two scissor blades when cutting paper. It is as if the paper has not been cut, but torn, leaving rough edges on the edges of the paper figures.

Millet was absent-minded and cut off the paper man's feet. The white night under her feet immediately jumped up, and hit the paper man's feet with her paws, having a lot of fun.

Bamboo Slipper, who was napping on the beams of the house, heard the sound of Bai Ye jumping, and glanced down at Bai Ye lazily, not understanding why the cat was so interested in a piece of paper, just as an adult did not understand why a child would play with a small stone with great interest.

Millet pulled out a new piece of yellow sheet paper, crumpled it up and threw it on the ground. Bai Ye immediately abandoned the piece of paper and chased after the ball of paper.

Xiaomi watched Bai Ye play with paper balls, pretending to be casual and said, "Don't you see it?" ”

"The sun is so nice. You should come and bask in the sun with me. Daddy said.

After almost replenishing the missing grievances, Grandpa took Xiaomi to Heliantian's dog meat restaurant again. He decided to entrust Xiaomi to Helian Tian, and he set off to Fushun to find Ze Sheng as soon as possible≡ since that day Xiaomi refused to confess to the owner with Bai Ye's blood, his grandfather also thought about entrusting Xiaomi to Miss Tie. But Grandpa felt that Xiaomi didn't like Miss Tie so much, so she might not be comfortable with Miss Tie.

Helian Tian was very happy to see his father and millet coming, and he was quite surprised to see that Bai Ye did not leave Xiaomi.

Grandpa asked Helian Tian: "Brother Helian, do you really want to take back the white night?" In the past few days, she and Bai Ye have been inseparable and have become more and more intimate. If you take the white night back, I think both Xiaomi and the white night will be sad. ”

Helian Tian looked at Xiaomi teasing Bai Ye, and said slowly: "I'm afraid I can't take it back if I want to." White Night has already recognized her as the Lord. ”

"Already recognize her as the Lord?" Grandpa was surprised and delighted.

Helian Tian snapped his fingers.

Bai Ye, who was playing with Xiaomi, stopped jumping and quieted down.

Grandpa remembered that the last time Heliantian snapped his fingers, the kitten ghost obediently picked up the paper figure that Xiaomi had unintentionally driven and sent it to Heliantian. Snapping his fingers was Heliantian's instruction to the kitten ghost.

Xiaomi was stunned when she saw that Bai Ye suddenly quieted down.

If there is no accident, Bai Ye will come to him according to Heliantian's instructions. This is the instruction of Heliantian's secret family to domesticate cats for generations.

Helian Tian looked at the white night, waiting for it to come over.

Bai Ye also turned his head to look at Helian Tian. Obviously, it heard Helian Tian's snap of his fingers and knew the meaning of this command.

Daddy held his breath. He hadn't been so nervous in a long time. He remembered that he was never nervous when he was taking the Xiucai exam, and he didn't look forward to the results. Of course, I wasn't nervous at that time, maybe because I was confident, because I thought I would be able to get my wish. And the scene in front of him made Grandpa not so confident.