I couldn't see people's expressions clearly in the haze, and it was estimated that Old Man Mei and Yan Lanzhu's faces must not be good-looking. Because they had agreed in advance not to reveal their identities, neither of them spoke.

Qi Xiaoting wanted the old lady to take the initiative to speak, but she didn't answer.

Seeing that everyone was silent, the old lady asked rhetorically, "Have you heard about our village?" ”

Qi Xiaoting nodded: "I've heard of it, but I don't know it very well." Grandma, can you give us more details? ”

"Oh, that's a big event that has caused a sensation for dozens of miles! After all these years, it still feels like it just happened. ”

Old Lady Yun became emotional, and even used gestures:

"Overnight, most of the village was in ruins, and none of the Xue family's eldest children, maids and slaves were spared. In the second half of the night, people were sleeping, and more than 100 people were burned to death in the eastern half of the village, and there was not a single house left.

"Thirty years have passed, and the trees on the frame of the house have grown into timber, and no one dares to go inside to saw. It's all a big forest. At night, there are ghosts crying inside, and it is very frightening. This is also the reason why the doors are closed early at night, for fear that they will run away.

"You said that the tomb robber who was cut a thousand knives dug a tunnel and took away the contents of the tomb, why did he blow up the tomb? I've never seen anything so cruel. Two or three hundred lives! My eldest son worked part-time at the house of the rich man Xue, and he did not come back to live that night, and he was also burned inside. ”

Later, the old lady choked up.

Yan Lanzhu finally couldn't hold back, and cried "woo". Crying and kneeling down in front of the old lady, he cried and said, "Old man, I am the granddaughter-in-law of the tomb robber leader's family. I am a sinner, and I apologize for my ancestors. ”

Jing Cuihua saw her mother crying and kneeling, and she also cried "Mom", and grabbed her mother's arm and knelt with her mother.

"What? Are you from the Tomb Raiders' family? Old Lady Yun's tone immediately turned into gritted teeth: "How dare you come here?" Let those relegated ghosts know, and they won't kill you! ”

Yan Lanzhu cried: "Old man, the Jing family has already received retribution...... so he told the old lady everything that Old Man Mei had told.

Old Lady Yun clasped her hands together and said to the starry sky outside: "It's really God's eyes, the wicked have evil retribution." Then he said to Yan Lanzhu: "I don't know that you are the descendant of the tomb robbers, if you had said earlier, I would not have been able to take you in."

"It's cold and snowy, and my old woman is not the kind of person who is ruthless. Since you have come, stay overnight, and leave early tomorrow morning. If the people in the village find out, their saliva will drown you. ”

Yan Lanzhu saw that the old man refused to forgive herself, and cried again: "Old man, don't hide it, my daughter and I have also received retribution." Now we just have to close our eyes, and we either dream of being on fire or dreaming of being burned by fire. Today I am here to make amends, I want to burn a lot of money for the people of the Wei family to make amends for my husband's ancestors.

"We didn't know anything about it. It was calculated because of a nightmare to find a master of divine arithmetic to calculate the hexagram. Auntie, for the sake of my ignorance, let me burn the paper in the woods tomorrow, and send some money and food to those souls who have died unjustly, so as to alleviate the sins of their Jing family. ”

Old Lady Yun was silent for a while, then pulled up the kneeling mother and daughter, and her tone became softer: "Speaking of which, you are also an innocent person. It was only because he married someone by mistake that he attracted revenge. I understand and can forgive.

"But the people in the village are not necessarily like me, especially the families whose houses have been burned and people who have been burned to death, and they all hate the grave robbers. If you go to the woods and burn the paper, they will ask what it is for. How do you say I answer them? You can't force me to lie to them, can you? ”

Qi Xiaoting saw that the old lady was more serious, and knew that she couldn't do her job, and there would be resistance if she continued to stay here tomorrow. suddenly remembered that Aunt Xue saved by Yan Lanzhu's father, if it had something to do with Xue Jiazhuang, maybe it would be the key to open the other party's heart. Then he asked tentatively: "Is there a young grandmother in Rich Master Xue's family, because she lived in her mother's house and escaped that difficulty?" ”

Mrs. Yun immediately said, "Yes, it's the young grandmother in the third room." At the time, she also had a three- or four-year-old daughter with her. This is the only blood and bone left by the rich man Xue's family, but it's a pity that it's a girl.

"However, it's really a loss to this girl, when she grows up, she comes back every year on the Qingming Festival and July 15, and burns some dead money for the dead ancestors in the woods."

Qi Xiaoting was happy when she saw that she was on the right number, and asked again: "Their mother and daughter didn't come back to live later?" ”

Mrs. Yun: "There is no room burned at home, how can the young grandmother who does not move and does not shake her body with a child come back to live?" cough, that was also a hard-working person, and then his mother's family recruited an open fire, and the whole family was killed.

She fled with the child in her arms and fainted on the road hungry again. was rescued by a kind man, so he worked as a maid in someone's house. After her daughter got married, she followed her daughter again. ”

"Is that girl's name Xue Rouzi?" Yan Lanzhu asked.

Old Lady Yun was stunned for a moment, and asked in surprise, "Yes, how do you know her name?" ”

Qi Xiaoting smiled: "It's really a coincidence that the book is not written, it's too coincidental!" Sister-in-law Jing and this Xue Rouzi still grew up eating rice in the same pot, and the two of them are still good friends in the boudoir! ”

Old Lady Yun was even more surprised: "What are you talking about?" The Jing family has harmed the rich family of Xue so badly, are they enemies who don't share the sky? ”

Qi Xiaoting: "You're talking about the Jing family, I'm talking about the Yan family." The Yan family and the Xue family have no grudges, and they still have kindness. ”

So, let Yan Lanzhu tell Aunt Xue and her daughter how their father saved them again.

Old Mrs. Yun clapped her hands and said in surprise: "I really can't imagine that my mother-in-law is the enemy of Rich Lord's family, and my mother's family is the benefactor of Rich Lord's family, so there is such a coincidence in the world?"

"That's it, since you know the young grandmother of the Xue family, I called her over, she wants to forgive you and allow you to go to the woods to burn the paper to make amends, I don't care. You can stay here for a few days if you want. Having said that, if she doesn't forgive you, don't blame me for admitting death, and leave tomorrow after breakfast. ”

This time it was Yan Lanzhu's turn to be surprised: "It's so far, when can I pick up Aunt Xue?" ”

Old Lady Yun said in a voice without any expression, "It's time for you to meet." Before the snow, the young grandmother was bored and asked her son-in-law to send her over to stay for a few days, but she didn't think that God had fallen this heavy snow and left her here. ”

"That's great." Yan Lanzhu became happy: "Where is Aunt Xue?" Auntie, you led me over to see her, we haven't seen each other for more than ten years. ”

Old Lady Yun: "Don't go. The old couple had two sons who were burned to death in the fire, and they were close to each other, what do you say about guarding them? I'm going to call her over and you're talking. With that, he walked out.

Old man Mei remained silent, asking one by one, like a driver who had nothing to do with himself. After Mrs. Yun left, she sighed and went to the West Wing, never coming out.

Jing Cuihua lay in Yan Lanzhu's arms and said that she was afraid. Qi Xiaoting gave the mother and daughter two ghost-suppressing talismans, and asked them to put them next to their pillows when they slept, and they didn't come out if there was any movement.

Aunt Xue was soon called over. When Yan Lanzhu saw it, she went up and hugged her and cried.

Probably on the way, the old lady Yun had already spoken, and Aunt Xue stroked Yan Lanzhu's head and said, "Niece Lanzhu, I don't want you to do this." They kept things in their hands, and we couldn't even inquire about them.

"When you got married, I gave a gift, and I can't say that I showed my enemies a good deal! Tomorrow I will go into the woods and burn the paper and tell them that your father saved our mother and daughter, and if they have a spirit in heaven, maybe they will be grateful to you. ”

Yan Lanzhu choked up and said, "Just ask Aunt Xue to say a few kind words for me." That nightmare really made our mother and daughter miserable. We didn't dare to sleep anymore. ”

After everyone sat down, Aunt Xue and Yan Lanzhu asked each other about each other's situation. Yan Lanzhu told Aunt Xue all the purpose of coming. Aunt Xue said generously: "After I burn the dark paper tomorrow, how should you look for it or how to find it." I'm with you. ”

"That's a good dare, thank you Aunt Xue!" Yan Lanzhu grabbed a life-saving straw and said.

After talking for a while, Aunt Xue said to Mrs. Yun: "Let their mother and daughter go to live with me, I have a big room by myself, and I can sleep openly." ”

Old Mrs. Yun thought for a while and said, "It's okay, you haven't seen each other for many years, and you can talk." ”

This is also the shrewdness of the old lady: in the future, it will not be the descendants of her to take in the enemy. People have hatred and kindness, water and fire are in harmony, and they have nothing to do with themselves.

As for the two "hired workers" - one driving a car and the other being a fragrant official, they are passers-by, and they are cold and snowy, and whoever stays will provide a shed to live in.

After Yan Lanzhu's mother and daughter left with Aunt Xue, Qi Xiaoting was worried about Wu Daxue in her heart, and she also wanted to know more about the situation in this village, so she pretended to have a match and chatted with Mrs. Yun.

"Grandma, you just said that there are almost no people from this village on the street, could it be that there are many people from other villages living here?"

Old Mrs. Yun: "There are too many, Xuejiazhuang has almost become the world of outsiders." ”

Qi Xiaoting: "Where do you start?" ”

Old Lady Yun sighed again and said, "Didn't you say just now, Rich Lord's family was bombed, the eastern half of the village was burned, and more than 100 people died overnight.

"Since then, there have been frequent ghost crying in the frames of the bombed and burned houses, and it is really true to hear it at night. Later, several fires broke out in the western half of the village, and some people were burned to death. People say it's a ghost. They die unjustly, and after they die, they don't distinguish between distance and proximity, and they catch and burn whom.

"People are scared, and those who have money and places to go have all moved away. The rest are poor people who have nowhere to go and old people who can't walk......"