The old guy went down the mountain with me, a black Volkswagen car had been parked on the side of the road at the bottom of the mountain, and the driver was a young man in his twenties, and the old guy respectfully opened the door for me to sit in the back, and the young man gave the old guy a look, meaning to ask how to call a child, the old guy waved his hand to let the young man drive, and the young man had to turn around and drive, and did not ask more.

I sat in the back seat of the car and my heart was already happy, in those days, the countryside was still running around the streets, and the big families really couldn't afford to buy this car.

The master said that the people who do our business must first look like a fairy wind and bones, if they look like they are cowering, then they must pretend to be profound, and when he taught me this sentence, he was purely afraid that I would not be good at learning and would become a liar who sold dog skin plasters in the future.

And I'm sitting in the car right now, ready to make my first pot of gold.

The old guy saw me sitting in the back with my eyes closed and smiling and didn't speak, so he took the initiative to come up and approach, he said: "Little master, I forgot to ask your honorific name just now, my name is Guo Zaiyong, and the little master can call me Lao Guo." ”

I glanced at him and said in a deep voice, "Poor Dao Wang Yangzi." ”

"What?" Lao Guo didn't seem to hear clearly, his expression was a little surprised, and when he saw that I ignored him, he muttered: "It sounds like it's even better than Wu Zhenren." ”

After we didn't talk all the way, the car drove for about an hour to the county seat, Lao Guo asked the driver to park the car at the door of a street, their family lives in the northern suburbs of the county, some distance from the county center, when I was very young, my grandfather took me here, at that time it was to attend the funeral of a distant relative, I remember my grandfather told me that the northern suburbs of the county used to be a mass grave, and now they have been bulldozed, paved roads, built houses, and many households have built small western-style buildings.

Lao Guo took me into a residential area, and he pointed to a very large courtyard from a distance and said to me, "Little master, that's my house." ”

I looked at it from afar, their house is really a big yard, the scale is built according to the old house type of the big family in the sixties, one family occupies a few rows of housing area, but his house looks very new, it should have been built in the past two years, such a house blocked the road and no one came to demolish it, it seems that his family really has some power.

Lao Guo saw that I was staring at the house for a long time, so he took the initiative to explain to me: "Little master, I have three sons, the eldest son is called Guo Dalong, who made a fortune digging crystals in our county two years ago, and opened a crystal shop in the county's jewelry city, and his life is also prosperous. The second son's name is Guo Erlong, he has a chance, he is a naval officer at sea, our house is bigger than anyone else's, no one in the county rushed to demolish it, the third son is called Guo Xiaolong, he is still studying, studying in Beijing University, and now he is on vacation, and he has been at home for more than a month. ”

I nodded and said, "So what's going on in your house?" Nothing other than a cough in the middle of the night? ”

Lao Guo said: "Yes, it's very tired, people who live in our house say that they can hear coughing at night, and always feel very tired, especially at night, I usually don't live here, two days ago Xiaolong's child told me about this, I thought that he was studying too much, and wanted to find a psychiatrist for him, but he didn't go, I had to say that I did hear the cough, I thought that when this house was built, I also specially invited Mr. Feng Shui to see it, it should be no problem, and I moved in for a night yesterday. Ouch hey is really scared to death, at night I can really hear someone's cough, and it seems to be in the ear, this morning our boss vomited and diarrhea and had a high fever, saying that he had no strength at all, and he couldn't hold his fists, Xiaolong's child also said that he was uncomfortable, so tired that he wanted to sleep, so I thought about calling the most famous feng shui gentleman in our county, but he just ran away from the door, and he ignored me after chasing for a long time. ”

I thought for a while and asked Lao Guo: "How long has this situation lasted?" ”

Lao Guo said: "It's been about a week. After a while, Lao Guo asked again with a somewhat frightened face: "Little master, do you think our house is haunted?" ”

I shook my head and said, "It is true that there are ghosts after death, but ghosts can only stay in the world for a while, and they can't turn into ghosts at all. ”

I learned the master's theory and explained it to Lao Guo, and then under his leadership into their Guo family's mansion, after entering the house, I saw many people leaning against the wall and didn't know what they were busy with, at this time in the house came a young man in his twenties, his face was very bad, the dark circles under his eyes were very heavy, he looked at me after seeing me, as if he was looking at my brand-new robe, he looked at Lao Guo and said: "Wu Zhenren has rejuvenated?" ”

Lao Guo said: "Xiaolong, don't be rude, this is Wu Zhenren's apprentice, Dao Wang Yangzi, he has great ability!" ”

"What?" Guo Xiaolong also seemed a little surprised by this name, looked at me strangely, and then sighed, holding the door frame with both hands weakly, and pressed his face on it. "Wang Dao Chief, please sit in the room."

"Look at you like this, you really don't know how to be polite!" Lao Guo taught Guo Xiaolong a lesson. "Where's your eldest brother?"

"The eldest brother slept, and at noon he vomited again, saying that he saw his mother coming to him." Guo Xiaolong said weakly.

"What nonsense, your mother has been dead for seven or eight years, and she should have been reincarnated a long time ago when she turned into a ghost, so why did you pull your son down to play cards?" Lao Guo was a little angry when he said this, he saw that I was still standing outside the door, and he was afraid that he would snub me, so he hurriedly beckoned me to come in and sit.

When I stepped through the door, I suddenly felt movement behind the door, and when I turned my head to see an old lady standing behind the door, I was so frightened that I almost screamed, and the old lady smiled and nodded at me, her figure hidden in the shadow behind the door, holding a rag in her hand and wiping the painting hanging on the wall.

The painting was a scene of Yaksha eating a child raw, dripping with blood and looking a little scary, which reminded me of the scene I saw at Mrs. Meng's house a few years ago, and I couldn't help but think of the poor tiger.

"The little master is scared, isn't he?" Lao Guo laughed and said. "This painting is the painting of Master Yin Hangyin, a master in the county, and I have been friends with him for many years, so he gave me these paintings." As he spoke, Lao Guo stood up and pointed to the paintings on the wall one by one and said, "This is the picture of the ghost yaksha eating the child, this is the picture of Zhong Kui eating the ghost, and this is the black and white picture of impermanence and life......"

"Dad, you scared the head of the small road, I think the eight achievements of the ghost in the family are your tricks!"

"What nonsense, don't talk nonsense if you don't know how to do it, your mother's favorite paintings are these paintings!" Lao Guo scolded Guo Xiaolong and said, Lao Guo smiled awkwardly at me after speaking. "Let the little master smile."

"It's fine." I also smiled a little awkwardly, but out of the corner of my eye, I looked at the old lady behind the door, who had been wiping my paintings since I entered the door, and from time to time she raised her head and smiled at me, which made me feel hairy.

"What are you doing standing there?" Lao Guo suddenly roared at Guo Xiaolong, who was lying listlessly on the door, which scared me into a thrill. "Hurry up and call your eldest brother to see the little master, and the two people in the kitchen are called to hurry up and serve the food, don't let the little master go hungry."

I breathed a sigh of relief and looked at the startled Lao Guo and said, "Lao Guo, your voice is too loud." ”

Lao Guo smiled awkwardly and said: "The little master laughed, when he was young, he shouted horns in the production team, and he quarreled with the child's mother every day. ”

Lao Guo laughed as he spoke, and asked me while laughing, "Do you think it's funny?" ”

I forced a smile and said, "It's okay, I can stand it." When I said this, I still glanced at the old lady behind the door.

When he opened the door of the hall entrance, I saw a black and white photo hanging on the wall of the house, showing the face of an old lady.

It was exactly the same as the face of the old lady who was hiding behind the door and watching me.