Chapter 739: Kobayashi Story Meeting
A cold wind that shouldn't exist in spring blew into the yard, making people's hairs stand on end.
Several families looked bad, and quickly put down their work and went back to their own house.
Lin Nianhe caught a glimpse of their reactions, pursed his lips and chuckled silently.
She consciously found a small corner that was out of the way, sat down with a small bench, and accosted Yan Chu: "Brother Yan, I heard Brother Yun Cheng say that your family lives near here?" β
"Yes," Yan Chu nodded, "my house is on the other side of East Street." β
"Have you ever heard that story?" Lin Nianhe asked mysteriously.
Yan Chu was a little stunned, and looked at Lin Nianhe with inquiring eyes.
Lin Nianhe glanced at him quietly.
Yan Chu was thorough, otherwise he would not have been asked by Su Yuncheng to do this job, he instantly understood what Lin Nianhe meant, and asked down the stubble: "What story?" β
"That's it," Lin Nianhe's voice was a little nervous, "the story of the red wedding dress." β
Yan Chu had never heard this kind of story at all, but it didn't prevent him from talking: "I seem to have heard my sister tell it, but I don't remember it clearly, was it the bride who set fire to half the street on her wedding night?" β
Yan Chu wasn't worried at all that what he said was not right with what Lin Nianhe wanted to say, so he just said, "Oh, then we don't say the same thing".
Lin Nianhe nodded again and again: "Yes, yes, yes!" That's it! I thought my classmates were lying to me! Is there really such a thing? β
Yan Chu nodded stubbornly: "Yes, that seems to be a real thing, I heard it when I was a child." β
After he finished speaking, he also glanced at Lin Nianhe, and the meaning was very clear: Don't let me continue, I can't make it up!
At this moment, the young man next to him accosted: "Yan Ying, what's the story?" Tell me about it. β
"I'll speak, I'll speak!"
Lin Nianhe said excitedly: "I just heard it in school, I'll tell you!" β
"Okay, thank you, sister-in-law."
Lin Nianhe cleared his throat and was about to start speaking, when he suddenly moved the small bench and said, "I'll still speak in the sun, otherwise I will panic." β
She moved to the middle of the courtyard, put her hands on her cheeks, and said, "That was at the beginning of the last century, when there was a foreign master, and his youngest son fell in love with a peasant girl, and he made a private agreement with the girl for life. β
When the grandfather heard this, he was annoyed and said that they were not in the right household, and this family affair could not be settled. However, he didn't tell his youngest son clearly, he only invited a matchmaker to come to the house, fell in love with a lady, and let the two meet under the pretext of a banquet. β
"That girl is indeed outstanding, and the youngest son is an amorous species, but he has also been in love with her for more than a month. He thinks very well, has a wife and a concubine, and wants to enjoy the blessings of all people...... But although the peasant girl was poor, she didn't want to be a concubine, and the youngest son knew this, so he coaxed her to allow her to be a wife, and privately bought the matchmaker, and only let his brother, who looked like him, pick up the kiss on the day of marriage. β
"The peasant girl left home and was carried into the house by a small sedan chair through the side door, without saluting or worshipping the church, and then she realized that something was wrong."
"She lifted her hijab and ran out, and saw her sweetheart in front of the church with other people, surrounded by red confetti falling from firecrackers, well, a bit like these ...... on the ground."
"That's right, I continueβthe peasant girl went from wife to concubine, and it was her most beloved who deceived her, and she was so angry that after the guests dispersed, she set fire to the mansion and wanted to die with the negative man."
"But it happened that there was an evil wind that day, and when the wind blew, half of the street was dyed red."
"The fire burned for three days and three nights before it stopped, and I can't count how many people died!"
After Lin Nianhe finished speaking, he took a sip of water, glanced at the swaying figures behind the windows of each house, and continued: "They said that as long as there is a figure in a red wedding dress on this street, there will definitely be a fire, and a few lives will have to be taken away!" β
"My classmates told me this story when they told me that they bought a house on this street, but I didn't care, anyway, we only use it during the day, and no one will come at night."
"Hiss......"
The young man who asked the story just now shuddered, rubbed his arms and said, "It's terrible to listen to in broad daylight, I'm going to work, hurry up and finish it and leave early!" β
Yan Chu was stunned when he heard it.
He wasn't sure if he really should have heard the story now!
"Yes, you guys don't finish it before dark, leave quickly, I'll tell Brother Yun Cheng, don't let him talk about you." Lin Nianhe said very thoughtfully, and then took out a book and a pair of black-framed glasses like an old pedant from his satchel, as if he wanted to read a book.
The spectacle lenses were a little mushy, Lin Nianhe took out a handkerchief, bent over, and wiped the lenses slowly.
No one noticed that the sunlight was shining through the lenses into a tiny speck of light, which shone right on a piece of red paper.
Lin Nianhe wiped his glasses without a match, and talked with Yan Chu idly.
And in each house, all the adults turned pale.
"Have you heard what the girl said?"
"I haven't heard of it...... But I haven't been allowed to talk about this all these years! β
"Our family has only moved here for nine years, and it's normal that we haven't heard of it......"
"Impossible, what the hell, gods, it's all fake!"
"That was last night...... I've seen it with my own eyes! I'm scared to pee! β
The people in the room whispered, and the words were very different.
At this moment, an exclamation suddenly came from Aunt Wang's house: "My God! It's on fire! β
Aunt Wang's daughter-in-law doesn't like to talk to her mother-in-law, let alone exchange opinions with her, so she keeps lying by the window and looking out.
She watched a piece of red paper not far from Lin Nianhe suddenly catch fire!
The worst thing is that no one touched it at all!
No one dared to touch the pieces of red paper on the ground, how they were scattered yesterday, how they were left there today, they were close together, and soon they burned in pieces.
"Sister-in-law, get out of the way!"
Yan Chu rushed forward with an arrow step, scooped up a bottle of soda and poured it on the freshly lit flame.
The flame was small and was doused by a bottle of soda.
But the commotion startled everyone in the room.
Looking at the paper ashes on the ground and the half-burned pieces of red paper, their faces were all gone.
Yan Chu's expression was also very subtle.
Just finished telling the story and turned around and caught fire?
Who can stand this!
Lin Nianhe stood up abruptly and said to Yan Chu, "Brother Yan, don't do it, let's go." β
Her expression was extremely serious, and she didn't care about the bricks and lime that had not been cleaned, and they walked out with Yan Chu.
Before going out, she didn't forget to stop, and said to the stunned families: "Well, I won't come in the future, you can live here if you want!" β
After saying that, she didn't wait for the others to react, and ran out without looking back.