persuaded Zuo Liangping to hand over the matter of investigating the monster to himself, and Li Si knew that the matter of the strange old man had been half solved.

Of course, he didn't think that Zuo Liangping would stop there, so he had to go to the strange old man to inform him and let him stop making trouble during this time. If you really have itchy hands, you have to fiddle with the puppet, and go to the back hill outside the city to play.

So, after buying things and sending them back to the store, Li Si went to the puppet shop of the strange old man as soon as possible.

Today's puppet shop is still watching Wada Shou, only to see him sitting alone at the counter, looking at a puppet silently. Recently, the aura on his body has become more and more calm, and it seems strange that the old man has taught him a lot.

But it's really hard for him to sit in the shop like this every day.

Seeing Li Si walking in, Hetian Shou immediately stood up, bowed down and said.

"Mr. Lee. ”

"Hmm. Li Si waved his hand in response, stood in the shop and looked left and right and asked.

"Where's your husband?"

I have to say that the business of the puppet shop is really deserted, this shop has been open here for a few months, but there is not a single puppet on the shelf. If it were a normal store, it would have closed a long time ago.

Because the strange old man had explained, there was no need to hide anything other than his ability to speak, so for Li Si's question, Hetian Shou only hesitated for a moment, and then answered truthfully.

"Mr. is doing things in the backyard, if Mr. Li wants to find him, please come with me. ”

"Well, that's troublesome. Li Si nodded and followed Wada Shou, but then asked suspiciously.

"But speaking of which, when did you have a backyard in this shop?"

If he remembered correctly, this shop should have no backyard.

"Oh, there wasn't any, but my husband had been buying new dolls lately, and there wasn't enough room for the shop, so he bought a room in the back as well. ”

As he spoke, Wada Shou made a gesture of please to Li Si.

Listening to Wada Shou's calm answer, the corners of Li Si's eyes twitched.

Sure enough, these old immortals are all rich people, and they buy a room when they say they buy it.

He felt more and more that the five taels of silver had been lost, and he should have collected more.

took Li Si to the backyard, and Wada Shou bowed and left.

Li Si walked into the courtyard on his own, and saw a strange old man wearing a loose robe, sitting there carving the head of a puppet.

Oh, it looks like the one from last night, and it should be that the connected joints are not adjusted so much that the head can't fit on, and I don't know what happened now.

Seeing Li Si walk in, the strange old man's eyes should have shown some surprise, and then he turned into a smile again, sat there and waved his hand.

Li Si sighed helplessly, walked slowly to the strange old man's side, stood aside and watched him carve the puppet for a while, and then asked.

"Why do you always let dolls out on the street in the middle of the night lately?"

The strange old man did not rush to answer with gestures, but explained Li Si's question with his own actions.

I saw him raise one of his fingers and point at a puppet in the yard, a silk thread that seemed to be like nothing was gently pulled in midair, and then the puppet moved freely.

The strange old man was demonstrating his newly promoted puppet technique to Li Si, showing that he had always let the puppet go to the street during this time to practice this new method.

"That's good. Li Si walked to the puppet and squatted down, looked up and down, touched his chin and said in admiration.

"You can always come up with something weird. ”

It is undeniable that if this method can be used on multiple puppets at the same time, then the strength of the strange old man will be improved again.

"Click. The strange old man manipulated the puppet and smiled, reaching out and patting Li Si's head.

Suddenly, he thought of something again, controlled the puppet and walked into a room on the side of the courtyard, took out a suit of clothes, and walked back to Li Si.

It was a golden-red garment, made of fine fabric, and the neckline and belt were embroidered with fine moire brocade with gold thread. The garment is divided into two parts, the inner lining and the outer robe. The style is quite atmospheric and rich, looking solemn, but revealing a bit of overly gorgeous bewitchment, which is very in line with the aesthetics of the strange old man.

"Is this for me?" Li Si was stunned for a moment, touched his nose and asked.

To be honest, he was a little embarrassed because he didn't like red clothes.

But the strange old man still nodded with a smile, and asked the puppet to lift up the clothes and spread them out in front of Li Si.

The satin reflects a slight luster in the sun, which makes it even more extravagant.

"Made from leftovers?" Li Si hesitated for a moment, then asked.

If this kind of silk is only made of such a dress, then this gift is really a little too heavy, and he can deserve it.

The puppet immediately shook its head, and pointed to a groom puppet not far away, indicating that its piece was made of leftovers.

"So, well. Li Si reluctantly retracted his gaze, at least he didn't just make a dress, he thought so, reached out and touched the clothes, and then said jokingly.

"I said, why do you look so much like the groom's clothes, you can't use them for my marriage, right?"

He was actually just joking, who would have thought that the puppet in front of him would actually purse his mouth and smile, nodding in affirmation.

"Well, I don't think I'll need it. Li Si hurriedly loosened his clothes, smiled wryly and waved his hand.

But the strange old man didn't listen to it at all, just continued to manipulate the puppet, holding the clothes and putting them on Li Si's body to compare.

Looking at his burning eyes, I thought I was looking forward to the day when Li Si put on this dress.

What he didn't tell Li Si was that when he got married, he wore such a dress.

It's a pity that his wife died in an accident later, and the clothes were also put in his deceased wife's relics and burned to ashes.

After confirming the right size, the doll refolded the clothes and stuffed them into Li Si's hands.

Li Si took the clothes and knew that he couldn't shirk it, so he had to sigh faintly.

After half a sound, he remembered what was going on, looked at the strange old man again, and said.

"Recently, the head catcher in Mingzhou City has begun to investigate the matter of dolls, you should avoid the limelight first, if you want to practice puppetry, you can go to the back mountain outside the city to practice. ”

The strange old man didn't have any opinion on this, nodded his head, and agreed to it.

Li Si continued to sit with him for a while, watching him make another bridal doll, before getting up to say goodbye and leave.

When I get along with the strange old man, there is always not much sound, and the surroundings are quiet, as if the words I imagine to say have been integrated into every subtle movement. Or lift the pen, or dip in paint, or carve eyebrows, or carve eyes.

Li Si doesn't hate this feeling, he has been like this since he was a child, if he doesn't have to go back to Qianjialou to do things, he can even sit here for a day.

It's strange that the old man can talk when he is a puppet, Li Si has always felt like this, he will engrave what he wants to say in the eyebrows of the puppet.

It's like the bride doll, between the eyebrows and eyes, there is a lingering admiration.

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In the next few days, the puppet of the strange old man did not go to the street to make trouble again, Zuo Liangping saw that the matter seemed to have subsided, and thought that these were all the credit of Li Si, and his attitude towards Li Si was also a lot more respectful.

However, I heard that there seems to be another haunt in the cemetery in the back mountain recently, and it is rumored that someone saw a team of faceless sedan chairmen there, carrying a bride's big red sedan chair in and out of the mountain. But no one knows whether it's true or not.

In the blink of an eye, it's almost April again.

Li Si asked Zhang Susu for a leave of absence, under the pretext that he was going home to visit relatives, but in fact, he was just going to Jinshan to listen to the scriptures.

I haven't seen the old monk for another year, and I don't know if he has passed away this time.

In short, go back and see the nature of it.