Longevity from Liao Zhai

Chapter 24 Zhou Ping, Do You Want a Wife?
"Zhou Ping, do you really want to buy that haunted house?"

Chen Li looked at Zhou Ping in disbelief.

Not only Chen Li, but all the neighbors were trying to persuade them.

"Zhou Ping, it's not fashionable to buy haunted houses."

"My third cousin from my seventh aunt's and second uncle's family bought a house where someone had died. In the end, his entire family died or went crazy. It was so tragic."

"That's right, that's right. What's more, this is a female ghost. What if she sucks all your yang energy away?"

The neighbors were very enthusiastic, and their focus was not on where Zhou Ping got the thirty taels of silver.

In their opinion, it was normal for the escort agency to earn thirty taels of silver.

The neighbors are more concerned about Zhou Ping's plan to buy a haunted house.

"Dear aunts and uncles, it's okay. The abbot of Jinhua Temple has come to catch ghosts."

"Jinhua Temple, it is very helpful for praying for children and finding a good marriage."

"Erdan can already feel the spiritual energy after receiving the initiation at Jinhua Temple. He is almost a master!"

Zhou Ping praised Jinhua Temple highly.

"The He family donated one thousand taels of Buddhist merit!"

"The He family is so smart, will they let their money go to waste?"

Zhou Ping protected the third wife and also heard from the servants of the He family how much money the He family donated.

"One thousand taels! How much does that cost?"

"That's right. If I had one thousand taels, why would I sell sesame cakes?"

"Hey, if I had a thousand taels, I would marry two more concubines."

"What did you say? If you dare to marry a concubine, I will dare to keep a gigolo."

"Hey, I gave you face! And you still want to keep a gigolo!"

On the street, a couple was fighting with each other.

Everyone's focus shifted from the haunted house to "If I had one thousand taels."

Zhou Ping left the crowd and went to the He family haunted house. Today was the day to hand over the house.

In the He family mansion, He Yunqing took Zhou Ping to look around.

The He family haunted house was kept clean both inside and outside.

Not only that, some rooms have basic tables, chairs and benches, and there are more tableware in the kitchen.

This was beyond Zhou Ping's expectations.

Mr. He is old, and all internal affairs of the He family, whether the management of servants or the accounting staff of He Ren Tang, are under the charge of He Yunqing.

He Yunqing managed the He family in an orderly manner.

The people of the He family and the employees of He Ren Tang are quite convinced of He Yunqing.

If He Yunqing were not a girl, the people of the He family and He Ren Tang would think that she would be the future head of the He family.

Zhou Ping gave thirty taels of silver to He Yunqing, and He Yunqing gave Zhou Ping the house deed and land deed of the He family's haunted house.

He Yunqing received the money and breathed a sigh of relief. The He family haunted house was finally sold.

"Zhou Ping, this is a haunted house after all. If anything happens to you in the future, don't blame the He family."

He Yunqing reminded.

Zhou Ping nodded, smiled faintly, and did not reply.

"Meow"

Xiaobai jumped onto Zhou Ping's shoulder, holding a bright red persimmon in his mouth. Zhou Ping started to chew it without thinking.

He Yunqing immediately recognized Xiaobai and recognized that the little white cat lying on Zhou Ping's shoulder was the little white cat that his mother liked.

He Yunqing didn't expect that this little white cat was actually Zhou Ping's cat!
What He Yunqing didn't expect was that the little white cat was actually holding a fire crystal persimmon.

There is only one persimmon of this type in the entire Qinghe County. Originally, the tree was in the He family’s haunted house, but was later dug away by He Yunqing.

This fire crystal persimmon is extremely rare and requires careful care.

Every time the fire crystal persimmons were ripe, He Yunqing was reluctant to eat them himself. Instead, he divided them into several portions and gave them to important figures in Qinghe County.

For a moment, He Yunqing felt a mixture of emotions.

Although He Yunqing felt that he had not lost anything, he felt a great sense of loss in his heart.

What a big loss! What a big loss!
But He Yunqing couldn't tell where the loss was.

"Take good care of your cat in the future and don't let it run around."

He Yunqing said with a hint of complaint.

"This is not my cat, this is my friend, and it's free."

The He family haunted house.

Zhou Ping was practicing swordsmanship in a fairly large room.

This room was originally where the He family received guests, so it has the largest space.

Zhou Ping didn't need to entertain people, so he used this room as a practice room.

There is an open space in front of the house, which is paved with blue bricks.

The open space outside the house is also a good place to practice.

Xiaobai lay on the branch, wagging his tail leisurely.

In the past few days, Zhou Ping felt that Xiaobai's eyes were more and more like a human.

Xiaobai's eyes are extremely smart, very much like a human's, but full of clear stupidity.

"what!"

After Zhou Ping finished practicing, he let out a loud shout of satisfaction.

The house was very big and Zhou Ping's voice could not be heard outside the house.

Zhou Ping was so excited about buying a house on the first night, and he didn’t even have a mortgage, that he couldn’t fall asleep.

So Zhou Ping took Xiaobai and wandered around the house, patrolling his territory.

"This is where the female ghost died."

Zhou Ping came to a well in a courtyard.

It was here that Uncle Bo led several young men from the escort team to fight a female ghost, but later Uncle Bo gave in and took out a treasure and gave it to the female ghost.

Zhou Ping heard from Chen Li that the He family fished out the female corpse and then had it burned by monks.

Zhou Ping took Xiaobai to look at the dry well.

The dry well is very deep and you can’t see what’s inside.

"Meow"

"Meow"

Xiaobai meowed at the dry well.

"It's better to check it out to be assured."

Zhou Ping expanded the range of his perception of the Sky-Borrowing Spirit Technique. Xiao Bai's performance made him decide to check again.

The dry well was only about ten feet wide and soon came within Zhou Ping's perception.

"what?"

In Zhou Ping's perception, a ghost baby the size of a palm was hiding at the bottom of the well, trembling.

There was no trace of the female ghost in the dry well.

"Your mother is dead, are you still alive?"

Zhou Ping had seen this ghost before, but it was only the size of a finger at that time, but now it is the size of a fist.

The ghost baby has grown a human torso and head, with two cute eyes and only three stupid hairs on its head.

The ghost baby is not very intelligent.

On that day, when the abbot of Jinhua Temple was killing the female ghost, the female ghost risked her life to let the ghost baby escape.

After the female ghost died, the ghost baby, who was not very intelligent, hid in a dry well and dared not go anywhere.

The ghost baby also saw Zhou Ping and the little white cat.

Especially Zhou Ping, the ghost baby has a soul-stirring fear of Zhou Ping.

The ghost baby tried to sneak attack Zhou Ping, but failed. Instead, he was almost crushed to death by the red silk of Zhou Ping's cassock.

That's why the ghost baby trembles.

"You and I don't interfere with each other, got it?"

Zhou Ping sighed, he knew that the ghost baby was also a pitiful person.

It would be easy for Zhou Ping to kill him, but he couldn't bear to do it.

Although the ghost baby was not very intelligent, he understood what Zhou Ping said. He shook his head desperately at the bottom of the well, which was considered as a response to Zhou Ping.

Zhou Ping nodded and left.

One ghost baby is not enough, Zhou Ping feels he can handle it.

During this process, Xiaobai kept his eyes open and looked at the bottom of the well.

"Forget that you are a cat. Cats can be psychic. You can see him too. This is a poor child."

Zhou Ping touched Xiaobai.

It was already the 4th hour of the morning when Zhou Ping had finished touring the entire house, but the excitement of buying a house still kept him awake.

"Let's practice some more."

Zhou Ping took out the boxing and kicking techniques he got from the escort agency and started practicing.

Boxing and kicking techniques are means of close combat.

Although Zhou Ping has a set of sword skills, he lacks close combat skills.

These two sets of skills just made up for his shortcomings. As for Xiaobai, I don't know where he went to play.

"Zhou Ping, I died so unjustly."

Zhou Ping was practicing martial arts when a strange and ethereal female voice suddenly sounded in the courtyard.

A white shadow flashed outside the wall.

"Is there a ghost?"

Zhou Ping frowned slightly. Could it be that the ghost baby's mother is not dead?
Zhou Ping spread out the Heavenly Spirit Method and sensed everything within a ten-foot radius.

There were no human figures or ghost babies within ten feet.

"Zhou Ping, I died so unjustly."

A white shadow flashed by again.

Zhou Ping chased after him.

In the He family haunted house.

A few little hooligans were running around in the yard. They were instructed by He Yunlu to scare Zhou Ping.

They hired a woman from a brothel and dressed her up as a female ghost.

"Brother, what if we scare this kid to death?"

"If you're scared to death, Mr. He will take care of you. What are you afraid of?"

"That's right, that's right, Mr. He is here."

The little hooligans didn't care at all whether Zhou Ping would be scared or not.

"You keep scaring people."

The little hooligans ordered the "female ghost" to shuttle back and forth in the courtyard, and as she shuttled, she called out faintly, "Zhou Ping, my death is so unjust."

Suddenly, the voice of the "ghost girl" disappeared.

"Hey, where's the woman pretending to be a ghost?"

A few little hooligans suddenly lost their sight of the "female ghost", but they soon heard the conversation between Zhou Ping and the "female ghost" again.

"Hey, brother, I'm a female ghost."

"What's wrong with the ghost girl? I'm feeling really uncomfortable!"

"Brother, don't, brother."

"Turn around and face me from behind!"

"what!"

A cry of ecstasy.

A few little hooligans looked at each other, with confusion, disbelief, and excitement in their eyes.

"what"

"Ah, big brother, please slow down. I am almost dying."

"Ah, brother, don't stop, don't stop."

The little hooligans looked at each other and confirmed their guess. They had a common thought in their minds: Whose subordinates are these? They are so brave that they dare to attack even a female ghost?

Two hours later, a bright spot appeared on the horizon.

The "female ghost" was still moaning seductively, but her voice was a little hoarse.

"Brother, this brother is too fierce."

"That's right. It would be fine if he dared to have sex with the female ghost, but it's been two hours and the woman is still screaming, and he hasn't stopped."

"Two hours! Is there really someone that powerful?"

The little hooligans listened to the noise all night long, feeling so hot and uncomfortable that they couldn't help swallowing their saliva.

"No, no, don't go home, my wife is still waiting for you at home."

"No, I have to go too. Widow Chen is still waiting for me."

"I...I don't have a woman, but I have to go."

A few little hooligans finally couldn't stand it anymore and left.

As for whether there were women or widows to help, I don’t know.

In the house.

The "female ghost" huddled in the corner, moaning seductively, and Zhou Ping just looked at her.

"Brother, I've been calling you for two hours, and you still don't play with me. I can't bear it any longer."

The "female ghost" looked at Zhou Ping with resentment.

Zhou Ping caught the fake "female ghost" last night, and he also knew that the little hooligans were instructed to scare people, so he let the "female ghost" pretend to moan here.

He shouted like this for two whole hours and finally drove the hooligans away.

I have to say that the "female ghost" comes from a brothel and her screams are top-notch.

"Okay, go ahead. Here's one tael of silver!"

Zhou Ping gave the "female ghost" one or two taels of silver.

The "female ghost"'s eyes lit up and she thanked Zhou Ping profusely.

"Do you know what to say if someone asks you?"

Zhou Ping asked.

"Brother, what do you mean?"

The "female ghost" was a little confused. It would have been fine if Zhou Ping let her go, but why did he give her money?

"Ask, it will take two hours."

"Brother, I understand! Don't worry, it will take two hours, and the patterns will not be repeated. I know this very well. Protecting the privacy of customers is the rule of our industry."

A day of deep sleep.

Because Zhou Ping didn’t sleep well at night, he fell asleep after driving away the "female ghost" and slept until the evening.

He family villa.

"You said He Yunlu asked a few hooligans to scare Zhou Ping?"

He Yunqing asked a servant.

The He family is not very big, but He Yunqing has a lot of spies.

He Yunlu himself told his servants that he wanted to find a "female ghost" to scare Zhou Ping, and the news spread among the servants.

"Was Zhou Ping scared?"

Third Madam Liu Ruyan asked in a slightly anxious tone.

"Replying to the young lady and the lady, it is said that Zhou Ping was not frightened, on the contrary... on the contrary."

The servant hesitated halfway through his speech.

"Say!"

Liu Ruyan said with a hint of anger.

"I heard from several servants close to Master Yunlu that Zhou Ping was not frightened by the fake female ghost. Instead, he made love with her overnight."

"And it is said that Zhou Ping and the fake female ghost had sex for two hours."

"The fake female ghost finally lost her voice."

The servant became more and more excited as he spoke.

Liu Ruyan and He Yunqing looked at each other and could see the embarrassment in each other's eyes.

"Okay, let's go."

He Yunqing rewarded his servant with one hundred copper coins.

"Thank you for the reward, young lady."

"It's great. I should go to the brothel to listen to music tonight, otherwise the evil spirit from last night will not dissipate."

Zhou Ping slept until dark all night and then drank two bowls of mutton soup on the street.

"Hey, do you know?"

"A brave man moved into the He Family Ghost House."

"Hey, I heard that too."

"Last night, Zhang San, Li Si and a few other hooligans were listening to the wall all night long."

"What do you mean? Tell me more."

"Hey, Zhang San and his gang wanted to play a trick on someone, so they found a girl to pretend to be a female ghost to scare the person who lived in the haunted house. Who would have thought that the person was so brave that even a female ghost dared to attack him!"

"Yes, not only that, I heard that the girl dressed as a female ghost screamed for two hours."

"Hey, this guy is really powerful. He's not even afraid of female ghosts."

"Hey, what's a female ghost? It's a good thing I wasn't there. If I were there, the female ghost would scream all night long."

"That's right, that's right, there's nothing to be afraid of with a female ghost. I've slept with a female ghost before."

"Don't tell me, I've slept with a real female ghost before."

Zhou Ping drank his soup while listening to everyone chatting.

"Hey, Zhou Ping has found you."

When Chen Li saw Zhou Ping, her eyes lit up.

"What's wrong, Aunt Chen?"

Zhou Ping asked.

"Zhou Ping, do you want a wife or not?"

(End of this chapter)