Yin Shou Shu

Chapter 51 Enthusiastic Traffickers
"You went to sleep with the chickens on Park Road without even notifying me!"

Aunt Liu's words were so deafening and resounding that Ran Qing, who had never even held a girl's hand, was stunned and thought for a moment that he had heard it wrong.

Aunt Six... is really fierce and scary!

And he never missed any opportunity to ridicule Ran Qing's father.

Ran Qing was a little embarrassed.

When he asked, he guessed that Aunt Liu would take advantage of the situation to scold him.

Now it turned out to be as expected.

Aunt Six is ​​really...sigh...

Ran Qing lowered his head in embarrassment, not daring to say a word, for fear that even more terrifying words would come out of Aunt Liu's mouth.

He followed Aunt Liu with his head down, and soon walked out of the pine forest. He saw that there was indeed a small pile of burnt ashes in the wasteland he had passed by before.

That was the body that Li Hongye burned. Just as Aunt Liu said, it was completely burned, leaving only a small pile of ashes.

Even people who don't understand cremation would feel that something was wrong with the body when they saw this small pile of ashes.

Ran Qing stood beside the ashes for a while, then silently stood up and followed Aunt Liu.

Little Mianhua followed him, rubbing Ran Qing's calf with her head from time to time.

She was very happy to see Ran Qing return safely, and her tail was wagging happily behind her.

Ran Qing also reached out and touched Xiaomianhua's head.

He followed Aunt Liu through the rugged and dark mountain forest, returning along the same path they had come.

Going back was much easier than coming here, and it felt much faster.

Following Aunt Liu's instructions, Ran Qing and Aunt Liu soon left the dark forest, walked out of the cemetery, and returned to the main road.

At this point on the Meihuashan Provincial Road, which is paved with compacted sand, there are almost no cars to be seen.

Standing high above the dark forest, you can see the lights on the edge of the city in the distance.

But this time, Aunt Liu did not go the same way as Ran Qing.

After the two reached the fork in the road at the foot of the mountain, Aunt Liu wanted to separate from Ran Qing.

"Little Cotton will go to your place to help you keep watch these nights. Don't worry about her meals. She will find food on her own."

Aunt Liu stood at the intersection, carrying a small wooden box, an empty bamboo basket, and a bag. She said to Ran Qing, "I've been busy these days and haven't had time to greet her. She'll stay with you. If anything evil comes looking for you in the middle of the night, she can wake you up."

In the darkness, Aunt Liu was actually about to leave alone, leaving the dog she had raised for many years with Ran Qing.

Upon hearing this arrangement, Ran Qing was stunned for a moment, instinctively feeling that something was wrong.

Now he has the ability to be a ghost. As long as he takes out the Nuo opera mask, ordinary dirty things dare not approach him.

Even that weird old ghost has been dealt with...will there be any other evil things coming to find him?

Ran Qing was a little nervous: "Sixth Aunt, do you know where that old ghost came from?"

Could it be that the old ghost was really sent by the enemy provoked by the ancestors of the Ran family? Will he send evil ghosts to harm Ran Qing in the future?
Aunt Six glared at him and said, "How can it be so fast? You are such a coward, are you really afraid that someone will harm you?"

"Then you need this bitch even more. It just so happens that she's happy to follow you. You two make a perfect couple."

Aunt Six sneered, "Although it's not as good as your female classmate, I'll make do with it. No one will know anyway."

Ran Qing's face turned pale when he heard Sixth Aunt's words. He really couldn't stand the middle-aged woman's tough and vulgar tone.

These words were too devastating for him, a young virgin who had never held a girl's hand.

No matter what Aunt Liu dared to say, he didn't dare to listen.

Ran Qing originally had some doubts and felt that Aunt Liu needed Xiao Mianhua more.

After all, when I went to Aunt Six's house this morning, I saw a mess at the door. It seemed that Aunt Six had used a lot of incense ash last night, and a lot of red string figurines had died...

But now, after being ridiculed and mocked by Aunt Six with such vulgar words, Ran Qing immediately shut up and didn't dare to say a word in reply.

He silently watched Aunt Liu's back as she left, watching her figure disappear on the dark mountain road. Finally, Ran Qing left alone with the happy little Mianhua, heading towards the shantytown on Qingyuan Road.

The journey back was smooth and nothing happened.

Ran Qing walked in the pitch-black night, holding a flashlight, all the way back to Qingyuan Road. It took him more than an hour.

After arriving at the rental house, Ran Qing simply washed his feet with water and went to bed.

Little Mianhua was lying by his door, sleeping soundly on a piece of Ran Qing's tattered clothes, even more soundly than Ran Qing.

Seeing Little Cotton like this, Ran Qing couldn't help but doubt again Aunt Liu's statement that "Little Cotton came to keep watch."

This little cotton...can it really keep watch all night?
Looking at the little girl sleeping soundly at the door, Ran Qing sighed softly, closed his eyes and soon fell asleep.

Nothing happened that night, and the next day, Ran Qing got up early.

Although it was still early for the first self-study class and Ding Yong and his friends next door were all fast asleep, Ran Qing had already gotten dressed and gone downstairs.

He sneaked downstairs with Little Mianhua and walked out of Park Road.

Little Cotton followed him, yawning, not at all sleepy.

But Ran Qing had to get up so early.

He went straight to the Kangle Vegetable Market near the school. The light in the vegetable market was dim at dawn, the floor was covered with oil and dirty water, and the air was filled with a pungent fishy smell.

Most of the vegetable vendors hadn't opened yet, and there were no nearby villagers picking out vegetables to sell. It was too early, and the entire market was deserted. Aside from the thick white fog hanging in the air, the only people were the pork vendors busy cutting up pork.

As we approached the pork stalls, the smell of blood became stronger in the air.

Ran Qing walked to the pork stall, asked the price and thanked the customers in a familiar manner, and finally went around every pork stall and took away eight fresh pig eyes.

This was the offering he needed to make after putting on the mask last night: eight eyeballs, of any species.

Although it was a bit strange to come and buy pig eyes so early in the morning and only want the eyeballs, the pork vendors did not ask any questions and did not refuse this strange behavior of only buying the eyeballs.

They were even very enthusiastic in helping Ran Qing dig out the pig's eyeballs intact. Their attitude was as friendly as if they were good neighbors who had known each other for many years. They did not have any of the impatience that Ran Qing usually showed when he asked them to buy pork.

When Ran Qing wanted to pay, all the pork vendors waved their hands and smiled.

"It's not something valuable. No one eats pig eyes."

"That's right. Oh, and there are pig lungs here. Would you like to take some too?"

"I also have pig lungs here. You can take them back and feed them to your cats and dogs."

"It's okay, it's okay. Pig lungs are free. We usually just throw them away."

In the end, Ran Qing didn't pay a penny and left with eight dug-out pig eyes.

Although Xiao Mianhua was greedy, she was still a living person after all, and she was not interested in those bloody pig lungs.

After Ran Qing took her out of the vegetable market and came to a remote corner, Ran Qing stood in the fog in silence for a while.

He stood with his head tilted for a while, and heard some sounds in a trance.

Soon, there was movement in the fog around, and Ran Qing directly threw out eight eyeballs.

Small, strange, blurry black shadows appeared and disappeared in the fog.

They excitedly scrambled for the eyeballs and soon disappeared without a trace.

Mountain monkeys are the tongues released by the evil masters. If they eat them, it means that the evil masters have eaten them.

Ran Qing silently watched the black shadow in the mist leave. Finally, he took a deep breath and turned to leave.

Only four days have passed since the night I saw Li Hongye's body.

But Ran Qing's life has been turned upside down.

Four days ago, he could never have imagined that four days later, he would come to the vegetable market at dawn and do such a strange and evil thing...

(End of this chapter)