Xiuse Farmhouse

Chapter 229
Just as the black shadow was swaying outside, voices and footsteps came from outside the house, and the black shadow disappeared immediately, and the voice of talking paused outside the house for a while, and then walked further and further away.At this time, the wheatgrass with sharp ears heard the slight opening of the courtyard door.

After a quarter of an hour, there was no movement in the yard, so she got out of bed tremblingly and walked to the window, and slowly looked out through the crack of the window. It was dark outside, but it was still brighter than the inside of the house.

There was no one in the yard.He walked quietly to the main room again, and slowly opened the door a crack to make sure that there was no one in the yard. Mai Cao stepped out of the main room and ran to the courtyard door, and after a closer look, the door was indeed open, that is to say, it was not her just now. dazzled.Wheatgrass was so frightened that his hands couldn't help shaking.

Thoughts went back and forth in his mind, he finally gritted his teeth, opened the courtyard door and looked outside, no one was there, so he ran away immediately!
Wanwan and Baishou were sleeping in a daze when they were woken up by a violent knock on the door outside. Wanwan was about to ask Baishou what was going on, when he heard that the door next door had been opened and the courtyard was opened. The sound of the door, and then heard the exclaimed voice of the afterlife: "Wheat straw!"

Wanwan a carp straightened up and sat up!
wheatgrass?

Baishou gently patted the awakened Han'er.

Wan Wan glanced back, immediately put on his clothes and got out of bed, and almost bumped into someone who ran in when he went out.

"Wheatgrass, why is it you?"

Mai Cao's hair was disheveled, her clothes were disheveled, her face was pale, and her body was shaking constantly. I don't know whether it was because of violent running or because of fear.

Wan Wan was a little speechless, with this appearance, in the middle of the night...

"What's going on?" Someone was more anxious than Wan Wan, and asked after looking at the wheat grass with a frown.

Mai Cao took two deep breaths, and then began to draw with her hands.

The three breathed a sigh of relief.

In the middle of the night, Mai Cao was dressed like this again, and those who didn't know thought something happened to her.

It turned out that someone entered her house in the middle of the night, and she ran over in a panic while he was gone, and she didn't have time to tidy up her hair and clothes.

However, the three of them frowned immediately, who ran to Mai Cao's house in the middle of the night?Now who in the village and the mine doesn't know that Mai Cao's house is just a girl's house, the person who did this in the middle of the night must be uneasy and kind, and Mai Cao said that he heard strange noises outside the house a few days ago, because someone did it on purpose!
But who?

Wanwan asked Mai Cao if she had seen her face clearly.

Mai Cao shook her head: I only saw a figure flickering, but it must be a man.

The faces of the three of them darkened immediately.

A dog that is not as good as a beast.

Wheatgrass made a few more gestures: A few days ago, I only heard noises outside the house, but today it was in the yard.

Wanwan sighed in her heart, what she was worried about still happened.

Everyone sat in the room for a while, and finally the next student entered the room and took out a quilt from the cabinet, and took out the bed, and said with a serious face: "Don't go back tonight, sleep in my room, I will spend the night in the hall."

Wan Wan immediately rolled his eyes at him: "Maicao will sleep with me at night, and you will sleep with your brother."

After breakfast the next day, Wanwan took the wheat straw home.

Not long after, Yang Yizhi came over.Wanwan told him what happened last night.

Yang Yizhi sat under the eaves and smoked dry tobacco. The matter of wheat straw was really difficult.Ge Da didn't want to take care of it, and she had no other relatives.In the current situation, it seemed unsafe for her to stay at home alone at night.

What should I do?
Yang Yizhi glanced at Laisheng who was sitting outside the door playing, looked at Wanwan, pondered for a moment, and said, "Baishou daughter-in-law, it's better to let Maicao live in your house first, and we can talk about it after a while, her situation is really serious." It's hard to handle, there is no other way at the moment, and it's worrying to let her go home and live alone..." Then he sighed: "I don't care if I have a father!"

Yang Yizhi has already opened his mouth, what else can Ben Wan say? Besides, according to the situation last night, even if Yang Yizhi didn't open his mouth, he might do so in the next life. caught.

There are only two rooms in the house, why can't Mai Cao sleep with her every night?If you think about it, you can only vacate the bathroom, the inside is for taking a shower, separated from the outside, and a bed is placed outside.

When I came back from my next life, I was very happy to hear that Mai Cao was coming to live in my house. I stood at the door of the bathroom, rubbed my chin and said, "Now I have cake every day!"

Wanwan was speechless, dare to say that in his eyes, wheat straw was the cook.

In the afternoon, Wanwan asked Laisheng to ask Mai Cao to come over for dinner, and told her about the accommodation by the way: "...you can live in the bathroom temporarily, the inside has been tidied up, it is very clean, I made the bed..." Somewhat uncomfortable Embarrassed: "Because there are only a few quilts at home, you may only be able to use them temporarily for giving birth."

When Mai Cao heard it, she was very happy, nodding her head and gesticulating: I have extra quilts at home.

Then he thanked Wanwan gratefully, and slowly expressed his thoughts: Thank you sister-in-law, in fact, I am quite afraid of being alone at home. I often can’t sleep well at night, and I don’t dare to disturb my sister-in-law and brother. Just cook at home.

Wanwan shook his hand: "It's okay, one more person can't eat much, and if there are more people, you can come and eat together, as long as you don't dislike it."

Mai Cao shook her head, expressing that she did not dislike it.After eating the straw, she went home, and after a while she came back again, and gave Wan Wan twenty copper coins: "If you see someone going to the market tomorrow, you can bring a piece of meat back." First of all, working hard every day, you have to eat well.

Then he handed Wanwan a purse: there were 50 taels of silver in it. My mother saved some on weekdays, and I gave some back from the mine. It was all in it. There was too much silver. I really didn’t know where to hide it. I am afraid of thieves at home, so please ask my sister-in-law to take care of it for me. I will ask my sister-in-law when I need it.

Wanwan was very surprised, she couldn't tell what it was like to hold the purse.

One is that Mai Cao trusts her so much; the other is that Mai Cao seems to want to live in her parents, and she is a little speechless.

But there is a girl who has no one to rely on, and she offered twenty copper coins to buy meat for the first time, and she shouldn't refuse her no matter what the reason.

Wanwan had no choice but to accept the purse, and returned the twenty copper coins to her: "I will keep the purse for you, and you can keep the money for yourself, in case you want to buy something sometime. You are welcome here, what do you want to eat?" Tell me, I know someone will bring it back, what money does your girl's family want you to spend?"

Mai Cao shrank her hands behind her back, shook her head resolutely, and finally ran back home.

In the evening, Grandma Shitou went to Mai Cao's house. Tonight was Xiangxiu's first seven days. According to the rules, she had to prepare some things, and it was better for the deceased's family not to stay at home at night.Now Mai Cao lives in Wanwan's house, so everyone doesn't have to worry about where the wheat grass goes at night.

Prepare a piece of pork, a bowl of rice, if you like to drink, you have to prepare a glass of wine, and then prepare a chopstick, put a bench in Xiangxiu's room, put all the things on the bench in a row, and then They also shoveled firewood ash from the stove, and sprinkled it from the main room, about three feet wide, until Xiangxiu’s room was in front of the offerings, and then spread it to the kitchen, every place where Xiangxiu used to go, the bedroom, etc. , kitchen, main room.The house where the wheatgrass lived had to be closed.

After doing all these things, the few people left the Mai Cao family.At the fork, I broke up with Grandma Shitou, and the old man went back alone, and Wanwan took the wheat straw home.

From tonight onwards, Mai Cao temporarily stayed at Wan Wan's house, she didn't worry about fear, she fell asleep soon after going to bed, and finally she could sleep peacefully!

Waking up the next morning, Wanwan took the wheat grass home to check first. As soon as he arrived at the wheat grass's house, Grandma Shito also came over.

As soon as I arrived at the main room, I saw a long and thin trace like a line on the firewood ash, and the trace went all the way to Xiangxiu's room. The offerings on the stool were still in good condition.And what's even weirder is that there are footprints like chicken feet next to the traces of the lines, but the chicken feet have four claws, and the one on the firewood ash has three claws.

Looking back, the traces and paw prints are not only found in Xiangxiu's house, but even in the kitchen. As long as the firewood ash is scattered, the line-like traces and paw prints can be seen.

Both Wanwan and Maicao showed surprised expressions.

"Hey, where did this mark come from? And what is this claw?"

Granny Shitou looked at her and nodded, and said to Wanwan: "The first seven nights of returning to the soul, the dead people have to go home to have a look at this night, which is a fulfillment of one of my wishes. This person has committed crimes in his lifetime. Anklets were handcuffed on the rear feet of the underworld, so there was an imprint on this firewood ash, and this paw print is her foot."

Wan Wan couldn't believe it, this paw print was clearly only found on animals, could it be that this person would turn into an animal after death, or that all his feet were like this?
But Grandma Shitou spoke very seriously, as if she couldn't doubt it.

However, the courtyard door of Mai Cao's house is well closed, and it seems that no one broke through the wall last night, which means that many people probably already know about Mai Cao's move to Wan Wan's house.When everyone heard that someone had sneaked into Mai Cao's house in the middle of the night, they started talking.

And one of the two people who passed by Mai Cao's house that night was Zhao Er.The other was newly appointed to the patrol team after Ge Da resigned from work, and Liu Shi from another village.

The two of them were regretting why they didn't stay outside for a while that night.

"I don't know which shameless person dares to do such a thing. We should have waited for him secretly outside for a while." Zhao Er said angrily.

"That's right, what the hell is not a human being, and actually went to be a thief in the middle of the night." Liu Shi also said angrily.

Someone who was listening to the excitement nearby answered the conversation: "What is a thief? I think this person has other intentions, and he has ulterior motives for a little girl."

"Not necessarily. Everyone knows that the mine paid Miss Wheatgrass a sum of money. Maybe this person really came here." Some people have different guesses.

"Who said that, haven't you heard of robbery and robbery?" Xie San, who had been sitting by the side without opening his mouth, said unhurriedly.

Everyone was startled at the same time, and immediately began to curse.

"It's really not a thing..."

"Beasts are not as good as..."

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A lot has happened in the village in the past two years.Happy events, such as: a few new babies, Li Dazhi is a scholar; sad events: the mine collapsed, and Xiangxiu died.

After the autumn taboo, there has been no news, and the test takers who have not returned for a long time finally returned.

Surprisingly, this time Yang Junqi failed the exam, but Li Kaiming did.

(End of this chapter)