The woman turned sideways and opened the door a small crack.
Peiyu frowned, and the strong smell of blood came over her face, which made her feel a little sick.
This bloody smell is somewhat similar to the smell in the blood mist, full of malice, resentment, hatred...
Not a pleasant smell anyway.
"What are you doing here in the middle of the night?" the woman leaned against the door and asked. This posture seems to be afraid of them running out.
Huai Bai narrowed his eyes with a smile, and said harmlessly: "Ah, we lost our way and came here before we knew it."
The woman's long and narrow fox eyes showed suspicion. After carefully looking at the two of them, she said in a low voice, "Sleep at my place tonight, and leave as soon as possible tomorrow."
Huaibai bowed his hands in thanks, "Thank you, Miss."
The woman had no expression on her face, "You don't need to call me a girl, just call me Third Aunt."
Huai Bai was startled.
For a person of four or five hundred years old, calling a little girl her aunt is really...
No stress yet.
"Third Aunt is really young," Huai Bai flattered, "I thought she was some young lady who hadn't left the cabinet."
The third aunt turned her back to them, picked up the oil lamp on the table, "Come with me."
"You stay in the guest room."
The third aunt led them into a small courtyard. The big house in the middle of the yard was still lit, and it seemed to be the owner's bedroom. The guest room is on the left side of the small courtyard. It is a small room and it is fairly clean.
Huai Bo suddenly looked to the right and asked, "Is that also the guest room?"
"No, Chaifang."
Huaibai smiled and said, "The firewood room."
Peiyu followed suit.
The white peacock dispelled the dark clouds, and now the moon and stars are sparse, and everything can be seen clearly.
There was a lock on the door of the firewood room, the windows were sealed by wooden boards, and cobwebs were woven under the eaves.
In this kind of backcountry, guest rooms are rarely used, and most people temporarily replace them with woodsheds.
But the guest room of the third aunt's house was clean, which was enough to show that she was particular and careful. Since you are particular about people, how can the most commonly used firewood room be so messy
The third aunt didn't think too much, she put the lamp on the wardrobe in the guest room, and said, "I'll get you quilts."
Huai Bai smiled again and said, "Thank you, thank you."
She saw the third aunt walking towards the bedroom and followed behind, "Let me get it for you, why don't you bother the master all the time?"
Third Aunt blocked the door, "No need."
Huai Bo didn't insist anymore, "Then I'll trouble Auntie."
Peiyu walked a few steps towards the bedroom, then stopped again. The closer you get there, the stronger the bloody smell. There is indeed something strange about this family.
The third aunt looked thin and weak, but her strength was not weak. She hugged a thick quilt with two hands like firewood.
"I'll see you off tomorrow, where are you going?"
Huai Bai hesitated, "It's around here, around here...what's the name of that place?"
"Qifang Town?"
"Yes! It's Qifang Town."
The third aunt nodded, "I'll take you there tomorrow."
Huai Bo thanked again and again, "It's really troublesome, aunt. Do you want to go to town too?"
The third aunt looked a little unhappy, "Well, let's buy something."
Huai Bo asked again: "Aunt, are you up so late?"
The third aunt spread the quilt and said coldly, "I heard you singing from a long distance away."
Huai Bo giggled a few times, with an attitude of actively admitting his mistakes and never repenting, "I'm really sorry for you."
Peiyu felt a little helpless at her salivating expression.
She knew in her heart that according to the volume of Huai Bo's singing just now, the third aunt might have heard it when she walked to the door, but if she was woken up from a distance, it was unlikely. But why did Aunt San say that? She could obviously excuse herself by saying that she stayed up late at night.
Huai Bai thought for a while, then stopped the third aunt who was about to leave with a shy face, and said with a smile: "Aunt, is there anything strange going on around here?"
The third aunt said angrily: "It's the strangest thing for you to sing on the road in the middle of the night."
Huai Bo was a little embarrassed, "I think my singing is pretty good... I mean, is there any monster?"
The third aunt's face sank, "Why do you ask this?"
Huai Bo rubbed his hands, "No, when we walked over, we saw some strange things, so we were curious."
"Curiosity killed the cat." The third aunt left the words, walked out of the guest room quickly, and closed the door with a bang.
Huai Bai still wanted to ask again, but he was rejected.
She felt wronged, "But I'm not a cat either, I'm a little fairy~"
Peiyu reluctantly picked up the lamp in her hand.
By candlelight, the crimson runes painted on the window couplets were also revealed. This talisman is not an evil spell, but a decent rune that can ward off evil spirits.
Huai Bo also came over and muttered, "What the hell is this painted talisman? It's really ugly." Then, he stretched out his hand to wipe it, and then sniffed, "Wow, it's still painted with cinnabar."
After being wiped by her like this, the spell has no effect.
Peiyu didn't know if she did it on purpose, so she just stood aside holding a candle.
Huai Bai patted his hands clean, then got into bed first, slept on the side by the window, and said to Peiyu, "Apprentice, come to bed~ Master will tell you a bedtime story."
Peiyu nodded, blew out the candle, took off her shoes and socks and climbed onto the bed.
As soon as he entered the quilt, Huai Bai embraced him in his arms, "Apprentice, let me tell you a story about Snow White."
Peiyu suddenly asked: "Have you heard this story, brothers and sisters?"
Waiper nodded, "Of course."
"Master, I want to hear stories that you haven't told them."
Huai Bo was silent for a moment, "...you are embarrassing my fat little tiger!" She looked down at the pitiful child, and finally softened her heart, "Forget it, let me tell you a story about a monk. Once upon a time there was a mountain , there is a temple on the mountain... "
After a long time, the child in his arms closed his eyes tightly, and there was no more movement, Huai Bo carefully covered her with the quilt, and sighed silently in his heart.
Huai Bo: "Such a boring story, the apprentice can hear it and fall asleep, it's really shocking!"
Peiyu: "It's amazing that Master can read such a boring story for an hour!"
Peiyu was closing her eyes and pretending to be asleep, when suddenly there was a rustling sound by the window, followed by another foul smell.
She frowned and opened her eyes.
Huai Bo was stunned for a moment, "Apprentice, did I disturb you?"
Peiyu shook her head, looked left and right, but couldn't find the ghost.
Huai Bo changed his expression and said grimly: "Apprentice, let me tell you, there are ghosts here."
Peiyu asked curiously, "What the hell?"
Huai Bo said: "There are really ghosts here. The ghosts I'm talking about are real ghosts, not that ghost."
Peiyu was confused by what she said, "What the hell is that ghost? What kind of ghost are you talking about?"
"I said that there are ghosts here, not that there are ghosts here, do you understand?" Huai Bo gestured with his left hand: "This time there are ghosts not because there is a strange meaning, but there are real ghosts."
Peiyu was puzzled, "I know, so what the hell is it?"
Huai Bai couldn't explain clearly, so he simply stretched out his right hand that was always behind his back, "Look, there are really ghosts!"
In her right hand she carried a baby covered in bruises.
The ghost baby had a ferocious face, baring its teeth and claws in the air, with a long blood-red umbilical cord extending out of the window.
Peiyu: "... oh."
Huai Bo was stunned, "Why didn't you groan in fright and then throw yourself into my arms?"
The author has something to say: Huai Bo: Brother apprentice, let me tell you a ghost story!
Eldest brother: Hey, hey, he threw himself into the arms of the master (kicked away)
Second Senior Sister: Boo Boo Boo
Three Senior Sisters: Boo Boo Boo
Fourth Senior Sister: Boo Boo Boo
Peiyu: ... wait upstairs, I will turn you into ghosts!