The old house of a wealthy family, where the missing teacher Xiao Wang was found, is a house of yin and yang.
Liu Shougui didn't know what to do with this sudden incident. He didn't even realize that this rich family's old house was so evil. This was something I had never expected.
We live at He Dana's place, and Liu Shougui has been staying in the house these days.
Teacher Xiao Wang’s relatives asked the principal to bring him to see me. They said that it happened while they were playing at my home and we should be responsible.
That's true. Liu Yang sat there without saying anything. She didn't expect something like this to happen.
I told Xiao Wang's relatives that we would take care of this matter, and they stayed and waited until Xiao Wang came back.
That day, I went to the rich family’s old house by myself and entered the haunted house.
I saw a shadow, it should be Xiao Wang's shadow. The rich family knows how to hook, will it be used here? Teacher Xiao Wang lives in the room upstairs. There are four people living there. The others are fine, but she is. What does this mean
I entered the room and saw the corpse lying on the bed. It looked very scary. Teacher Wang was a woman, so how could she not be scared? She stayed there and didn't want to leave.
"Teacher Xiao Wang, I'm Ke Mingzhe. Come out and let's talk. No matter what happens, we can solve it together."
There was no reply, but I knew she was somewhere and could hear me, but she just didn't say anything.
I lit a cigarette and after a while I heard a coughing sound. It was because of the smoke. Teacher Xiao Wang hates the smell of smoke the most. She said so herself. She is very sensitive to smoke.
I followed the direction of the coughing sound and it was getting closer. I saw Teacher Xiao Wang standing there with disheveled hair. It was a dead end and she had nowhere to run.
"What happened? Don't be afraid, we can solve it together."
"I can't do that. It's a 400-year-old corpse. He seduced me and said I looked like his wife."
"No, it's different. I can help you get out. Come here and hold my hand. Come here..."
I reached out my hand and saw Teacher Wang leaning tightly against the wall, looking very scared. I walked forward slowly and approached Teacher Wang. Suddenly, she screamed and shouted.
"Don't come over here, don't come over here, if you come over here I'll be finished."
After saying that, she squatted down and cried. I wondered what the old corpse said to her. In fact, there was nothing to be afraid of. What was there to be afraid of about the dead? At most, it was the existence of the soul. So what about a soul that had been there for four hundred years? After all, this was a world of people, not a world of souls.
I didn't stop, walked to Xiao Wang and held his hand.
She stood up and stopped crying.
"Really? He said he would use a spell, and if I left, I would rot and die."
"No, it's okay, just follow me, it's just a corpse."
Xiao Wang hesitated and I pulled her upstairs. When she saw the light, Xiao Wang burst into tears and threw herself on me. I smelled a scent on her body. It was a kind of fragrance that rich families always use, incense. Rich families used this kind of fragrance when they were still rich. It was so expensive that would make you stunned. After the decline, this fragrance still existed, but it was so strong on Xiao Wang. Liu Yang and I live here, but I didn't smell it on Liu Yang. There was only this faint fragrance in the room.
Xiao Wang and I went back and Liu Shougui came out. The relatives hugged each other and when they were about to leave, Liu Shougui said.
"You can't leave yet. Stay here for now. This matter is not over yet."
The family members disagree and ask what if something else happens
"If you go back, something bad will happen. You are cursed. Your skin is dull and lifeless. And there is a woody scent on her body, a thousand-year-old wood. That is the scent of a rich family's old house. But this scent has faded. If she has such a strong scent, there must be something wrong. If you believe me, stay and let Liu Yang accompany you."
Teacher Xiao Wang persuaded the family and let them go.
"You two stay here for now. Xiaozhe and I will go to Chixian."
I returned to the old house, said Liu Shougui.
"This kind of incense has just come out. When the rich families were not ruined, when incense was being burned, it can be said that this kind of incense would be available in all the counties. This kind of wood is extremely rare. The rich families can get it. A piece of wood as big as a palm is worth more than 200,000 yuan."
I was stunned. In our era, let alone 200,000 yuan, even 10,000 yuan would make me feel too rich.
We entered the cemetery, and He Dana went in, pulled open the curtain, and the four-hundred-year-old corpse was lying there.
"These bones all have that woody aroma, it looks like they've eaten a lot. Xiao Wang has such a strong smell on him because I've been with him."
After Liu Shougui finished speaking, he picked up the bones and threw them into the corner piece by piece.
"That's an old corpse."
"The bones are not scary. I now understand that he was able to seduce Teacher Xiao Wang because of this fragrance. It is fragrant even without eating. It is in the bones and soaked in. But it will become lighter. But it is not lighter, it will become heavier. What does this mean?"
I don’t know. Liu Shougui turned the bed upside down, looking for something, but he couldn’t find it.
"What are you looking for?"
Liu Shougui didn't say anything, lit a cigarette, and sat on the bed. Most people wouldn't dare to sit on such an old bed. It seemed that Liu Shougui had confidence in his decision, otherwise he wouldn't have sat on it.
Liu Shougui suddenly picked up the pillow. The pillows in the past were very hard and square. Liu Shougui took out a knife and cut it open, revealing a piece of wood as big as a blue brick. Liu Shougui suddenly laughed “Hahaha…” and I shivered with fear.
"This is the fragrant wood, a piece this big."
Liu Shougui stood up and walked out. I followed him. After he came out, he said.
"It's fine to live in this house again."
Liu Shougui means, do we still want to live here
I have no idea.
When we went back, Liu Shougui asked Teacher Wang to go home.
"Can you do it?"
Liu Yang asked worriedly.
"The curse has been broken. No fragrance, no curse. No fragrance, no soul."
After Teacher Xiao Wang left, Liu Shougui fiddled with the fragrant wood for a long time, then threw it to me and said.
"Here you go."
I was stunned. A piece of paper the size of a palm could cost more than 200,000 yuan. How much did it cost
Liu Shougui seems to have taken everything lightly. I'm afraid I can't do such a thing.
Liu Yang and I have always lived upstairs, and she never suggested living in Ke's house again. It was scary for her to live there.
I have been staying at home all the time and don't like to go anywhere.
That day, Bu Lele came to my house with the director. They were guests, so I made tea and poured water for them. It was polite, no matter who he was.
"Ke Mingzhe, I think you should go back to work."
"If you tell me to go back, I will go back. If you tell me to leave, I will leave. I am not a ball that can be kicked around."
"Ke Mingzhe, I am wrong. I am really sorry for you. Actually, I am also worried. It is not so easy for me to become the director. I am an outsider and you are an insider. With you here, I cannot stay in this position. Now it seems that you don't have that intention..."
"Stop, Bu Lele, you are good at talking and you can talk, you are very domineering and you can be domineering, I will not go back, because I don't like the crematorium, I stay at home every day, I feel very good, after a while, and have a child, it's time to enjoy it."
"Master Ke, Director Bu is here to invite you personally, which means he treats you well. Don't..."
The director said, I interrupted.
"Don't be shameless, okay?"
I glared at the director. We had an unhappy conversation that day. After they left, I heard Bu Lele curse "What the hell" when she was going downstairs.
I am not a thing, you are a thing, damn it, Bu Lele.
This made me very angry. When I went to the river, my father always took me there. He said there were fish in the river. Where there was water, there would be water. I never understood this. How could there be no fish in the tank if there was water? That was my thought when I was a child. Now I understand what my father meant.
That day Liu Shougui called me and asked me to go to his place.
I went over and he said it was pointless for me to just stay there, so I should open a paper-making shop!
I was stunned for a moment, and then I laughed.
"Dad, are you kidding me? I don't know how to make paper. I can't even draw paper figures."
Liu Shougui threw a book to me. It was an old book about paper-making.
"You only need to do paper-making work, and you don't need to do other work."
I thought that this business couldn't be too good, as the most popular paper-made items nowadays are people, horses and cows, and I have no interest in them.
But I, even I didn't expect that after reading this book, I could not get rid of it at all. After I finished reading it, I couldn't control the urge. I went to Chixian, Ke's house, which was the most suitable place for paper-binding. I got the raw materials and started paper-binding.
At first, the paper-made thing turned out to be a mess, but I still liked it. I didn’t expect that I would fall in love with this paper-making.
Liu Yang also supported this, saying that if a man always stayed at home, he would have problems.
After get off work, Liu Yang drove here. She seemed to have forgotten everything in the past.
When Liu Yang has nothing to do, he will watch me make paper-cut works and sometimes make a few comments.
I cut off a piece of the fragrant wood and gave it to Liu Yang to eat. The fragrance was so sweet that you can't stop smelling it. This kind of old fragrant wood can't be found now. It is sold online, but it is not this kind. It is also very valuable.
I didn't expect that by October, my paper-making had reached an astonishing level. The finished person, placed there, looked like a living person from a distance. When Liu Shougui came, he was shocked and looked at me for a long time.
"Boy, you are the right material for this job. You are a talent. I think you are more suitable than being a makeup artist."
I was also very surprised. A chemical refiner and makeup artist eventually became a paper-folding master. It was a bit ridiculous, but it was not ridiculous. I did not expect that I would become the paper-folding master of this city, not a paper-folding craftsman. Ghost folding is me. If you ask, no one does not know this. Of course, this happened three years later.
Liu Shougui asked me to open a business, and I wanted to find a store. Liu Shougui said, just convert Ke’s house into a shop.
I looked at Liu Yang, wondering if he was willing to do so.
"Okay, that's fine."
I didn't expect that this weaving house would open in Chixian. This is definitely news.
However, no one came to see me, and it seemed that I was not recognized.
This is not allowed to be advertised, let alone micro-business. If you post this in your circle of friends, will anyone buy paper-cuts? That's unlucky.
Ji Yihe came that day. He wanted to talk to me about something and was also surprised when he saw the paper-drawing.
"You are just like your father, you are good at everything you do. Good job."
Ji Yihe brought an urn in a black cloth bag. When I opened it, I was stunned. (To be continued)