My buddy got angry and ate the squirrel fish, refusing to tell her how he did it. But I have to be honest, I never thought of this method.
Isn't there still Dead Mouse? I met it once when I came back, and also held a group chat with Pointed Ghost, Lin Mengxi, Xia Muchun and Sanya. They protected my mother very well during my absence, and I am especially grateful to Dead Mouse for asking the Lazy Cat to look after Shen Bing's soul, otherwise, I really don't know if Shen Bing can come back to life.
But this time, out of gratitude, the dead rat turned over and put on his airs again, starting to act domineeringly in front of me.
There is no way, who let us ask it more, it never asks for anything. Roasted chicken and white wine, those are all rewards, just like my buddy collecting ghost teeth, I still have to admit defeat!
"Hey, I asked you to come out today because I have something to ask you." I found myself becoming shameless and actually learned the skills of changing with the wind and fawning on others.
The dead rat rolled his eyes and said loudly, "Where's the roast chicken?"
"It's too late today. I'll buy you two tomorrow, plus a bottle of Lao Bai Fen."
"Well, since you never break your promises, I, an old man, will indulge you this time." Damn his second uncle, this arrogant tone is really different from when he called me a beast.
I was so angry that my lungs almost exploded, but I was still smiling on the surface: "Yes, yes, when have I ever lied to you? I just want to ask if there is any way to find a person's afterlife fish. You have to tell me quickly, don't let Shen Bing find out, otherwise I won't be able to hold my head up." I took advantage of Shen Bing's sleep at night and secretly called out the dead rat in the toilet to ask for help.
"Didn't I tell you that there is no way to do this? There are as many dead fish as there are people in the world. How can we find them in such a vast sea of fish?"
Damn, the sea of fish is so vast. But when I saw the dead rat's eyes rolling around, I knew it must have a way, probably because it was forbidden by heaven and dared not speak casually.
So I said with a gloomy face: "Forget it, since you don't know, just go to bed early." I turned around and was about to leave the bathroom.
"Roast chicken and Lao Bai Fen tomorrow..."
"It's all gone. You can offer it to me whenever you want." I said bluntly.
"Hey, you can't be so heartless, can you? I, an old man, have worked hard to protect your mother, so you should at least give me some offerings. I don't need Lao Baifen, but a roast chicken will be okay?" The dead rat's arrogance subsided and he began to beg me.
"There's not even any chicken feathers, just lick your own rat claws." I snorted coldly.
"Hey, don't go. Let me think about it. Maybe I can come up with an idea."
Fuck his second uncle, if it's not a killer, you won't give in. It seems that Shen Bing's routine is most suitable for killing rats.
The dead rat stroked his whiskers, looked bitter, and rolled his eyes for a long time before whispering to me, "This is a taboo of heaven. You have to pretend you didn't hear it. I'm going to talk to myself again."
It was the same old stuff, and I was tired of hearing it. But I nodded hastily, waiting for it to talk to itself.
"The deceased fish misses its hometown in the previous life. If the soil of the grave is better, it will come when called!" The dead rat said with his eyes closed and shaking his head.
I was just thinking about what this meant when the bathroom door suddenly opened and Shen Bing rushed in and shouted, "What do you mean? Please explain it carefully, or I won't understand!"
I was sweating. She was eavesdropping outside the door. My face immediately became hot and I felt so embarrassed. I winked at the dead rat and said, "Actually, I already knew it. You go back first. Three roast chickens and two bottles of Lao Bai Fen will be served tomorrow."
The dead rat immediately understood, covered his stomach and cried out: "Ouch, I suddenly have a stomachache, I need to go to the toilet..." Before he could finish his words, he slipped away and disappeared from the bronze mirror.
Shen Bing angrily put her hands on her waist and cursed, "You dead rat, even if the bumpkin buys a roast chicken tomorrow, I won't let you eat it."
I covered my mouth and quietly slipped out. The Queen was showing her power, so it was best not to compete with her at this time, or I would wake up my mother and I would be in trouble.
But could she let me go? She ran out after me, like a female outlaw, and stopped me in one swift step, asking with a cold face: "What do you mean? Tell me the truth, don't force me to use my ultimate move." Her so-called ultimate move was to ask my mother to make the decision for her.
I grabbed her hand and hushed her, "Auntie, keep your voice down. What can I hide from you? Don't ask anything tonight. Come with me on a business trip tomorrow."
When she heard this, she chuckled: "Don't call me so old, just call me aunt, or grandma..."
The next morning, she packed up her things. She knew my temper. She would never tell me the secrets that I didn't want to tell her in advance. Unless she used another trick, that is, playing rogue. But I could only endure it for one night, so playing rogue was not worth it. I ran to the roast chicken shop. Fortunately, there were some left over from the day before, so I sold three chickens and took two bottles of Lao Bai Fen back to worship in front of the bronze mirror.
After breakfast in the morning, I told my mother that two of my comrades-in-arms had run into some trouble in Gansu and I had to go over to see them, which might take at least five or six days, or at most half a month.
My mother sighed, and from her expression I could tell that she didn't believe my lies, but she didn't say anything, and just brought some roasted chestnuts and peanuts to Shen Bing. Before leaving, she told us that the Chinese New Year was coming soon, and no matter what happened outside, we should remember to go home so that she wouldn't worry.
I promised her that I would be home before the New Year. Before I left, I had already told Dead Rat and Pointed Ghost to protect my mother, so that I could leave the provincial capital without any worries.
When we got to the train station, Shen Bing asked me if I was really going to Gansu. I told her that my first stop would be Sanmenxia, and the second stop would depend on the result of the first stop.
"Ah, we're going back to Sanmenxia?" Shen Bing was stunned. "Why are we going back to Sanmenxia?"
"If I don't know Sanmenxia, how can I find my hometown?"
"Oh, so that's what you mean." Shen Bing suddenly realized, but then his face darkened, he coughed twice and said, "In fact, I already knew it, but I just didn't say it on purpose."
I returned to Sanmenxia again and rented a car to Guicun. I was filled with emotion and thought I would never come back here again in my life. This is how unpredictable things are in the world, just like a chess game full of unknowns. You never know what the next move will be.
We went to Wang Qinglan's home, bought a down jacket and some food for Xiao Mao, and then went to the grave of old man Zhen Yuchun to pay homage. At the grave, we asked Wang Qinglan if she knew where the son named Ru Yu was buried after his death. Wang Qinglan said that she really knew, because after Ru Yu's son died, no one dared to go to the graveyard to dig up her grave, so they covered it with a broken straw mat and buried it outside the woods behind the village. Xiao Mao often went there to play with a group of children, so his grandfather often told him not to go there to avoid attracting evil spirits.
Led by Wang Qinglan, we arrived at the back of the village and passed through the woods. We saw a small grave mound standing there alone. The top of the grave and the surrounding area were covered with dead grass, which looked very desolate.
We took a handful of soil from the grave and said goodbye to Wang Qinglan. After leaving Gui Village, I remembered that there was a river not far ahead. It was still early and we had to wait until night to find the dead fish, so we were not in a hurry. We walked to the river while talking all the way.
"Do you think this method will really work?" Shen Bing asked as she looked at the clear river water, her pretty face flushed red from the cold wind.
"We'll know if it works tonight!"