There is a trick

Chapter 12 Nian Yi
"Old Duan Gong, I didn't see your family get up at five o'clock yesterday?"

Under the gloomy sky, the neighbor from next door to Zhou's yard came over and talked to Zhou Sanji and Zhou Chang. Zhou Chang heard his voice was warm and gentle, but could not see his face clearly.

"I was busy digging graves in the mass grave last night, so I wasn't at home.

I can't make it back in time at five o'clock." Zhou Sanji grinned and told the truth directly. At the same time, he raised the lantern in his hand slightly, and the light of the lantern reflected the face of the person who came - the person had a thin horse face, and there was no smile that matched the voice. At this time, he was staring at Zhou Chang next to Zhou Sanji with his eyes wide open, as if he wanted to dig out some secrets from Zhou Chang's facial expression!
The horse-faced middle-aged man had bloodshot eyes, and his pupils looked extremely small in his wide-open eye sockets.

He was dazzled by the lantern Zhou Sanji was holding up, and raised his hand to block the light. The horrifying expression on his face suddenly turned into a warm and gentle smile: "Oh, oh! Is that so~
I was wondering why I didn't see anyone at your house yesterday. This girl is very pretty. Is she a relative of the old duangong?"

"I dug her out of the coffin, do you want to check her out?

So many questions, what does it have to do with you?
Go back and grind your son's tofu!" Zhou Sanji's face suddenly turned vicious, and he cursed the horse-faced guy.

Although Ma Lian had received many bizarre and strange news from Zhou Sanji, his expression was somewhat relaxed. He nodded and said with a smile, "Okay, then I'll go back and grind tofu and bring a bowl to your grandfather later."

After saying that, Ma Lian turned around and went back to the two-story wooden building across the street.

Zhou Chang saw a banner hanging in front of the wooden building, with the words "Lv Tofu" faintly written on it.

At this time, the people who had been standing around pretending to chat but were actually eavesdropping on Zhou Sanji's conversation with the horse-faced man suddenly dispersed. The prying eyes that Zhou Chang had sensed also disappeared without a trace.

"Can they take advantage of your free tofu? Tsk..." Zhou Sanji looked at the man's back, sneered a few times, turned back, and said to Zhou Chang, "These people are just suspicious. You can't give them the opportunity to inquire, but you have to try to dispel their doubts.

They become so suspicious that they can torture people to death.

But if you go along with them and say whatever they want, their questions will never end - so just like me, they ask you a question, and if you can answer it, then answer it. If you can't answer it, then curse back and find a question for them to think about.

It’s better to let them speculate on their own than to let them ask you questions and drive you to death.”

"Okay." Zhou Chang nodded.

He could feel that the mental state of these people was extremely unstable. It was a kind of pathological condition that resulted from being in a high-pressure environment for a long time and not getting any mental release.

Everyone's heart is a powder keg, and a little spark can cause it to explode completely.

Too much contact with these people is likely to get you into trouble.

Among these people with extremely unstable mental states, Lao Duangong appears to be much more normal.

People on the street returned home one after another. Zhou Chang, supported by Zhou Sanji and Bai Xiu'e, also returned to the yard and sat down.

It was already past five o'clock in the morning, but it was impossible to lie back in bed to catch up on some sleep, so Zhou Chang sat in the yard, waiting for Zhou Sanji and Bai Xiu'e to go to the woodshed to do some work, and then bring out three bowls of vegetable porridge and a small dish of pickled radish.

"It's a bad year, and we don't have much surplus food at home. Now we have an extra pair of chopsticks. I don't know how long the food in the house can last. Let's just make do with it for now." Zhou Sanji sighed and pushed the thickest bowl of vegetable porridge in front of Zhou Chang.

His words were pointed, and Bai Xiu'e, who was sitting in the corner of the small table next to him, was at a loss for a moment. She lowered her head nervously, looked at the bowl of porridge in front of her, and said in a low voice: "I, I can't eat so much...

Just half a bowl is enough..."

"Where is your home? It's not a good idea to stay with us all the time.

Tell me where your home is and I'll get someone to take you back home. You've been away from home for so long, your family must be worried sick." Zhou Sanji looked at Bai Xiu'e and, while speaking, he used Zhou Chang's chopsticks to pick up a few drops of sesame oil from a small bottle on the table and put them on Zhou Chang's bowl of vegetable porridge.

The aroma of sesame oil suddenly wafts out, making people's appetites grow.

Bai Xiu'e lowered her head, not looking at the simple food on the table, but couldn't help but take a deep breath to keep the aroma of sesame oil between her nostrils. She shook her head, looking dull and dazed: "I don't remember where my home is..."

Zhou Sanji frowned when he heard the voice. He had already figured it out - this woman was deliberately fooling him. He wanted to continue asking her indirectly, but Zhou Chang reached out and picked up the chopsticks next to the porridge bowl, and with his other hand he grabbed the sesame oil bottle on the table.

He picked up a few drops of sesame oil with chopsticks and sprinkled some on Zhou Sanji and Bai Xiu'e's porridge bowls, then said, "Let's eat."

Zhou Sanji looked at his sudden action with his eyes wide open for a moment, and he didn't even care about Zhou Chang's behavior of casually distributing such precious seasoning as sesame oil to outsiders. He directly asked Zhou Chang: "You can move again?!"

“Both arms can move now.

But I still have no strength in my body and legs." Zhou Chang answered Zhou Sanji while stirring the sesame oil in the bowl. Looking at his trembling movements, Zhou Sanji thought: "Those frightened kids, their souls have left their bodies, and after we use the 'shock-collecting method' to bring their souls back, their bodies are not flexible at first, but after two or three days, they will recover..."

Zhou Chang held the bowl and slurped the porridge, without making any comment on Zhou Sanji's words.

He knew exactly what his current situation was, and it was completely different from the situation of a frightened baby - this was just Zhou Sanji's wishful guess.

The truth was that the 'threads of thought' in his mind had for no reason multiplied by more than a dozen at this moment.

With the help of these ten or so threads, he could barely control his arms to hold a bowl to eat, but he definitely couldn't exert any strength and couldn't do heavy work.

Zhou Chang had no idea how the thoughts grew.

But he was now certain of one thing - these new thoughts in his mind at the moment should be related to Bai Xiu'e next to him.

He stayed with Zhou Sanji for one night and tried many times, but could not increase his thoughts by even a little bit. But when he went out and met Bai Xiu'e, his thoughts grew by a strand. And from then on, as long as Bai Xiu'e was around, his thoughts would continue to grow by a strand every once in a while.

Therefore, it is impossible that "Nian Si" has no connection with Bai Xiu'e.

However, why is this funerary clothing found in the "Zhou Chang Coffin" related to Bai Xiu'e?
In a short while, Zhou Chang had already drunk half a bowl of vegetable porridge.

The vegetable porridge must have been cooked by Zhou Sanji long ago and kept warm over the fire in the stove. It was just the right temperature when it was served out.

At the dinner table, Zhou Sanji had already started eating, leaving Bai Xiu'e sitting in the corner with her head down, at a loss as to what to do.

At this time, Zhou Chang reached out and pushed the only bowl of porridge left on the table towards Bai Xiu'e, and said again: "Let's eat."

Zhou Sanji glared at him when he heard the voice, but finally said nothing.

Bai Xiu'e obediently picked up the bowl of porridge, lowered her head, and whispered: "I, I can't eat so much, just half a bowl will be fine."

"There are only two meals a day. After you eat this meal in the morning, you need to make it through to the evening. Eat more."

"Okay, thank you……"

……

After the meal, Bai Xiu'e took the initiative to wash the dishes, chopsticks and pots, then said goodbye to the grandfather and grandson and returned to her own residence first.

"Think about it carefully, girl!

Find out where you live as soon as possible so I can take you back!
It doesn’t matter if you really can’t remember. I can ask around in Qingyi Town for you. If your home is nearby, there must be someone you know…” Zhou Sanji chased after Bai Xiu’e and kept nagging her for a few words. He watched Bai Xiu’e go back to her room and close the door without answering him. He shook his head and turned around, only to see Zhou Chang staring at the door of the wing room where Bai Xiu’e lived.

Snapped!
Zhou Sanji was so angry that he raised his hand and patted Zhou Chang on the head: "What are you still looking at?!

You put on a show and asked her to be your wife, but you really treat her like your own wife?

Do you know——"

At this time, Zhou Sanji suddenly lowered his voice and leaned close to Zhou Chang's ear and said, "She has a 'paper face' attached to her! Even if she is not a demon, she must be a ghost that is about to become a demon!

Don't come into contact with these things, it's not good for you!

Once I find out where she lives, I'll send her away!"

Zhou Chang opened his mouth but ended up saying nothing.

The thoughts in his mind stopped growing after Bai Xiu'e left him.

The reason why his thoughts could grow might be due to the "paper face" attached to Bai Xiu'e.

How can we let this person go so easily?
(End of this chapter)