Infinite Puzzle City

Chapter 102 Big Pot Dish (First Update)
“I actually found it!”

When he came here, Xiao Ran was thinking, his luck has gone down so badly now, he is such a loser, can he find someone? ?
Unexpectedly, the process went so smoothly.

Of course, Xiao Ran secretly glanced at Wu Man next to him. His own success was built on Wu Man's bad luck. It seemed that Wu Man was really his benefactor who helped him block a lot of bad luck.

"Wait here for me, I'll go take a look."

After saying something to Wu Man, Xiao Ran immediately went out and followed.

Lu Cheng walked slowly forward on the narrow country road, occasionally sitting down to rest.

Xiao Ran followed silently.

As soon as Lu Cheng crossed the path and walked into a yard, Xiao Ran followed him and took a look. The yard was very big, but it was covered with weeds.

There is a two-story building at the back. It can be seen that it was once prosperous, but now the state of the house is obviously no one has cleaned it and it is dilapidated.

Lu Cheng didn't go into the house either. He just lay down on the tattered sofa at the door and fell asleep with his head tilted back.

Now Xiao Ran felt a little troubled.

How can I convince this person to help me?

"Give me money?"

This method is the most direct, but looking at Lu Cheng's mental state, he doesn't seem like the kind of person who can be dismissed with money.

Just like what the aunt said, Lu Cheng was a member of a big opera troupe before, and he was very talented. It's not easy for such a person to get rich, but it's not difficult for him to make money either. The difficulty lies in whether he is willing to do it.

Just when Xiao Ran was worried, Wu Man's voice suddenly came from behind him: "So you came here today for him?"

Xiao Ran looked back and saw Wu Man squinting at his face with a half-smile on her face, which made him feel a little uneasy.

"I don't know him, but I'm in some trouble and need someone to help me, and this person is perfect."

Xiao Ran said it very bluntly, but he didn't respond to Wu Man's words.

Wu Man didn't investigate further. He glanced at Lu Cheng who was sleeping soundly on the sofa, then turned to look at Xiao Ran: "What are you going to do?"

Xiao Ran shook his head.

This kind of thing requires a willing heart. Even though I have some skills, I have no place to use them.

After thinking about it, I could only say, "Asking people to do things, giving money and gifts, that's it, what else can I do?"

As he said that, he was about to push the door open.

But just as I was about to enter the door, I heard someone behind me ask, "Who are you looking for?"

Xiao Ran turned around and saw an old lady from the neighbor's house behind her standing at the door with a crutch, looking at the two of them.

"Hello grandma."

Xiao Ran walked forward and pointed at Lu Cheng's door. "I heard that Lu Cheng is a very good opera singer, so I wanted to invite him to sing."

When the old lady heard that Lu Cheng was going to perform, she looked Xiao Ran up and down and said, "Alas."

Sighed.

"You came at an unfortunate time. This kid has lost his spirit since his mother passed away."

It is said that Buddhas fight for a stick of incense, and people fight for a breath.

If this person has lost his spirit, he is like a person without soul.

Some people may say, isn’t that just lying flat?

It's different. Lying down is just a coping strategy when the current situation cannot be changed for the time being and you don't know what to do.

But without his spirit, even if he is alive, he is no different from a dead person.

The old lady said: "Someone from the opera troupe came to see him last month, but no one could persuade him."

"Is there no other way?"

The old lady shook her head and walked towards her yard: "Unless his mother comes back."

After the old lady left, Xiao Ran and Wu Man looked at each other.

Is not this nonsensical.

How can the dead come back?

If it were someone else, they would have walked away dejectedly, but Xiao Ran and Wu Man fell into deep thought instead.

"Is there anything you can do?"

Wu Man looked up at Xiao Ran.

"A little bit, not much."

The Yiju sect does have some ways to summon spirits, maybe they can summon the old lady up. And even if they summon the old lady up, his son won't be able to see her.

"What about you?"

Xiao Ran looked at Wu Man, who curled his lips and said, "What does this have to do with me?"

"Last night you said affectionately that you wanted to make everyone happy. Have you forgotten that now?"

The corner of Wu Man's mouth twitched, and then he glanced at Xiao Ran; "If you can find a way to find his mother, I can find a way to make him happy."

"A word is settled!"

Xiao Ran's eyes lit up. It turned out that bringing Wu Man along was definitely the best decision he had ever made.

Wu Man didn't expect Xiao Ran to be serious, but the words were out, and there was no way to take them back. She could only nod and say, "It's a deal."

The two discussed it and Xiao Ran decided to find the grave of Lu Cheng's mother and try to call her back. As for Wu Man, he said that Xiao Ran didn't need to worry about the rest of the matters and he had other ways of doing it.

After the two of them had divided the work, Xiao Ran turned around and walked out of the village.

Wu Man thought about it for a moment, then went straight back to Pangmei Farmhouse and knocked on the kitchen door.

"Who?"

As she spoke, the aunt opened the door. When she saw Wu Man, she was startled. She thought Wu Man was coming to eat again. When she was about to speak, a ray of red light flashed in Wu Man's eyes. The next moment, the aunt's vision began to blur...

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After leaving the village, Xiao Ran glanced at the wheat fields at the entrance of the village, and then walked straight out along the path between the wheat fields.

Not far away, you can see many mounds of earth standing in the wheat fields.

"It can't be wrong. It should be this one."

Although the country now advocates cremation, it has begun to relax policies in recent years. For some rural areas where cremation is inconvenient or there are no conditions for cremation, burial can continue to be practiced.

Therefore, most of the remote areas in the suburbs still have the custom of burial, but the village also has requirements. First of all, tombstones cannot be erected, and hardened earth burial (that is, cement graves) cannot be carried out.
As long as the strict standards are met, most of the villagers will turn a blind eye. Plus, everyone in the village has ancestral graves, so as long as you don't make a big fuss, they basically won't care.

The reason why Xiao Ran was able to find this place was that he saw from afar that this place had the heaviest aura of death, and it was most likely the village's ancestral tomb.

Because there was no tombstone, he didn't know which one was Lu Cheng's mother. It would be too troublesome to try one by one. Xiao Ran planned to try to recruit as many as he could.

After all, they are all people from our own village. What's a big deal if they come back to visit occasionally? As for those who have passed away too long ago, there is no need to worry. Generally speaking, people who have died more than three years ago will not be recalled.

Take out a bowl of black rice from the space.

This was the rice that the brother and sister had left over from their meal at the Jixiang Funeral Shop that night.

At this moment, the rice grains on it were as black as ink. Xiao Ran took out some, crushed it and sprinkled it around.

The effect of this thing is similar to that of cinnabar, but the difference is that cinnabar is yang, while this thing is yin.

Following the Yiju School's method, Xiao Ran made some slight changes and scattered handfuls of guide money in the air.

He clasped his hands together and muttered something.

After a while, I could really feel a cold wind starting to bleed around the grave.

"it works!"

Seeing this, Xiao Ran became excited. After all, this was the first time he used the Ju School's technique, and he didn't even follow the instructions completely. Xiao Ran had no idea whether it would be successful.

But it looks like it's pretty close.

Xiao Ran hurriedly took out the gold foil ingots and lit them on the spot. Soon the gloomy wind became stronger and stronger. Xiao Ran vaguely saw the shadows of many people appearing on the grave out of thin air, and then they walked towards home with a confused look on their faces.

"It should be done!"

The Yiju sect has the ability to summon spirits, so they have ways to control ghosts, but these are the villagers' own homes, so there is no need to worry about where they go.

As long as enough ghosts are attracted, Lu Cheng's mother must be among them.

Xiao Ran took out his cell phone and called Wu Man. "There's nothing wrong on my end. Are you sure there's nothing wrong on your end?"

Wu Man's voice on the phone was very calm, as if she was not surprised at all by Xiao Ran's efficiency. She glanced at the time and said, "I need some time here. If you are free, please help me invite more villagers to Lu Cheng's house and tell them to treat the villagers to a big pot of food tonight."

"Big pot food?" Xiao Ran was a little confused. Although she had not been in contact with Wu Man for a long time, she had the impression that this guy was a person who particularly pursued meticulousness, whether it was the way he dressed or the way he cooked.

And I never expected that such a down-to-earth dish as the big pot dish could come from his hand.

"Yes, I just killed a pig. This village is not big. Since we want to have fun, why don't we all have fun together? More people means more fun. What if you don't find Lu Cheng's mother? Maybe the fun will make Lu Cheng feel better?"

Xiao Ran also thought so: "Okay, I'll go to the village and talk to him."

After hanging up the phone, Wu Man carefully put his mobile phone into his pocket, and then took out a kitchen knife from the space. A strange pattern flashed on the blade, and as the light golden spell pattern combined with it, the knife was immediately covered with a layer of halo.

Wu Man wiped the blade of the knife lightly with his fingers, lowered his head to look at the big piece of fat meat on the chopping board, with a gleam of brilliance in his eyes, he raised the kitchen knife in his hand and chopped it down...

　The second update will be at 12pm, the third at :pm, the fourth at pm, and the fifth before pm. I will try my best to update as soon as possible!
　　
　
(End of this chapter)