I babysit for ghosts

Chapter 17

Early in the morning, the two packed up and set off from home. Qin Xiao dug out a few sets of sports equipment from the closet for going out. The clothes in the closet are his own. Anyway, Shen Tu is not short of these clothes, and the underworld is not short of money.

Qin Xiao turned his head and glanced at Shen Tu. It was rare for him to wear a set of casual clothes today. He gave people a completely different feeling from usual, and his momentum weakened a lot. He looked like a college student who just graduated from society, even Even the car was changed to an off-road.

Sometimes it is not incomprehensible to hate the rich, Qin Xiao thought bitterly.

After driving for more than an hour, they finally arrived at the ancient village in the advertisement. There was an archway at the entrance of the village that seemed to be hundreds of years old. The pile made of the whole tree trunk is topped with a simple plaque. In the middle of the archway is a road and steps paved with stones, which can be used by three people to walk side by side.

Qin Xiao got off the car in front of the archway, and Shen Tu drove to the other side to park. He looked up at the archway, and there were three characters written in traditional characters on the plaque.

"Lingxi Village."

Qin Xiao glared resentfully at Shen Tu who was walking in front, and adjusted the shoulder strap of the backpack that was about to slip off.

What travel together?To put it so nicely, isn't it just to let him carry the luggage? !Spicy chicken!

In order to calm down the resentment in his heart that he had nowhere to vent, Qin Xiao shifted his gaze to the surrounding environment and tried his best to ignore a certain person.

This place is indeed as written on the advertisement paper. There are almost no traces of development, stone-paved paths, rows of stone or mud-built huts by the roadside, moss-covered wells, and old wooden barrels. , everything looks so old, walking here, it seems to have traveled back 100 years or even earlier.

The two walked along the small road in the village for a while. There were very few people here, and there were only three or two old people basking in the sun in front of their houses on the road. It seems that he especially enjoys this peaceful life.

Find a small place away from the hustle and bustle, build a hut of your own, and grow old here slowly, waiting for the call of death. This feeling is really good.

Looking at it, Qin Xiao's heart suddenly thumped, and an idea popped up.

Gufeng, that's right, this is the design he's always wanted!

After getting the direction, inspiration erupted, and he observed the surrounding scenery with glowing eyes, those old houses and some small details that were difficult to find, maybe some of them could come in handy.

Different from his high interest, the person who was talking about traveling looked at the front and walked all the way, as if he was not interested in the scenery around him at all.

The distance between the two was getting farther and farther. After Qin Xiao carefully observed the carvings on the eaves of a hut by the side of the road, he turned his head and saw that Shen Tu was almost gone. He quickly took out his mobile phone to take pictures on the eaves. I took one and ran over.

"What are you doing, walking so fast?" Qin Xiao asked after taking a few breaths after running for a long distance with two people's luggage on their backs.

Seeing Shentu stopping, Qin Xiao looked suspiciously at the place he could see at the moment. This was the gate of a certain family. The stone wall was a little uneven. The two wooden doors in the middle looked a little strange. Dilapidated, there seems to be some stickers on the door, one left and one right symmetrical, it seems that it has been pasted for some years.

Qin Xiao took a few steps forward and stood in front of the wooden door, and saw that each of the two stickers depicted a person with breasts exposed, black beard and beard, raised eyebrows, two horns on his head, and a mahogany sword in each hand. , each of them holding a reed rope, they all looked fierce and sinister.

"God, it's hard to see anyone posting this these days." Qin said with some novelty.

When he was watching, Shen Tu had already walked behind him, and when he heard what he said, he just responded indifferently.

"Go and knock on the door."

"Huh?" Qin Xiao turned around and asked him inexplicably, "What are you knocking on the door for?"

"Knock as long as you want."

"...Your hand is broken, why do you want me to knock it?"

Shen Tu cast a glance at him, and looked at him with the expression of looking at a fool, "You are the nanny."

"...Just bullying me and I can't beat you." Qin Xiao muttered, and resigned to his fate, he raised his hand and knocked on the wooden door three times.

After a minute or two, there was no movement at all inside. Qin Xiao glanced at Shen Tu, then raised his hand and knocked three times, but there was still no response. Just when he turned to tell Qin Xiao that there was no one in the room, a voice came from behind him. There was a creak, and then an old voice came to his ears from behind.

"Who are you looking for?"

【016】Lingxi Village

Qin Xiao's hairs stood on end in an instant, why is this feeling familiar?He turned his head and saw the face of the person behind him for a moment.

This is an old woman who looks to be eight or ninety years old. She is thin and stooped. She is still wearing ancient women's clothing, but it looks very old. The skirt has been washed and turned white. There are traces of repairs in many places, which should be worn It's been many years, but it's very clean. Qin Xiao didn't smell any weird smell when he was so close to her. Her hair was almost completely white, and she had braided it behind her head, and there were two small hairs hanging down. The shoulders are well combed.

The face of the old man is full of traces of time. Looking at the direction of these wrinkles, she should be a kind old man. If a person frowns and gets angry for a long time, there will be deep wrinkles between his brows and the corners of his mouth will droop. People who are in a happy mood will have deeper wrinkles around their eyes.As if to confirm his guess, the old man looked up at him with a smile on his face.

"Who are you looking for, young people?" The old man repeated what he had just said.

"Ah, I'm sorry, old woman, that..." Qin Xiao apologized for staring at her just now, but now he has no choice but to turn his head and stare at the old man behind him.

Fortunately, Shen Tu didn't fall ill, so he obediently took a step closer, lowered his head and said to the old woman, "Hi, we are travelers passing by here. Seeing that it's getting late, I want to rest at your place for a night. Could it be convenient?"

Qin Xiao glanced at him in disbelief, then turned his head to look at the sun hanging high in the sky, completely unable to figure out why Shen Tu could open his eyes and talk nonsense without changing his face.

Seeing that the old woman looked up at Shen Tu and didn't speak for a moment, Qin Xiao thought that the two of them were about to be scolded, so she moved aside secretly.

"In that case, if you don't dislike it, please come in."

"That's disturbing."

Qin Xiao stared dumbfounded at the old woman stepping aside, and Shen Tu calmly stepped over the high threshold and walked in.

Does this work? !

After walking a few steps inside, Shen Tu turned his head, saw Qin Xiao still standing there, and said impatiently, "What are you doing standing there, come in quickly."

Qin Xiao rubbed his nose, stepped over the threshold carefully, and then turned around to close the wooden door. The wooden door was not a lock but a bolt. It was a longer wooden stick inserted horizontally into the slots on both sides of the door. It is really a long time to come here to achieve the purpose of locking the door.

This house is relatively large from the ones I saw along the way. Qin Xiao took a rough look at it. It was a courtyard with two entrances. After entering the door, there was a small courtyard. There is a big pagoda tree, it may have been a hundred years depending on the year. The surrounding of the pagoda tree is very clean and tidy, and the fence made of bamboo on the right is surrounded by a circle, and some seasonal vegetables are planted inside, passing through the yard It is a verandah through the hall, and after that is the main house and side room. This could be regarded as a very wealthy local family a hundred years ago.

Although the house is big, it is very dilapidated. It is said that the tiles on the veranda are uneven, and light leaks in many places. If it rains, it will not have the effect of sheltering from the rain.

The old woman led them to the door of the right side room, turned her head and smiled at them.

"I live alone in the house. The house has not been repaired for a long time when I am old. The side room on the left is no longer suitable for people. I can only live in the same room as the two of you."

She pushed open the door and sat down as a gesture of invitation. Seeing Shen Tu walking in, Qin Xiao immediately followed.The furnishings in the room are very simple, old-fashioned Babu bed, solid wood tables and chairs, and a washbasin stand that Qin Xiao has never seen before.

"Because there have been no visitors for a long time, there is some dust here, and I need to trouble you to clean it up yourself."

"It's all right." Shen Tu looked around the room, and motioned for Qin Xiao to go over and wipe the tables and chairs.

Qin Xiao: "Can't you do such trivial things by yourself?"

Shen Tu raised his eyebrows, "I can't."

Rolling his eyes, Qin Xiao took out the paper towels from his backpack, pulled out a few papers rudely, and quickly wiped the chair and table a few times, thinking it would be dirty, but when he took the paper towels When he got up, he found that there was very little dust on the paper towel. He subconsciously turned his head to look at the window sill, the bed and the washstand. Under the sunlight, it could be seen that there was no thick dust on it.

Qin Xiao was a little surprised. He turned his head and glanced at the old woman who was standing with her hands behind her back and looked at them. She never thought that she could clean up such a big room so much at such an age.

"Have you had lunch yet?"

Hearing the old lady's question, and seeing Shentu about to speak, Qin Xiao was afraid that he would say something shameless again, so Qin Xiao immediately beat him and said, "I've eaten, I've eaten, thank you for allowing us to stay overnight, the rest Don't bother you, we can take care of it ourselves."

old woman looking at him