Artisans in Tunli

Chapter 15 New Year's Eve

After leaving the hustle and bustle of the city, I feel a little uncomfortable with the atmosphere of the countryside, but it is not as good as home anywhere.

To say that Chinese New Year really doesn’t feel like New Year’s Eve now. When I was a child, I looked forward to it every day, because there are new clothes to wear, firecrackers to be set off, and every house is decorated with lanterns and festoons, filled with a joyous atmosphere.This year's Chinese New Year, there are only a few families in the village, and the sporadic lights look very miserable on this New Year's Eve night.Therefore, the eldest uncle and the second aunt decided to spend a new year at my house together.

"Son, your Master Zhang asked us to go to his place to celebrate the New Year." My father said to me, holding the dumpling wrappers in his hand. "This dumpling of yours must leak out of the pot, alas."Dad pinched the dumplings I made one by one.

"Master Zhang?" I didn't realize it all at once. It turned out that my father was talking about Zhang Muzhen. It's a bit awkward for me to call him Master, because the last time I saw him was at my aunt's house, and he was only five years old. Ten years old, actually not, should be seventy or eighty years old.That's fine, I'm just looking for an opportunity to formally meet the old man, and ask for a teacher by the way.

Seeing Jingjing lying on the kang, the second aunt opened her mouth and said, "I said, Wang Jingjing, you just put your tail on the kang, and you don't know how to work. Get up and make dumplings for me, Ma Liu!" She pouted, put down her phone and honestly made dumplings. The dumplings I made were already ugly enough, and hers couldn’t even be called dumplings.

"Second Aunt, I haven't seen you for so many years and my voice is still loud!" Speaking of which, I still have a good relationship with Second Aunt. Although Second Aunt has a hot temper, she doesn't have a heart, and she doesn't hide her words.

"Stinky boy, I know I'm poor with your aunt. You go to school, and you don't have a date or anything? Take it home for the New Year!" My heart said that my second aunt really didn't open any pot.I hurriedly turned my head to watch the Spring Festival Gala, thinking about getting away with it.

At this time, the sound of a car sounded outside, it should be the second uncle coming.The second aunt threw her hands cursingly, stood up and went to open the door.

"Who are you looking for, girl?" It seems that it's not the second uncle, who is this New Year's Eve?I also didn't hear the people outside clearly. After a while, the second aunt entered the room, and Liu Chunling followed behind.

"Okay, nephew, this girl looks really good!" I don't know if it's the cold outside or what the second aunt said, but Liu Chunling's face turned red.

"Second aunt, don't talk nonsense, this is my friend! Sister Liu, why don't you come home to celebrate the Chinese New Year?" I quickly stood up and greeted her.

"Oh, it's okay. I just came from Zhang Feng's side. He hasn't recovered yet. I'm quite worried. Mr. Zhang insists that I celebrate the New Year there. By the way, you take this, I'll go back right away .” After finishing speaking, she put down a package in her hand and turned to leave.

"Zhang Feng is back? I'll go and have a look on the second day of junior high school too. What is this, don't rush away, I ate dumplings."

"It's nothing, just keep it, I have to go back, don't give it away." After watching Liu Chunling off, he went back to the house.Wang Jingjing opened the bag, and there was a new mobile phone inside, which was the popular 5230.There was also a thick envelope underneath. When I opened it, I saw a stack of brand new red Mao Zedongs. A rough estimate would cost twenty to thirty thousand.

My father saw that it was both a mobile phone and money, so he quickly asked me what was going on, and I said it was just doing her a favor, and it was not illegal.He was still worried, and said that she also paid for the medical expenses, and said that I was just a poor student, so how could I help her.I explained vaguely for a long time, and finally got it over with.

"Brother, shall we change our mobile phones?"

"go away."

Everyone sat around, eating, watching the Spring Festival Gala, the familiar Uncle Benshan, the familiar unforgettable tonight, if one day there is no Uncle Benshan, I will not watch the Spring Festival Gala.

Just after twelve o'clock, I heard the sound of firecrackers outside, another year passed, and another year older, but I have no plans for the future yet.

After the New Year's Eve dinner, everyone plans to play cards together. I have always dismissed such mind-consuming things as playing cards.I put on my overcoat, walked out of the room with the mobile phone that Liu Chunling had sent me, and took a breath.

Looking at the mobile phone in his hand, it took him a long time to figure out how to use it.He quickly sent a message to Liu Chunling, asking if she got home safely.

I don’t usually make friends very much, so I only received a few New Year’s greeting text messages during the Chinese New Year. In addition to a few text messages from the three brothers in the dormitory, there was also a message from Jiang Chun. Unlike other messages, she just asked me how I was doing. No, there is not a bunch of formalistic New Year's greetings text messages.

I replied to her that I am cured, see you at the beginning of school, and after waiting for a long time, I received a message from her: Oh.

This "oh" reply is a closed reply, and there is basically no need to continue the conversation after receiving such similar "got it", "um" and "okay".

As for the three brothers in the dormitory, the time I spent hanging out with them was really not as long as the time I spent with the Zhang brothers and sisters, so I simply replied Happy New Year.I am the kind of person who doesn’t have any ideas, or in other words, if I have ideas, I don’t want to share them with others.

"Hello? You haven't slept so late?" Zhang Ling talked to me in a sleepy tone as soon as she got on the phone.

"Did you go to bed so early? Have you finished the New Year's Eve dinner over there? How is your brother?" She said it was nothing serious, except that her legs and feet were not working well, and she would recover slowly.

We chatted every sentence, but she was not sleepy anymore. I have been outside for more than an hour, and my toes were a little frozen. I quickly stopped and said that I would go to see you two in the second year of junior high school. , she also complained that I made her whole.

After I hung up the phone, I planned to go home. As soon as I entered the gate, I heard someone talking outside, and I immediately became alert.

During the holidays in my house, there are a lot of thieves and so on. These people usually commit crimes in groups, and thieves don't steal anything, they just take whatever they have.

When I was in junior high school, one year my neighbor's house was robbed.When the thief was caught, he became angry and stabbed the two members of the family to death.One of them was still a child and ran away. I heard that the murderer has not been caught yet.

I bent down and walked as lightly as possible to the door.Looking outside through the crack of the door, there were two black shadows squatting outside the gate of the neighbor's house. I held my breath, wanting to hear what they were talking about.

"Fourth, are you sure it's this one?" one of them said.

"Well, he just moved out and his things are still in the house. He should move things after the new year. After the house next to him is sleeping, we will go in and see if there are any valuable things."

"Are you sure there's no dog?"

"Hey, there is a dog barking lately, tell me, aren't we a bit vicious for celebrating the New Year?" It seems that there is still a conscience between the two of them.

"Never mind him, you don't have to worry about them if you starve to death, you say it's the same, why doesn't the house next door stay up so late?"

I thought to myself, I might not be able to sleep all night, I could hear my second aunt yelling across a yard and a wall, and I couldn't sleep even if I wanted to.

These two thieves are really good at picking people, took out their mobile phones and wanted to call the police, hesitated for a while, forget it, since the police car, they have already run away and disappeared.The two must be trapped, and the stolen goods can be obtained together.I had such a calculation in my heart, but I still didn't think of any good way, so I might as well wait and see what happens.

"Wait, let's be quiet, if there is nothing valuable, let's go." The two stood up after speaking, and I looked at them, one was tall and fat, and the other was short and thin .Although there was dim moonlight shining on the snow, he still couldn't see clearly.

The two moved quickly and turned over into the neighbor's yard one by one.I gently pushed the door open a gap, ready to follow.Thinking about how unsafe it was, I found a pick handle, at least I had a weapon this time.

I looked in from the door of the neighbor's house, and the little skinny man was picking the lock on the door, and the other looked around, probably a little guilty.After fiddling for a while, the door was opened, and the two entered one after the other.The big tall one even closed the door.

I quickly took the opportunity to climb over the gate. When I climbed over, I was still thinking about when I was so good at it.

Without much hesitation, he walked forward quickly, wanting to see what they were doing now.Before he got close to the door, there was a loud noise, and the door opened.

The two of them broke through the door like crazy, and the tall one rushed out first. I looked at him with horror in his eyes, and he kept looking back.The little skinny man had just stepped out of the door with one leg, and before he could run, he seemed to be grabbed by some kind of force and quickly pulled him into the room.

"Help me, fourth child, save me!" the little skinny man kept yelling, the taller one staggered and fell out, turned his head and kept staring at the little skinny man in the door, moaning, I heard It took a long time to understand what he said.

There are ghosts in the house.

When I heard the word "ghost", I was also shocked, why?Everyone should know the origin of the Spring Festival. The main content is to remove the old and break the new, drive away evil spirits and avoid disasters, worship gods and ancestors, and pray for good fortune. On this day, all monsters and ghosts should be feared three-pointed.What these two little thieves are talking about is probably nonsense.

I have also seen a lot of these things, but I am not very afraid.As I walked forward, I searched for the jade pendant on myself.

Oops!I forgot to take out my pocket when changing clothes.

I was about to enter the house, but I subconsciously took two steps back, um, it’s a good thing to do harm to the people, but we must do what we can.

"Father, Second Aunt! Come out quickly! Something happened!" I yelled directly to the other side of the fence, and Second Aunt rushed out first.

"What's wrong, nephew!"

"Bring me the clothes I changed in the morning, don't ask, hurry up!" The second aunt was always silent, and immediately turned to look for my clothes.

When my dad came out, he kept asking me what was wrong, and he was about to climb over the wall. I was afraid that he was in danger, so I stopped him.

After a while, the second aunt brought the clothes, and I just found out the jade pendant, when there was another loud sound of closing the door behind me, and several pieces of glass on the window were shattered.

"What's the matter, nephew? A thief?"

"It's not a big deal, but I'm afraid it's a ghost." After hearing what I said, everyone looked at each other in blank dismay.Dad seemed to remember something and hurried into the house.

Holding the jade pendant, I have confidence in my heart.This is my only combat power, but after only two steps, I realized something was wrong.

Where did the tall one go?In this short time, there is one less person.

Maybe I can enter the house, I walked forward quickly, just about to step up the steps.Suddenly, I felt as if someone kicked me from behind. Rather than saying it was a kick, I would rather believe that I was hit by an overloaded trailer.The whole person flew out, but luckily landed on a pile of corn beards in the yard, but the force of this kick was too great.

I turned over and stood up, feeling a heat in my throat, and even vomited a mouthful of blood.

Damn, you kid has black hands!At this time, I felt something was wrong with this tall guy.This time the distance was closer, and with the moonlight reflected on the snow, I could clearly see his face.

I've probably never seen this face in horror movies.The whole face is elongated, and the shape of the eyes is not normal, as if they are rotated 90 degrees clockwise.A long tongue kept wriggling in the air.

Well, I think this tall man is no longer the tall man he was just now.

"That, that or something, the grievance has its head, and the debt has its owner, right? I also came here to do good deeds, who would have thought that this would disturb you." After I finished speaking, I turned around and ran away.

I thought to myself that I really can't get rid of this ghost possession or something. The last time I encountered this situation was when Zhang Feng was around.I don't know anything about talismans and messy things, so it's safest to run away.

As soon as I climbed up the gate, I felt my left foot was caught by something. I looked back and saw that the big tall one was still in place, but its tongue stretched out and wrapped around my foot.

Good guy, this big long tongue is a full ten meters long. This picture is too exciting.I tightly grasped the crossbar of the big iron gate with both hands, and my feet were still fighting with my tongue.

On the other side of the wall, Second Gu and Wang Jingjing were dumbfounded.

"If you two can't help, just hide!" I yelled to her mother and daughter.

If I had known it would be better to bring a kitchen knife, I looked around for any tools that could help me get out, but I couldn't find anything after looking for a long time.

"Son, take this quickly!" I looked at the yellow talisman in my father's hand outside the iron gate, and thought to myself, you should bring me a knife!I don't know what is the use of the broken talisman obtained from which broken temple?

"Father, you'd better get me a kitchen knife, I don't know if your talisman works well!"

"Don't talk nonsense, take it quickly! This is not an ordinary talisman, it was given by your master Zhang, who said that one day you will definitely need it, take it!"

I couldn't hold him back, so I took Huang Furan and he went back to get a kitchen knife. I had to cut off this tongue.Looking at the talisman in his hand, it looked a bit familiar, and he didn't think too much about it. He twisted the talisman with his sword fingers, and said in a hurry like a law, and threw the talisman to the long-tongued monster behind him.

As soon as Fu made a shot, a red flame immediately appeared and flew towards the tall man like a cannonball, which was too handsome.

I never thought that one day I would be able to achieve such an unscientific operation.The big tall one didn't seem to expect that I would make such a move, and its tongue was wrapped around my feet and couldn't break free for a while, so it took my spell abruptly.

When the talisman touched his body, his whole body burned instantly. Although it was burning, the tall man didn't seem to have suffered any substantial damage. The one who was injured should be the long-tongued monster on him.Sure enough, after a while, I saw a black shadow emerge from the tall man, turned around and flew back.

not good!He is going to my house.

(End of this chapter)