Chapter 95: The Sophora Tree and the Millstone

The three of them walked to a locust tree in the village. The tree was very lush and when you looked up from below, it looked like a giant umbrella that blocked out the sky and the sun.

Qi Gu looked at Mu Xingchen and said, "Go ahead."

The tone was cold and merciless.

This time we are going to test the rule that you cannot take shelter under the locust tree.

Mu Xingchen squatted under the tree trembling with fear, his heart in his throat and cold sweat breaking out on his back. He thought to himself, this is not a place to enjoy the cool air, there is no way I can feel hot.

The cold wind was blowing, Qi Gu and Lin Hanzhi sat on a big rock not far from the locust tree, paying attention to the situation here.

Mu Xingchen squatted for a while and his feet soon became numb, so he decided to squat on the other foot. As a result, when he stood up and adjusted his posture, he felt something brushing against his raised shoulder.

It should be a branch, Mu Xingchen thought.

After another half a minute, he began to feel bored. He took out his phone and tremblingly started playing games to divert his attention. When the game became intense, he felt something patting his back. He didn't even look up, thinking it was Qi Gu: "Master, is it over? I'm only halfway through this game. Wait for me for ten minutes and I'll get up."

There was no response or tapping behind him, so he thought Qi Gu agreed and continued playing games with his head down.

But soon, he felt something patting his back again.

"Master?" Mu Xingchen finally turned back from the game, and then caught a glimpse of a bloody red embroidered shoe hanging on his shoulder.

The tip of the shoe was shaking and hitting him on the shoulder.

He looked up and saw Qi Gu and Lin Hanzhi still sitting under a large rock not far away. Qi Gu was looking at him leisurely: "Finally found it?"

Mu Xingchen let out a heart-wrenching cry: “Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!”

He rolled forward to avoid touching the shoe again, and then ran straight towards Qi Gu.

At this moment, on the screen of the mobile phone held by Qi Gu, the audience saw the scene of Mu Xingchen running towards the screen screaming.

[Silly child, you are so stupid. How can you play the game in this environment? 】

[I really am. A female ghost hanging from a tree is scary, but because the phone is held by Gugu, I feel like I have a boss’s perspective on everything, and I’m not panicked at all.]

[I wasn’t panicking at all, and even felt like laughing… After all, Gugu secretly discussed with Zhizhi that they should let Mu Xingchen discover it himself before taking action, to give him some courage, hehehe.]

[This kid is really slow. I watched the ghost falling down little by little. Her shoes touched his shoulders. I thought he would notice it somehow, but he thought it was Gugu who took the photo of him...]

"Master, a ghost is coming!" Mu Xingchen jumped in front of Qi Gu in two or three steps, "Why didn't you tell me earlier!"

"I want to see your reaction ability." Qi Gu stood up slowly, put a cross behind the memo after the locust tree rules, and said, "You are very insensitive."

"This is a hanged ghost. You will not be in danger unless its tongue can touch your neck." Qi Gu explained.

Mu Xingchen turned around and found that the tongue was still far away from the height of his neck when he was squatting. He thought that his master still cared about him.

He stopped being angry instantly and asked, "Should we take it now?"

"Well, come on, I've already taught you the spell." Qi Gu could see that this hanged ghost had never been responsible for any death, so he didn't beat the ghost.

The ghost thanked Qi Gu for not killing him and told his story.

It is a story so clichéd that when it is written into a novel, readers will feel that the author has forced it. It is nothing more than a newly-married woman who was betrayed and could not wait for her lover to come, so she finally chose to commit suicide.

But this is her life.

Before Lin Muxingchen put it into the mini gourd, Qi Gu asked it how it got here.

It said: "Three years ago, I passed by the tree and found that this place had become very yin, which was good for a little ghost like me, so I stayed."

Three years ago, Fang Yuanwang and Bai Yu came to Huaishui Village to teach.

It seems that perhaps it was because of what happened that year that Huaishui Village became what it is today, and Fang Yuanwang failed to notice that there was anything abnormal about the children, probably because those children were still normal at that time.

The three continued walking forward and came to an open space in the village used to dry grain. Next to the open space stood a huge stone millstone, which just happened to verify the second rule: the millstone cannot be used at night, otherwise no matter what you put in the millstone, blood will eventually flow out.

Before leaving, Qi Gu asked the village chief for a bowl of soaked soybeans and handed it to Mu Xingchen.

Mu Xingchen looked at the huge millstone, then at himself, and began to grind it with great difficulty. While turning slowly in circles, he began to comfort himself, "When God wants to give a man a great responsibility, he must first make him work hard..."

He had good physical strength, but this job also required dexterity, so after grinding for most of the day, Mu Xingchen could only grind out a few drops of soy milk. He was so tired that he was sweating all over and breathing heavily in an unpresentable manner.

On the other hand, Qi Gu and Lin Hanzhi looked as relaxed and comfortable as tourists who came to the village to enjoy the night sky.

[Laughing to death, the mysterious variety show has a metamorphosis, right?]

[Hahahaha, the idol has been transformed into a donkey pulling a millstone...]

[When you feel exhausted, it must be because someone is making your life peaceful and smooth for you belike]

[Come on, baby!] But mom doesn’t know how to do this job, so I won’t do it for you.]

At this moment, on a small road not far away, Miao Yue and Pubu Gesang were strolling past with a knife in their hands, preparing to go to the next regular location.

Suddenly seeing their teammates, they came over to say hello.

Miao Yue looked at Mu Xingchen, who was trying hard to pull the millstone, but the millstone barely moved and was sweating all over. After thinking for a moment, she asked seriously, "Is he taking a photo of himself pulling the millstone?"

Everyone: “…”

Miao Yue pulled Mu Xingchen away and said, "Go away."

Then she grabbed the wooden pole, and the millstone started to turn rapidly under Miao Yue's slender arms, so fast as if it was equipped with Hot Wheels. It was so fast that it could not be described in just one word.

Soon, white soy milk flowed out and just filled the disposable plastic cup.

Still nothing happened. Just when Qi Gu was about to take the soy milk back to boil it and drink it, tick, tick.

Two drops of blood fell into the soy milk, instantly ruining the good cup of soy milk.

Qi Gu's face suddenly turned cold, his eyes swept towards the millstone, and he angrily cursed: "Wasting food is an unforgivable sin!"