After hanging up the phone, Lu Qingjiu gave a wry smile, thinking to himself that it was a good thing he hadn't used the water from the well for cooking or washing clothes, otherwise he would probably have a serious psychological trauma now. He didn't know when the police would come, and whether there were still bodies in the well.
As he pondered this, Lu Qingjiu sliced the braised beef into bite-sized pieces, each slice neither too thin nor too thick. He prepared the beef for the noodles and put the rest in the refrigerator for later. He then boiled water, added the noodles, and fried three eggs while they cooked.
After the noodles were cooked, he briefly blanched the freshly picked vegetables in boiling water, preserving their vibrant green color without making them too mushy. Finally, Lu Qingjiu scooped the noodles into a bowl filled with leftover bone broth from a few days ago. He then ladled a spoonful of the remaining braised beef broth into the broth and topped the noodles with green vegetables and a golden fried egg.
"It's ready. Someone come and help me serve it." Lu Qingjiu called from the kitchen.
Bai Yuehu heard Lu Qingjiu's voice and entered the kitchen. He was not afraid of the heat and took away all three bowls. Lu Qingjiu was stunned for a long time.
Yin Xun cheered when he saw the noodles and said, "I'm starving! These noodles smell so good."
Lu Qingjiu took off her apron and handed Yin Xun a plate of chili peppers: "It's not spicy. If you want it spicy, add it yourself."
Yin Xun nodded, scooped a large spoonful of chili into his bowl, and said, "Who were you talking to on the phone in the kitchen just now? Why do I think I heard you mention the well again?"
"It's the police calling," Lu Qingjiu explained. "They suspect there's another body in the well."
Yin Xun paused while eating his noodles, apparently remembering the corpse he had fished out of the well that night. He said, "No way? There's another corpse? Are corpses so common these days? How could there be two in such a small well?"
"I don't know either." Lu Qingjiu shook his head.
Bai Yuehu was not affected at all. His eyes were all on the noodles in front of him. He almost finished the bowl of noodles quietly.
Lu Qingjiu asked him if it tasted good. He nodded heavily, and after finishing the soup, he said, "It's delicious."
As a chef, Lu Qingjiu was immediately satisfied. However, the braised beef this time was indeed delicious. The meat was chewy and tasty, not dry at all, but rather had a sweet aftertaste of meat. The noodles were fine, each strand distinct, and paired with the refreshing vegetables, it was indeed very appealing.
After dinner, Bai Yuehu washed the dishes as usual, while Lu Qingjiu followed Yin Xun to his own field to see how the vegetables he had grown were doing. It would have been fine if he hadn't looked, but when he did, Yin Xun was shocked. Yin Xun said, "That's not right. Aren't you only back for half a month? How come your tomato seedlings have grown so tall!"
Lu Qingjiu immediately thought of Bai Yuehu. Of course, he couldn't say that. He just calmly replied, "Maybe it's because I'm pretty."
Yin Xun: "... then mine should grow faster."
Lu Qingjiu: "You are so shameless."
Yin Xun: "Same here."
However, after this interruption, Yin Xun no longer paid attention to the abnormal situation of the vegetables. Lu Qingjiu glanced at his vegetable garden and saw that a patch of green seedlings had emerged from the previously bare mud. Even though he didn't know much about growing vegetables, he could see that the vegetables were growing well.
Although he was very happy, Lu Qingjiu still tactfully reminded Bai Yuehu after returning, asking him not to let the vegetables grow too fast, otherwise it would attract other people's attention and he would be hard to explain. Bai Yuehu nodded slightly after hearing this and continued to eat melon seeds.
On the third day, the telecommunications company sent staff to help Lu Qingjiu install the network cable and TV, and the house finally had wireless network available.
"I'm going to town tomorrow to buy chicken and a desktop computer." Lu Qingjiu asked Yin Xun, "Do you know where I can buy one?"
"Buy a computer?" Yin Xun said, "Why do you suddenly want to buy a computer?"
Lu Qingjiu said, "Isn't this for the future? I can sell my own agricultural products online. If that doesn't work, I can even do a live broadcast." Although his savings are enough for him to live here for a long time, he still has to plan for the future.
"Okay." Yin Xun rubbed his head, "I'll go ask for you."
So on market day, Lu Qingjiu and Yin Xun took Uncle Chen's car to town early. It was only when they arrived that Lu Qingjiu received a call from the police, saying they were going to his house to retrieve the body. Lu Qingjiu said he was out and that only Bai Yuehu was at home, so they could just go there.
Yin Xun sighed beside him and said that Lu Qingjiu was really unlucky to encounter such bad luck as soon as he returned home.
Lu Qingjiu spread his hands and made a helpless expression.
Arriving at the chicken shop, Lu Qingjiu saw a group of little yellow chickens penned together, chirping and making a lively noise. Yin Xun asked, "Boss, how much are the chickens?"
"Both male and female are five dollars each," the boss said. "How many do you want?"
Lu Qingjiu said, "Let's get ten." He thought for a moment and said, "Nine hens and one rooster." There didn't need to be too many roosters, just enough to breed the hens.
"Okay, you can choose it yourself," said the boss.
Lu Qingjiu nodded and reached out to grab the chickens to take a look, but as soon as he put his hand in, all the chickens seemed to be frightened and ran away, leaving Lu Qingjiu's hand hanging awkwardly in the air.
"Brother, what's wrong with your hand?" The boss laughed and said, "Are you lucky?"
Yin Xun laughed loudly beside him, and Lu Qingjiu laughed so hard that he hit him on the shoulder.
"What's wrong with them? They're running so fast." Lu Qingjiu said embarrassedly.
"Get out of the way, let me do it!" Yin Xun rolled up his sleeves and reached into the chicken coop again, but as soon as his hand went in, the chicks all dodged away, as if what he stretched out was not his hand but the mouth of a ferocious beast.
"Hahahahaha." This time it was Lu Qingjiu's turn to mock Yin Xun mercilessly.
Yin Xun: "Fuck, what on earth did we touch that made the chicken so scared!"
As soon as these words came out, Lu Qingjiu's smile froze on his face. He instantly remembered that there seemed to be a fox that loved to eat chickens living in his house. Perhaps it was the scent of the fox that caused the chickens to react like this...
Just as Lu Qingjiu was thinking this, he heard Yin Xun shouting, "You bunch of little chickens, you actually dare to hide away? I'll catch you all!" He stretched out his hand and started playing "Eagle Catches Chicken" with the chickens.
Some of the chicks just hid, but a few seemed to be irritated by Yin Xun and began to peck at Yin Xun's fingers with their tender yellow beaks.
Yin Xun caught all these brave chicks and put them into the newly bought chicken coop.
It took a long time to catch the ten chicks. By the time Yin Xun finished catching them, he was exhausted. He said that he had never seen such difficult chicks in his life.
Lu Qingjiu said: "Then you wait here for me, I'll go buy the computer first."
"Let's go together." Yin Xun stood up, holding the chicken, and said, "I'm not that weak."
Lu Qingjiu said, "Then let me carry the chicken."
Yin Xun handed the chicken cage to Lu Qingjiu. It was not known if it was a coincidence or something else, but the chickens Yin Xun chose were not pure yellow, but rather pure yellow with a little black fluff, which looked quite cute.
After choosing a computer in town, it was almost time to go back to the village.
On the way back, Lu Qingjiu received a call from the police, who said they had found another body in his well. The bodies of the man and woman were both very strange. The woman's body had turned to bones, but it was floating on the water. The man's body was well-preserved, but had sunk completely to the bottom of the well and was said to be covered in black hair.
The body was just recovered. Because it was Lu Qingjiu who provided the clue, the police meant that they would have to question him carefully after he returned. If this happened on a normal day, Lu Qingjiu would definitely not be able to clear his suspicion, but both the well and the body inside were so eerie and scary, so the police did not handle it according to common sense.
As Lu Qingjiu carried his chirping little chicken, his mind flashed back to the dream he had that afternoon. Could that dream be the crime scene? But how did the man die? And what about the phone call from the woman claiming to be Fu Ziying...
Seeing Lu Qingjiu's serious expression, Yin Xun asked him what had happened.
Lu Qingjiu told Yin Xun about her dream and the call she received from the police. Yin Xun was stunned after hearing it: "No way? Then she avenged herself and called the police at the same time... Is that so inspiring?!"
Lu Qingjiu: "..." Thinking about it carefully, it is quite inspiring. She is a very hardworking female ghost.
Yin Xun: "Much better than us."
Lu Qingjiu showed an expression of shame. There were probably not many people who would take revenge on their own if they were killed by others.
Full of awe for the ghost lady, Lu Qingjiu returned to the old house. The policeman saw him carrying a cage of chickens off the truck and said, "You're really careless. Aren't you afraid of two dead people at home?"
"I'm scared." Lu Qingjiu said honestly, "Aren't we just buying some chickens to liven up the yard?"
Police: "You still expect Ji Zai to help you guard your house?"
Lu Qingjiu: "You still have to have dreams, what if they come true?" He made a joke, put the chicken in his hand into the chicken coop, and turned to ask the police what happened to the male corpse in the well.
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