Chapter 260 The Village is "Ghostly"
"Sister Zhu, why did the fire go out again?"
The two old women behind Zhu looked frightened and huddled together, asking her in surprise.
Zhu paused for a moment, widened her eyes and looked around. Seeing nothing, she cleared her throat. "Perhaps the tinderboxes I brought have gotten damp. Do any of you have any more tinderboxes?"
The two old women looked at each other and then each took out a tinderbox.
Zhu quickly took the two tinderboxes and lit one of them, but the flame was blown out by the wind as soon as it appeared.
The old women were so frightened that they crowded even closer together and advised from the side, "Sister Zhu, why don't we just give up? We shouldn't do such a despicable thing. After all, when we worked here before, Old Master Feng paid us well."
"Yes, Sister Zhu, this house never belonged to us. We've already received our wages, so we should just leave obediently."
Madam Zhu was getting angry and scolded the two women, "You two are really useless! Now you know to say this? Why didn't you say so when we came in? Now that I'm about to set the fire, you're going to pretend to be nice people? I'm telling you, none of you are leaving! Those who came together, let's destroy this orchard together!"
After saying that, she handed them the tinder she had just lit, saying, "Try it too, and see if you can light it!"
The two timid women, after being scolded like that, dared not say anything more, and took the tinderbox and began to try it out.
A tinderbox contains only a tinder stick; you can usually blow into it and a flame will come out.
The two old women blew on the tinderboxes in their hands, and soon flames appeared on both of their tinderboxes.
The two women perked up and exclaimed, "Sister Zhu, there's a flame! Come and see!"
Zhu turned around to look, and just then, another gust of wind blew in, extinguishing the two small flames that had been burning.
At this moment, the two old women could no longer remain calm. They threw down their tinderboxes and screamed, "Ah! A ghost! A ghost!"
This terrified Zhu, who immediately scolded them, "What are you shouting about? Where are there ghosts?!"
The two old women, trembling, pointed at the tinderbox on the ground and said, "Sister Zhu, let's go quickly! Look at that evil wind just now, it never comes out except when we light our tinderbox!"
"Once or twice is fine, but look how many times this has happened! If you don't leave, then we're leaving!"
As they spoke, they ignored Zhu and turned to run away.
Startled, Madam Zhu hurriedly called out to them, "How could you leave me here alone! Come back quickly!"
However, the two had already vanished without a trace, like rabbits.
Zhu was so angry that she stomped her feet. "You heartless bastards! If you won't do it, I'll do it myself!"
After saying that, he picked up the tinderbox from the ground and prepared to start again.
Strangely enough, as soon as the two old women left, her tinderbox suddenly lit.
Zhu was overjoyed as she looked at the flame that had just started to burn in her hand. "What nonsense are you talking about? It's perfectly fine!"
Holding the tinderbox, she continued walking inside, then gathered some dry branches and grass, preparing to light a fire.
Just as she was feeling smug, a small green vine slowly emerged from the ground, like a nimble snake, and slowly came to her feet, then climbed up the big tree next to her.
Xu tried to light the withered wood and grass, but it wouldn't ignite no matter how hard she tried. Cold sweat began to trickle down her forehead. She wiped it away, growing increasingly impatient. "This damned dry branch, how can it not be lit!"
As soon as she finished speaking, the vines climbing the tree raised their heads and patted her on the shoulder.
Madam Xu initially thought it was the two old women returning. "Oh, they've come back after seeing that my tinderbox was useful?"
As she spoke, she turned around and looked back.
There was no one behind him.
Ms. Xu quickly touched her shoulder, thinking that she might have made a mistake, and then turned around to continue lighting the fire.
The green vines peeked out again and patted Xu's shoulder once more.
Xu felt the pain in her shoulder very clearly this time, and she froze instantly.
With trembling hands, she cautiously turned her head to look behind her, only to find that there was still nothing there.
Madam Xu panicked completely. She quickly dropped the tinder she was holding, knelt down on the ground, and said with her head bowed, "Ah! Lord Ghost, I know I was wrong. I shouldn't have come to your courtyard to disturb you. I'll leave right now, I'll leave right now!"
After saying that, he crawled and knelt down, running behind him.
The green vines immediately stepped forward and wrapped around Xu's feet.
Ms. Xu tripped and fell headlong into the ditch.
She was covered in wet mud, and as she wiped her face, she pleaded in a trembling voice, "Lord Ghost, I really know I was wrong, please let me go, I'll never come again, please let me go!"
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