Looking at the pickled vegetables in front of me, they suddenly lost their appeal.
"Squeak..."
The door opened again, and the old man sighed. “Come in! You must leave this mortuary tomorrow morning. I’m only keeping you here for one night. If you need anything, call me Old Deng. Don’t speak too loudly, I can hear you.”
As soon as he finished speaking, he was about to turn and leave, but Zhang Xiaomo stopped him, saying, "Here are two chickens, consider them our lodging fee."
Not bad, this kid is a good one, he even knows to leave two for his old man.
His expression immediately softened considerably. "Alright then, I'll accept it without hesitation."
Holding the chicken, he walked briskly to the backyard, intending to dig out a jar of wine to satisfy his craving.
After entering the mortuary, the group looked around. Sure enough, there were quite a few corpses inside, and judging from their appearance, they were all from the countryside.
Zhang Xiaomo was a little scared. In his tension, he heard a faint sound of bells. Looking up, he saw that there were several bells hanging above the corpses in the mortuary.
After counting, there were eight corpses in total, three women and five men. The old Taoist priest was a little scared, as there was an eerie atmosphere in the air.
Ma Lihua glanced at Zhang Xiaomo's hand unintentionally. A red thread was wrapped around it. She couldn't understand why he didn't cut the red thread. It was so long, and she wondered if the red thread could extend further.
“Mother, there’s a lotus pond behind the mortuary! It’s a bit small, but the fish in it are huge.” Ma Hehua licked her lips.
Ma Lihua also became interested, so the three members of the Ma family went to the backyard. Zhang Xiaomo held tightly to his uncle, feeling a chill all over his body.
"Uncle, I have a feeling something's wrong with this place!"
"Yes! I felt it too."
The two exchanged a glance and nimbly followed behind the three members of the Ma family. However, they did not see that when a gust of wind blew by, the dead people under the white cloths suddenly opened their eyes.
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