Zhou Xiaolan hesitated. She didn't have a job yet and had always been looked down upon, with people saying she was a freeloader.
Now that I finally have such a large sum of money, I should at least buy a house and find myself a job, if not buy a house and have a place to live.
However, she's not that enthusiastic about finding a job anymore; she works herself to the bone at her job and doesn't earn as much as she does now.
That money isn't enough to buy a house right now, so how about we get him a permanent job first...?
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After finishing work today, Hua Xiangyun did not leave the village immediately, but instead wandered around the village. Finding nothing, she went directly to the back mountain to find Ren Jinpeng.
"You mean there's a spirit causing trouble in the village?" Ren Jinpeng thought it was unlikely. They had lived in this village for so many years, they could tell whether there was a new spirit or not, and they would be able to detect it immediately.
As for the spirits on this mountain, they could not possibly appear in front of people without a reason.
"Probably not. I've been wandering around the village these past few days, and they haven't spotted me." Although Ren Guangyi wouldn't be returning home, he could still easily roam the village at night.
However, he always chooses quiet times late at night and doesn't easily appear in public.
There are many other wandering spirits like him. They dare not go into the village during the day, but they will go out for a stroll under the cover of night.
If there were anything unusual, they couldn't possibly be completely unaware of it.
There's only one thing: those causing trouble are people, not spirits.
“These days, people in the village are saying that shadows have appeared,” Hua Xiangyun said, more inclined to believe that someone was playing tricks. “Have you noticed any suspicious people coming to the village?”
They had just broken the formation a few days ago, and the other side should have suffered a backlash. They might have lost their lives by now and shouldn't have the ability to come looking for revenge.
"Should we go to other villages to inquire?" Ren Jinpeng had also thought of this. If it was a spirit, they couldn't have failed to notice it. That meant someone was playing tricks.
Those who can achieve this level are more likely to be Xuan Masters.
Hua Xiangyun had the same idea, so she immediately burned several gold ingots she had folded herself, as well as four handmade incense sticks. The Ren family members, having received the benefits, all expressed that they would definitely handle the matter well.
Not far from her, Xu Damei's family was also discussing this issue.
Apart from the sisters who married into other villages, the few cousins who rarely visited each other all gathered together.
“I really didn’t see wrong, it was our uncle last night,” Xu Yingxiong said firmly.
Xu Damei was trembling all over. She didn't even go to work today and ran home to hide.
"You mean your uncle showed up at our door last night?" Xu Damei's voice trembled as she spoke.
Xu Yingxiong nodded, "It's not that the kids are greedy, so I went out late at night to catch some loaches. Who knew that when I came back I would see a shadow on your wall? I was about to shout who it was when he disappeared in an instant..."
He was still shaken when he talked about it, so he let out a loud scream. Unfortunately, no one in the village came out to check, which scared him so much that he quickly ran home to hide.
"You haven't even seen his face, how can you say he's your uncle? Aren't you just scaring me?" Xu Damei felt unsafe staying at home at the thought of something climbing onto her wall.
"Didn't I say? You forgot that Uncle has a birthmark on his neck, a birthmark the size of a child's fist, how could I not see it?" Xu Yingxiong was still a little flustered, and he couldn't even remember how he got through it back then.
Xu Yinghao touched the goosebumps on his arm. "Brother, now that you mention it, I do find it a bit strange. It seems like every time the shadow appears, it's near one of our houses..."
Xu Damei: "Did we not make proper arrangements for Uncle's final moments?"
At this point, everyone felt a little guilty. Who cared about these things when they were only concerned with getting a bigger share of the money?
Besides, funerals are just like that. You just go up the mountain, pick a spot, bury the dead, and that's it. Isn't that how every family does it?
If he truly has a spirit, he should be protecting the Xu family's descendants, not here playing tricks on people and scaring them.
“Even if that’s the reason, what can we do?” Xu Yinghao said dejectedly. “We can’t just dig him up and bury him again, can we?”
"What are you saying?" Xu Yingxiong slapped him on the head. "I called you all here today to discuss how to appease him."
"How about we try to buy some paper money to burn for him, and beg him to forgive us this time? Although we nephews and nieces are unfilial, at least we can help him with his funeral arrangements." Xu Yingjun was the youngest among them, and he had previously suggested that they bury the old man first before dividing the inheritance, but his older brothers and sisters wouldn't listen to him.
"Where are we going to get these things now? If we don't do it right, all of us will lose money," Xu Damei said irritably. "You don't know anything and just give bad advice."
Xu Yingjun stopped talking. In this family, he had the least say, and anything he said would be rejected. He might as well just listen to what they had to say.
After much discussion, the siblings still couldn't find a good solution.
"If all else fails, let's secretly consult a sorceress. I've heard that the sorceress at the end of the county is really capable. Let her help us mediate and get Uncle to let us off the hook." Xu Yingxiong added sinisterly, "If that doesn't work, let the sorceress take him away. We can't let a dead man delay our families."
The siblings had no other choice but to each chip in ten yuan and pool their money together. Even though they were reluctant, they knew that spending money was the only way to avoid trouble.
Xu Yingxiong took Xu Yinghao out and headed straight for the end of the county. They needed to get back to the village before dark, and they dared not travel on the roads at night.
Wu Chenxi sat in the courtyard and took a deep breath. Her apprentice hadn't returned yet, but unexpectedly, some unrelated people had arrived first.
Since taking on an apprentice, she has been particularly reluctant to accept jobs.
In the past, it was just a way to pass the time and solve some minor problems for the villagers in the vicinity.
Now, she has apprentices to teach, and most of the people coming to her are trivial matters, which she doesn't want to deal with.
If the child is frightened, comfort them for a few days. Don't insist that they bumped into something dirty.
It's just that I have a few more dreams because I think too much during the day, and I have to say that my ancestors gave me a warning.
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Many people came to him with similar requests, and Wu Chenxi became increasingly lazy.
The knocking sounded like it came from nearby villagers. Didn't they realize that the door might not even hold up after being pounded by their knocking?
Resigned to his fate, he put on a facade, walked over, opened the door, and asked, "What do you want?"
Xu Yingxiong quickly recounted the strange events that had occurred in the village over the past few days. "Old Woman Wu, we would like to ask you to come and take a look. Is there any unfulfilled wish of my uncle?"
Seeing that they didn't have any yin energy, Wu Chenxi guessed that it was because of their mindset. "Just do what the old man told you before he passed away."
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