Fatty Ma was an excellent storyteller, and he told his stories vividly.
It turns out it was the driver who drove at night, picking up the same passenger at the same time and place every night.
What's even stranger is that this passenger gets off at the same place every day.
Furthermore, the location where we got off the bus was quite remote, next to a small grove of trees outside the city.
The driver didn't pay much attention at first and was even pleased with himself for being able to pick up regular customers.
But after a week, he became a little scared: because this passenger always sat in the back seat, behind the driver.
She kept her head down and didn't say a word, even when the driver spoke first.
When pressed, he just mumbled a few perfunctory "uh-huhs" in response.
Before getting off the bus, he didn't say anything, but simply handed the driver a hundred-yuan bill.
After the driver gave him his change, the passenger walked into the depths of the grove without looking back.
Sometimes the driver would ask him when he was going back to the city, saying he could come pick him up. But it was late at night in the middle of nowhere, and you couldn't get a taxi.
The guest just chuckled...
There was also the money the passenger gave him: the driver discovered that the money smelled bad, like the smell of a rotting corpse!
And as time went on, the passengers in the car also developed the same smell, which became stronger and stronger!
Out of fear, the driver decided to call the police.
The next day, the police went to the grove where the passengers got off the bus and, after a thorough search, actually found a body.
The most terrifying thing is that the corpse was the very passenger who took the taxi!
And every penny of the change the driver gave to the passenger was in the corpse's pocket!
After Fatty Ma finished speaking, Xiao Li turned pale with fright: Just because he fights recklessly doesn't mean he's not afraid of ghosts.
Just like many fearless heroes are afraid of snakes—it's just an innate instinct.
"Damn you, Fatty Ma, are you trying to scare me on purpose? Are you asking for a beating?"
Fatty Ma laughed loudly: "Oh my god, Brother Li, you're afraid of something? I thought you were fearless!"
After exchanging a few more words, Xiao Li probably became genuinely scared.
He stopped drinking and started clamoring to go home early, insisting that Zhao Youliang take him home.
And he deposited all six hundred yuan at Sister Yingchun's barbecue stall, saying he would save it to eat slowly later.
Helpless, Zhao Youliang could only say goodbye to Sister Yingchun and then go to see Xiao Li off.
Unable to contain his curiosity, he asked, "Li Mao, is there anything strange about the customers you brought today?"
Does he smell bad?
Upon hearing this, Xiao Li almost burst into tears.
"Quantum, stop scaring me, okay? I'm really scared!"
"Because...because the person I pooped on really did smell bad..."
Zhao Youliang was stunned for a moment after hearing this, then shouted "Holy crap!" and ran towards the barbecue stall, leaving Xiao Li behind.
"Damn you, Li Mao! If you know money is corrupt, give it back to my older sister!"
"You just wait!"
Already terrified, Xiao Li was devastated when Zhao Youliang abandoned him and ran away.
"Quantum, don't go! Can you take me home first?!"
Seeing that Zhao Youliang showed no sign of turning back, Xiao Li could only muster his courage and run towards his home.
When Zhao Youliang returned to the barbecue stall, panting, he breathed a long sigh of relief after finding everything normal.
Seeing his appearance, Sister Yingchun couldn't help but laugh.
"What's wrong, Quantum? Is your big yellow dog chasing you?"
"If it bullies you again, tell me, and I'll castrate it with a knife!"
Yingchun's sister-in-law had a fiery personality, so she always spoke loudly.
When the other drinkers heard this, it immediately caused a burst of laughter and jeers.
"Sister-in-law, stop castrating the dog, castrate me instead!"
"I promise I won't resist, okay?!"
The moment these outrageous words were uttered, the diners laughed even louder, and some even started blowing vulgar whistles.
The fiery Sister-in-law Yingchun would never tolerate someone's bad habits, and upon hearing this, she immediately took out a kitchen knife.
"Who just told me to castrate myself? Come on, take off your pants, I'll clean you up right now!"
Upon seeing this, the people who had been egging them on immediately backed down: "No, sister-in-law, I was just kidding... just bragging..."
The laughter grew even louder.
At this moment, Zhao Youliang was not in the mood for jokes, and quickly pulled Yingchun's sister-in-law, who was holding a knife, aside.
"Sis, where's the money Xiao Li gave you? Let me see it right now!"
Although Sister-in-law Yingchun didn't understand, she still spoke up.
"It's in the display case, why?"
"That kid didn't give me counterfeit money, did he?"
"If it's counterfeit money, I'll castrate him!"
At this point, Sister Yingchun herself laughed.
While laughing, he opened the drawer to look for the hundred-yuan bills he had just seen.
"It's broken, the quantum numbers are all mixed up and can't be distinguished."
"I checked, it's real money, there's nothing wrong with it, why are you contacting them?"
Zhao Youliang didn't know how to explain, so he could only put all the hundred-yuan bills into his pocket.
"Sister-in-law, I'll take this money with me first. I'll get some other money for you when I get home, and we can exchange some for cash."
Zhao Youliang's actions were clearly a misunderstanding in Yingchun's eyes:
She thought Zhao Youliang wanted to borrow money but was too embarrassed to ask, so he came up with a lame excuse.
However, as a smart woman, Sister-in-law Yingchun knew that men are all concerned about their image.
Therefore, he didn't say anything, but just smiled and nodded.
......
The barbecue stall was doing very well today, so Zhao Youliang was busy until just before the incense offering before returning to the shop.
After completing all the required procedures, Zhao Youliang lay on the bed staring blankly at the money in his hand.
He had seen it in movies; if ghosts really existed, they would follow the money to grab a substitute.
This is also why Zhao Youliang insisted on exchanging money with Yingchun's sister-in-law.
The problem now facing Zhao Youliang is how to deal with this money.
Because he couldn't tell the difference, Zhao Youliang had a total of 1,200 yuan in his hands.
If it were a standard, textbook approach, Zhao Youliang should have put all the money into the temple's donation box.
If there really are ghosts, and they're causing trouble because of money, then let them go head-to-head with Buddha.
Only those who suffer truly know the misery...
The problem was that Zhao Youliang was too poor; he was so poor that he couldn't bear to spend a single penny recklessly, let alone donate it to temples.
There's a saying, isn't there? Death isn't scary, dying in poverty is!
"I wonder if the monks would exchange this money for what's in the donation box..."
Just as Zhao Youliang was daydreaming, a sudden inspiration struck him.
Although I don't have Buddha here, don't I have those two evil puppets?
Just put this money with the doll!
If the evil spirits dare to come, no matter who can beat whom, I won't suffer any losses!
Let's do it!
Zhao Youliang immediately got out of bed and rushed to the two puppets.
First, he made a perfunctory bow, then stuffed more than ten hundred-yuan bills into the female doll's shoes.
After doing all this, Zhao Youliang patted his bottom contentedly and went back to his room to sleep.
Little did they know, this was destined to be a sleepless night...
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