"Auntie, how many rooms are left?"
Even though she was riding a bicycle, she was exhausted after going around in circles several times.
He Ruixue handed her the paper in her hand and said, "There are only three options left. If that doesn't work out, let's just stick with the two courtyards we saw before. They both seem okay."
"They're not good at all. I don't think either one is very good. One is in the shade and it's so damp inside. Living in it for a long time is not good for your health. The other one is so far away from our house and there are so many people living around. It's so noisy that it's annoying."
He Xiaojie took the paper from her hand, looked at the remaining addresses, uttered a soft "Huh," and pointed to the second one, saying, "No. 58, Niujiao Lane, Sanshu Street. Isn't that in the alley across from our house?"
"Yeah, I thought I'd take a look at the ones far away first, and then I'd be able to go home after seeing all the way."
He Xiaojie scratched her head, and suddenly remembered something. She shuddered, grabbed her arm, and said fearfully, "Aunt, you can't go to this house. It's haunted!"
He Ruixue certainly didn't believe it. "Where's the way you scolded Yan Yiyi earlier? Didn't you swear that she was practicing feudal superstition? How come you believe these things too?"
"This is different, little aunt, this place is really weird! Wasn't that yard previously uninhabited? The neighborhood office wanted to rent it out because they didn't want it to be abandoned, but every time their people went in, something happened.
Some people would walk around in circles after encountering a ghost wall, or their heads would start to feel dizzy after entering. Another person said he saw a ghost and was so scared that he crawled out and was sick for several days after returning home.
He Ruixue asked in surprise, "So what did they do later?"
"What else can we do? We can only blockade it. Two years ago, some people with red armbands refused to believe in evil and said they wanted to destroy the four olds, starting with that yard. Several people came with shovels and hoes, wanting to tear down the house.
Unexpectedly, there was no news of these people for three whole days after they went in. When they came out, they were all injured. When asked what happened, they said they had forgotten. They only remembered that it was dark and they almost died of thirst in there.
So later on, the Revolutionary Committee didn't dare to even think about that place, for fear of provoking the people inside."
"Really? Could it be that someone is trying to be mysterious to prevent someone from occupying their house, like knocking out the intruder and locking him up in the basement?"
He Ruixue remembered that there was an episode of Conan that was filmed like this, where there was a haunted abandoned house. In fact, the son killed his father, and the mother didn't want him to be caught, so she simply locked him up in the basement.
The two lived underground for several years, and only the occasional signs of activity made people think it was haunted.
So she wondered if there was some secret room under the yard, or if there were enemy spies stationed there, so they deliberately set up confusion to achieve a secret that could not be told?
Seeing that she didn't care, He Xiaojie also felt competitive, "Oh! Not only that, someone didn't believe in evil and wanted to tear down the bricks of the back wall to repair their house. As a result, he was unconscious for a whole day.
Someone even tried to throw trash into the yard, but when they got back, they heard someone talking next to them. They were so scared they couldn't sleep well for two days. They only felt at peace after they had to clear out all the trash..."
"Maybe he fainted from hunger, because he's been scaring himself, and the psychological pressure is too great, which is why he's hallucinating? Or maybe there's something wrong with the magnetic field in this room, and it just happened to be a thunderstorm, so there were strange images and sounds."
He Ruixue looked like a determined materialist fighter at this moment. The more He Xiaojie saw that she didn't believe it, the more she wanted to convince her.
"No, aunt, do you remember Zhang Dabing from the next yard?"
"Remember."
Zhang Dabing was a nickname given to him by others. His real name was Zhang Tietou. He seemed to be born with a missing nerve. He was fearless since childhood. At the age of five, he dared to catch a snake and wrap it around his neck to play. At the age of seven, he dared to sleep alone in the yard. He was the king of the children in the neighborhood.
"Like you, he thought it was all a lie. He took a group of teenagers to explore the yard. Li Duoliang was also there. As a result, they were trapped there for most of the day. When the security department heard about it, they immediately went in to rescue them.
The strange thing is that the courtyard was obviously not big, but the two groups didn't collide. When they came out, everyone was scared and crying. Li Duoliang said that he saw a man-eating monster and was so scared that he fell ill for two days. His family summoned spirits and saw doctors, and it took half a month before he recovered.
"Is it really that weird?"
He Ruixue was still skeptical. Many folk stories of that era were full of metaphysics, and most of them were false rumors.
But on second thought, she had already traveled through a book, and this was just a derivative world, and it really couldn't be speculated based on common sense.
He Xiaojie nodded vigorously, "Anyway, this place is definitely not an option."
"Let's see it first. If it's really haunted, you might get a discount."
How could ghosts be so scary?
In her previous life, she had just graduated from school, had no money, and lived in a cheap rental house.
The old house's wiring was aging and there would always be power outages when she was taking a shower. There were always strange noises coming from upstairs. There was a problem with the bathroom faucet, which sometimes dripped and sometimes didn't... At that time, she didn't even think about moving out.
Are you kidding? It’s so hard to find a cheap house!
If there really was a ghost, she might be happier. If she was desperate, she could call it out to share half of the rent.
Hearing this, He Xiaojie immediately looked at her with an indescribable look, as if she was Grandet who was willing to risk his life for money.
He Xiaojie patted her shoulder and didn't continue to challenge her sensitive nerves. "We'll just take a look outside and not go in."
Glancing at the sky, He Xiaojie decided to postpone it as long as possible. "Tomorrow, it's too late today. I'm scared."
"Okay."
While they were running outside, He Xiaotuan didn't rest either. He took his wife to see an old Chinese doctor and came back exhausted in the evening.
Seeing the new car parked in the house, he leaned over to take a few glances, and exclaimed in amazement, "This is a car specially made for women, aunt, I can tell at a glance that you bought it... Wow, the steel stamp is even broken, and it's so fast. How much is it?"
Before He Ruixue could say anything, Wang Taozhi angrily said, "Over one hundred and seventy, this guy is so generous. With that much money, you could buy a big car. Then our whole family could ride in it. Why did you have to buy this car that looks good but is useless?"
Two cars, seating eight people, is very Indian style. Her sister-in-law is quite creative.
She immediately retorted, "If you have money, of course you should buy something suitable. I'm buying a bike for myself, not for you to ride."
"Okay, from now on, you can do the car cleaning and washing yourself."
Wang Taozhi didn't expect her to give up the car. It was a blessing that she didn't continue to occupy her car. She couldn't ask too much of her younger sister.
He Ruixue said confidently, "Isn't this He Xiaojie?"
The person being named was extremely reluctant and complained, "Auntie, you won't let me ride, and you want me to help you clean the bike?"
"How about this, if you help me clean it once, I'll let you ride it twice."
He Xiaojie wanted to bargain again, but He Ruixue's expression of "what else do you want" discouraged her. She could only nod and then comfort herself skillfully.
Her sister-in-law was very nice to her and even lent her her new bike. No one else in the family could enjoy such treatment.
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