"It's not a residential area, it's an alley, but I can't remember which family it is." Father Liu said embarrassedly.

"It's okay, just know the approximate location."

Jiang Hanyan asked Liu's father to take her to the alley, which was not far from the rented house. Liu's father's main job was not to collect waste, but to pick up garbage. He would only go from street to street to collect waste when there was no time.

"Here it is."

Father Liu pointed to the alley. It was now seven o'clock in the evening. The majestic music of the news broadcast was playing. There were quite a few people sitting in the alley, fanning themselves with palm-leaf fans and chatting. Most of them were grandpas and ladies. There were also some children playing under the street lights. Swarms of mosquitoes were flying overhead, making a buzzing sound.

Jiang Hanyan took a look and found that most of the houses in the alley were new Shikumen houses. In the 1960s and 1970s, they basically became rented houses, but in the 1980s they were returned to the original landlords. However, many of the houses were ownerless and had been used as public housing. There were more than ten families living in one Shikumen house, just like a slum.

But there are a few houses that are occupied by one person, which can be seen from the clothes hung on the windowsills. The clothes hung on the windowsills of the shared Shikumen houses are in a mess, with the first, second and third floors all full. The windowsills of the houses where one lives alone do not have many clothes hung on them, and the windowsills are clean and tidy.

Being able to take out 10,000 yuan in cash, it was obvious that their family was well off. Jiang Hanyan looked at the buildings where only one person lived. These should be the families living there.

However, there were two buildings that were pitch black with no lights on, and I didn't know if anyone lived there.

Jiang Hanyan walked into the alley, followed by Liu Lingna and her daughter. A few middle-aged women who were chatting excitedly turned alert when they saw them.

"Uncle, aunt, I want to ask you something. Is there any house for rent nearby? My house is being renovated and I want to rent a house nearby, but I can't find a suitable one."

Jiang Hanyan spoke authentic Shanghainese, and the old men and women immediately became friendly and enthusiastic, and started talking at once.

"There must be houses available. How many do you want to rent?"

"Where do you live?"

"How many people are there in your family?"

Jiang Hanyan pointed casually and mentioned the community she saw when she just passed by. The old men and women didn't doubt it at all. After all, Jiang Hanyan's dress showed that she was a rich person, so it was reasonable for her to live in a high-end community.

"There are three people in my family, but relatives often come to stay. We have to rent a bigger house, preferably a single-family house. There are too many neighbors and it's very noisy. My mother is a light sleeper and can't fall asleep with the slightest noise. I would rather spend more money to rent a better house. Is there such a house in this alley?"

“There aren’t many stand-alone houses, but there are some, but the rent is a bit more expensive.”

"It's okay if it's a little expensive, the most important thing is to live comfortably. You don't know, the house my dad rented looks pretty, but my mom didn't sleep well after moving in. I don't know what happened upstairs, someone would walk in the middle of the night, and the floor would stomp. We were so scared that we dared not close our eyes. And the bedroom door was clearly closed and there was no wind, but it opened by itself. Oh my... I was scared to death!"

Jiang Hanyan patted her chest with a frightened expression. She described it so vividly, as if it were true, that the old men and women all believed it.

"There must be something unclean in that house. You should be afraid of this when buying or renting a house. The agent who introduced the house to you has a bad conscience. This kind of house should be explained clearly in advance. If someone with poor health lives in it, it may cost their life."

"Nowadays, people are only interested in making money. How many of them have any conscience? Humph, they will suffer retribution sooner or later."

"Come to think of it, didn't the He family also suffer the same loss? Less than a year after they moved in, something happened to their family members and their jobs were all in vain."

"Shh... Keep your voice down. Don't let the He family hear you. They deserve it. I told them not to buy the house because it has problems. But they didn't believe it and just wanted to get a good deal. Now they've suffered a huge loss."

Jiang Hanyan listened quietly. When the uncles and aunts finished talking, she pretended to be curious and asked, "Does the He family also make footsteps at night?"

"It's much more serious than the tapping noise in your house. Your guests are just a little naughty, but the one in the He family is a vicious monster that wants to kill people."

"When Old Lady He first moved in, she was like a bandit woman. Now she can't even get up from her bed. I heard from her daughter-in-law that she won't be here until the Chinese New Year."

"Old man He was such a strong man, he died just like that. How could he get cancer? Even if he had cancer, at least he could have survived for a year or two. But he was so lively and full of life when he was in the hospital, but he died within three months. I went to see him, and he was as thin as a skeleton. What a sin!"

"And Hongmei, she's already four months old, so she should be sitting still. But she washed the baby away in a bath, and now she's not fully recovered."

"Xiao He doesn't seem to be doing well in the company. There are problems at home every now and then. He also has a new boss who is very dissatisfied with him and says that if he doesn't do well, his work will fail."

Jiang Hanyan had a general idea of ​​what was going on. The He family had bought a detached house in this alley a year ago, but things had not been going well since they moved in. He's father died of cancer, his mother was bedridden, his son had just been promoted and should have been on a fast track to success, but he was disliked by his new boss and was likely to lose his job. His daughter-in-law was four months pregnant and accidentally fell while taking a bath, causing the baby to fall and she did not recover.

This family is shrouded in dark clouds and is extremely unlucky.

"This family is so pitiful. How could they be so miserable?" Jiang Hanyan said deliberately.

The uncles and aunts all looked disdainful, and it was obvious that the He family was not popular.

"It's not that they are pitiful. This family is not a good one." said an old lady.

There is no mistake in the poem, post, content, and read the book on 6, 9, and bar!

The others nodded in agreement.

Jiang Hanyan asked which house the He family lived in, saying that she would be more careful when renting a house in the future. The old men and women were very welcoming and showed her that it was at the very end of the alley.

"The one at the back is easy to find. It's a nice house, but..."

The aunt didn’t say the rest, but her meaning was very clear: the house is good, but you have to be able to withstand it.

Jiang Hanyan thanked the uncles and aunts and walked into the alley. The He family was indeed easy to find. The lights were on on the first and second floors of the innermost building.

"Why do I feel eerie?"

Liu Lingna rubbed her arms. She didn’t know if it was a psychological effect, but the closer she got to the He family, the colder she felt.

Father Liu suddenly slapped his head and whispered, "That's the one. I remember now. This is the one that collected the money. The door was locked at the time. I walked past it and a young woman opened the door and said she had cartons for sale. The bundle of money was in the carton."

"So the He family is deliberately looking for a scapegoat? They are so mean!"

Liu Lingna originally felt a little sympathetic towards the He family, but now she hopes that the He family will be even more unfortunate.

Even if Liu's father couldn't remember, Jiang Hanyan was sure it was the He family. The reason they were looking for a scapegoat was obviously because something happened in the family. If the family was prosperous and everything was going smoothly, there would be no need to do this.

To be continued tomorrow