Midnight Bookstore Chapter 241 – : Water Shallows

Back behind the bar counter, Zhou Ze poured himself a glass of water. He had just taken a few sips when the old priest came back.

“Did you paste it?”

“Yes, Boss.”

The old priest scratched his head and asked again, “Boss, why are there so many wreaths behind their car?”

Moreover, those were not real wreaths. One would not be able to see them if they were not smeared with cow tears.

The Chinese knew that wreaths were for the dead. It was very unlucky for the living. It was definitely not good to have these things in the back of the car.

Therefore, even though the two young Chengguan almost let him eat at his boss's side, they were also kind-hearted. The old Taoist still gave away the talisman paper hidden in his crotch willingly.

“If someone spits too much at the back, there will be more.”

Zhou ze smiled and did not take it seriously. He wanted to ask Bai Yingying to make tea for him, but only then did he remember that Yingying was still fighting in the internet cafe.

“Help me make a pot of tea.”

“Okay, sure.”

The old Taoist was also very agile. When making tea, he was also very good at it. In fact, he knew a lot and was good at learning. Previously, Zhou Ze saw the old Taoist mixing cocktails for customers when Xu Qinglang was not around.

“Boss, what do you mean by being scolded too much?”

“There are often people who see the Chengguan's car and spit at the back of the car, then scold them by saying 'Sooner death, sooner death.'”.

“Slowly, there are more wreaths.”

“Cursed?”

“I guess so.”

“But those two young Chengguan are not bad.”

“The teacher who jumped to his death is also not bad.”

“Uh… this…”

“Don't worry. That wreath won't kill anyone. At most, it will make people less fortunate. After you stick that talisman on it, there shouldn't be any problems.”

“Sigh, this penniless priest feels wronged for those two children. Why do they have to bear the bad reputation of the city enforcement officers?”

“Because most people like to pick up their bowls, eat, put down their chopsticks, and curse

If they are blocked by vendors while driving or walking, they want to curse

If they see videos of city enforcement officers 'beating'people and reports of 'bullying'vendors on the internet, they also want to curse.”

“Sigh, what people say is terrible. What people say is terrible.”.

“Boss, the tea is ready.”

The old priest brought the tea over and even picked up a rag to wipe the place with a serious expression. Even though the bookstore had been cleaned up by the death attendants, the old priest still felt guilty, he was afraid that Zhou Ze would bring up the incident with his “Son”again.

Boss Zhou lay down on the sofa. Just as he lay down, Xu Qinglang came down from upstairs.

“Did you eat outside for lunch?”

Xu Qinglang's words had a hint of an interrogation.

“Yes.”

“Hehe.”

The old priest tactfully walked a little further away.

“Old Zhou, come out with me. Do Me a favor,”Xu Qinglang said to Zhou Ze.

Zhou Ze opened his eyes helplessly. He looked at Xu Qinglang, who had changed into a set of capable clothes. He hesitated for a moment before nodding his head.

As a friend, since Xu Qinglang had spoken, it would be embarrassing for him to reject her face to face, especially since she was still lying on the sofa, looking as if nothing had happened.

He couldn't find an excuse to avoid her.

And no matter what, Old Xu had always been a great help to Zhou Ze.

Xu Qinglang drove while Zhou Ze sat in the passenger seat.

The car was heading to Xu Qinglang's hometown, Menhai County. It wasn't far. Unless there was a traffic accident, there would basically be no traffic jam in Tongcheng. It was estimated to be less than an hour's drive away.

“That's how it is. The problem we encountered when we moved the grave last time is starting to ferment.”

Xu Qinglang had just told Zhou Ze what had happened.

Zhou Ze knew about this. Back then, Xu Qinglang had left the bookstore more than once to go back to his hometown and was busy moving the graves. Although Xu Qinglang's level of Mystic Arts was like a bucket of water in the eyes of Zhou Ze and the Little Loli.., but his level was much, much higher than that of the rural Mr. Bai Er and the so-called traveling Taoist priest.

Therefore, Xu Qinglang personally presided over the relocation of the graves. He calculated the location and date and everything went according to plan. However, the problem still happened.

First, water came out from the ancestral graves. According to Xu Qinglang, it was like an underground hot spring had seeped out. The water was still emitting white smoke and was still warm.

After that, when they were digging, they encountered an unknown collapse. No one was killed, but the villagers who were responsible for the relocation of the graves were scared out of their wits.

In the end, they had no other choice. They could only rescue and dig out a pile of bones. Some of the coffins had rotted over time, and their bones were buried in the soil. Some of them were poor in the past, and they did not even have a coffin when they were buried, they immediately rolled up a straw mat and went on their way.

Other than the graves that had inscriptions on them over the years, the rest of the bones were not clear whose ancestors they belonged to. In any case, most of the villagers had the same surname, so it did not matter, they all moved to another location and were collectively buried.

As for whether there were any remains that had not been moved from the old gravestone, no one bothered to look for them anymore. Moreover, it was too difficult to find them. It was impossible to just call an excavator over to dig through the land?

However, after that, strange things began to happen. Things began to be lost in the village. Moreover, some domestic animals began to die out of nowhere. There were even people who dreamed of their great-grandparents coming to complain. In short.., it was a bit of an exaggeration to say that the village had been disturbed, but at least it was a panic attack.

Xu Qinglang thought of ways to solve the problem, but it was to no avail. He could only ask Zhou Ze for help.

When he arrived at Xu Qinglang's village, it was already past three o'clock in the afternoon. Although it was a village, every household was basically a two-story house. There was a big highway not far away, and the village was filled with cement roads. Many of the houses had good cars parked on them.

The rural areas in Jiangsu, Zhejiang, and Shanghai were still very different from the rural areas in the southwest region. Firstly, it was because of the local economic development, and secondly, it was because of the geographical environment. It was indeed much more convenient and suitable to develop compared to the mountainous environment in the southwest region.

Xu Qinglang parked the car on the cement road beside the ridge of the field. He was very straightforward. He did not say that he was going back to his hometown to take Zhou Ze to meet an elder relative or something. He directly took Zhou Ze to the grave.

The area of the ancestor's grave was already covered in weeds. It looked very lonely.

“The relocation of the grave is because of land requisition. There will be a high-speed rail line here. Previously, the village was not very willing. After receiving a sum of compensation, everyone agreed.”

Xu Qinglang squatted by the ridge and lit a cigarette.

Zhou Ze walked around the grave once, then shrugged and said,

“I didn't find anything wrong, nor did I sense any ghost qi. This place is as clean as you after you put on your face mask every night.”

“I tried to look for it, but I didn't find anything here. I thought it was because I wasn't good enough. Since you couldn't find anything, then the problem might not be here.”

“What did you do with the bodies that were dug up?”Zhou ze asked.

“Other than those that were buried separately, the rest were all buried together,”Xu Qinglang said.

“Then maybe the 7th and 8th Granny were enemies when they were alive. After they died, they were accidentally buried together and quarreled?”

Zhou ze said half-jokingly.

“It's not that simple. Do Ghosts Eat Livestock?”

Just as the two of them were smoking and talking about this matter, a loud shout suddenly came from afar:

“Diving! Diving! Diving! ! ! ! ! !”

The person who shouted was an old woman. She was old, but her voice was still loud and clear. This shout was enough to alarm half of the village.

Xu Qinglang and Zhou Ze immediately ran over. There were already a few men who had gone down into the pond. Before Xu Qinglang and Zhou Ze could react, the few men pulled a woman out of the pond.

The Jiangnan villages had a habit of building their own ponds. They could raise their own fish and make some aquatic products.

When the woman was pulled out, her face was pale, but she was still awake. Her hands were unconsciously grabbing something, as if she was still in the desperate stage of drowning.

Xu Qinglang immediately went over to check on her condition. The surrounding villagers also greeted Xu Qinglang.

Zhou Ze stood at the side and watched. He suddenly thought of a question. Didn't Old Xu get more than 20 apartments because of the demolition? This was also his hometown. Why wasn't this place demolished?

Or perhaps, this was his hometown, but when he lived with his parents, he didn't live in this village?

Zhou Ze was too embarrassed to ask Xu Qinglang about this. The other party was in a hurry. At this time, he wasn't in the mood to show off his more than 20 apartments.

Suicide by diving was not rare anywhere. Zhou ze squatted down beside the pond. The water was not very clear, and there were many green algae floating on it.

He reached out and pushed away the green algae in front of him. Zhou ze tilted his head slightly and looked under the water. He still did not find anything, nor did he see anything. Although the pond was dirty, it was definitely not dirty with “Dirty Things.”.

The woman was carried back to her house. There were many villagers gathered nearby. Tongcheng was part of the eastern coastal area. Therefore, even the young and middle-aged people in the countryside could find jobs nearby if they went to work. There was no need to leave their homes to work, the popularity of the countryside was still very high.

Xu Qinglang was still busy inside while Zhou Ze stood outside the crowd and smoked his own cigarette.

At this moment, an old man dressed in slovenly clothes walked in front of them. As he walked, he cursed. The surrounding villagers all had expressions of disgust and rejection on their faces, and they all moved aside.

The old man continued to curse his own things,

first, he cursed the amplitude,

then he cursed the village chief,

then he cursed these villagers who were greedy for money,

he had a feeling that he hated them for not fighting for it,

as he walked, he cursed. Spittle flew everywhere. He cursed as harshly as he could,

he had forgotten his ancestors and was greedy for money. He had let down his ancestors..

Zhou ze watched from the side as he leaned against a locust tree.

In Zhou Ze's eyes, the old man was quite cute. He had lived to this age, and there was nothing that he couldn't accept. If he wanted to curse, he would curse. If he wanted to make trouble, he would make trouble. If he wanted to go crazy, he would go crazy. Anyway, this old man didn't have many years left to live happily, so why would he be angered by you.

However..,

as the old man scolded Zhou Ze, he actually turned to Zhou Ze. When he saw Zhou Ze, his eyes subconsciously widened.

“Grandpa, Grandpa…”

A little girl ran over from afar and grabbed her grandfather's hand. She was afraid that her grandfather would run around and make a scene.

However, the old man still continued to stare at Zhou Ze.

“This is an uncle from outside, not from the village.”

The girl said to her grandfather. Her grandfather was old and his brain couldn't remember things.

“What uncle!”

The old man spat at Zhou Ze,

he spat on Zhou Ze's shoe,

“Damn you!”

“I'm sorry, I'm sorry, uncle, I'm sorry, I'm sorry.”

The girl immediately squatted down and used her sleeve to wipe Zhou Ze's shoe. She was afraid that this uncle from outside would hit her grandfather.

“Come back, why are you wiping the shoes of a Brat? !

Our Cui family can not afford to lose this person!

A human is a human, a ghost is a ghost. When we are alive, we are upright,

after we die, we don't have to bow and scrape to these brats!”

The old man berated his granddaughter and pulled her back at the same time.

The granddaughter stood beside the old man and kept apologizing to Zhou ze, shouting, “I'm sorry, I'm sorry.”.

Zhou ze lowered his head and looked at his shoes, which had just been wiped by the little girl. He was a germaphobe. Although the old man's thick phlegm had been wiped away, the closeness in his heart was hard to get rid of.

Although the old man was mysterious and disliked by the villagers, he was actually a guy with hidden talents and Crouching Tigers. He looked crazy, but in fact, he could see more clearly than the others in the village.

“If you're not afraid of Yama, then what about your granddaughter? Why don't I bring her down first?”

Zhou ze said half-jokingly.

“Bastard, you dare!”

The old man roared loudly,

he directly crashed into Zhou Ze.

“Plop!”

Zhou Ze was originally standing by the pond,

this time, he was hit by the old man,

he actually fell into the pond with the old man.

“Someone jumped into the water again, someone jumped into the water again! ! !”

“Save him, save him, save him quickly!”

“Grandpa, Grandpa!”

“Crazy Cui jumped into the water! !”

The villagers'shouts came from the shore..

Chapter end