Xingnian Tea House

Chapter 4

"Here we come, the cars are here, we're all lined up."

Hearing someone greet, Qiao Xingnian and the three looked into the distance at the same time, and saw an ordinary bus approaching from a distance.

The steel-bar ghost whispered: "When I was alive, I rode an e-donkey from dawn to dusk to run around the city and the countryside. I seldom took public transportation. It wasn't because I was afraid of wasting money. I just worked on the construction site for a day, and my body was very dirty. I was afraid that others would dislike me. Now... later Brother Er, sit in front of me, if this thing pokes you, you should bear it more."

The kitchen knife ghost nodded, and said, "Okay, anyway, I'm dead anyway, and I don't feel any pain. It's also the first time we've walked the road to Huangquan, so we should take care of it."

Listening to the two talking, Qiao Xingnian couldn't help feeling sad, what a nice person, even if he died, he didn't want to cause trouble for others.He smiled and said, "Brother, a good person like you will definitely have a good pregnancy in his next life."

The steel bar ghost smiled uncomfortably, and said: "I'm not a good person, but I've never done anything wrong. It doesn't matter if I cast a good tire or not. I just want to be born near my house, so that I can still be born." Seeing their wives, I can have someone to take care of them. Alas, I have no future in this life, and I can't let them live a good life. I hope that after my death, she can find a good man and live a better life. "

Hearing what the steel bar ghost said, the kitchen knife ghost couldn't help sighing, and said: "My wife is a sick child. I have been married to me for more than 20 years, and I haven't let her do any work. She is still sick and takes medicine all the time. I will die. I don't know what to do with her."

"Does the elder brother have no children?"

"I have a daughter who is still in college. Fortunately, she will graduate this year and find a job to support her mother. I can rest easy."

While the three were talking, the bus had already stopped in front of the station, the door opened, and the ghosts at the front walked in one by one.

"Little brother, you died at such a young age. How sad your parents are with a white-haired man to a black-haired man."

Qiao Xingnian was startled, and then remembered her mother.When he was eight years old, his parents divorced. His father, Wang Chunmin, was a gambler who lost all his belongings and was imprisoned for fighting.If it weren't for this imprisoning disaster, his mother, Qiao Hailan, wouldn't have been able to easily divorce her.

After the divorce, Qiao Hailan brought him to Lake City, and changed his name to "Joe" after her.Until him, it was their mother and son who depended on each other for life.But just after he finished the college entrance examination, Qiao Hailan suddenly proposed to remarry. The other party was the owner of a restaurant. He was not rich, but he lived a good life.The man also had a son who was two years older than Qiao Xingnian. The first time they met was at the wedding between Qiao Hailan and the man.

After Qiao Hailan remarried, she moved out of the small rented house. She wanted Qiao Xingnian to follow her, but Qiao Xingnian made excuses and refused.In fact, he bought that little house a long time ago, and he used the reward he earned as a spirit crosser. The reason why he didn't tell Qiao Hailan was because he was afraid that she would ask about the source of the money.

Since then, Qiao Xingnian has never lived with Qiao Hailan again. Even during Chinese New Year, after the New Year's Eve dinner, he will return to that small house.

"I'm afraid she doesn't know I'm dead yet." Qiao Xing murmured young.

"Let's go, let's go." The kitchen knife ghost's voice was a little hurried, and it sounded a little nervous.

A special scanner is installed at the door of the bus, which can detect whether there is any resentment on the ghost on the bus.If it is detected that there is resentment on the body, the driver will knock the ghost out of the car and record it in the record. The special messenger will guide it to the deserted island of Hades to purify the resentment.

Deserted Island is a small island in the Wangchuan River, where the ghosts with resentment are locked up, and it is very painful to purify the resentment there, just like being in purgatory.Therefore, the resentful ghosts encountered by the spirit crossing people are very lucky. They only need to pay some money, and the spirit crossing man can help them resolve their grievances, avoiding the pain of going to a deserted island.

The kitchen knife ghost and steel reinforcement ghost got into the car smoothly, but when it was Qiao Xingnian's turn, the car door rang an alarm.Qiao Xingnian was stunned, and looked down at himself, but he didn't see any resentment. Why did the alarm sound?

Qiao Xingnian was wondering, when the driver of the car said, "It's not your time yet, why join in the fun, get out of the car quickly, don't delay my work."

Qiao Xingnian looked up at the driver, smiled mischievously, and said, "I'm sorry, I'll get out of the car right away."

Qiao Xingnian turned around and got out of the car, standing on the platform and watching the door slowly close.

The steel-bar ghost looked out through the car window and shouted loudly: "Little brother, if you can go back, please go to Xiaojiang Village to find Liu Ping, and tell her that the gold coin I bought for her is hidden in the shoe box above the closet. The ring, I wanted to give it to her on my wedding anniversary, but unfortunately I didn't have the chance."

Qiao Xingnian replied: "Don't worry, brother, if I can go back, I will definitely help you."

"Thank you, little brother!"

"And me, little brother, please go to Room 1, Building 101, Taigu Community, and tell my wife that there is a passbook hidden in my pillow, which is for us to save money for retirement, so she can save some money."

"Okay, don't worry, definitely bring it."

"Thank you, thank you little brother!"

"Okay, okay, it's time to start, so much nonsense." Although the driver said so, he still gave them a chance to finish talking.

Qiao Xingnian didn't stay any longer, turned around and walked towards his home.

Heping Community is a very old community, and the houses here are at least 40 to [-] years old.Each building has only six floors. There are no elevators, only stairs. Half of the people living in the community are elderly people, and the other half are migrant workers.

Not long ago, Qiao Xingnian just received a notice that the community was about to be demolished, and this house of less than 100 square meters actually had more than 20 million demolition funds. You must know that when he bought it, it was only [-]. More than ten thousand, it has increased at least five times in just ten years.

When he came to the door, Qiao Xingnian instinctively went to take out his pocket, and only after emptying it did he remember his current state.He tentatively reached out to touch the door, the texture of the wood was transmitted to the brain through the skin, and then continued to push forward, his hand passed through the door in one fell swoop, followed by his whole body.Qiao Xingnian then turned on the light in the living room, and the familiar layout came into view.This is the home he has lived in for more than ten years. Although almost all the furniture has been replaced, the familiar feeling will not change.

"Click", the door of the guest room opened, and a man walked out of the room, put on his glasses sleepily, looked around, then walked to the door of the bathroom, and switched on the light in the bathroom.

His name is Jiang Mohan, and he is the son of Qiao Xingnian's stepfather. After graduating from university, he worked as a surgeon in the Hucheng Affiliated Hospital.The relationship between the two of them didn't start off well, never speaking alone or caring about anything about each other.

Until that day, when Jiang Mohan got drunk because of a broken relationship, the waiter at the bar actually called Qiao Xingnian.The vibration of the phone woke Qiao Xingnian, looking at the name on the screen.

He was stunned for a while, since this number was stored, he had never used it, and he never expected to receive a call.

Qiao Xingnian couldn't hear the voices of living people, so he prepared two mobile phones, one for answering calls, and one for converting the other party's words into text through software.Qiao Xingnian couldn't help being surprised when he saw the converted text. He didn't expect Jiang Mohan, who hated alcohol the most, to be drunk sometimes.

Seeing that it was already midnight, Qiao Xingnian had no choice but to take a taxi to pick him up. After busying himself with taking care of him all night, Qiao Xingnian was so tired that he fell asleep on the sofa.

Since then, Jiang Mohan's attitude towards Qiao Xingnian has changed, and he would come over from time to time to eat and live.Obviously there is a new house that has been renovated, so he insisted on coming to join in the fun. Qiao Xingnian protested several times, but he always went in one ear and out the other, completely ignoring it.

After a brief daze, Qiao Xingnian hurried into the bathroom and knocked twice on the bathroom door as a response.Because he couldn't hear, Jiang Mohan used this method to make sure he was there.

After confirming that it was Qiao Xingnian, Jiang Mohan breathed a sigh of relief, and sat down in front of the sofa.

Qiao Xingnian quickly took out a pen and paper, and drew a spell. After reciting the spell silently, the spell ignited, turned into ashes, fell into the toilet, and was flushed clean by the water.Then Qiao Xingnian opened the door and walked out.

Jiang Mohan turned his head to look over and said, "Why is it so late today?"

The talisman just now was a revealing talisman, so Jiang Mohan can see Qiao Xingnian now.

"A few guests came to the teahouse. We haven't seen each other for a long time. We chatted late." Qiao Xingnian made up a lie and said, "Did I wake you up?"

"No, I just came back not long ago. I came to the emergency department today and had a six-hour operation." Jiang Mohan spoke very slowly, because he was afraid that Qiao Xingnian would not understand.

Qiao Xingnian looked at the clock on the wall, it was already five o'clock in the morning, and said, "What work do you have today?"

"Rest today, tomorrow morning shift."

"Then I'll go get something to eat, and we'll rest after eating."

"Okay, I happen to be hungry too."

Qiao Xingnian got up and walked to the kitchen, and Jiang Mohan followed.

Opening the refrigerator to take a look, Qiao Xingnian turned to Jiang Mohan and said, "There's still some beef, let's make beef noodles."

"Okay, just watch and do it, and I'll help you."

Jiang Mohan has been a top student since he was a child, and he was the top student in the college entrance examination that year. It's just that a top student is a top student, but he can't take care of himself, especially when it comes to cooking, he is simply a killer in the kitchen.After the kitchen was bombed twice and countless dishes were dropped, Qiao Xingnian resolutely gave up the idea of ​​teaching him to cook.His good-looking hands can clearly hold a scalpel and accurately find every blood vessel, why can't he hold a spatula?This became Qiao Xingnian's unsolved mystery.

Qiao Xingnian withdrew her thoughts, took out the tomatoes from the refrigerator, handed them to Jiang Mohan and said, "Wash the tomatoes, and peel off the skin."

"it is good."

Jiang Mohan readily agreed that he was still capable of such peeling work, and he did it extremely seriously, ensuring that no skin would be left behind.

Jiang Mohan never used a paring knife to peel the skin, but a fruit knife. The posture of holding the knife is also like holding a scalpel. When peeling the skin, he is careful and careful, lest the skin be broken, as if it is not perfect.Whenever he saw him peeling, Qiao Xingnian always thought of the forensic doctor who dissected the corpse.