"Vine?" Zhao Pu asked him, "Are you sure?"

"Maybe it's the rope, anyway, that's what it feels like." The worker replied.

Down the well, Zhan Zhao and the others searched again - there were no vines, let alone ropes, and the surrounding area was bare. They didn't know where the head came from, but there was no body in the well anyway.

Zhan Zhao also couldn't figure it out - what's going on? Can the wells in Kaifeng City be healed?

Yin Hou and Tianzun also thought this was strange, so they asked the Demon King.

The Demon King touched his chin, observed the well, and asked, "Could it be a plug?"

"Stop?" Everyone was puzzled.

The fourth child raised his hand, "I know!"

Everyone looked at Xiaotuanzi.

The fourth son said, "It's like a bathtub. There is a stopper at the bottom, and a rope is tied to the stopper. After you take a bath, remove the stopper and the water will flow away."

"But the well is not a bathtub, the water is alive." Zhan Zhao came up from the well, "And even if the plug is removed and the water leaks, where does the plug go?"

Fifth Master thought for a while and asked, "Could it be that the skeleton is the plug?"

As soon as these words came out, everyone else stopped moving, frowning and imagining the scene... It was difficult to imagine how to operate it. In the end, they all looked at Bai Yutang - how to plug it?

The fifth master spread his hands and said casually. Who knows the details.

Everyone is looking at Zhan Zhao—what to do?

Zhan Zhao wondered if he had committed suicide in a well recently. He checked two wells. One well was refused to be opened by the family, and the other one was opened and nothing happened...

Lao Xu was also puzzled, "Why...why did this suddenly become an empty well?"

There were no clues in the well, and there was no use just standing here. Zhan Zhao asked Wang Chao Mahan to seal the well mouth first, and then think of a way. If nothing worked... or just break open the well wall and take a look.

…

After leaving the Xu family's old house, everyone split up in twos and threes. The old men went to eat, Lin Yehuo and Zou Liang also went back to Huofengzhuang, Gongsun Zhaopu and his children also went to eat...

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang returned to Kaifeng Mansion together.

Walking to Nantian Street, Zhan Zhao saw the Yuanyuan Baozi Shop. The shopkeeper was in the shop, packing up things. It was probably about to close down today.

The shopkeeper of the Baozi Shop is named Yang. He is in his forties. He seems to be an honest and responsible person. He and his wife run the shop. There is also an old lady who lives with them and occasionally helps with the children. They have a son and a daughter, and the eldest daughter is eight.

years old, and the youngest son is five years old.

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang came to the shop. Boss Yang saw them and asked the fifth master with a smile if he bought too few buns.

Bai Yutang looked at Zhan Zhao, who smiled and said, "Yes! All the children in the house have been robbed, are there any left?"

"We have all the ingredients. If we prepare it freshly, it will be quick. How about steaming it?"

"That's troubling you." Zhan Zhao is very familiar with it, and he is familiar with all the food shops in Kaifeng. Zhan Zhao usually recommends whatever he eats deliciously, and it won't be long before it becomes popular in Kaifeng, and many people will admire it.

Come and eat the same food.

Bai Yutang looked at Zhan Zhao and asked, "Mao'er, do you know how much a basket in his house costs?"

He motioned to the huge cage next to him.

Zhan Zhao blinked at him - "It might not be enough for a while!"

As he spoke, he walked to the side door and walked in.

The bun shop is not that big, with a big table, flour everywhere, and red bean filling ready-made. The cooked noodles are in a basin on the side. The shopkeeper is skillfully making buns while chatting with Zhan Zhao.

The fifth master suddenly noticed... there were several large jars beside the table, and asked the shopkeeper what was in the jars.

The shopkeeper said, "Oh, this is the secret to the deliciousness of my steamed buns!"

Bai Yutang was curious and stared at the jar.

Zhan Zhao reached out and opened the lid of the jar and took a look and found that the jar was filled with water.

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang looked at each other and looked at the shopkeeper together.

The shopkeeper smiled and said, "The water used to mix the noodles is very particular. It is all picked from springs in the mountains."

"So it's not well water?" Bai Yutang asked subconsciously.

Zhan Zhao glanced at him silently.

The shopkeeper was happy, "You guys don't understand. There are basically no sweet water wells in Kaifeng. Most of the water is bitter...it can't be considered very bitter, but the water tastes a bit bitter and salty, so it's not suitable to take."

Make something sweet, and the noodles will not make any noise."

Bai Yutang breathed a sigh of relief and nodded - as long as it's not water from that well.

The two of them were standing in the bun shop. After a while, people came in front of the shop and said they wanted to buy buns. The shopkeeper reckoned that one basket wouldn't be enough, so he needed two trays. The stuffing and flour had already been made...

More and more people were gathering in front of the shop, and passers-by were wondering why there was such a long queue in front of this red bean paste bun shop, and they were all girls. What day was it today?

Zhan Zhao looked outside and felt that it was almost done, so he pulled a stool and put it at the door, then pulled the fifth master over and asked him to sit at the door.

Suddenly, the crowd queuing at the door became commotion, all looking at Bai Yutang at the door.

Mr. Wu was sitting on a stool at the door, behind him was the flour flying when the boss was making buns.

The girls at the door covered their mouths and expressed that they seemed to see Mr. Bai in the snow on Tianshan Mountain!

Bai Yutang looked at Zhan Zhao helplessly, and finally understood what the cat meant when he said "Maybe it's not enough."

After Zhan Zhao posed for Fifth Master, he ran to talk to the shopkeeper.

"Shopkeeper, have you rented the old Xu family's house before?"

"Oh, I just checked out the rent two days ago." The shopkeeper nodded. He had just been thinking that Zhan Zhao might not only be here to buy buns. After thinking about it, he asked, "Master Zhan, is something wrong?"

"Oh...it's nothing, just the Xu family's well..."

Shopkeeper Yang didn't hear Zhan Zhao finish and asked in a low voice, "Isn't that well really haunted?"

Zhan Zhao was slightly startled, and Bai Yutang at the door also looked back - is it haunted?

Zhan Zhao followed what he meant and said, "Have you also encountered that... the shopkeeper?"

"Alas." The shopkeeper shook his head, "I thought my daughter was talking nonsense... but it turned out to be true."

Zhan Zhao asked the shopkeeper to explain in detail.

It turned out that one night two months ago, the shopkeeper came home and saw his daughter standing by the well, leaning forward to look into the well.

Shopkeeper Yang was so frightened that he lost everything in his hands and rushed over to drag his daughter back.

The shopkeeper's wife who was bathing her son in the room heard the commotion and ran out. Shopkeeper Yang was also anxious and asked his wife why she didn't take good care of her daughter. What if she fell into the well?

The daughter-in-law was very aggrieved, so the young couple quarreled over this matter, with the daughter crying on the side.

Finally the old lady came out and asked what was going on.

The couple are looking at their daughter together. Why are you looking into the well? How many times have I taught you not to get so close to the mouth of the well?

The little girl said, there is someone in the well!

The younger son, who was half-bathed, also ran out, saying that there was a ghost in the well that scared his sister, and asked his father to seal the well quickly.

"It sounded strange to me, so I took a look into the well. It was pitch black even with the lights on, and I didn't see anything." The shopkeeper sighed, "I asked my daughter what on earth she saw. My daughter said that it was in the well.

There is a woman, my daughter-in-law is the most timid, she was so frightened that she had to move that very day..."

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang didn't expect that the direction started to become strange.

"After this happened, although I didn't really believe it, I still felt it was weird. And my daughter didn't say she saw it once, but said it several times." The shopkeeper shook his head, "It happened to be the end of the lease. Originally,

It was quite difficult for me to talk to Lao Xu, but Lao Xu said he wanted to take it back. Didn’t he quickly agree and cancel the lease?”

When the shopkeeper said this, he asked cautiously, "It's better to have one less thing than one more thing, so I didn't mention it to Lao Xu... Could it be that something happened?"

Zhan Zhao shook his head, "Oh, it's okay, nothing happened."

The shopkeeper felt a little more relieved.

"That house." Zhan Zhao continued to inquire, "You have lived in it for many years, right?"

The shopkeeper nodded, "It's been going well for several years."

"Then when you usually use this well, is there anything special?" Zhan Zhao asked.

The shopkeeper stopped wrapping the buns in his hand, as if he had thought of something, and whispered, "Don't tell me, that well is a bit strange."

Both Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang listened carefully.

"The water level in the well fluctuates very high and low." The shopkeeper said, "Also, the water in the well is very unpleasant to drink. Our family doesn't use the water for cooking, only for washing and watering.

Flowers and so on... besides... I also lost a few watermelons."

Zhan Zhao was surprised to hear this, "Throwing a watermelon?"

"Yes!" The shopkeeper nodded, "In summer evenings, I sometimes put a few watermelons into the well, and fish them out for the children to eat at noon the next day... There were times when I put three melons in.

When we fished it out at noon, there were only two left, and one was missing for no reason. I didn’t pay much attention to it, maybe someone in the family fished it out and ate it. But now that I think about it, my mother is getting older and doesn’t eat cold food.

My wife doesn’t like to eat watermelon... Just two kids, I can’t even get it if I want to eat it.”

Zhan Zhao touched his chin and found it interesting - Good guy, has this well become a sperm?
Chapter completed!