Asking for Money

In the night, Sangshui County was quiet.

The water in the ditch reflected the moonlight, making it even more deserted.

This small, closed town is always so quiet at night. Even places like Goulan, which are supposed to have good business, look listless for a while because of the sparse customers.

This is the loneliness of a small town.

At this time, Huang Si suddenly slowed down.

At the corner of the street ahead, a piece of light spilled out through the window paper, like water.

The blood stains there were long gone, but Huang Si still thought of that person.

The old woman who chased him that day.

At that time, she fell down in the pool of blood and stared at him, like a fish stranded on the shore.

It seems that he started to be unlucky from then on.

Huang Si spat and couldn't help cursing secretly: "Bad luck!"

After that, he quickened his pace.

This area to the west of the city is a slum area in Sangshui County. The dilapidated buildings stand disorderly, and some of the narrow alleys cannot even let the moonlight pass through.

There was a faint smell of urine in the air. Huang Si touched the sharp knife with his left hand and walked into an alley.

Afterwards, he climbed over a low earth wall.

The yard is very small, and some dried vegetables of poor quality are dried under the eaves.

This is the home of the blind old woman.

Huang Si looked around and after confirming that no one was there, he took out the sharp knife at his waist.

He had already stepped on it before. Not many people lived in this alley, and the blind old woman had no relatives, so she was not afraid of being discovered.

There was a soft clang, and the door bolt of the house was pried open.

Huang Si was a little annoyed. The left hand was really much clumsier to use than the right hand.

If it were in the past, he would never have made such a loud noise.

The room was quiet.

This old woman is old. Not only is she blind, but her ears are also inoperable.

Huang Si took a deep breath and entered the room. He was greeted by an unpleasant smell.

That's the smell that only old people have.

The house is not big, with only one hall and one back room.

The door to the back room was open, the moonlight reflected on the window paper, and a rickety figure lying on the bed could be vaguely seen.

Huang Si gently closed the door behind him and walked there.

His steps were very light, but they still made a small sound.

Until he reached the back room, the blind old woman remained motionless.

When we got here, the old man smell became more and more obvious.

Huang Si came closer to check the old woman's condition, but was startled.

Under the pale moonlight, the old woman had many brown spots on her face, which was very annoying.

Huang Si finally understood why this old man smell was so obvious.

That's corpse odor!

This old woman must have been dead in bed for several days, and no one has ever found her.

Huang Si felt relieved all of a sudden.

It would be best if he died. If he died, he would not be disturbed from looking for money.

After that, Huang Si rummaged through the boxes and cabinets inside, and he actually found more than three taels of silver.

Huang Si was in a good mood. Fortunately, he came early. If others knew that the old woman was dead, the money would naturally not be his.

Finally, he turned his attention to the old man's body.

On the right hand of the blind old woman, there is a thumb ring, which should be inferior jade of different colors.

But it is worth some money after all.

Huang Si walked up to the old woman.

Under the moonlight, the old woman lying on the bed looked peaceful.

If the corpse spots weren't so obvious and the man wasn't breathing, Huang Si might have thought that the man was sleeping.

Huang Si stretched out his left hand to pick up the ring finger.

He could clearly feel that the old woman's skin was wrinkled and a little disgusting.

But I didn't care if I thought I could exchange it for some money.

Huang Si's right hand was crippled, and the finger ring was a little tight, so it was a bit difficult for him to take it off.

Fortunately, with some rough pulling from him, the colorful jade ring finger was finally taken off.

After Huang Si got it, he was about to walk around the hall to see if there was anything else that could be sold for money. However, at this moment, his hand was suddenly grabbed by something.

At this moment, his scalp was about to explode.

Huang Si's throat rolled, and he glanced out of the corner of his eye, only to find that the dead blind old woman suddenly opened her eyes and grabbed his wrist.

Her eyes were covered with a white film, and they were all white under the moonlight.

Fake corpse!

The moment this idea emerged, the old woman suddenly spoke - "Lin'er, my son, is that you?".

At this moment, Huang Si was about to shed tears.

This is not the voice of a blind old woman!

But it was the old woman who was chasing him when he fell down!

At this moment, the blind old woman's face seemed to have changed, becoming a little younger, and then, a pool of blood spread behind her head.

She just looked at him like that, looking at him hard, like a fish stranded on the shore, exactly the same as when it fell into a pool of blood before.

At this time, the old woman's face changed again and became serious.

"You are not Lin'er, you are not Lin'er, what are you doing with my money?"

In the night, her face looked so scary.

Huang Si suddenly pulled his hand, and the skin was torn before he broke free.

He ran out of the house in a mess and yelled, "There's a ghost!".

But the night was as quiet as a silent tomb, and no one gave him any response.

Huang Si panicked and ran to the street. Not far behind him, there was always a slightly hunchbacked figure following him.

The situation was almost exactly the same as that day.

He knocked frantically on the door next to him several times and shouted "Help!", but no one paid him any attention.

Huang Si ran five or six streets in one breath, feeling like his lungs were going to explode, and his left hand, which had a few bloodstains on it, was shaking constantly.

Only then did he realize that the shadow was no longer following him.

Huang Si remembered something and ran home in a panic.

He remembered that his old mother left him a talisman before she passed away.

It is said that it is a talisman that has been blessed by Taoist priests in the Taoist temple. As long as it is posted on the door, it can ward off disasters and exorcise evil spirits.

Huang Si sneered at this, but now that he suddenly thought about it, he just felt that it was a life-saving straw.

He returned home with a look of fear on his face, closed the door tightly, and began to rummage through the boxes and cabinets.

At this time, the old lady's voice had already sounded outside - "Give me my silver, give me my silver. That's the money Lin Er used to get married."

Finally, Huang Si found the yellow talisman and saw red runes painted on it.

He was about to put the talisman on it, but he only heard a clang, and the courtyard door he had locked suddenly opened, revealing a thin figure with a slight hunchback.

The old woman came very quickly, and Huang Si ran away.

When he ran to the backyard, he accidentally fell and broke his knee.

Behind him, the sound of opening the door kept ringing.

Huang Si limped and rolled into the hut, throwing his shoes towards the corner and pretending to escape over the wall.

He hurriedly hung the yellow charm on the door curtain of the latrine.

After that, Huang Si covered his mouth and did not dare to breathe out, for fear that his breathing would attract the old woman.

Outside, an old gasping sound could be heard.

The old woman is already here!

Huang Siwo was in the corner of the hut, with sweat flowing down his forehead and into his eyes, and he didn't dare to blink.

There were a few more footsteps outside the latrine, and the tips of the black cloth shoes could be vaguely visible.

The talisman on the door was swaying slightly in the wind and looked like it would fall off at any moment.

Huang Si's heart couldn't help but hang in the air.

Fortunately, after a while, the old woman's footsteps faded away, probably heading outside.

Only then did Huang Si dare to breathe out.

He didn't know whether it was the function of the talisman or his ability to hide, which allowed him to barely save his life.

As a result, at this moment, the moonlight above his head suddenly dimmed a little, and he couldn't help but raise his head.

The next moment, Huang Si's pupils shrank into two dark spots, and his entire face was distorted by fear.

There is a transom the size of a bowl on the wall of this hut.

And the old woman was squeezing in through the narrow transom, looking like a giant squirming flesh worm.

"Yinzi, give me back my money, give me back my money! That's the money Lin Er used to get married."

"ah!!!"
Chapter completed!