Chapter 7 Why can't it burn?
"That's it."
As soon as I arrived at the door, I smelled a putrid smell.
In a trash can outside, some rabbit carcasses were thrown randomly, with white and gray hair mixed with black blood.
I retched and tried to retreat, but the old lady pushed me into the yard.
Seeing how dry and thin she was, she immediately closed the big iron door.
I tripped under my feet and my face was pressed against a piece of glass.
When I came to my senses, all the hairs on my body stood up!
There is a white snake with a thick wrist coiled in the glass tank!
This reminded me of the white snake, but the one in front of me was obviously several times smaller.
It was leaning up, shaking its triangular head and making a hissing sound at me.
I wanted to run, but my calf muscles twisted.
The old lady pinched my arm and took me inside: "Don't be afraid, don't be afraid, my nephew picked it up."
After being dragged into the room by her, a young man hung his head and smoked heavily.
In front of him were more than a dozen dead rabbits, their flesh and blood were too horrible to look at.
"Oh, why are so many people dead?" the old lady exclaimed.
The young man also turned his head: "Auntie, you are here."
He is young, about 20 years old, wearing a pair of black-rimmed glasses, his hair is a bit long, and his appearance cannot be clearly seen.
Wearing a plaid shirt and jeans, a standard otaku look.
"I found a girl for you..."
The young man grabbed his hair and said in a helpless tone: "Auntie, what time is it? I don't have the time to see anyone."
"Who said he was the one!" The old lady slapped him on the back of the head: "It's the girl who tied the paper, here to help!"
"Little girl, this is my nephew Xue Zhe."
Hearing that I was here to help, Xue Zhe wiped his face in embarrassment and put out his cigarette.
Stretching out his hand: "I'm sorry, I don't want to deal with these feudal superstitions..."
"My aunt is a magician. She has to say that this will work."
I was startled and turned to look at the old lady next to me. She was actually a trickster?
Being located in the north, I am no stranger to the three words "Chu Ma Xian".
Chumaxian is commonly known as the person who sees things.
So in the hospital before, the half-immortal she was talking about was herself?
"Little girl, just call me Aunt Xue. Your name is Shen Ci, right?" She smiled more kindly.
He held my hand and patted it: "I think you are quite lucky..."
"Aunt Xue, didn't you come to me to burn paper?" I interrupted her.
"Yes, yes, I'll excuse you." She said, taking out a bag of paper from the corner and piling it on the ground.
Then he looked at me with a smile: "Shen Ci, you know how to tie paper, so you should do it."
She added: "I have known your grandfather for a long time. He made all the paper figures I used to make to show people things."
No wonder, you know my name and know that I can tie paper.
For the sake of money, this little thing doesn't bother me.
I asked her what she wanted, and then we set up in the house.
But I don't know why, I always feel like there is a line of sight staring at me, eerie.
I don't know when Xue Zhe left, but Aunt Xue was lying on the table asleep.
"Aunt Xue, it's done."
What she asked me to pierce were not paper figures, but a hundred chickens and a hundred rabbits.
Aunt Xue woke up and closed her nose. Her actions did not look like a human being.
It was late at night and I was a little scared.
"My craftsmanship is even better than that of Old Shen!" She smiled, her voice getting sharper.
Then he took me to find an intersection closer to the mountain.
She was mumbling something, but I couldn't hear it clearly from a distance.
"Burn these all." She raised her chin.
I nodded and started clicking according to the rules.
But who would have thought that as soon as the match was struck, a small green snake slipped past my feet with a swish sound!
I was so frightened that I took several steps back, and the fire in my hand was extinguished.
Then, there were bursts of "rustling" sounds coming from the hillside halfway up the road next to the intersection.
"It's broken!" Aunt Xue slapped her thigh and looked at me with a strange expression.
I just wanted to burn it quickly, take the money and leave, so I lit another one in a panic.
It was still extinguished, but the pile of rabbits and chickens tied with paper could not be lit at all.
"Throw it away!" Aunt Xue shouted, grabbed my arm and ran back.
Chapter completed!