Old man Xia got up in the middle of the night to fetch water?

Zhong Kui knew that for drinking water, this old man in Xia had to fetch water from an old well behind the house. This old well had some origins, and the origins would be explained later.

But Zhong Kui knew that the water in this old well was sweet and pure, without that bitter taste. The water quality was also good, clear and without any impurities.

But no matter what, old man Xia can't fetch water in the middle of the night! Besides, if he has an old bone, if he stumbles, won't it cost him his life?

Zhong Kui felt sorry for the old man Xia, so he stepped forward and tried to snatch the pick from the old man, while shouting: "Old man, let me help you."

Old Man Xia seemed to be indifferent to Zhong Kui's kind help, and continued to walk forward in a dull manner. The barrels were swinging from side to side like a child on a swing.

Zhong Kui couldn't forcefully grab the bucket, and Old Man Xia ignored his shouts. In desperation, he had no choice but to follow behind the old man and follow him all the way to the ancient well behind the house.

A cluster of moso bamboo stands on the dark old well sill. There is a bluestone slab on all four sides of the square wellhead. The scattered light beams seeping through the leaves of the moso bamboo forest weakly illuminate the wellhead.

A long and smooth bamboo pole is used to lift water. There is an artificially clamped hook on the bamboo pole, and the hook hangs a beam on the mouth of the bucket. Old Man Xia seemed to have a pair of clairvoyant eyes, staring blankly at the well.

, hang the bucket on the hook of the bamboo pole, and slide it down little by little with the palm of your hand.

The bucket touched the water surface, and the bamboo pole could no longer slide. Old man Xia skillfully supported the bamboo pole and dug it down with force, and a bucket full of well water was filled into the bucket.

Zhong Kui witnessed with his own eyes that Old Man Xia's entire process of fetching water was completed silently. It seemed that getting up in the middle of the night to fetch water was a routine that he must do every day.

Old Man Xia didn't seem to notice that there was another person beside him at all. He was doing his thing. He completely ignored the pair of bright eyes beside him, looking at him intently.

Zhong Kui followed Old Man Xia silently and saw him pour all the water in the bucket into the water tank. Then he quietly walked out of the stove, walked straight into the north room and never came out again.

After Zhong Kui watched Old Man Xia enter the house, he still hadn't come back to his senses. The relationship was what Liu Wengen told him about sleepwalking? How could a person do so many things while sleepwalking? This is too scary!

The next day, when Liu Wengen woke up, he felt so bad that he was spitting in his mouth. After a while, he still felt uncomfortable. So he got up and went to the kitchen to find water to rinse his mouth. As soon as he walked out of the south room, the damn black dog came out.

He raised his nose and gave him a low warning growl.

Seeing the black dog's two white canines exposed at the side of its mouth, and the extremely sharp canine teeth shining with cold light, he became timid. He had to quickly retreat back to the house, and selfishly shook Zhong Kui awake from his deep sleep.

Zhong Kui only had a short sleep, and he was still chatting with Duke Zhou in his sleep! He was woken up by Liu Wengen's arrogant and unreasonable disturbance.

Zhong Kui squinted and saw that Liu Wengen looked good but had a bitter look on his face, and asked, "What are you doing?"

"You bastard, what did you feed me last night?" "Oh!" Liu Wengen moved his cheeks and stirred his teeth and other parts with his tongue, trying to test what was in his mouth. His tongue was like a detector.

After the detection, the information reflected to the brain was completely empty, but I felt as if I had eaten sand and scratched it and felt uncomfortable.

Being disturbed like this by Liu Wengen, Zhong Kui lost his sleepiness, rolled over and got up, and replied casually: "Pfft!" "I'll give you the regret medicine."

This regret medicine was used to tease some unscrupulous people, and Zhong Kui actually used it to tease him. "Your sister," Liu Wengen blurted out with anger written on his face.

Zhong Kui bit his cheek and stood upright in front of Liu Wengen. With his eyes widened in anger, he shouted loudly: "How dare you say a word?"

To be honest, Liu Wengen was a few years older than Zhong Kui, and he was much taller. Logically, he shouldn't be afraid of Zhong Kui, who in his eyes was just a child, but he was just timid.

"I...what did I say? It's just strange that when I woke up, I found that there was sand in my mouth. You...you go to sleep while I rinse your mouth."

As Liu Wengen spoke, he quickly left Zhong Kui. When he looked outside, he saw that Old Man Xia was tying up the hateful black dog, and his guard relaxed.

Zhong Kui looked at Liu Wengen in the courtyard from the window, shrank his head and looked at the black dog jumping towards him, and said hello to Old Man Xia.

Old Man Xia was as good as a normal person, and he was still in good spirits, but he still didn't say much. In response to Liu Wengen's greeting, he just nodded perfunctorily, and still took a broom to sweep away the few garbage in the yard.

For breakfast, corn kernels were mixed in the porridge, and the sweet smell of polenta always filled the small kitchen room.

Zhong Kui glanced at the water tank against the wall. The clear well water was very tempting.

Liu Wengen was also looking at the water tank. He spoke out before Zhong Kui: "Old man, you got up so early and filled up the water."

Old Man Xia glanced at the water tank following their gazes, the muscles on his face trembled slightly, and then he sighed: "Alas! My poor daughter helped me pick the water in the water tank."

"Daughter?" A chill ran down Liu Wengen's spine, and he thought to himself: They had been here for many days, and even though they went outside in the middle of the trip, they shouldn't have missed his daughter by such a coincidence, right?

Zhong Kui ate his meal expressionlessly, pretending not to notice Liu Wengen's fuss.

Liu Wengen was afraid, but he didn't know what he was afraid of yet.

"Old man, where is your...daughter?" Liu Wengen finally couldn't hold himself back and asked what he wanted to ask.

"My daughter, you can't see her." Old Man Xia said with a sad look on his face.

Old Man Xia's words once again shocked Liu Wengen into a shudder. Invisible people, besides being 'ghosts' who cannot be seen with the naked eye, are there also invisible people?

But how can a 'ghost' carry water? This question is worthy of discussion. Thinking of this, Liu Wengen continued to ask: "In my old life, how old is your daughter? Where does she live? Can you let her come back so that we can get to know each other?"

Old Man Xia chewed a pickle in his mouth and said slowly: "Her home is in Menling Village. If you want to see her, go and see her cemetery!"

Old Man Xia's calm words not only shocked Liu Wengen to the point of sweating, but also shocked Zhong Kui to the point where he almost jumped.

This is really hard to find, and it takes no effort to get it. What Zhong Kui is looking for is someone who can know the incident in Menling Village. This old man Xia’s daughter is married in Menling Village, so what is her husband’s family?

who?

Liu Wengen didn't dare to ask anything. At this time, Old Man Xia was completely insane in his eyes. A normal person could not care about a lunatic, so he had to stay calm and sneak away as soon as the Minister of Arms arrived.

Liu Wengen stopped talking.
Chapter completed!