Chapter 21 The Mouse
The old woman chuckled and asked me to buy a shroud.
I feel very unlucky, I'm not dead yet! What kind of shroud should I buy?
But he still managed a smile on his face:
"Auntie, I don't want a shroud. I only buy rice and eggs to sell."
"Sell?"
The old woman was stunned for a moment and looked at me a few times in surprise.
But soon, I seemed to understand something.
He didn’t let me buy a shroud either, but turned around and started walking towards the back room:
"Wait a minute, I'll get it for you..."
After saying that, the old woman slowly entered the back room.
But I vaguely heard what she seemed to be saying; it turned out to be a second-rate dealer.
What else can I say, borrow Yinshou.
I don’t know if I heard it right or not, but her words were weird anyway.
I stood in the room, feeling very uncomfortable.
This old wooden house is much more eerie and terrifying than Master Gu's wooden house.
Although Master Gu's shop is dark, there are still shrouds, paper figures and so on.
But compared to the old woman's wooden house, it is really much more comfortable.
Inside the wooden house, there are many strange paper cuts.
It’s neither good fortune nor longevity.
Instead, they are some humanoid paper-cuts or grimace patterns.
Not only that, although this house is sealed on all sides.
But I can still clearly feel the cool breeze.
Among the various shrouds hanging in the room, each shroud is not hung on a hanger.
Instead, use a thin thread similar to braiding hair to cover the shoulders.
It swayed in the room and appeared in the firelight from time to time, which made people feel scared.
It always feels like a person is hanging under the beams, shaking in the light...
Just as I was standing in the house walking around, looking around nervously.
A black shadow flashed under my feet, like a big black cat.
I quickly avoided it.
Immediately afterwards, he saw the black shadow scurry and jump onto the table.
With the help of the light, I could clearly see what the black shadow was.
His face suddenly changed, revealing a look of horror.
I saw that this dark thing turned out to be a big black mouse.
The size of the mouse was actually more than half the size of a cat.
He is fat all over, his tail is longer than chopsticks, his fur is dark and shiny, and he is not afraid of people.
At this moment, he twitched his nose and made a mouse sound of "sssssssssss", and his beard stood on end.
He glanced at me with his glowing green eyes.
Right in front of me, he raised his forelimbs and lay down on the base of the oil lamp.
Avoiding the wick flame, I stretched my head to drink the oil from the oil lamp.
The "squeaking" sound is frightening.
I have lived in a rural area since I was a child, and I have heard from the older generation that rats secretly drink lamp oil.
But never seen it.
Now I was shocked to see such a big rat.
I was stunned for a while, and then I thought about driving this big rat away.
"Go, get out, get out of here!"
I opened my mouth to scare the rats away.
But who knew that this big rat was not only not afraid of people, but also turned his head after taking a few sips of lamp oil.
Stand on your back feet and raise your whole body.
He bared his teeth at me, showing two rat teeth, and stared at me fiercely.
Make a "squeak" sound.
This was the first time I saw a mouse dare to be cruel to people and stand upright on its hind legs. I was very surprised.
I have been haunted by ghosts recently and I am afraid of ghosts everywhere.
But I'm not afraid of this beast.
"brute!"
I saw a measuring ruler next to me, so I grabbed it and was about to hit it.
But at this moment, the old woman's hoarse voice sounded in the room:
"Young man, don't hit it."
Hearing the old woman's voice, I stopped suddenly.
Then, I saw the old woman slowly walking out from the back room carrying a small cloth bag.
Seeing the old woman appear, the big mouse ran down and jumped off the table.
Shunzi climbed up the old woman's feet and climbed directly to the old woman's shoulders.
Then he kept rubbing the old woman's ears with his head.
But the old woman smiled and raised her hand to touch the big mouse.
At the same time, he spoke somewhat reproachfully:
"You greedy guy.
As I said, don't run out when there are guests.
It’s not like everyone knows you, you just don’t listen.
If I hurt you, how can I live as an old woman!"
After saying that, he grabbed the big mouse with one hand and put it in his arms.
When I saw it, I felt like it was ruining my three views.
This big mouse is actually the old woman's pet.
I’ve seen people keep cats, dogs, and lizards, but this is the first time I’ve seen people keep a big rat as a pet.
"Auntie, this, is this the pet you feed?"
I'm surprised.
The old woman laughed "hehehe" several times:
"This is not a pet, this is my son."
"Son, son..."
I stammered when I opened my mouth, with a strange look in my eyes, and I felt completely unnatural.
But the old woman didn’t explain too much, and then said:
"Young man, everything you want is inside."
After saying that, he handed me the small cloth bag.
I took it and took a look and found that there were more than ten peeled hard-boiled eggs still steaming.
Next to it is a bag of Yin glutinous rice wrapped in a plastic bag.
When I saw that I had bought something, I felt happy.
She didn't pay much attention to the big rat raised by the old woman, who claimed to be her son.
After all, many people who raise cats and dogs claim that their pets are their "babies" and "little children", which is quite common outside.
It's just possible that the old lady has different hobbies and likes raising mice.
I saw that I got the thing, so I went to pay for it:
"Mom, how much do these things cost?"
After listening, the old woman waved her hand:
“Young man, my supermarket doesn’t charge money!”
"No, no charge? Free?"
I was stunned.
But the old woman shook her head again and continued to speak with a smile on her face:
"No free, no money. I just want your nails..."
This chapter has been completed!