Chapter 174: The House is Haunted (Added for ally “brilliant fur”)

At night, Song Qing, who had successfully sent the death row inmates to reincarnation, with dark circles under his eyes, was ready to go downstairs to find food and solve the problem of subsistence.

As he walked, he thought, “No. Grafting can be used on the human body, such as broken organs can be replaced.

“So, can it be more nuanced? For example, Amputation Rebirth …. Well, this is an ability unique to the Third Grade Martial Artist. If I can research the mysteries in alchemy, the world will certainly shake.

“Xu Ningyan said that bio-alchemy should be something more subtle…but the human eye can’t see those dust-measure minutiae…there, I can make something like a telescope.”

Telescopes existed, and after the discovery of glass, it didn’t take long for concave mirrors to be developed along with them. Telescopes were quite popular in the military and were usually equipped for ordinary soldiers.

Elite scouts rarely used it because after the Qi Practicing Realm, a martial artist’s eyesight would feel greatly improved. The stronger the strength, the stronger the five senses. The binoculars became a bit of a chicken rib.

“Where did that scent come from?” Song Qing twitched her nose.

He followed the scent and headed downstairs to the stove room, and saw Chu Caiwei was making a few white clothes, and something was steaming in the pot.

“Yo, there’s chicken soup, Senior Sister Caiwei has a heart.” Song Qing saw the chicken stewing in the small stove and her mood instantly improved.

“Go go go.” Chu Caiwei spat at him, “This is the alchemy Xu Qi’an taught me, if it becomes a success, it’s able to spread deliciousness all over the world.”

Listening to Chu Caiwei finish the principles of chicken essence and MSG, Song Qing mused for a moment and sighed tersely, “Xu Ningyan is truly a strange man.”

Yes, it’s also alchemy.

Extracting the essence from medicinal herbs to make pills, purifying steel from ores to make weapons, and right now, extracting fresh flavor from mushrooms to make monosodium glutamate (MSG).

It is consistent with the knowledge he had when he opened the class that day.

Alchemy encompasses many, many fields, and the axiom is to extract that which cannot be seen.

“I don’t have a clue what he’s talking about with MSG because he didn’t provide the process, he just simply said to stay away from it, to extract it from grains.” Chuzaiwei said.

“Senior brother will help you.” Song Qing touched Chu Caiwei’s head.

….

The repairs to the new mansion were completed two days ahead of schedule, and Xu Qi’an took leave from the government office to help his second uncle and aunt move in together.

The aunt wearing a dark green romper and a coat of the same color waved her handkerchief with one hand at her waist, and commanded her subordinates to carry the things with an air like a general leading an army in battle.

This gesture, if replaced by a woman with mediocre posture, would appear to be a strong marketplace atmosphere, displeasing.

But instead of thirty-six years old, maintained like a young woman in her early thirties, face beautiful and delicate, body fat and graceful aunt, is a beautiful scenery.

Xu Qi’an then thought about whether the sister beside him, who was clear and beautiful with three-dimensional features, would be as graceful as her mother in another twenty years.

Or better yet.

Eh, Ling Yue is also at the age of marriage, I don t know which guy is lucky enough to marry such a beautiful girl …. Xu Qi’an sighed with a sigh of regret that his daughter was too old to be married, and smothered his head to act as a porter with his second uncle.

Because enough carriages were hired, it only took two trips to finish moving the contents of the mansion. Some odds and ends, Auntie planned to purchase in the inner city, so she just took this opportunity to get new ones.

Auntie and Second Uncle were the elders, although the mansion was bought by Xu Qi’an. The main house on the east side was reserved for the two to live in.

When the house was assigned, the always gentle Xu Ling Yue had a rare verbal altercation with her aunt.

The three-entry mansion was large, but the inner courtyard at the core actually had limited rooms, and those guest rooms and areas for the servants of the house were certainly not lived in by the owner.

According to his aunt’s intention, the room in the west wing of the joint row was Xu Qi’an’s, after all, he would be getting a daughter-in-law in the future.

But Xu Lingyue had the cheek to live there as well, to live next to her big brother.

Auntie said, “You’re a big girl and you live so close to your elder brother, you don’t know how to be ashamed.

Xu Ling Yue suddenly got anxious, argued loudly, and even argued with her mother.

In the end, she also stayed in the west wing, but her aunt arranged for Erlang’s room to be in the west wing as well, and discussed with Xu Qi’an that when he had a daughter-in-law in the future, she would then let Ling Yue and Erlang live in the north house as well.

Xu Qi’an was a bit reluctant, because if he lived too close, his sister would find out if he stayed out at night in the Churchyard. At that time, she would have to complain again.

Xu Suoyin was placed in her aunt and uncle’s room, the child was more cognizant of the bed and the environment, the aunt was afraid that the young girl would not sleep well at night and have nightmares.

Anyway, the east wing was particularly large, three townhouses.

Xu Qi’an quickly set up his room, his original small courtyard was barely decorated and needed little embellishment.

He stepped out of his room to bask in the sun and saw Xu Suoyin squatting by the well alone, her little face white with fear, but with the appearance of desperately trying to hold back from running away.

“What are you doing?” Xu Qi’an asked.

“Big brother… “Seeing her instinctive big brother come over, Xu Suoyin was relieved, pointing at the wellhead with some fear, “This place is haunted.”

“So, what are you doing squatting by the wellhead?” Xu Qi’an had some difficulty understanding.

If you know it’s haunted, shouldn’t you be scared and hide far away? Why crouch down by the wellhead and hold on to it while you’re scared.

“Sister said that ghosts specialize in eating small children.” Xu Suoyin frowned with a small frown.

“And then?”

She ghosted up all of a sudden and trotted over, whispering, “I’m tricking it into coming out, shh…don’t let it hear you.”

“???”

Xu Qi’an looked at her blankly for a long time and gave a thumbs up, “Those who know food are handsome.”

All people have ideals, and at a young age, Xu Lingyin found her own: there is nothing in this world that I can’t eat, only whether I want to eat it or not.

To be able to use yourself as bait for the sake of good food…this determination and perseverance is, in a sense, genius.

“Then keep up the good work, and when the ghost is tricked, big brother will make you a delicious meal.” Xu Qi’an stroked her head.

“Uh-huh!” Xu Lingyin pecked her brain both fearfully and yearningly.

Before dusk, not far from the new mansion in the restaurant booked a box, the family down the restaurant to eat incomparably satisfied, although the taste is not as good as the Guiyue building, but wins in cheap, the distance is close, you can often go down the restaurant in the future.

Xu Qi’an lay in the spacious and cozy new room, looking at the beams above his head, and suddenly remembered something.

I don’t think I wrote to tell Jiro about the move?

“Forget it, it’s not something I need to worry about, go to sleep.”

…..

East Room.

Auntie put Xu Lingyin to sleep and returned to the bedside, looking at her husband, who was sitting cross-legged in a small collapse and observing his thoughts, she was suddenly a little worried:

“Master, in the future, when Ning Yan marries a daughter-in-law, will he compete with me for the power to manage the house? Will he make us move to the West House?

“I’ve heard that daughters-in-law are vicious, always thinking of ways to fight their mothers-in-law.”

Auntie was happy. When she married Uncle Two, the two senior members of the Xu family had long since passed away, and she did not suffer from the oppression of her evil mother-in-law.

But if you’ve never eaten pork, you’ve seen a pig run. Especially since this mansion was bought by Xu Qi’an, she is not the right name for this “mother-in-law”.

Xu Pingzhi opened his eyes and thought for a moment, “With your temper and character, you will not be able to fight others.”

“Hmph!” The aunt was speechless, so she gave a petulant grunt.

Xu Pingzhi comforted, “Maybe Ning Banquet will marry a stupid daughter-in-law in the future.”

The aunt heard that it made sense and secretly prayed that her nephew would marry a stupid daughter-in-law in the future. That way she can bully people.

“Right, I haven’t written to Erlang yet, we’ve moved to the new mansion, he doesn’t know about this yet, and when we turn around and go to the outer city, he won’t be able to find us.” Auntie’s heart was set on her son.

“It’s not something you need to worry about, you can’t read a few words.” Xu Pingzhi, who also couldn’t read much, said:

“The Ning Banquet wrote it.”

….

Two days passed in a flash, Xu Qi’an’s life was very peaceful, daily patrolling the streets, cultivating, and taking time to go to Haoqi Building to exchange feelings with Wei Yuan.

Because of the downfall of the Minister of Labor, the fight between the parties cooled down quite a bit, and for the time being, no party targeted the night watchman.

That night, Xu Qi’an went home and found that his second uncle was not there.

“Patrolling today.” The aunt replied.

It was also possible that he had gone to the Department of Education…Xu Qi’an spat in his heart.

Second Uncle was a hundred of the Imperial Sword Guards, patrolling the streets sometimes by day and sometimes by night, with the same working mechanism as a night watchman. If Xu Qi’an were to be caught up in so many cases in a row, what awaited him would also be white plus black work.

In the past, Xu Qi’an also trusted Second Uncle as much as her aunt, but since that “chance encounter” at the Education Department, and the later use of orange peel to remove the perfume odor, Xu Qi’an has understood.

Men’s mouths, lying ghosts.

I don’t seem to be in a position to spit on Second Uncle either…Xu Qi’an lowered his head to eat.

Toward the end of the night, Xu Qi’an was suddenly awakened by a scream, and as he opened his eyes and rolled over to sit up, he reached out and grabbed the long black and gold sword leaning against the side of the bed.

When he came to the courtyard, he saw Ling Yue’s maid sitting frozen on the ground, the candlestick falling on the ground, her face pale, pointing in the direction of the well, shivering and unable to speak.

“What did you see?” Xu Qi’an said in a deep voice.

The door behind them opened, and Xu Ling Yue, clad in her coat, came out to check the situation.

Over in the east room, the candlelight in her aunt’s room was also lit, and she led Green E out following the sound.

“What’s wrong?” The aunt frowned.

The fear in the maid’s heart diminished a lot after the crowd got up, and she pointed to the mouth of the well and said in a trembling voice, “Well, there’s a head in the well.”

Several screams rang out together.

Xu Lingyue lost her color and shrank behind Xu Qi’an, tugging tightly on his sleeve. Auntie also leaned over in fear.

“You, you didn’t say ….” The aunt’s beautiful eyes widened in horror.

She didn’t say the words “the ghosts have been dispersed” out loud, so that no one in the house would know about it.

There’s a head in the well? Xu Qi’an tightened his grip on the long black and gold sword and pressed his hand, signaling his sister and aunt not to panic as he slowly stepped closer to the mouth of the well.

The spirits in the well were indeed eliminated, and over at the thieves’ den, the well used to keep the ghosts was also purified, so it was supposedly impossible for something like a spirit to appear again.

Could it be …. Xu Qi’an walked over with big strides and went around to the back of the well, and sure enough, he saw Little DouDing sitting by the well, sleepy-eyed.

“It’s a big pot…”

Being woken up by Xu Qi’an slapping him with the sheath of his sword, Little Dou Ding rubbed his eyes and muttered.

“Why are you here.” Xu Qiyin said that it was true.

“I’m hungry, I came out to look for food.” Little DouDing looked at the mouth of the well with a convinced look, “It can really hide, little kids don’t even come out when they come to the door of their house.”

Xu Qi’an estimated that the head the maid saw was Xu Suoyin lying on her back looking out of the well, and he had a rare sense of holding back a stomach full of grooves that he couldn’t spit out.

“Big brother asked the kitchen to bring you pastries.” Xu Qi’an picked her up and walked back.

“Suzume?” The aunt was shocked, then her willow eyebrows rose, “You dead kid, sneaking out in the middle of the night to scare people…”

She then realized that Suzaku wasn’t even in the house.

Xu Qi’an interrupted her aunt’s rant without a good grace, “She’s just hungry.”

Even though she’d had three bowls for dinner, she was just hungry.

The aunt, bottoming out now, grunted, pinched, stared at the kazoo with wide eyes and cut a glance at her infant daughter.

Xu Qi’an calmed his sister and aunt, as well as a few maids, coaxing them to go to bed, and went to the kitchen to get some pastries to feed Xu Lingyin.

The little peasants didn’t need to be coaxed, they ate and fell asleep.

Xu Qi’an returned her to Green E and went back to the house to continue sleeping, and in a haze, he heard someone knocking on the door.

“Big brother…” came Xu Lingyue’s clear and pleasant teenage voice from outside the door.

“What’s wrong?” Xu Qi’an didn’t open the door, in the middle of the night, when a brother can’t open the door to his sister, it’s not in good taste.

“I, I can’t sleep, I’m scared…” added Xu Ling Yue after a pause, “Mother can’t sleep either, just now when Green E asked about it, Mother told her about the mansion being haunted. Speaking of it, they both got scared too.

“Father’s not home again, and they’re all afraid to sleep.”

They do not dare to sleep on what I have to do, we sit down to rub mahjong all night? Xu Qi’an recalled his own self when he was using the mai move, and empathized, so he patiently said:

“Don’t be afraid, there are no ghosts in the mansion.”

Xu Lingyue didn’t reply and hesitated for a few seconds, “Can big brother accompany us.”

PS: This chapter is an addition to yesterday’s.