Rebirth begins with rejecting Qingmei

Chapter 772 Don’t be afraid!

Chapter 772 Don’t be afraid!
Gu Pandi's friend lives in a remote village.

Xu Xiuwen drove for nearly three hours to send Gu Pandi to the place.

The road into the village is very difficult.

There are potholes everywhere.

Xu Xiuwen had to abandon the car and walk with Gu Pandi to her friend's house.

By this time, it was already getting late.

The moon is looming in the clouds, shy of coming out to see people.

The surrounding visibility is very low.

I could barely see the road under my feet, and couldn't see clearly two meters away.

The sounds of various animals chirping in the rice fields on both sides of the road come and go.

If you are not someone who often walks at night, be a little less courageous.

In such an environment, it is probably difficult to move forward.

Xu Xiuwen hesitated for a moment, then took the initiative to hold Gu Pandi's hand.

Gu Pandi was stunned for a moment, came to her senses, and wanted to free her hand.

But I found that Xu Xiuwen was holding on very tightly.

She was just about to say something.

Xu Xiuwen's voice rang in his ears.

"I'm not trying to take advantage of you. The road is difficult, so it's safer this way."

After listening to his words, Gu Pandi acquiesced to his approach.

After walking on a bumpy dirt road between villages, we finally entered the village.

There are few options for entertainment at night in the countryside.

After dark, I basically go to bed early.

Every house on the road had turned off their lights.

But one part of the village is still brightly lit.

There is no doubt that this home is the home of Gu Pandi's friend.

Come outside the house.

Xu Xiuwen immediately heard various crying sounds coming from the room.

At this moment, there were some smoking men standing outside the house.

Gu Pandi didn't know these people either.

She walked directly past these people and walked into the house.

After entering the house.

The first thing that catches the eye is a futon, with a brazier for burning paper money placed above the futon.

People were kneeling on both sides of the brazier.

There are young and old.

Everyone cried very sadly. While crying, they kept adding paper money to the brazier.

And on the ground directly in front, there was a pile of hay the size of a single bed.

There was a woman lying on the pile of hay, but her face and body were covered with a white cloth, only the soles of her shoes were exposed.

Gu Pandi was slightly startled when she saw this scene.

After coming back to her senses, she knelt down on the futon, picked up the paper money on the ground, and burned a few.

Xu Xiuwen also stepped forward and burned a few pieces of paper money.

After doing all this, Xu Xiuwen got up and looked for Gu Pandi.

The latter is seen looking at the photo on the table in the middle of the house.

That's a posthumous photo.

The woman in the photo has pretty and regular facial features, but she looks a little older.

At least compare it to Gu Pandi.

It's hard for anyone to think that they are the same age.

But if you think about it carefully, it’s normal.

This woman lives in the countryside, with her face facing the loess and her back turned to the sky, exposed to the wind and sun all day long, so it is normal for her to look old.

Gu Pandi has always lived in the city and doesn't need to travel.

Plus natural temperament.

Naturally, the gap with peers has widened.

Xu Xiuwen slowly walked to Gu Pandi and asked concernedly: "Aunt Gu, are you okay?"

Gu Pandi turned to look at him and said calmly: "I'm fine."

At this time, a very old man walked towards Gu Pandi.

The man had a sad look on his face, his eyes were red, and he had obviously cried.

"Thank you for coming to see Sisi."

Gu Pandi said softly: "I'm sorry, uncle, I should have come to see her earlier."

The man shook his head and said: "Sisi was worried that I wouldn't inform you, so you don't have to apologize."

Gu Pandi was silent.

After a moment, he said: "Uncle, you and your aunt still need to take good care of your health and express your condolences."

The man nodded slightly and said immediately: "Okay, thank you for your concern. It's getting late, I'll have someone arrange a place for you."

Gu Pandi wanted to refuse, but suddenly remembered that Xu Xiuwen was also coming.

She didn't refuse.

The man then asked the deceased's husband to arrange a place for them.

I stayed with a relative in the same village.

Gu Pandi did not go to bed immediately, but told Xu Xiuwen that if he was sleepy, he should go to bed first and she would stay with him for a while.

Xu Xiuwen said that he was not sleepy either.

Stay until 12 o'clock.

Gu Pandi and Xu Xiuwen went back to rest at the request of the deceased's father.

The two followed an aunt and came to an old house full of period atmosphere.

This old house is neither big nor small. There is a wall inside that divides the house into two rooms.

The outside room is equivalent to a living room, with tables, chairs and other furniture.

Some farm tools are also placed in the southeast corner of the house.

The one inside is equivalent to a bedroom.

The back door of the old house is connected to a small yard.

The aunt led the two of them into this room.

During this period, the aunt glanced at the two of them and asked, "Are you two husband and wife?"

Xu Xiuwen was ecstatic when he heard what his aunt said.

Gu Pandi blushed.

She quickly explained, "Auntie, you misunderstood, he is me..."

Gu Pandi was embarrassed for a moment.

How to introduce Xu Xiuwen?

If it is a friend.

If a male friend comes with her, it is easy for people to misunderstand.

If it is a nephew or nephew.

It was also difficult to explain why he accompanied her here.

You know, her daughter didn't even come with her.

Should I just talk about my best friend’s son?

It doesn't seem appropriate either.

Her best friend's son had no reason to accompany her.

Gu Pandi suddenly thought of something.

"He's my son," she said.

Xu Xiuwen originally wanted to see how Gu Pandi would introduce him.

Then she actually said it was her son?

Xu Xiuwen was stunned for at least half a minute.

Hearing this, the aunt looked at Xu Xiuwen in surprise, then looked at Gu Pandi and said, "Wow, you look so young. I didn't expect you to have such an old son."

Gu Pandi didn't know why she was so hot-headed that she talked about her son.

She felt embarrassed herself.

Especially Xu Xiuwen's gaze made her don't know how to face it.

If the aunt continues to ask, the secret may be exposed.

Fortunately, the aunt did not continue to ask.

The aunt opened the door to the room inside.

She turned on the light at any time, turned around and said, "You can sleep in this room tonight. There is a toilet in the backyard. This is a flashlight."

After the aunt finished speaking, she turned around and left.

Gu Pandi looked at the situation in the room and breathed a sigh of relief.

There are two beds, one against the west wall and one against the east wall.

If there is only one bed, it will be a bit difficult.

Two beds would be easy to handle.

Gu Pandi turned around and asked Xu Xiuwen: "Which bed do you want to sleep on?"

If it were normal times, Xu Xiuwen would probably smile and say: "I want to sleep on the same bed you sleep on."

But he didn't do that at the moment.

Xu Xiuwen said calmly: "I can do whatever I want."

Gu Pandi said: "Then you sleep in the east bed and I sleep in the west bed."

After assigning the bed.

Xu Xiuwen asked: "Is there hot water? How can I wash my feet?"

One look at the conditions here and you can tell that bathing is definitely out of the question.

Xu Xiuwen settled for the next best thing and just wanted to wash his feet.

Gu Pandi said: "I'll go out and take a look."

Xu Xiuwen picked up the flashlight on the table and said, "I will accompany you."

The two came out of the back room and went to the big room outside, where they found a basin and a hot water bottle.

But there is no hot water in the bottle.

Open the back door and go to the backyard.

Xu Xiuwen also successfully found the pressure well and stove.

But it's so late at night, so I can't heat up the pot.

Xu Xiuwen had no choice but to give up the idea of soaking his feet.

Gu Pandi said: "I'm sorry for asking you to accompany me to suffer."

Xu Xiuwen shook his head: "Honey, don't say that. I am here willingly with you, and I don't feel like I am suffering here."

Gu Pandi opened her eyes wide and asked, "What did you call me?"

Xu Xiuwen smiled and said, "My wife."

Gu Pandi's face turned red.

It's just that I can't see clearly in the dark.

Gu Pandi said: "What nonsense are you talking about! What if someone hears you?"

Xu Xiuwen looked relaxed, "It's okay, how could anyone hear me?"

Gu Pandi said: "That won't work either, who is your wife?"

When Xu Xiuwen heard this, he rolled his eyes and said, "If you're not allowed to call me wife, then call me mother."

Gu Pandi's face turned redder.

She turned around and walked back into the house.

Xu Xiuwen followed and asked, "Why did you tell Auntie that I was your son just now?"

Gu Pandi was very panicked, and then explained: "I just said it casually."

Xu Xiuwen asked: "Just say it casually? I don't believe it!"

"Believe it or not!"

Gu Pandi walked towards the back room.

Xu Xiuwen suddenly said: "I understand."

Gu Pandi knew that he might say something unacceptable.

But I couldn't help but ask.

Xu Xiuwen chuckled and said: "Aunt Gu, do you want a son, that's why you say I am your son? It doesn't matter, you are still young and can still be born again. I am willing to sacrifice myself to help you be a mother."

He said and blinked at Gu Pandi.

Gu Pandi's face turned red.

She raised her hand and wanted to hit Xu Xiuwen.

But Xu Xiuwen had expected it and grabbed her wrist directly, making her unable to move. Gu Pandi raised her other hand.

But he was caught again immediately.

Gu Pandi tried her best to keep a straight face and said, "Let me go!"

Xu Xiuwen not only didn't let her go, but instead grabbed her wrist and pushed her gently onto the bed.

Gu Pandi fell onto the bed.

Just when Gu Pandi was worried that Xu Xiuwen would take the opportunity to bully her.

However, she found that Xu Xiuwen had already moved to another bed.

Xu Xiuwen took off his clothes and lay down on the bed.

He smiled and said: "Good night."

Gu Pandi glanced at Xu Xiuwen helplessly, then stood up and turned off the light.

After turning off the light, she walked back to the bed in the dark.

After waiting for a while, he heard Xu Xiuwen's steady breathing before starting to take off his clothes.

After getting up the next morning.

Gu Pandi said to Xu Xiuwen: "It's dawn, you can go back."

Xu Xiuwen asked: "I go back, what will you do?"

Gu Pandi said: "I will go back by myself when it is over."

Xu Xiuwen smiled, "It's so troublesome, let's go back together when it's over. I don't want to leave my wife in this remote place."

Gu Pandi blushed at first, and then yelled: "What nonsense are you talking about, who is your wife! If you talk nonsense again, I will tell Wanqiu."

Xu Xiuwen said with an indifferent expression: "Go ahead and tell me. I also want to know what my mother would do if she knew about our relationship."

Of course, Gu Pandi couldn't take the initiative to tell Ning Wanqiu.

It can be seen that Xu Xiuwen looked like he was not afraid of anything.

She still felt helpless.

Gu Pandi glared at Xu Xiuwen, turned around and left the room.

Xu Xiuwen smiled when he saw Gu Pandi's reaction.

Aunt Gu is getting cuter and cuter now.

After everyone finished eating noodles in the morning, they began to go through the funeral procession.

The family members of the deceased take turns burning paper and kowtow, and then proceed to the funeral.

The family takes the body of the deceased to the nearest funeral home for cremation.

During this period, there were also sounds of suonas and trumpets, as well as cries among them.

After the cremation.

Relatives of the deceased return home with urns containing ashes.

After returning to the village.

The cooks who had been called in in advance were already preparing lunch.

What follows is hilarious.

The suona and trumpet at the door were playing hard.

The relatives of the deceased in the room cried desperately.

After paying some money, the guests who came to the funeral went inside to burn a few pieces of paper, and the younger ones kowtowed a few times.

Then they gathered together to chat and reminisce about old times, without any sign of sadness.

Gu Pandi also gave 1000 yuan.

She didn't have so much cash on her, so Xu Xiuwen paid for it for her.

One meal at noon.

One meal in the evening.

It was dark in a blink of an eye.

The relatives of the deceased will keep vigil tonight, and the ground will be laid for burial tomorrow morning.

So Xu Xiuwen and Gu Pandi stayed another night.

Lying in bed at night.

After lights out.

Xu Xiuwen suddenly asked: "Are you asleep?"

"I didn't sleep." Gu Pandi said.

"Are you still sad?"

Gu Pandi said softly: "It's okay."

"Are you sleepy now?"

"not sleepy."

"Then let's have a chat, okay?"

Gu Pandi did not refuse.

Although it was Xu Xiuwen who took the initiative to chat with Pandi.

But Gu Pandi still said more.

Gu Pandi told Xu Xiuwen a lot about her childhood.

For example: Gu Pandi said that when she was a child, she and Shi Si talked about getting married in the future.

At that time, Shi Si said that she would definitely marry a policeman in the future.

But in the end she married a man who worked out of town with her.

Gu Pandi said at the time that she wanted to marry a teacher.

But in the end she married a policeman.

Gu Pandi said that Shi Si had always envied her.

She finally laughed at herself and said: "If she knew I was divorced, she wouldn't envy me anymore."

Xu Xiuwen took her words and said, "She should still envy you. At least you are still alive and healthy, and you can get married again in the future."

Gu Pandi fell silent after hearing this.

Seeing the silence, Xu Xiuwen took the initiative to change the topic.

As the topic got easier, Gu Pandi's mood gradually recovered. Occasionally she would chuckle twice when she heard him say something funny.

Soon it was late at night.

Gu Pandi said she was going to bed.

Xu Xiuwen agreed.

The two closed their mouths and eyes and prepared to sleep.

At this time, a sound of "squeak, squeak" suddenly came from outside the house.

Much like the sound made by someone walking around outside and stepping on something.

After Gu Pandi heard the sound, she asked him in a low voice if there was anyone outside.

Xu Xiuwen got out of bed after hearing this.

He didn't turn on the lights in the room.

Instead, he took a flashlight and quietly walked outside the house to look around.

No one was seen.

Even the sound from before disappeared.

Xu Xiuwen came back and said to Gu Pandi, "No one is there."

Gu Pandi breathed a sigh of relief after hearing this.

continue to sleep.

But soon, the "squeaking" sound started again.

And the sound is transferred to the window.

It gives the impression that someone has walked around the house and walked outside the window.

And the voice gradually became sharper, sounding a bit weird.

Gu Pandi asked again: "Is there someone outside the window?"

Xu Xiuwen had no choice but to go out and check again.

This time Gu Pandi said she wanted to accompany him.

Gu Pandi put on her coat and followed Xu Xiuwen outside the house.

After walking around outside the house, I still didn't find anyone.

And the 'squeaking' sound just now disappeared again.

Although nothing was found, this made Gu Pandi even more scared.

Xu Xiuwen was not afraid.

Although he did experience the miraculous thing of being reborn.

But he is still a staunch materialist and does not believe in ghosts and gods.

Although I don’t believe it.

But Xu Xiuwen suddenly realized.

This may be a good opportunity to promote his relationship with Gu Pandi.

Go back inside.

Gu Pandi couldn't sleep for the time being.

She uneasily discussed with Xu Xiuwen what the sound was just now.

Xu Xiuwen said: "Maybe it's the rumor?"

Gu Pandi said: "How can there be such rumors?"

"Maybe there are mice in the wall, and it's the noise the mice are making."

"The sound made by mice should be squeaking. I heard it when I was a child. It was clearly squeaking just now, and it was definitely not the sound of a mouse."

Xu Xiuwen mentioned several more possibilities.

But they were all quickly rejected by Gu Pandi.

A hint of cunning flashed in Xu Xiuwen's eyes.

He said: "Then there is only one possibility left...the sound just now was made by ghosts!"

When Xu Xiuwen saw that he had finished speaking, Gu Pandi's delicate body trembled.

She subconsciously leaned towards Xu Xiuwen and said, "Xiao Xu, don't scare me!"

Xu Xiuwen said: "I told you so many possibilities, but you don't believe it. It can only mean that there are ghosts. Moreover, this is a rural area, and the graves of ancestors are in the fields nearby. There are a few lonely ghosts looking for them. It is possible to wander around the village without visiting the grave."

"Stop talking!" Gu Pandi became more and more frightened as she listened, and couldn't help shouting.

Xu Xiuwen held back his smile and said, "Okay, then I'll shut up."

After saying that, he turned around and lay down on the bed, turning his back to Gu Pandi.

I didn’t forget to remind you, “Remember to turn off the lights!”

Gu Pandi hesitated when she saw it, turned off the light, then quickly climbed into bed and got into bed.

But she just closed her eyes.

The squeaking sound sounded again.

Gu Pandi said fearfully: "Xiao Xu!"

Xu Xiuwen ignored her.

Gu Pandi raised her voice and shouted: "Xu Xiuwen!"

"what?"

"Why are you ignoring me!"