71: Chapter 71: The Big Red Envelope 71: Chapter 71: The Big Red Envelope After hearing the footsteps move away, Wu Xiaoyu was just about to relax when she heard movement from the bed.
She turned her head instinctively and saw Liu Yuanyuan putting on clothes.
They exchanged a glance, and Wu Xiaoyu quickly turned away.
Liu Yuanyuan asked softly, “Why did you sleep on the floor last night?
Did you catch a cold?”
It’s fine, the weather’s not cold enough for that,” Wu Xiaoyu replied casually.
When he heard her getting out of bed and putting on her shoes, Wu Xiaoyu turned his head again and hesitated for a moment before saying, “Just now, your mother-in-law came in and took something!”
Liu Yuanyuan frowned slightly and said apologetically, “I know…
That was a tape recorder my mother-in-law secretly put in…”
Playing it high stakes, huh!
I wondered how she could be at ease with her daughter-in-law sleeping in the same room with another man right after her son’s death.
Turns out she had prepared in advance!
If I had done anything impulsive last night, wouldn’t I have been caught red-handed!
Lucky I kept my cool!
Doesn’t that mean everything I said to discipline her son last night was heard too?
If word gets out that I can catch ghosts, won’t I be bothered to death by these people!
Liu Yuanyuan finished putting on her shoes and sat motionless on the bed.
Seeing her not move, Wu Xiaoyu also sat on the floor, staying still.
After waiting for a long time without being called out, he asked, “When can I go back?”
Liu Yuanyuan finally noticed that they had both been sitting idly for a long time.
She checked her phone and said, “Wait a bit more.
My mother-in-law will come in to call you out.
Then you can eat an egg and leave!”
Wu Xiaoyu didn’t understand the arrangement, but he decided to follow the Zhao family’s instructions to the end.
As the day progressed, they sat awkwardly for quite some time.
Eventually, Shuanzhu’s wife came in again, her face still ashen, and said, “You can come out now!”
Wu Xiaoyu followed her out slowly, ate an egg, and took the chance to sneak away when there was no one at the Zhao family’s entrance.
Back home, his mom breathed a sigh of relief upon seeing him safe and said, “You’re just like your dad, always unable to refuse others!”
Wu Youliang quickly retorted, “What’s wrong with helping people, making more friends means more paths!”
Before Wang Aifeng could say more, Wu Youliang pulled Wu Xiaoyu into the inner room and asked mysteriously, “Did you see anything last night?”
His father’s words revealed that he believed in ghosts, so Wu Xiaoyu didn’t have to hide it.
He nodded and said, “Yes, I saw it!”
“Was that guy fierce?” Wu Youliang asked indifferently, as if asking about the saltiness of food.
Wu Xiaoyu, surprised, said, “Not fierce, I scared it away quickly!”
Wu Youliang nodded, pulled out the pig slaughter knife from Wu Xiaoyu’s waist, returned to his room, and mumbled, “The knife may be rusty, but its spirit isn’t!”
His father’s mysterious manner puzzled Wu Xiaoyu.
Did his father also do this ghost-catching stuff?
If that’s the case, even if he lost his job at the slaughterhouse, the family shouldn’t be so broke.
After all, I earned over 300,000 yuan from just two jobs.
Even without encountering a powerful family like the Ma family, ordinary farming households like the Zhao family still gave a red envelope of over 800 yuan.
Wu Xiaoyu was filled with doubts but didn’t know how to start asking.
His father never liked to talk about past events.
After a long silence, his father asked again, “Did you get scared seeing that thing last night?”
But Wu Xiaoyu mostly felt excited, like it was a game.
Wu Xiaoyu didn’t know how much his father knew about these ghost matters or his attitude towards Wu Xiaoyu doing such work.
So he could only respond faintly, “Not really.”
Wu Youliang put the pig slaughter knife into a wooden box, turned around, sat down, and said, “It’s better to do less of this kind of work in the future.”
His words confused Wu Xiaoyu.
His father had just argued with his mom, saying that helping people and making more friends was good.
Why did he change his tune now, advising him to do less of this work?
Was there something he didn’t know?
While Wu Xiaoyu was still bewildered, someone in the yard called for his father, so he followed him into the main room.
Pulling aside the curtain, the person who came in was Liu Chuanfang, who had just been there yesterday.
Seeing Wu Xiaoyu, he immediately handed him a red envelope.
This sudden action left Wu Xiaoyu somewhat at a loss.
Although Liu Chuanfang had mentioned giving him a red envelope yesterday.
But taking money from neighbors seemed too greedy, so Wu Xiaoyu quickly refused, “Uncle, I can’t accept the money!”
Liu Chuanfang was momentarily stunned.
Since he promised the red envelope, he must give it, and the other party shouldn’t refuse.
He had no choice but to hand the red envelope to Wu Xiaoyu again and said, “Nephew, you must accept this red envelope.
Don’t be polite with me!
If you don’t accept it, it’s like you’re insulting me!”
Just as Wu Xiaoyu was thinking of a way to decline, his father suddenly said, “Take the red envelope.”
Wu Xiaoyu glanced at his father, feeling even more puzzled.
His father wasn’t a money-minded person.
Since he wanted him to accept it, there must be a reason.
So he took the red envelope with a smile, “Thank you, Uncle Chuanfang.”
“Ah!” Liu Chuanfang smiled with squinted eyes.
He didn’t look like someone who had just lost his son-in-law!
Wu Xiaoyu returned to his room with a myriad of questions and put away two red envelopes, each containing 800 yuan.
Then he went back to the main room to hear what they were saying.
After some polite words of thanks, Liu Chuanfang started chatting casually with Wu Xiaoyu, “Xiaoyu!
People say a tiger doesn’t have a weak son.
I didn’t believe it before, but now I do!
You, you really take after your dad!”
Wu Xiaoyu was curious and wanted to ask but saw Liu Chuanfang glance at his father, who did not stop him from saying more.
“Your dad was even more fierce than you when he was young!
Some guys from the neighboring village came to our river to steal fish at night, and your dad beat them so bad they were rolling on the ground and peeing themselves…”
Wu Xiaoyu didn’t need him to say his dad was good at fighting.
After all, his own fighting skills were mostly taught by his father.
What he wanted to know was whether his father had done ghost-catching stuff, but with his father right there, he couldn’t ask directly.
He could only listen to Liu Chuanfang talk about old trivial matters.
Liu Chuanfang talked a lot, but seeing Wu Xiaoyu’s lack of interest, he glanced at Wu Youliang, who also seemed bored, and then stood up, “Well…
It’s almost noon, I’d better go back!”