strange neighbor

The little girl's steps were not steady enough, she stumbled and ran around with a knife, and everyone watching was covered in cold sweat, but the woman didn't seem to be worried at all, she just sat lazily at the door basking in the sun.

"Mom...Mom..." The little girl shouted while running, but the woman didn't respond, she just stretched out her hand and dangled in the air.

Seeing that her mother didn't respond, the little girl turned around and ran towards the door in a stumbling manner. The alley was a dirt road, and after years of passing people and cars, it was already full of potholes. The little girl ran with one foot deep and one foot shallow. Stepped empty in a small pit, lost her balance and fell forward, the tip of the knife was still facing upwards while struggling wildly, at the critical moment, Jiang Duo stepped forward quickly and grabbed her by the collar , although the little girl was strangled and coughed, she finally did not fall.

The scene just now frightened her, she curled her lips and burst into tears, the loud cry caught the attention of the woman at the door, she looked this way before standing up: "Xiaobao, what's the matter with you?"

"She almost fell." Jiang Duo said lightly.

"Oh. Didn't it just fall down? What's the matter? Why are you crying?"

Jiang Duo frowned, knelt down and patted the little girl's back to comfort her, then looked up at the woman: "Are you her mother?"

"Yes! Of course it's me!" the woman said.

Jiang Duo sneered: "Are you your own mother?"

"I...why am I not?" The woman had a loud voice and pulled the little girl away with her eyes wide open, completely ignoring that she was still crying.

"What's the matter?" Someone in the room heard the quarrel and ran out.

"Husband—this person!" The expression on her face changed, and she immediately grabbed the man's hand in aggrieved way: "This person said that I am not Xiaocao's real mother, and I am dead, woooooo—"

The man was furious when he heard this, and rushed forward in two steps to pull Jiang Duo's collar. He squinted and shouted: "Fuck you, you bully my wife!"

Jiang Duo dodged, dodged his fist lightly, flicked his collar, and clicked his tongue speechlessly: "Your own daughter is running around in the middle of the road with a knife, and it's only a matter of falling on her." Come help me, isn't my question unreasonable?"

"Unreasonable!" the woman screamed, and then grabbed the man's clothes: "Husband, Xiaocao is also my daughter, how can I not feel sorry for her? This person is a liar, Xiaocao played well by herself , He insisted on slandering me."

Then he lowered his head and looked at the crying little girl who was almost out of breath: "Look, Xiaocao is scared."

"Shut up—" An old lady walked out with a cane, her hair was gray, and her wrinkled face was full of signs of time.

"Mom—" the woman called out unwillingly.

The old lady was anxious and her fingers were trembling: "You still have the face to call me, what's wrong with you? It's only been a week, and your temper has changed so much. Could it be that you were pretending to be virtuous and virtuous before?" !"

The woman curled her lips and turned her face to the other side.

The old lady pointed at the tip of the man's nose: "And you, even though your mother-in-law looked sick, you didn't even tell her to take her to see her, and let the family run wild!"

The man bowed his head obediently.

Jiang Duo got a headache from their family's quarrel. He has been with Master since he was five years old. He has never experienced such trivial matters in the family. He felt a little annoying. He took two steps back and saw tears standing on the ground crying For the little girl, Jiang Duo knelt down, took out a piece of toffee from his pocket and handed it to her, then patted the top of her head and left.

The sounds of quarreling and crying behind him were still heard in his ears. Jiang Duo sighed. He can catch ghosts and exorcise them, but he can't solve other people's family problems.

The main task now is to find his master. Since his master disappeared three years ago, he has been looking for clues about his master all the time. Finally, he has a clue recently. He doesn't want to lose it again. He wandered around the alley for a long time. Suddenly the phone rang.

"A Jin?" He was a little surprised, after all, Ding Shijin hardly ever took the initiative to contact him.

Ding Shijin's clear voice came from the receiver: "Well, Liang Wang said that he would have a gathering tonight and asked if you could go."

Jiang Duo smiled: "Are you going? If you go, I will go. If you don't go, tell him that I won't go either."

Ding Shijin rolled his eyes on the other end of the phone: "Are you a follower?"

"Yes." Jiang Duo didn't care, he kicked something suddenly with his toe, and made a muffled sound on the small dirt road. He lowered his head while holding the phone, and saw a small white ceramic doll that was ejected.

The puppet was lying in front of his feet, it was a long-haired person, sideways on the ground, with one hand curled up as if he was covering something, he went up to pick up the puppet, and wanted to throw it into the trash can , but when I turned it over and saw its face, I froze for a moment. This face felt inexplicably familiar.

After hanging up the phone, he held the doll in front of his eyes. The expression of this doll was lifelike. Just from its eyes, he could see the panic and helplessness. Why does this doll have such a familiar feeling?As a professional ghost exorcist Taoist, sometimes he has to believe in things like fate and God’s will, so he thinks that the doll’s appearance at his feet might be God’s will. It’s getting late and the sun is about to set. After thinking about it, he put the doll in his pocket and decided to take it home first.

Apart from Fat Brother, Liang Wang and the two of them, Jiang Lei and Yu Xin also came to this gathering. Very large event, very lively.

Jiang Lei and Yu Xin walked in front, the two little girls held hands, looked here and there, Jiang Duo and Ding Shijin walked at the back, there were so many people in the pedestrian street, it was so crowded that they couldn't even take a step. Bigger can't do it.

Jiang Duo yawned a little bored. This kind of road with many people really affected the speed of his legs. A small stall selling candied haws next to him was surrounded by many people. A group of teenagers and girls snatched a bunch of candied haws.

"Ajin!" Ding Shijin was walking, when he heard someone calling him, he looked back at Jiang Duo holding a bunch of candied haws and smiling like a fool.

"what?"

Jiang Duo handed the candied haws in front of him: "I'll eat it for you."

"No." Ding Shijin refused.

Jiang Duo smiled: "No, if other children have it, we Ajin must have it too."

After speaking, he stuffed the candied haws into Ding Shijin's hands and walked forward.

Ding Shijin glanced back at the popular candied haws stand, surrounded by a group of teenagers on the inner and outer three floors, and there were only a few candied haws sticks that were tied with big and plump candied haws just now, and now there are only a few sticks that are not very good Yes, he looked down at the candied haws in his hand, the bright red hawthorn fruit was covered with sparkling rock sugar, and when he looked up again, there were no other people in sight, only Jiang Duo's eye-catching head was looming in the crowd , he hooked the corner of his mouth.

In fact, when he passed by the candied haws stand just now, he glanced at it, but it was not because he wanted to eat it, but because he thought of eating candied haws for the first time when he was a child. Pointy, he didn’t even know how to bite the stick sideways when he ate it for the first time, but he stuffed the stick straight upright into his mouth until his mother saw the blood in his mouth and cried out in fright, since then He has never eaten candied haws again.

They came under the Christmas tree with the most people checking in on the pedestrian street. The two little girls were taking pictures again, and a few big men were standing by the side waiting boredly. An exotic beauty came slowly along with the sound of music. The Santa Claus was carrying a red gift bag and sprinkled candy on both sides while walking, which caused the crowd to cheer. After a while, the Santa Claus took his partner and left. , the two little girls also finished taking photos, and a few people saw that it was getting late and planned to go home.

"Brother Shi Jin—" Yu Xin walked up bouncingly.

She took out the two hands hidden behind her back, and a small and beautiful Santa Claus appeared in the palm of her hand: "Send you, Brother Shi Jin, Merry Christmas."

"Thank you." Ding Shijin took it.

On the way back, Jiang Duo walked beside him, his eyes always drifting unconsciously to the Santa Claus in his hand.

"What's the matter?" Ding Shijin gave him a sideways look.

Jiang Duo touched his chin: "Yes, this Santa Claus..."

"how?"

"Oh, I haven't received a single gift for Christmas." Jiang Duo said aggrievedly.

"so what?"

"I also want a Santa Claus, alas... When I was young, I saw other children celebrating Christmas, with Santa Claus dolls and gifts, and I was so envious, but my master never gave it to me. Once I made a fuss It’s so cruel, I insisted on celebrating Christmas, but my master beat me up.” In fact, his master said that the Chinese celebrated some foreign festivals, but he was still young at that time and didn’t understand these things, so he was beaten by his master only after Christmas After a meal, but when he woke up the next day, he still found a sock on the bedside, which contained the four-wheel drive he had wanted for a long time.

Ding Shijin pursed his lips to hold back a smile: "What exactly do you want to say?"

"I want to say... I also want Santa Claus. If someone sends me a Santa Claus at Christmas, I will be so happy."

"Then I'll go back and buy you one now?" Ding Shijin asked tentatively.

Jiang Duo quickly said: "No, just give this to me."

Ding Shijin froze for a moment, then frowned: "This won't work."

"Why not? Where is it not?" Jiang Duo chased after him and asked.

Ding Shijin was rarely patient: "Because someone gave me this."

"I want this..." He rolled his eyes, "Then you can lend it to me and pay it back in a few days."

Anyway, bring it here first, and never put the things sent by others in Ah Jin's house, so that he can see it every day when he opens his eyes.

Ding Shijin glanced at him speechlessly, and handed the doll to him.

On the way, it suddenly snowed. Although it melted on the ground, Jiang Duo was still very happy and pulled Ding Shijin: "Ajin, it's snowing."

Ding Shijin stretched out his hand, only to receive a piece of ice cold, he murmured: "Yeah, I haven't seen snow for a long time."

The author says:

I was dreaming all night and updated the code words last night...