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Chapter 349: Is It A Human Or A Fairy? (Thanks to tuuuuuuule+ for the update)

Chapter 349: Chapter 349: Is It A Human Or A Fairy? (Thanks to tuuuuuuule+ for the update)

Suizi felt that in this era without square dance, her mother-in-law’s talent for rituals was completely wasted.

In another twenty years, Wang Cuihua would undoubtedly be the most distinguished scenery in the square.

Since moving to the city, she had no chance to perform rituals, and she was itching to do so.

Hearing that this house might have some issues, Wang Cuihua felt a calling and rushed in drum in hand.

The guide, Liu Luoguo, was dumbfounded. What the...?

As soon as Wang Cuihua entered the courtyard, she jumped here and there, causing Liu Luoguo to break out in a cold sweat — good heavens, had one member of this family gone mad as soon as they moved in?

He turned tail and fled.

In less than half a day, there was another disturbing rumor about this mansion.

Suizi was originally apprehensive about this house, but seeing Liu Luoguo scared off, she found it rather hilarious.

She nudged Yu Jingting.

"Go check it out to make sure there aren’t any snakes or anything."

Yu Jingting stepped forward with his son. Before he even entered the courtyard, Wang Cuihua pointed at him with her drum and shouted:

"Stop right there! Don’t move!"

Suizi froze, could her mother-in-law really sense something "unclean"?

"Right in front of you, there’s a pile of shit, don’t step on it!"

Wang Cuihua was leaping back and forth among unidentifiable objects in the courtyard, drum in hand.

As a professional shaman, she prided herself on her ability to avoid stepping on these random unknown items.

"Jingting, is this place livable?" Suizi asked.

Yu Jingting pointed with his chin at his spirited mother.

"Does our mother look like she’s afraid of ghosts to you?"

"Um..." she hadn’t seen her mother-in-law this excited in a long time.

"I’ve thought of a great way to banish evil spirits." Yu Jingting smirked.

Suizi had a bad feeling as he seldom speaks kindly.

"I’ll go in there and sprinkle some boy’s urine, it’s very effective at keeping away bad luck."

Suizi’s eyes widened, who gave him the audacity to call himself a boy?

Yu Jingting happily patted his son. This little rogue was ready to pee as soon as he woke up.

He took out his son’s soaked red diaper, swung it in the air like a Taoist priest casting beans into soldiers, and with a solemn expression, chanted:

"First I’ll kill the evil spirits, then the demons, the power of a boy’s urine is boundless, it’s an urgent commandment!"

"Yu Tiegen you damn rascal, where are you throwing it! Nearly splashed me!" Wang Cuihua, drum in hand, gave Yu Jingting several vigorous thumps.

"I reckon you’re the biggest pain, witch, let me exorcise you~~~"

"Wife, recite something for her from Chairman Mao’s quotes to free her from superstition!"

A classic scene of "mother’s love and filial piety" causing mutual harm.

Suizi held her daughter, feeling a throbbing headache.

Were these two here to joke around?

Wang Cuihua was sweaty from hopping around, utterly satisfied after her vigorous dance, venting all the frustrations she had accumulated since moving to the city.

Finished with her performance, she put away her drum, quickly calculated, and nodded with satisfaction.

"The feng shui of this house is quite good, it will belong to our Yu family in the future."

"Really? Weren’t the previous owners unlucky once they moved in?"

Suizi had doubts about her mother-in-law’s half-baked fortune-telling skills.

Wang Cuihua stood tall, brimming with energy.

"Good Feng Shui also requires a person with a strong destiny to uphold it. The previous occupant had a weak destiny and couldn’t contain the thriving dragon vein of this house. Won’t that cause trouble?"

Suizi almost believed her since she talked so convincingly.

"Enough, this old lady just likes this large place where she can grow vegetables in both the front and back of the courtyard. She has a crush on this place."

Yu Jingting bluntly exposed his mother’s thoughts.

Having been a spirit medium for a long time, he had far less fear of ghostly tales than ordinary people.

These three large tile-roofed rooms are free. Why not take it?

Liu Luoguo ran away and they couldn’t get the keys to the house, so they just took a look from the outside.

Perhaps it was due to the display from the Yu mother and son duo, Suizi looked at this house again and felt it was regularly-shaped and the courtyard wide. She didn’t get that creepy feeling she got when she first saw it.

"I’ll have Tiegen find some people to fix this courtyard properly, remove the grass, pave the ground with bricks, and leave a place for flowers and another place for vegetables."

The damaged tiles need to be replaced and the glass and doors changed. Most importantly, those suspicious pieces of dried feces in the courtyard should be thoroughly cleaned."

Suizi looked at the dirty courtyard and again looked around with suspicion.

This row of houses only has two households. The one in front is inhabited, then there’s an empty land, and then this house.

There’s another row of houses at the back, all inhabited.

The more she looked, the more she felt something was off.

"What are you looking at?" Yu Jingting asked.

"Jingting, don’t you find it strange? Every household here has built their dry toilets at the back of their courtyards. Who would come to this uninhabited courtyard to relieve themselves?"

Although the main gate of this house is broken, the weeds are so high and there are terrifying rumors about it. Who would eat their fill only to come here to urinate and defecate in chaos?

"And that glass, it’s as if someone deliberately smashed it. A regular damage wouldn’t cause this sort of breakage. I even feel like the tiles on the roof have been intentionally damaged."

Suizi had been looking at this small courtyard for a while now. The more she observed, the more she felt the decay was man-made.

"Who knows, maybe the previous owner had made enemies. That factory director did many despicable things, perhaps it was revenge from the workers below—However, this courtyard really needs to be properly cleaned. It’s disgustingly dirty. We should head to the hospital and get some disinfectant. I plan to sprinkle it all over the house. We can’t let it suffocate our two little radishes..."

Yu Jingting was a practical man, he immediately got in touch with the workers he had recruited from his previous construction site to clean up.

The renovation of the old house was a big project. Painting, tiling, and repairing the roof was nearly equivalent to building a new house.

According to the plan, they started cleaning up the courtyard first. They equalled two cartloads with just the weeds and trash.

It took them a full two days, but the courtyard was finally cleaned.

That evening, Yu Jingting showed Suizi around.

Suizi stood at the entrance, almost unable to recognize it.

The courtyard had been totally transformed. The front gate had been painted clean white, and the courtyard wall was rebuilt. Yu Jingting pointed with great satisfaction at the wall as he explained.

"To prevent those degenerates from breaking in and defecating anywhere, I specifically installed a ring of barbed wire and a ring of crushed beer bottles. Whoever dares to intrude our courtyard will be turned into the hedgehog!"

"What do you mean?"

"Turn into a hedgehog!"

Up north, they have the "Five Immortals," corresponding to the fox, weasel, hedgehog, snake, and rat.

What Yu Jingting meant by the hedgehog was—becoming a hedgehog spirit.

Suizi burst into laughter.

"Come, come inside and take a look." Yu Jingting led Suizi into the courtyard to show her his labor’s fruition.

On the left side of the courtyard was a flower garden, and on the right was a vegetable patch. The middle was a newly paved path lined with green bricks. The entire courtyard smelled of disinfectant.

The courtyard was not yet wired with electricity, so the two of them didn’t turn on their torches and were relying solely on the moonlight. Just as they were about to reach the front door, they suddenly heard footsteps growing closer.

This place only had their household, so this person couldn’t have been just passing by.

Suizi’s heart rate increased. He had just mentioned the "Hedgehog Spirit." Was this visitor human or... a spirit?