CHAPTER 585: CHAPTER 108

"Oh, okay, then let’s eat something. I’ll wake Brother Hu up."

"No need to wake him, let him continue sleeping."

"How could it be so." Tan Wenbin didn’t listen to the woman and still went to the bedside to shake Hu Yiwei, "Brother Hu, Brother Hu, wake up, it’s time to eat."

Hu Yiwei unconsciously slapped his hand and mumbled, continuing to sleep hugging his arm.

"It’s going to get cold if you don’t come now." Zeng Yinyin said, then turned around and left.

Tan Wenbin extended his right hand, made a slight fist, imitating Yuanzi’s method, and tapped three times on Hu Yiwei’s forehead with the knuckle of his ring finger.

Indeed... it was useless.

Hu Yiwei continued to sleep soundly.

Tan Wenbin took out a Heart Clearing Charm from his pocket and slapped it on the other’s forehead with a "snap."

The Heart Clearing Charm took effect.

Hu Yiwei slept even more soundly, not even talking in his sleep, only heavy snoring like thunder.

"This..."

Tan Wenbin removed the Heart Clearing Charm, took out the Chasing Distance Secret Scroll Lucky Charm, and pasted it.

The talisman paper didn’t change color.

This meant that Hu Yiwei had long escaped the influence of the evil spirit; he was simply too exhausted to wake up.

And his prior use of the Heart Clearing Charm had actually deepened his sleep.

There was no way to wake him up.

Better to deal with what’s coming next and then find an excuse to go out and consult Brother Xiao Yuan.

Tan Wenbin took out his toiletries from the backpack, and as he walked out of the room, he glanced again at the well in the courtyard that had been welded shut.

He went to the kitchen, where a small table for eating was set, and the coffin was still there.

Zeng Yinyin, holding a basin of clothes, looked at him and said, "There’s a water tank at the back; I’ll show you."

The water tank was behind the kitchen, covered with a wooden ladle.

While Tan Wenbin brushed his teeth, Zeng Yinyin washed clothes next to him.

Her hands were very white, almost bloodless.

And Tan Wenbin noticed that the clothes in her basin included men’s clothes.

But originally, there were no men in this house.

He and Hu Yiwei had come over last night, and before going to bed, they had only washed their feet and not changed clothes.

After brushing his teeth, Tan Wenbin washed his face with the ladle and then, as if it were casual, asked:

"Whose clothes are these, so big?"

"My man’s."

"You remarried?"

"No, these are his old clothes. I plan to wash them clean and dry them to give away. You city people don’t understand how tough life in the countryside can be."

"Oh, I see."

Tan Wenbin knew that unless life was really unbearable, living people would still view dead people’s belongings as unlucky.

When he used to sit with Mr. Li for rituals, he often saw the main family pile up the deceased’s clothes and personal belongings to be burned.

Although Min’an Town is a rural town in the mountains, life was nowhere near dire enough to be washing a dead person’s clothes to give away as favors.

Or was she actually washing her man’s daily clothes?

Although it was Hu Yiwei who went to her bed last night, it wasn’t really Hu Yiwei who did the deed.

Zeng Yinyin quickly hung the clothes to dry, then wiped her hands with a cloth and motioned for Tan Wenbin to sit down while she went to the stove to serve the food.

It was soup with rice, yesterday’s leftovers plus some vegetables, all boiled together in water.

This was a popular breakfast format nowadays, regardless of region.

After all, most families can’t afford to go out every morning to buy buns, fried dough sticks, and soy milk to eat at home.

Worried there might not be enough leftover rice, she also added some noodles.

As Zeng Yinyin turned around to serve her own bowl, Tan Wenbin deliberately turned his back to the coffin and pulled out the Chasing Fortune Talisman from his chest pocket, grabbed the edge of the talisman, and flicked it into the bowl; it didn’t change color, meaning the food was safe for human consumption.

"Whew..."

He breathed a sigh of relief inwardly and quickly tucked the talisman paper back into his pocket.

Tan Wenbin picked up the chopsticks with his right hand and held the bowl with his left, the bowl wasn’t hot.

He took another bite. The taste was good, but slightly warm.

"How is it?" asked Zeng Yinyin.

"Tasty."

It wasn’t hot, just the right temperature to eat.

Tan Wenbin quickly finished one bowl.

Zeng Yinyin: "There’s still more in the pot."

"I’m full, thank you." Tan Wenbin looked around and then asked, "How come they didn’t come down to eat?"

"They ate earlier."

"Can I... see Miao Miao?"

"What do you want to see her for?"

"I feel that, sometimes, it might not be appropriate for the person involved to speak, but as a friend, maybe I could offer some advice."

"Miao Miao is already engaged, and she’ll get married next month."

"I heard."

"Then it’s not suitable for you to get involved now." Zeng Yinyin put away the bowls and chopsticks, "You can persuade Yiwei to go back early, let him forget Miao Miao and start a new life."

"That’s difficult."

At that moment, Zeng Yinyin suddenly said, "In this world, besides death, nothing is difficult."

"I think what your family is doing is not proper," Tan Wenbin tried to probe for more information as much as possible, "At least you should finish what you started."

Zeng Yinyin’s movement paused for a moment, then she said, "Nice thinking."

"What?"

"There’s nothing interesting here; you better leave."

"I think the scenery here is very nice, very beautiful." Seeing that Zeng Yinyin was unwilling to continue revealing information, Tan Wenbin could only go to find Brother Xiao Yuan, "I wanted to ask you something. There’s a family in this village with the surname Xue, their son is named Xue Liangliang, a student from Haihe University, very good at making money, very successful."

"I don’t know."

"You don’t know?"

"There are many families in town, a lot of surnames, we don’t really interact with people who aren’t neighbors."

"Oh, I see, then I’ll go ask around, and take a walk outside. Again, thank you for your hospitality."

Tan Wenbin left.

Zeng Yinyin looked towards the kitchen door for a long while, then she scooped up another bowl of soup rice and placed it under the coffin.