C39 (1/2)

The dog was barking, and my mother said they were entering the house. But when I turned to look, I saw that the gate was shut. Other than the barking of a dog, there was no other sound. Could it be that someone was trying to climb the wall? I looked around the top of the wall, but I didn't see anything out of the ordinary. Could it be that someone was hiding under the wall, waiting for the right opportunity to make a move?

”Mom, could it be that someone secretly followed us and secretly spied on us?” I said nervously.

Mother said, ”I was afraid something dirty would come into our house!”

”Dirty things are nothing to be afraid of, at most we can just blast them out with firecrackers. The door is pasted shut by a god. ”I'm just afraid that someone might break out of our trap and take the chance to look at our bamboo shoot!” ”No,” I said.

”Then what should we do?”

”Open the gate and let go of the dog. ”Let the dog bite and see where he can run to!” ”No,” I said.

”Take this box of money inside first!”

”You … Don't even mention the money in this box! The walls have ears, it would not be good if someone heard and thought about it! ” I shouted under my breath.

”Look at you, you're so anxious, like a monkey baring its fangs!”

My mother and I carried the box of money into the hall and sat on it while my mother went out to put the dog away.

Very quickly, I heard the sound of dogs and wolves running in circles in the yard. He could not help lifting the curtain and going out to look, he saw that the gate of the yard was open, but the wolfhound was not running outside, only jumping and jumping about in the yard, biting wildly, as if chasing something we could not see.

”Alright, close the gate!” If there's anyone outside, the dog will run out and bite it! ” ”No,” I said.

After closing the door, his mother ran over and said with a trembling body and a crying face, ”Look, did I guess right? Our house is full of dirty stuff! Could it be that Zhao Xinxin died with grievances and her soul refused to leave his body? ”

I said I had no firecrackers at home, so I let it go.

Mother said no.

I said, ”Beat the gong.”

So my mother went into the kitchen and got the lid and the little stick that she had used to smash garlic, and she kept beating on the pot as she walked around the yard. Boom! Boom! Boom! The price was so high that it shook the heavens. He scared the wolfhound so much that it stopped biting him and went back to its nest with its tail between its legs. East Room and the lights in the west rooms all lit up.

Zhao Xinxin's angry shout came from the west wing: ”You're crazy! Hit your mother. Forced! It's so late in the night and people can't sleep! ”

From within the East Room came the dissatisfied cry of Big Sister Jin Yuxia, ”Mother! Don't knock anymore, your ears are about to fall off! ”

Mother stopped beating the gong, and when she saw that the dog had stopped barking, she thought she had banished the filth. He went back to the main room, closed the door, and bolted it. Looking at the big box, he gasped for breath, both of his eyes shone, baring his teeth he laughed and said: ”Shier, we're rich, it's like a dream!”

I played it down and said, ”It's only one million yuan. Look at how excited you are!”

Mother said a million is not too much, so how much is enough for you to be satisfied?

I said, ”Money is just money. That's not what I'm after!”

”Alright, it's enough to just pretend when I see you. Go to sleep, don't hold it down! ” My mother pushed me away from her on the suitcase and dragged it into her bedroom.

”Eh, what are you doing?” I reached for the trunk.

”I'll hide it!”

”Where are you going to hide it?”

”Can you hide under my bed?”

”Stop hiding, let me hide! You should go to sleep first! ” ”No,” I said.

My mother stared at me. I looked back at her. Both of them tightly gripped the handles on the large box without loosening their grip.