After dark, everyone gradually left the courtyard.
As Yu Baohua's only descendant, Yu Jiansheng had to stay here every night.
Seeing that Ning Wei and the others had nothing to do after dinner, he suggested they continue playing mahjong.
"Is that okay?" Ning Wei was eager to try.
Yu Jiansheng scratched his head, "Everyone does this, otherwise, the whole night would be hard to pass."
"It's cold in the courtyard at night, can we move the table inside to play?" Ning Wei asked again.
It was not a big deal, and Yu Jiansheng readily agreed. He even helped personally to move the tables and stools.
After finishing these tasks, Yu Jiansheng looked at Ning Wei, as if he had something to say.
There was no free lunch, and Ning Wei had already guessed Yu Jiansheng's enthusiasm tonight.
"Say whatever you want to say. We'll be staying here for the next few days, and it's been a hassle for you, so don't be polite."
"Then I'll say it. There are two more nights until the burial. I'm worried that what happened before might happen again, so I'd like to ask the master to keep an ear out tonight. If anything happens, please help me, master."
Although Ning Wei had clearly stated that the corpse would not cause any more trouble, Yu Jiansheng was still very worried.
Fortunately, the person injured by the corpse before was only overly frightened, and Master Ci Yun had already cured him of the corpse poison. He only needed to rest at home for a while.
Even so, he had still paid money.
Yu Jiansheng didn't have much money to begin with. If Yu Baohua hadn't earned a lot from selling fish, he wouldn't have been so proactive in staying here every night, just to be able to live here legitimately.
The money to compensate the injured person was also found in his uncle Yu Baohua's room, but he was still heartbroken.
To prevent such unnecessary expenses, he had proactively offered to let Ning Wei and the others stay.
With a master present, even if the corpse caused trouble again, no one would be injured.
After listening to Yu Jiansheng, Ning Wei smiled, "It's just a small effort, don't worry. If anything happens, just shout, and I promise to come out and help."
Yu Jiansheng nodded repeatedly. He then went to the kitchen and brought a pot of hot water, along with melon seeds, peanuts, and candy to pass the time.
If it weren't for the fact that Song Zhi and the others didn't smoke, Yu Jiansheng would have even put a pack of cigarettes in their room.
Ning Wei stood by, watching Yu Jiansheng solicitously make these arrangements.
When he could no longer find anything to do and wanted to go outside to play cards, Ning Wei called him back, "We don't like to be disturbed. Unless something happens over there, please don't come in again, okay?"
Yu Jiansheng readily agreed, "Don't worry, I definitely won't let them disturb you."
Ning Wei nodded with satisfaction, then entered the house with her teammates, and gently closed the door.
Inside, there was only a dim, yellowish light, and the vision was poor. However, for those who loved to play mahjong, as long as there was light, it was enough.
Under the guise of the sound of playing mahjong, everyone revealed what they had discovered during the day.
First, there was the mountain god. Not only Ning Wei and Li Ye had discovered it, but others had also heard about it.
Tang Tang and Yuanyuan heard people discussing in a room during their casual stroll that they would take offerings to the mountain god temple in a couple of days.
Some also said that although the mountain god temple was very responsive and granted wishes, there was always a price to pay. Therefore, whatever was promised at the time must be repaid after the wish was fulfilled, otherwise, they would offend the mountain god, and the consequences would be like that of Pangtouyu.
"So, Pangtouyu was a person with a wish. What would he have asked the mountain god for?" Wang Jing mused.
At this moment, Song Zhi coughed twice as if pretending, "Pangtouyu has no descendants, right? The most important thing is why his wife ran away, you haven't forgotten, have you?"
Because it was a bit embarrassing to say it directly, Song Zhi chose to hint indirectly.
For a man, the word "impotent" was too damaging to his pride.
He had worked hard his whole life and earned so much money, only to end up making a wedding dress for someone else.
Everyone instantly understood Song Zhi's meaning and felt that it was very likely he would have prayed for such a thing.
Pangtouyu was around forty years old. If he tried hard enough, he could still have descendants. Therefore, his praying to the mountain god for this matter was also very convincing.
The specifics still needed further investigation, but starting from this point might make it easier to get closer to the truth.
As for others, they also heard about the mountain god from the townspeople.
This showed that it was very necessary to investigate this mountain god.
The main reason was that the people here had great faith in the mountain god, and exaggeratedly speaking, he granted all wishes.
"My hometown also has a Bodhisattva temple. On the first and fifteenth of each month, the elderly go to burn incense, but I've never heard of it being particularly effective," Yuanyuan said softly.
Mentioning this aspect, Zhu Yilian also had something to say.
Although her parents were teachers, out of hope for their child, before her brother took the college entrance examination, the family specifically went to the most famous temple in the area to burn incense. To show their sincerity, they also added incense money.
Later, her brother was admitted to his desired university as they wished, and the family went to fulfill their vow with sincere incense money.
"So, fulfilling vows is indeed something that has a basis?" Tang Tang had not encountered such things, so she was not very clear about fulfilling vows.
But no matter what, even if the wish was granted, and the Bodhisattva was so powerful, would she still bicker with a believer about whether he had returned to fulfill his vow?
If Pangtouyu was really punished by the mountain god for not fulfilling his vow, then was this mountain god still a god?
The sound of mahjong continued, and their conversation for the day ended.
However, today's task was not yet completed. They might encounter townspeople during the day, so Ning Wei decided to explore the mountain god temple at night.
This was also why they were playing mahjong in the room. With the sound of mahjong as cover, no one would notice any subtle sounds.
"I'll go with you." Just as Ning Wei was about to go out, Li Ye suddenly grabbed her.
Ning Wei was a little surprised. Didn't he say in the afternoon that they would act separately? Had he regretted it so soon?
As for the others, they were exchanging glances with each other, and their meaning was self-evident.
"It's good for Li Ye to accompany you. If something happens, one more person means one more helper." Mei Nan spoke at the opportune moment. His main purpose was not to reconcile them, but to genuinely consider Ning Wei.
Ning Wei nodded slightly, and then Li Ye opened the door with the group of girls.
In the afternoon, Ning Wei had already made plans.
At night, the group would go to the toilet. There was a wall in the toilet that they could climb over.
With others providing cover, Yu Jiansheng and his group wouldn't be able to count the number of people going in and out every time to see if it was consistent.