Chapter 66 Fear

Yu Haitang quickly explained the entire cause and effect of the matter in detail.

"Oh, now that you mention it, it seems like Xu Damao might have really encountered something!" Yan Bugui's expression became serious.

"Old Yan, could it be that Xu Damao has really found a little old lady...a woman outside?"

Yan Bugui's wife originally wanted to say that Xu Damao had found a concubine outside, but considering that Yu Haitang was right in front of her, she changed her mind midway.

Xu Damao did not return home at night, and there were rumors in the yard that he was looking for a concubine outside.

Those old women with nothing to do have eyes and noses.

"What nonsense are you talking about!" Yan Bugui glared at his wife.

For things like this, it's enough to just know it in your heart.

If I say it out loud, wouldn't that offend people?
"Haitang, don't worry. We can't just stand by and watch what happens to your Damao." Yan Bugui looked at Yu Haitang and comforted her.

"Second and third sons, go and notify every household and ask everyone to quickly go to the front yard for a whole-house meeting." Yan Bugui looked at his youngest son.

"Oh."

Yan Jiecheng and Yan Jiekuang responded reluctantly and then ran out.

The two brothers Yan Jiefang and Yan Jiekuang went door to door to notify everyone.

In the backyard, Wang Wenwu was having dinner.

A few steamed hairy crabs, a braised pork dish, and a stir-fried seasonal vegetable dish.

For other people of this era, this kind of dish might not even be available during the Chinese New Year.

But for Wang Wenwu, this is just the daily food standard.

Yan Jiekuang ran into Wang Wenwu's room, saw the food on the table, swallowed his saliva, and then told Wang Wenwu about the meeting.

Hold a meeting of the whole institute?

Wang Wenwu guessed that it must be because of Xu Damao’s matter.

It took more than ten minutes to finish all the food on the table.

Wang Wenwu then slowly walked towards the central courtyard.

In fact, other people in the hospital were not very active either.

Now is the time for everyone to prepare dinner or even eat dinner.

At this point in time, Yan Bugui asked everyone to come out and hold a meeting of the entire institute.

It is impossible for everyone to say that they have no resentment in their hearts.

The most direct manifestation is that they are not active in coming out.
forecourt.

Almost every household in the compound sent one person to attend this whole-compound meeting.

Unlike in the original drama, Yan Bugui's words are still somewhat useful now.

After all, above him, the second uncle, there is the first uncle, Wang Wenwu.

Even though Wang Wenwu usually doesn't care about the affairs in the compound, his prestige is here after all.

Since he has come to participate, who else would dare not come?

Yu Haitang and Yan Bugui are also somewhat related.

Everyone in the courtyard was present.

Yan Bugui then spoke and explained the purpose of convening everyone to hold a meeting of the whole institute tonight.

"Dear neighbors! Please be quiet for a moment!"

"Tonight, we have gathered everyone here in such a hurry to hold this whole-school meeting because there is something very important that needs your help!" Yan Bugui said loudly.

“……”Shazhu stood aside and ate melon seeds.

Since marrying Qin Huairu, his life has become more and more comfortable.

Not only can I eat meat regularly, but I can also have some spare money to buy peanuts and melon seeds, and some wine to drink.

Life is so beautiful.

"Second uncle, what's going on? You called us out in a hurry at the last minute."

"Yeah, what's going on?"

"Could it be that Xu Damao is looking for a concubine outside? Hahaha..."

"Ha ha ha ha……"

Someone mentioned the matter of Xu Damao finding a concubine, which immediately caused others to laugh.

Especially Silly Pillar.

If today's whole-department meeting is really about this matter, then he will have to watch the fun carefully.

If Xu Damao is in trouble, Sha Zhu will definitely be happy!
"Enough, enough! What are you all laughing at?!" Seeing that everyone was still making fun of Xu Damao, Yan Bugui immediately started to scold them.

"Has anyone seen Xu Damao finding a concubine outside? If you didn't see it, don't talk nonsense. Be careful that Xu Damao will come back to cause trouble for you!" Yan Bugui warned.

After being warned like this, the people in the courtyard really didn't dare to laugh out loud.

After all, Xu Damao is now the deputy director of the steel rolling mill working group, and he has done a lot of things to trick people.

Especially those who worked in the steel mill, they dared not say a word.

It would be terrible if Xu Damao really wanted to make things difficult for them.

"You dare to do it but you don't dare let others say it? Don't say that Xu Damao is not here. Even if he is here, you still have to say it."

"Finding a mistress outside is a mistake! Yu Haitang, because of this, you have to divorce Xu Damao~?" Sha Zhu said with a smile.

Others are afraid of Xu Damao, but he is not.

"..." Qin Huairu next to him didn't finish off the opponent, but she didn't stop Sha Zhu either.

She hated Xu Damao even more than Sha Zhu.

Banggeng is her own flesh and blood.

If murder wasn't against the law, she would have bitten Xu Damao to death.

"Shazhu! Don't talk nonsense here when there's nothing going on!!" Yu Haitang was so mad at Shazhu.

The rumor that Xu Damao is looking for a concubine outside was clearly spread by the old ladies in the courtyard.

That's not happening at all!

Xu Damao is now the deputy director of the steel rolling mill. If this kind of work style problem spreads to the factory, it will have an impact on Xu Damao's future!
"Silly Zhu! Just shut up! This is not what I want to talk about!" Yan Bugui told Sha Zhu to shut up.

This idiot has completely diverted today's topic!
"Of course, this meeting tonight is indeed related to Xu Damao."

"According to Yu Haitang, Xu Damao hasn't come back since last night."

"When I got home from get off work that night, Yu Haitang had already gone to the street police station to report the case."

"But the police have limited manpower after all, and they have a lot to do."

"So I called everyone here to help find Xu Damao."

"We are all neighbors who have lived together for decades. If someone has a problem, we all have to lend a hand and help."

"Is that what everyone agrees?" Yan Bugui asked everyone.

"Yu Haitang, are you sure you want all of us to help look for it together?"

"If Xu Damao really found a concubine outside, and we find him, it will be very difficult to deal with him!" Sha Zhu looked at Yu Haitang and asked with a smile.

"Find it! I believe my Damao would never do such a thing!" Yu Haitang said with a firm face.

"Of course, if he really did something to let me down, I would divorce him!!" Yu Haitang said loudly.

Yu Haitang is also a proud woman.

"Okay! Just your words are enough!" Sha Zhu nodded immediately.

"Well... could it be that Xu Damao fell into the toilet like Jia Zhangshi?" someone suddenly spoke up.

In an instant, everyone's eyes turned to that person.
Did Xu Damao also drown in the toilet like Jia Zhangshi? ?
When they heard someone say this, everyone's eyes turned to that person in an instant.

He was a resident in the front yard and usually had little presence.

Wang Wenwu didn't expect that someone in this slum could actually guess that Xu Damao was dead!
But then again.

Starting with Xu Damao's mother, three people have died in the public toilet in the alley in this slum.

In just one year, a series of murders occurred.

If a person dies in a cesspool, it can be said to be an accident.

The second person drowned in the public toilet. At this point, it was already abnormal.

The third died inside.

This is not normal.

Seeing everyone looking at him, the man suddenly became nervous.

"Why are you looking at me like that? I was just saying it casually!"

"Two people have died in the public toilet before. This is obviously not normal."

"Besides, Jia Zhang died not long ago, and now Xu Damao is missing again. I'm afraid that public toilet is really haunted!" The man explained to everyone.

"Lao Zhang! What nonsense are you talking about! What ghosts are there? How can you be so feudal and superstitious?!" Yan Bugui said hurriedly.

If we talk about believing that there are ghosts in this world, I'm afraid most people in the entire compound believe it.

In particular, Wang Wenwu, the deputy director of the steel rolling mill, is still there!

How could Lao Zhang promote feudal superstition?
If he doesn't want to make up his mind, don't hurt anyone!

"That's right! Lao Zhang, you are making a mistake!"

"Director Wang, this is what Lao Zhang said. It has nothing to do with us!"

"Director Wang, quickly arrest Lao Zhang!!"

As soon as Yan Bugui finished speaking, others immediately followed suit.

They all distanced themselves from Lao Zhang and some even wanted to punish him.

These are neighbors who have lived together in a large compound for decades.

Seeing everyone's reaction, Lao Zhang was so scared that he broke out in a sweat.

"Director Wang... I... I didn't mean that..."

"I am... I am..." Old Zhang couldn't speak clearly.

In the December weather, Lao Zhang's forehead was covered with fine beads of sweat, which showed that he was really scared.

"Alright, alright, it's just one sentence, there's no need to make a big deal out of it."

"After all, some of you have personally experienced encounters with ghosts. Among them are Old Yan, Old Liu, and Old Yi."

"There are ghosts in this world, it doesn't matter."

"But you must firmly believe that all monsters and demons are paper tigers just like the invaders! They will all be defeated by our great people!" Wang Wenwu said to everyone in the yard.

He is the deputy director of the steel rolling mill and must take a firm and correct stance on feudal superstition.

Otherwise, if someone reports you, you might get fired.

"Yes! Yes! Director Wang, you are right! That's exactly what I mean!"

"What's so great about ghosts? Even if they can kill one or two people, they will eventually be defeated by our great people!" Lao Zhang quickly echoed.

He was really scared to death.

If Wang Wenwu really wanted to pursue the matter, he might lose his job.

"What Lao Zhang just said is not impossible."

"As for whether Xu Damao really fell into the toilet, it's very simple. Just go to the public toilet and check." Wang Wenwu continued.

"Yes, yes, go and see for yourself."

"Let's go, let's go together."

Seeing Wang Wenwu express his position, others followed suit.

In fact, before Old Zhang spoke, some people wondered whether Xu Damao had also fallen into the cesspool and drowned like Jia Zhang.

It’s just that no one else dares to say it.

This is because Director Wang is a good person and did not pursue Lao Zhang.

If Xu Damao had been present, Lao Zhang would have been locked up by now.

The big guy came out of the door aggressively.

Normally, many people dare not go out at night.

Not to mention going to the public toilet.

But with so many people here today, even the timid ones are not so scared anymore.

Soon, everyone came to the public toilet in the alley with flashlights.

"Come on, let's go in and take a look together." Wang Wenwu said.

He has the highest status, so naturally he has to take the lead at this time.

Originally, he planned to let Xu Damao, like Jia Zhangshi, continue to soak in the pit for a few more days.

But since Lao Zhang had already brought it up, he might as well just bring the person over.

Yan Bugui, Yi Zhonghai, Liu Haizhong, Sha Zhu and others followed Wang Wenwu to the back of the public toilet.

Yu Haitang also followed.

When everyone shone their flashlights, they saw a man floating on the sewage.

"Oh! It's over... It's over..." Yan Bugui shook his head and sighed as soon as he saw the person.

It has been such a long time from last night to now, Xu Damao must be dead.

"Da Mao!!!!"

Yu Haitang screamed and then her eyes went dark.

Then he fell forward.

But Wang Wenwu was quick to act and hugged her.

Otherwise, Yu Haitang would also have to take a bath in the pit.

"Oh..." Yi Zhonghai shook his head.

Shazhu standing aside had an extremely unnatural expression.

Although he and Xu Damao had been fighting since childhood, they had been quarreling and fighting for the past thirty years.

But he never thought about killing Xu Damao.

Now that Xu Damao is dead, Sha Zhu really can't tell how he feels.

"Old Yan, I'll take Yu Haitang out, and you guys pick up Xu Damao."

Wang Wenwu looked at Yan Bugui and said.

After saying that, he carried Yu Haitang on his shoulder and turned away.

He didn't want to stay here and help everyone salvage Xu Damao's body.

too disgusting
Why did Wang Wenwu carry Yu Haitang out instead of hugging her?

I understand everything I understand.

A woman like Yu Haitang has the same facial features as a man and an average figure.

He really doesn't want it even if you give him money.

If he didn't want to stay next to the pit, he would have joined those people in salvaging Xu Damao.

He would not take the initiative to carry Yu Haitang back.

"Director Wang, what's going on?"

"What happened to Yu Haitang?"

"Did Xu Damao really die in there?"

Seeing Wang Wenwu carrying Yu Haitang out, some people who stayed outside the public toilet started to ask.

"Yes, Xu Damao is indeed in there." Wang Wenwu nodded.

"Yan Jiefang, Yu Haitang has fainted. Come and help carry your sister-in-law back." Wang Wenwu shouted to Yan Jiefang.

Yan Jiefang and two other people carried Yu Haitang back to the courtyard.

Wang Wenwu followed beside him.

As soon as we returned to the courtyard, Yu Li, who stayed in the house, ran out.

"Liberation! What happened to Haitang?" Yu Li asked nervously.

"We found Xu Damao's body. He must have fainted due to the overwhelming shock," Wang Wenwu explained.

"Xu Damao... is really dead!" Yu Li couldn't believe it.

This is too... too hard to believe.

"For your own safety, don't go to that public toilet in the future. Especially at night, it's best not to go near that public toilet."

"With so many people dying one after another, there might be something unclean going on."

"Although all the monsters are paper tigers, they will eventually be defeated by the great people. But before they are defeated, there will definitely be bloodshed and sacrifice."

"Think about it carefully yourselves." Wang Wenwu apparently said this to Yan Jiefang and a few others around him.

But in fact, it was mainly spoken to Yu Li.

After all, the two of them have been husband and wife for several days.

Just giving her a reminder would be considered as doing her part to Yu Li.

"Director Wang... this..."

When Yan Jiefang and the others heard what Wang Wenwu said, their faces changed.

This is a direct admission that the public toilet in the alley is haunted!

"Okay, let's send Yu Haitang back to her room first." Wang Wenwu said.

Of course he knew what these people were worried about.

However, if he said too much, it would be inconvenient for him to say.

Say that you can protect the courtyard and tell them not to worry?
Isn't this nonsense? As the deputy director of the factory, his main task is to combat illegal items.

It is already a stretch to admit that public toilets are haunted.

Do you still want to get better if you continue to publicly promote feudal superstition?
Yan Jiefang carried Yu Haitang on his back, and with the help of two people beside him, he carried Yu Haitang back to the backyard.

Before Yu Haitang woke up, Yan Bugui and others had already brought back Xu Damao's body.

I still use Lao Liu’s three-wheeled cart.

He also promised Lao Liu that he would ask Yu Haitang to give him one dollar as compensation for one day's lost work.

Yu Haitang is not Jia Zhang, but Old Zhang has no objection.

Just donate your three-wheeled cart.

Xu Damao was dragged to the backyard by everyone, and then everyone looked at each other in amazement.

Xu Damao was extremely dirty and no one helped him clean up.

Xu Damao had offended many people, so they were reluctant to help him.
Wang Wenwu was speechless. How could he still live his life if he had to park the stinking Xu Damao in the backyard?
The stench is so unbearable that I can’t even sleep, let alone eat.

"Two people come and help Xu Damao clean up and change into clean clothes."

"I know Xu Damao has conflicts with many people, but after all, the person is dead and the past is over," said Wang Wenwu.

As a result, the people at the scene looked at each other with hesitation in their eyes, but still no one stood up.

Well, they are a bunch of guys who will not do anything without profit.

"As the saying goes, the dead are the greatest. Letting Xu Damao go like this, what kind of talk is that?"

"However, there is no reason to let people work for free. I'll take out five dollars as wages for the work," Wang Wenwu added.

Sure enough, as soon as Wang Wenwu mentioned money, two people were pushed out.

They are Sha Zhu and Yan Jiefang.

The ones who pushed them out were Yu Li and Qin Huairu.

"Director Wang, what you said is right. We are all neighbors, so why talk about money?" Qin Huairu said with a smile.

If Xu Damao wasn't a man, Qin Huairu would have stood up herself.

You can earn five dollars just by cleaning a dead body and changing its clothes. That's a hefty profit!

It’s almost equivalent to one week’s salary!
Yu Li naturally had the same idea.

She cleaned for Wang Wenwu and only earned five dollars a month.

You can earn five dollars just by washing Xu Damao's body and changing his clothes.

If you don’t make this money, wouldn’t you be a fool?
However, there are differences between men and women. You cannot earn this money yourself, but you can let your man earn it!

Wang Wenwu looked down on Qin Huairu in his heart.

This is really a case of standing up again.

No mention of money?
If you don't want to talk about money, why don't you stand up?

"Let me help too!"

"And I!"

"Me too!"

Then three more people stood up.

Why not make money from free money?
Wang Wenwu laughed in his heart, it’s rolled up!

Originally each person could earn five dollars, but now five people can only earn one dollar each.

After that, no one stood up.

There are only five dollars in total. Now that it is divided among five people, each person only has one dollar.

Although it is not a small amount, many people earn less than one dollar a day.

Others regretted why they did not stand up earlier.

Sha Zhu, Yan Jiefang and other five big men quickly cleaned up the filth on Xu Damao.

Soon, Yu Haitang woke up.

Whether she was willing or not, she had to accept the fact that she had become a widow.

Yu Haitang asked someone to help her go to the street police station and tell the local police officer.

Soon, two police officers on duty came over.

I heard that people in the slum found Xu Damao's body in the cesspool of the public toilet.

The police officers at the police station were speechless.

What's happening here?
Are the people in their compound all going to get along with that public beta cesspool?
This is already the third person to die in the pit!
No matter how much they complain, since a murder has happened, they still have to go to the scene to take a look.

The local police came to the courtyard, first checked Xu Damao's body, and then took a statement from everyone.

Then he went to the public toilet in the alley and gave it a thorough inspection.

Finally, Xu Damao's body was taken away.

The current forensic system is still imperfect, but since a murder has occurred, at least the specific cause of death of Xu Damao must be confirmed.

And whether he died accidentally or was murdered.

After Xu Damao's body was taken away, everyone in the courtyard returned to their homes.

Some people haven't even had dinner yet.

Wang Wenwu also pushed his bicycle out without fail.

Xu Damao's death will not affect his going out to "purchase goods".

The next day, the news that Xu Damao also died in the cesspool of a public toilet spread throughout the alley.

Out of ten people, at least eight were discussing the fact that Xu Damao had drowned in a cesspool.

In just half a year, three people died in that public toilet.

And they are all from the same compound!
These series of murders simply cannot be explained by common sense.

"Is Lao Yi's compound cursed?"

"Do you think that public toilet is haunted?"

"Ouch! Don't dare say such things!"

"These are all our own people, surely no one will go and tell on us, right?"

"No, no!"

"Could the public toilet really be haunted? We live so close, it won't be affected, right?"

"No way? We have lived here for so many years and nothing has happened."

"What do you think? Could it be that Lao Xu's wife was resentful and turned into a ghost? Didn't they say that Lao Xu killed her?"

"No way??"

"Hey, when did Lao Xu's wife die?"

“I remember it was in late May!”

"Hiss! Now that you mention it, it seems that it was from that time that our family was always sick, with colds, fevers, and diarrhea every other day!"

"Your family too? Our family too!!"

"Now that you mention it, it's the same in our family! Especially my husband. He rarely caught a cold in the past year, but in the past six months, he has had to take sick leave twice a month! A lot of his wages have been deducted!"

"This... is really haunted!"

The news that the public toilet was haunted spread throughout the alley.

Originally, it was just some timid people who didn't dare to go out to the toilet at night.

Now, even during the day, people in the alley are reluctant to go to the public toilet in the alley.

Over the past six months, I have been experiencing significantly more minor illnesses and disasters!

Not to mention the colds and fevers, there are also more and more small accidents.

There are many more minor injuries at work, such as spraining the ankle while walking, than in the past.

Many people originally thought that they had been unlucky recently.

I didn't expect it was a ghost!

In the backyard, in front of Yu Haitang's house, a temporary mourning hall was set up using a shed.

The local police's investigation has not yet been completed, and Yu Haitang has not yet been notified to go to the police station to collect the body.

So this mourning hall in the backyard is still empty for the time being.

However, Yu Haitang had already taken several days off and had been staying at home for the past two days, not going to work at the steel mill.

Two days later, the local police's investigation results came out.

Xu Damao was literally drowned in the toilet.

There were no external injuries on his body, but there was a large amount of alcohol in his stomach.

The local police analyzed that Xu Damao came back drunk at night and while using the public toilet, he slipped and fell into the pit and drowned.

It was an accident.

The person who stole Xu Damao's bicycle was also found by the local police.

According to the other party's confession and the confession of the restaurant manager where Xu Damao invited them for dinner, everything matches.

Xu Damao's death was completely an accident.

The local police informed Yu Haitang of the result and asked her to go to the police station to sign and take Xu Damao's body away.

This result further confirmed the speculation of the people in the alley that the public toilet was haunted.

Jia Zhang was an accident, and Xu Damao was also an accident.

Where do so many accidents come from?

This kind of accident had never happened in the past few decades, but after Xu's mother died in the public toilet, this kind of accident happened twice in succession.

What a coincidence!
Once is a coincidence, twice is definitely not a coincidence.

After Xu Damao's body was brought back, there was a lot of noise in the backyard.

Relatives from Xu Damao's side and Yu Haitang's side all came to pay their respects.

Yu Haitang even secretly invited several monks to chant sutras for Xu Damao at night.

There's no way, she's afraid!

(End of this chapter)