Lying in bed, my mind was filled with the words of the ghost bride telling me to go to the other side of the river. I forced myself to close my eyes, muddled and unsure whether I had fallen asleep. When I opened my eyes again, it was already past six in the morning.
I quickly got up and jumped out of bed, at this time, Du Xiaolan was clearly still asleep. After knocking on her door, I returned to my room and finished getting ready.
After playing with my phone for a while, when I walked out of the room, Du Xiaolan also came out.
She asked me why I knocked on her door, I did not mention the matter of the ghost bride. Instead, I told her to accompany me to the other side of the reservoir, the drowned ghost was likely to attack Bi Ping today.
Du Xiaolan scornfully said, "It's none of my business, I don't know whether you are tired or not!"
I asked her if she would go. Du Xiaolan said she would go, saying that if she didn't go, who knew if she might suffocate here.
After going downstairs, Mr. Bi was, as always, cooking breakfast in the kitchen. Seeing us come downstairs, he hurriedly called us to sit down to eat. I waved my hand again and again, saying that I had something to handle at the moment and didn't give him a chance to speak, then hurriedly went outside.
When I arrived at the edge of the reservoir and looked over, I didn't see the small boat Bi Ping was rowing, and I did not know where the drowned ghost was.
I quickly took off my clothes, a wooden stake about a foot long had already been thrown into the toilet by me. At this moment, I took the meter-long wooden stake and swam across to the other side.
I was eager to know what was on the other side of the reservoir, so I swam very quickly. At this moment, I had full confidence that even if the drowned ghost wanted to kill me in the water, it wouldn't be able to catch up with me at all.
When I swam across the reservoir, I finally saw a thatched house not far away. Outside the house, fishing nets were hung, indicating that the person here was cultivating fish in the reservoir.
Shaking the water from my clothes, I continued to walk forward for quite a while before I saw a village in front of me.
This village was completely different from the previous one, there were no villas at all, only the typical rural-style houses.
This was the time for lunch, and I was soaked. I walked down the main road of the village like a beggar.
There were groups of people sitting or squatting at the doorways along the roadside, eating and chatting, as if they hadn't seen me at all.
I sniffed, feeling somewhat puzzled. The ghost bride had said last night that I would know what I wanted to know once I came to the other side of the reservoir, but even though I had come to this village, I still didn't understand anything.
I have walked to the innermost part of the village, where, apart from noticing that these people didn't even give me a second glance, I didn't find anything else.
As I turned around to go back to Du Xiaolan, I hadn't taken two steps when a figure suddenly appeared in front of me.
The figure was very familiar, and as I quickly walked over, I realized that this person was none other than Uncle Bi's son, Bi Ping.
He did not glance my way, and continued walking forward without noticing me.
"Is this the underworld?" I shivered abruptly.
Grandfather once said that the underworld is very similar to our world, with houses and villages, and the habits of these spirits are just like those of normal people.
But what puzzled me was, if Bi Ping couldn't see me, that was one thing, but why couldn't any of the spirits in the whole village see me?
"Bi Ping, it's cold today, put on this coat before going fishing." A pleasant, silvery voice came from behind. I quickly turned to see a very beautiful woman coming with a coat.
After putting the coat on Bi Ping, the woman revealed two dimples and said, "Remember to come back for lunch."
"I know, go home quickly." Bi Ping beckoned, put on the coat, and continued walking.
From their conversation, it seemed they were a couple. But Uncle Bi had said that Bi Ping couldn't get married due to some obstacle, and he even asked me to find him an underworld wife. Now that he had already found a wife, if I were to find another one, I would be committing bigamy.
Helplessly shaking my head, it seemed that the ghost daughter-in-law was right - I indeed found the answer in the village on the other side of the reservoir.
I quickly walked to the edge of the reservoir, jumped into the water, and swam to Du Xiaolan's side. She asked if I had found anything on the other side, and I told her that I had found an underworld village, and I had met Bi Ping there, and he was already married.
Du Xiaolan clicked her tongue and said that Uncle Bi was really something. He was still concerned when Bi Ping was already married.
Whether this ghost marriage was my doing or not, it could be considered that I had found a wife for Bi Ping, and I could consider my task complete.
Back in the village, Uncle Bi had finished his breakfast, and was washing dishes in the kitchen. He beckoned as he saw me come back, and I went to the kitchen, smiled at him and said, "Uncle Bi, I have found a wife for your son, your wish has finally come true."
"Really?" Uncle Bi was delighted, and quickly wiped his hands and held mine, thanking me repeatedly.
Feeling a bit embarrassed, I hurriedly said it was nothing, and that he shouldn't be so formal.
But Uncle Bi quickly pulled me to sit on the sofa, and said he would immediately pay the owner of the paper-made bed, Ning Junhao, and that I could ask for the money from him after returning.
Naturally, I wasn't worried that this wealthy man wouldn't pay me, and seeing that I was all wet, he asked me to take off my clothes and said he would clean them for me.
I really couldn't refuse the old man's kindness, so I took off my clothes and sat on the sofa in the living room in his clothes, watching TV.
In any case, Uncle Bi's excitement was unexpected for me. If it were me, I would have surely asked if the daughter-in-law was pretty, which family she belonged to, and when they were married. Since he didn't ask, I saved a lot of brain cells.
Today, the sun was shining brightly, and after the clothes were washed, they were already dry in less than two hours. After changing into my own clothes, I took out my phone and dialed Ning Junhao's number, but it kept showing as busy.
Uncle Bi heard about this and said that we would call Ning Junhao later in the afternoon to take us back, and that I should go back to my room and have a nap now.
For this proposal, Du Xiaolan fully agreed with it. It's such a relief not to have anything to do, and I really want to have a good sleep and contact Ning Junhao in the afternoon.
Lying on the bed, I had already fallen into a deep sleep in less than half an hour. I don't even know how long I slept, but I heard the sounds of traffic and the honking of cars ringing in my ears.
Thinking that I was at Uncle Bi's house, although there were many vehicles in this village, they were all parked at the front doors and there were no urgent horn sounds like this.
Thinking this, I opened my eyes, but what I saw made me jump up in astonishment.