Meng Changqing and his grandfather didn't return all night, probably they forgot to chat with someone, or they slept in someone else's house. ()
I saw vomit all over my bed and body, so I got up and called my grandma, who then let me take a shower, and then took my clothes and sheets to the nearby ditch for washing.
Before grandma left, I asked me to call grandpa back, saying that it was not a rule to stay in someone else's house for too long.
I asked my grandma to search from house to house at the bottom of the village, and finally found them at Uncle Zhang's house. It was six o'clock in the morning, and they were still chatting and laughing when I went.
Uncle Zhang's house is in a mess. A small platform was built on the wall directly above the house, on which there is a statue of Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva. A rectangular red cloth is hung on the statue. There is a couplet written on both sides.
The first couplet is "a rare child in a thousand years without asking for it", the second couplet is "pray secretly for a child in a day", and the horizontal comment is "any request will be granted".
Not only that, there are many yellow talismans pasted on the doors and windows of Uncle Zhang's house. When I asked him before, he said that they were for Anzhai.
Uncle Zhang and Meng Changqing are similar in age, and the two of them understand each other in language, and they had a great time chatting, and Meng Changqing was also a rare chatterbox for the first time, chatting with others about this and that.
Uncle Zhang had worked in a coal mine before, and seeing that Meng Changqing was a Taoist priest, he told him some strange things about coal mines. To die alone is to die together. The other two agreed, but Uncle Zhang didn't feel well at the time, so he didn't agree.
After entering, Uncle Zhang dug a cart of coal and pushed it out. After coming out, he was about to go in again, when the inside of the coal mine exploded with a bang, and the air wave sent him flying tens of meters away. As for the other three, they naturally died in the coal mine. The gas in the coal mine burned for a few days, and the people waited for the temperature to drop before entering. The three people who entered had been rotten by the high temperature, and their flesh had become liquid.
Uncle Zhang asked Meng Changqing what was going on, and Meng Changqing said: "There are many kinds of words, including bad words, nice words, and flattering words. If you say inappropriate things, these words are likely to become reality, so it's better to be cautious when talking outside, because sometimes talking nonsense not only hurts yourself, but also hurts others."
I was startled when I heard it, and remembered what I told Ye Hai on the back hill yesterday that I wanted to burn paper for him, plus the dream I had last night? I thought to myself, did I also fall into the truth?
Grandpa and Meng Changqing both noticed the change in my face and asked me what was wrong.
I was afraid that my grandpa would scold me if I said it, so I said, "It's nothing, grandma told you to go back quickly."
Meng Changqing glanced at the sky outside, then turned to tell his grandfather to go back.
Hearing that Meng Changqing and the others were leaving, Uncle Zhang got up and asked us to have breakfast.
Meng Changqing and his grandfather politely refused, and I also refused. I have seen the rice he cooked, because he used firewood to cook it, and he couldn't control the heat well, and the food he cooked was black every time. After eating it once, I don't want to eat it for the second time. I wonder that he can still live to this day after eating such a meal.
Uncle Zhang didn't try to persuade us to stay, he got up to see us off after a few polite words.
After going out, he invited Meng Changqing to play cards with him when he had time. Meng Changqing agreed, then took off the paulownia bracelet from his hand and handed it to Uncle Zhang, saying: "I think your face is a bit dark, and it will be Zhongyuan again in a few days." It's festival, I have opened this bracelet, you can ward off evil spirits by wearing it on your hand."
I was a little surprised to see Meng Changqing giving the bracelet to Uncle Zhang, and Li Yan was there, but Meng Changqing must have his intentions in doing so, and I can't tell.
After Uncle Zhang took the bracelet, he gave Meng Changqing tens of dollars, but Meng Changqing couldn't push it, so he had to accept it.
Because my grandfather was with me, I couldn't ask Meng Changqing why he gave the bracelet to Uncle Zhang. After I got back to the house, I said, "Why did you give him the bracelet?"
"Don't you think he's weird? He is obviously alone, but he pays homage to Songzi Guanyin. The talismans in his house are not for Anzhai, but for warding off evil spirits and suppressing ghosts. Also, his eyes are bloodshot and his eyes are white, and his face is full of flesh. The veins are exposed, the head is pointed at the forehead, this is the face of a villain, and in addition, his eyes are full of haze when he looks at your grandfather, we should pay more attention to him."
I didn't pay attention to it at ordinary times, but the more I thought about it after hearing what Meng Changqing said, the more I felt that what he said was absolutely right. After he said it, I remembered that my grandma told me yesterday that Uncle Zhang had taken away my birth date.
"Your second grandma tried every means to throw you in the Taoist temple, and you couldn't remember the way home. They didn't take you with them when they left. They definitely don't want you to go back to this place. Your second grandma should know something inside. Since she doesn't want you to come back, it means that it will be dangerous for you to come back. You have to be careful and don't get too close to people these days. In addition, your second grandma hasn't come back yet, most likely because she is afraid to come back. We Solve the matter here as soon as possible, and they should come back when they are done, I have other things to do, so I can't stay here all the time."
"Master, are you leaving?"
Meng Changqing nodded, then went into the room to fiddle with his money sword, yellow paper, cinnabar and other things. Before entering the room, he gave me the tens of dollars that Uncle Zhang gave me just now, saying that the bracelet was the one I found. It is made of wood, and the money should also be given to me.
I thought about something here for a while, and then ran to the canteen in the next village with the money in my hand.
I bought a few stacks of yin and yang paper with a denomination of one hundred at the canteen, and I plan to burn it for that Ye Hai later, lest he give me another dream.
On the way back from the grocery store, I passed a paddy field and met a few villagers who were about to go to the field to work. Before going to the field, they got together and chatted for a while.
Generally, the villagers chat about what is new and what is new, and now the freshest thing is naturally about me and my master.
I heard from a distance that they were talking about Meng Changqing. The other older people said that Meng Changqing's brows were full of righteousness and his face was full of heroism.
Only a woman named Hu Haiyan said: "Yejia Haiwazi's second grandma didn't come back with him. I think Meng Changqing is a liar master that Yejiahaiwazi recognized on the way. I have to remind Ye Bo and the others later." , lest they be deceived."
This woman is the youngest woman in our village, about thirty years old. Her husband's name is Jin Renhai, and she was brought back by Jin Renhai who worked outside a few years ago. During this time, her husband went out to work, and she was going to go out to work with him after harvesting the crops.
After hearing her remarks, the villagers all said that there was no basis for it. They also said that Meng Changqing didn't take anything from other people when he came, which is not like a liar at all.
"I didn't take any bag, I didn't take any bag." Hu Haiyan interrupted them, "This morning he exchanged a chain made of paulownia tree for Zhang Shike's 70 yuan. Besides, the red monkey passed by him last night. Didn't say anything, didn't do anything, if it's a real Taoist priest, why would it be so useless."
When I heard her remarks at Kanxia, I first defended Meng Changqing, and then I was puzzled. How did she know that Uncle Zhang gave the money less than an hour ago? In addition, she said it was only 40 yuan, but she said it was 70 yuan, which was obviously trying to bring hatred to Meng Changqing.
As for the red monkey she mentioned, it's what we call ghosts here. Those in green clothes are called green monkeys, those in red clothes are naturally red monkeys, and those in the water are called water monkeys.
This is not over yet, after she finished speaking, she turned her focus to me again: "There is also that Yejia Haiwazi, he used to beckon ghosts, he went out for a while, didn't you notice that his face looked like a ghost after he came back? , It's not as good as before, in my opinion, he must be a poor man, a drunkard, a bad gambler outside, and his master is a poor man."
After hearing this, I secretly scolded her a gossip, cursing her to die and have her tongue pulled out. Unable to listen to her remarks, I swaggered over.
When they saw me passing by, they immediately burst into smiles, hurriedly stopped the topic just now, and asked with a smile: "Haiwazi, what are you doing so early?"
Hu Haiyan also changed her face, and asked me with a smile: "Now the baby doesn't wake up until ten o'clock. You wake up so early, you are very diligent."
I don't even look at her face right now, I greeted the other villagers and left with the yin and yang paper
Rural people eat breakfast late, and seeing that there was still time, I didn't dare to bring the yin-yang paper inside the house, so I took advantage of this time to run to the hills behind.
I burned these yin and yang papers for that Ye Hai. I was afraid that he would come to me again at night, so I wanted to burn them for him as soon as possible.
I burned more than half of these yin-yang papers and gave them to him. The more I burned them, the more frightened I became.
This time I changed to a shorter road, and this time I went back home directly from the halfway up the mountain.
Only halfway through, I stopped for a while when I reached Xiaoxiao's father's grave. After stopping, I saw that there was no sandalwood or ashes on Xiaoxiao's father's grave. I thought that no one was looking at him these days. I happened to have some unfinished yin-yang papers in my hand, so I knelt down and burned them one by one.
Only halfway through the fire, I found something was wrong on the grave body.