When Shitou finished telling this story, I suddenly felt an irrefutable feeling of powerlessness. Everything was so natural. The long story revolved around the words "jealousy" and "hang", which made people listen to it impeccably! I didn’t want to refute anymore, and silently sighed at the breadth and depth of Chinese characters. And heresy that can't get on the table. I lit a cigarette and thought about the writing and structure of the words "vinegar" and "hang". Amazing! I no longer doubt the truth of this matter, because the story is indeed interesting. But then I thought, Shitou never went to school, so he couldn't make up such a profound story. Maybe he heard it too?
When I was lost in thought, a clearer and clearer voice came to my ears, "I didn't see it! The story told by the stuffy oil bottle is quite good. Did you make it up?" Shitou smiled bitterly and said, Sister Yueyue! You see, I don’t know how to speak. How could I make up stories? How about I take you there and let my second aunt see when you will get married? Don’t worry, as long as I’m here, it won’t cost any money! Yue Yue's face suddenly turned red and he cursed! Go away, I won’t marry anyone. Did Huzi get the call? Hey, do you want to be a "guzi" (nun)? Xiaxia laughed hahaha! Yue Yue gave Xia Xia a white look. How about you take your sister Xia to have a look? Xiaxia quickly said, I won’t go. If you don’t marry me, I won’t marry either. When will I wait until you get married?
Huzi said again, let’s talk about one more thing. It’s quite interesting. You haven’t told me about it in so many years. Come on, let’s talk about one more thing. Huzi said, forget it, I don’t know how to speak, and I can’t speak well either. I suddenly became very interested in this matter, so I asked? Is your second aunt's house far from here? Shitou said that it was more than five miles into the ditch from the east, and then climbed over the mountain and walked more than ten miles to reach it. It was not too far. Then he looked at me and said, believe it! When your feet are healed, I'll take you there! I nodded and said! good. In fact, no one wants to know what their future will be like. me too. Yue Yue gave me a white look. Let’s talk about it after your feet are healed! Then he looked at Shitou and said, "Tell me one more thing, it'll be fine anyway!" Stone look at me. I nodded.
Shitou said sheepishly, from what I saw when my second aunt tested people's handwriting, sometimes they don't just write one word. Sometimes you need to write three at a time, and many times you have to write it yourself. She will judge based on the length, direction, beauty and ugliness of the strokes you write, etc. It's not that easy. If you want to hear it, let me tell you one more thing. I saw it with my own eyes at my second aunt’s house.
Have you ever heard of "soul calling"? "Calling the soul" is also called "crying out the fright". I heard that people have "three souls and seven souls" and each time one of them is frightened, a symptom will occur. Moreover, each soul has a name, but I can't name it.
"Calling ghosts" was not a rare thing in rural areas in the past. My mother also called me. I remember the first time I played badger at night, I encountered " ghost hitting the wall ". She came back the next day. After returning home, I felt listless, loss of appetite, diarrhea and diarrhea. After I went back and talked to my mother, she decided that she was scared, so there was a point in calling my soul, preferably my mother, then my father, and then my brothers and sisters. First find a piece of clothing that scares people, sew a piece of red cloth on the back, go to the gate before the sun rises and shout three times, "xxⅩ go home with mom," and then shout three more times at the door of the house. He put clothes sewn with red cloth on my body and shouted three times a day, morning, noon and night, for three days. After three days, I actually recovered. Even veteran Chinese medicine practitioners would recommend this method. Can you imagine the effect? Later, after I had a conversation with Yi Shitou's second aunt, I found out that this was spread in "Zhu You". There is also a common folk saying that there is a child who likes to cry in the middle of the night. Just write four sentences and post them in a crowded place. The sky is in panic, the earth is in panic, there is a night cry man at home... It is said to be particularly effective in treating children who cry at night. However, I haven't experienced it. That's too far.
Shitou lit a cigarette and looked into the distance with deep eyes, as if he was remembering something! After a while, he said: One summer, in July and August, my second aunt and I came home from the fields, and a woman in her forties walked towards us, with a very bad look on her face.When he saw my second aunt and I, he ran over and said urgently, Sister Lanru, I have been frightened and restless every day these days. Please tell me if something will happen. My son has been gone for three days. , there is no news either, please let me see if something is wrong! Second aunt asked? What did Taotao do? The woman said that there was a carpenter in her mouth, and she heard that the craftsmanship was very good. Taotao was also nineteen and wanted to learn some crafts, so she went out to learn the crafts from a master, but there was no news after three days. I thought I went out to look for him, but he was seriously ill at home and needed to be taken care of, and there were pigs and chickens that couldn't get away, so I came here and asked my sister to figure it out. Is there anything wrong? The second aunt walked to the roadside and sat down under a big tree. She took out a piece of red cloth and spread it on the ground. She also took out three copper coins and gave them to the woman, asking her to throw them on the ground after shaking them. Shake it six times in total to see the heads and tails of the copper coin. After each shake, the second aunt would write down the pros and cons. Start calculating.
After a while, the second aunt looked up at the sky and said, there will be light rain in the afternoon. Taotao is in trouble, but it is okay and can be resolved. He will be back in the middle of the night. After this experience, he will get better and better. It's normal, that person will usually be able to get through it, no matter how big or small the disaster is. It's okay, don't worry! However, one thing you have to remember is that starting from eight o'clock tonight, you have to go to the entrance of the village and shout three times: "Taotao is coming home with mom". At ten o'clock, you have to shout again, three times. After shouting, just go home and wait!
Huzi asked, why are you shouting? Shi Shi ignored him and continued, "When my second aunt and I returned home, I asked curiously?" Can he hear her mother calling him? The second aunt smiled and stroked my head and said, "When a mother calls her son, she can be heard from any distance." Speaking of this, Shi Shi's eyes were a little moist. He didn't even remember his mother! I choked even when I spoke! I quickly asked again, what will happen next? Shitou said. Early the next morning, the woman came with a young man, carrying a killed chicken in her hand. As soon as he entered the door, he said, sister, sister, he will be back at about four o'clock, come over and thank you. The second aunt smiled and said, it's nothing, it's what a fellow villager should do.
But the young man said that if my mother hadn’t called me at night, I might not have come back. Then he started talking! He worked at the master's house for a day, and the master also tried to see if he was suitable to be a carpenter. After working for a day, the master agreed to take him in. In the afternoon, the master said, go back and tell your family, and bring a few things with you. A change of clothes.
I left Master's house at 5:30, and when I got to 8 o'clock, it started raining. At this time, I was still far away from home. It was also a good fortune. I saw a small earth kiln, which was specially dug by people to shelter from rain. So I hid inside to take shelter from the rain. The rain was getting heavier and lighter at times. I walked for three hours at a stretch. I was already quite tired. Besides, it was not cold in the earthen kiln, so I fell asleep while lying in it. But in the middle of the night, I vaguely heard my mother calling me, so I woke up. When I sat up, I realized it was a dream. The rain was still falling, but much lighter. I came out of the kiln and wanted to pee, but when I was peeing, the kiln collapsed. When I returned home in the light rain, I found that my mother was still awake. She said she knew I would come back tonight. So, I felt that if my mother hadn't come out to call me at ten o'clock, I might have been buried in it!
Another bizarre story, I became more and more curious about her second aunt, and thought to myself, when I get better, I must go and let her second aunt take a look. See what I will be like in the future?
