There is a custom in many places that after a person dies, his body cannot be approached by cats (especially black cats). Once it gets close, bad things will happen. Although this statement is superstitious, most secular people throughout the ages have firmly believed it. Legend has it that in ancient times, a farmer in Kyoto had a funeral. The head of the household was named Yuan Fang. On that day, Yuan Fang's mother passed away. All the family members were heartbroken and cried at the corpse. There was a child named Shitou next door who didn't know what happened, so they came to watch the fun with their home-raised black cat.
Chapter 0 This child holding a black cat is less than six years old. After his father died of illness, Shi Tou and his mother Sun Widow depend on each other. And what about Widow Sun? She and Yuan’s mother, who had just passed away, have been resentful for a long time. Every time Yuan Fang saw his mother and Widow Sun quarrel, he would act as a peacemaker, so that Yuan's mother often angrily accused him of being a coward. Just two days before Yuan’s mother passed away, Widow Sun had a big fight with Yuan’s mother. After Yuan Fang separated the two, they began to scold each other viciously. Yuan's mother cursed the widow Sun's son and grandson, while Sun's Widow Sun cursed that Yuan's mother would not die well. The two refused to let each other down until the early morning. Yuan's mother was old and weak and angry, and died of . Before her death, Yuan's mother said that she would turn into a demon to take revenge on Widow Sun.
After Yuan’s mother passed away, the scene at the beginning of the article happened. Shi Tou's move made Yuan Fang's family very angry. Yuan Fang's wife scolded the child, and relatives and friends pointed at the child's forehead and scolded him angrily. As soon as Shi Tou was nervous, the black cat in his arms jumped out of Shi Tou's arms, and everyone was panicked and wanted to drive the black cat out. It doesn’t matter if the black cat is driven out. When everyone chased the black cat and jumped over Yuan’s mother’s corpse, everyone was stunned!
Someone suggested that this matter must be instructed by Widow Sun, who had a bad intention and must not spare Widow Sun and the children. But Yuan Fang smoothed out and said, "The ignorant is fearless. This child is still young and can understand that he doesn't understand customs. We should not make things difficult for him." After that, he put the stone back home and patiently drove the black cat out.
That night, Yuan's mother's body, whose originally closed eyes suddenly opened. Her family felt something was wrong. Seeing this, Yuan Fang quickly invited an Taoist priest to her home for practice. The Taoist priest asked carefully about the cause of the incident, and Yuan Fang told the truth. After the Taoist priest saw Yuan’s body, he was very frightened and told that it was a taboo to encounter a black cat. Now that things have come to this point, he is afraid that there is no good idea, so he should run away quickly!
Yuan Fang didn't understand why, and the Taoist priest explained, "Look carefully, the corpse has grown thin white hairs, and it will become a white zombie in three days. In addition, she had always had disagreements with her neighbor next door, so she was extremely resentful. At that time, she would take revenge and cause death." After hearing this, Yuan Fang asked in panic: "According to what you said, I will cremate it in time and then put it into peace. Can you avoid the tragedy?"
Taoist priest replied, "I'm afraid it cannot be avoided. The body was blackened. After the cat is met, it has evil spirits. Even after cremation, its wronged soul will not dissipate and will turn into a resentful spirit to seek revenge. The night after seven days of return, the yin energy is the heaviest. Before the middle of the year, you must avoid the resentful spirits. Then the time is also the most dangerous time. I advise you to run away quickly! "
Yuan Fang asked, "Since that's the case, the ones who should run away from the next door are the Widow Sun and his son Shi Tou, why should we run away?"
Taoist priest replied, "The resentful spirits are entangled, and they have nowhere to escape. But who knows whether they will hurt the innocent?" After saying that, the Taoist priest hurriedly left.
After the Taoist priest left, relatives and friends discussed together, and some people said, "It's more important to save their lives. The relatives belong to the relatives, but who can't be afraid of her? She can't recognize us then, and it's too late for us to run away now." Everyone nodded after hearing this.
Yuan Fang hesitated for a moment and said, "We can't leave. We must take the opportunity to bury our mother as soon as possible. All the neighborhood grievances and disputes should be eliminated. After all, the child is innocent, so more people will not suffer!" As soon as this statement came out, most people made excuses to leave, and only a few people looked at Yuan Fang hesitant in fear. Yuan Fang said that he handled the matter himself and did not want to cause trouble, so he sent everyone away.
Yuan Fang didn't have time to ask the Feng Shui master to calculate the day of his burial, so he quickly cremated his mother with tears and buried her in the wilderness. After all this, Yuan Fang felt deeply tired. When he returned home, he was hungry. After eating something, he lay on the bed and fell asleep. I don’t know how long I slept, but Yuan Fang was suddenly awakened from his dream by a sound. He opened his eyes and listened, and felt that the wind was rumbling outside, which was particularly panicking when the night was quiet. Soon, he heard screams coming from the neighbor's house. Yuan Fang's wife was also awakened. She trembled and said, "No way... the resentful spirit is coming. Don't go out. That's the trouble caused by the stone next door. It has nothing to do with us. Don't get involved in this matter. That's their own fault!"
Yuan Fang said anxiously, "Why doesn't it matter? The child is still young and is originally an unintentional act. If there is a big deal, we will never be at ease in our lives!" After that, he flashed the window and peeked out. He didn't see anything suspicious, but he could feel the gust of cold wind, which made his hair stand up.
Yuan Fang quickly got dressed and jumped up from the bed, and then rushed to the next door widow's house. Sun's widow and his son hugged each other tightly and cried, "Since the hour of Hai, we have felt that the wind has not stopped, accompanied by a shrill voice to kill our lives before the hour of Zi. Please save us, our mother and son kneel down for you!"
Yuan Fang quickly helped Sun's widow and said, "Please get up quickly, the neighborhood is small, you must not kill your life. I guard the door, you can enter the room!" Sun's widow and his son hurriedly hid in the room, covered with a quilt and did not dare to breathe, and Yuan Fang stood in front of the door.
After half a stick of incense, the door creaked as if it was slowly blown open by the wind. A figure walked in at the door, looking at the clothes and figure, which was exactly the same as his mother, and her body was still running around three pieces of paper money from top to bottom. Seeing this, Yuan Fang was frightened and stretched out his hands to block the door.
The figure shouted in a low voice: "My bad boy! It would be fine if you don't do it for me. Why do you do it so perfunctorily? Now you block my revenge again, what do you mean?"
Yuan Fang saw that this figure was indeed the resentful spirit of his mother, so he knelt down and begged her and said: "Before you, the child was filial to you, and the world could be seen. The resentment of the great things is just a show in the eyes of the world. To put it bluntly, the resentment of your life is just trivial matters. I really don't want you to harm human life. All the resentment will be wiped out."
"All nonsense! Don't block me, otherwise don't blame me for being rude!" Yuan's resentment approached him and scolded him angrily.
"But that child is indeed innocent. If you are angry and insist on seeking revenge, come to me!" Yuan Fang turned his mind: "I can't let you harm people's lives!"
Yuan's mother approached him step by step, trying to force him to leave, but Yuan Fang insisted on blocking the door of the room and preventing her from entering. The two sides were in a stalemate for a while, and finally sighed helplessly and disappeared into the night.
Before dawn, Yuan's mother's resentment never came again. The widow Sun and his son knelt in front of Yuan and cried bitterly. Yuan Fang helped the two of them up and said, "All resentment and anger will be given up. People who are petty and vengeful will escalate their hatred and hurt others and themselves. Many small conflicts are like a snowball. If you don't care about it, the conflict will slowly melt. You will be entangled with him, and it will grow bigger and bigger like a snowball, becoming uncontrollable!"
Widow Sun nodded repeatedly and apologized to Yuan Fang. He burned paper money to Yuan's mother's grave during the Chinese New Year, and the two families were as reconciled as before. Later, Shi Tou devoted himself to studying and passed the imperial examination. When Yuan Fang's family regarded him as a close relative, this matter became a good story to be passed down to this day.
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This story is a purely original folk story, with an educational and entertaining style, aiming to enrich readers' amateur cultural life, and all plots are compiled based on folk oral descriptions. Pure literary works, use the past to describe the present and make sense of the truth and do not match feudal superstitions! Plagiarism and infringement will be pursued!
