The story takes place in During the Kangxi period of the Qing Dynasty, there was a Shitou Village in Yunnan. There was an old man named Huang in the village. He was originally from a foreigner and was said to be a son of a wealthy family. But when he was young, he was dissatisfied with the family's marriage arrangements, so he elopeed with the girl he liked and settled here.
Unfortunately, not long after, Huang Laohan's wife died of dysfunction, and fortunately the child survived. Although Old Man Huang was sad, he still saved money and pulled the child up and named him Nianqi.
Nianqi grew up and opened a grocery store at the entrance of the village and married a wife. But not long after the marriage, his wife complained. It turns out that Old Man Huang has a habit, that is, raising insects, whether it is centipedes, mantis, or butterflies, he doesn't like it.
Nian Qi was a little helpless. As long as he could remember, his father started raising insects. He didn't like it at first, but his father always said that it was these insects that saved his life back then. Although Nian Qi was puzzled, she still believed her father's words and gradually got used to it. However, for the sake of his wife, he still negotiated with his father.
Old man Huang understood his son and daughter-in-law, but he couldn't bear to bear the insects he raised, so he moved to an old house at the entrance of the village alone.
The daughter-in-law is not mean, but she is a girl after all, so it is normal for her to be afraid of these bugs. After her father-in-law moved away, she felt very uncomfortable. For this reason, she often made some food and snacks to visit Mr. Huang. She would take him home for fun during the holidays, and the whole family got along well.
Three years have passed in the blink of an eye, and the daughter-in-law got pregnant smoothly. The couple found the witch in the village and found that they were a girl. Coincidentally, the whole family likes girls, but on the day of giving birth, an accident happened.
Everything went smoothly at the beginning, but halfway through the birth, the mother suddenly bleeded heavily and the child could not get out. 文拉 There was no way out for a moment, so I could only ask the witch from the village to come and help. Everyone worked until midnight before the child was finally born and the mother and son were safe.
Nian Qi was very happy, but the witch looked solemn and secretly pulled Old Man Huang aside, whispering: "Brother Huang, I'll tell you the truth. This child's congenital soul was damaged, and the time of birth was not right. He was incomplete. He was probably a fool. He would not live to live for sixteen years!"
House Huang was shocked after hearing this: "This, what do you mean is the same as Nian Qi's situation back then?"
The witch nodded silently, then patted his shoulder gently, and turned away. Looking at the newly born granddaughter, Old Man Huang felt uncomfortable. As the witch said, when the granddaughter grew up, she really became a fool. Not only can she not speak, but she would only smile foolishly when she saw people.
This incident hit Nian Qi a big blow. He asked the witch for help many times, but the witch said that she could not do it in filling the soul, and there were only a handful of people in this world who could do it. Just when Nian Qi was helpless, he suddenly discovered something strange.
Since Nian Qi was three years old, Old Man Huang has been home much less often. Nian Qi thought his father was in good health, so he brought his daughter to visit him. As a result, when he walked to the door, he saw Old Man Huang standing in front of a jar, cutting his palm with a knife, and dripping blood into the jar. The next second, a strange "hissing" sound came from the jar, as if something terrible was raised inside.
Nian Qi felt suspicious and pushed the door in. As a result, after his father saw him, he immediately put away the jar, which made him more and more worried. After all, my father's health has not been very good these days. He has a pale face and a thin body, but he is still feeding something with his blood.
In order to figure out everything, Nian Qi found the witch again. After all, the witch and Old Man Huang are about the same age, and they are old friends, so they must know more.After learning about the situation, the witch's face suddenly changed, and then shook her head and sighed, "He still hasn't changed!"
Nian Qi was confused, but no matter what he asked, the witch didn't want to say anything more. Just as things became more and more confusing, the truth of the matter slowly emerged.
That evening, Nian Qi returned home after finishing his work and found that his daughter was not there. After asking, he found out that it was his father who picked up his granddaughter. Seeing that it was late at night, he was worried that his daughter's nonsense would affect his father's rest, so he came to pick her up. But when he walked into the gate of Old Man Huang's courtyard, he was shocked by the scene in front of him.
My daughter was lying in the middle of the yard with her eyes closed. Old Man Huang knelt on the side, and his body was covered with green maggots. The maggots wrapped them tightly, forming a barrier. Old Man Huang put a finger in his granddaughter's mouth, and the maggots followed their fingers and all penetrated into the child's abdomen.
Nian Qi was frightened. He never expected that his father would feed his granddaughter maggots. He hurried forward, picked up his daughter, scolded him loudly, and asked him what he was doing. Old Man Huang seemed very weak, and fell to the ground and gasped heavily, unable to say a word.
Nian Qi was too lazy to get involved with him. Seeing that his daughter was still unconscious, he immediately found the witch and told her the matter, hoping that she could help save her daughter. But the witch's words shocked him: "Nianqi, it's not me who really saved her, it's your father. He is helping your daughter replenish her soul!"
It turns out that Old Man Huang was born in a witchcraft family, and the males in the family were all excellent Gu masters, and Old Man Huang was no exception. The reason why he likes to raise insects is actually choosing Gu. As for those green maggots, they are insects called "soul Gu". Their function is very simple, that is, to fill in the incomplete souls.
However, soul gu is difficult to cultivate. They need to eat the blood of the closest relatives to grow, but this will lead to the loss of essence and blood of the breeder and a significant reduction in lifespan. More simply speaking, it means to exchange life for life. In addition to his daughter, Nian Qi was actually incomplete in the past. It was because Old Man Huang, who was desperate to raise the soul Gu, cured Nian Qi, but this also caused him to lose his life span for twenty years. Now that he has saved his granddaughter, he may have been alive in a few days.
After learning the truth, Nian Qi was shocked. At this moment, her daughter slowly woke up, and her originally turbid eyes became clear and bright at this moment, and she slowly called out "Dad". Now Nian Qi completely believed it.
He ran back to his father's house desperately. At this moment, the old man Huang recovered some strength. When he saw his son with tears on his face, he knew that he could not hide it, but he did not regret it. The father and son hugged each other tightly, unwilling to separate for a long time.
A month later, Old Man Huang passed away, and his granddaughter, who had recovered from health, came to his grave and gently kissed his tombstone. She would live a healthy life with Old Man Huang's expectations.
