Winding mountain road after nearly an hour of driving.

The old jeep carrying Lian Ge finally returned to Lianjia Village again.

"Click, bang. ”

At the entrance of the village, at the second uncle's house, the car stopped again, and Lian Ge and the second uncle got out of the car one after another.

"Xiaoge, you sit here for a while, and I'll call you Uncle Tai. ”

The second uncle took Lian Ge to the stone table in the courtyard, put aside a sentence, and walked into the house.

"Wife, come out and pour a glass of water for Xiaoge...... Old man, Lian Ge is back. ”

While walking, the second uncle shouted.

In the courtyard, Lian Ge couldn't help but smile slightly when he watched this scene, and then found a stone bench to sit down at random.

"What are you yelling about, such an adult, and I'm shocked. ”

In the house, the eldest uncle carried a cane, knocked the second uncle with a stick, and then pushed the door open and walked out.

"Xiaoge is back, is the road going well?"

"It's very smooth, take the high-speed train, and it will be there in a few hours. ”

Lian Ge then got up and answered.

"It's better now, when I was eight years old, I followed a few people from the village into Beijing, took the train, and it took two or three days to arrive. ”

Uncle Tai sighed with emotion, sat down at the stone table, and motioned for Lian Ge to sit too,

"Times are changing. ”

"Yes, times are changing, but it's a pity that I'm too old to keep up with the times. ”

"How can you, Uncle Tai, you are old and strong, how can you not keep up with the times. ”

"Look, people can talk a lot. ”

Uncle Tai turned his head and said to the second uncle who came out.

"How can I compare with a little song...... the second uncle sneered and sat down at the stone table.

Hearing this, Uncle Tai glared at him, but didn't say anything more, turned around and continued to talk to Lian Ge.

......

After chatting a few more homely gossip, Uncle Tai and Lian Ge began to talk about business.

"Xiaoge, today is the tenth day of the seventh month, and the usual ancestor worship ceremony starts from July 12, lasts for three days, and lasts until July 15, do you think this date is so set, or does it need to be changed?"

"No need to change it, just follow the date set before. Lian Ge shook his head and said.

"That's fine. Uncle Tai nodded, and then took out a list,

It's the one that Lian Ge gave before, but there is an extra '√' after each column

"Xiaoge, this is what you asked to prepare before, except for the three animals that need to be killed, the others are ready, just pile them in the hall, you see if the Fu does not meet the requirements, if there is any problem, you can make plans as soon as possible." Uncle Tai said, stood up,

Lian Ge naturally had no objections, got up and followed Uncle Tai towards the hall.

......

As soon as you enter the hall, you will be greeted by a large number of things piled up in the corners of the hall, including paper money, incense wax, and other things.

"Xiaoge, take a look. Uncle Tai stepped aside and said to Lian Ge,

Hearing this, Lian Ge stepped forward and swept his eyes, and at the same time stretched out his hand and rummaged through it from time to time,

"These fragrant wax money papers, they have been ordered in one store for so many years, Xiaoge said that you want hand-punched paper money, and only in that store can ......"

While waiting for Lian Ge to determine whether the things met the requirements, Uncle Tai chattered.

And Lian Ge, while listening to Uncle Tai's words, looked at specific things purposefully.

After making sure that the most important things met the requirements, Lian Ge stopped his hand, returned to Uncle Tai's side, and nodded to Uncle Tai,

"Nothing wrong. ”

"That's good. ”

Uncle Tai nodded when he heard this, and then turned to continue asking,

"That little song, you see if there is anything else that needs to be arranged, I can find someone to do it in advance. ”

"There are some things that need to be prepared in advance, but this is the only thing I can do. Lian Ge nodded first, then shook his head and said.

"Then you can only work hard to sing a little song. Uncle Tai nodded and said, "If Xiaoge has anything you need help with, just ask, this ancestor worship is a matter for the whole village, and everyone should contribute." ”

"Uncle Tai, there is something I need to make sure,"

"You arranged that before?"

"Yes. ”

Hearing this, Uncle Tai nodded, and then replied,

"Before Xiaoge, you said that before the ancestor worship ceremony, you must arrange someone to go to the ancestral hall every night to light a pair of candles and three incense sticks, and you must be all day long, from the beginning of night, the incense cannot be broken, right?"

"Yes. ”

"After you told me that day, I asked your second uncle and the other three to go to the ancestral hall that night to light the incense wax, and then the four of them took turns to come in the evening and take a look every hour.

In the next few nights, the incense wax burned faster and faster, so I simply set up a tent in the ancestral hall with a few people, and kept watch all night, adding incense when the incense was about to burn, and adding wax when the wax was finished.

According to what you said, for so many nights, the incense wax has never been broken. ”

Uncle Tai said to Lian Ge.

Hearing this, Lian Ge nodded and didn't say anything more.

"That's it...... Xiaoge, the incense wax has burned too fast in the past two days, the wax used to burn overnight, but now it can burn for an hour, and the incense burns faster...... Do you see if this is ......" Uncle Tai raised his crutch and pointed to the sky.

"I've already heard from my second uncle about this. Lian Ge nodded, and then continued,

"Uncle Tai, you don't need to arrange for someone to order the incense wax tonight, I will go over and have a look at it in the evening. ”

"That's fine. Xiaoge, pay attention to your own safety. Uncle Tai nodded in response.

......

Time passes slowly,

After briefly checking the things prepared for the ancestor worship ceremony, Lian Ge and Uncle Tai walked out of the hall again and sat down at the stone table in the courtyard.

After communicating in detail about the matters of the ancestor worship ceremony, and confirming some matters,

Lian Ge stood up again,

"Uncle Tai, it's not too early, I still need to go back and prepare something, so I won't stay longer. ”

"Okay, come back another day when you're free,"

After saying goodbye briefly, Lian Ge walked along the village road and walked briskly towards his old house.

......

"Crunch...... Bang. ”

Pushed open the old courtyard door, walked into the courtyard, and kicked it back.

"Boom. ”

Putting the bag containing the book back on the table in the hall, Lian Ge took out his mobile phone and glanced at the time by the way,

"...... at 4:30 p.m."

It's summer, and the sunset is a little later, around half-past seven.

And before sunset, Lian Ge needs to make some preparations.

to deal with what may be in the ancestral hall and what needs to be done tonight.

"Three hours, it should be enough......"

"Judging from the fact that there is no sign of harm to people for so many days, it is unlikely that it will harm people, but it still has to be prevented. ”

Lian Ge muttered to himself in a low voice, and then moved quickly, first turning out the yellow paper from the bag containing the book,

This is what is left over from the previous drawing.

He turned around again and went to the old man's room and took out a brush and a bottle of ink.

Without using anything else, he dipped the pen in ink, and carried the mana, condensed it on the tip of the pen, and began to draw the talisman on the yellow paper.

"First, make a few exorcism talismans...... Minimal difficulty to craft"

“...... Then, I'll have to make a few probing sigils to determine something......"

"Finally, you can try to make a ...... of evil charms"

In the hall, Lian Ge followed the plan he had before and made the talisman seal.

Outside the hall, the sky was gradually changing.

The setting sun is constantly slanting to the west, and it is constantly approaching the horizon.

finally

The sunset disappeared, and only the west side of the sky still had sunset, and the sky began to darken.

Inside the room, Lian Ge also paused and put away the talisman seal made on the table.