Volume 4 Secret Marriage and Remarriage (2)
"Girl, there is hot water in the thermos in the hall, and there is clean water in the tank that has just been brought up from the well. Aunt He told the girl, afraid that she would not be at ease and continued: "Oh, by the way, your mother's illness needs to wait until the evening, you rest a little, and I will arrange a place for you to live." ”
Aunt He's words were obviously an eviction order, she didn't want the girl to live in her house, not because of how the girl was, but because she didn't want his son Ah Fang to do well.
"Auntie, I'm not leaving...... Can I just live here?" The girl knew that this was impolite, but she really couldn't rest assured of her mother, so she had to plead, and when she saw that Aunt He was silent, she quickly added: "Auntie, don't worry! I won't make trouble for you! I can work, I can do a lot of work, I can do anything!"
After all, the girl searched left and right to find an axe, grabbed a branch and was about to chop it down.
"Oops...... The girl ...... "Aunt He quickly stopped the girl, she pursed her lips, looking very embarrassed, but she really couldn't resist the girl's stubbornness and filial piety, after thinking about it left and right, she had to sigh and said, "That's it, you stay." ”
When the girl heard Aunt He say this, she happily said "hey", and took a few more pieces of firewood, but she still had to chop.
"My silly girl!" Aunt He was happy and said with a smile: "Where is the need for you to do such rough work!"
The girl was stunned for a moment, her face flushed, she gently put the axe on the ground, rearranged the firewood on the ground, and looked at the yard, there was really nothing else to do, so she had to stand where she was.
"Girl, I don't know what your name is?" Aunt He was afraid that the girl would be embarrassed, so she pulled her to sit on the small bench in the yard, and the more she looked at this girl, the more she liked it.
"Auntie, my name is Xiaohui......"
"Oh, Xiaohui, good name, good name!" Aunt He is very conflicted, she likes Ah Hui very much, if it weren't for Ah Fang's twenty-six-year-old love robbery, this Xiaohui is gentle and gentle, and she is really a good candidate for her daughter-in-law.
"Hey, hey, hey, good name, good name!" Fang also smirked in the back.
When Aunt He heard Ah Fang's voice, she remembered this little rabbit cub, and quickly turned around and scolded: "What's the matter with you!
"Hey, it's good!" said Afang again and again, and happily ran to the kitchen in the corner of the yard to prepare for cooking. Ah Fang has a good calculation in his heart, to get this beauty, what else do you need Luo Miao, this Xiaohui looks so painful, and it is close to the water and the building is the first to get the month, and he can't perform well.
Xiaohui saw that Ah Fang was busy with work, so she quickly stood up, rolled up her sleeves and prepared to work, and remembered that she should say a word to Aunt He first, so she turned around and said a little restrainedly: "Auntie...... I'm going to do my brother a favor......"
"Xiaohui ......" Aunt He grabbed Xiaohui's clothes, motioned for her to sit down, and said lovingly: "You are a guest, let him go to work, you rest." ”
Xiaohui felt very embarrassed, and quickly blushed and shirked: "Auntie, I'm here to ask you for help, and helping is what I should ......."
"Hey, you kid, it's not easy to pull your mother over so far, how can you still let you cook!"
Xiaohui was fidgeting and looking in the direction of the kitchen, her hard-working heart ready to move.
Aunt He knew that Xiaohui was very diligent, and she could see it at a glance. People's temperament is written on the face, a lazy person and a diligent person, you can see it by looking at the appearance and expression, this is the temperament revealed in the bones. Aunt He was afraid that Xiaohui would always want to work, and she was afraid that she and Ah Fang would spark something because of their work, so she quickly changed the topic and said: "Xiaohui, there is a question that I shouldn't ask, but if you don't ask, you won't cure your mother's illness." ”
Xiaohui frowned slightly, she was mentally prepared to be asked "questions that should not be asked".
"Auntie, you said yes, I'...... It's okay!"
Xiaohui's good speech made Aunt He very warm, she took Xiaohui's hand and asked as tactfully as possible: "Xiaohui, Auntie just heard you say, your father ...... Go early, can you tell your aunt about your father...... When did you go?"
Hearing this, Xiaohui's eyes were full of tears, she had no father since she was a child, and her mother had been dependent on her for so long, and finally she could find her mother-in-law's family in the year, and her mother had this disease again, because of this disease, the dowry money that her mother had saved for Xiaohui over the years was almost used, regardless of whether the disease could be cured, Xiaohui's family affairs were delayed. However, Xiaohui's child is indeed filial piety and kindness, even if her family is poor like this, she does not complain about her mother at all, she only thinks about curing her mother's illness.
Aunt He saw Xiaohui's red eyes, she was stunned and seemed to be thinking about something, she was not easy to urge, and she regretted asking Xiaohui such a serious question when she came up.
After a long time, Xiaohui's mood was adjusted, and then she told Aunt He about her life experience with tears: "Auntie, I am eighteen years old this year, and I was exactly ten years old when my father went, and now I have been eight years. ”
"That'...... How did your father die at that time?" asked Mrs. He.
"My father went up the mountain to chop wood, met a pack of wolves, and was ...... I was eaten alive!" Xiaohui said this, she couldn't hold back any longer, she had a sharp pain in her chest, and she cried heartbreakingly.
Even though Aunt He was used to crying and crying, she was also blocked in her heart when she saw Xiaohui crying like this, she quickly patted Xiaohui's back, and gently persuaded while patting it: "Girl, it's all over...... It's all gone...... Come back and heal your mother, and find a good mother-in-law, it's time to enjoy happiness...... Don't cry...... Ah......h
Xiaohui sensibly held back her tears, pursed her lips and nodded sensibly.
Seeing that Xiaohui was no longer crying, Aunt He continued: "Xiaohui, you are stronger, if it weren't for your mother's treatment and you need to know this, I wouldn't have asked, since you asked, you have to be strong for your mother, understand?"
Xiaohui let out an "um", and her gentle eyes revealed a firmness.
Aunt He nodded and asked, "How can you know that your father met a wolf?"
Xiao Hui held back her crying and replied: "On this mountain, there have been no tigers and bears since ancient times, and if you bite so much, you must be wolves." ”
"Is it possible that someone did it?"
"Huh?" Xiaohui was stunned, she never thought that someone other than the wolf would do this, after all, in her eyes, in the eyes of these simple people who have lived in the mountain village for generations, the wolf is definitely hundreds of times more evil than the worst evil person.
"Yes...... But...... Village...... Village Doctor...... I said it, it was a wolf who did it......" Xiaohui stammered, she couldn't believe what Aunt He said.
"Xiaohui, now that it's happened, I'm not afraid of you being scared. Aunt He paused, looked at Xiaohui sympathetically and said, "Your mother's illness is caused by your father's soul!"
"What?!" Xiaohui stood up from the bench in shock, shocked, angry and angry, she didn't believe that it could be her father's soul that caused her mother to become like this.
"Xiaohui, you definitely don't believe it, but Auntie, I saw your dead father on your mother's back. Aunt He said word by word, and her tone was very solemn.
"No! no way!" Xiaohui still didn't believe it, she took a few steps back, shook her head and said, "No, how do you know it's my father......"
Aunt He is very calm, she has been suspected by countless patients' families, in current words, the doctor-patient relationship has also been very stiff, but afterwards, none of these patients' families did not kowtow and kneel to thank her, so she has long been accustomed to the suspicion of others, Xiaohui asked, Aunt He said leisurely: "Isn't it true that no one has said that you are very similar to your father?"
"Kara" sounded like a thunderbolt on a sunny day, Xiaohui was so shocked that she sat on the ground, this time, she couldn't help but believe it.
"Okay girl, you have a good rest first, and you will come out to eat after calling you in a while, and the rest depends on three o'clock tonight!"
Xiaohui was stunned for a long time, and finally nodded.
At three o'clock in the evening, Aunt He had already set up a dojo in the courtyard, and her dojo was different from Buddhism and Taoism.
The dojo is the transliteration of the Sanskrit word Bodhimanda, transliterated as Bodhi Mantra, such as the "Tang Dynasty Western Regions Records" volume eight called the place where Sakyamuni attained enlightenment as the dojo, and then borrowed to refer to the place for Buddha sacrifice or practice and Taoism, such as the five famous mountains of Chinese Buddhism, respectively, Manjushri Bodhisattva, Puxian Bodhisattva, Jizo Bodhisattva, Guanyin Bodhisattva, Maitreya Bodhisattva's dojo, but also refers to Buddhism, Taoism in the larger scale of chanting and worship ceremonies, such as water and land dojo, compassion dojo, heavenly master dojo, etc. Among them, the Taoist dojo is also known as the Dharma, that is, a kind of religious ritual in the Taoist palace to pray for good men and women to pray for blessings and eliminate disasters, and to surpass the dead. The method is mainly to convey the good wishes of the believers to the gods by reciting the scriptures, pinching the tricks, stepping on the gang, and keeping the spirits, and pray for the gods to bless people to realize all the good wishes. Dojos are divided into two categories: "Prayer Dojo" (Yang Shi Dojo) and "Death Dojo" (Yin Shi Dojo). The main prayer hall prays for the peace of the country and the people, the wind and rain are smooth, and the plague is relieved; the small prayer is for people to pray for blessings and auspiciousness, exorcise evil spirits, eliminate disasters and misfortunes, and bless people with successful careers, happy lives, prosperous financial fortunes, disasters and disasters, good health, and changes in fortune...... By doing this kind of dojo, all the good wishes of people can be realized. The Dojo of the Dead is a memorial service for the deceased loved ones. Taoism believes that all things are born from the "yin and yang qi", and once the yin and yang qi fail, people will be dispersed and die. If there is stagnation, the soul is locked in the Fengdu Hell, and the spirit turns into a skeleton and falls into darkness. So he set up an altar to build Jiao, chasing the souls of the dead, so that the dispersed qi could be condensed, and the suffering of Fengdu Hell would be forever gone, and at the same time, the feelings of sorrow and filial piety of the Yang family would be entrusted.
And Aunt He's dojo is more inclined to the Taoist dojo of death, there are a lot of incense on the candles, but it is not as complicated as the Taoist dojo, they pay attention to not sacrificing, not worshipping, not borrowing, all they use are their own spiritual power, and if there is a little spiritual power, a little bit of spiritual power will make a little effort, in popular terms, it is how much ability to eat as much dry food.
"Ah Fang, go and carry Xiaohui and her mother out and wrap them in a red cloth sheet. "Aunt He set up the dojo and instructed Ah Fang to do things.
It's not the first time Ah Fang has done this, of course he knows how to cooperate with Aunt He, he answered, and went to the east guest room.
Xiaohui has not fallen asleep since midnight, she is worried about her mother's body and wants to serve in front of the bed, but Aunt He disagrees, and she has insomnia.
Since Aunt He started preaching in the dojo, Xiaohui has been lying on the corner of the window and watching, and now she heard Aunt He ordering to carry her mother out, Xiaohui couldn't sit still, opened the door with a "squeak" and ran out.
Aunt He raised her eyebrows, glanced at Xiaohui indifferently, and said, "Xiaohui, if you want to see it, you can watch it here, but you must not make any movement for a while, and you must not interfere with the practice, can you do it?"
Xiaohui didn't answer immediately, she shook her head with tears in her eyes, she knew that if the ghost on her mother's body was really her father, she would definitely not be calm, she would definitely be impulsive, and even do stupid things that shouldn't be done.
"Alas......" Aunt He sighed and said, "You girl, you are sincere! No one can calm down, so go back to the Westinghouse, I'll lock the door, and you can just look through the window." ”
Xiaohui nodded, hung her head and went back to the Westinghouse.
Mrs. He shook her head, walked over and locked the door of the Westinghouse.
"Mother, do you still put this eldest lady in the old position?" Ah Fang was strong, and while carrying Xiaohui's mother, he shouted loudly.
Although it was the middle of the night, Mrs. He's house was some distance from other neighbors, this was the location she deliberately chose when she first got married, and it was built with the village at that time, and now this house is too old to look good.
Aunt He nodded and said, "Don't forget to wrap your whole body in a red cloth, leaving only the head and the soles of your feet!"
"Ahh He has seen countless scenes like this since he was a child, if it weren't for Aunt He not asking him to learn this way, it is estimated that he would have become a talent long ago.
After placing Xiaohui and her mother, Aunt He is ready to start doing things.
Her eyes lit up, she took a few steps under her feet, her index finger "swished" a little, and two candles, one red and one white, lit on the left and right, and then, the three unlit incense sticks in the incense burner actually emitted white smoke by themselves.
Ah Fang sat next to him yawning and waiting to see the excitement, Xiaohui was stunned in front of the window, this yard was not big, and there were oil lamps hanging in the four corners of the yard, Xiaohui saw it really, she had never seen this magical scene, and now she couldn't close her mouth open.