In the evening, his mother and father prepared the altar in the courtyard as he had instructed, and he bathed and put on a robe. He tied my hands and feet with red ropes, which was a bundle of souls, so that my soul could be bound in my body, so that my uncle's ghost would not stir up and squeeze my soul out of my body for a while.

He lit a three-pillar incense on the head of the bed, took out the spirit bell and shook it on my forehead. The use of the soul bell is to forcibly lure the uncle's ghost out of the body.

However, the uncle's ghost is an old ghost for more than 20 years, if he can get out of his body so easily, he doesn't need to go to such great lengths for the old man. The old man also knew that it was not so easy, but wanted to lure him out for negotiation.

Sure enough, it didn't take long for my body to start shaking violently, and my mouth kept growling with "whining".

"You can't get rid of me!" A young man's voice came out of my mouth.

"Baby, how do you want to leave Lei Yatou's body?"

The old man was waiting for this moment, and when he saw the uncle's voice, he immediately asked.

"Daddy, I'm too lonely down there, I want this girl to accompany me!"

"No, Lei Yatou is still young, but I tried my best to save her life, but I can't let you take it away!" The old man flatly refused.

"This girl's life should have been extinct, she is an extreme yin physique, and she is the easiest to provoke ghosts, rather than cheapening other ghosts, why not let her come down early to accompany me!"

Uncle seemed to have made up his mind to let me accompany him, but he didn't let him go.

"Okay, if you don't leave, don't you, don't blame Daddy for forcibly driving you out!"

As the old man spoke, he reached out and pulled out a yellow talisman to put it on my forehead. This yellow talisman is a ghost exorcism talisman that can drive the yin soul out of the body, and then either disperse or subdue it, it is up to him to do so.

"Daddy, don't, don't do it, I promise to leave," the uncle saw that the old man was going to move seriously, and finally became afraid, "You have to promise me two conditions, and I will leave this girl's body!" ”

"Say, on what terms?"

The old man saw that he was willing to compromise and knew that his goal had been achieved, so he put down the yellow talisman in his hand.

"I want you to match me with a, and let this girl be my goddaughter!"

The old man was about to answer, but my mother refused, and she rushed out at once, "No, she is my daughter, how can she be your goddaughter!" ”

Since my mother married into the Xiao family and gave birth to a little brother, she has always wanted to have another daughter, but she has not been able to achieve her wish.

Now there is a ghost who wants to rob her daughter, where is she willing. She didn't have any feelings for her uncle, when she got married, the uncle was already dead, and she had only heard of the uncle's name.

"No, then I won't leave!" When the uncle saw that some people objected, he began to make a fuss again.

"Okay, Daddy promises you!"

The old man motioned to his mother not to stop him with his eyes, and he put away the yellow talisman and continued: "You allow me to match you with eight characters and find a marriage!" ”

He deliberately didn't mention the matter of admitting his daughter, in order to stabilize Uncle Dìng's affection. Sure enough, Jiang was still spicy old, and the uncle quieted down when he saw him agree.

After the uncle quieted down in my body, the old man asked my father to take the uncle's eight characters and go to the ten miles and eight villages to find a yin relative who matched his eight characters.

The so-called yin relatives are that some young boys and girls die for some reason after they are engaged. At that time, the old people believed that if they were not married, their ghosts would play a role and disturb the home. Therefore, it is necessary to hold a yin marriage ceremony for them, and finally bury them together, become husband and wife, and bury them together. lest there be a lonely grave in the fields of the men and women. There are also boys and girls who die before they are engaged. Out of love and missing their children, the old people think that they failed to choose a mate for them during their lifetime, and they must marry them after death and fulfill their responsibilities as parents. In fact, this is the sustenance of human feelings. In addition, in the old days, people were generally superstitious about the so-called "feng shui" of the cemetery, believing that the appearance of a lonely grave would affect the prosperity of the future generations of the family.

The father searched for a day in Shili Eight Villages, and found a suitable woman, at that time, cremation was not yet popular, and people practiced burial, so they could also find a partner with a parent. Because the old man was in a hurry to save people, the dowry he gave was also high. The date was chosen, and on the third day, the marriage was held.

Because of the old man's guilt towards the uncle, although this yin marriage was hasty, it was not ambiguous at all, and the number of salutes that should be paid was not less. After the yin marriage, although the uncle was satisfied, he still refused to leave my body. My mother was so angry that she sat at my bedside all day long to wipe away tears.

The old man couldn't stand it, so he said to his mother that recognizing his relatives was just to make the uncle feel at ease, in fact, having a ghost father was still a great thing for me. Because in this way I have a protector in the underworld, and the average imp will not come to disturb me when he knows that I have a lord. This is only good and not bad for a yin gathering body like me, and although the old man has renewed my life, it is only a year, if I have a ghost father, I may be able to dispel my yin qi, change my physique, and prolong my life.

After listening to the old man's persuasion, my mother finally agreed to let me recognize my godfather. Because I have had a yin kiss before, this ceremony of recognizing a godfather is relatively simple. After knowing that the family agreed, the uncle left my body, and I also got up with the support of the little brother, came to the incense table, and under the witness of my parents and the old man, I kowtowed to the uncle's tablet four times, which was regarded as a confession.

Why kowtow to four, of course, there is also a saying. The so-called "three gods and four ghosts", that is, there are three for everything to worship God, and four for everything to worship ghosts. According to some elders, the "images" painted on paper or placed on worship are generally "gods", while the graveyards, ashes, tablets, etc. are mostly "ghosts". Among them, the "etiquette" is very complicated, I was born in the 80s of the 20th century, the first time I ascended to the "Daya", it is inevitable to make mistakes, in this regard, the old people only know the "joke" me, but they can't say why, just talk about "the rules handed down by the ancestors, just remember it", perhaps, the ghost is closer to us.

No one has explored when and why the "Three Ghosts and Four Gods" originated, but they have only vaguely realized that people are more in awe of "ghosts" than "gods". The so-called "Hades is easy to see, but the little ghosts are difficult" probably means this. The "Hades" serve in the heavenly court and should belong to the category of gods.

I heard that the gods and ghosts are also suitable for burning paper, and it takes three sheets of paper to burn for the gods, and four sheets of four pieces of paper to burn for ghosts, and people say that three is a yang number, and four is a yin number, so there is a difference.

Burning incense is also, three gods and four ghosts. I heard that the deceased relatives were ghosts for the first three years, and you have to burn four sticks of incense for worship, and after three years, you will be a god, and you will burn three sticks of incense for memorials.

At this point, I have a "ghost father", and I also have a protector in the netherworld. Strangely, all the problems that I had been sick with since I was a child were cured. Since then, I have rarely had colds and fevers, and I have rarely seen ghosts and had that strange dream again. In this way, I should probably thank my "ghost father" and, of course, "ghost girl".