Chapter 7 Listen to Grandma Tell Me About the Past
readx; On the edge of the field in front of the Lin family's courtyard, a bowl of white rice was placed with three pillars of incense on it, and Grandma Lin was adding paper money to the brazier. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info
Lin Shan silently recited the "Soul Sending Mantra", opened her eyes, looked at a wisp of white shadow floating towards the sky, and suddenly heard her grandmother's heavy sigh, she said: "Grandma, isn't it good to be able to help Grandpa Wu fulfill his wish!" Grandma Lin stood up with deep worry in her eyes: "You can think about it!" I'm so cautious in my heart! You say a child, how can you stand it! She sighed deeply and turned to leave. Lin Shan threw the used Pure Spirit Star into the brazier and followed. The grandfather and grandson returned to the courtyard, sat on the bench, and snuggled.
Grandma Lin thought that since some things were put on the table, it was fate, and some things had to be turned out after all, so she took the initiative to say: "At that time, you were only three or four years old, and you talked to yourself from time to time. I took you to the town to find the old Chinese medicine doctor, and I didn't see anything wrong. I think children, if you are not sick or sick, you can do it, and you don't take it seriously......"
"And then?" Lin Shan asked.
Grandma Lin sighed and said, "That year, your third uncle and grandfather went, and you called your third uncle and grandfather in front of everyone, and you still talked to no one...... It was a terrifying scene! Everyone advised me to find someone to exorcise evil spirits for you. Maybe it really worked, you went to the city later, and you didn't hear your parents mention anything wrong, so I just revealed it! ”
Lin Shan was a little confused, was it really a ritual to exorcise evil spirits? Just like what Zhang Lao did to himself at the beginning, the person invited by her grandmother sealed her "yin and yang eyes"? But why did you suddenly see it again without warning?
Lin Shan thought for a moment and asked, "Grandma, do you remember what you told me about the legend of the 'Copper Bell'?" ”
"You still remember!" Grandma Lin couldn't help but sigh and said, "You, you're a hard-working child!" ”
"I'm fine!" Lin Shan smiled slightly, and said coquettishly: "You can tell me about it again!" ”
Grandma Lin reached out and touched her head, and said helplessly, "Okay, tell you ......."
A long time ago, there was a war in this area, corpses decomposed, and diseases spread. Those who died in a foreign land, resentment gathered, turned into evil ghosts, and people were panicked for a while. Young people fled to other places, and the old and frail could only stay and survive.
One day, an elderly couple came across a man who was unconscious. At the time, it was common to see sickness or hunger and fatigue, but it was usually an elderly person, and the man, though unshaven, looked to be in his early thirties.
"The old woman is gone, we can't take care of ourselves!" The old man said.
The old woman looked at the man, and couldn't help but think of her son who died in the war, and she couldn't bear it, so the old man found the door, and the two of them worked together to save the man.
In the evening, the old couple cooked a pot of sweet potato and wild vegetable soup, but they didn't expect this person to wake up when he smelled the aroma, it turned out that he fainted from hunger because he had been running around for days without dripping water! This man not only ate the dinner of the old couple, but also owed a life, which should only be repaid. But when he was penniless and at a loss, there was bad news that someone was haunted by evil spirits.
"Evil spirits haunt here?" The man asked.
The old woman looked horrified and said, "Not really! People here don't go out when it's dark! ”
"One day, I will either starve to death or die of disease, or be killed by 'it'!" The old man said sadly.
That night, the old couple went to sleep, and the man quietly went out. The next day, the old man woke up and looked at the empty straw mat, and said with emotion: "People's hearts are not ancient, Xie didn't even catch a word, and people slipped away!" ”
At this time, the pot exploded outside, saying that a master of the Tao had come to save the person who was killed by the evil ghost last night! When the old couple who went out to look for food heard the news, they also rushed to join in the fun, wanting to see what this master looked like. Unexpectedly, this master is the man who said goodbye, he is a Taoist priest!
Sometimes the world is like this, people who have no ability boast and make a lot of money; People who have the ability are often thankless, so depressed that they can't eat, and this Taoist priest is the latter. But fortunately, this time, the eyes of the masses were polished!
In order to dispel those lingering ghosts, and in order to let the living and their dead relatives meet again, the Taoist priest held a copper bell to help the fathers and villagers summon the souls, and everyone was grateful to him. On this day, another villager had something to ask him. The other party came to the old couple's house to look for someone, but found that the old couple and the Taoist priest were all dead!
It was rumored that the demons had taken revenge and killed them. In order to bring back the souls of the three people, everyone followed his example, found a bell, and shook the body for three days and three nights. Unexpectedly, a miracle really happened, the Taoist priest and the two couples opened their eyes and came to life!
“…… Since then, when relatives have passed away in this area, they have hung copper bells under the eaves of their homes to pray for the resurrection of their deceased relatives! After Grandma Lin finished speaking, she looked at her stunned granddaughter and asked, "What do you want?" ”
Lin Shan came back to his senses from contemplation: "It sounds quite mysterious!" ”
"Alas, when people live in the world, it is always right to avoid ghosts and worship God!" Grandma Lin sighed.
Lin Shan nodded and yawned: "Grandma, I'm sleepy, let's rest!" ”
When I was a child, I pulled down the mosquito net, and a bed was a small world - Lin Shan looked at the elderly face and sighed: At that time, I felt that the bed was very big and wide, and I still slept horizontally and vertically by myself, and it was not in the way; Now, you can touch it when you turn over!
"Aren't you sleepy, why are your eyes still open!" Grandma Lin asked.
Lin Shan asked curiously: "Grandma, when I was born, was there anything special?" For example, auspicious clouds fall from the sky or something! ”
Grandma Lin was happy when she heard this: "You kid, you are still auspicious!" It's a beautiful idea! She suddenly frowned, looked at her and said, "Don't say it, it's really a little different when you think about it......"
Lin Shan immediately got up and asked, "What's the difference?" ”
Grandma Lin recalled: "When you were born, your mother suffered a lot of sins. If you don't cry or make trouble, the midwife says that you are weak and may not be able to support you...... Alas, when I heard this, people's hearts were cold! I still remember that night it rained heavily, and there were no auspicious clouds, but the dark clouds were overwhelming! ”
"Poof!"
Grandma Lin said angrily: "Still laughing!" You...... Fortunately, your child was hard-working, and he ...... at the time."
"What happened?" Lin Shan couldn't wait to ask.
Grandma Lin shook her head and said, "That night, it rained and the wind blew, the doors and windows crackled, and the copper bells in the village rang!" That voice was terrifying, it scared you to tears, and that's it, you survived!"
Lin Shan nodded thoughtfully, Grandma Lin pressed her down and persuaded: "You also tossed all night, go to bed early!" As she spoke, she sighed softly and turned away......