Chapter 4: Lock Your Life
Early in the morning, Sun Xing was noisy by all kinds of shouting outside, moved his already stiff legs, hurriedly rubbed them, and then slowly exercised. The mouth kept swallowing saliva, but all kinds of snacks were sold outside, which made people greedy.
"Rock sugar gourd, it's delicious and sour and sweet!" Cakes, glutinous rice, sweet dates, cakes!" Tofu, dried salt, tofu flowers!"
Lifting the corner of the curtain, there were already a lot of people outside, there were small vendors, people buying food in the alley, and old people going out for a walk. Today is a temple fair, there is a lively scene, people from nearby villages will come, and those with brains will even push a cart to sell some of their own food. Sun Xingma cleaned himself up, but when he came out, he found that there was no one at home for a long time! On the wooden table in the hall, there are only three empty bowls that look like tofu flowers that have just been eaten, and they still exude the mellow fragrance of sesame oil and sesame seeds. In fact, Sun Xing has long been accustomed to such things, but there is still an indescribable astringency.
went to the kitchen and took a cold steamed bun and broke it into a bowl; Climb to the food cabinet again, take down the bottle of sesame oil, and drop a few drops; Scoop a spoonful of the rice again, until it is full of boiling water, it is suddenly sour, hot and mellow, and the index finger moves, Sun Xing solved a big bowl in three or two clicks, and then ate the minced meat at the bottom of the bowl, a full burp, and felt full of energy.
Only then did Sun Xing react, in the past, he would get up by himself, his head was dizzy, and his limbs were weak; But today, except for the stiffness of my legs and feet in the morning, I have always been full of energy and clear head. Haha, you don't have to think about it to know that it's "Thousand Golden Wings"! But I practiced it for so long in my previous life, but it didn't have such a great effect again.
"Sister, today grandma is going to ask us for a longevity lock, let's go quickly"
Sun Xing, who had just locked the door, was dragged by Sun Huan's arm and walked towards Yaowang Temple.
Just turned the alley, what caught my eye was the bustling, boiling crowd, both sides of the road are full of vendors selling all kinds of food, small toys, simple daily necessities, all kinds of shouting, laughing, asking for prices are very lively!
They are all eleven or twelve years old, it is the time for fun, and Sun Huan is standing in front of the small table where pinball gambling money, unable to move. "Sister, if you win this, you can get 5 cents!" Why don't we have fun? Nine years of 5 cents purchased, equivalent to thousands of times in later generations! Sun Xing said that it was fake to be unimpressed, but she knew that this was a scam, and the vendors had devices under their feet, and it was impossible for you to take the jackpot, unless you were lucky, it was possible to get the money.
"Sister, let's have fun, I won't tell my aunt and uncle," Sun Huan said, took out the change, handed it to the stall owner, squatted down, and planned to kick off.
Without looking, Sun Xing knew that she would not win, and sure enough, four times in a row, Sun Huan did not win a dime; There was only one last time left, but Sun Huan hesitated and stopped for a moment.
"Sister, why don't you come and play a game too? I'm in for a treat, and you don't have to tell my parents. "I actually wanted to invite Sun Xing to play, Sun Xing was speechless at the same time, but also a little moved, not to win money, but to find it interesting.
Sun Huan gave up his position, Sun Xing squatted down, looked at the small table curiously, but found nothing, and chose an eye-catching red porcelain ball, knowing that he would not hit, and he didn't care much about the serve.
"Won, hit the jackpot!"
"Someone really got hit!"
"Sister, you're in it"
Weng Weng was in his ears, but Sun Xing was still in shock, he had always had extremely bad luck in his previous life, and it was exactly the same as what the master said, and he would lose every time he gambled! How do you win the jackpot? How is it possible to win? If you really have luck, why in your last life
"It's here, sister, you have to invite me to eat sugar gourds later!" It turned out that unconsciously, he had come to the gate of the temple, and Sun Xing had no choice but to retract his mind, withdraw his arm, and perfunctory his cousin.
Compared with the outside, the Yaowang Temple was more crowded, but it was not noisy, as if it was agreed, and everyone was talking in a low voice. After worshipping the medicine prince, Sun Xing and his cousin found their grandmother, ate the fasting meal that their grandmother had taken up in advance, and went to the backyard together. originally thought that there were many people in the front yard, but I didn't want more people in the backyard, basically they were all old people in the village, like grandma, with grandchildren, begging for a long life lock; There are also those who seek prescriptions and medicines.
The long-life lock, the long-life lock, is naturally to lock the life, after locking the life, you can avoid the disease, the plague ghost, and the invasion of danger, so the elders will go to the temple for the juniors. But what made Sun Xing puzzled was that he didn't lock his life at all in his previous life, why did his grandmother, who had always disliked him, suddenly lock his life?
According to grandma, Sun Xing and Sun Huan lit incense, knelt down, and wrote the eight characters of their birthdays, but Sun Xing, who thought it was over, was called by his grandmother to wait in the side hall alone. At this time, the two gentlemen were in the main hall to receive the villagers who asked for medicine, and there was no one in the side hall, no, grandma just entered the inner hall, but why didn't she speak? Unspeakably gloomy, full of goosebumps in an instant.
After a quarter of an hour, the grandmother came out again, handed herself a lock the size of a child's fist, heavy as a lump of iron, saying that she wanted to drop a drop of blood into the lock cylinder, gave a sewing needle, and repeatedly emphasized that it should be dripped into the lock cylinder, before turning around and entering the inner hall. Touching this lock, Sun Xing felt more and more familiar, this lock had been seen at his cousin's house in his previous life, but what his cousin said to herself at that time was obviously the long-lived lock that her grandmother asked for her!
It was still less than a moment, and the grandmother came out again, but at this time there was an old woman dressed in black, burying her head and not seeing her face. Grandma took the lock and looked at it, and handed it to the old woman behind her, seeing that she nodded, she waved her hand to Sun Xing: "You go home, the longevity lock is grandma, don't make a noise to your parents" This is the meaning of driving Sun Xing away.
Sun Xing knew that even if he was suspicious, there would definitely be no answer to the question, so he had to answer the call and leave the side hall first. After waiting for more than two hours, the grandmother helped the old woman in black and walked out of the temple gate with laughter all the way. Sun Xingshi rushed to the main hall, maybe he had just sent away the villagers, the two gentlemen were drinking tea in the main hall, and when they saw Sun Xing running anxiously, they knew that something was wrong, so they put down the teacups.
"Sir, I would like to ask a few questions"
"The longevity lock is not by your side, but on someone else, what will happen?" Seeing that the two gentlemen nodded, Sun Xingfang said the question that he had been wondering about for a long time.
"The longevity lock, said to be a lock life, in fact, it is not true, it will not only lock the life, but also lock the qi, essence, camp qi, sect qi, guard qi, luck, can be described as evil demons, epidemics do not deceive, guard the door, can be healthy. It's okay to put it on someone else, unless there is evil magic, you can steal the day, change your life, and steal your life, but there must also be a medium"
"Is the eight characters and blood the medium?"
"I don't know what medium can do such an evil spell, but at least one thing is that the recipient must be voluntary. How did you come up with the idea of asking this, did someone take your longevity lock?"
"No, sir, I'm just curious to ask, and besides, I don't have a longevity lock."
Even if he didn't believe it anymore, after Mr. explained, Sun Xing also knew what his so-called longevity lock was. Hehe, fake eight characters, fake blood, scarlet incense, I see how you steal your life! Cousin, I see how you can still jump, our account still has to be settled slowly.
"Okay, Sun Xing, the temple fair is over today, and we'll leave. I see that you are also obsessed with traditional Chinese medicine, this medicine passed down from the Yaowang Temple, I don't know its use, it is estimated that it is moldy in the corner, you can take it as a plaything" As he spoke, he gave Sun Xing a wooden box with a larger egg.
"Sir, why are you leaving so quickly?" As soon as Sun Xing picked up the wooden box, he saw that the two gentlemen had already gotten up and entered the side hall. hurriedly stepped forward again, and was about to burn the gold ingots, so they moved the gold ingots to the backyard and burned them. Then it was cleaning, and naturally there were also women in the village to help clean up the tables and stools in the front yard.
"Girl, give you a longevity lock, take it" Mr. Hui Ke quietly pulled Sun Xing to the side and handed her a small lock the size of a jade coin with exquisite red tape on it.
"Sir, I really don't need it" Even though he knew that this was a good long-life lock, Sun Xing was still reluctant to ask for it.
"This is the blessing of the senior sister, and it will definitely guard the door and ensure that you are a healthy adult"
"Sir, I'm not afraid of being bad, I just feel that fate is not guarded by God's gift and longevity, but in my own hands, and my life is up to me!"
Maybe he was also lucky in his previous life, but he was lonely and helpless, and he died in a foreign land; It can be seen that it is unreliable to count on God, since God is unreliable, can foreign objects be counted on?
"Haha, Senior Sister would definitely be happier if she heard what you said, I was worried about you at the beginning, but now it seems that I don't need it."