"Grandma Wu, what did you say?" I guessed that what Wu Po told me was definitely not an ordinary thing, but I didn't expect her to throw out such a fierce material: "What do you mean...... What do you mean I also died once? ”

"Baby, after I finish talking to you, you will know......"

Wu Po said that my mother was about to give birth at four or five o'clock in the afternoon, because they were in the same village, so my father invited Wu Po early and waited for it. When Po Wu delivered the baby for my mother, she found out that there might be a problem such as an improper fetal position, and as a result, she stayed up from four or five o'clock in the afternoon until dark, and she couldn't give birth to me.

My dad was so anxious that he died, but he couldn't help much, so he was out and about. Po Wu encouraged my mother to work harder and give birth to the child.

However, at this very juncture, the lights in the house suddenly went out. At the moment when the lights were about to go out and not extinguished, Wu Po suddenly saw that there seemed to be a person in the room.

"Who?"

"I don't know, I don't know ......" Wu Po gestured with her two hands: "The body is covered in red and green, as if it has just jumped out of the stage......"

At that time, Wu Po only glanced at it, and the light went out, and after less than half a minute, the light turned on again, but there was nothing in the house, and Wu Po had a false alarm, thinking that she was dazzled.

What happened later was a completely different version of what I heard when I grew up.

Wu Po said that after the lights in the house came on again, she continued to deliver the baby, but this time she encountered a very dangerous difficult birth, and as a result, both mother and child died, and the mother gave birth to a stillborn baby.

"Dead baby?" I suddenly began to doubt Wu Po's story, if this happened to someone else, Wu Po, as the only person present at the time, what she said should be credible. But it happened to me, if, according to Wu Po, I died from the time I was born?

"Really...... It's really a stillborn baby...... "Wu Po explained, "I've been delivering babies for so many years...... I can still see these things......"

Both mother and child died, no matter what the reason, the midwife must have been partially responsible, so Wu Po was very panicked at that time. When I was just born, I had no breathing or heartbeat, and my little face was purple.

However, I was holding something in one of my hands.

This kind of thing sounds incredible, but Wu Po really saw it. This thing was taken out by Wu Po, put it in her pocket casually, and then was busy saving people.

However, neither mother nor son could be saved, and Wu Po was so depressed and scared that she didn't even dare to go out to see my father, who was afraid that he would lose his mind in anger and hurt people.

But the incident had already happened, and she couldn't hide it, so Wu Po took the lead and told the news to her father, who had been waiting in the yard.

His father was a good-natured person, and after he listened to Wu Po's words, his eyes immediately turned red, but he didn't blame Wu Po. Wu Po breathed a sigh of relief, and told her father that she should prepare for white things, because there is a custom in our hometown that if a baby dies in the womb, or dies just after birth, there will be a lot of resentment.

The first step in doing this kind of white thing is to wrap the dead baby, and then put it outside the house, sprinkle a circle with ashes, and enclose the dead baby inside. A dead baby must not go over the first seven like an adult, and after the adult's spiritual tent is placed, the dead baby must be burned to ashes, put it in a small jar, seal it, and wrap it in a red cloth.

But his father refused to throw the dead baby at the door, so Wu Po persuaded him, as the old saying in the countryside goes, if the dead baby is not thrown out and surrounded by ashes, he will recognize the door of the house, and he will come to the house to cause trouble in the future. The father told Wu Po that the child is his child after all, life is also, death is also, even if something happens in the future, he will admit it.

Wu Po couldn't persuade her father, so she helped go to the neighboring village to find someone to pull the coffin. There was a carpenter in the neighboring village, and people in several nearby villages had died, and they all went to him to buy coffins.

It took at least four hours to go back and forth to the neighboring village to pull the coffin overnight, and Wu Po went at about ten o'clock in the evening, and when she came back, it was already more than three o'clock in the morning. The person who delivered the coffin put down the coffin and left, and Wu Po helped wipe the coffin, but before the coffin was finished, she heard the cry of a child in the house.

Wu Po and my dad hurriedly ran back to the house to see, and saw the baby who was born dead, and at this time I didn't know how to come back to life, and I cried wow, crying very hard.

Wu Po couldn't figure out what was going on, but it was a good thing that the baby came back to life, and she persuaded her father again, saying that although the adults were gone, it was better to leave a child, and there was a hope in her heart.

My father is usually not good at words, and he didn't say much, but he just begged Mrs. Wu not to tell me about today's incident, if the people in the village knew, they would definitely gossip. Wu Po agreed, and she was indeed tight-lipped, for so many years, she never told anyone about it.

After that, our family held a funeral for my mother, and everyone in the village knew that my mother died in childbirth when she gave birth to me.

After helping out at my house, Wu Po returned to her house to wash and wash, and only then did she remember the thing that had been put into her pocket. This kind of thing is very strange, but the thing is in my hands, even if it is my family's thing, but Wu Po has been helping people deliver babies for so many years, and knows some things, she once heard an old-timer say, but all the things that the child brings with him when he is born are treasures, good things, and very valuable.

In those two years, Wu Po's life was not very easy, the family was not rich, and Wu Po herself had a problem with being cheap, so she hid this thing privately.

Afterwards, Wu Po secretly looked for someone to see this thing, but the person who looked at the thing was estimated to be a half-ass, and he couldn't tell Wu Po that this thing was either priceless or worthless. As a result, Wu Po has no bottom in her heart, and she doesn't know who to sell her things to.

Time passed day by day, and this thing never made a move, and it remained with Wu Po. Later, her two children gained a firm foothold in the new city, the family conditions were good, and Wu Po had no idea of selling things, and she put that thing in a jewelry box, and even Wu Po herself almost forgot about it.

But twenty days ago, Wu Po's peaceful life was suddenly shattered, and when she was alone at home, and when she slept at night, she would always see someone.

The person dressed in red and green, as if he had just jumped out of the stage, was the "person" I saw on the night when Wu Po helped me deliver the baby.

This person who seemed to be singing told Wu Po in a dream that she had taken something that she should not have taken. After Wu Po woke up, she recalled the incident back then. Now she is not short of money, and she doesn't need to sell her things to supplement the family, the key is that more than 20 years have passed, and she can't explain it to our family.

Wu Po didn't return the things, the nightmare intensified, the person dressed in red and green appeared in the dream every time, his tone became more and more harsh, and after a few days, he reached out and pinched Wu Po's neck.

"Baby...... Look at ......" Wu Po trembled and flipped over the collar, and there was a faint fingerprint on her neck, as if someone had pinched her neck with a hand stained with light ink.

This time, Wu Po was really scared, she felt that if she was still indifferent, that person would kill her sooner or later. Wu Po had been in contact with these before, so she believed in this kind of thing. The older a person gets, the more afraid he is of death, and Wu Po didn't dare to delay, so she immediately went back to the village to find me. But I don't often go back to my hometown, so Wu Po asked someone to inquire and found out that our family had a small shop in Qikongqiao Market, so I came over.

After Wu Po finished speaking, I finally understood, no wonder she stuck to the small shop and didn't leave.

"Baby...... Don't blame me......" Wu Po said and began to shed tears again: "I was lost at the time......"

"It's okay......" I shook my head, Wu Po took this thing away for more than twenty years, which is very inauthentic, but after all, it is such an old person, what else can I say?

"Baby, that thing is here, I took it from you back then, and now I will send it back to you as it is." Wu Po carefully took out a small cloth bag from her body and solemnly handed it to me: "The things will be returned to you, this account, even if it is paid off, I ...... I'm relieved too......"

I took the small cloth bag handed by Wu Po and secretly pinched it, but I couldn't tell what it was.

"Baby...... I'm leaving......" Wu Po finished what she had to say, didn't say any more, opened the door of the store tremblingly, and turned around to say hello to me.

"I'll send you." I wrapped the cloth and wanted to take a step to deliver Wu Po, but my heart was not pure, and I forgot about the injury on my foot at once, and as soon as my right foot touched the ground, I almost fell.

"Baby...... Don't send, don't send...... You've got a wound on your foot, stay here......"

Wu Po insisted on not letting me send it, and I watched her walk through the street and out of the Qikongqiao Market on crutches.

When Wu Po was far away, I turned around and entered the store, slammed the door from the inside, and then took out the small cloth bag left by Wu Po.

When the cloth bag was opened, my eyes immediately straightened.