Chapter 6: The Past of the Yellow Ghost
After the uncle reminded me of this, he couldn't wait to leave with the visitor, leaving me to have dinner with a group of relatives I didn't know at the third master's house. I forgot who told me that pure grain can't be burned up, anyway, I was poured more than two taels by them, and at this time I only felt that my brain was buzzing, and there was still a bit of a whirlwind.
A few of them are really not relatives of relatives, they eat the most and drink the most refreshing, I used to see the people at the wine table are how to pour others, today I am an eye-opener, the first sentence of this group of people into the house is "the son of the four boys is back, we are late, self-punishment three glasses", and then the next is to keep finding reasons to punish themselves three glasses and three glasses, as if they have not drunk alcohol in several lifetimes.
I drank until eleven o'clock, there were several on the kang on the ground and under the table, and I saw that there was no place for me to sleep, so I put on my coat and got up to leave, and said hello to my third master by the way: "Third master, I haven't stayed at home when I come back, go back to my grandfather tonight, and come to see you when I finish my business." ”
"Don't mind, why are you leaving so late, the third master will clean up a warehouse for you and you will live here." The third master wanted to keep me, I quickly shook my head and resolutely wanted to go back, and finally the third master trembled and wanted to get dressed to send me, but I was also stopped by me, saying that I would come back after I was done. In fact, the most important thing is that my third master is old and in poor health, and I am afraid that he will fall again or something.
After going out, I took the flashlight given to me by the third master in my hand and walked towards the entrance of the village in the direction I came. After leaving the village, there are bud rice fields on both sides, and the buds have grown quite tall at this time, and occasionally one or two unknown animal calls can be heard.
Occasionally passing by one or two small grave bags, I didn't even feel scared, it seems that I have changed quite a lot. When I was a child in Shandong, my grandmother took me to live in the cemetery in order to train my courage, and I still remember that I was so frightened that I felt that there was something on the old locust tree next to the grave. The more scared I was, the more I couldn't control it, the faster my heart beat faster, and after watching it for a long time, it suddenly moved, and my head turned around 180 degrees, and I ran home with a scared throat, and my grandma shouted that I couldn't do it.
After I ran home, I hid in the bed, and half an hour my grandmother carried me out of the bed with a pant, and I urinated all over my pants and mattress. My grandmother scolded me for being unproductive while washing my pants, and told me that I saw that thing called an owl. So from then on, I was not only afraid of the cemetery, but also of the owl.
It may be that I have experienced a lot, after all, I have seen a lot of the breeze and smoke in my hall, and I am not afraid if I see more. I was thinking wildly, and before I knew it, I had stepped out of the farmland, and a red brick road and a small dirt road appeared in front of me. The small dirt road is the road when my uncle and I came, and the red brick road should be the avenue in my uncle's mouth.
After thinking about it again, I decided to take the avenue, and I went farther, after all, my uncle specially explained to me before leaving, and there was a yellow-skinned grave on the road that was not very peaceful. He didn't say that I had forgotten it, but this yellow-skinned tomb has a deep relationship with my family. Buried in the grave are the skins of seven little yellow skins, and the mother of these seven yellow skins also cursed my grandfather to cut off her children and grandchildren, just because my grandfather abolished her century-old Taoism in order to save the three children.
In the end, Park Byungwook's family died except for the three boys, and my grandfather was also cursed by the yellow skin, and the yellow skin was thundered by the heavenly general on the spot, and I don't know if he is dead or alive. Every time I think about this story, I feel quite embarrassed, I don't know who is right and who is wrong, but it turns out like that by mistake.
In fact, not only my grandfather, but even I was bullied by those seven ghost yellow skins, but I was too young to remember at that time.
The story was told to me by my mother, saying that when I was just one year old, my grandparents had not yet come, and my lunar birthday was very close to the New Year, so at that time my parents decided to take me back to my hometown for the New Year, and by the way, they also hugged their grandchildren to show my grandparents.
On the day I arrived in Erjing Town, it was just a small year, and it was evening. Everyone knows that the winter in the Northeast is not considered a cold day when it is more than 30 degrees below zero, and the temperature is close to minus 40 degrees Celsius. There is no car to reach Sanfeng House from Erjing Town, so you can only take a carriage to and fro. However, it was late in the cold days, and it was just in time for the festival, and after getting off the long-distance bus, there were few pedestrians on the street, where did the carriage come from?
At that time, there were no mobile phones, and as for Big Brother, no one could afford it. In desperation, my dad wrapped me in his coat and pulled my mom to walk step by step on the dirt road.
My mom said that she started to feel cold all over her body as soon as she got off the dirt road on the highway, and it was definitely not the kind of cold weather that felt like someone blowing cool air on the back of the spine. My dad didn't feel much because he had lived here since he was a child.
My mother told my dad about her fear, and my dad half comforted and half blamed me and told my mother not to think about it, saying that the weather was already cold, and if the cold wind blew again, it was estimated that it would be frozen, so don't scare yourself. As he spoke, he ignored my mother's obstruction, took off his military coat and wrapped her in it, and at the same time stuffed me into my mother's arms with the small quilt in my arms. I only wore a leather jacket, supported my waist with one hand through my coat, and comforted my mother as I walked: "You are just weak, you see smoke on my head, and I am sweating." ”
Although I was comforted by my father, my mother, even though she was wrapped in a military coat, still felt a chill down her spine from time to time.
As I walked, my mom couldn't help it because of the cold, and told my dad that she wanted to find a place that was convenient and convenient. Although it was night, there was no one there, but it was also on the road anyway, no way, my dad had to take her to the cornfield, because it was winter, there was only a little straw left in the cornfield, and the sharp pestle was on the ridge, and the two of them walked in with a deep foot and a shallow foot, as far away from the road as possible. I don't know how deep I walked, and seeing the road disappear from sight, my mother hurriedly made it easier.
As I was getting up, I heard a sigh, and my mom asked my dad, "What's the sigh?" ”
"I didn't sigh." My dad replied in confusion.
While talking, my dad seemed to hear something, and the two of them hurriedly turned their heads to look, and by the faint moonlight, they saw a stone tablet half-lying in the place where my mother was squatting just now. Next to the stele is a small earthen bag that is not very obvious, apparently a tomb. Maybe there is no one in the family, this grave bag has been covered with withered yellow weeds, and the stone tablet that fell to the ground has been broken into two pieces, and the handwriting on it is not very clear, and my father only saw that there seemed to be a yellow word on it in a panic.
Just as I was about to take a closer look, I felt a "swish" in front of me, and a black shadow crossed the corner of my eye, but I didn't see what it was. My mother's heart twitched when she was frightened, and she was about to get sick. My father's face was also a little pale, and he hurriedly half-hugged my mother, and ran out with one hand to support me in her arms. It's okay not to believe in ghosts and gods before, but since my grandmother instilled those gods and monsters in my father, my father also felt furious when he saw this scene.
Fortunately, it was not too far from the dirt road, and it took five or six minutes for the two of them to go in, and it was estimated that it would take less than two minutes when they ran out. When I got to the side of the road, my dad's mind gradually stabilized, but my mother was still frightened and worried. After all, I just went to the toilet on someone's grave, and anyone can't help but be scared under this black light.
"I guess it's a rat." My dad saw that my mother's face was pale, and he wanted to comfort him, but as soon as he said it, he felt that there was something wrong with it. The spit in the middle of the night is frozen into a nail, and even if the rat is looking for food, it must be warmed up during the day, and what can be eaten in this wasteland.
My mom didn't answer and the two didn't talk again, and my mom's pace grew faster and faster, and she even trotted at the end. The father had the heart to comfort him, but he was afraid that his mother would be even more afraid if he mentioned it again, so he had no choice but to follow his mother to speed up his steps.
I just trotted for a long time, my mother's heart was not good, and after such a frightened run, I was about to lose my breath, my dad was worried about my mother's body, and on the other hand, he was worried that he would wake me up with a bump if he ran like this, and it would be troublesome to freeze this day. So I was about to hold my mother, but I saw a light in the distance, followed by a simple voice
"Is it the fourth brother and fourth sister-in-law?"
When my dad heard the voice, he hurriedly shouted at the man with an excited face, "Here and that." ”
After getting into the carriage, my dad and the man, one of my cousins, got into a fight, completely oblivious to what had just happened. After all, this kind of thing is the first time for my mother, my dad grew up in such a small tunzi since he was a child, and he has long been accustomed to it, which Tao boy has never peed on the grave when he was a child, and who has never stolen the fruit of other people's worship to eat.
"Just now, my eldest brother came to me and said that you came back today, and you haven't arrived home yet, so it is estimated that there is no car in the town. If I don't come to greet you, fourth brother, if you don't say that you have a physique when you go home, your sister-in-law will definitely freeze to death. "Uncle Cousin is a farmer who does his duty, and he speaks in a loud voice, and he smiles honestly as he speaks.
My mom didn't say a word after getting in the car and saying hello, still thinking about what had just happened. My cousin didn't care very much, but my mother was frozen.
My cousin, who sent us to my uncle's house, also stayed, and as soon as I entered the house, I followed the fairyland, and I couldn't see anything, and my mother held me in her arms, and I didn't know how I got into the house with my father's support. The kitchen in the countryside is in the outhouse, and the cold room outside is hot inside. As soon as I opened the door while I was cooking, I couldn't see anything in the steam that filled the room.
After entering the house, my mother forced a smile and greeted me one by one under my dad's introduction. My dad was about to take my mom to say hello to my grandparents, and I really wanted my brother to hug me in a hurry. The uncle dissuaded that the old lady and the old man were old and had gone to bed early, so it was better to go again tomorrow morning, so they could only sit down again.
After sitting on the kang, the heating was so steamed, my mother came back to her senses a little, but she was still a little absent-minded. My dad probably hadn't seen these relatives and brothers for so many years, so he couldn't help but drink more.
In such a village, my dad was just a cook outside, but he was also a big figure when he came back here. It is conceivable that they have a good life after saving 20,000 or 30,000 yuan a year, and my father's salary of a few thousand a month is simply astronomical for them. Looking at my dad wearing a leather jacket and carrying a Hanxian BP machine that had just come out at that time, I couldn't help but be envious. After a few times, my dad couldn't help but drink more.
My mom would also be in the back room chatting with the aunts. It's midnight when you're full. The bedrooms in the rural areas of the Northeast are all brick-built ondols, and the life of the uncle's family in Tunli is also good, and there are two ondols at home, so my parents are arranged in one of the back. Since my mother still had to take care of me, she came into the house early and lay down with her arms around me.
My dad really drank a lot, and when he came into the house, he didn't say anything and fell asleep. In the dead of night, my mother couldn't sleep, and her heart was full of the grave bag just now. It wasn't until the second half of the night that I fell asleep in a daze.
As soon as I fell asleep, I dreamed of a human-like and non-human-like shadow standing in front of me, babbling something in my mouth, "Life is hard, my house is leaking, and you are convenient on my roof·······" The voice is getting quieter and quieter, but the mouth is non-stop. It wasn't until his voice was inaudible that a similar shadow appeared, repeating the words just now. There were more and more shadows, and they buzzed straight into my mother's head like a madman reading a magic barrier. Just when my mother had a splitting headache, she was awakened by a cry.
"Hit ····· Hit ····· Wow... "Although I was two years old at the time, due to my young birthday, I was actually just over a year old at that time, and I just knew how to talk. At this time, he stared out the window in a daze, crying and wailing, and shouting words like beating and beating in his mouth.
My mom was sweating profusely when I woke up, and her face was flushed, apparently with a high fever.
My mother listened to my crying, her whole face turned red, and she quickly stood up and hugged me in her arms and coaxed me. No matter how much she coaxed me, I just kept crying, and my eyes were looking straight out the window. My mom changed directions a few times, but no matter how she turned or changed her position, my face always looked out the window, just staring straight in one direction and crying.
My mom followed my gaze and looked out, but there was nothing. My mom was a little hairy now, and she kicked my dad in the stomach in a fright. Yes!! With a bang, my dad was sleeping soundly, and this foot went up and kicked him out directly, "What are you doing in the middle of the night?" "I was just about to be anxious, but I heard my cry in my ears, and hurriedly got up to hug me. The result is the same, no matter how much you coax, it doesn't work, and your eyes are always staring straight out of the window.
My dad followed my eyes and looked out, but there was nothing, so he asked my mother suspiciously, "What is our son looking at?" What did you just see? ”
My mom looked frightened, speechless, just shook her head desperately. My dad was really scared when he saw her, and hurriedly comforted her: "Our son may be unaccustomed to the water and soil, such a toss in this winter, plus a freeze on the dirt road, may be a cold." "It's good that my dad didn't mention it, but when I mentioned the dirt road, my mother seemed to remember something, and she trembled like she had sifted chaff. My dad was about to say something more when suddenly there was a murmuring sound outside the window. At this time, I cried louder in my arms, grabbed my father's collar desperately, and was about to crawl behind me.
My dad was blue at this time, and he looked out the window with my mom. It's okay not to look at this, at a glance, the two of them only feel that one Buddha is out of the body and two Buddhas ascend to heaven.
I saw that in the open space in the courtyard outside the window, suddenly seven or eight phantoms like people appeared, the reason why they looked like people was because the figures of these people were really strange, their knees were bent and their heads were leaning forward, their waists and calves were disproportionate, and the head obviously did not look like a human head, and a pair of ears could be faintly seen on the top of their heads. The faces of these "people" are blurry, but they are very clear except for their faces. I saw that these people were each wearing black shrouds, holding some bricks and tiles in their hands, and the person in the middle was holding half of the stone tablet in his arms, but it was not the one in the ground. After these people appeared, they didn't move forward, they sat down on the spot and began to cry, the voice was not very loud, but it sounded like there were countless grievances. My dad was so shocked that he almost didn't throw me out of his arms. And I cried even harder, and my throat burst without stopping. Crying quietly outside, howling loudly inside. How weird and weird this scene is.
The movement became louder and louder, and the uncle and aunt who were sleeping in the outhouse also woke up, put on their clothes and kicked their shoes, and the uncle turned out from under the table and lit the oil lamp, and went into the house to ask my father what was wrong. The father relieved himself and pointed out the window. The uncle and aunt looked out the window and suddenly scared their mother. My dad hurriedly put his fingers on his mouth to make a silent gesture and closed the curtains with his hands. The uncle took out a few more candles from the cabinet and illuminated the room.
My mother took me in her arms and squeezed on the kang with my aunt. My dad and uncle each carried a rolling pin in their hands, and the other held a stove hook in their hands, and after closing the door, they stared at the window with wide eyes.
As soon as the curtain was closed, I stopped crying, and fell asleep with sobs, probably tired of crying just now, which was more or less a comfort for my mother. However, the aggrieved voice in the yard still did not stop, and my father, who was tormented, almost went out with a stove hook to fight with them several times, but fortunately, the uncle pulled my father back.
According to the current hour, it was about five o'clock in the morning, and with the crow of a rooster, the crying in the yard stopped abruptly. After waiting for more than half an hour, the uncle had the courage to open the curtains and look out, and the yard was clean and empty. Until more than six o'clock, the sky outside began to brighten, my father and uncle had the courage to go to the yard to find a circle, due to the heavy snow just after the day before, the snow in the yard has not had time to sweep, at this time the snow surface is smooth and neat, there is no footprint, where is there a little bit of a person?
The uncle's face was blue at this time, and what happened last night still made him afraid, and he thought for a while and said to my father: "This is something unclean, this is all catching up with the door, if you don't find someone to see, maybe you will have to come at night." My dad also completely agreed with the uncle's statement and nodded, and the uncle looked at my dad as if he was a little surprised.
My dad blushed and said to his uncle: "I didn't believe it before, but I still didn't believe it when I saw that posture last night?" I'm honest and I'm not stupid. ”
The two of them wanted to invite Daxian here, but my mother and aunt didn't dare to stay at home after this incident. I had no choice but to be led by my uncle, my father hugged me, and my mother with a fever.
My mother told me that my uncle had found a great god, and the great god went to the incense and asked his immortal family to check, saying that there were seven ghost yellow skins buried in the tomb, and that he had a deep relationship with my family. As soon as my dad heard it, he remembered it, and immediately told my grandfather about the grievances with this nest of yellow skins when he was young, and the great god said that it was nothing big after being silent for a long time, just leave it to him, but don't go out these days.
Later, I don't know how it was resolved, but three days later, the great god came to the door again, saying that he had negotiated with the seven ghost yellow skins, as long as my father was paying some money to repair the grave. My dad didn't say a word and paid a thousand yuan, 500 was for the great god's hard work, and 500 was for Huang Pizi to carve a new tombstone. After some tossing, it was already the first day of the Lunar New Year.
My mother said that since the monument was erected for Huangpizi, Huangpizi has never come to make trouble at night, and our family also returned to Daqing after the Chinese New Year.
When I was a child, when I heard this story, I connected my grandfather's feud with the yellow skin with the story told by my mother, and I hated them. I thought my early death was due to the curse of the big yellow skin, and even my brother's death was because of this curse.
But now that I understand more, I realize that this is not the case. My dad had a deep scar on his eyebrows, which was called a chopping sword in terms of physiognomy, and it was destined to lose his son's life. The reason why I survived is inseparable from my grandmother who took me away from my father before I was eight years old, and with the blessing of the medicine king Niangniang, the personal protection of the immortal family is inseparable, but my brother does not have this immortal fate in his life.
What kind of person was the old man who collected the pond at the beginning, he built a grave for the seven little yellow skins while protecting Park Byung-wook's family, so it can be said that he did things with his conscience. If that curse on my grandfather was really that evil, the old man wouldn't have ignored it. Besides, it can be seen from the fact that the mother yellow skin did not kill the three boys, her nature is not bad, and it is likely that it was just an angry remark when she cursed my grandfather to cut off his children and grandchildren.
Thinking back to the story my father told me, I decided to take the main road. It's not that I'm afraid of the seven ghost yellow skins, these seven little yellow skins were just born not long after they were skinned, and their Taoism is only a few decades at most from my grandfather's age, and the female yellow skins are all abolished, and no one teaches them to practice at all. With my current 100-year-old Taoism, I should still be sure to clean them up, but they are also bitter masters, and my doing so is tantamount to creating evil.