Chapter Twenty-Five: The Spider's Marriage
Old man Ma's lewd gaze squeezed out a trace of strange kindness, and said, "Don't be afraid, tell us what's going on, we'll just want to figure it out." ”
Yue Wanqi glanced at the old man cautiously, and said in a panic and hesitation: "I, I'm afraid that you won't believe it......"
Listening to this, it is definitely not an ordinary thing.
Teacher Wang heard that something was wrong: "Wanqi, what did you do?" ”
Being asked by Teacher Wang, Yue Wanqi panicked even more, and her hands rubbed red and white.
"Little girl, don't worry, I'm a lot old, I haven't seen anything, and there's nothing I don't believe." The old man pretended to be kind, but his shriveled appearance was not peaceful no matter what.
Yue Wanqi was relieved when she heard this, and said cowardly: "Grandpa, you ...... Do you know about spider silk marriage? ”
Spider Silk Marriage? What is it?
Old man Ma's eyes flashed, and he didn't know what he thought: "You guys played this?" ”
Old man Ma's performance obviously knew this, Yue Wanqi nodded: "We are just curious, but we didn't expect that after that night, Xin Man and them ......"
"This spider silk has been around since ancient times, although it is different from place to place, but I haven't seen anything, you tell me how you play!" Old man Ma's expression became serious.
Yue Wanqi said timidly: "At the beginning, Jiang Lei proposed it, saying that it was possible to divinate future marriages, and we didn't take it seriously, just because we thought this ancient game was very interesting, but I didn't expect that after this incident, Xin Man and they would have an accident......
At the end of August, the seventh day of the seventh lunar month, the Qixi Festival.
Qixi Festival, also known as the Qiqiao Festival and the Daughter's Festival, as the name suggests, is a festival for girls to beg for marriage. Since ancient times, all kinds of begging methods have been spreading, spider silk is one of them, here in Leizhou, it has another way to play, can be called "spider silk marriage".
With the development of modernization, this ancient game has long been annihilated in the long river of history with the passing of the old era, and now few people know about it, and of course Yue Wanqi and the others don't know.
According to Yue Wanqi's account, Jiang Lei proposed it when it was close to Qixi Festival, and everyone thought it was fresh at that time, plus it was a holiday, and there was time, so I planned to try it.
Yue Wanqi is usually most afraid of spiders, and when she sees spiders, her feet will be weak, and letting her catch spiders is no different from asking for her life, she will never dare to play this game. But the sisters were in high spirits and didn't want to ruin their fun, so they could only reluctantly agree to accompany them to "witness the miracle", but she didn't participate.
On the night of Qixi Festival, Xin Man and the others caught spiders, prepared melons and fruits and a duck, and came to a remote old house, in addition to a few of them, there was also an old woman Jiang Lei knew.
Yue Wanqi was really afraid of spiders, and in an unfamiliar environment, she huddled in the corner alone, looking at them tremblingly.
First, the old woman sang the prayer, and after singing a long paragraph, Xin Man and the others each took out a sewing needle that they had prepared before, pricked their fingers according to the old woman's instructions, and each dropped the blood into a bowl......
"Wait, blood? The old woman made you drip blood? Old man Ma interrupted.
Yue Wanqi nodded: "Yes, I felt very scared at the time, but Xin Man and they were bold, so they really pierced." ”
The old man squinted, not knowing what to think again: "How many of you are there?" ”
"plus the old woman, there are five people in total, but only Xin Man, Jiang Lei and Lingyi are married."
"What's wrong? Is there a problem with the number of people? I asked.
Old man Ma didn't answer, and motioned to Yue Wanqi: "Go on." ”
Yue Wanqi continued to tell that after the bloodletting, Xin Man and the others inserted a sewing needle on a piece of fresh fruit according to the instructions, put it in the bowl, and then put the caught spider into the bowl, and then covered a bowl. It is said that it will be uncovered the next day, and if the spider silk passes through the pinhole, it will be wishful, and everything you want will come true, and you will marry a wishful husband in the future.
When it was uncovered the next day, the spiders in the bowls of the three were gone, but a piece of spider silk had passed through the pinhole. At that time, the three of them were quite happy, and they should have played together before Yue Wanqi, but now they are all successful in begging, and she is the only one left.
Yue Wanqi was also a little depressed at that time, but she was really afraid of spiders, even if she turned back time, she would never dare to play.
Not long after this incident, the three of Xing Xinman, who were married, began to become in a trance, which was very wrong. Because the school year was approaching, everyone didn't see each other again, so they didn't care.
It wasn't until after the start of school that the symptoms of the three became more and more obvious, they became calm and did not speak, and they were afraid of the sun. Take sick leave to go home before and after. Yue Wanqi realized that something was wrong and wondered if it was related to the Qixi wedding. But no one would believe it, and she herself couldn't be sure if it was really related.
That's how it happened.
Old man Ma had a rare serious expression: "Do you remember the content of the prayer?" ”
"I don't remember exactly, I was scared and I didn't listen very carefully." Yue Wanqi said.
"Then listen to if that's the case."
After that, the old man chanted:
"On the seventh day of the seventh month, the spider is covered, and the incense sticks are seven, and the tea is seven,
Seven concubines kneel flat, please go to the Cowherd and Vega,
Please come to the Buddha of the West Heaven and drink tea together.
……”
Yue Wanqi immediately interrupted: "No, it's not like this, I remember that it seems to be 'Tanabata Night', 'Three Yin Raising Spiders' or something." ”
Old man Ma's expression changed: "What does that old woman look like!" ”
Yue Wanqi was frightened by the old man's expression, and said in a hesitant voice: "She, she is dressed in tatters, her hair is very messy, and she looks very thin. ”
I'm a spirit, this situation is very similar to the previous incident of the lost boy, is that old woman a ghost woman!
"Do you know her?" The old man asked.
"No...... I don't know, it's Jiang Lei who knows, but I haven't heard Jiang Lei mention it before......"
It's an unknown old woman again!
The paragraph that I just listened to the old man chanted is all "seven" numbers, Qixi is the seventh day of the seventh month of July, and it is estimated that the number of people who will marry should also be seven. Now there are only three people who are married, and the content of the prayer is completely wrong. I'm afraid that what they are doing is not a spider marriage, but some kind of mysterious witchcraft that they don't know!
This matter is absolutely inseparable from the old woman of unknown origin!
Old man Ma's eyes became gloomy: "How many spiders did they catch?" ”
"Each caught two ......"
There's more than one spider!
Yue Wanqi paused for a moment and added: "The requirements are one big and one small, and they say that they are the mother and son spiders." ”