05: Vigil

In rural areas, pregnant women are very taboo to go to other people's homes, and even more taboo to go to some places with heavy yin qi, such as cemeteries and mass graves, and it is rumored that going there will have an impact on the child.

When I came to my senses, I couldn't figure out how my mother could have come to the grave and gave birth to me, so I asked.

At that time, my father was working in the stone field behind the mountain, and in those few days, because of Jiang Yan's troubles, my mother said that she had gone to bed early, and Uncle Zhang, who was working in the stone field with my father, brought back a message that my father was injured in the stone field.

When the mother heard that her father was injured, she was so anxious that she couldn't care so much, so she immediately prepared to see it with a big belly.

There is a small road at the back of the village that leads directly to the back mountain stone field, and her mother said that she was in a hurry, so she took the path, and she knew that there was fog just after arriving at the back mountain, and she was so confused that she walked on the fork in the road, and when she reacted, she had already walked into the back mountain cemetery.

Walking into the cemetery at night, my mother herself was frightened, and when she saw that Jiang Yan's grave happened to be next to her, she was even more frightened, and was about to leave, when she suddenly tripped and fell under her feet, and her stomach hurt so much that she was about to get up.

At first, my mother thought that something had happened to me in her stomach, but gradually she felt that something was wrong and found out that I was about to give birth.

She said, "According to the expected date of delivery, I still have two months to be born.

Grandma said that by the time she found her mother, I had already given birth and was lying on Jiang Yan's grave. She thought I was dead, but when she checked I was fine.

Because I was born prematurely, and I was born in a cemetery, my life has always been relatively thin.

I don't know if it's because of my birth, or because my grandmother's practice has played a role, since I was born, Jiang Yan suddenly disappeared, and Mrs. Wang and a few people in the village who are still in the hospital have also improved one after another.

After that, there was a rumor in the village, saying that because Jiang Yan liked children, her mother gave birth to me prematurely because she got me to the grave, saying that I knelt beside her grave when I was born, and I worshipped her as my godmother, which extinguished her anger.

Some people also said that it was because of grandma's ability, but this rumor was quickly overturned, saying that if grandma had the ability, why didn't she make a move before to shock Jiang Yan, and it wasn't until I was born that she suddenly stopped making trouble.

"I thought that Jiang Yan had dispersed, but when you lost your soul to summon you when you were ten years old, she appeared again, standing on the other side of the bridge, and then she followed behind in that conjuring, so I gave you a cloth bag to protect you."

Grandma's words made my whole body chill, but I didn't expect Jiang Yan to be there all the time.

Now it seems that she is probably the one who stares at me sleeping in the room, otherwise the feeling of being stared at will not disappear after Grandma's practice.

It is precisely because she is not human that grandma's methods have restrained her.

At this time, I also realized that it was no wonder that the village chief looked at me with pity after seeing that I had a birthmark on my face. He probably also thought that Jiang Yan was back and was going to take me away.

After coming back to my senses, I thought that the birthmark that appeared inexplicably on my face was really related to Jiang Yan, so I asked my grandmother if I really had a connection with her.

Grandma said that she didn't know what was going on, and after I was born, she asked me to ask God and found out that my premature birth had nothing to do with Jiang Yan. However, when I was full moon, I calculated that I would have a difficult time when I was eighteen years old, so in order to give me a disobedience, I was named "Chen Ziwu." ”

Grandma said that within the twelve earthly branches, the meridians are opposed, and this method of naming is completely taboo, but it is just right for me, because I was born in the cemetery, and I was still next to Jiang Yan's grave in the first seven nights.

The whole thing, it seems, started before I was born, thinking of the black handprint on the window of Mrs. Wang, I couldn't help but ask: "Didn't Mrs. Wang die of illness?" ”

Grandma didn't speak, and from her look, I knew that she took me to see the black handprints on the window, and in fact, she was telling me that Mrs. Wang's death was not a disease.

Thinking of asking me to come tonight to wake the wake of Mrs. Wang, who has hardly spoken since I was a child, I couldn't help but ask my grandmother why it was me, and my grandmother said: "The birthmark on her face appeared on your face, which means that she is indeed eyeing you, since she is back, it will appear where you are, and Mrs. Wang is also related to her death, eighteen years, I want to talk to her, I have been following you, what do you want to do." ”

Thinking of the rumors in the village, I wonder if she really wants to take me away if she has been following me all the time? Why? I wasn't born to her, so why did she take me?

I was a little scared to come to the wake at night, and whispered if I could not come, but my grandmother said that the birthmark on my face was related to her, and if I didn't get rid of her, the birthmark might not go away.

I don't want to have this thing on my face for the rest of my life, and I'm destined to have a vigil tonight.

The village chief bought things one after another, and in the middle, he pulled me aside and asked me if I really saw something, I knew he was talking about Jiang Yan, shook his head and said he didn't see anything, he asked me what happened to the birthmark on my face, I said I didn't know, I got up and had it.

After getting nothing out of my mouth, the village chief looked at me suspiciously and left.

Towards evening, my grandmother took me home after telling the village chief and others to temporarily guard the mourning hall, preparing to return the spirit that had been recruited back to me.

My mother and I worked together to open the white coffin, and my mother was the first to come up to see it, and she screamed when she saw it. I hurriedly got up, only to see that the clay figure stand-in placed on the magic circle at the bottom of the coffin was directly split into pieces.

The grandmother, who was lighting incense at the head of the coffin, came up when she heard that the clay figure was cracked, and was stunned for a while before slapping the coffin hard.

The stand-in is used to recruit spirits, and now the stand-in is cracked, even if my grandmother didn't explain, I know that the recruitment failed, and I couldn't get back the spirit I lost.

My mother nervously asked what to do, and my grandmother shook her head, as if she didn't know why I couldn't get it back.

After being silent for a while, my grandmother called me to take my coat and go straight to Mrs. Wang's house, on the way I asked her if she couldn't come back with the lost spirit, and my grandmother said no, my spirit was probably taken away by Jiang Yan, and it happened that she came and asked her to hand it over.

My grandmother and I were the only ones who were on the watch, and the village chief seemed to sense that Mrs. Wang's death was not very stable, so he made an excuse to leave with someone after my grandmother and I arrived.

At nine o'clock, my grandmother took out cinnabar and began to draw a spell on the coffin of Mrs. Wang, and I asked why this was happening, and Grandma said to prevent Mrs. Wang from being uneasy.

The dead are not alive, that is the corpse, I thought to myself, like in the movie, the princess really jumped out of the coffin.

After the incantation was drawn, my grandmother took out a few pieces of red thread and tied them to the coffin, and while burning paper for Mrs. Wang, she explained that when I grew up, I would be like a man, and that ghosts were afraid of wicked people, and the more fierce the safer. She also told me some of the things she had experienced, and although it sounded mysterious, I knew it was all true.

Before I knew it, it was twelve o'clock, and my grandmother saw that I was sleepy, and told me to find a place to lean for a while if I was sleepy, and she would watch.

In a daze, I was sleeping soundly, and a loud bang suddenly woke me up, and I looked up to see that my grandmother was standing in front of the coffin of Mrs. Wang with a serious face staring at the coffin.

Could it be from inside the coffin?

I stared at the coffin with all my body, and just as I was thinking, the coffin was a loud bang, like someone was pounding the coffin inside, and my calves couldn't help but start shaking.

Lying inside the coffin was the princess who had died a long time ago, and now there was a noise inside, and she didn't have to think much to know that she was making trouble.

At this time, the soul lamp placed under the coffin went out as soon as it popped, and the stool placed under the coffin creaked even more.

"Meridian, light the lamp."

Grandma's tone was very anxious, although I was scared, I couldn't care so much, so I hurriedly went under the coffin and lit the soul lamp, but the flame just rose, like someone was blowing, poofed and extinguished.

I lit it again, the light was still extinguished as soon as it was lit, I looked at my grandmother, she said to continue, holding the yellow talisman in her hand, walking around the coffin, and sticking the yellow talisman on the coffin.

I lit it five times in a row, and the lights of the soul lamp were extinguished as soon as they were lit, and my grandmother didn't say stop, so I didn't dare to stop, and after she pasted yellow charms around the coffin, she took out an oil lamp.

"Reach out."

I didn't know what my grandmother was going to do, but as soon as she stretched out her hand, she pinched my middle finger, because her nails were very sharp, and the blood on her middle finger suddenly came out and dripped into the oil lamp, and after the oil lamp was lit, my grandmother slowly put it on the coffin lid.

It's also amazing to say, the coffin that was still creaking and shaking a second ago, as soon as the oil lamp was put on, it suddenly stopped shaking, and my grandmother asked me to light the soul lamp again, and this time the light came up steadily.

The room was quiet, but I couldn't help but tremble.