When Wang Yishui reached fifteen or sixteen, he was targeted by the eldest girls and little daughters-in-law in the village, and some little widows often ridiculed him unscrupulously.

At the beginning, Yishui was still a little shy, and after a long time, he often joked with them about those meat jokes, and the "Half-Life Village" was full of widows, and they couldn't hide.

The young men in the village were jealous of his appearance, and often paid attention to him behind his back, saying that he was a bastard who had a mother and no mother's education.

I'm different from others, I'm not jealous of him, not only am I not jealous, maybe because I was born together, but I also have more closeness in my heart.

It is no exaggeration to say that I and Yishui get together, it is a beautiful scenery of "Half Life Village", how to say those four words, it is "both talent and appearance", of course, it refers to my "talent" and Yishui's "appearance".

Xiaoxia just mentioned, she has liked water since she was a child, and people are also water spirits, because she was born well, Xiaoxia's father has long been thinking about finding a family affair with her in the county, but I know that Xiaoxia can't pretend to be someone else in her heart.

As for Yishui, I know him very well, although he is always ridiculed by the little widow and his wife, and his mouth is indeed a little poor, but he still has some control over things that are really out of line.

When he was fifteen, he was once drunk by a little widow in the east of the village, at that time, Yishui had not yet passed the personnel, I heard that he was dragged directly by the little widow to the kang, and his clothes and pants faded to the bottom, and at the critical moment, Yishui opened his eyes dimly and muttered, "I want to pee!" ”

Before the widow had come to his senses, he took his trousers and went into the hut, and when he found that it was not his own, he ran back.

"Are you sure you didn't put out the fire?" This is a question I used to ask a water question.

"Of course!" Yishui patted his chest, "I didn't understand anything at the time, I felt hot, I thought it was because of drinking, but later I knew, it was all about the pee, otherwise I wouldn't be able to keep this 'innocent' body!" ”

Now, as we have grown up, we are no longer "innocent".

Later, I went to high school in the county town, and I didn't go home much for three years, and I dropped out of school after graduating from junior high school.

My assumption for Yishui was that when he was almost of marriage age, he would elope with Xiaoxia, but what I never expected was that in the year I graduated from high school, he joined the He family in Sheung Shui Village, and on the day I reported from college, he had a wedding.

This plot reversal is really outrageous, and he and I were busy with our own things at that time, and before I had time to chat with him, I embarked on the road to study in a distant country.

Who can unravel the love between Xiaoxia and Yishui, the woman who dragged my wrist in the sedan chair on the day of Yishui's marriage, has always been the biggest doubt in my heart.

"Alas! Why did you tell Xiaoxia to divide it, and marry someone else! Thinking of this, I asked Yishui.

Unexpectedly, he had already snored, alas! This kid is still so drunk.

When I woke up the next day, I found that the water was gone!

Uncle's first seven years passed like this, the past was very peaceful, and I was actually a little uncomfortable.

Washing her face in the uncle's yard, my mother hurriedly ran over, "Come back with me." ”

"Why are you in such a hurry?"

"The mage is no longer good, he said that he wants to see you before leaving!"

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Riding in my father's donkey cart, it took more than an hour to come to a village surrounded by mountains and rivers.

When I was still some distance from the village, I saw a stone house halfway up the mountainside, surrounded by prayer flags, and nine times out of ten this was the shaman's home, and it turned out that I was not wrong!

Although it is a mage's family, it is no different from an ordinary peasant family, if there is any difference, it is just that there are more bottles and cans in the courtyard.

This old man was lying on the bed, his eyes had long since lost the heroism of the opening of the altar, his dim gaze and deep drooping eyelids made it difficult for you to imagine that this was the old man who was alive and well in the first few days.

I suddenly felt a little sorry for this old man, if it wasn't for our Liu family's troubles, if it weren't for this old man who took over our Liu family's rituals, then would he still be able to wander between various villages, drink respected wine, and eat meat with immeasurable merits.

When the mage saw me and my father enter the room, he struggled to sit up, "I can't do it anymore! This was the first thing he said.

"I'm glad you came to see me!" This was the second sentence that the Master said.

I couldn't help but cry welling up, maybe because of the short contact, I already had a relationship with this old man, or maybe it was because I couldn't bear to see him leave alone.

"Mage, we're sorry for you, if it weren't for my family's affairs, you wouldn't be like this!" I cried.

"Everyone will have a catastrophe, I can't escape it, this is my catastrophe, I can't solve it, no! Nothing is right! ”

"What do you mean, Master? What's wrong? ”

The mage's voice was weak, he coughed a few times, looked at me and continued, "The incense candle that shouldn't have been extinguished has been extinguished, the chicken that shouldn't have eaten fish has eaten fish, the feet that shouldn't have landed on the ground have landed, the cat that shouldn't have appeared has appeared, the one who could have married in the shadows has been preconceived by others, everything is on a business trip, and I can't stop it!" ”

"What do you mean, Master? Why can't I understand? I was full of doubts about his words.

The mage didn't answer me, and directly moved his gaze to my father, "Why is it a business trip, you should know best!" ”

My father's shriveled lips were trembling there, beads of sweat were already oozing from his forehead, and I felt like the back of his shirt was soaking wet for a few seconds.

What I didn't expect at all was that my father knelt on the ground with a "plop", "Master, I know it's wrong, please save the Liu family!" ”

The mage shook his head, "It's useless, your Liu family's incense has long been suppressed by that woman, you kid is like this, you and your eldest brother can't get rid of it!" ”

"Then, what can our Liu family do!" Dad said with a sad face.

"Yin edge does not fall, Yama locks the door of life, the dead do not overlive, and the living become unjust souls!"

"You mean, the next thing to do is for the living?" I asked the mage.

"That's right! I have long said that I can expect what will happen after death, and that woman is definitely not an ordinary person! ”

"What should I do?" The tone of my dad's voice has changed.

The mage ignored my father and said to me, "You kid has a heavy yang spirit, and it is difficult for the charm to enter your body, and the affairs of your village, I have to come forward!" ”

"Me! How could it be me? "I was greatly surprised by the Master's words!

"You kid is more real than your father, this thing still depends on you, as for what to do? It's up to you to make it? ”

"Rely on me? Why rely on me! ”

"The yang energy on your body was sucked away by the female corpse, the so-called 'bell must be tied to the bell man', I saw it when you sorted out the clothes of the female corpse, she is still very merciful to you, what she hates now is not you, it is the person who violated her!"

"How do you find that person?"

"On the first day of the coffin, I asked you not to bring 'water' life when you are looking for someone, the Nanmu coffin is shaded by the sun, high on the left and low on the right, it is a place to avoid water, I thought it was sunny the next day, but it rained, but it has been ventilated with the above, and the hour is not easy to change, it is estimated that this crime is the water life, but my body bones, can no longer find people!"

"What should I do if I find someone?"

"Find the man, take him to the woman, and apologize!"

"What's the way to apologize?"

"That's not something I can explain!"

The mage took out the yellow cloth talisman from his pocket and handed it to me, "Put this away, this is the birth date of the female corpse, you can check her identity if necessary, if you encounter trouble, turn over this mountain, there is a village at the foot of the mountain, called 'Longevity Village', which lives Mrs. Qi, this is the most famous 'out of the horse' disciple in the vicinity, remember that she only comes out of the mountain on the fifteenth day of the lunar calendar every month, don't disturb her at other times!" ”

"Anything more skilled than you?"

The mage smiled bitterly, "What am I? People are amazing! ”

But after talking too much, the mage turned to my father and said, "Old man Liu, you go to the outhouse and boil some water for me!" ”

Dad walked out respectfully, and the mage said to me again, "Boy, there is one thing I ask of you! ”

He actually begged me for something, and quickly said, "What's the matter?" Mage, you say. ”

"Those who enter our industry, there are some things that should be done, some things should not be done, the reason why I have this calamity, is because I have a place to be sorry for others, this is the only thing I have not done, and now I have to deal with it, but it will always be done, otherwise I will not be happy in the underworld!"

"Mage, I don't know what you mean!"

He took out a thing from his arms, a statue, and put it in my hand, "Help me find this person, whether he is alive or dead, give it to him, if he is alive, give it to him, if he is dead, burn it to him, it is also a wish of mine!" ”

"Mm-hmm, I know, I'll do it!" I took it, and although I didn't know if I would be able to fulfill his wish, I couldn't let the dying man down!

Perhaps it was the comfort in his heart that the mage's dim gaze became more and more kind, and he gradually closed his eyes, and gradually stopped his pulse and heartbeat.

The Master was buried the next day, perhaps because he had accumulated a lot of merit over the years, and many people came to see him off.

According to the people in the village where the Master lives, he has no relatives.

In accordance with the Master's wishes, the villagers set up a platform for cremation, and the platform was filled with dry firewood.

There was no special ritual, and the burning fireworks slowly rose with the flow of air, and the mage was reduced to ashes.

I feel a little sad that this person who brought countless rituals to people during his lifetime did not have any rituals after death.

The ashes of the mage, according to his last wishes, were buried under the old locust tree at the foot of the mountain, and a small mound was erected, and I don't know if anyone will come to worship this person who has no relatives after his death.

On the way home, sitting on a bumpy donkey cart, I remembered the way my father knelt down in front of the mage and said that he was wrong, and I wondered, "Dad, what the hell is going on?" ”