Folklore has it that peach branches can ward off evil spirits, so Ma Guilan has this saying.

Fang Qing was about to go out, Ma Guilan suddenly called out to her again, took a piece of jade from her arms, and said: "If it really hits the evil thing, maybe the evil thing is near our house, this is the middle of the night, you put this piece of jade on, the dirty thing does not dare to approach." ”

Fang Qing said: "In this case, let's wear it for Xiaoyu!" ”

Ma Guilan said: "This piece of jade is bloody, with resentment, and children can't hold it down." ”

Fang Qing shone the jade at the candle flame, and sure enough, he found that the jade heart was bloodshot, so he hung it around his neck.

Ma Guilan sighed deeply and said, "Xiaoyu and her father are not at home for three days, and my legs and feet are inconvenient, and there is no man in the family, so I can only work hard for you to be a woman." ”

Shen Lang had long wanted to go with Fang Qing, but he was afraid that Ma Guilan would see something, and when he heard her say this, he hurriedly said: "Sister-in-law, I'll go with you, in case I really hit something dirty, I can take care of it." ”

Before Fang Qing could speak, Ma Guilan hurriedly said: "That's great, with Teacher Xiao Shen taking care of it, I can rest assured that my wife is there." ”

The mother-in-law had spoken, Fang Qing naturally couldn't refuse, so she took a flashlight and went out.

Out of the gate, along the courtyard wall all the way back, but into the orchard, Fang Qing was worried, there are hundreds of trees, there are apple trees, apricot trees, pear trees, persimmon trees...... Which one is the peach tree?

On weekdays, Fang Qing is pampered, living the life of a young grandmother in the deep palace, and she doesn't know much about her own apple orchard, if it weren't for the thatched toilet built here, maybe she wouldn't come back once a year.

Shen Lang followed her for a long time, and couldn't help but say, "Sister-in-law, what kind of peach tree is that?" ”

Fang Qing stopped and said strangely: "Peach trees are still divided into varieties?" ”

"Not really!" Shen Lang said: "I know that there are peaches, nectarines, peaches, and peaches for ornamentation, and different varieties look different." ”

"By the way, it seems to be Mao Tao!" As soon as Shen Lang reminded him, Fang Qing also remembered it.

Shen Lang said: "If it is a peach tree, it should be shorter than an apple tree, an apricot tree, and a persimmon tree, and we don't need to look at those fruit trees that grow tall." ”

With Shen Lang's suggestion, there was a goal to find this time, and in a moment, the two of them found the peach tree.

Shen Lang broke off a peach tree branch and said, "Let's go, sister-in-law, mother-in-law should be in a hurry, maybe you think what are we doing here!" ”

As soon as he finished speaking, Shen Lang regretted it.

Fortunately, Fang Qing changed the topic as if she hadn't heard it: "Thank you, you helped me press my feet and help me find a tree, and my sister-in-law will make shredded cabbage and pork noodles for you to eat tomorrow." ”

The two of them turned around and were about to go back, when suddenly, a black shadow jumped from the fruit tree beside them.

Fang Qing screamed "ah", and the flashlight fell to the ground, so frightened that he hugged Shen Lang's arm tightly.

Shen Lang only felt a warmth on his body, and couldn't help but hug Fang Qing and said, "Sister-in-law, don't be afraid, I'm here!" After speaking, he raised the peach branch in his hand and said to the black shadow that had just jumped down: "Is it a human or a ghost?" Say a word, otherwise you're welcome! ”

"Don't do it, don't do it!" The black shadow stood up from the ground and said, "Sister-in-law Fang Qing, Teacher Xiao Shen, it's me, Xiao Zhu!" ”

"How are you?!" Fang Qing and Shen Lang shouted out in unison.

It turned out that this Xiaozhu was a neighbor of Fang Qing's family, who was honest on weekdays and rarely went out.

Xiaozhu said: "My sister is sick and has a fever, no matter how you coax it, you can't coax it!" My mother said that she had hit an evil spirit, so let me come to your orchard and break a peach branch and try it back! ”

"Your sister also has a high fever?" Fang Qing was a little surprised.

"Not really!" Xiaozhu said: "After talking nonsense in the middle of the night, the family is restless!" ”

Fang Qing felt a sense of sympathy in her heart, and said, "Then why didn't you speak earlier, which scared me and Shen Lang!" ”

Xiaozhu said: "I was afraid that you would misunderstand that I was here to steal the fruit, so I quietly hid in the tree, but I was suddenly bitten by an insect just now, and I fell down." ”

Fang Qing said: "Then have you found the peach tree?" ”

Xiaozhu shook his head.

Fang Qing pointed back and said, "Oh, that's the one, let's go back quickly after folding!" Next time, if you have anything to tell your sister-in-law in advance, isn't it just a branch, is your sister-in-law the kind of stingy person? ”

Shen Lang laughed in his heart when he heard this, and thought, tell you? If I hadn't reminded you, would you know which one is a peach tree?

When she got home, Ma Guilan took a peach branch, dipped it in the water tank, and then whipped at Xiaoyu, while whipping, she chanted words such as "little ghost go away".

Although Xiaoyu is her granddaughter, she is really ruthless when she pulls it out, and she can draw a blood mark when she goes down a branch.

Fang Qing saw that tears were about to fall, and she turned her face away and couldn't bear to look at it directly.

But don't say it, three times a draw, Xiaoyu stopped crying at that time.

When she got to the fourth draw, Xiaoyu opened her eyes with a "wow", looked at Ma Guilan and said, "Grandma, don't hit Xiaoyu, it hurts!" ”

Hearing this, Ma Guilan's hands trembled, and the peach branch fell directly to the ground.

Fang Qing threw herself on the bed and hugged her daughter tightly in her arms......

Xiaoyu's fever subsided.

Fang Qing didn't worry that she was with her grandmother, so she carried her to the hall and slept with her.

The night, quietly, everything is calm again.

Who knows that the good times will not last long.

At about four or five o'clock in the morning, Xiaoyu's terrible cry came from the hall again, and this time it was even more fierce!

When Shen Lang and Ma Guilan arrived, they saw that Xiaoyu's nightdress was torn by herself, and her body was covered with bloody scratches!

What's even more weird is that there is a faint black line in the socket of her heart that extends down to the lower abdomen, flickering bright and dark.

Seeing this black line, Shen Lang's heart moved, and he felt a sense of déjà vu.

After thinking about it for a long time, he finally remembered that in the book "Seventy-two Ways of Yin and Yang Hands", there is a page with this kind of human body drawing with black lines, and there are corresponding countermeasures!

"My sister-in-law's foot injury was cured by the "Seventy-two Yin and Yang Hands", maybe Xiaoyu's illness can also be done, right? ”

Shen Lang was about to say his thoughts, when a rooster crowed suddenly from the courtyard of Xiaozhu's house.

Dawn is coming, and the sun is coming out.

It's strange to say!

As soon as the rooster crowed, Xiao Yu trembled, as if her soul had returned to her place, and she stopped crying or making trouble for a while, and lay quietly in Fang Qing's arms and fell asleep.

Ma Guilan said: "It's not a way to make trouble like this, who knows if I wake up after sleeping for a while, why don't I try a few more times?" ”

Fang Qing was so frightened that she hugged her daughter tightly and said, "Don't fight, Mom, when I get to work at Tianliang Town Hospital, I'll take Xiaoyu to take a look, or listen to the doctor." ”

Ma Guilan sighed as she walked out, and said to herself: "She has hit the evil spirit, what's the use of seeing a doctor?" Whatever you want, it's your daughter anyway, you make your own decisions, and no one believes what the old woman says......"