Chapter 154: Ghost Tranquility
After the news came out that the woman asked for the red "Mao" savage trailer, the people in the village followed suit, but according to the custom, they had to give the red "Mao" savage a pack of cigarettes. If you don't give cigarettes, it won't do physical work for anyone. If you can't pick up a load of rice, just shake the cigarette box in front of its eyes, and then point to the rice load, and it will run to the front of the rice load excitedly and pick up the rice. Then, all you have to do is whistle or lead the way.
For it, doing any physical work is not heavy, and it is very easy to trot all the way. After doing physical work, it will also enjoy it. It would find a clean place to sit down, carefully pull out the accumulated cigarettes, and take the utmost care to light a match, because with a little force, the match would break. It's like an embroidered girl, with a serene or cozy face, fully engaged. After lighting the cigarette, it puts the cigarette to its mouth, smokes it slowly, smokes it for much longer than the average person, and then spits out the smoke comfortably, and the smoke is much more than the average person. Therefore, its pack of cigarettes does not last long.
Under the guidance of the Elector, he knew how to go back to his home and went back there to rest in the evening. The sound of sleeping and snoring could be heard throughout the village. Later, she spent a few cigarettes and taught her to "stick" two fingers into her nostrils before going to bed, so that there would be no sound to disturb everyone at night.
It no longer steals the poultry of the village. During the New Year's festival and when pigs and chickens are slaughtered, it will unknowingly take away and eat the internal organs of animals. This is something that everyone can't accept at first, and no matter how many times they educate it, it doesn't work. Later, people gradually became accustomed to thinking of it as a big dog in the village, and some people even shouted "red hair" after killing livestock, and threw the internal organs on the floor in front of the house. The red "hairy" ghost has very good hearing, no matter where in the village someone shouts "red "hair", it can hear it, and immediately quickly comes to the person who shouted it. So after a while, the red "hairy" ghost will come to the floor and clean the internal organs of the animals on the ground.
The red "hair" on its body is getting longer and thicker, and it is too lazy to take care of it. The fourth grandmother of our "back house" took the initiative to take on the important task of cutting its hair. Because only the fourth grandmother can make it obedient, and as soon as the others approach it with scissors, it will make a threatening expression and not let people approach. The fourth grandmother volunteered to approach the red "hairy" ghost, and the red "hairy" ghost obediently lowered her head. The fourth grandmother sheared the "hair" of the red "hairy" ghost in the warm sunshine, chattering while cutting, and saying some sentences that others "touched" and did not understand. However, those seemingly useless sentences seem to work well for the red "hairy" ghost, who will quietly wait until the fourth grandmother puts away the scissors.
But its "hair" grows rapidly, and if it is not cut for a week, its red "hair" will grow to the length of two fingers. The "hair" is fluffy and looks like a fat sheep, but the sheep does not have the "hair" of the red "color". So it won't take long for the scissors of the fourth grandmother's house to be sharpened. More than ten years ago, those who mended pots, bought needlework and thread, collected hair, caught ants, and sharpened scissors often shuttled between villages, shouting voices with various accents. This strange sound breaks the tranquility of the village and enriches the life of the village at the same time. No matter what kind of hawker they were, as long as they shouted in the village, the idlers of each family drove out to see, whether they needed it or not. People gather around the vendors, standing and watching without buying, and those who buy things also seize the opportunity to choose from east to west, behaving quite like people shopping in supermarkets today.
From then on, the sharpener of the scissors arrived in this village, and he didn't need to shout, but went to the fourth grandmother's house first. Other people who want to sharpen their scissors don't have to stand at the door of the house and wait, they take their own scissors and go directly to the fourth grandmother's house. Some people who ask for convenience, when the scissors are blunt, they will be handed over directly to the four grandmothers, and when the scissors are sharpened, they will be sharpened together and then taken back. The fourth grandmother is a very good talker, but she doesn't agree with this matter, so she must bring it again when the scissors are sharpened, and take it away immediately after sharpening.
The fourth grandmother said that it is not good to have too many scissors at home, which is taboo. If there are too many scissors, people are prone to strange diseases.
Others wanted to ask deeply, but she stopped answering. When people asked her what she said when she cut the "hair" of the red "hair" ghost, she didn't answer, and her face was weird.
I think that's probably why crooked Taoists don't socialize with the people around them. There are many people who know each other, and it is inevitable to ask this and that. And he is not good at explaining everything to others, so he simply has less contact with others. At the mention of the crooked Taoist, I wonder if he has come downstairs now. Is that debt collector still haunting him? If he had stayed upstairs, would the ghosts in the broken temple not be able to shut it down? Will it run out and harm the surrounding residents? What is the relationship between that white-haired woman and him?
If the crooked Taoist priest saw the red "hairy" ghost in our village, would he be surprised? Will he guess the origin of this red "hairy" ghost who smokes cigarettes and eats internal organs? Will he take this red-haired ghost who has calmed down into his ruined temple as well? Of course, these are all wishful thinking on my part. Maybe the crooked Taoist is hiding in his small building, and there is no way to get out. Debt collectors are not ordinary difficult ghosts to deal with.
My grandfather stayed at my house for a few more days, quietly observing the changes of the red "hairy" ghost, and seeing that it was indeed no different from ordinary animals, he went home to take care of the family's paddy fields. And I sorted out some things to bring to the high school school, including that month.
I also brought another thing with me. I'm going to give it to the girl I like. I'm going to put that thing in a letter paper and give it to her. I'm sure that thing can surprise her.
On the first night of going to school, my mother kept nagging in my ear, saying that my grandfather said that I was a talented man and had the life to study and progress, and that my brother's eight characters were three dragons out of the water, and that he was a bandit. Mom said that all the hopes of her life were pinned on me. Although I understand my mother's good intentions, I still can't stand her unbearable mouth.
At that time, I didn't believe my grandfather's words, and I never thought about what kind of university I wanted to go to, just like I never thought about going to high school when I was in junior high school. From beginning to end, he is a person who goes with the flow.
As I was sorting out my bag, a few copper coins leaked out, making a crisp sound on the table. Mom looked at the slightly rusty copper coin in surprise. I think it's too late to hide it.