Chapter 7: Losing the Soul
"Little rhino, little rhino."
Vaguely, I seemed to hear Heiwa calling me.
"Don't leave me, little rhino, little rhino."
His voice was anxious and frightened, I desperately wanted to turn back, but there was no way, and finally I burst into tears, and I woke up crying like this.
When I opened my eyes, I found myself in my own bed.
"Grandma, grandma." I screamed and got up, remembering the terrible voice of the black baby calling me in the dream just now, so I was anxious to ask my grandmother to take someone to the mountain to find the black baby.
As a result, when I shouted, it was not my grandmother who came in but my grandfather, who was carrying a bottle of liquor in one hand, and pointed at me with one hand and said unhappily: "You girl, what are you yelling about, your grandma is out, you are honest, and a girl's family is also so naughty." ”
"Where's Grandma?" I didn't care what my grandfather said, I just put on my shoes and prepared to go out to find my grandmother, Tomb Mountain, I didn't dare to go alone.
"At your Uncle Tiezhu's house, you?" Grandpa hiccuped, and I rushed out without waiting for him to finish.
Uncle Tiezhu is Heiwa's father, grandma is now at Heiwa's house, Heiwa shouldn't have anything wrong, thinking of this, my steps have become faster and faster.
Before I arrived at Heiwa's house, I saw many people gathered outside Heiwa's house from a distance.
Something must have happened, and I was even more sure that I ran over quickly and squeezed directly into the crowd.
"Oh, is this black baby no good, even Granny Mei can't do it." Everyone, you and I are talking about it one by one.
I squeezed into the yard and saw my grandmother killing a big rooster in the yard, and the chicken's blood was dripping in the bucket.
Heiwa's father brought another bamboo basket, which contained a lot of sacrificial wine and food, and red paper was pasted on it.
"Is it okay for Granny Mei to do this?" Uncle Tie Zhu asked grandma respectfully.
Grandma nodded, and her eyes caught a glimpse of me: "Little rhino, you go back." ”
"I'm not going back, what about Heiwa, is Heiwa back?" I looked at my grandmother and asked.
Because, I have no memory of how I went down the mountain, and I don't know if Heiwa came back or not.
Grandma's cloudy eyes glanced towards the room on the left side of the hall, and before she could say anything, Heiwa's mother had already said to me with a crying voice: "Heiwazi is back, but she has lost her soul!" ”
She whimpered, but Uncle Tie Zhu waved his hand impatiently: "Crying, crying, crying, you know crying, what's the use of crying, there will be nothing wrong with Granny Mei in this baby." ”
Uncle Tie Zhu said so, but looking at his eyes, he knew that in fact, his heart must also be carried.
Ignoring my grandmother's stop, I pushed open the door to see Heiwa.
Just as soon as I pushed the door open, I asked about a strange smell, which was a little fishy and unpleasant.
"Black baby?" I screamed tentatively and walked into the room, followed by my grandmother.
Heiwa was lying on the bed at the moment, his face was black, his eyes were tightly closed, and there were scars on his face and hands.
"Don't scream, Heiwa's soul hasn't returned, if the soul doesn't return within seven days, then his body will be useless." Grandma sighed and said to me.
"Then what's the matter, Heiwa can't die, he definitely can't die." I yelled at my grandmother excitedly.
Grandma reached out and touched my head, and said to me: "Tonight, grandma and your Uncle Tiezhu will go to the mountain to call the soul of Heiwa, but it is difficult to say whether they can call the soul back." ”
Grandma said that, and coughed violently.
Since the last time she was attacked by Xiuli and vomited blood, grandma's body is not as good as before, she often can't stop coughing, and her face is getting more and more pale, whenever I see grandma's face like this, I blame myself very much, if it weren't for the fact that I didn't listen to grandma, grandma wouldn't have been hurt at that time.
"Little rhino, is it okay to be obedient this time, just stay at home, grandma will definitely call back the soul of the black baby." Grandma stroked my hair and promised me softly.
"Oh, what the hell is going on with you, what age are you now, you are still so ignorant, the children are unconscious, and you should not be sent to the hospital soon."
Grandma and I were talking in Heiwa's room, when a rough and low voice came from outside.
Grandma hurriedly pulled me out of the house, and the person I saw was Ji Kang, the village party secretary, and he was followed by his son Ji Chuanchuan.
This Ji Chuan is also my classmate now, he transferred a year ago, because of his excellent school grades, he is the teacher's darling.
"Ji Zhishu, this child is not an ordinary disease, the doctor at the health center has also seen it, and he can't find anything at all, he has lost his soul." Uncle Tie Zhu explained to Ji Kang.
Where did Ji Kang hear this: "If the health department in the village can find out something, if it doesn't work, it will be sent to the town." ”
"No, Ji Zhishu, the child can't move casually now." Uncle Tie Zhu grabbed Ji Kang's arm.
Ji Kang shook off Uncle Tiezhu's hand with some disgust, and pointed at my grandmother fiercely: "It's all your old wife, I have long heard that you are a big superstitious, I didn't care about it before, but now since I am the branch secretary here, you are not allowed to mess around under my nose." ”
After he finished speaking, he was about to enter Heiwa's room.
Grandma hurriedly grabbed Ji Kang and warned: "Ji Zhishu, there is a sinister aura in it, and ordinary people will collide with it if they go in." ”
"Hmph, let it go, your old superstitions may work for you foolish village chiefs, but they won't work for me." As he spoke, he shook off his grandmother's hand.
As soon as Uncle Tie Zhu saw this situation, he came up to stop Ji Zhishu, but everyone paid attention to Ji Zhishu, but no one paid attention to Ji Zhishu, he walked to the door of Heiwa's room alone, and directly pushed the door in.
His thoughts are probably the same as his father's, and he doesn't believe in any gods and ghosts at all, so he is not afraid of anything at all.
"Can't get in." Grandma yelled at Ji Chuanchuan.
Instead of stopping, Ji Chuanchuan raised his feet and entered the house, only to see him glance at the black baby on the bed, then smiled coldly and said: "Old liar, no matter how you pretend to be a ghost, I'm not afraid, Dad, let's drive the black baby to the town." ”
"My grandma is not a liar, what she said is true." Hearing Ji Chuanchuan slander my grandmother like this, I naturally stopped doing it and yelled at Ji Chuanchuan.
Ji inherited frowned and stared at me, his eyes full of disdain.
Uncle Tiezhu saw that the situation was like this, and he didn't want his grandmother to be criticized by public opinion, so he knelt down directly to Ji Zhishu, saying that if the black baby had any three strengths and two weaknesses, then he would admit it, the child was his own flesh and blood, and outsiders should not interfere in this matter.
The outsider in Uncle Tie Zhu's mouth naturally refers to this Ji branch secretary, and Ji branch secretary also heard it, and pointed at Uncle Tie Zhu angrily, saying that Uncle Tie Zhu was ignorant and killed Heiwa sooner or later.
Uncle Tie Zhu lowered his head and didn't speak, and Ji Zhishu beckoned to Ji Chuanchuan who was standing in the room: "Since no one is afraid of death, then we outsiders don't care, but something happened at that time, don't blame me, the branch secretary, for not reminding you." ”
After Ji Zhishu finished speaking, he pulled Ji Chuan and walked towards the door, but I vaguely saw a cloud of black gas following Ji Inheritance's side, rubbed my eyes and took a closer look, it seemed to be gone again.
"Little rhino, go back quickly." Grandma gently patted me on the shoulder, interrupting my thoughts, and I nodded and obediently went home.
My grandfather was drunk at home, and I sat in the living room waiting for my grandmother, waiting from day to night, but my grandmother did not return at night.
The next day, when the sky was bright, I saw my grandmother come back in a mess, her body was full of blood, but it was not her own but chicken blood, her hair was messy, and her face was still injured.
"Grandma, are you okay?" I helped her, but she was a little dumbfounded, muttering to herself, "Sure enough, it won't work." ”
"Grandma, what's not going to work, are you hurt?" I helped my grandmother sit on the rattan chair at home, and began to check on my grandmother, who waved her hand.
She said she was just suffering from a skin injury, but this time she failed, so she really had to let me take a risk.
Actually, this shouting soul should have been shouted by me, who was with Heiwa at the time, but grandma was worried that I would have an accident, so she took Uncle Tiezhu, who was closest to Heiwa, to the mountain, but it almost happened.
"Grandma, you tell me what to do, I'll go now." Looking at my grandmother's exhausted appearance, I felt distressed.
Grandma waved her hand: "You can't rush up the mountain now, there is a powerful thing on the mountain, before you go up, grandma will give you something." ”
"Something." I looked at my grandmother curiously.
Grandma struggled for a moment, staggered up from the wicker chair, and I helped her to walk out of the house again, and when I reached the door, I found a broken red lantern on the ground.
"Fix this lantern tomorrow and then go up the mountain." After my grandmother finished speaking, she motioned for me to take the lantern and go around the back door and enter the yard.
"Huh?" I looked at my grandmother, I don't know why it's so troublesome, wouldn't it be nice to go in directly through the main entrance?
"Ahem, cough, this lantern is broken, and it is somewhat contaminated with a sinister atmosphere, and it is unlucky to enter through the main entrance." Grandma coughed and explained to me.
I had to do as my grandmother said, and went around to the back door to carry the lantern to the courtyard, while she pulled a chair and sat under the eaves of the courtyard.
"How do you fix it if it's broken like this?" As I spoke, I reached out and touched the lantern, thinking that it was red paper, but when I touched it, my hand couldn't help but shake, and the lantern was thrown directly on the ground.
The touch is clearly skin, and it is still wet.
"This is a blood lantern made of black dog skin, and the black dog suppresses the evil spirit, so this lantern can protect you." Without waiting for me to ask, my grandmother explained to me, and took out a bundle of red thread from her pocket, which was also soaked in black dog blood.