Chapter 002: Welcoming Niangniang on a Snowy Day
My name is Wu so-called, born in Layue, landed in this southern town called "Wujiatun", and was brought up by my grandfather, that is, the old man Wu Ming, who seemed to be very awesome.
I heard my grandfather say that on the day my mother gave birth to me, only Wujiatun Town had a heavy snowfall, and it was only half a day old, and the snowflakes on the ground had already accumulated to the thighs. Although it was a lunar day, it was rare for a hundred years for such a large snow to fall in a southern city. The people in the town said that the snow was evil.
In the spring of the next year, the frogs did not bark, the cicadas did not sing, the willows did not sprout, and even the small flowers and grasses grew hooked, and everyone said that the evil snow sealed the vitality that should have been in the spring.
And the cry that resounded throughout the town the moment I croaked to the ground was the cause of the heavy snowfall.
I have a scar on my face, which is impartial and grows right in the middle of my eyebrows. Grandpa said that it was the mother-in-law who delivered the baby back then, and I accidentally fell to the ground and left a scar. But there is another saying in the market, I was born with three eyes, which scared the mother-in-law who delivered the baby, so she fell me.
Comparatively speaking, the latter statement is more accepted by the public. Why? I am also a "post-90s", but I was still born in the hands of a midwife, which is not normal.
The old man explained that when I was still in my mother's womb, he gave me a hexagram, saying that I was too weak to be born in a place where the yin qi was too heavy in the hospital, and insisted that the trembling old woman in the town deliver the baby at home. But I always think that he is just stingy and doesn't want to go to the hospital to spend money.
Oh yes, my grandfather, Wu Ming, is a well-known Mr. Yin and Yang in the town, and to put it bluntly, he is an old god who dances big gods.
Specializes in selling things for the dead. Don't look at my grandfather's big hands with calluses on them, and the flower baskets, wreaths, and paper figures made out are all lifelike, many times better than the things sold in the crematorium.
He does more miscellaneous things, exorcism of evil spirits, marriage with yin, finding graves, anyway, he can be related to the things that God is talking about, and he claims to be "very proficient".
Born in the evil snowy day + rumored to have three eyes + a grandfather who is a god stick, it is destined to blind me with a layer of mystery.
In fact, these are really like my name, it doesn't matter, I care more about why I have no father and no mother, so I have to live with this nervous old man.
This has to be retraced more than 20 years ago.
When my mother gave birth to me, she ran away from home during the month. After a few days, my father became a little nervous, and finally one day there was no shadow. The mother-in-law who delivered the baby took the opportunity to go around and say that the child of the old Wu family had three eyes and scared his mother away and drove his father crazy.
In this case, I believe that the scar on my face is actually really possible because of an eye, a yin and yang eye, that kind of thing. Just like Erlang God, a strong light erupted from his eyes, and the ghosts and gods were afraid.
Grandpa quibbled that my blessed father and mother could not afford my rich life, and only those who were far away could escape death. I asked him about this, then why do you keep me alive and not dead? Grandpa blew his little goatee, a bear thing, have you cursed your grandfather like this?
But no matter what, every time I touch that scar when I wash my face, it's still a scar, the kind with small granules, it doesn't hurt or itch.
After a long time, I no longer wonder why my father, who I have never met, is so ruthless, and whether this scar is a scar or a third eye.
But the bad thing is that my grandfather is too hateful, and since the day I landed, he has been telling people everywhere that the old Wu family is finally going to have a mother. After a long time, I was choreographed by the group of snotty little kids: On a snowy day, Yingniangniang, the Wu family had three eyes. The three eyes attract ghosts, scare away the mother, and drive the crazy father......
I have warned him repeatedly, don't go around saying that our Wu family is going to have a mother, except for the not very serious jade Guanyin hanging around my neck, the family is so poor that it is almost impossible to open the pot, is there such a poor mother's family?
The old man glared at his two small inverted triangular eyes, and roared angrily: What do they know? You're a mother, you have to be in the snow to usher in, you know?
But he is obviously a man with a handle in the crotch, pure masters! Is it possible to go to Thailand for a minor surgery and come back to be a mother?
What's even more annoying is that it was easy to get a third-rate university diploma, but my grandfather said that I was born to do big things, and I didn't need to go out to find a job and serve people.
Since I graduated, I have been nesting in the town and following the old man to show people red and white happy events.
To put it bluntly, he is actually an older unemployed young man. I thought that I would eat with that unreliable grandfather in this life and wait for death. But recently, a mother and son moved next door, which made my life no longer peaceful.
Grandpa opened a paper shop on one of the busiest streets in the town. Although the shops on the street think that our store is unlucky, the things in the store can be used by everyone, and no one has been born, old, sick and dead. In addition, my grandfather sells cheap things, is popular, and gets along well with his neighbors.
"Huh? Master, the clothing store on the left is down again? Tsk, if you don't say that our store is that...... "I didn't dare to say the next words, for fear that he would slap me." The room we rented had no windows, and I insisted on turning on the lights during the day, otherwise I would always find the store gloomy.
"What's wrong with this store? A little rabbit cub, I just relied on this little shop to feed you a big, conscienceless thing. Grandpa took a sip of the flask pinned to his waist, and turned away from me.
Ignoring me, he reached out and took out the melon seeds in his pocket, leaning on the door frame and knocking it.
Boredom looked at this pedestrian street, known as the most prosperous pedestrian street in Wujiatun Town, and felt lonely for a while: Is my good youth going to be so wasted? Look at the grandfather squatting on the ground and tying a wreath, this old man is also old, he can't be a gnawing old man for the rest of his life, right? Besides, alas, there's nothing for me to gnaw on this old god stick.
Suddenly, the mass of body appeared on the street and I was refreshed, and I closed the door with lightning speed. "Master, turn off the lights, the landlord is here."
No way. Now they all advocate smoke-free sacrifices, and the business of the paper tie shop is not as good as day by day, except for the living expenses of our grandfather, the rent is often not enough.
Fortunately, this landlord owed his grandfather a big favor before, and he always turned a blind eye and chattered a few words when he met him. He also knows that when we have money, we will definitely give it.
Through the crack in the door, I saw that the fat landlord was followed by a man and a woman, looking like a mother and son.
With a smile on his face, the landlord led the two to the next room. "Big sister, let me tell you, in my area, there is no passenger flow, and I only charge you 2,000 yuan a month for rent, tsk, you can be regarded as picking up a big bargain......" Listening to the landlord's grin, I couldn't help but laugh dumbly. These two must be outsiders, otherwise how could they be fooled by this landlord?
The woman took the key after a few pleasantries, handed over a stack of money, and the landlord took the money and trotted away with a twinkle in his eyes.
"Mom, are we really going to live here in the future?" The man's face was unwilling, and he spoke in a shrill voice, daring to love because he didn't get better in adolescence. Look at my age, maybe younger than me.
"Okay, don't play with the child's temper anymore, and settle down first without telling you?" The woman didn't pay any attention to the boy anymore, only listened to the squirming for a while, probably hitting the door lock.
"Huh? Mom, you see that there is a family selling dead people's things next to us, bah, bah, it's really unlucky. The boy stomped his feet like a girl. Fuck, dare to love a second pancreas?
"I don't talk through my brain, I don't like people to sell dead people's things, don't forget what we do, aren't shrouds also for dead people?"
"Hmph, I really don't know what you think, I don't live in a big house in the city, so I have to come to such a small place to open a shroud shop. Lack of money at home? Hey, there seems to be movement in this house......"
Just as I was listening intently, there were two more eyes on the crack in the door, and they were directly opposite me.
"Ah...... ,."
"...... I'm scared to death."
The kid and I spoke at about the same time.
Anyway, the landlord left, so I simply opened the door, "What's the noise, what's the noise, who are you talking about, who are you talking about, Ang?" "I thought that a young man about my age would be able to be a companion in the future. But this baby has never looked down on our shop since he came here, I can say yes, and if others say it is not good, it will not work.
The man was probably really scared by me, and just looked at me like that......
Half a minute later......
"Mom, hell, what the hell in broad daylight." After shouting, he ran into the shop next to him and looked for his mother.
You're a ghost, your whole family is a ghost. There are so many adults who are still looking for their mothers, and you have a mother with Lao Tzu, don't you? Thinking of this, I felt unhappy for a while, and closed the door again with a bang. When you turn around again, guess what?
Holy shit, hell too, it's a real ghost. Without feet, he just floated in mid-air and looked at me with his cape. The ghost looks like ...... The second Wu who just died in the town.