Chapter 1: Grandma's Story
Hello everyone, my name is Meng Yin, and let me tell you some incredible stories about what I have experienced.
I was born in an ordinary peasant family under the Baishan Corner, a high-ranking official in Jilin. It was in the year I was born that a silver mine was discovered in a nearby mountain, and my father worked on that silver mine, so he gave me the name Meng Yin. He should have thought at the time that this name could have something to do with wealth. But I haven't made any fortune until now, so I can barely mix well-off. Without further ado, let's get down to business.
I remember when I was a child, my grandmother used to tell me stories, and once my grandmother accidentally told me about my father's childhood.
It was said that my father secretly went into the mountains to catch rabbits when he was eleven years old, but he didn't come back until the sun went down.
Seeing that it was getting dark, my grandmother was in a hurry, so she asked my grandfather to go into the mountains with a shotgun and the family's two big hunting dogs to find my father. Because in the 1960s, there were a lot of wild animals in the mountains, and if you didn't bring them into the mountains, if you ran into a bear or a wolf, you would have to give your life there.
Grandpa is only a son like my father in his life, and he still wants to count on him to inherit the lineage. Seeing that the sun is about to set, the nights in the mountains in winter are particularly cold, and the cold can definitely freeze people to death. Grandpa packed up his things in a hurry, led the two big hounds up the mountain.
Grandpa is an experienced old hunter, not long after going up the mountain, he found my father's footprints in the snow, so my grandfather followed the footprints all the way to the deep mountain, and suddenly found that the footprints were missing.
Grandpa searched all the neighborhood, not to mention human footprints, not even animal footprints. This made Grandpa anxious, and the sky darkened little by little. At this time, the two big hounds brought with him barked at his grandfather, and if he wanted to say that the animals that had been raised for some years were spiritual, the grandfather immediately understood and said, "Dog, what have you found?" ”
The big hound looked at his grandfather, and then at the small snowdrift not far away, barking wildly. Grandpa immediately ran over, didn't care so much, and quickly dug up the snowdrift. My dad was curled up in the snow pit, almost frozen and stiff. But fortunately, my dad had a big life, and he was still hanging on his last breath, and my grandfather took my dad in his arms and ran home desperately.
When I got home, it was already dark, there was no electricity in the mountains, and the village was pitch black. Grandma lit an oil lamp and waited at home, wiping tears from her eyes. Seeing my grandfather coming back with my dad, he quickly picked up my dad from my grandfather's arms.
"Cry something, hurry up outside and grab some snow and rub the stones, he may be frozen." Grandpa hurriedly shouted.
Grandma came in with a large pot of snow, and the old couple kept rubbing my father's body with snow. After rubbing for more than an hour, my dad's body slowly recovered, but he was still in a coma and had a high fever.
Fever is no longer a disease in modern times, but you must know that in the mountains where there was a shortage of clothes and medicines, it was really a fatal disease. However, at that time, the mountain people also had earthworks for treating fever and cold, using the roots of green onions, the roots of radishes, and the mother-in-law to boil water.
These are the more common things in the mountains, they are usually very ordinary, but they can be combined to have such a magical effect. After a high fever overnight, my dad had a fever and breathed more smoothly the next morning, but he was still in a coma.
In the evening, seeing that my father had not woken up, my grandmother was a little anxious, so she asked, "Old man, what do you say about the little stone?" The fever has subsided, why don't you wake up? ”
Grandpa took a puff of the old cigarette pouch and replied with a sad face: "You ask me, who do I ask?" Wait, if Ming'er doesn't wake up yet, I'll go to Lao Li Tou to take a look at the disease. ”
"What? Are you saying that our little rock is facing something unclean in the mountains? Grandma asked, a little scared.
"Shut your foul mouth!" Grandpa said angrily.
Grandpa is angry for reason, because there are rumors in the mountains that if you rush into something unclean, you must not say it, and once you say it, it will make more trouble.
was scolded by my grandfather like this, and my grandmother didn't dare to speak out anymore, so she had to stay quietly next to my dad while wiping her tears.
Soon it was dark, and the old couple was not in the mood to eat. Grandpa sat on a stool, smoking cigarette pouch after pot, and Grandma, perhaps too tired, fell asleep next to my dad.
It was just after midnight, and suddenly I heard the two big hunting dogs outside the house barking uneasily, and it was actually normal for dogs to bark at night, because there were many animals in the mountains, maybe wild boars and other animals came into the yard to steal things and eat.
At first, Grandpa didn't care, but after a while the barks of the two big hounds changed, from a very fierce bark to a frightened chirping.
Grandpa felt that something was wrong, these two big hunting dogs were usually very fierce, and they were exchanged for a sack of mountain goods in the first few years. It is said that it is a Caucasian dog on Lao Maozi's side, and it is very large, and it is completely fine for a big hound to single out one or two wolves. Even when they meet a blind bear, both dogs have the strength to fight, but such a fierce hound dog can make a frightened bark!
Grandpa thought to himself, could it be that a big cat has entered the village? In fact, this big cat is talking about tigers in the mountains, and tigers rarely enter the village to hunt livestock. But it's not like it's never been before, there was one a few years ago, but it was killed by the villagers. Tiger whips, tiger bones and other medicines were used to soak in wine, and the rest of the tiger meat was equally divided among the people in the village, and grandpa also got two pieces of tiger meat, which tasted delicious.
Grandpa was also bold, so he grabbed a double-barreled shotgun from behind the door and went out of the house. I found that the two big hounds seemed to be frightened by something and cowered in the den, and they did not dare to come out.
Grandpa took advantage of the faint moonlight to take a look around the yard with a shotgun, but he didn't even see a ghost. So he took the shotgun and went back to the house, but the next scene happened, the frightened grandfather broke out in a cold sweat!
I saw a white snake more than one meter long I don't know when it scurried to the kang, just coiled on my father's body, a pair of blood-red eyes, staring at my grandfather motionlessly, and the white snake kept spitting out letters in its mouth.
Grandpa was speechless in shock, in the cold winter, the snake hasn't hibernated yet? What did this snake do when it ran to the little rock?
Grandpa suddenly thought, could it be this stinky boy who collided with this white snake? So people came to him at night to take revenge?
"No, I don't know if the arrival of the Great Immortal is far away, but the dog has offended the Great Immortal?" Grandpa once heard the older generation say that animals can understand human speech when they have attained the Tao, so grandpa had the courage to ask.
But it's a pity that the white snake ignored my grandfather and still coiled on my dad.
Grandpa saw that there was no way to go on like this, so he gritted his teeth and scolded: "Evil animal, don't give face, get out of my house quickly." ”
The white snake sneered as if it were human, and lowered its head almost to my father's face.
Grandpa didn't dare to move, and it was a stalemate for a while. But looking at the appearance of the white snake, it doesn't look like it's here to hurt people, so what is the purpose of its coming? Grandpa thought about it and turned around and ran outside.
There is an old man Li in the same village, who is in his fifties and has been a bachelor all his life. He is a well-known soil doctor in the nearby ten miles and eight villages, and generally people who have a disease or disaster in the family will call him for help, and the remuneration is not much, just two catties of meat and a pot of soju.
Grandpa hurriedly ran to Old Man Li's house, pulled the old man Li who was still asleep from the kang, turned around and ran home, on the way Grandpa briefly told Old Man Li about the situation, Old Man Li followed Grandpa to my house without speaking.
When Grandpa and Old Man Li entered the house, they found that the white snake was still lying motionless on my dad's body, and my grandmother had been sleeping next to my dad, showing no signs of waking up.
Old man Li was a little surprised when he saw the white snake, and then motioned to my grandfather not to make a sound, and Old Man Li respectfully bowed to the white snake and said, "I don't know which immortal family of the Liu family is?" ”
A low and shrill voice said, "Boy, do you still know our Liu family?" ”
"I have dealt with the Kun Yuan Immortal family in Xia." As the saying goes, it's easy to mention acquaintances, and this old man Li also had a deal with the Liu family once, and in the end he was also good.
"You're almost done, just waiting for you, the person who understands, to come." The white snake's voice was still deep and harsh.
"If the immortal family has any orders, please say, we will definitely do it." Old man Li replied respectfully.
Since this immortal family has come to the door, if you don't meet its requirements, it will make three generations of your family unlucky, and at worst, your family will be ruined and your children and grandchildren will be ruined.
"This little baby went up the mountain and demolished my home today, how do you say this matter is over." White Snake said impatiently.
It turned out that this was the case, my dad went up the mountain to catch rabbits, found a rabbit nest, he threw it away, who thought that this is the nest of the white snake hibernating, the white snake angry my dad demolished its home, then came to the door to ask for an explanation.
"I don't know what the immortal family wants?" Old man Li said in a deep voice, it is easy to invite immortals and difficult to send immortals, since it has come to the door to settle accounts, I am afraid it will be difficult to send it away again.
"I don't ask for much, give me an incense, and serve me good wine and food during the New Year's holidays, and this matter is over." White Snake said.
Old man Li was slightly stunned after listening to the words of the white snake, how could he take the initiative to ask to be a family protector. Old man Li looked at my grandfather, grandpa was silent for a moment and nodded, old man Li saw that grandpa nodded, so he continued, "Then there is the Lao Xian family, and I don't know the name of the Xian family?" ”
"Changbai Mountain, Liu Kunsheng." After saying that, the white snake turned into a black wind, and disappeared with a swish.
Sure enough, not long after the white snake disappeared, my dad and grandma woke up. Grandpa angrily went up and gave my dad a big-eared melon seed, and scolded him again.