After listening to Qiang Shun, I nodded and said the word "should", the first impression of this old man was not very good, and he was really a not very good person.

Qiang Shun took out a cigarette and handed it to me, and then asked me, "Huang He, the old man has honestly explained everything he should say, what do you think we should do now?" ”

I glanced at him, "What...... Go home. ”

Qiang Shun almost didn't drop the cigarette in his hand on the ground, looking a little anxious, "Didn't you just say that as long as the old man told the truth, you will help him, why don't you talk count." ”

I said, "Talking to some people can count, and some people can't, this old man has a bad heart, no matter if he is a virtuous person." ”

Qiang Shun was even more anxious, and said: "Doesn't it count if you talk to me, you promised me just now, not the old man." ”

As soon as I heard Qiang Shun's words, I glanced at him and asked, "This time the old man is doing this, why do I think you are particularly concerned, is the old man giving you any benefits?" ”

Qiang Shun was stunned for a moment, and said hesitantly: "I...... What good can that old man do me, don't I think he's a pitiful old bachelor? ”

I stared at Qiangshun with eyes that wanted to see through people's hearts, until Qiangshun was uncomfortable.

"Huang He, don't look at me like this." Qiang Shun leaned back and lay down directly on the old man's bed, the purpose was to avoid my eyes.

Qiang Shun is usually not like this, there must be something wrong here, I got up from the chair, walked to the edge of the bed and sat down, and asked Qiang Shun on the bed softly, "Did the old man give you money?" Have you already received money from others? ”

Qiang Shun's face changed slightly, as if he had been poked by me, and he sat up from the bed again and shouted, "Did you see me collecting money?" ”

I shook my head.

"When you see it, you can say that I received money from others, and you have to tell the evidence of everything."

I was speechless and said: "There are ancestral teachings on the ancestors, you must not collect money, and if you collect money, you will ......"

Qiang obedient stood up from the bed, "There will be retribution, I know, you said that my ears and eyes are about to grind out calluses." Then he looked bored.

I got up from the bed, raised my hand and patted Qiang Shun on the shoulder, "I'll look at your face in this matter, old man, help him, remember, don't take an example." ”

Qiang Shun nodded, smiled at me, smiled a little reluctantly, I could see that he had something in his heart, there must be something hidden from me, vaguely, I could almost feel what was going on, but, I really didn't want to expose him directly in front of the gong and the drum in front of him, so it was easy to affect the relationship between the two of us, and then, I said to him very meaningfully, "You can't see with your eyes this time, it's a good lesson, we know that we have to change it." ”

Qiang Shun took a puff of cigarette and didn't speak, I don't know if I took my words as a deaf ear, at that time, I warned myself in my heart that I had to watch him more closely in the future, and not give him a chance to make mistakes.

The two of them walked out of the room, and the old man was waiting at the door of the house at this time, and when I met him, I didn't talk nonsense with him, but directly told him a few things for him to find.

Collecting the "spirit" is not better than collecting the "soul", the soul can be collected, caught, and captured, but the spirit is not good, the spirit is almost the same as hurting the heavens and harming the reason, and it must be respected like asking the gods, which requires two procedures, one is "please", and the other is "sending", just like moving a house for the "spirit", from here to get it away, and then find a place for it to live.

I asked the old man to prepare these few things, nothing else, incense red cloth, melon and fruit offerings, please don't burn paper, but I deliberately explained to the old man, this time I can't go to the grave to take those sacrifices to fool things, the offerings must be clean, in addition to these, there is also an item, this is the most important, but also the spirit of the indispensable thing, what is it, a hundred-year-old branch, can also be replaced by eight to twelve years old virgins, hundred-year-old trees have spirituality, virgins are more pure, The spirit is a very pure thing, and I like these things more.

The old man didn't have any relatives, and there were no eight to twelve-year-old girls among his relatives, so he chose a hundred-year-old branch, and there was an old locust tree in the west village under the mountain, and it was very convenient to get a branch, but I didn't let him go there to get it, let him go to the north village to get it.

North Village, which has never been mentioned in the book, is a village north of our village, and there are two old locust trees in their village, one of which is even older than that in West Village, but those two old locust trees have no story, so they are not mentioned in the book.

At noon, the old man prepared all his things, had a meal at the cemetery, and the old man cooked for us, and at two o'clock in the afternoon, with the objects prepared by the old man, and carrying the ladder, the three of them came to the telephone pole.

As mentioned earlier, the cemetery is located in the middle of nowhere, barren mountains and mountains, if no one goes to the grave, few people come here, we here, the custom is to go to the grave in the morning, and no one will go to the grave in the afternoon.

The offerings were placed, the incense was lit, I asked the old man to kowtow to the telephone pole, and then I and Qiang Shun put the ladder on the stand, I climbed to the telephone pole and took off the lampshade, put it together with the century-old branches, and then wrapped it in a red cloth, put it in front of the offering incense, and then let the old man kowtow, and said while kowtowing: "Please move the fairy." "Three heads, say it three times.

But as long as this step is done, the general "spirit" will give face, because they are treated by immortals and gods, and some, as soon as you do this, it will leave with interest, but I don't plan to let it go by itself, I want to find a better place for it.

When the old man kowtowed, I took out the lampshade wrapped in the red cloth and threw it away directly, and wrapped the hundred-year-old branch in red cloth again, at this time the lamp spirit should have been attached to the branch, and the broken lampshade was useless, and the red cloth was carefully handed over to Qiang Shun, and then said goodbye to the old man.

The old man was still a little uneasy, and asked me, "Master Liu, is this the end?" ”

I nodded, "It should be fine, you try again tonight, the black shadow should not come out again." ”

When the old man heard me say this, he seemed to be a little unconvinced, and looked at Qiang Shun next to him, Qiang Shun hurriedly said: "The Yellow River said that it's okay, it's okay, don't worry, if there is anything else, you call me again, and promise to solve this matter for you to the end!" ”

I glanced at Qiang Shun, and what he said seemed to be able to sell three guarantees, so he was about to issue an invoice.

On the way home, while riding the bike, I wondered, where is this lamp spirit going for it, where is the best place? On the side of the road? No, there are too many people on the road, and it also has to practice, not to mention that it is not pure enough, and it is easy to get tacky if it comes into contact with people too much; Deep in the mountains? I'm afraid it won't work, it will definitely not be happy in the deep mountains, its way of practice is to illuminate people and do good deeds, there is no one in the mountains all year round, it will go according to whom, and over time the practice will be abandoned; If there are more people, it will not work, and if there are fewer people, it will not work. Thinking about it, yes, get our old house, our hometown is the south courtyard, the yard where my parents and my grandmother live, although the door is a dirt road, but it is also a big road, and there are not many people walking, because it is close to the southernmost part of the village, it is also a little cleaner, and it is not good, and the fairy family around my grandmother can also help it by the way, which is a good place.

I made up my mind, I sent Qiang Shun home, I came to the south courtyard with a red cloth alone, at this time, there was no one at home, my parents went to work, grandma may have gone to the temple to find someone to chat, I have the key to the south courtyard, the door opened, found a lamp in my dad's toolbox, screwed the bulb for it, but failed to find the bulb, went to the commissary and got a light bulb on credit, and found a wire in the toolbox, it didn't take so much, cut more than 20 centimeters, and found a large iron nail nearly ten centimeters long, Everything is found.

Then he went to his grandmother's room and found a bundle of incense, and in the incense burner in the hall, lit the incense, put the red cloth on the table, stuffed the light bulb that had been placed in the announcement, and then said to the red cloth: "Attach it to the light bulb, I will find you a new home, it must be better than the cemetery." ”

After waiting for a while, there was no movement under the red cloth, I uncovered the red cloth, at this time, the branches were useless, wrapped the light bulb with the red cloth, went to the east house to move out a ladder, took a hammer and nails, and nailed the light bulb to the southeast corner of our yard, next to the roadside.

After nailing the light bulb, I went back to the north courtyard, when I nailed the light bulb, I didn't let the neighbors see it, and no one passed by on the road at that time, and the light bulb nailed to me was very inconspicuous, as long as I didn't pay attention to the people who entered, it was not easy to find, unless it was at night.

In the evening, after dinner, I want to come to the south courtyard to see if the light bulb is with me, if so, talk to grandma again, let grandma talk to the fairy family around her, take care of this lamp spirit more.

However, when I was about to go out, Zhang Li asked me very unhappily, where are I going to do business this time?

I thought about it, I can't ask Zhang Li to go with me to have a look, and I took Zhang Li to the South Courtyard, under the pretext that I wanted to see my parents and grandmother, but Zhang Li was skeptical of my excuse, because I rarely took the initiative to visit my parents and grandmother in the South Courtyard.

When I came to the South Courtyard, my parents and grandmother had just finished eating, and my grandmother looked at me and didn't speak, and my mother asked me, "Huang He, what is the matter with you coming here this time?" ”

I licked my lips, "Mom, I'm okay this time, I'm just coming to see you." ”

My mom didn't believe it, "Are you going to come here if you're fine, say, what's going on?" ”

I glanced at Zhang Li, and Zhang Li hurriedly said to my mother: "Mom, it's really okay to come over the Yellow River this time, I just miss you, come and see you." ”

My mother was very happy when she heard Zhang Li say this.

At this time, it was not yet dark, and the lights outside did not react at all, so I accompanied my parents and grandmother to watch TV.

After watching for a while, the sky gradually got dark, but the lights outside still didn't react at all, at this time, grandma got up to go back to the house to sleep, I quickly shouted, "Grandma, don't sleep yet, I have to tell you something." ”

As soon as I said this, my mother's face sank, and Zhang Li glared at me fiercely.

I pulled my grandmother to the door of the street, my parents ignored me, Zhang Li also came out, I pointed to the light bulb nailed in the southeast corner, told my grandmother about the light spirit, and then asked my grandmother, "Grandma, you say, did this light spirit come with me, if it does, it's dark, why doesn't it light up?" ”

Grandma squinted at the southeast corner of the wall, and seemed to be unable to see the light bulb nailed to the wall, so she asked me to stand with Zhang Li and stand still, she walked towards the light bulb step by step, and walked under the light bulb, suddenly, the light bulb turned on, and it was a special bright, bright dazzling eye.

I looked at my grandmother's face through the light, and she had a calm expression on her face and said to the light bulb, "In the future, you will be here." ”

After my grandmother finished speaking, she returned to the door, looked at me and said nothing, and went straight back to the house, and at this time, the light bulb brushed and went out.

I've long seen these bizarre things, Zhang Li can't, although she has been married to me for a few years, but I rarely tell her about this, Zhang Li looked at the flickering surprise and asked me, "This light bulb will light up without electricity, is it anyone who will light up in the past?" ”

I said, "When I told my grandmother just now, weren't you also listening, this is attached to the lamp spirit, and it will light up if it is not powered on, but it will only flash when I go over." ”

When Zhang Li heard this, her curiosity came up, and she had to ask me to go over and try it, so I walked over, and the light bulb brushed up, and it lit up suddenly, and then flickered, flickered, flickered.

When I returned to Zhang Li, Zhang Li asked me again, "What will happen if I pass?" ”

I said, "You're not going to go and try it." ”

Hearing what I said, Zhang Li walked over to the light bulb......