My name is Nie Yu, and I grew up in a remote and poor mountain village in northern Qianbei.

Our house is located under a big locust tree on the dam, and there are four people in the family, me, my little sister, my second uncle and my second mother.

To be precise, the younger sister, the second uncle, and the second mother are a family, and I am actually an outsider, an orphan who was adopted.

I am born unknown, I am so big, I don't know who my parents are, the only thing related to my identity is a jade gourd that I have hung around my neck since I was a child.

This gourd is the size of a finger, black and swarthy, shimmering with a lustre, like some kind of jade carving, with some dark red strange symbols engraved on it, crooked, I don't know what it is.

Although I am not born to the second uncle and the second mother, they treat me as their own, and sometimes they treat me better than the little sister. Later, I began to feel that their attitude towards me seemed to have a certain kind of politeness. I don't know if it's because of my ignorance that they have some thoughts in their hearts.

I always thought that the jade gourd that had accompanied me for 20 years was the last thing I left behind when my biological parents abandoned me, but now I realize that I was very wrong.

This summer, I received an offer from a major university, and my whole family was happy for me. Especially the little sister, she was so happy, when she walked outside, her pretty face was full of pride, and when she saw relatives and friends, she always had to boast about how great I would be in the future, so that when I saw those relatives, I was embarrassed.

However, it is a happy event to be admitted to university, but in addition to the joy, we have to face a practical problem, that is, the tuition fee of my university, a total of almost 10,000 yuan, is not a small amount for a mountain village like us.

So, taking advantage of the slack time this summer, my second uncle began to actively prepare for my college tuition.

The second uncle is a well-known Taoist master in our country, and once someone dies in the villages near and far, he will often come to ask him to help with the practice. If you do Dharma for a few days, you can often earn a thousand yuan. However, this kind of white thing is not very common, in order to make more money, the second uncle will also help people catch ghosts and exorcise evil spirits.

That day, the second uncle received a call from a senior brother who wanted to go to a distant village to do something, and I was okay to stay at home, so I accompanied him to do chores by the way. When I arrived at the village in the mountains, the ritual was carried out step by step, and it went smoothly. Three days later, in the afternoon, the ceremony was successfully concluded, and the second uncle and several senior brothers said goodbye after distributing their wages.

The second uncle took me down the mountain, and we calculated the time to catch the last bus. As long as we take the shuttle bus, we can get home after dark, and we can catch up for the dinner made by Erniang and Xiaomei. My second uncle and I haven't seen Erniang and my little sister for three days, and we miss them very much, so we walk very fast, and we are expected to be able to rush to the side of the road below the mountain in advance.

However, the unexpected happened.

My second uncle and I walked out of the village, and just as we crossed the mountain col in front of us, suddenly an old man with a dark face came to us, looking anxious, as if something was wrong. Under the second uncle's inquiry, he learned that the old man's daughter-in-law was evil and urgently needed a Taoist master to exorcise evil spirits. The old man said that he knew that there was a Taoist master in the village in front of him, and he originally planned to go to that village to invite a Taoist master, but he didn't expect to meet me and the second uncle, and found that the second uncle was dressed as a Taoist master, and he specially came to block the road and invite him.

The Taoist master he is talking about is actually us.

Saving people is like fighting fires, and it is also the duty of a Taoist to drive away evil spirits and catch ghosts, although my second uncle and I are eager to go home, but in the face of such a begging old man, what can we do?

The second uncle promised to go to the old man's house to exorcise evil spirits.

Led by the old man, we came to the old man's house on the left side of the col. There was only one house here, surrounded by chestnut trees, and in the afternoon it showed a bit of gloom, and I thought to myself that it would be strange that such a place was not evil. The second uncle obviously saw that something was wrong and frowned.

Entering the old man's house, we saw the old man's daughter-in-law, her eyes were dull, her face was pale, and the corners of her mouth were salivating. Although the second uncle is a half-hung Taoist master, it is more than enough to resolve this evil spirit.

At that moment, the second uncle went step by step, opened the altar, and exorcised evil spirits for the young woman.

I got bored and walked outside. Standing on a large rock on the left side of the house, you can see the road down the mountain. Seeing that there was a car passing by at the foot of the mountain, and the shuttle bus we were going to take was coming soon, I was anxious, and I couldn't help praying that the second uncle would complete the exorcism as soon as possible and not delay the shuttle.

It's just that this time the exorcism is still much later than expected.

After the exorcism was over, the second uncle directly refused the hospitality of the old man's family and took me to the bottom of the mountain. However, we were so much delayed that when we reached the mountainside, the familiar shuttle bus drove by on the road down the mountain. My second uncle and I ran wildly, shouting loudly......

By the time my second uncle and I arrived at the side of the road down the mountain, the shuttle bus had already disappeared.

This is the only shuttle, but now I missed it, I looked depressed and depressed, looked at the second uncle and said, "Second uncle, what should I do now?" ”

The second uncle sighed lightly, shook his head helplessly, and said, "What else can I do, go back." ”

Originally, we could get home in the car after dark, but now we have to walk back, at least at 9 p.m.

I sighed in my heart and walked forward with my second uncle.

We walked onto a field path next to the road. Compared with the highway, this path is a shortcut, as long as you pass through the first few villages and mountain bags, you can return to our Yunlongba. My second uncle and I walked very fast, and at dusk, we came to a village called Shiyaba, and heard a family at the entrance of the village in front of us being very noisy, as if they were doing some kind of happy event.

I subconsciously took a look and found that the house was a newly renovated two-story building, with pink walls and high eaves, purple lacquer railings, and a typical new rural construction house, which was very beautiful. However, I saw some white curtains erected in front of the house, fluttering in the wind under the twilight sky, looking desolate.

"Dead again." The second uncle sighed lightly and shook his head.

Yes, the family in front of me was doing a funeral.

We missed the bus before, and we were already very depressed, but now we see someone doing a funeral, and our mood is inexplicably more depressed. My second uncle and I just want to get through this village as quickly as possible and get out of this place, as soon as possible.

As we walked past the front of the house, a young man's voice came from the side, "Master, please stay!" ”

This voice was a little anxious, and it seemed to reveal a little inexplicable secret joy.

I felt an inexplicable uneasiness in my heart, and when I looked up, I saw a young man in a striped shirt, walking towards the second uncle with a surprised face.

"What's the matter?" The second uncle looked at him and asked directly, obviously impatient.

But no, my second uncle and I were in a hurry, and now suddenly someone came up again, I couldn't help but curse in my heart, I just hope that this young man will fart quickly, and get out of here after speaking.

"Master, I see that you are a mage, and you need a favor here......" The young man in the striped shirt said with a smile on his face.

Before he could finish speaking, I interrupted him impatiently and said, "I'm sorry, my second uncle and I are in a hurry to go home now, and we don't have time to pay attention to your business, so please be smart." ”

The young man in the shirt was slightly taken aback, looked at me, and quickly asked with a smile on his face: "This brother, I don't know what to call it?" ”

"You don't have to ask so much." I said coldly, turned my head to look at the second uncle, and urged: "Second uncle, don't worry about it, let's go, my little sister and my second mother are still waiting for us at home." ”

The second uncle nodded at me and was about to leave with me, when suddenly the young man in the shirt grabbed his hand.

"What are you doing?" I felt impatient in my heart and said angrily.

The young man in the shirt glanced at me with some contempt, and with a smile on his face, he looked at the second uncle and persuaded him: "Uncle, we are really in trouble and need your help." Rest assured, this matter will not delay you for too long. As long as you promise to help us, the reward will definitely not be less......"

I listened to him affectionately call the second uncle "uncle", and I only felt disgusted in my heart, and urged the second uncle: "Second uncle, you still listen to what he says, let's go back quickly." ”

At this time, the young man in the shirt suddenly put his mouth to the second uncle's ear and said something with a smile.

I vaguely heard an 8,000 or something, and I was shocked, secretly wondering if this young man's reward for the second uncle was 8,000? Eight thousand yuan, even if the second uncle doesn't rest every day, he has to do dojo magic for more than half a month to earn it.

With such a generous reward, the second uncle was obviously moved, and I saw that after listening to the words of the young man in the shirt, his face changed, and he nodded quickly.