Chapter 22: The Cow Is Pregnant (text)

Early the next morning, my grandmother was sent up the mountain, and at noon Hu Haiyan was also taken away by the people who came, and my grandfather and the villagers were also very angry when they learned the truth.

This time, Meng Changqing didn't stop them and let them go.

Uncle Zhang was so defeated by the villagers that he hid in the house, closed the door and no longer saw anyone, and the people in the village gradually calmed down.

Grandpa looked extremely lonely in the next few days, Meng Changqing saw that he was sad, and he also went to persuade him to say a few words, but he only smiled at Meng Changqing every time, and said: "I'm fine, you let Haiwazi take you around." ”

The third day after my grandmother's burial, plus the four days of vigil, happened to be the day of the first seven resurrections.

On this day, my grandfather got up early in the morning and began to prepare a meal, and I also prepared a pair of chopsticks for my grandmother at noon.

On the first seven nights, when we were sitting at home chatting, a villager ran to my grandfather's house in a panic and said, "Go and see, Mu Wantong's cattle are dead." ”

When we heard this, we rushed to the cattle pen.

When we went, the big yellow cow was lying in the bullpen humming incessantly, and when he heard our voice, he immediately opened his eyes, and then tears the size of beans rolled out of his eyes.

Originally, Uncle Zhang used to treat people and cattle on weekdays, but now he was closed to no guests, and he was angry about the villagers' accusations against him a while ago.

Seeing that the villagers had no choice, Meng Changqing took the initiative to ask, "I'll take a look." ”

These days, Meng Changqing has left a deep impression in the eyes of the villagers, they are willing to believe in Meng Changqing, in fact, the Taoist mountain doctor divination, he does know some.

Meng Changqing looked in front of the big scalper, then touched it on its stomach a few times, and after touching it for a while, he retracted his hand and exclaimed, "It's about to give birth." ”

We were all stunned when we heard this, the cows in the village were switched on and off on weekdays, how could they be pregnant?

Before we could express our doubts, Grandpa Ye suddenly ran over and said, "Mu Wantong called just now, and she is coming back." ”

Hearing that the second grandmother was coming back, others didn't have any special expressions, only Meng Changqing and I were stunned for a while, but now we still have things to do, and we don't have time to care about more things, so we can only put aside the things that the second grandmother wants to come back first.

The big scalper was lying weakly in the cattle pen, always preparing to give birth, and Meng Changqing naturally heard the discussion of the villagers.

This cow has been alone, it is impossible to get pregnant, even a fool knows that this is strange, let alone a wise person like Meng Changqing.

The villagers were all talking about how the cow was pregnant, and Meng Changqing was also thinking while stroking the cow's belly.

The grandfather, who had not spoken all this time, said at this time: "His master, do you think it could be that his grandmother was reincarnated into the belly of the cow?" Last night his grandmother gave me a dream, saying that she was going to cast to another family in the township, but when she was about to enter the house, she was chased back by his dog, and then she had nowhere to go and just cast a place. ”

As soon as Grandpa said this, I really think it's possible, today is just the first seven, and the cow is just about to give birth, and the time is just right.

Meng Changqing also felt that it was possible when he heard this, so he said thoughtfully: "It may be that the cow mated with other cows in the village when he was grazing outside, as for whether Grandma Ye Hai was reincarnated, there is no way to know this." You don't need to be too nervous, just go back first, and let the person who can deliver the cow pick it up later, and it shouldn't be a big problem. ”

For the time being, there is only one explanation, otherwise it is impossible for a cow to become pregnant.

The villagers went home separately, leaving a few people to guard here, they did not allow grandpa to stay, here, for fear that grandpa would be sad, so they took grandpa back to the house.

At night, my grandfather never slept, always thinking about the cow, and kept muttering that if the cow was born, he would definitely ask my second grandmother to buy the cow.

Meng Changqing accompanied his grandfather for a while, and his grandfather asked Meng Changqing to go to sleep, Meng Changqing didn't sleep for several days, and he didn't refuse, so he fell asleep when he went to bed.

When it was almost dawn, Meng Changqing and I were woken up by the voices of the villagers in the hall, and when we went out, we saw that it was Grandpa Ye and them.

When they saw Meng Changqing coming out, they hurriedly stepped forward and said: "Yesterday we were guarding the cow, and its stomach didn't move at all, so I thought it wouldn't give birth at night, and wanted to go back and fill a bag of cigarettes and come back to see, but after loading the cigarettes, the big yellow cow was already out of gas, the umbilical cord was long, and there was no trace of the calf that was born." ”

After hearing this, Grandpa and Meng Changqing didn't waste half a second and rushed directly to the cattle pen below the village.

I walked slowly, and then arrived, when I saw the scene, a fishy smell made me almost vomit, the big yellow cow's belly has been deflated, at a glance, there are only two skins left in the belly, and it is very thin.

Its eyes were still staring, and it was still full of tears, and there were mosquitoes crawling around its eyes, which made me feel extremely uncomfortable.

When I was in this village, except for Xiaoxiao, the one who accompanied me the most was this cow, although it couldn't speak, but in my heart I always regarded him as a playmate and a friend.

In these short seven days, first my grandmother died, and then the death of the big scalper, which made me have an indescribable sense of fear.

I'm afraid that it won't be long before my grandfather dies, the second grandmother dies, Meng Changqing dies, and even Xiaoxiao dies. I couldn't help but shed tears when I thought about it.

Meng Changqing was squatting in front of the scalper to check, but when he saw me shed tears, he got up and patted me on the shoulder and said: "The disappearance of the old thing represents the birth of the new thing, just like Tai Chi, they just changed another way of living, maybe one day you can see them again." ”

I listened and nodded, but the sorrow in my heart did not diminish in the slightest.

After that, Meng Changqing smiled, then bent down to check on the scalper, and after a while, he raised his head and shook his head, saying that he didn't see anything.

After the villagers guessed that the big yellow cow was difficult to give birth, the calf came out after the big yellow cow died, the calf itself bit off the umbilical cord and left here, the newborn calf should not go far, the villagers discussed it and went all over the mountains to find the calf, they also thought that the calf was reincarnated by the grandmother, and it must be found.

Meng Changqing didn't approve of them looking for it so headlessly, but asked his grandfather about the details of the dream he had the day before yesterday.

Grandpa said that the night before yesterday, his grandmother gave him a dream that she was kicked out by a dog when she was about to be reincarnated, and she wanted to find a random place to cast.

After hearing this, Meng Changqing asked his grandfather what kind of place he dreamed of.

Grandpa thought about it and told Meng Changqing about a village, and then Meng Changqing took me to the village non-stop, and after a little inquiry, I knew that a couple surnamed Zhang in the village had a child yesterday, but the child born was a dead baby.

We found Zhang's house, and sure enough, we saw a half-meter-tall wolf dog at his house, and we also saw a lot of toe marks in the mud next to his house.

When I saw the footprints, I was amazed and exclaimed, "That's true." It means that my grandmother has been reincarnated, and I can still see her again? ”

"I can't." Meng Changqing ruthlessly poured a basin of cold water on me, "What you see is completely another person, she doesn't even know who you are." ”

I sighed, thinking that as long as I knew who she was, it didn't have to be that she knew who I was, she hadn't spoken to her well in her life, but she missed her all the time after she died, and if I could find her, I would have to say a few words to her.

My grandmother's death shocked me too much, I never thought that the people around me would die one by one, and now I often dream that my grandmother called me to wake up at six o'clock in the morning, and I had to stay in bed until ten o'clock.

Meng Changqing saw that I wanted to get into trouble, so he patted me and asked me to go with him, don't think about it.

He inquired with the villagers about the location of the dead baby's sale, and then secretly went over and dug up the dead baby's grave, cut a hole in the dead baby's finger and took some blood before burying him again.

I was stunned and said, "You lack virtue and don't want you." ”

Meng Changqing glanced at me, then looked up and knocked on me, reprimanded me for not being big or small, and then went to do my own thing.

He used the blood to write eight words on the slip of paper, and I asked what it meant, and he said that it was the time of the cow's death yesterday, and the time when the calf was born, and the calf's birth date.

I don't understand this thing, and he won't teach me now, until I can meditate.

I said yes and watched as he fiddled with the note in his hand.

He folded the note into a triangle and left the place with me, and the first thing he did when he returned was to smash the Kong Ming lantern and tell the villagers not to look for it.

After the Kong Ming lantern was tied, he painted runes on it, and then hung the previous note with the eight characters of the calf's birthday on the Kong Ming lantern, and then lit the Kong Ming lantern, the Kong Ming lantern slowly rose into the air, and after stopping, Meng Changqing raised his finger and read: "Qing Shui is looking for people to shine on the light, the sun, moon and stars shine with the arch, the sky is bright, the earth and the earth are shining, according to the gods and gods, and everyone is manifested. ”

After reading this Kong Ming lantern and began to pan, the people in the village had never seen such a strange method, and they asked Meng Changqing what this thing was.

Meng Changqing explained to them that the Kong Ming lantern is also called the guiding lamp, also known as the soul lantern, if the calf is reincarnated by the grandmother, you can use the Kong Ming lantern to find it, if it is not the grandmother reincarnated, the Kong Ming lantern will keep walking, until the fire above burns out.

After listening to Meng Changqing's explanation, the villagers followed Meng Changqing to find Kong Ming's lantern.

This Kong Ming lantern went farther and farther, and it disappeared in less than half an hour, Meng Changqing couldn't see the trace of Kong Ming lantern, so he stopped and asked everyone not to look for it, since it was not grandma reincarnated, there was no point in looking for it again.

The villagers believed Meng Changqing's words and went home to take a bath and sleep, and Meng Changqing and I also slowly paced home.

When I was about to reach the direction of the village, I saw two beams of cars on the road in the distance.

There are very few cars in our village, sometimes not once a year, but now this car is driving towards our village, and I can naturally think that the second grandmother has returned.