Padlocks are an old custom in the countryside. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

It is said that after the child is born, if he is frail and sick, has any defects or has no defects, and simply hopes that the child will be well, the parents will tie a braid with a red rope and enshrine it in front of the stove, and hang a copper coin on the red rope every year, which is called a 'padlock'.

Probably means that it is reported to God through the Lord of the Stove, and our children will be entrusted to God, hoping that God will bless them.

Good blessed.

When the child reaches the age of nine, he can unlock the child.

Find a 'gentleman' to come, set up a table in the yard, let the child get under the table, and then take out the steamed jujube bun, Mr. while making a report to God, the child eats the jujube bun, and also find a dragon and a tiger to press the foot, after a prayer, the lock can be untied, some, but also find a big tree to recognize the godmother, some, don't look for it.

This means that through Mr. to God, thank you for bless the child to such a big age, and we will come by ourselves in the future, so we will not trouble you.

I was born in 88 and belonged to the Great Dragon, so I was naturally found.

After breakfast, I went to Feng's house, his house is just behind my house, and I will arrive after a big pit.

Passing through the alley, just about to go down the pit, a very unpleasant voice came from behind: "I went to unlock someone's son, why are you here?" ”

As soon as I turned around, it was the third child, this guy had gone on a trip from south to north, and he was going to pretend to be hunting, if he jumped higher, he dared to covet Chang'e on the moon!

"The fourth brother belongs to the big dragon, of course he is coming, aren't you a cat? Lie to people! I lazily replied to him.

The third child suddenly smiled slyly: "Don't talk nonsense, you said that they can prepare a table for us, no matter how delicious the things outside, they can't eat our family's big dishes, and there is nothing to do in the village recently, so I can only think about this meal!" ”

"Hehe...... Actually, I also want to eat the big dishes at home.

The two of us went to Feng's house together, Feng's was playing in the courtyard, his father and his mother and his grandmother were there, and there was also a 'gentleman' in his fifties or sixties sitting in the courtyard, a woman, with bracelets, rings and earrings, a little richer than the people in the village.

We don't often have this kind of superstitious activity there, that is, there are more people who look at the cemetery, so we call the fortune tellers, the look-reading gods, and so on, collectively called Mr.

Feng's parents beckoned us over, and Mr. glanced at us: "Is it a big dragon or a tiger?" ”

"Yes...... "The third brother is unhappy, our fourth brother is a gentleman who looks at yin and yang seriously, you can't even see this, what else are you pretending."

I didn't even pay attention to her.

The gentleman really didn't notice anything, and went over and set the things on the table, and this was about to begin.

The third child and I were called to the table, and each of us was given a red rope, and we were each tied to the corner of the table with the red rope, and then we were asked to sit on the ground.

The nine-year-old child, Feng's, got under the table, waiting to eat the jujube buns.

When our side was ready, the gentleman went on the stage, no dancing, no big movements, just muttering something as he walked, and from time to time directing Feng's parents to do something......

More than ten minutes, Mr. asked Feng's father to take Feng's with him, and went outside with a red rope, and said, don't let you turn back.

Then, the gentleman muttered in the courtyard for a while, and said, "All right! ”

Broken!

I said in my heart, the big dish is gone, and it will only take forty minutes before and after, and I didn't let us do anything when I came, but let us sit, and when I first came, I looked in the kitchen of their house, as if I didn't prepare any dishes, and it was over so soon, I was afraid that I couldn't even drink the tea water.

The third child's face was not good-looking, and he looked at the gentleman very unpleasantly for a while, will you be able to? It's over so soon? The movement is too small, and the time is too short, is it okay to hold on until 12 o'clock for lunch?

Feng's mother came to untie the red rope for us, and Feng's father came back from outside with Feng's, and the red rope was gone, probably recognizing his godmother.

Then, and then I really didn't even let me drink saliva, so the third child and I came out and worked in vain.

Forget it, a gentleman doesn't necessarily have to ask someone to eat a big dish, Lao Tzu said.

On the way back, the third child asked seriously: "Do you think they can do this?" ”

The third child treats me as a serious gentleman, and I don't want to be this: "Who knows, why are you asking me?!" ”

"Just ask you what's wrong?" The third child didn't know why he was in a hurry.

"I don't know!" I have always been very reluctant to be a Taoist priest and so on, I used to believe in science, and now I know that I have this ability, or rejection, I am a dignified high school entrance examination student, always with ghosts, yin, evil, what nonsense, to a middle school to be a handsome and good student how good.

I walked quickly, and the third child turned his head and went home.

When I returned home in the middle of the morning, my father asked, "You came back so soon, and his family didn't leave you for a meal?" ”

"Don't mention it, I didn't even let me drink my saliva." I'm calculating this, too.

"Hehe......" Father was just joking.

In the middle of the night, my neighbor Uncle Jianzi came to call me: "Xiaofang, your classmate called you, it's a woman." ”

"......" I blushed and quickly ran over to answer the phone.

When I arrived at Uncle Jianzi's house, I had to say hello to my grandparents, and then I went to the hall to answer the phone, which was called by Ning Hongyan.

Just humming and chirping a few words, Ning Hongyan wanted to see me, and I said to go to the city tomorrow.

Hung up.

When I came back from Uncle Jianzi's house, my mother asked me with a smile: "Where is the female classmate, still calling you?" ”

"It's from another village." I fell in love in junior high school, so I was very weak-hearted.

"Isn't it good-looking? Is it high or not? White no? It's too short! The mother casually made a few conditions.

"Mother, what are you talking about......" I was even more embarrassed.

The father was standing aside and happy, but after a while, he suddenly said very seriously and seriously: "You can't fall in love, study hard, and find a good daughter-in-law when you are admitted to college in the future." ”

Hey, I'm really annoyed by this sentence, or maybe because of this sentence, I didn't get into a good university, of course, I'm in a special situation, I can't generalize, as for my reasons, I won't say much.

For dinner in the evening, I told my family that I would go to the city tomorrow.

My father nagged me two more words, I put down the bowl and left, and my mother began to nag my father.

I went to the third child's house for a while, and told the third child about going to the city tomorrow, and he readily agreed, and he also went to do something.

What are you going to do?

He didn't tell me yet!

When I got up in the morning, I hurriedly had breakfast, and then went to the third child's house to urge the third child, and the third child was grinding and chirping for a long time like an old lady, and finally went out.

The two of us walked to the head of the town bridge and waited for the bus to come and go to the city.

When I arrived in the city, it was still the intersection in the northeast corner, so I pulled the third child out of the car.

The third child pulled me again: "Let's go, come with me to buy something, and you have to get some money, and then you can do whatever you want." ”

"I'm not your father, why am I looking at you? Go, go, you go, I'll go mine! "I have a fire in my heart, and I will follow him.

"Si'er, what's wrong with you, I'm not just ...... Forget it, I'll go myself. The third child was not happy anymore and left by himself.

I walked around the intersection for a while, especially at the gate of the 'Dongshan Zen Temple', and looked inside, before going to the place agreed with Ning Hongyan, the square.

There were a lot of people in the square, most of them in pairs, and I stood there alone, which was quite eye-catching.

After a long while, Ning Hongyan came and wore a dress she had just bought.

"Miss, what about you embroidering at home? Came so late! "I'm too familiar with Ning Hongyan, so I'm not used to it.

Ning Hongyan also had a little temper: "You don't know a lot of things about girls, what's wrong with letting you wait for a while, it's not what it should be." ”

As soon as I heard that she was going to fall in love with me, I quickly diverted the topic and led her to a place where there were few people.

As I walked, I came to the 'coffin house' I saw the day before yesterday.

I really don't want to do this, but I'm always worried in my heart, for fear that some ghosts will come out of that coffin house and go out to harm people.

I rarely come to the city, and I am not familiar with this place, so I wandered around with Ning Hongyan for a while, but I still haven't found that strange house.

"You're looking for someone here?" Ning Hongyan found out.

"No, just go around casually......" I said haha, and continued to look for Ning Hongyan with Ning Hongyan.

After drilling a few small alleys, I turned a few more corners, and finally reached the back of this piece of house and saw the big pit.

I was going to go to that pit, Ning Hongyan suddenly took my hand, but she was not afraid, it was happiness, she thought that I was looking for such a place to be sweet and greasy with her.

When he got to the pit, Ning Hongyan lowered his head and said, "Where are you going to go?" ”

As soon as I turned around, I realized that Ning Hongyan's expression with low eyebrows and pleasing eyes was wrong, and I was shocked, what did this girl think!

"Hongyan, look, does that house look like a coffin?" I'd rather see a haunted house than see Ning Hongyan so gentle.

Ning Hongyan raised her head, glared, and left.

I hurriedly caught up, coaxed Ning Hongyan for a while, and finally took her to the front of the coffin house.

From the front, this is a very ordinary house, with high courtyard walls, vermilion gates, and nothing special on the roof windows, but the gate is closed.

"It's hard to come here, you're really, take me to see this." Ning Hongyan was angry, she was thinking about something else.

"You can wait a little longer, you think I want to see it!" I'm also worried about it, why do I have to put these things on the table, if I can forget how good it is here, I don't care who they meow.

While the two were talking, the small door in the coffin room opened.