Chapter 22: The Ghost Child
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I said, "And then?" I'd like to know more about why you ended up like this. ”
The young woman continued: "In those days, I used the excuse of being sick, and I refused to go down in the house all day long, for fear that the old man would see me. ”
"Then you can say that this child belongs to your master." I interjected.
The young woman shook her head: "Impossible, the master said that the family is rich for only three generations, and one heir is enough, so ......"
"I understand, he is afraid that his children will fight over the family property in the future."
"Yes," said the young woman, "for this reason I was going to kill the child secretly, and once I was very ill and needed a doctor to take my pulse, and I took the opportunity to ask him for a pair of abortion pills, and that afternoon I told the maid to fry me, and I told her to go down at the door to do something else, and after a while I opened the door and looked left and right to bring the medicine in.
I walked to the bed and sat down, took a few deep breaths, blew the medicinal soup, brought it to my mouth and prepared to drink it all, at this time, I seemed to hear a baby-like cry, this sound made me tremble, almost spilled the medicinal soup, maybe I was a little too nervous, I brought it to my mouth again, and the baby-like cry came one after another, this time it was brighter, I was ruthless and ignored the voice, as soon as the medicinal soup touched my mouth, the bitter taste spread all over my body with a word, I seemed to hear the sound of 'I don't want to die, I don't want to die', I was so frightened that I broke out in a cold sweat, and at the same time I began to hesitate to beat this child, I put the soup on the table, and strangely enough, the cry also stopped abruptly.
I don't understand what this is all about, anyway, I cried and listened, I took this opportunity to take the medicinal soup in one go, and at this time the influence of a child appeared in front of my eyes, what a lovely child it was, it was so fair and smooth, the fleshy mouth on the tender white little face was upturned, this time I was really hesitating, I was thinking about whether I should fulfill this child, after all, it was not his fault, and besides, I had no right to decide the freedom of a life, and finally I decided to give birth to this child.
Even if I can't do my mother's duty, at least I've opened his eyes to a whole new world. ”
"And what are you going to do?" I asked.
There was a smile on the young woman's countenance: "At first, I planned to give birth to him and raise him for a few days, and then find an opportunity to send him out to find a good family to adopt, so that my conscience will at least be forgiven." ”
"The result?" I asked knowingly.
The young woman sighed, and her face became haggard: "When I was eight months pregnant, the old man specially found a foreign doctor from abroad who claimed to be an expert, saying that he could cure all diseases.
I don't know if the old man saw any clues, or out of concern for me, in short, he was impatient, and finally kicked the door open, and found my body as soon as he entered the door. I still remember that the old man squinted his eyes and said to the foreign doctor, "the family is unfortunate", and invited the foreign doctor back, I thought that the old man usually pampered me very much, spoiled me, maybe scolded me for a few words and it was nothing, the big deal was to beat me, who knew that night...... Woowoo woo ......"
As she spoke, the young woman hid her face and cried, and scolded herself for being confused, I looked at her and shook my head, thinking that this is a hard-working woman, who has never had a child who really belongs to her in her life.
Seeing her crying, I paused for a while and said, "Did your old man dig out your heart...... ...... your child" I can't say any more.
The young woman looked at me with a look of surprise: "How do you know this?" ”
I said, "Oh, I thought the old man named Ma Wu told me. ”
"Ma Wu?" The young woman muttered silently, and after a while she spoke out loud: "I remember, he used to work in my house, and he is quite diligent, and as far as I know, he seems to be the only one who has come out of here alive, right?" ”
I said, "Yes, he is the only one, but he has not been spared, and I must be the last person he has ever seen in his life." ”
"How?" The young woman was surprised, "He's dead?" ”
"That's right," I said, "just this afternoon, according to him, he must have been killed by some kind of curse that seemed to have been with him for decades, and I saw him as if he had died of decay. ”
The young woman sighed, "No one will escape that curse, and no one will die well." ”
I asked, "What curse?" Listening to the tone of your voice, you seem to be in this curse too, don't you? ”
"Yes," said the young woman, "I am a victim too. ”
"You're a victim too? Aren't you the culprit? I asked.
The young woman looked at me: "No, you are wrong, I did make that cry every night, and my purpose is not to frighten people, but to protect the villagers here from harm!" ”
"What! How so? "I suddenly felt like I was in the clouds.
The young woman explained, "I am only atoning for my sins, and he is the one who really wants to harm my unborn child." ”
I frowned, "No, you can't put all the blame on a child." ”
"No," explained the young woman, "the child died unjustly, and it was even more unjust to die before he was born, not to mention that the child's father was a ghost. So after the child died, the yin qi lingered in this building for a long time.
He blamed all the villagers for his death, including his own family, so during that time, except for Ma Wu, the master, several other aunts, and all the maids and servants in the house, all of them died, and the death was very tragic. ”
"But what does this have to do with the villagers?" I asked.
The young woman continued: "Of course it matters, didn't I say before, this child resents everyone, but not me, and his resentment has two purposes. First, he resented why he was stillborn before he was born, and secondly, he thought that the cause of my death was also related to all the villagers, so he began to hate the whole village from the day he became a ghost, and he wanted to kill everyone, but because of his limited ability, he was limited by this house, and he couldn't get out even at night, so he wanted to lure the villagers here and take the opportunity to kill them all. ”
It dawned on me.