Chapter 7: Late Night Funeral
Not only did the fat baby and I not be able to calm down the anxious black egg, but the more we walked, the stronger the black egg's reaction became, and later, I actually peed!
"Oh my God! The black egg pees, and the pee Lao Tzu is all over! "I put the black egg out of my arms in a fit of rage, and found that my chest was wet and full of black egg urine.
The fat baby not only didn't sympathize with me, but leaned forward and backwards laughing at that point, and the sound of hahaha came far away at night. As soon as the black egg landed, he ran back, but the fat baby pulled it back as soon as he pulled the rope, and we really had no choice but to hold the black egg forward.
By this time, we had reached the entrance of Three Feet Alley. I don't know why, but I suddenly had a feeling of discomfort in my heart, as if there was something bad in front of this three-foot alley. But when I think it's so late now, if I don't go back soon, the master may be unhappy, and the fat baby's parents are not easy to explain.
So I didn't think much about it, and walked into the three-foot alley with the fat baby.
"Hey, why do you feel a little cold?" The fat baby touched her arm with her hand. I didn't feel anything, but I was vigilant, and I already vaguely felt that something was wrong in my heart, the three-foot alley tonight was too quiet, the quiet was abnormal!
Normally, even at night, there would be some noise, but today it was so quiet that there was not even a sound.
After some struggle just now, Hei Dan'er is now paralyzed, and he is no longer making trouble, being held in his arms by the fat baby, and occasionally making a whining sound.
In the dark, I always feel as if there are a pair of eyes peeking at us in the dark. It's just a feeling in my heart, I can't say why, and it's getting stronger.
No way! There is a problem with Three Feet Lane today and I can't go any further. Even if we go a little farther, we will take the main road back!
I made up my mind, stopped, grabbed the fat baby's arm, and prepared to go back to the road home immediately. But at this time, as soon as I pulled the fat baby, I found that his body was cold, and the whole person was shaking, and the feeling was the same as the black egg before.
"What's wrong with you?" I looked at him a little strangely, and I found that the fat baby's eyes were round and wide, beads of sweat the size of soybeans were dripping down his head, his lips were white, and his face was bloodless, as if he had seen something very terrifying.
At this time, I reacted immediately, it turned out that the black egg just now was because he was afraid! So what is it, and the fat baby, afraid of?
I turned my head abruptly and followed the fat baby's gaze, and I saw a very frightening scene!
I saw that under the cold moonlight, the front of the already narrow three-foot alley was actually crowded with people. They were all white, dressed in white linen filial piety clothes, with high pointed hats on their heads, and they stood there without moving, like white wooden stakes.
In the midst of these people, there is a large black coffin!
Because the three-foot alley is very narrow, this black coffin is actually long and narrow, very long, but not wide, and there are some fine red lines wrapped around it. In front of the long and narrow black coffin, there is also a strange piece of paper. It feels like a rare silver note that my master and I make on a daily basis, but the color and shape are a little different.
it!! This...... It's a funeral!
But...... How could there be a funeral at this big night when it was dark? And the lanterns, the lighting, nothing, the funeral was completely dark. This funeral, also known as "sending the soul", is a ritual to send the dead to the underworld, and has a symbolic meaning of the shuttle between the two worlds of yin and yang.
At night, the sun is already prosperous and the sun is declining, and it is easy to have strange things happen when there is a funeral.
And this funeral procession is too simple, right?!
It stands to reason that no matter how poor you are, you will be particular about funerals. The participants have to take a small steamed bun and a coin, the eldest son or eldest daughter of the deceased has to carry the ghost flag, the daughter-in-law or son-in-law has to support the spirit with both hands, the eldest grandson or eldest granddaughter drags the image of the deceased with both hands, the second son of the deceased holds a "mourning stick", and some relatives need to scatter all kinds of paper money along the way.
But none of that! And the paper money in the whole town and nearby towns has passed through the hands of me and the master, so there shouldn't be any dead people recently, right?
There are only a few strange people dressed in white filial piety in front of them, and a narrow black coffin, revealing an eerie energy.
At this time, I already fully understood, no wonder the black egg was so scared before. Because I heard the master say that things like black dogs can feel and see things that some people can't see, hear, and feel, and they are the nemesis of evil things. But Black Egg is still a small puppy, and it can feel it, but it can't fight it, which is why it has such a strong fear reaction when it approaches this three-foot alley.
There is a problem with this three-foot alley, and the gloomy queue of funerals in front of you late at night is definitely not normal!
Nima! It's all my fault, it's supposed to be a simple thing, and I'll know if I took out the paper money and did some tests. But my whole mind just now was completely filled with the fierce Hong Kong gunfight movie before, all of which were the hero's handsome posture and movements, so I was careless.
"Fat baby, why are you still standing stupidly? Run! "I can't care about anything else at this time, so I pull the fat baby hard, turn around and run. The frightened fat baby finally reacted to my yelling and pulling at me now, and quickly ran after me and ran towards the entrance of Sanchi Alley.
It was also out of curiosity that in the process of escaping, I subconsciously looked back to see if there had been any changes in the humble procession that went out late at night. There are still some lucks in my heart, maybe people are just normal funerals, but the ceremony is simplified to a minimum.
But when I saw the scene behind me, the last of my luck was shattered. Because the moment I turned my head, I saw a face!!
A pale, bloodless human face. The eyes are gray, cold and gloomy, without the slightest hint of humanity. He followed me so quietly, and he followed me closely, and when I turned to look, it was face to face, and my face almost touched this face, which made my scalp blow up and goosebumps rose.
This is one of them in a white mourning dress and a high hat, and he actually followed and chased after me and the fat baby.
Being chased by the tall hat of this white mourning dress, I also had a trace of anger under extreme fear in my heart, and then I didn't know where the courage came from, so I reached out and pushed the fat baby: "Fat baby, run away!" I'll break it off! ”
The fat baby's fat body was pushed hard by me, picked up the black egg, staggered and accelerated forward for a distance. I don't care about anything else. What I think in my brain is some of the teachings that the master has taught me in this regard.
As a designer of the banknote, he originally did the work of communicating the two worlds of yin and yang. It's good not to meet it, but if you really meet it, you must have a way to defend yourself!
I reached into my fanny pack and found that I had already caught two "one yuan" sheets in my hand.
This one yuan is not what we usually call RMB, this "one yuan" is actually a copper coin-shaped paper money, light yellow, adding some flammable materials, and there is a circular hole in the middle, symbolizing the resumption of yin and yang, so it is called "one yuan".
I took out these two "one yuan" sheets, and at the same time shouted in my mouth: "The ghost of the underworld, the little ghost of Yama, I have real money, and the ghost retreats!" ”
With a loud shout, I turned around and pasted the two pieces of paper money towards the "person" in a white mourning dress and a high hat who chased after me, wanting to see if some of the things I had learned from the master in the past few years were useful!