The old man's eyes were rather desolate and deeply apologetic when he looked at the five dilapidated spirit houses. Just by glancing at it, his eyes filled with tears.

Daddy suddenly shuddered. I know what these five dilapidated spirit houses are for, and why they are so dilapidated than the others.

Before the liberation, the world was chaotic, human life was like a mustard, and the patriarchal thinking was particularly heavy, some cruel parents immediately drowned in the urinal under the bed after giving birth to their daughters, and had to give birth to boys who inherited the incense from generation to generation.

These absurd things sound absurd now, but they were really happening in those times.

Grandpa looked at the old man's age. It could not be that there were children after liberation. Thinking about what he had just said, it was already very certain that those five dilapidated houses were made for his five daughters. The reason why the spirit houses are so dilapidated is because these spirit houses were built a long time ago. As for the other spirit houses, he has recently prepared to sell them to other relatives of the deceased. Throw away the mark.

Grandpa sighed and said, "Put down the butcher knife and become a Buddha on the spot." Those things are in the past, just let it pass. As long as ...... now," Grandpa remembered the scene he had just seen in the Blind Ridge, and knew that this old man was taking care of those little ghosts because of his guilt for the past. His five daughters should all have become similar little ghosts in the end, and they stayed in the world because of their resentment. He must have treated those imps as his own children. But Grandpa swallowed back the words that followed, and if he said all this, then the thing that he had just peeked at the Blind Man's Pass would be exposed.

The old man saw that his grandfather understood him. Immediately showed a grateful expression.

Daddy said, "It's just ...... One or two are enough, why are you still unwilling to have five daughters in a row? ”

The old man shook his head painfully and said, "It's okay not to mention it, I feel very distressed when I mention it!" ”

Dad asked, "It seems that there are other reasons?" Can you tell me about it? ”

The old man walked to the five dilapidated spirit houses, hesitated for a moment, and said, "Originally, I didn't want to mention these things again, and I planned to take them into the coffin. But you're a discerning person, and you can see what I've done in the past. Then I don't have to hide it, and it's much easier to say it. ”

"Yes. Some things are not good to hold in your heart. It's a little more comfortable to say it. Daddy's mind flashed the figure of the paper figure that had disappeared. In fact, Grandpa was more interested in the paper figure that disappeared. After all, although the old man's experience is staggering, it is not unusual.

After five or six minutes, Daddy's view will be completely reversed.

The old man said, "You are right. One or two daughters are fine, although I wanted a boy at that time, but my daughter is also my own flesh and blood, and no matter how ruthless my parents are, I can't bear to do this. ”

Grandpa glanced at the place where the paper figure had disappeared again, and it was difficult to concentrate his mind on the old man.

"I started out like that, my wife gave birth to three daughters. When my fourth child was born, I sat at the door and waited for the midwife to hear from me. When I heard the cry of a child coming from inside the house, my legs went limp. I could hear it being the sound of a girl crying. I told you that if your father hadn't received food when he passed through our village, my family would have starved to death. But our family has never had a good time, and we still often can't open the pot. It's hard to raise three daughters, and I can't afford to raise a fourth daughter. ”

Grandpa's attention shifted back a lot. The old man said about this experience, Grandpa had some impressions, and it seemed that he had heard it somewhere.

"Actually, when my wife was pregnant with her fourth child, my old father, who was dying, secretly told me. My old father said, if your daughter-in-law's fourth child is still a daughter, you should drown her in a urinal, and say that she is born bad. It's okay for others to know, and it's okay for others to do the same. When I heard my old father say this, I immediately cried so much that I couldn't stop crying. I know my old father's thoughts, my old father drowned several of my sisters before my mother gave birth to me. Otherwise, even if I were born, I would not have anything to eat. I am the only seedling in the family, and he doesn't want our family's incense to be cut off like this. ”

Daddy stared at the old man and didn't say a word. He felt the room getting darker and darker, and the air became oppressive.

"But before my fourth child was born, he died. If he had been alive at the time, my fourth child would have drowned in the urinal at birth. If I hadn't lost my leg at that time, I would have drowned her as my father said. If you don't be ruthless for a while, it's hard to be ruthless later. I gritted my teeth and raised her. ”

"How long have you been raising her?" Daddy asked eagerly.

The old man bit his lip like a toothache and said, "Ten years." ”

Grandpa was shocked.

"It's all my fault that I've been bewitched by others! I met a fortune teller who said that I should have a son in my life, but the daughter in front of me took his place. The old man said.

Grandpa trembled like chaff all over his body, and he couldn't speak.

"I ...... I let my fourth daughter drown...... I was in a lot of pain, and I thought I might as well drown her in the urinal when she was born......" The old man was already in tears when he was in the spirit house. "Later...... Then my wife gave birth to her fifth child. ”

Daddy turned to look at the old man.

The old man shook his head bitterly and said, "The fifth child is still a daughter......"

Daddy felt a cool air jump up from under his feet, turning half of his body cold. The room was even darker, and the darkness seemed to swallow everything in it.

"My wife knew that I had killed my fourth child, and that drowning was just an illusion. She cried to death, but there was also a glimmer of hope that a boy would be born. She said, "In this way, she will be able to see my old father and my fathers and fathers when she is buried in the earth." But after giving birth to her fifth daughter, she went crazy. She ran around with her fifth daughter in her arms and shouted like a mad cow and a frightened horse. He didn't go home day and night, and he wanted me to look for it. She walks without looking at the road, sees the mountains and climbs the mountains, and sees the water crossing the water. I can't stop it. Later, she fell into a dung pit with her daughter in her arms, and it took several days before she was found. This matter is not over, it seems that bad luck has entangled our family, and it turned out that the eldest daughter, the second daughter, and the third daughter, who had been good, suddenly began to get sick and left me one after another. Sometimes I wonder, are these five daughters strung on a bamboo stick like a sugar gourd? They all came when they came, and they all left when they left? ”

Daddy suddenly remembered something, but his voice seemed to become extremely difficult, and it took a lot of effort to speak. Grandpa swallowed dryly and asked laboriously, "Excuse me, what is the name of your fourth daughter?" "When Grandpa heard about this story before, he didn't hear the specific name.

The old man's lips trembled and he said, "Her name ...... It's called Millet ......"

"Little ...... Millet? ”

The old man nodded, "Yes." I gave her this name because the family had little food leftover, and it was not easy to feed her with millet. ”

The name of Xiaomi in each life has different meanings, but in the end, it all comes down to the word "Xiaomi"!

Grandpa thought to himself, did this old man know that the millet of the blind man was the soul of his daughter after reincarnation? That's why he went there with a basket of food?

Grandpa thought about it, and it didn't feel like this. When the old man faced those little ghosts, his mood was quite soothing. He would be excited as long as he mentioned those past events, but how could he calmly face the soul of his daughter after her reincarnation? He shouldn't know the truth, he just took those little ghosts as the object of his atonement, and he didn't go to Xiaomi.

So, does Xiaomi know that this old man is her father who killed her in her previous life? Daddy couldn't help but look at this old man from Xiaomi's point of view.

No, it won't. Although she remembered many things, the mystery in the womb should have made her forget what her father looked like in her previous life. Otherwise, with her temper in dealing with him, she would definitely not let go of this old man easily. Even if she still had some vague memories, she would most likely not recognize the old man. Because the old man is no longer what he used to be.

Grandpa couldn't help but sigh in his heart that this father and daughter, who were as close as flesh and blood but had a deep hatred of blood, actually met in such a way and got along in such a way many years later. Could it be that this old man was arranged to pay off his debts in the dark?

The old man wiped his tears and continued: "Not long ago, I actually met another ...... named Xiaomi of people. His eyes flickered, which was a sign of weakness. He didn't dare to tell the blind man's pass.

Daddy understood why he was hiding it, but pretended to be surprised, "Oh? Is it such a coincidence? ”

"yes. It's such a coincidence. She reminds me of my struggling fourth daughter. The old man said.

"Everything that seems to be a coincidence, maybe it was a premeditated arrangement. You think it's hard to happen, it's your luck or misfortune, but it's something you can't hide from if you want to. Daddy whispered.

The old man nodded, "Makes sense." I owe my daughters, and I'll make up for them now. I knew it didn't work, but I felt better. Apparently he didn't understand what his grandfather really meant when he said this.

Grandpa stared at the dilapidated spirit house and didn't speak for a long time.

The old man also quieted down, his eyes in a trance.

The room was silent. There was silence in the chambers. Those paper figures were either bitter or smiling, all quietly, as if waiting for something, and as if they were waiting for nothing.

For a while, the house seemed to have become a paper house, and the grandfather and the old man also stood as paper figures.

Darkness swallows up the house and the paper figures, and it also swallows up the house and the people in it. There doesn't seem to be much difference between them.