As soon as the morning dawned, a few of us hurried back to the alpaca village, at this time the village chief Uncle Ma was already waiting at the entrance of the village, and there were also a few elders chatting beside him with a rice bowl, seeing us come back, they hurriedly greeted us, but the second uncle Ma first asked: "The seventh day of the first month, how is it, the drought ghost ,,, not caught." ”

I looked at Second Uncle Ma blankly, and after a long time, I sighed lightly, slowly shook my head and said: "The drought ghost is not a drought fish, and it doesn't play a role if it is caught or not, but the top priority at the moment is to find the drought fish as soon as possible, only by getting rid of the drought fish, the drought ghost can also restore its pure soul, Second Uncle Ma, I want to go back to the camp to have a look, you can also come with you." ”

After speaking, I didn't care about Second Uncle Ma's stunned expression, and walked straight to the camping house, I knew that my mood was a little low, I believe that Second Uncle Ma would understand the reason, Lao Yang was hanging his head behind and telling about last night's events, Second Uncle Ma heard it in surprise, and sighed deeply with regret,

My wife, who was already waiting at home, saw us come in, and hurriedly beckoned us to come into the house to sit, but I didn't go directly into the hall, but rushed into the stove house to take a look, and what surprised me was that the water pick, which had been picked up by the drought ghost, had been placed on the edge of the sink as it was, and the water in the sink was almost full, which showed that the drought ghost still picked up the water last night.

I hurriedly walked into the hall and asked my wife, "Sister-in-law, what I want to ask next may be a little offensive to you, but there is no other way to do it today, I can only offend, and I hope you can understand, sister-in-law." ”

A room full of people pricked up their eyes to look at me, and the wife of the camp also looked at me with her mouth open in astonishment, and after a long time, she smiled tremblingly and said, "Brother Chuqi, since you called me sister-in-law, then you didn't treat me as an outsider. ”

I nodded heavily, and immediately said to Second Uncle Ma, Lao Yang and the others: "Second Uncle Ma, these questions I am about to ask are related to heaven, and they can only be listened to by my sister-in-law alone, and she can only answer them alone, so ,,。 ”

"This ,,。" Second Uncle Ma hesitated for a moment, then nodded again: "Then you go into the inner room and say, we just don't listen." ”

My wife blushed a little embarrassed, but after seeing my serious expression, she also put away her embarrassment, got up and walked into the inner room.

In fact, I'm not sure whether these questions should be asked, because these questions involve the name of the wife, so I made up a random reason, saying that it is a matter of heaven, but in fact, I don't want Uncle Ma and Lao Yang to know.

In the inner room, the wife forced a calm smile and said, "Brother Chuqi, if you have anything to say, just say it." ”

I pinched my fingers with some embarrassment, couldn't help but grit my teeth, and said: "Sister-in-law, except for Brother Yingsheng, do you ,,, you like other men before, I, sister-in-law, I know it's inappropriate for me to ask like this, but the current thing is clearly not Brother Yingsheng, so since it's not him, I want to ,,。 ”

"Ahh Yingsheng's wife suddenly blushed, glared at me fiercely, and said: "You, how can you say that, how can I go to Yingsheng again on my back,,, Alas, to say that I married Yingsheng at the age of twenty, at that time he was a family with four walls, and he couldn't even see a little surplus grain in the rice tank, if I really disliked him, I wouldn't have struggled until now, besides,,, at that time, I didn't have a child for a long time, you must know how embarrassing it should be for a woman not to conceive a child, but Yingsheng never complained about me, Finally had his child, how could I give up a good home, but go again, and then hook up with other men, alas, the seventh brother, I know that you ask this to suspect that the drought ghost and what I have, this is also for the sake of the villagers, I can't blame you, but I can say with certainty that I really haven't done anything sorry for making a living. ”

After listening to the complaints of his wife, I also knew that I really shouldn't ask this, because that drought fish would definitely not have anything to do with his wife, who was only in her early thirties, even if she was a teenager, even if the person died and was buried at the time, it was impossible for him to become a drought fish in just ten years, and if he could really become a drought fish, he would have to practice for at least thirty years and absorb the essence of the sun and the moon.

I pursed my lips and said embarrassedly: "Sister-in-law, I'm really sorry, I have a bad brain, I shouldn't have thought of that stupid idea, now I can decide that the drought has nothing to do with you, then ,,, then when I didn't ask anything just now, you didn't say anything." ”

Hearing this, the wife nodded knowingly, presumably she also understood what I meant by the phrase "it is a matter of heaven".

Turned around and walked out of the inner room, inadvertently, my eyes fell on the middle hall in the hall, above the table below, there were several ancestral spiritual seats, the bottom was naturally Ma Yingsheng's, and the back was Ma Yingsheng's father's spiritual seat, and then back,,, and then back,,, that was Ma Yingsheng's grandfather's spiritual seat,

As if a hot current suddenly rushed to my heart, I suddenly thought of something, and hurriedly asked his wife: "Sister-in-law, I have also heard some about the grievances and grievances of the older generation of your family, it is said that your father-in-law and mother-in-law fell out with Brother Yingsheng's grandfather and broke off the relationship, but your family also enshrines their spiritual position, why is this." ”

Yingsheng's wife smiled gently, and said: "The seventh brother of the junior year, maybe you don't know completely, Yingsheng's father and mother did cut off the relationship with his grandfather, but their family is also a male in the vein, and the two uncles of Yingsheng are daughters under their knees, and the only one who can inherit the incense of their Ma family, in the final analysis, is still Yingsheng, and enshrine their spiritual position, in fact, it is also the original meaning of Yingsheng, he said that when he was a few years old, his grandfather treated him very well and loved him very much, but before Yingsheng grew up, the two of them both went, Yingsheng thanked them for their love, after all, grievances are the business of the previous generation, and it has nothing to do with our younger generations, so Yingsheng wrote their spiritual positions to worship together. ”

"Yes, yes, this child is a well-known filial son in our area, but it's a pity that ,,, alas." Second Uncle Ma echoed the words of his wife,

I frowned tightly, stretched out my hand sharply, and said, "Wait, sister-in-law, dare to ask how many years it has been since the grandfather who made a living died." ”

When Yingsheng's wife heard this, she immediately pondered for a while, and then said uncertainly: "I have only heard Yingsheng talk about it once or twice, and I said it secretly, because my father-in-law and mother-in-law are very taboo about this, and Yingsheng said that he died when he was seven or eight years old, or maybe he was five or six years old, I really don't know this very well." ”

At this time, Uncle Ma opened his mouth: "What is five or six years old, seven or eight years old, at that time, Ma Lao Hat was only three or four years old when he died, and I remember most clearly when Ma Lao Hat died, because the paper basket was mentioned by me, can there be a holiday, that year is also May or June, yes, in the middle of May 1923, it has been more than 30 years now,,。 ”

Yingsheng's wife embarrassedly calculated, and said: "If you count it this year, Yingsheng will also be thirty-seven years, and in two or three years,,, Yingsheng will be a little more than three years old, hehe, or the second uncle remembers it clearly." ”

After speaking, Yingsheng's wife smiled bitterly, the right to be a family routine, but I didn't listen to these things as a common thing, according to Uncle Ma's statement, Lao Yang's previous rhetoric is not necessarily very accurate, although the years are a little worse, but it does not prevent me from grasping the point, since according to the business's wife, the three sons of the grandfather of Yingsheng have two sons who have no men who pass incense, only the father of Yingsheng has a single seedling, that is Yingsheng, when the old lady loved the little grandson, it is understandable to say, to this day, It is equivalent to saying that the incense passed down by the ancestors of Yingsheng can only continue in the Yingsheng family, which makes a bit sense, the old lady Ma has died for thirty-three years, and it has become a single line,,,

My eyes lit up and I asked, "Sister-in-law, do you know where Grandpa Yingsheng's grave is?" ”

Before the wife of Yingsheng could answer, the old sheep slapped his thigh and jumped up: "Oh, this is really a hundred secrets, I actually forgot the real ancestral tomb of the Yingsheng family, the seventh day of the first month, do you still remember the goat ditch we saw in front of the southeast slope, the real ancestral tomb of the Yingsheng family is in the col opposite the goat ditch." ”