Chapter 2 Old Ghost Ding
At that time, there was no transportation in the countryside, and my grandfather was anxious, so he spent a lot of money to hire an ox cart, and then took my grandfather to Fenglin Mountain in a hurry.
Fenglin Mountain, a small mountain range more than ten miles away from our village, where lives a friend of my grandfather's life and death, and is also the only one in this radius of a hundred miles with a small reputation Mr. Yin and Yang.
The Yin and Yang Mr. surnamed Ding, the name Qiu Shan, and the people who deal with him are called Qiu Shan Taoist, of course, some people call him Ding Lao Ghost, speaking of which is not small, up to the house, choose the tomb to solve the feng shui, down to the interpretation of dreams, do red and white ceremonies, grandpa is to take grandpa there to ask for help.
When Grandpa finally came to the residence of this old ghost, this old ghost was sitting under the big tree in front of his house telling the fortune of a village woman.
I remember that my grandfather said this to me, saying that the old ghost Ding was a pervert and a fan of money, and my grandfather didn't bother when he saw that the old ghost Ding was busy, and he pulled his grandfather to stand aside and watched the old ghost Ding show people things.
The old ghost didn't know whether to pretend not to care or take it for granted, he was still busy with his own business, holding the hand of a village woman, staring at the village woman's chest with his eyes, and muttering in his mouth: Big sister! You palmistry, hey! This palmistry is not very good! And you look at your lines, this life is dull, and there is a faint hint of evil between your eyebrows, hey~ It seems that something bad is going to happen recently, it's not easy to do! It's not easy to do.
When the village woman heard this, she immediately became anxious, and said vigorously: Master, this, what a whole thing this is! Can the master explain it to me?
The old ghost rubbed his right thumb in embarrassment, and the village woman hurriedly took out a handkerchief from her arms, took out some broken money from it and stuffed it into the old ghost Ding's hand.
Old Ghost Ding still looked bad, and finally the village woman gritted her teeth and took out a five-yuan unity, and then Old Ghost Ding muttered: Okay, big sister, since you are so sincere, I will break this catastrophe for you.
Turned around and took out a stack of yellow charms from the tattered bag on the side, took out a few from them and handed them to the village woman, muttering: This is an exorcism charm, you take it back and stick it under the eaves, as well as two on both sides of the windowsill and the toilet, and please go back to a pair of door gods to survive this catastrophe.
After the village woman took the charm, she turned around and hurried away, apparently in a hurry to "drive away".
At that time, my grandfather was not happy when he saw it, this is not a liar! Why did the old man bring me here?
My grandfather said to my grandfather: Dad, let's go back! Isn't this a liar!
What Grandpa didn't expect was that Grandpa didn't step on him, but glared at Grandpa.
The old ghost took back the "earned" banknotes, turned around and stepped forward with a red face, patted Grandpa on the shoulder and said: Brother Zhang, the gust of wind blew you here! Come ~ Come on, sit here, hey! It's been a long time since you kid came to find my brother, let's go, I've made a little money this time, let's have a drink.
Grandpa looked at the old ghost Ding in front of him with a strange face, thinking that you just cheated people a lot of money, and made a little money.
Seeing that the old ghost Ding was finally busy, his anxious face eased, and said with a smile: Brother Ding, let's drink this wine later, I came to ask the old brother to save his life.
Seeing that Grandpa Ding's face was not good-looking, it seemed that there was something really wrong and hurriedly asked what was going on, and Grandpa told me what happened to my grandfather last night.
Ding Lao Ghost looked at the grandfather behind his grandfather, Ding Lao Ghost suddenly frowned, and his right hand kept pinching.
"The woman you said, if nothing else, should be a female ghost, this kind of ghost is generally a homeless wandering ghost, according to what you said to give you a deposit and then left without saying anything, this thing is not a big deal, there should be nothing wrong, the ghost came to the coffin I have also heard, I didn't expect you to meet this today, come, take out your two "dark coins" and show me."
When Grandpa heard this, he couldn't help but sweat profusely on his back, the big girl was a ghost last night, and she was actually doing business with a ghost, which frightened him He didn't care whether the old Taoist priest in front of him was true or not, and hurriedly took out the two dark coins from his pocket and handed them over.
Ding Lao Ghost took the dark coin and put it on the tip of his nose and put it down, saying: Well, fortunately, this female ghost seems to have been dead for less than seven days, for what reason there is no place for the corpse, it is estimated that he just wants a coffin into the ground, as the so-called: people die in the coffin and step on the Yin Bridge, the Yin Bridge entrance Yin soldiers guard, Yin soldiers pen hook life and death, from then on Yin and Yang are separated, can enter the reincarnation in reincarnation, and be free to be a person.
I think this female ghost wants to have a coffin to place her body in seven days, and obtain the qualification to enter the underworld, so she found you kid.
Grandpa Tai seemed to know something, and hurriedly asked, "Brother Nading, I don't know what we should do when we go back."
Grandpa was standing restlessly on the side, only knowing that he was in trouble, and a female ghost had found him, what could he do!
Seeing that his grandfather looked like he was not giving up, Old Ghost Ding laughed and said: Look at your cowardice! Look at you so scared that it's really useless, boy, as long as you can complete the entrustment of this female ghost, I guarantee that you are okay, you can be regarded as accumulating great virtue, and the benefits in the future are limitless! Stupid boy.
After hearing this, Grandpa was relieved, and the old ghost continued: "It's not difficult to talk about this matter, as long as you make a coffin of the female ghost, send it to the destination that the female ghost said within seven days, and put the body of the female ghost into the coffin and put it in the ground, and all this will be over."
As Old Ghost Ding spoke, his right hand once again pinched his fingers regularly.
"Well, this female ghost has been dead for two days, you still have four days, and it only takes one day to deliver the coffin, you kid, don't mess up, otherwise the consequences will be very serious."
After learning that it was so simple, Grandpa Tai declined the banquet of Old Ghost Ding, and promised that he would bring good wine and food to the door to accompany him when the matter was over.
Under the repeated instructions of Ding Lao Ghost, he took his grandfather and hurried back again, there was no way to do it, it was a matter of burning his eyebrows, and there were only four days left when he was full.
After returning home, grandpa refused all the way to live, and was busy making the coffin of the female ghost from the beginning, and grandpa also pulled down the old body to give grandpa a hand, and the two worked day and night, and even dinner was sent by the family, and every night they dared to drag their tired bodies back until eleven or twelve o'clock.
It wasn't until noon on the fourth day that Grandpa finally finished his work in advance, and the whole person collapsed, and when he got home, he fell asleep on the table, and slept until noon the next day.
Seeing that it was completed ahead of schedule, the family was finally relieved, and the grandfather was careful, knowing that the coffin was bound to be sent to the "coffin man", so he went out to find a few strong guys, and carried the coffin smoothly in the afternoon to "deliver".
For this reason, grandma also went to the butcher shop to cut a pound of meat strips, bought a few bottles of good wine, and specially feasted the coffin bearer with a drink.
After they were full of wine and food, everyone came to the coffin shop, and when they saw that the paint on the coffin had dried, Grandpa took out a roll of red silk from his bag and tied it to the "head and tail" of the coffin.
Grandpa saw that grandpa had already tied the red silk, so he hurriedly wiped the match and lit the firecrackers hanging on the side, and the firecrackers rang out immediately.
"Carry the coffin~ "
With a shout, the four big men effortlessly lifted the coffin and walked outside, and the grandfather hurriedly closed the shop to lead the way, and there was a cloth bag hanging on his chest, which was full of dark coins and incense.
The group was silent and just hurried, except for a few rests on the way, everything was safe.
"Wait a minute"
Grandpa shouted, several big men quickly stopped, looking at grandpa suspiciously, while grandpa walked forward quickly with a frown, followed grandpa's hand and looked forward, it turned out to be a stone bridge.
"Give me something"
Grandpa hurriedly took out a bundle of incense and a stack of dark coins from the cloth bag and handed them over.
"Those who come from the south, those who go north, those who have a home, those who have no home, the old and young masters, the big girls and the little girls, passing by the precious land today, I hope you will take care of it."
As he spoke, he lit three incense sticks in his hand and inserted them under the big tree on the south side of the stone bridge, and at the same time, the stack of dark coins in his hand also burned with the matches.
Grandpa said to the four big men: "Okay, everyone, let's get up the coffin~"