Chapter 2 Unclean Things
"Grandma, I saw ghosts when I was a child. Have you forgotten? You brought me back that time! "I thought my grandmother had forgotten about it, so I reminded her.
"Silly boy, that's exactly what I want to tell you. Do you know why when you were a kid you saw ghosts but others couldn't? "Grandma asked me.
I shook my head, and that's what I've always had in mind.
Why did the little boy come to me, and why could I see him?
There has always been a saying among the people that children's souls are pure and still maintain an innate connection with nature, so they can see things that adults can't see.
For example, ghosts.
But there was a little girl about my age in the village, and when she saw me going into the mountains, she couldn't see that it was a 'little boy' who was carrying me.
Could it be that my soul was purer than hers at that time?
I'm a little conceited, but I'm not that narcissistic.
So I've always been skeptical of the above statement.
"Xiao Shen... I was afraid of scaring you, so my grandmother never told you..."Grandma took me by the hand and told me something I didn't know before.
It turns out that it all has something to do with when I was born.
I was born in 1991, on the 4th day of the fourth lunar month, and when I was born, it was exactly 12 o'clock at midnight.
According to the book of life, it belongs to the lunar year, the lunar month, and the lunar day when it is cloudy, and it is the life of the four pillars of pure yin.
But if that's all there is to it, there's nothing to be afraid of, because there are many people in the world who are born during the lunar year, the moon, and the sun, and it's not unusual.
But what is strange is that my mother was also born when the lunar year was cloudy and the moon was cloudy, and she is also a four-pillar pure yin personality.
What's even more bizarre is that my grandmother was also born when the lunar year was cloudy, and she is also a four-pillar pure yin personality.
It's the first time I've heard of such a thing as the Four Pillars of Pure Yin, and it's the first time I've heard that the Four Pillars of Pure Yin can be inherited...
According to my grandmother, because my grandmother, my mother, and then I were all born in a cloudy year, a cloudy month, and a cloudy day, my physique is very special, and there is no 'three-yin' physique among 10,000 people.
People with the 'three yin' constitution are easy to provoke evil spirits and are more likely to see unclean things.
After listening to my grandmother's explanation, I was stunned.
I turned out to be that strange 'three-yin' constitution... Although I grew up with my grandmother, it was the first time I had heard the term 'Sanyin'.
My grandmother is a goddess and the person I trust the most. Although it was a little difficult to accept, I still believed my grandmother's words at the first time.
Grandma wouldn't lie to me.
The solitary yin does not grow, and the solitary yang does not grow.
Everyone understands this truth, I am the sad 'three yin' physique, grandma saw the worry in my heart, touched my head and said: "So Ah Xiaoshen, grandma asked you if you believe that there are ghosts in this world." What happened when you were six years old almost killed you. Later, your grandmother gave you a few years of talisman water, which slightly improved your physique, and with your grandmother here, those unclean things did not dare to approach you. But now... Grandma is going to be gone... Xiao Shen, grandma is the most relieved is you! β
My grandmother burst into tears as she spoke, and I cried with sorrow.
"Xiao Shen, over the years, you haven't encountered anything unclean, right?" My grandmother asked me.
"Nope." I haven't seen a ghost since I was six years old, so I grew up like anyone else.
"However, what will you do when your grandmother is gone?" Grandma coughed lightly and said, "Xiaoshen, you have a special physique, your grandmother was here before, and she has kept you growing up safely over the years." But your "three yin" physique is still there, and after grandma leaves, you..."
"Grandma, do you mean that those unclean things will come to me in the future? Like hell when you were a kid? I asked, stroking my grandmother's back.
"Hmmβ" Grandma coughed for a while, then nodded slowly.
I had mixed feelings in my mind. In the future, if those lonely ghosts, mountain spirits and ghosts see me as a bully, they will come to me to play...
When I went to the toilet, a ghost came out of the toilet!
During the meal, a ghost appeared at the dinner table!
When I woke up and opened my eyes, a ghost floated on the ceiling! β¦
It's hell to think about that life!
"Grandma," I looked at Grandma as if pleading for help from my terrible fantasies, "Is there any way to keep those unclean things from coming to me?" β
"Unless you can change your life... But it's impossible..."Grandma seemed to be talking to herself, and seeing that I was depressed, she touched my hand and said, "Xiao Shen, I left you something, in the Nanmu box on the table over there... The road from now on is up to you..."Grandma's voice gradually lowered.
I turned my head to look at the table, and saw a black box on it, the box was boxy, the shape was quaint, and it looked like it was some years old.
I saw that my grandmother was a little tired, so I helped her lie down and covered her with a quilt, and my grandmother closed her eyes and murmured, "Grandma also has a fellow sister, who is your aunt and mother-in-law... If you encounter any obstacles in the future, you can go to find her... She used to live on Kucang Mountain, but she likes to run around, and I don't know if she's still on Kucang Mountain..."
After saying this, my grandmother seemed to have finished explaining what she wanted to say, and her expression became calm. Seeing my grandmother's chest rise and fall and her breathing steady, I was a little relieved.
Sitting next to my grandmother, thinking about what my grandmother told me, I couldn't help but feel emotional.
After running around for most of the night, my mood fluctuated several times this night, and I felt a little tired, and before I knew it, I was sitting and falling asleep.
In my sleep, I dreamed of my grandmother, I dreamed that she waved at me, I dreamed that she said to me, the most regrettable thing is that I didn't see me get married, I didn't see me have children...
I woke up from my dream with a sense of foreboding. Looking at my grandmother, my grandmother was gone.
Recalling my grandmother's 'regret' in my dream, I couldn't hold back anymore and cried loudly.
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In accordance with her grandmother's previous wishes, the elders cremated her remains.
What my grandmother told me before leaving, I didn't tell the elders about my 'three yin' constitution. Since my grandmother told me about this alone, she naturally had a reason, and I didn't want the elders to worry, so I hid it.
According to the custom on our side, my grandmother's body was left at home for one day and then sent to the funeral home for cremation the next day.
I spent the whole day in a state of confusion. The grief of my grandmother's death and the confusion about my future mixed together, and I felt extremely heavy.
What I didn't expect was that what my grandmother said would come true so quickly. Without the slightest mental preparation, something weird began to invade my life.
My peaceful and normal life was shattered, and I was exposed to another world that was unknown but real.
My name is Chen Shen and I am a police officer.
This is my story and the story of 'that world'.
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The funeral home in my hometown was in a place called 'Houshan', and the next morning, we sent my grandmother's body over. Unexpectedly, someone went earlier than us. There was only one incinerator at the funeral home, so we had to wait.
My mother and aunt hugged my grandmother's body and cried into tears, and I saw that my nose was sour, and I hurriedly turned around. Although I was so sad that I wanted to cry, I didn't want my grandmother to see me cry in the sky and feel uncomfortable, so I walked away slowly.
The 'Houshan' funeral home is planted with a lot of pines and cypresses, all of which are tall and lush. I walked around the pine forest a few times, and the crying in front of the incineration site gradually became inaudible.
It's late autumn now, but the trees in the 'Back Mountain' funeral parlor are all verdant, and there is no yellow leaf falling at all.
The sunlight was blocked by the flourishing foliage, and there was little light under the trees, and there was some darkness around them. It's very gloomy, and you can't see a single figure. The wind blew from outside, shaking the branches and leaves, making a dull sound, and it sounded a little terrible.
Thinking that this was a funeral home, I panicked a little in my heart, turned my pace, and walked back.
"Woo-woo-"
I hadn't taken two steps when I suddenly heard a suppressed cry in my ears.
I looked around, and there was no one in the woods.
"Who's crying?" I shouted.
The cry stopped, and a small figure stood up from behind the shadow of the tree.
The figure was small, with a childish face, with two pigtails and two lines of tears on his face. It turned out to be a pretty little girl.
The little girl looked about ten years old, and she was not enough, but her eyes were big, her face was delicate, she might have been crying for a while, and her big eyes were red.
Very cute little girl!
I beckoned to her, and the little girl looked at me timidly, standing under the tree and not daring to come.
The little girl looked a little scared, and I tried to soften my face a little and walked over to her.
"Little sister, what are you doing here?" I walked over to her and crouched down and asked softly.
"I... I want to go back, but I'm lostβ" the little girl whispered as she took a small step back.
"Lost? In a funeral home? I was a little stunned, "What's your name?" How did it end up here? What about your mom and dad? β
"My name is Mimi..."
Maybe seeing that I had a pleasant attitude, not like a bad person, the little girl gradually stopped being afraid and talked to me.
It turned out that one of Mimi's distant elders had just passed away, and he was sent for cremation today - the same family that came earlier than me in the morning.
Mimi was taken to the toilet by her mother just now, and her mother was waiting for her outside the toilet, but when Mimi came out of the toilet, her mother was gone. Mimi didn't know the way, and he was in a strange place, so he walked back with his impression, and ended up in this pine and cypress.
There was no one around, and she didn't know how to go back, so Mimi cried when she was scared.
"Mimi, don't worry, I'll take you back to find your mother." After figuring out Mimi's origin, I took her little hand and planned to take her back.
"Big brother, there was a big sister over there just now, and it seems that she was lost too!" Mimi pointed in a certain direction with her little hand and suddenly said.
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