Chapter 37: Redemption

When I was a child, I had a serious illness, which is said to happen to every child, called blisters.

I don't know who infected me, my grandfather was anxious, he carried me everywhere to find earthwork, and Western medicine also healed, and people said that I should be well soon, and I was a special case, and I should go to the city to a big hospital.

My family is so poor, how can I have the money to go to a big hospital, so I went to find a recipe, my grandfather carried me in a basket during the day, went up the mountain to collect medicine, and at night he held me, kneeling in front of the portrait of the white snake and chanting the scriptures.

I still itched and couldn't sleep, even if I fell asleep in a daze, I woke up in the morning with blisters and pus, and small black bugs crawling on it.

My grandmother also invited fortune tellers, and they all said that if you can tell fortunes, you can't count diseases, and heart diseases need heart medicine to cure.

In the accident, many people died in our village in those days, and everyone went to Uncle Ge's house to order a coffin, knowing that Uncle Ge had the same disease as me when he was a child, my grandmother hugged me and went to find Uncle Ge in the middle of the night.

Uncle Ge gave my grandmother a bottle of something, smeared it on me, and then put it in front of the portrait of the white snake for one night, and I was fine the next day, the blisters were a lot smaller, the black worms couldn't see at all, and the root of the disease was finally lifted with Chinese medicine.

Since then, my grandfather has often dealt with Uncle Ge and recommended a lot of business to him, so Uncle Ge owes our family a lot of favors.

I looked at the pus on the back of my grandfather's head, which was so dignified, and I quarreled with someone outside, and was kicked by someone, and I didn't know where to knock, so I picked up the bag.

When I was a child, my grandmother used to carry my burden and carry Nianbai on her back.

"Mommy, where are we going? Go to grandma? She said she was waiting for me at my father's grave. ”

"Grandma probably misses my dad, I want to find him to comment on today's matter, don't go to her for the time being, let's go to Uncle Ge."

Uncle Ge's family lived at the intersection of Chentang Village and Lijia Village, where there was a mountain, and they lived in a cave.

Because I deal with dead people all year round, the place where I live must be high and have good feng shui.

So I also brought hemp rope and hooks, so that if you fall down the mountain, you can put the hemp rope on the branches of the tree and climb up.

When I went out, it was 1 p.m. and I fled to the backyard.

Ignoring the inner courtyard at all, the fight between the snake and the villagers of Xiatangguan Village, it is better to have a snake dragging them, they are not vegetarians, and they will stop if they can't fight.

After walking for five hours and inquiring all the way, I found Uncle Ge's house.

At this time, outside the tree hole, they had already hung up paper lanterns, which meant that they were closed, and there were several coffins outside.

I was sweating profusely, and my thoughts turned into a snake's tail, lying on the ground and hissing and spitting snake apricots.

Knock knock

"Third uncle, I'm the seventh in junior high school, please open the door."

Knock knock

I knocked three times the first time and no one knocked on the door, I thought it was too quiet.

The second time I knocked three times, but the door still wouldn't open, and if I wasn't there, the lantern outside wouldn't have hung up.

I guess I know that Uncle Ge is here, but he just refuses to come out to see me.

So, I picked up a rock from the ground and smashed one of their windows.

"Third Uncle Ge, you must have a conscience, if it wasn't for my grandfather to introduce business, how could your family have bought a car and a villa in the city in the past few years, and I heard that your son opened a tavern some time ago."

"The people of Xiatangguan Village, even if they don't need to be introduced by your grandfather, will kill a lot of people."

Hey, I went.

Does this uncle want to repay the debt or something?

Nianbai yawned and saw a cow tied to the door of the third uncle's house, and when the cow saw her, he knelt on the ground and shed tears, as if he was afraid that she would eat it.

Gollum, Nianbai glanced up at me.

I was angry because Uncle Ge didn't admit it, and nodded to mean acquiescence, who knows this guy, as if he hadn't eaten for a few days.

Swim straight over, open your big mouth, and eat the cow in one bite.

Moo.

The ox howled twice and then died.

Da Da Da, the sound of someone wearing slippers in the house, came very quickly, and the door opened with a creak.

As soon as the door was opened, Uncle Ge glanced at it, and Nianbai, who was lying outside the door and sleeping with his belly turned over, scolded, "Damn, what kind of thing did you have, such a small one, and ate my Zhenling Niu." ”

Nianbai, nodded with satisfaction, smacked his fingers, exposed two small dimples, and said with a smile, "If you don't save my grandfather, I will even eat you, anyway, I am still growing my body, and I can't hold it up." ”

Third Uncle Ge gritted his teeth, snorted, and walked towards the house, the door open.

After I gave Nianbai a thumbs up, I asked her to give me the wind outside, because it's five o'clock, and if it's dark, I don't know if any strange people will come.

Inside the house, there are rows of paper figures on the cave wall, as well as painting circles, as well as gold ingots, as well as red incense and green incense.

The bonfire went up and the smell wafted in, reminding me that when I was in the underworld, ghosts ate these things.

When I saw him, I folded the paper clothes, and the style of the paper clothes was exactly the same as what I wore in the underworld.

Before I came in, he told me that even if my grandfather didn't introduce business, the villagers in Xiatangguan would die, and I knew I was coming to the right place.

But now that I see this paper dress, I understand that this matter is not so simple, and this third uncle must know more.

"Tsk, this skin is molting, and snake scales are coming out right away, right? Oh, if you don't keep your word, that's all you can do. ”

A heavy book, thrown on the table, when smashed down, still dusty.

"It's ......."

There are a lot of traditional Chinese characters on it, and I can't read them, because my diploma is only in the realm of high school, and traditional Chinese characters are too difficult for me.

Uncle Ge snorted, sighed, and then found a dictionary for me, so I used the light to read the contents of the dictionary while looking it up.

It turns out that this is a list of the dead people in Chentangguan thousands of years ago, as well as the burial location, as well as the height and size of the burial person, as well as the size of the shroud.

"If you don't want to become a snake, you can only redeem and disperse those grievances, and their descendants will not trouble you, this is what you plant, what you will leave for what you are, whether you are the reincarnation of the white snake or not, she is also your ancestor, Lao Tzu will pay for his life when he breaks the law, and it is justified."

"Okay, every day the dead man, you coffin maker, collect money and receive hand cramps, don't tell me anything natural, what do I have to do now to save my grandfather, he knocked a bag on his head, and he is still asleep."

Third Uncle Ge shook his head, sat down in front of me, poured a cup of tea, and then took out a small bottle from his arms.

This little bottle, I've seen, is when I was a child, I had blisters, and my grandmother used this to wipe me, and I still don't understand what it is.

"This is corpse oil, just put it on the back of his head, but you have to go back quickly, otherwise your house will die at night, and you will have to order a coffin from me then."

"You!"

I wanted to quarrel with Uncle Ge, but when I looked outside the door, it was dark, and when I looked at the watch time on my wrist, it was already seven o'clock!

If you don't go back quickly, my house will die at night......