Chapter 49: Paper Cows
"Children don't have to be afraid, they are pitiful."
The old lady said that she didn't know which shelf, so she touched a handful of incense and lit it with a match.
I found a random incense burner and put it at the door.
Strange to say, the old lady burned a handful of incense like this, and there was no sound outside the door.
The crumbling wooden door, which was ready to be reimbursed at any time, was also safe.
"It's not pitiful, I don't know, I just know they're scary."
I muttered quietly, thinking about getting out of here and getting out of here.
This shop is weird, and the old lady who sells goods in the store is also very weird.
Whoever is knocked on the door by a ghost in broad daylight, can still offer incense to the ghost so calmly!
The point is that what this old lady has made is very vivid, the kind that can be completely faked and real.
Originally, there were some self-satisfied yin and yang paper-cutting techniques, and the things made were particularly realistic.
It's just that under the premise that there is no contrast, it will be complacent.
In fact, the spiritual colors I made were all vivid after the spirit was sealed.
It can't be compared to the old lady, who is all done by her own craftsmanship.
"Where can there be no one dead now! Afraid of what. β
"People are afraid of ghosts for three points, and ghosts are afraid of people for seven points. The more scared you are, the more they bully. β
"When people are afraid, the yang fire becomes weaker."
The old lady looked up at me with a straight face, her old wrinkled face full of worry.
The old lady has lived too long, and has seen more dead than alive.
So she knew exactly what the fear in my heart was.
"Thank you. I see, old man. β
Anyway, people gave me a reminder out of kindness, and I can't help but appreciate it.
People don't tell me this, and I will kill myself one day because I am too scared.
In fact, the old lady can have more things than less things, and she turns a blind eye to my own problems.
"The dead man's bowl of rice is not so good. If you can't overcome the fear in your heart. Just change your career as soon as possible. β
After the old lady said this, she found a saddle of colorful paper in her hand in a black plastic pocket at the bottom of the shelf.
"The women of this town have been too bitter all their lives, and when they die, they naturally have to use the best possible."
The old lady held the saddle in both hands, and her voice trembled, not knowing whether it was the death of the rabbit and the sadness of the fox, or the thought of something sad.
"People die like lights go out, don't be too sad."
I couldn't help but sigh along.
I don't need the old lady to mention this, I also know that it will be difficult for the women of this town to survive.
"You're naΓ―ve, boy. But it's nice to be young. β
The old lady shook her head and went back to pounding her paper cow.
I know this paper cow was for a woman who died.
It was recorded in some of the books that my fourth uncle showed me.
When the woman died and reported to the Netherworld, she had to pass by a pool of blood.
That's where people who waste water are punished.
And when women are alive, they have to do housework, laundry and cooking, and they use a lot of water.
There is also the menstrual holidays that women come to every month, which are the most filthy and against the gods.
After the women die, they have to drink the blood water in the blood pool, which is the dirty water they have used in the yang world, so that they can continue to go forward and report to the underworld.
The cow is helping the woman to escape the punishment of the underworld.
The stronger and taller the cow, the more able it is to drink the dirty water used by the woman in the blood pool.
Looking at the paper cow that the old lady pasted just now, it is more than one person tall, which shows that the owner of this cow is a very hard-working person when he was alive.
"It's not a bad thing to know a little more about the funeral customs of the lad. But there are some things that you know and pretend not to know. People live for a lifetime, and it's rare to be confused. β
The old lady spoke in a tone that had seen all the vicissitudes of life, which made my heart cold inexplicably.
There are so many deep meanings in her words that I don't dare to think about them.
After buying the things she needed, she asked Jiang Wanrou to pick out some gadgets she liked and bought them together.
When checking out, the old lady looked at Jiang Wanrou Lingcai in my arms and shook her head, only accepted me ten yuan, and pushed the rest of the money to me.
"You also buy these things to help people, just collect the capital. However, not everyone can do the thing of feeding the eagle with their bodies. β
The old lady opened the door and pushed me out.
I looked down at the rolls of colored paper in a large plastic bag in my arms, and sighed helplessly.
What is this?
I couldn't get any useful information from the old lady for a long time.
What's more, I didn't ask the old lady if the existence hidden in my can't see the location was malicious to me.
If I asked Jiang Wanrou, she wouldn't tell me, so I simply didn't waste that strength.
"Let's go back! It's getting dark and it's not safe. β
Jiang Wanrou jumped from my arms to the ground, didn't help me get anything, and went in the direction of Sun Chuan's noodle restaurant first.
"Young man, I know you're a good person, help my daughter!"
Sun Chuan's father-in-law's ghost suddenly appeared in front of me, and his face was charred and black, and his facial features were almost close to me.
"Ah......h
I was completely unprepared and screamed in fright.
"What are you afraid of. It's not the first time I've seen you again. β
Jiang Wanrou heard my scream, glanced back, and saw that it was Sun Chuan's father-in-law, turned her head and continued to stagger.
Just like she really is a carefree little girl, cheerful emotions can be contagious.
"Eldest sister, my legs are scared."
I cried and gave in.
Jiang Wanrouli ignored me, squatting on the side of the street and reaching out to tease a little kitten, and there was a skinny tanuki cat on the kitten's back.
"Uncle, people are scared to death! You ghost is scary, just send someone to be a ghost! β
I was horning in my mouth, but my legs were pounding fast, and it didn't take two minutes to reach Jiang Wanrou's back.
Could it be that all women love this kind of fluffy little animal, even the Blood Rakshasa that feeds on yin energy, ghosts, and humans?
"I can see it, young man, that you are a good man. Help my daughter! β
"Sun Chuan, that Wang Ba calf, he wants to give birth to a child through my girl, kill her!"
Sun Chuan's father-in-law and mother-in-law appeared beside me, one left and one right, for fear that I wouldn't hear it.
I rolled my eyes, I really didn't want to mind their business.
Whether it's their daughter, or their husband and wife, can't they say that they deserve it, and they deserve it?
Who is it to lure the wolf into the house?