Chapter 2: Visitors from Heaven (3)
The neighbors didn't know what happened to Yi Wangding's family at first, and when they heard the shouts, many men and women, old and young, heard that it was Yi He's family who gave birth to a child and naturally dispersed, but there were still a few women who were talkative and tongue-in-law, aunts, and women who always sat on the pier in the front hall and refused to leave, saying this and saying this and saying in a high voice.
Time passed minute by minute, Yi He was shouting one by one, beads of sweat on his head and body were flowing down drop by drop, and his mother-in-law Yi Zhang shook the wheat straw fan quickly with one hand, and wiped the sweat on her daughter-in-law Yi He's forehead with the other hand, and she had been silently praying to the gods in her heart to bless her daughter-in-law with a smooth delivery, and the mother and child were safe. From time to time, Yi Yan lifted the sheet covering Yi He's body to inspect her birth canal, and sometimes put her fingers into her birth canal to explore something, and several other women sat and stood in the bedroom, standing and sitting and not knowing what else to do.
God may be deliberately playing tricks on people, the ancestors may not have manifested yet, Yi He screamed heart-rending for more than an hour, the baby seemed to be shy and refused to come out, sometimes a little head came out, but somehow it shrank back in a few minutes, it was really anxious to die.
The thunder of "boom, boom" rang from far and near, and the scorching sun finally lowered its proud head, a large dark cloud rolled from east to west, and gusts of wind whistled by, blowing the branches of the trees, and the tiles flying, and the sky seemed to be about to fall, and the heat dissipated a lot. The farmer understands that it is going to rain, and it is going to rain heavily.
Yi Wangding's bedroom was still busy, and the shouts of "...... hard" and "hard ......" rose and fell with each other. At this time, I saw that the eldest aunt Yi Yanshi took a few more knives of straw paper and raised Yi He's ass again, and instructed Yi He to drink the bowl of ginseng soup that had been prepared long ago, and instructed Yi Wangding to hurry up and make a bang in front of the bedroom window, and instructed Yi Ande to burn some paper money in front of the ancestral tablet in the upper hall. After everything was arranged, she came to the bed and told Yi He to straighten her legs and straighten her hips like this......
Ivantin went around the head of the bed and took out his beloved long hammer from the corner of the back groove of the door. When he was twenty years old, he spent two silver dollars to make this long gun in an iron shop on Xinshui Street, and for more than ten years, he followed him to climb mountains and mountains to shoot three wild boars, countless pheasants, and turtle doves.
Folklore has it that the spirits of women who died due to dystocia, commonly known as "blood ghosts", have been begging for substitutes around the mother, and if they are not driven away, the mother may have a difficult birth, or hemorrhage and death. And the best way to dispel these "bloody ghosts" is to hit the guns, as long as they hit the sky, the "blood ghosts" will be frightened and flee in all directions, and the mother will give birth to the baby smoothly.
Holding the bird gun in his hand, Yi Wangdin hurriedly walked out of the bedroom, and suddenly felt that this bird gun was much heavier than before. He walked through the antechamber to the bedroom window, skillfully pulled the plug, and patted the rod with his slightly trembling right hand, so that more gunpowder in the rod could overflow, ensuring that the gunpowder in the plug was sufficient. Then he took a stride and gently pulled the trigger as if he were a bird or beast in front of the sky. There was a loud bang. The sound was deafening and resounded through the sky. Then the more violent "rumbling" thunder, the "whooshing" wind, the "crackling" hail, the "banging" rainstorm and the shouts of "hard, hard" in the room blended with each other and converged into a huge force to pounce on Yi He. I saw Yi He gritting his teeth, clenching his fists, desperately pressing a stream of true qi into the dantian, and then using all his strength, he pushed into the birth canal, kicked his legs, and then there was a baby cry of "Wow, Wow, Wow......", and a new life was born. The wind stopped, the thunder ceased, and only the rain continued to fall.
This day happened to be the 16th day of the seventh lunar month in 1919.
Yi Yan's family breathed a sigh of relief, the people in the house also breathed a sigh of relief, and Yi Wangding's family breathed a sigh of relief. Yi Yan's smiled, the people in the room also laughed, and Yi Wangding's family laughed even more, but Yi He's gave birth to a girl, and Yi Wangding's family smiled a little reluctantly. Especially his father and mother.
Afterwards, some people said that it was a good fight, which drove away the evil spirit and drove away the "bloody ghosts"; Some people say that Yi Ande burned the paper money in front of the ancestral tablet well, and the ancestor appeared; Some said that the thunder hit well and startled the baby...... Even the well-informed aunt Yi Yan couldn't understand in her heart, and she didn't know which one played a bigger role.
Maybe it was the bowl of ginseng soup that played a refreshing role, maybe it was the gun that played a role in driving away evil spirits, maybe it was a thunder that woke up the mother and baby, maybe the ancestors and ancestors really appeared to the spirit, maybe it was destined to be born at this time...... Maybe it's some kind of coincidence. Why don't you give birth early and don't give birth late, but you are born at this time?
At this time, the wind stopped, and the rain also stopped, and this autumn rain fell for more than an hour. In the evening, the fiery red sun set the sunset and slowly set the horizon, and the sultry weather was blown away by the wind and rain, and the croppers felt the coolness that had rarely been seen in recent days.
At this time, the of Yi Wangding's house barked vigorously at the patio, at first Yi Wangding didn't care, and scolded the a few times and went to get busy, but the was not only not scolded away, but barked more fiercely, Yi Wangding was puzzled, and had to leave what he was doing to the patio to see what was going on. It doesn't matter if you don't look at it, I was startled when I saw it, it turned out that a big red carp was jumping around in the patio where the water was about to recede, making a "whoosh...... ...... sound of hitting the water. Yes! No wonder this barks at the patio.
"Uncle, second uncle, fourth uncle, you all come out quickly......" For such a sudden visitor from outside the world, Yi Wangding didn't dare to deal with it without authorization, so he stood by the patio and called a few elders loudly, wanting to listen to the opinions of the elders before making plans.
"What's the matter?" The fourth uncle, Yi Anton, was the first to come out and asked, uncle, and the second uncle heard the shout, and they all came to the patio. Yi Wangding pointed to the carp in the patio and said, "Uncle, uncle: you see, how can there be such a big carp in the patio, I don't know where it came from?" With that, he jumped off the patio and grabbed it with both hands. I saw that this red carp was fat and long, the scales were hard, and the shark fin was a little broken, and I felt that this carp was several years old. Then weigh it with a scale, and the scale of sixteen taels is just three catties and six taels. How did such a large red carp come to this patio? Say that it was drilled out of the ground, and there is no such a big culvert under the patio, and say that it flew from the sky, and it does not have wings, even if it has wings so heavy, it can't fly? Everyone was puzzled. In the face of such a big and old red carp, some people said that they would kill the steamed soup and eat it, some people said that they could not eat it and should be released, and some said that this red carp and the newborn girl of Yi Wangding's family seemed to be involved in some kind of way, and they should be treated kindly. In the end, Uncle Yi said safely: "This red carp is a little strange today, whether it is an immortal or a god, a spirit or a spirit, it must not be slaughtered and eaten!" Be sure to put it in the river behind the house to give it a new life and prolong its life. ”
Some people say that the girl of the Yiwangding family is the reincarnation of the carp essence, some people say that the girl of the Yiwangding family is the reincarnation of the carp essence, some people say that the girl of the Yiwangding family is the possession of the carp essence, and some people say that the girl of the Yiwangding family is an authentic carp essence......
But how this red carp came to the patio of Yi Wangding's house has always been a mystery, and no one can tell, and there is no convincing reason for it.