Inside the house.

Huang Qitong, who was lying on the bed, was enduring the heart-devouring pain of ten thousand ants at the moment.

The most painful process of tattooing has passed, and now the difficult thing is that the wound scabs and heals, and the granulations grow out of the itch, and you can't scratch it, and if you scratch it, everything will be wasted.

This pain can only be alleviated by distracting oneself, playing with your phone, watching videos, and sleeping when you are too sleepy.

Even when sleeping, you have to prevent your hands from subconsciously scratching the wound, and you have to put your hands under your head.

I really can't stand it, so I will take a piece of ibuprofen.

Fortunately, after surviving tonight, the wound will basically scab and heal, and in another three or five days, the tattoo will be finalized, and it will be fine.

Thinking that there were still several days to go on such a day, and even every once in a while, Huang Qitong couldn't help but feel annoyed.

Then he sighed lightly: "Forget it, as long as it doesn't affect the normal class." ”

After all, it was her parents who raised her, and if a family wants to maintain harmony, everyone must learn to give.

And choosing a tattoo is exactly what she is trying to do for this family.

It stands to reason that the Li people have abolished the custom of tattooing their faces a long time ago.

Most of the more than 2,000 Li women with tattoos are old women. When they all grow old, the tattoo customs of the Li nationality can only survive in history.

Huang Qitong, a little girl who has just entered her first year of high school, suddenly asked for a tattoo, which is really surprising.

There are no secrets in the countryside, and this matter soon spread throughout the village, and everyone knew that the daughter of the Huang Zhan family was going to get a tattoo.

Some people are curious, some people scoff, some people admire, and some people sigh.

Although tattoos are the characteristic folk customs of the Li nationality, the younger generation has a high degree of secularization, and there is no difference between them and other ethnic groups.

Outsiders think it is a magical thing, and it is even evaluated by folklorists as "a dun huang mural engraved on the body", but in the eyes of some women of this tribe, the state is right to prohibit it, and this kind of tattoo is too harmful to women's bodies. Especially the tattoo on the face, it can be called disfiguring.

However, Huang Qitong took the initiative to choose tattoos, which is simply an outlier in the younger generation.

Of course, some of my peers with a rebellious personality admired it and thought it was cool.

Only when the old people heard about it, they were embarrassed.

……

In fact, at the beginning, Huang Qitong didn't plan to get tattoos, and he didn't even have much contact with this knowledge.

Although she is of the Li ethnic group.

The cause of the incident was that half a month ago, her father Huang Zhan fell while picking fruits in the orchard.

In fact, there was nothing uncomfortable at the time, and it didn't even break the skin.

However, when he came back, something was wrong, first he had a fever every once in a while, and then his father said that when he was walking, he felt that someone was pulling his trouser leg and trying to trip him.

Sounds simply creepy.

When the elders of the family heard about it, they didn't dare to delay, and hurriedly found the Taoist to dispel the trick.

It's okay later.

However, it was not over, and then it was the turn of her mother Li Guangmei.

I was almost injured by falling coconut leaves when I walked on the road, I burst the water pipe in the shower at home, the hair dryer caught fire when I was blowing my hair, and the gas stove couldn't catch fire when I was cooking, so I just needed to change someone...... Wait a minute.

If it's just one or two things, it can be understood as just a little unlucky, but so many things are piled up, making Li Guangmei unable to live a normal life at all, and everyone knows that something is wrong.

There is no choice but to find Dao Gong again to exorcise evil spirits.

After these two incidents, Dao Gong, who is also Dong Bo of the clan, told Huang Zhan: "The reason why you will be entangled, to put it bluntly, is that there is no one to support you. Your parents left early, and the ones who should have blessed you have already been blessed, and the rest of the way can only rely on yourself. ”

"So, what should I do?" Huang Zhan hurriedly asked.

Dong Bo said: "Go get a tattoo, borrow the power of the ancestors again, and keep you safe." ”

This is also the most common practice of the Li people in the past.

No one has tattoos anymore, but as long as there is an old lady with tattoos in the house, nothing will happen.

It's just that the average person doesn't know.

That's why people like the male and the mother who deal with the gods all day long will understand.

In short, if the Huang family wants to be safe, it is best to have someone to get a tattoo.

……

Tattoos are a woman's business.

The Huang family is Li Guangmei and Huang Qitong.

However, there is a problem, Li Guangmei is too old, and the Li tattoos are all before the age of 18 or 20, before adulthood and marriage, so this task fell to Huang Qitong.

At first, Huang Zhan and his wife refused.

Because their village is very secularized, there are basically no tattoos anymore, and tattoos have a great impact on girls, so they can't join the army or take the public procuratorate exam.

Even many companies don't recruit people with tattoos, and finding a partner in the future will also have an impact.

They don't want their daughters to face the strange eyes of others in the future and be labeled as "not learning well" by teachers and classmates.

You must know that Huang Qitong's grades are very good, and he will have the opportunity to be admitted to Chongben University in the future.

And there is more than one way to solve the problem of deceitful gods.

But!

After Huang Qitong found out, he was willing and took the initiative to ask for a tattoo.

Facing the opposition of her parents, she said calmly: "As long as you don't get a tattoo on your face, you can accept it, what's the big deal." Besides, I didn't plan to join the military to take the civil service exam as a teacher. I look at the grandmothers' hands and feet, and they can't be called ugly, it's really not good, I said that I am from the Li nationality, this is our folk custom, and others will understand. ”

After experiencing the strange events encountered by his parents, Huang Qitong's cognition and mentality have quietly changed.

For her now, the greatest happiness is the safety and health of her family.

It's just a tattoo, and it's not for her life, just endure it.

However, even so, Huang Zhan and his wife still refused to agree.

Most parents are like this, they can suffer as much as they want, and they can't let their children suffer.

But Huang Qitong is determined to help his family this time.

She was originally a very smart and assertive person, and she always insisted on her own opinion on this matter.

……

Seeing that he couldn't reach a consensus with his parents, Huang Qitong simply invited the tattoo artist in the clan, Grandma Liu, who was already very old.

"Are you sure you want a tattoo?"

When she found Grandma Liu and put forward her request, the other party was also stunned, and then asked seriously.

Huang Qitong said firmly: "Uncle Dong said, if you want my parents to get better, it's best to tattoo a talisman tattoo." I hope Grandma can help me. ”

Grandma Liu also heard about the Huang family, but her profession was different, and she couldn't help, so she said, "Then you stretch out your hand and I'll take a look." ”

At the same time, he raised his hand to stop Huang Zhan and his wife who wanted to say something.

Huang Qitong obediently stretched out his hands.

Her hands are very slender and her skin is fair, not at all like a person who works in the sun all year round.

Grandma Liu grabbed her hand, looked at the back of her palm, pinched the skeleton and felt it a little, a little surprised.

Turning to Huang Zhan and his wife, he said, "She is very suitable for tattoos, more suitable than most people." ”

As a special profession of the Li nationality, tattoo artists have been inherited for thousands of years, and naturally there are some things that have been handed down.

It's just that the content of these knowledge is difficult to systematize, and many times it cannot be described in words, and it is more of an experience.

Tattoos can be tattooed by every Li woman, but the effect of each person's tattoo is different.

Because each person's physique is different, this also determines the number of tattoo patterns.

It is rare to be protected by some power of the gods, after all, it is through the power of the gods.

Like the kind that can be tattooed all over the body, it is difficult to produce one for many years.

In her opinion, Huang Qitong is the kind that is qualified to tattoo the whole body, and in metaphysical terms, it is a special physique and a talented one.

The power that this kind of person can borrow is often several times that of ordinary people.

If it is placed in the north, those famous sects will probably rush to accept them as disciples when they see them.

It's a pity that a place like Qiongdao is in a safe corner, and she can't get out of any famous family, and she doesn't know any big names, otherwise she wouldn't have watched the little girl's qualifications be buried.

With a sigh, let's get a tattoo.

It is also a choice to use the power of the gods to shelter your family, and even the relatives and friends around you.

……

But

Grandma Liu also understands that today is different from the past, and the era of tattooing has passed.

Once she said that she wanted to help the little girl tattoo her whole body, Huang Zhan and his wife would definitely have to fight with her. The little girl is so good-looking, if she has a tattoo all over her body, she won't be able to marry in the future, and she will be in trouble.

She can't hurt anyone.

After thinking about it, Grandma Liu said, "Or it's tattooed on the leg." ”

Huang Qitong asked: "Is it a calf or a thigh or all?" ”

"Just a calf."

Try not to be too eye-catching, and secondly, it can play a protective role, and tattooing on the calf is the best choice.

The price is that you can't wear a skirt barefoot in the future.

Although Huang Qitong is a little sad, she is still willing to bear this price for the sake of her parents.

Huang Zhan sat on a low wooden chair, opened his mouth slightly, twisted his rough fingers together, and scratched his scalp again: "Is there no other way?" ”

Grandma Liu shook her head: "Don't think that the tattoo is harming her, this time and that time." Maybe in the future, the tattoo custom will be restored. ”

"Recovery?"

The three members of the Huang family were a little confused.

The state has been abolished, how can it be restored?

Grandma Liu didn't think much about it: "Don't worry, it won't be ugly." Grandma will pick the best pattern for you. ”

"Hmm!"

Huang Qitong glanced at his parents, a little nervous and a little expectant.

And Huang Zhan and his wife looked at each other, a little at a loss.

Their education is not as good as that of their daughter, they have farmed for most of their lives, and they have also gone out to work, but when it comes to vision and cognition, they are actually very ordinary.

In the end, this result was acquiesced.

The deceit is the existence that the Li people are afraid of like snakes and scorpions, but they run through their lives.

……

The process of tattooing is painful.

In order to prevent the struggle, Grandma Liu even asked Li Guangmei to tie up Huang Qitong.

And Huang Qitong was afraid that he couldn't help screaming, so he bit a towel.

But she still overestimated her ability to endure and underestimated the pain of the tattoo.

The long thorns of the white vine pierced into the flesh at once, and it was too painful.

When ordinary people are pricked, they will reflexively retract, not to mention being pricked constantly. Back then, Mama Rong was not so ruthless.

Huang Qitong was so painful that he subconsciously bit the towel, his eyes widened, his muscles flared up, his tears couldn't flow out uncontrollably, his hands and feet struggled subconsciously, but he was tied by hemp rope and couldn't move.

At this moment, Huang Qitong regretted it in his heart.

It hurts so much!

"Hold her!" Grandma Liu said.

Li Guangmei watched from the side, crying in distress, but she could only do it.

Because the tattooing process is very taboo to interrupt.

With Grandma Liu's movements, Huang Qitong was full of only one thought, pain. Until Grandma Liu said "Okay", she didn't react, and the whole person was numb.

I saw that her ankles were about ten centimeters up, and the sides of her calves were red. The oozing blood had been wiped clean, and it was tattooed with seemingly simple and mysterious patterns, about the size of a palm.

Huang Qitong suddenly felt that it was not so painful, the wound seemed to be a little hot, and it was a little cool after the heat.

Hey~

Grandma Liu was a little surprised, glanced at her, and was a little relieved.

"It's stronger than I thought it would be."

"What?" Huang Qitong is unknown.

"Feel the power."

Grandma Liu didn't say anything, but said to her mother: "Guangmei, you bring a basin of water to wipe her body, don't touch the water for the wound first, and then take a bath after a few days when it doesn't bleed or suppurate." ”

At this moment, Huang Qitong's whole person was like being fished out of the water, sweating profusely, and his clothes were soaked.

"Good, good!"

Li Guangmei stretched out her hand to help Grandma Liu outside the door, and then went to fetch water to wipe her daughter's body.

For the sake of this family, the daughter can suffer a great sin.

Wait for Huang Qitong to change his clothes and come out of the room.

Huang Zhan hurriedly asked, "How is it?" ”

Huang Qitong smiled: "It's a little wonderful, but now it doesn't hurt anymore, I feel that there is a faint special power in it." ”

Huang Zhan breathed a sigh of relief and scratched his head: "I used to hear my mother say when I was a child that tattoos carry the power of treachery, but I haven't tattooed them, and your mother hasn't tattooed them, so I don't know what it looks like." The people in the village rarely talk about this. I hope it can really have a protective effect. ”

The old father had mixed feelings in his heart, and more than once had the idea of blaming himself for not being productive.

However, Huang Qitong smiled and didn't care.

is still the same sentence, as long as the family is safe and healthy, she will endure this pain.

……

It's late at night.

Huang Qitong yawned, looked at the time, oh no, it's almost 1 o'clock, quickly put down the phone and prepare to sleep, in order to prevent touching the wound on her calf, she had to sleep on her side, pillowing her two arms.

In a daze, it seems that I dreamed of a person.

A very strange man.

I can't see what it looks like, but it gives people the same sense of supremacy.

He smiled and said to himself, "Go back and tell your family, you don't need to get a tattoo, just practice the exercises I taught you." Practice well enough to protect your parents and even more people! ”

After speaking, a golden light flew towards him.

Then all sorts of strange knowledge crept into her head.

It's subtle, but it's not hard to understand.

Huang Qitong subconsciously practiced in his sleep, and it didn't feel very difficult.

It wasn't until I don't know how long it took to open my eyes and find that it was already bright outside the window.

"Huh?!"

She sat up suddenly, remembering everything that had happened in her sleep, and she was more and more amazed, especially when she found that the exercise was deeply engraved in her mind.

Hiss~

"Isn't that a dream?"

She tried to run the exercises, and found that there was really a flow of qi in her body, and suddenly the whole person was messy.

Who can tell her what the hell is going on?

Could it be that this is the legendary adventure? The immortal strokes my top and gives me immortality?

"So, don't you really have to get any more tattoos?"

Huang Qitong hesitated, and finally decided to practice this mysterious technique first.

And yet—

On the first day of the new semester, when she saw the new version of radio gymnastics taught by the physical education teacher, she was not good again.

"Wait, isn't this the mysterious exercise I practiced? How is it the new version of broadcast gymnastics?! No, broadcast gymnastics is much simpler, there are only movements, no luck routes......"

She was sure she had gotten the adventure.

However, she was also more curious about the mysterious person who taught her exercises in her dream.

What kind of fairy is it?

(End of chapter)