On this day, the family sat around a small table for dinner, and the tung oil lamp on the bowl rack emitted a faint light.

Mom said: "Today Xiao Guizhou is an elf, Xiao Mao Jing is also very obedient, tomorrow, Houshan Liu Qi's family likes wine, I will take the two of you to eat wine." ”

The sister-in-law said: "It's not good for grandma to take two little dolls, people will say that they will eat a lot of money!" ”

Mom said, "I'm afraid of what, Liu Yugong also asked me to kiss his family!" ”

He also said, "It's not that family, they don't enter that family, they are poor and ambitious, they just take them to play, and they can eat a lot from other families." ”

The sister-in-law said: "You take Uncle Liu to Liu's house, I haven't been back home for a few months, I will take Xiao Maojing to see her grandparents, and I will come back the day after tomorrow." ”

Mom said: "That's okay, I'll take Xiao Guizhou to eat Liu Qi's family wine, you go back to the back house, don't be busy, take Xiao Maojing to sit for a few more days before coming back." ”

Liu Qigong held a wedding wine for his eldest son Liu Xingchu, and his mother kissed the newlyweds and ate wine.

Turned over a slope, went down from the notch, she walked behind, Xiao Guizhou walked ahead, walked to the well, and the mother and son sat on the grass.

Xiao Guizhou said: "Mom, I want to drink saliva!" ”

Mother picked a piece of camphor leaves wrapped into a small tube, bent down in the well to scoop water and handed it to the mouth of Xiao Guizhou, Xiao Guizhou "Gulu, Gulu" drank a camphor leaf water, stood up and stepped on the stone ladder, ran down one ladder after another, just ran down the five-step stone ladder, when stepping on the sixth ladder, "ouch", fell on the sixth stone ladder, and couldn't climb up.

Mom looked at the stone ladder and walked down, heard the sound of "ouch", looked up, Xiao Guizhou fell on the stone ladder not far away, hurriedly walked down the five-step stone ladder, bent down to help Xiao Guizhou, no matter how to help, Xiao Guizhou just couldn't stand up, shouting and crying: "Mom, my feet hurt a lot!" ”

Mom asked, "Which foot hurts?" ”

Xiao Guizhou pointed to the top of his right foot with his right hand.

Mom pressed the joint of the instep with her right hand, and Xiao Guizhou shouted: "Mom, don't press, don't press, it hurts a lot!" ”

Mom bent down, picked up Xiao Guizhou, went down the stone ladder step by step, and returned home to put Xiao Guizhou on the bed.

Mom called Jin Han to hurry up and call the third uncle to show Xiao Guizhou's feet.

The third uncle was carrying the thrush home behind the house, and as soon as he arrived at the foot of the pomegranate tree, he heard Zhou Jinhan shouting: "Third uncle, third uncle, Xiao Guizhou Wei has reached his feet, quickly rub him, quickly rub him!" ”

When the third uncle heard the shout, he hung the thrush on the pomegranate tree, walked quickly to the bird's nest and asked, "Where is Little Guizhou?" ”

Mom said, "In bed." ”

The third uncle didn't say a word, poured out more than one or two "climbing wine" from the small pot in the wardrobe, put it next to the pillow and asked, "Wow, which foot is it?" ”

Xiao Guizhou pointed to his right foot, and the third uncle gently rubbed it with his right hand, and Xiao Guizhou shouted in pain: "Mom, I hurt a lot, it hurts a lot!" ”

Mom stood next to her and said, "Don't cry, don't shout, your third uncle is a soil doctor, press it and it will be fine." ”

The third uncle said: "The bones are misplaced, and it is not good to knead them, and it is not good to press them, so you have to press and knead them again and slowly throw the bones back to their original positions." ”

He said to Xiao Guizhou again: "Son, bear with me, I will heal you." ”

Saying that, he rubbed a few times, rubbed some wine, wiped the wine and gently rubbed it a few times, and then blew two breaths on the bone protrusion "Pu Pu", slapped his hands twice, pressed his left hand on the top of the instep joint, and gently picked the foot piece three times with his right hand and asked: "Baby, stretch out your feet, is it better?" ”

Xiao Guizhou nodded and said, "Loosen up, it still hurts." ”

The third uncle said: "It will take 120 days to break your muscles and bones, but fortunately, your small bones are well recovered, you can't get up tonight, I will help you up tomorrow morning, take a walk in the courtyard and step on the ground, where you fall, you can get up, only worthy of our ancestors of the Gelao clan." ”

He also said, "Tonight, your feet are still swollen, and I will ask your ninth brother to tie you up and make a fire cup." ”

After dinner, the third uncle said: "Little Ninth Sister, you give Xiao Guizhou a piercing angle, pull out the fire, your hand is lighter than mine, it will be good to hit two horns." ”

The ninth brother took the corner from upstairs, and the third uncle poured out the "climbing wine", put the bowl in the coal pot, and then covered a large bowl on top of the bowl, soaked half a scoop of water in the pot, covered the lid, and waited for the steaming hot wine.

The ninth brother sat on the side of the bed in Xiao Guizhou, and waited for the third uncle to bring the hot wine over, and after a while, the third uncle brought the hot wine and put it on the high bench at the head of the bed and said: "Give him a beating, the wine is hot, the sooner the better, the dead blood is uncomfortable inside." ”

The ninth brother said: "Brother, lie down, don't be afraid, I learned from the third uncle, the third uncle is a well-known doctor, I played this corner, tomorrow morning I will play another corner, I guarantee that you will run everywhere and play everywhere." ”

As he spoke, he rubbed the wine with his right hand on the joints on the top of his instep a few times, and after dipping the wine a few more times, he put the cotton thin on the place where he rubbed the wine, lit the fire with a bright tree and burned the cotton, put the horns on the cotton, and gently covered the corners with a small mallet with his right hand.

Xiao Guizhou lay on the bed and closed his eyes, followed the knocking sound of the ninth brother and counted gently: "One, two, three, four, five, six......"

Forty-nine counts.

The ninth brother pulled out the horn and said, "Brother, does it hurt?" ”

Xiao Guizhou said: "Brother Jiu, the pain is a little painful, painful and itchy. ”

Brother Jiu laughed and said, "This is our family's family heirloom, brother, prick it again tomorrow morning, and the day after tomorrow will be hello!" ”

After Brother Jiu finished playing the corner, it was already time to put on the lights.

At this time, my mother brought two long benches, one after another, along the bird's nest at the door of the bird's nest, a long linen cloth was placed on the bench, a bowl was placed on the linen, the bowl was filled with rice, and an egg was placed on the rice.

She brought a small bench from the left, sat on the small bench and called the soul of Xiao Guizhou, and read: "Little Guizhou, Xiao Guizhou, today is October 27, and my mother will call you the soul." You lose your soul under the eaves, and the eaves land sends three souls! You lost your soul in the walled gate, and the seedling land sent three souls! You lost your soul by the bridge, and the bridge land sent three souls! You lost your soul in the water, and the three officials of the water house sent three souls! ”

Mom shouted and screamed and screamed and screamed.

After a long time, the eggs in the bowl loosened, and the mother straightened the eggs and continued to shout: "Little Guizhou, Little Guizhou, you are cutting the lost soul in the stone ladder, and the stone king Bodhisattva sends three souls!" Ahh Come quickly, don't suffer behind the Yin Mountain, the wind behind the Yin Mountain is strong, and the wind will blow you down. Little Guizhou, your three souls and seven spirits are back! Come back soon, little Guizhou, the third uncle is waiting for you, my mother is looking forward to you, my brother and sister-in-law miss you......"

It was called until the three pillars of incense were burned out.

The mother took Jianzi, took the bowl, put the bowl and eggs on the big table in front of the shrine, turned around and raised the bench and put it back in the hall, put the small bench back in its place, and waited for the next day to steam the soul eggs for Xiao Guizhou to eat.