Hearing this, my appetite was greatly reduced, and the chopsticks in my hand were put down.

"But don't worry, the risk won't be very high before the age of eighteen, and there won't be much danger after it's controlled."

Liu Ruxiang smiled and urged me to continue eating, and my mood improved slightly.

The cooking skills of the rice cooker are really good, the braised pork oil is bright, soft and glutinous, and the stew tastes delicious, I ate two large bowls of rice in a row, and I hiccuped when I ate it.

But as soon as he put down the bowl, there was a middle-aged woman's shout outside the door.

"Xiao Xiang! Something happened to my man, you should hurry up and take a look. ”

Liu Ruxiang got up and walked out, and I hurried to follow.

"What's going on?" She asked.

"The man of my family fell into the pit when he untied his hand, almost drowned, and he hasn't woken up until now!"

Only then did I find out that this middle-aged woman was actually the wife of my new uncle, and when I went to her house to deliver meat, I called her aunt.

Liu Ruxiang said that she knew, so without saying a word, she picked up the wooden box and hurried towards her uncle's red-roofed tile house.

I was also curious to keep up, how could such a good person still fall into the pit? Is it influenced by my personality?

As soon as I came to my uncle's yard, I could immediately smell a stench of dung that made my brows furrowed.

On the floor of the living room of the hall lay a middle-aged man covered in dirt, his eyes closed and his chest slightly heaving, the same uncle I recognized in the morning.

"Xiaoxiang, can my man still be saved?" My aunt knelt on the ground and sobbed, holding a towel to wipe the dirt off my uncle's body.

Liu Ruxiang covered her nose and squatted down, just seeing the problem at a glance: "The soul is lost, it's not a big problem, I'll redeem it in the evening, you go and prepare two of his clothes, as well as the dishes he likes to eat." ”

My aunt nodded hurriedly, and knelt down and kowtowed.

"Get up, it's not all your man's problem, you tell me the ins and outs."

It turned out that it was my uncle who was happy at noon and drank some wine, and it was very likely that his mind was dizzy and he fell into the pit.

After figuring out the situation, when I returned home, Liu Ruxiang said that I would go out to buy materials, and before leaving, I ordered that I must brush the dishes, wipe the floor, wash the clothes and dry them before 5 o'clock in the afternoon.

I'm so angry that my teeth are itching, lazy pig woman, I still want to wash my own clothes!

After doing the first few tasks, I found laundry detergent and poured a basin of clothes in the bathroom and soaked it in water.

Flipping the clothes in the water, a faint pink color comes into view.

I picked it up and looked at it closely.

Two bags with two bowl-sized soft shells on them, smooth to the touch, and a few rows of shiny silver metal buckles on the back.

"What is this?" I put the water dry and put it aside, washed and found another one, the style is slightly different, it is a thin lilac cloth, and there is a small bow the size of a finger underneath, which is very beautiful.

"Could this be a dress too?" As far back as I can remember, I thought I had seen it in a women's clothing store at the market.

Until I washed to the end, I looked at the two thin translucent women's shorts at the bottom of the basin, and the colors were similar. It dawned on me that this thing was clothes, so where was it worn? I don't understand.

I washed my clothes twice, and I was so tired that I was sweating profusely.

It was exactly five o'clock, and Liu Ruxiang came back after a while.

She laughed and asked me, "Are you done?" ”

"It's done." I pointed to the clothes hanging on the shelves not far away.

The moment she looked up, she came over with bared teeth and grabbed my ear: "Little rabbit, who made you touch my underwear......"

"Ah, it hurts! Didn't you say that the clothes in the bathroom basin have to be washed, and I don't know what underwear is. ”

Only then did she slowly let go of her little fist: "Forget it, forget it, I don't remember the villain's ......."

Looking up, the four eyes were facing each other, and Liu Ruxiang's fair face was dyed with a faint flush.

……

Finally, in the evening, I carried a large wooden box and followed the cooker to my uncle's house.

The stench of the day had gradually dissipated, and my uncle had been wiped clean, and my aunt, who was standing next to him, walked towards us with a melancholy expression.

"When does the ritual begin?"

"Now."

Liu Ruxiang turned his head to me and said: "Only if there is a soul can there be a life, if there is no soul, there is no life, save the soul first, and if you lose the soul, you must redeem the soul." Remember? ”

I recounted it in my heart in a daze, and I couldn't help but think of something.

In our province of Gui, the local Zhuang family will hold a Ox Soul Festival on the sixth day of the sixth lunar month every year. My grandmother told me that because the ox worked all day long and was whipped, the soul would be frightened away, and if it was not redeemed for him, he might not be able to plow the ground, or he would not be able to eat.

I don't know if it's true or not, because I don't have a cow at home.

When I was a child, I saw the cow redemption soul of the same villager from afar, probably by setting a table in the cowpen, putting grass and leaves on it, and putting a plate in the middle with water, and then tying the cow to the table leg.

At this time, the master in the red robe sprinkled sesame oil on the cow while chanting a mantra, watching the cow eat the grass blades and drink the water, and the next day it can be released from the slaughter normally.

This redeems people's souls and lives, is it similar to cows?

Liu Ruxiang took the wooden box in my hand and glared at me: "Look at it well, remember it well, I will go back and ask if you can't answer, you will be hungry for three days!" ”

I pouted and nodded impatiently.

I saw her pick up a shirt that my uncle used to wear, along with a fish, a piece of meat, and a tied chicken, all in a large bamboo basket.

"Sister-in-law, bring over the dish that your husband likes to eat, and let your nephew bring it."

My aunt brought me a plate of bright red dishes from the kitchen and handed it to me, still a little hot in my hand, which contained stewed vermicelli with chicken nuggets.

Hey, this dish is not bad, I love to eat it too.

Liu Ruxiang led my aunt and me to the gate of the village, where I met my uncle in the morning.

She told me to stand still with the food, and then she opened the wooden box, took out a brass bell and shook it, and began to chant incantations in her mouth.

"Parents are looking for souls, star officials send souls, outer souls return to souls, calling for thunder generals, soldiers and thunder soldiers, Arctic Town's innocent Wu Xuantian God is ...... Collect the soul and redeem your life, for my three masters, the true monarch, urgent as the law! ”

After reading it, Liu Ruxiang put down the bell in her hand, took out a wooden stake from the box, and inserted it into the ground forcefully, so that the knife carved words on it.

After carving, she turned her head and asked me, "Has your uncle eaten it?" ”

I was confused, not knowing what she was talking about.

Seeing this, she cleared her throat and raised her head and shouted, "Liu Mancang, where are you, come back." ”

My aunt had just been instructed, and at this time she also cried: "Mancang, go home quickly, I burned a little rooster stewed vermicelli for you, come back and eat it while it's hot." ”

As soon as these words fell, a cold breeze suddenly blew around me, and I felt as if something was coming.

What's even more amazing is that the plate of chicken stewed vermicelli in my hand was still hot, and it became cold in an instant.