The Ghost Story of the Countryside: The Duck Shepherd

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There is a way of making a living in rural areas in the mountainous areas of western Guangdong called duck herding. The duck herder does not cultivate the fields, but goes out early to drive hundreds of large flowered ducks to the big river pool not far from the village. Once they are released, they sit on the big rocks by the river and wait to collect the duck eggs. In October of the golden autumn, when the wings of the ducks are shiny and their meat is firm and their skin is tender, the duck herders take the ducks to the market. This is how they can make do with the firewood, rice, oil and salt for a year. I lived a poor but carefree life. The bald fourth man in the village is a professional duck herder.

Because they get up early and wait until dark, duck herders often have to drive ducks around mountains and rivers before the sun shines or the sun has already set. Therefore, they need to know some taboos about walking along the river. Bald Si, who is over forty and has a wrinkled face, often says to the women and children in the village: "At the river pool at the west end of the village, after six o'clock when the sun sets, everyone should move less. If you happen to pass by there, don't make a loud noise. While talking, pull some lemongrass and hold it in your mouth to cover your breath, so as not to attract unclean things. If you hear some inexplicable things jumping into the river pool with a "clunking" sound in the dark or see a big red carp swimming towards the edge of the pool. You may come near or far, but you must not go near the water, otherwise..." As soon as these words were said, the village women's necks and backs immediately felt numb, and the children even hid behind the women's buttocks and opened their eyes wide. He asked, "Can you eat people?" "Ha! I love catching children the most!" After this bluff, the child immediately hugged the woman's thick legs and cried loudly, then the bald man proudly opened his mouth full of yellow teeth and laughed. He got up and said, "Damn you, the bald four, are telling nonsense to scare the children!" The village woman cursed angrily and took the child home.

But this ugly thing is nothing more than saying it. Once it is said, it is most effective. Bald Si probably never thought that his joke to scare children would cause so much trouble in the future. It is said that because this bald man is old and ugly, and he worked as a tomb worker for several years when he was younger, the rural people think that he has bad luck. Therefore, this bald man is over forty and unmarried. He is alone, with only the following around him. A nephew who is eight or nine years old and is in primary school. This nephew is innocent and lively. As soon as school is over in the evening, he likes to stand on the high rock at the head of the village and watch his bald fourth uncle drive a large group of ducks into the village. He looks like he is being beaten. The Red Army team returning from victory saluted with attention. During school holidays, Bald Si also likes to take this smart little guy as his companion to herd ducks in the mountains and rivers to relieve his loneliness.

This year’s summer vacation is particularly hot. The sun has gone down, but the heat is still rising. The two uncles and nephews picked up dozens of huge duck eggs along the pond and drove the ducks out of the pond. The ducks squawked loudly on the small dirt road beside the pond, just like Just like a group of children who sneaked into the river to swim and were chased and beaten to death by their mother. The two uncles and nephews waved their long poles and followed the ducks on their way home. At this time, a harsh duck call came from the bushes not far from the edge of the river pool. "Is there anyone who hasn't returned to the team?" Bald Four waved his long pole to lower the ducks to a piece of grass, and said to his little nephew: "Don't wander around, just wait for me here."

He was about to Walking away, the bald head looked around at the approaching dusk, and then said to his nephew: "Are you afraid? Can you drive the ducks back to the village by yourself?" The nephew bravely raised the small bamboo pole in his hand to the ground, looking at it indifferently. He looked at the bushes in the distance, then looked at the village in the distance, and said, "Don't be afraid. I'll just wait here for my fourth uncle to come back." Bald Si touched his little nephew's little head happily and stuffed a handful of incense into his pocket. Thatch (a rural practice, to ward off evil spirits), and after being told not to play with water, went into the bushes to look for the missing Tianzhong team. Strangely enough, when Bald Si approached the bushes, the ducks' quacking stopped immediately. Bald Four swept through the bushes with a long pole, but still did not hear the duck's call. "Weird." Bald Si scratched the back of his head and murmured. As soon as the footsteps stepped out of the bushes, the loud duck call sounded again. Bald Si bent over and quietly walked into the bushes again, looking for the source of the sound. The sound seemed close and far away, sometimes disappearing.

Unknowingly, Bald Four had walked deep into the bushes, and the sound of duck calls seemed to be getting closer and closer. "Quack, quack, quack!" the voice sounded, and Bald Si was startled. Five large flowered ducks got up from a pile of long weeds, "Good guy, it took me a long time to hurt you."

< p> The bald man spread the haystack where the duck had crouched to see if there was a nest of duck eggs left.

I felt it... soft... soft... like a cotton coat! "Ah!" Bald Four shouted, cold sweat broke out, and the long pole fell to the ground. *** Sitting and crawling, he rolled to the side. This scream formed an echo of "hee hee hee" children playing around the river pool. . An earthy gray rag doll with two long braids suddenly appeared in front of him!

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Originally, a rag doll, an ordinary child's toy, would not scare Bald Si who is used to walking in the wild like this. The key is that the two parts of this rag doll are more white than black. His big eyes were staring at the bald man, making people's hair stand on end. I don’t know if it’s an illusion, but the corners of the doll’s eyes were filled with bloodshot eyes, and there was a faint liquid that was either mud stains or blood stains under the pink cheeks... A sense of sadness, hatred, but also coldness and ridicule was in the air for an instant. spread. Bald Four shook his hands and clasped his hands together, speaking incoherently: "I didn't mean to offend. I did not mean to offend. I disturbed the peace. Please forgive me." After bowing three times, Bald Four placed the doll in the grass and panicked. The ground drove five big ducks out of the bushes.

The bald man walked to the place where the ducks were dropped in a panic. Where could there be any sign of his nephew and the ducks? "Perhaps because it was getting late, this guy got impatient and went home first. It's all his fault for these five harmful big flowered ducks!" Thinking of sweating over these five big flowered ducks, he even got into a fight. From the outside (in rural terms, it means seeing something unclean), Bald Si was annoyed for a while, and while driving to the roadside, he beat the five large flowered ducks with a long pole until their feathers flew everywhere.

When he returned home, it was already time to turn on the lights. Bald Si had already heard the cries of the ducks in the duck pen behind the house. He looked at his eldest brother's house opposite, where the dining room was illuminated by quiet lights. It seems that the little nephew has come back early. The tense heart of Bald Four relaxed a little, and he made sure that the bamboo door of the duck pen was closed tightly. He made some food in a hurry and ate it, then went to his eldest brother's house and went to the door. My sister-in-law is washing the dishes, and my eldest brother is sitting on a bamboo chair, smoking a hookah. Because the family is poor, the eldest brother usually goes out to do some odd jobs and did not get married until he was over 40. The eldest sister-in-law is a Vietnamese woman in her thirties who is usually silent. It took two years after the couple got married to have a child who is now eight or nine years old. The only son, the eldest brother always said to Bald Si in private: "Xiaosi, don't marry a Vietnamese woman with pointed buttocks like me in the future. It's difficult to have children! Only one baby has been born in so many years." So this is the only child. The nephew has become the treasure of the whole family.

"Where is the child?" Bald Si didn't see his nephew in the hall, and his heart tightened just now. "Oh, I just went to bed. This child was very sleepy today. He said he wanted to sleep as soon as he came back. When he was forced to go to the dinner table, he squinted his eyes and finished a bowl of rice." "Oh! It's all my fault for taking him to the table all day. Shanxiahe... I'll go see him." As he said that, he turned around and walked into the small room. The child was lying on his back on the wooden bed, sleeping soundly. Bald Four finally felt relieved and sat down to take a long puff of water pipe. He chatted with his elder brother for a while and then went home.

There is a saying in rural areas of western Guangdong that someone encounters some unclean things in the wild, such as a coffin that has not yet been sealed in a cemetery, or some unknown objects that look black (such as scattered in Old people's clothes in the wild, children's red shoes, rag dolls, etc.), fearing that certain things will follow them home to cause trouble, so before going to bed at night, this person will put five incense sticks in the open space outside the gate, or scatter them. Giving a handful of candies is called "seeing off guests".

After Bald Si finished doing this, he said a few words of blessing such as "Have a good trip", then closed the door and settled down in bed. In the middle of the night, the wooden door of the house suddenly banged loudly. "Uncle, open the door quickly and save Axi (nephew's nickname)!" Bald Four immediately rolled down from the bed and held out a hand. Turning on the light and opening the door with one hand, the sister-in-law didn't even turn on the flashlight at this time. This woman who usually had very little emotion just had tears on her face and snot in her nose. She cried in panic: "Axi...it's...Axi might hit her." We’re here! (In rural terms, it means to hit evil spirits)” “No!” The bald four shouted and rushed to the brightly lit elder brother’s house opposite. The premonition that had been lingering in his heart in the evening finally came...

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I saw the little nephew changing his previous supine posture and being pinned down on the wooden bed by his elder brother and several men from the neighbor's house. But at this time, the nephew It seemed that he was extremely powerful, his limbs were shaking violently, the wooden bed was about to collapse, and several men were almost overturned by him.

The bed was covered with sticky saliva rolling out of his mouth, the corners of his eyes were bloodshot, and there were some blood stains on his delicate face at some point. He let out an inarticulate and heartbreaking roar. The bald man listened carefully. After a while, it turned out that she was calling "Mom", but the voice that came out was a girl's voice. Seeing Bald Four approaching, the little nephew calmed down for a rare moment. He just stared at Bald Four with his big black and white eyes, and murmured intermittently: "Mom... I want Mom..." This It's strange, my sister-in-law is standing next to me, so why is my nephew still crying for his mother? The elder sister-in-law started crying again: "Don't be afraid, Xie, mom is right here..." Before the elder sister-in-law could finish speaking, the younger nephew suddenly glared at her: "I want my mother." His eyes were filled with sadness and hatred. And cold and mocking... "Oh my God!"

Bald Si's heart felt cold... Wasn't this the look in the eyes of the rag doll he met in the bushes of the river pool... "Hehehehe..." The little nephew suddenly laughed horribly, looked at Bald Four, and said innocently: "Bald Uncle, why don't you play with me?" The hairs on Bald Four's hands suddenly stood up. It turned out that this thing was still following him. Back... Bald Si trembled his lips, reluctantly curved his lips, and plucked up the courage to say to his little nephew: "It's not fun at night. Can I take you to play when you wake up?" The little nephew stared blankly. He leaned against the wall with a mysterious look on his face: "Are you going to play in the water?" Before Bald Si could answer, the little nephew suddenly got up and almost knocked over several big men. His face was dark green and he yelled full of resentment and hatred: "No! You're lying! Why did you leave me? I didn't lift the baby, so you can't live in peace!" Upon hearing this, Bald Siyi suddenly realized that this was a resentful girl who was looking for a scapegoat.

Although Bald Four worked as a tomb Taoist in the past few years and learned some superficial Taoism, in recent years, with the promotion of scientific cremation, most tomb Taoists like Bald Four have become unemployed. After changing the profession to make a living, the already shallow Taoism became even more unfamiliar. Usually, the ancestral graves of certain families in the village need to be reburied, and which family has to "send the fetus god" (a ritual to pray for the baby to ward off evil spirits) soon after the child is born. Bald Four can barely cope with it, but this resentful spirit, especially the resentful spirit of a girl possessing a living person, is moody, not afraid of divine retribution, and takes human lives based on preference. It is extremely difficult to deal with, so it is not something this little Taoist can deal with. . Seeing his nephew foaming at the mouth and getting even more crazy, the bald man suddenly became wise and hurriedly ordered a few people to knock on the doors of each house, calling for young and strong men with strong yang energy to come to gather yang and drive away yin, and gave special instructions Be sure to ask the senior butcher at the head of the village to bring some of his commonly used pig-killing knives.

Our vast rural areas still maintain the pure and kind style of providing support from all directions when a family is in trouble. After a while, the rural middle-aged man who was awakened from his dream and didn't know what was going on was still rushing to death, big brother The atmosphere of resentment in the family immediately subsided a lot, especially when the big butcher from the village stepped into the house. The long sharp knives that had killed countless pig kings and were sharply sharpened were inserted into the wooden bed of the little nephew. Fang Gang was very angry, and his little nephew immediately calmed down. At this time, the dawn outside the house was already looming, and the little nephew finally fell asleep peacefully... The night was finally over, and Bald Si stroked his little nephew's sweat-covered face. His forehead was in great pain.

At dawn, the men who had been called in during the night were about to leave amidst the extreme apologies and gratitude of their elder brothers and sisters-in-law. Bald Four spoke up: "Have you heard about our villages in the upper and lower areas in recent years? That kid...that...well, I'm really sorry for saying such unfavorable words so early in the morning, but everyone has also seen it, our little girl..." Everyone waved their hands and said, "No need to say it, you understand. "The trivial matters in the villages above and below cannot escape the ears of my mother-in-law, Mrs. Mao. Everyone can just ask when they get back." Before leaving, the big butcher at the head of the village left behind three sharp knives and shouted: "If you need any help, just ask." The eldest brother and sister-in-law burst into tears of gratitude.

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There has never been a shortage of news or old news in the countryside, let alone informants who can quickly convey news or old news. During breakfast, almost at the same time, the news that the little nephew was possessed by an evil spirit last night and the news that a seven-year-old girl drowned in a deep pool in the mountains last year spread widely in the Huang family in the neighboring village.

The two villages are located on the upper and lower reaches of the mountain river. The deep pool in the neighboring village is actually separated from the river pool where Bald Si often herds ducks by a large wetland bush. At that time, the news that the children in the neighboring village were drowned was also among the women in the village. The news passed around for a while, but the bald man who often went outside the village to herd ducks didn't listen carefully at the time. He only warned his nephew morning and night not to go into the river and play in the water. It was only now that the Bald Four began to inquire seriously.

It is said that the eight-year-old girl named Huang was innocent and cute, with big eyes and fair skin. Her parents loved her very much and bought her a big-eyed rag doll to keep her company. But this girl is naturally lively and playful. She often hugs this white Lolita doll and goes up the mountain with a group of wild children from the village to herd cattle and go down to the river to catch fish. Sometimes these wild children will even disappear along the path in a large bush. , come to this area of ​​bald four-herd ducks to look for big duck eggs.

At noon last summer, while the adults were gathering under the shade of a tree to chat, the children ran to the bushes to look for duck eggs for a while, and then ran to the bank of the deep pool. The boy hung up his clothes. On a small bush, the little girl placed the rag doll under the small tree by the pond, and they played and caught fish together in the shallow water by the pond. It is said that the girl was chasing a big shiny red carp by the water and drifted away. By the time the boys came out of the water from their game, the girl surnamed Huang was already submerged up to her chest. .

Several older boys shouted the girl's name and slowly stepped on the river stones under their feet to wade through the water to give her a hand, but the girl seemed not to hear anything and just stared blankly. She waded into the depths of the pool, and then slowly turned back, with her big watery eyes open and a mysterious smile. At that moment, I heard that her hair was purple-red. Before the boys could react, the girl suddenly sank with a "dong" sound... The boys were frightened and rushed back to the shore, leaving only the lonely bunch of black hair in the water that gradually disappeared... Wait until the children go back and call the adults. However, the girl's body was not recovered. Her parents were shouting that lovely name by the pond for a whole week...

"It turns out that the child died in vain. No wonder there is such strong resentment." Baldhead Si was deeply moved. In order to prevent his little nephew from encountering another mishap tonight, Bald Si had to quickly think of ways to prepare for exorcism. As mentioned before, the resentment of girls is very difficult to deal with, and it cannot be solved by just a small Taoist. He suddenly remembered the old Taoist foreman who led them to work. He taught Bald Four the little Taoist skills step by step. However, Bald Four was too lazy and was not good at Taoism. He could only follow his subordinates and be responsible for making gifts and sealing soil. Trail workers.

Thinking of him, Bald Si seemed to have grasped a life-saving straw. He rode on his elder brother's old Phoenix bicycle and rushed to the village forty kilometers away to ask for help. The old Taoist has become older in recent years. An old man in his seventies cannot bear too many bumps, and the bald man dare not ride fast. It was already noon when the two of them arrived at the village with old Taoist bags. hours.

The eldest brother and sister-in-law welcomed the old foreman who exuded a faint scent of sandalwood into the door very politely. The foreman did not eat yet and went directly into the room to check on his little nephew. My nephew woke up a long time ago. When he saw someone coming in, he just sat up and stared blankly without speaking. Seeing that her beloved son had become so weak overnight, the sister-in-law's eyes turned red and she began to sob. "Sister-in-law, don't worry too much." The old Taoist comforted her kindly. I saw him spread out his rough left palm with deep grooves, took a breath, moved his lips up and down silently, and silently recited some spells, and then used the middle and index fingers of his right hand together to draw an imaginary spell on the palm of his left hand. He quietly covered his nephew's head with his palm.

After a while, the blackness on the nephew's face faded a lot. The old Taoist priest took his nephew's hand and asked softly: "Child, tell grandpa what did you encounter that day?" The nephew looked up at Bald Si, then looked at the sobbing sister-in-law, and whispered: "Uncle Si , I'm afraid." Bald Si caressed his nephew's shoulder lovingly and smiled: "Don't be afraid, everyone is here, okay?" "You went into the woods to look for ducks that day. A girl came out of the bushes. She just sat on the big rock on the side of the road and smiled at me. Her hair looked like...a red fire. I asked her which village she was from and if she had seen it. My fourth uncle.

She didn't answer, so she came down and took my hand to walk to the edge of the pool. I was afraid... I said I was going home, but she still held my hand and wouldn't let go. I got angry and scolded her, but she still laughed. I walked to the edge of the pool... I hit it with a wooden stick and tried my best to break free... She laughed and let me go, saying it was so fun... I was so scared that I forgot to chase the duck, and just ran as hard as I could. , when I ran to the end of the village and finally saw the lights of our house, I had the courage to look back... The girl was laughing and waving her small whip not far away, following behind our duck... He I said I wanted to find my mother...and then...and then I somehow fell asleep until now. "

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After lunch, the old Taoist put a triangular yellow talisman on his little nephew, and then told the bald man: "Go to Huang's house to persuade him. When parents come over, it is best to bring some items that their children used during their lifetime, such as clothes. Bald Si looked at the sun that was about to turn to the west. He didn't dare to neglect, and quickly jumped into the old Phoenix car to run to the neighboring village. The eldest brother felt sorry and stopped Bald Si and said: "I'd better do it. You also have to do it today." It’s no wonder I’m tired. The four bald men waved their hands and said, "You should stay at home and look after the children. I know better than you what clothes and items they want to bring." "The eldest brother had no choice but to give up.

The parents of the girl who fell into the water in the neighboring village heard Bald Si's statement about the grudge looking for a substitute. At first they just thought it was nonsense, and then they became angry. Death and rest are the most important thing, how can we tolerate it? An outsider made irresponsible remarks? But when Bald Four talked about the big-eyed rag doll he met on the haystack, the girl's mother burst into tears, beat her chest and feet, cried out, "My poor baby, I'm sorry for you as a parent." Ah...I can't even help you find a body..." After the parents calmed down a little and Bald Si comforted her kindly, he offered to take the two of them home and bring a few things that the girl had worn before her death. request for clothes. The girl’s father murmured sadly with tears on his face: “Forget it, let’s go and give it away. We didn’t take good care of the child before she was alive. We knew that Silk (the girl’s name during her lifetime) was fun, but we didn’t take care of it... This eventually led to my family’s death. Si'er died tragically in a deep pool, and she was not allowed to rest in peace after her death... How can we as parents not be sad... We must send her off, we must find a home for her, and not become a lonely ghost... Since Si'er passed away, We didn't even keep her clothes... we took them to the water and burned them, thinking that she would have clothes to wear there... Who knew she wouldn't rest in peace..." The parents burst into tears, enduring the huge pain in their hearts. Painful, with trembling hands, he took out a small and cute wooden comb stored in a small wooden box...

The dojo that night was set up in the yard of the elder brother's house. Bite the bullet and go to the depths of the bushes beside the river pool with the old Taoist workers during the day while the sun has not set. Each of us holds three sticks of lit sandalwood incense (rural Taoist workers believe that this can soothe the soul and exorcise evil spirits and prevent ghosts from possessing them). The mysterious big-eyed rag doll was picked up, and it was placed on the platform together with the small wooden comb.

When the girl's parents saw the rag doll, they screamed loudly in their arms. Affected by the evil spirits, that night all the households closed their doors early as instructed by the old Taoist priests. The children of each house were also rushed to bed by their mothers early and covered with quilts. They could only hide behind their parents out of curiosity and fear. Under the covers, I listened quietly to the sounds coming from the brightly lit courtyard. At about nine o'clock in the evening, the old Taoist priest was wearing a yellow black-edged Taoist robe and holding a red-lined copper coin dagger, standing in front of the Taoist platform. Offerings such as melons, fruits, and rice have been laid out, and the firelight on the candlesticks illuminates the entire courtyard. The bald men are helping to hold several children, horses, umbrellas, cars, boats, houses, and an arch bridge tied with white paper and bamboo strips. After setting it up on the Taoist platform, we waited for the girl's ghost to come.

Oddly enough, the little nephew was fine one night and even ate some more food. There was no abnormal behavior in the village. It was quiet outside, even the big black dogs that often barked at night in the village were silent at this time. Until midnight, my nephew got up from the bed and said he wanted to go to the toilet. At that time, most people in the countryside lived in mud houses. As now, there are buildings with bathrooms upstairs and downstairs everywhere. When going to the toilet, rural people have to carry a few pieces of toilet paper or even a few short bamboo strips and rush to the small dark mud house on the side of the house. It wasn't very far. The bald man and his eldest brother lit a few sticks of sandalwood incense according to the old man's instructions. They each put a triangular yellow talisman on their bodies and used a flashlight to lead their little nephew into the smelly little earthen house where they couldn't see anything.

Unexpectedly, before the little nephew’s shorts were pulled down, the triangular yellow talismans in the corners of the clothes of the three people started to smoke at the same time. The little nephew rolled his eyes, his face turned dark purple, and his mouth He was frothing and about to fall into the smelly ditch. The two of them were well prepared. They immediately tightened their nephew's hands and dragged him to the dojo while shouting. When the old Taoist heard the shouting, he waved his copper coin dagger, grabbed a handful of soybeans on the Taoist platform and threw them into the open space in front of the platform. At this time, the candlelight was bright, and the old Taoist muttered something: "I came in to search, and the protector followed. . A handful of magic beans fell to the ground, and the founder of the three religions came to help me, and the beans became soldiers and returned to the soul! "

There was a dark wind in the corner of the courtyard, and the candlelight flickered on and off. The little nephew was carried and dragged to the courtyard by two people. At this time, he just sat on the ground, with transparent mucus flowing from his mouth, and blood stains hanging from the corners of his eyes. He looked at the candlestick with half-white eyes and half-smiling eyes. The girl's parents were standing in the corner of the Taoist platform. At first, they just listened to the old Taoist worker's instructions and kept calling the girl's name. But when they saw the little nephew's possessed state in the courtyard, they became frightened and could not open their mouths in shock. Speak up.

Six

The little nephew saw the rag doll and the small wooden comb in the candlestick. He raised his head and thought thoughtfully. He got up and was about to walk to the platform. The old Taoist immediately pointed his sword to the west. , reciting the requiem incantation: "Laojun took a walk in the furnace, and ran to Lingshan Mountain anew. He left his body and bones like a bush, and was safe in the resting hall. The soul has returned, the soul has returned!" Following the incantation, the little nephew left Taoism and traveled far and wide. Coming closer and closer, the body exuded a faint purple-red figure... Seeing that a long-haired girl figure was about to leave the little nephew's body and float into the rag doll, the figure stopped in mid-air and returned to the little nephew's body. With sharp eyes and resentment everywhere, he stared at the small paper figures on the platform and shouted: "Why did you abandon me! You won't be able to live in peace if I don't leave!"

Under the influence of resentment, the little The nephew's hair instantly turned purple, and the paper doll on the table burst into flames. The old Taoist was shocked. Originally, these little paper figures were meant to be burned so that the girl could have some playmates in the underworld. Unexpectedly, they aroused the resentment of the Yin spirits again. The old Taoist immediately called everyone to suppress his nephew and ordered the girl's parents to shout the girl's name loudly.

The old Taoist bit off the middle finger of his right hand, held his breath, and quickly drew a blood talisman on the heated palm of his left hand, pressed it on his little nephew's forehead, and recited a spell loudly: "Soul-Leading Chicken" Come and get the soul chicken, you can take the deceased back to the west and become a Buddha, and your family will be blessed forever!" The red girl's figure on the little nephew's body appeared again, with big eyes, long hair, and a cute face. , the girl’s parents saw the figure of their precious daughter. The scene of her daughter acting coquettishly and running lively in the village suddenly filled their hearts. Their hearts hurt, so they cried: "Si'er, listen to the Taoist priest and go. Come on! Stop making trouble! Grab your doll and comb and go!" After saying that, he burst into tears and couldn't help himself.

The black air surrounding the girl gradually faded away. The figures stared blankly at the parents in the corner of the platform. Their lips moved together, but it was the nephew who made the voice: "Mom, I'm cold." The mother felt a great pain in her heart again. She came over and pushed away the hands of everyone pressing on her little nephew. She hugged the little nephew with a red figure in her arms and sobbed: "Mom understands.

The pool was so deep, the water was so cold, and we, Si'er, were still so young. We left before we even had time to eat a bite of the hot meal at noon that day... How could it not be cold! "Mom, they swam back and left me alone..." "Mom knows, but those big brothers are also afraid... How happy they are to play with you in the village. They fished along the river pool for a long time... Yes The little animals in the pond like our Si'er so much, so they took you there... Our Si'er is leaving, leaving..." Mother whispered with great affection, as if she was cherishing the sun at night. Patting her daughter's small back rhythmically, soothing her to sleep... The yard was silent all night, and everyone was in the sadness of memories... Half asleep and half awake, the black air of the girl's figure gradually dissipated, and she was half-perky. Squinting his eyes, he asked: "Mom, will you come? I'm afraid..." "My Sisi will go to the road first and wait... Just like when you used to go to grandma's house to cross the mountain road, you always like to run in the grass and hide in front of me and wait for me to arrive... Mom will come sooner or later... Sisi Go hide first..." The girl closed her eyes, leaving a sweet smile on her lips, and murmured coquettishly for the last time: "Mom, my hair is so messy..." This simple and great man had a long ponytail. The mother didn't say anything, she just shed tears. Just like one morning when her daughter was too lazy to get up, she straightened her daughter's long hair, which was like a chicken nest, by the small wooden window filled with morning light... ...It's just that she was combing her hair with light hair at this time...

The girl's figure finally dispersed, leaving only a strand floating into the body of the big-eyed rag doll. The girl's parents had tears on their faces. They supported each other on the ground and watched the old Taoist workers reciting incantations and pulling the rag doll holding a paper umbrella across the bamboo arch bridge on the platform... She finally passed...

The next morning , the village women who had listened quietly all night were running around and communicating, imagining the process of exorcising evil spirits. Some said they heard the sound of ghosts crying, others said they heard the voice of the King of Hell judging evil spirits, and some even said they saw what they saw from The Daluo Immortal floating down from the roof... Only those who were there that night knew that it was just a heartbreaking story of life and death, which showed the greatness and power of family ties.

Of course, the neighboring village. There is no story. People only saw the Huang family carrying many paper figures and horses, and under the guidance of the old Taoist priest and the duck herder Bald Si, they held a traditional funeral for a gray rag doll by the riverside bushes...

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