Chapter 74 go ghost

Many years later, it is said that such a story happened in Maqiao: a person recognized his relatives in the previous life.I heard such rumors when I was in Maqiao, and when I returned to the city, it was said that similar miracles had happened in other places in Hunan.I don't quite believe it.A friend of mine who is a folklorist has studied this topic specifically, and even took me to the places he investigated, and showed me his witnesses one by one, and I still find it hard to understand when they tell their respective past lives. certainly.It amazes me even more that such stories befall my acquaintances.

It was already the 1980s. A young man from Maqiao worked in a tofu shop on Changle Street. He played cards and gambled money. He almost exported his shorts. Life was very difficult. He went to the house of an acquaintance, and when they saw him, they quickly closed the shop. , waved him away again and again. He was so hungry that his eyes were blurry, but fortunately there was a kind-hearted person—a girl from the Jinfu Hotel, only thirteen years old, named Hei Danzi.When the boss was away, she secretly gave the young man a few buns and two yuan.This young man bragged to the group of people he called his brothers afterwards: "What is charm? This is Brother Sheng's Kuili!"

His name was Shengqiu, and he was the son of Benyi, the former branch secretary of Maqiao Village. At some point, the owner of the Jinfu Hotel knew about this incident, and also knew that Zhi Danzi often helped Shengqiu, and suspected that she had eaten too much and gave away things from the store.The boss checked carefully, but he didn't find any shortages or shortages in the store, but he still found it strange; why does Hei Danzi deserve such care for a jobless vagrant who would be hated by a dog?He is Hei Danzi's distant uncle, and he felt the need to interrogate him, so he called Hei Danzi in front of him for questioning.

Heidanzi lowered his head and wept. "What are you crying for?" "he……" "What about him?" "he is me……" "Tell me, are you dating?" "he's mine……" "you say!" "He is my son." The boss opened his mouth, and a cup of strong tea almost scalded his feet. The startling news spread like this.People say that Hei Dan is here—that is, Hei Danzi from the Jinfu Hotel, who recognized his son from a previous life.In other words, she was the reincarnation of the famous Maqiao Dai Tiexiang.It wasn't because the boss forced her, she still didn't dare to speak out.For days, people circled the hotel and pointed.The cadres of the town committee and the police station feel that the matter is serious. This is the revival of feudal superstition. What is the world now?Gambling has come out, prostitutes have come out, highway robbery has come out, well, ghosts have also come out.It's really lively.

The cadres were ordered to expose the lies, educate the masses, and called her to the police station for interrogation, attracting a large number of curious idlers to watch, making the police station crowded with people, sweating and smelling, and no case could be solved. Finally, they had to decide to take her to Maqiao Re-examination.Since she recognized her son in the previous life, it is impossible not to recognize other people in the previous life, right?If you can't recognize her, it's not too late to talk about her nonsense deceiving people. There were six of them, apart from Heidan, two policemen, a deputy director of the town committee and two good cadres accompanied them.It was still far away from Maqiao, so they got out of the car and asked Hei Danzi to lead the way in front of them, to see if she really remembered the scene of the previous life.The woman said that she only remembered a vague idea of ​​what happened in her previous life, and she might have gone wrong.But after walking for a while, she found that she was heading towards Maqiao, making those who followed her tremble.

When she passed a rock field on the mountain, she suddenly stopped and cried.The rock field has been abandoned, and on the gravel all over the ground, there are a few pieces of dry cow dung and vigorous weeds protruding, and it may not be long before the gravel will be submerged.The cadre asked her why she was crying, and she said that her husband in the previous life was a rockworker and had broken stones here.The cadres who had checked the situation in advance were secretly delighted, knowing that she was completely wrong about this. After she entered Renmaqiao, she was a little hesitant, saying that there were not so many houses before, and she really couldn't recognize them.

The deputy director was overjoyed. "Did you wear it? Can't you play tricks?" A policeman disagreed with the deputy director's opinion, and was reluctant to go back home, saying that since she was already here, why not let her try again, anyway, nothing can be done today. The deputy director thought about it, looked at the sky, and there was no objection. The person who told me this story looked very excited when he said this, and said that things are strange because of this.He said that as soon as Hei Danzi walked into Benyi's home, he was fascinated. Not only did he know the way, he knew the positions of the hanging pot, the urinal, and the rice cabinet, but he also recognized the old man half lying on the bed as Benyi at a glance.She burst into tears, called out Brother Benyi's name, fell to the ground and bowed, sobbing.My ears are even more receding, and I struggled to open them wide. I saw a room full of strangers, and I didn't know what happened.He didn't understand a little until his wife who filled the house came back from the vegetable garden and yelled at him.He couldn't accept this young girl in front of him at all, her eyes were bulging to the size of coins. "If you want money, you need money, if you beg for food, you beg for food. What the hell are you doing? How can you be a ghost before you have made it?"

Heidanzi burst into tears and was persuaded to go outside. Many people in the village came to see the novelty, commented on Heidanzi, contacted Tiexiang from back then, and compared parts one by one.The final conclusion of most people is: Where is the iron fragrance?Tie Xianghu is dazzled, where is such a sauerkraut dumpling?They were talking, but Hei Danzi, who was squatting on the eaves and crying, suddenly raised his head and asked a surprising question: "Where is Xiuqin?" Maqiao people felt that this name was very strange, and looked at each other in blank dismay. "Where's Xiuqin?"

They all shook their heads, their eyes filled with bewilderment. "Is Xiuqin dead?..." " The little girl was about to cry again. An old man suddenly remembered, and said yes, yes, it seems that there is a Xiu Hanqin, who belongs to the family of Benyi's fellow pot brother Bunren.Bunren went to Jiangxi many years ago and never came back.Xiuqin remarried to Duoshun's family, she is now the third mother-in-law, who is still alive. Heidanzi's eyes lit up. It took a little effort for people to understand that since the girl in front of them was Tie Xiang, she had a relationship with the third mother-in-law, so it's no wonder they asked about her.Several enthusiastic people led her to find her. "The third mother-in-law lives in Zhuzipo, you come with us." They said to Heidanzi.Heidanzi nodded, and followed them hurriedly up a ridge, passing through a bamboo grove, and saw a corner of the house in front of him flashing out of the bamboo grove.

The good man ran forward a long time ago, entered the yellow mud house, yelled, slipped through the empty rooms, and found that there was no one there.Someone went to the lotus pond again, and shouted from there after a while: "Here, here." There is indeed an old woman who is doing laundry by the pond. Seeing Danzi running up quickly, he threw himself in front of the old man: "Brother Xiuqin, brother Xiuqin, I am Tiexiang..." The old man looked her up, down, left, and right. "You don't recognize me?" "Which iron fragrance?" "The time I was hospitalized, you were the one who delivered food and water. On the night I left, I kowtowed in front of you!"

"You are you, you are you, you are..." The old man thought of something but didn't say it. A word choked his throat, and tears began to glisten in his eyes. They didn't speak any more, just hugged each other and cried, crying so much that the people beside them were at a loss, they didn't even dare to go forward, they just watched from afar.A laundry beating cup fell into the water, spinning slowly.A twisted garment also rolled into the water, spread out in the water, and sank slowly.