Chapter 31 Chapter Ten Meeting the Lost God

Grandpa said suspiciously: "Don't get lost." Jin Bo sneered: "The short mother-in-law has lived here for thirty or forty years, how could she get lost!" Grandpa said: "I mean, the little mother-in-law may have run into the Lost God." As soon as I heard it, I interjected: "What kind of god is the Lost God?" I have heard of various myths before, and there are many gods whose names I can name, but I have never heard of the Lost God. Jin Bo helped his grandfather explain: "The Lost God is not a fairy, it is a special kind of ghost. If you are still driving in the wilderness and have other thoughts at a later time, you are likely to encounter it. Maybe the short granny walked too fast, didn't pay much attention, and fell into the spell of the Lost God."

Ma Jun hurriedly asked beside him, "Will that kill my mother?" Jin Bo scolded Ma Jun and said, "Can you tell me something good? Are you hoping that your mother will have an accident soon? The god of getting lost is not like the ghost of water, and the ghost of hanging neck is terrible. This kind of ghost is on the most familiar road. Easiest to come across." I was puzzled by this, and asked doubtfully, "It's easiest to encounter people on familiar roads? Why is that? Isn't familiar roads the hardest to get lost in? It's only possible to get lost on unfamiliar roads."

"If you are on a road you are not familiar with, you will watch the road carefully for fear of going wrong. In this way, it will be difficult for the God of Lost to make you get lost. If you are on the road you have traveled thousands of times, you don't even think about which road Which way is right and which way is wrong, the left foot has not put down the right foot before stepping out. When you suddenly find out that the road ahead is not right, it will be too late.” Kimber explained. Grandpa nodded, and told a few young people who came with him: "Stop gossiping, go find it quickly. Don't call out the name of the short granny, it's easy to call people's souls away at night."

Grandpa and I took care of the cavalry soldiers, and Jin Bo took a few people up to the other side of Jiangjunpo.I saw a few flashlights flickering at the end of Jiangjunpo in the distance, like the ever-burning lights on a new grave. But at midnight, they all came back dejectedly. Jin Bo shook his head and said, "We searched everywhere, but we didn't see the shadow of the short mother-in-law, nor did I hear the voice of the short mother-in-law. Could it be that she didn't go to Jiangjun Slope?" Ma Jun insisted: "She must have gone there." Because at that time only Ma Jun knew that the short mother-in-law had cut bamboo nails to nail Wenwen's grave in the morning.

"There's nothing we can do about it. We used flashlights to shine everywhere, but we couldn't see it." Kimber said, spreading his hands. We were also helpless, so we had to take good care of the horse soldiers while worrying about the safety of the short mother-in-law. The horse soldier tied to the bed was very uncomfortable, his hands kept trying to break free from the hemp rope, his wrist was rubbed, and the blood stained the hemp rope red.His entire face was distorted, and he gritted his teeth vigorously with his mouth protruding, as if he was being tortured. It seemed that a piece of iron was stuck to his back, which was horrible.

The next morning, the rooster crowed three times before the horseman calmed down and fell into a deep sleep.My grandpa and Kimber were exhausted and lethargic.Opening the door, Ma Jun, who was sending us off, first found the short granny lying on the ground.Ma Jun yelled, "Mother!" Only then did we see the little old woman lying down. Her face was extremely pale and tired, her hair and eyebrows were full of night frost. At first glance, she looked like a strange gray-haired old man.Ma Jun thought she was dead and cried loudly.We cheered up quickly and hurriedly carried the short mother-in-law into the house.Kim Bo got a hot towel and wiped the short granny's face.Grandpa stretched out his hand to test his breath, he was still breathing weakly, and immediately asked me to go to the entrance of the village to call the doctor and Ma Jun to cook some hot soup.

The doctor came and gave the short mother-in-law an infusion.Ma Jun fed her a few mouthfuls of hot soup, and the short granny woke up, her eyes were as weak as a lamp that was about to go out. Ma Jun cooked some more noodles and gave some to my grandpa and Jin Bo.At that time, I was a little suspicious, why their family likes to cook noodles.The short mother-in-law also served Wenwen a bowl of noodles on the first day of her wedding.When I lived at my grandfather's house, I often saw them eating noodles, but rarely saw them cooking and cooking in a serious manner. After Wenwen’s accident, I also heard some meddling women discussing: “Wenwen’s family hanged himself because he always ate noodles. The noodles are like the rope used to hang his neck.” Of course, this is just a random guess by a bunch of idlers. , not enough to believe.I just passed it by thinking about it.

Seeing that the short granny woke up, Ma Jun asked anxiously, "Mother, what's the matter with you?"