Chapter 56 Chapter 1 The Paper Problem

When I was in high school, I learned about albinism in biology class, and wondered if that woman had albinism.The biology teacher said that albino patients are sensitive to light and have poor eyesight.But according to memories, that woman not only chatted with crooked Taoist priests under the sun, but also had amazing eyesight, better than my grandfather's eyesight. That time she stood in front of the crooked Taoist temple, saw the plaque of our junior high school from a distance of 100 meters, and said to some of our students: "Look, the nail hanging on the plaque in your school is about to break, ask the teacher to replace it." Good nails."

We can barely see the words "XX Middle School" written on the plaque. Where can we see the nails?When we entered the school gate the next day, we saw that the plaque was crooked, the nail on the left was broken, and the whole weight was hanging on the nail on the right. Because Chen Shaojin's creditors came from all over the world, as they spread word of mouth, the story of his grandfather's ability to catch ghosts quickly spread across hundreds of miles.For a while, many people encountered strange things and couldn't solve them by themselves, so they brought a piece of meat or a bag of fruit to grandpa for help.As long as Grandpa is free in the farmland, he usually does not reject people. Except for cheap things such as fruits and cigarettes, he does not accept anything else.If you are busy, you will still help, and you will never ask for expensive things.

No, someone came to find grandpa.This person is none other than Hong Danian, the head of Hongxu Village. Grandpa asked him to sit down and talk.The village chief didn't sit down, and insisted that grandpa accept a cloth bag he brought first. Grandpa had no choice but to take the bag, took out a pack of cigarettes and put them on the table, saying: "I can't afford the rest, I will keep the cigarettes, okay?" The village chief refused. Grandpa said: "Then I don't want any more cigarettes." He said that he would put the cigarettes back into the bag. The village head hurriedly took back the bag.

"What's the matter?" Grandpa opened the pack of cigarettes, took out one and handed it to the village chief, and lit another for himself.At this time, my grandfather already had mild pneumonia and occasionally had a severe cough.His mother, uncle, and grandma persuaded him to quit smoking, and he agreed, but he only quit for one day. "The paper money in our village can't be burnt well," said the village head, Hong Danian, clapping his hands. Residents in our area burn paper money to the dead from the first day of the seventh month to the seventeenth day of the seventh month.There is a local proverb called: "Ghosts chase seventeen." The popular explanation is that the gate of ghosts opens on the first day of July, and the ghosts of the deceased will come out to wander.At this time, its relatives will burn paper money for them.On July 17th, the gate of ghosts will be closed, and the ghosts will all go back on the morning of July 16th.Therefore, people should not get up and go out on the morning of July 16 before the sun comes out, because they may meet "people" they knew before.

After I turned twelve, I would help with burning paper at home.Before the first day of July, the paper money must be ready.In the past, paper money was made of yellow straw paper with many holes in the shape of copper coins. Now some people buy printed money.In addition to paper money, you also need to prepare white paper, which is used to wrap paper money. Just like sending a letter, wrap the paper money in white paper, and write the name of the deceased on the front.If the deceased is a male and the name is Hong XXX, write "So first test the red XXX adults for use"; if the deceased is female, you can not write the first name but only the surname, such as "So first concubine Hongmu adults use it".These words should be written larger, so that those ghosts can easily get their share of money.

In the lower right corner of the big characters, "filial son so-and-so respects" should be written, and these words should be written smaller.Then write a big "seal" on the back.I don't know what the word "seal" means. After doing this, you have to pack another bag of Mingqian, and write "Received by tolerance for cents" on the front.According to the elderly people, this bag of Mingqian is not for the "people" of the ancestors, but for the official errands who distribute the money.The burnt paper money is distributed by the ghost official to those who deserve it, and the job is similar to the current postman.