Chapter 78 Chapter Nine Encountered a Ghost on the Way

Grandpa asked me to point out where the child born in the gap time lived, and then took me back and forth between Sanxiang's house and that child's house. There was a distance of three or four miles between the two houses. Grandpa said that Keshui ghosts may appear on the way from Sanxiang's house to another house at any time. We have to intercept Kespo ghosts and put them in the clay pot in my hand. I asked, "What are you doing with a box of matches? Do you want to smoke?" Grandpa never smoked while hunting ghosts, so I was a little curious. Grandpa looked left and right, and replied casually: "This match is not for general ignition, and you will know when the time comes."

I waited for a while, but when there was no movement, I asked my grandpa out of boredom, "How did the Kespo ghost harm the children?" Grandpa said: "Kefu ghost is also the soul of a child. It is very lonely by itself, so it wants to bring out the souls of other children who are about its size to play with it. The soul of a child forgets to come back after playing with it for a long time, child It's life-threatening." "Is there no way to make it so that it can't take away the soul of the child?" I thought, it's too simple for the Kefu ghost to harm other children. Which child doesn't want to play?

Grandpa said: "Kefu ghost can't just take away the soul of a child. It can only take the opportunity to grab the soul of the child at the place where the child accidentally falls. At this time, as long as the child falls If you spit, poo, or swear, it won't dare to pull the child's soul." Before I was twelve years old, my mother told me to take a sip at the place where I fell, and even stepped on the stone that tripped me.I didn't understand it all the time, but now I finally know why. In our area, as long as you see a child fall, if the mother is around, the first action is not to help the child up, but to curse at the place where the child fell, and then help the child up.This seems to be a conditioned reflex for those mothers.I originally thought that these mothers spoiled their children and deliberately scolded Shitou in front of their children to comfort them from crying.

I asked: "Grandpa, can't we just wait at the door of Sanxiang's house? Why bother walking back and forth like this, how tiring it is." Grandpa still looked in other directions vigilantly, and said: "This Kespo ghost walks very slowly, it can't walk half a mile a day. And it only walks at night, not during the day. So it may be anywhere on this road Appear. Every kind of ghost has every kind of characteristic, and the characteristic of kepo ghost is like this." I said, "Then what should I do if it walks halfway and arrives at dawn?" Grandpa said: "It can shelter under the big stone on the roadside. The shadow of every stone has a place for it to shelter. When the sun goes down, it will come out to look for the children born in the spare time. When a person is twelve years old, the soul is born. It will be stronger, and Kefugui won’t be able to pull it away.”

At this moment, I suddenly heard a pattering sound behind me, like a lame person dragging one foot.Grandpa's eyes looked over my shoulder, and his eyes were bright: "Here, Liangzi, grab your clay pot quickly! The Kefu ghost has appeared." Startled, I turned around and saw a monster! Kespoo is as short as a child, with a maroon face, pale lips, and ears like upside-down mushrooms.Looking at the eyes again, there is no white bead or black pupil, the whole is like a piece of transparent glass ball, it is very scary.Looking at the glass ball, it was as gloomy as if seeing a bottomless dry well.

It walked towards me and grandpa slowly, and it was too late for me to dodge.