Chapter 405 Chapter Thirteen

"Why is that lady so vicious?" The old farmer's son shrank his shoulders and touched the backs of his hands, the goose bumps on the backs of his hands were clearly visible. "Did brother-in-law recover later?" The old farmer's daughter-in-law waved her hand and said, "The old lady said that fortunately, my sister told her in time. The time is not too long, and she can still be saved." "How to save it?" The old farmer couldn't bear it anymore. The old farmer's daughter-in-law said: "The old lady asked my sister to help her brother-in-law to go to the temple again, let the brother-in-law worship the gods, and then put the incense into the incense burner by himself. After the few incense sticks are burned, collect the ashes in the incense burner. I took it home and soaked it in water to drink. My brother-in-law’s illness gradually recovered.”

"What happened to my brother-in-law's house, why didn't I know?" the old farmer's son doubted. The old farmer's daughter-in-law said: "At that time, I hadn't married to Lishu Village. How did you know? The matter is not over yet. It has been several months since my brother-in-law recovered completely. But at this moment, sister I heard people in the village talking about a certain daughter-in-law in a certain village, saying that the daughter-in-law had not given birth for several years, and this year she suddenly became pregnant, but she lost the child she was pregnant with for no reason. My sister asked the person who was talking about it, I found that daughter-in-law, she was indeed the one I met in the temple!"

"How can you do such a wicked thing? If you don't discover it early, it will definitely kill you!" The old farmer shook his head. "That's not right!" The old farmer's daughter-in-law was a little excited, "So, not only ghosts, but also people can find someone to borrow their babies." That day, my grandpa and I didn't listen to grandma's instructions and went back early.When the moon was on the treetops, my grandfather and I were still sitting at the old farmer's house.Because grandpa said that because there are many people visiting relatives during the Chinese New Year, people come and go, and the yang energy is strong, he can't see the real image of the borrowed ghost, so he has to wait for the sun to set and the moon to rise in Yunxiu.

The old farmer and grandpa were chatting about irrelevant family and farming matters. I sat aside and became more and more bored, so I looked for a few newspapers that had dried sauerkraut.By the time I finished reading the big and small news in the newspaper, and the missing person notices in every corner, it was just getting dark. The old farmer's son went out for a while and came in, not knowing what he was doing.The old farmer's daughter-in-law knits a sweater with the yarn that has been dismantled. After knitting a section, she dismantles it, and then re-knits it stitch by stitch.I asked her what she was doing, and she said she was learning to make patterns.But I don't believe it, because she has flat stitches, no bumps, and no other colors.

While we were waiting, the old farmer's granddaughter came out only once.She walked to the side of the water tank, gently spooned some water, gulped a few sips, and then returned to the room as if no one was there. She is a clean girl.Even at home like this, her hair and clothes are tidy.The hands and face are also clean and beautiful, and the slight red spots are not spots, but marks left by cat bone spurs. If I hadn’t known how her parents treated her, I would have thought they were bitten by mosquitoes. It's just that she is young, but she has a not-so-big but obviously protruding belly, so she stumbles a little when she walks.Her nose and mouth are small and cute, but her complexion is rather pale, as if all the redness has been sucked away with special absorbent paper.

When she was drinking water, we all kept quiet for fear of disturbing her.We didn't continue our previous actions and conversations until she closed the door with a bang. "She seems to be a different person." The old farmer said distressedly, "She was not so silent before, and everyone would call someone according to her seniority when she met her acquaintances." The old farmer's daughter-in-law not only comforted herself, but also comforted her father-in-law: "Hey, now that the old man is here, he will be fine after tonight." After finishing speaking, she turned her questioning gaze to grandpa, as if waiting for him to affirm her if.Grandpa didn't nod, just smiled.

Seeing that it was getting late, the old farmer asked his son to go to the floor to remove the roots of the jujube tree, let my grandpa and I have a warm fire, and cooked bacon, leaving me and grandpa to have dinner here. The old farmer's son responded, and hurriedly took the stairs to the floor to fetch the roots of the jujube tree. Grandpa quickly said: "No need. My wife must have prepared meals at home and is waiting for us to eat." Pointing to the sky outside, the old farmer said: "It's getting dark now, she must finish eating first." Grandpa said: "She will definitely keep the food in the pot, waiting for us to eat together. You don't have to worry about the food. I will know when the moon comes out. Besides, during the Chinese New Year, there is a lot of bacon. It’s greasy and bad for digestion. I haven’t finished my lunch yet.” The grandfather turned his head and shouted to the old farmer’s son, “It’s really unnecessary to cook the bacon. It’s fine if you boil some water and drink a few cups of tea.”

Seeing what his grandfather said, the old farmer had no choice but to ask his son to refill the kettle and hang it up. The old farmer's son cut off a few sections of the jujube tree roots with a hatchet and stuffed them into the stove.The kindling in the stove was burning well, but after the jujube tree roots were stuffed in, a burst of thick black smoke suddenly appeared in the stove, which made me and the old farmer burst into tears.I don't know if the jujube root itself is not suitable for firewood, or it is not dry enough. Grandpa hurriedly said: "Quickly squat down, the smoke is high but not low. If you lower your head a bit, the smoke will not be smoked. But it's a pity to burn the roots of jujube trees. The roots of jujube trees dug up in autumn can be used as medicine. A lot of sick people."

When the water boiled, we drank half a cup, and grandpa put down the teacup and said, "The moon is about to come out, let's go outside and have a look." I wondered in my heart, how did grandpa know the moon was coming out when he was sitting in the house? Walking outside the door, the sickle-like moon just emerged from the clouds and mist, as if it was about to harvest the undulating mountains and forests in the distance.Occasionally, there will be two gusts of wind, bringing a thick or light smell of gunpowder smoke.Although the sound of firecrackers is not as dense as that of the first and second grades of junior high school, sporadic ones can still be heard, like the rice straw burned by farmers in the fields after autumn, and the rice will burst and crackle inadvertently.

Grandpa stopped on the ground, closed his eyes, as if remembering something from a long time ago. The old farmer, me, and the couple stood quietly behind Grandpa, silent. Grandpa quietly "thought" for a while, finally opened his eyes, turned around and asked the old farmer, "There used to be a jujube tree planted on the left side of the ground of your house, and every year there is a jujube that cannot be harvested on that jujube tree. yes?" At this time, a light breeze came, and I could faintly smell the smell of ripe dates.