Chapter 9 Chapter 8: The Birth of a Monster

September 21st of the Gregorian calendar. At dusk, Ah Zui and I got off the train and returned to Feng'an Town.At this time, the sky is getting more and more gloomy, and it seems that a mountain rain at night is inevitable. When approaching Mrs. Meng's house, I saw two men wandering on the path outside the courtyard.This place is located on the edge of the town, and there are few houses, so the figures of these two people seem a bit abrupt.When I got closer, I couldn't help but look at those two people a few more times, and they also stared at me with fierce eyes, as if murderous.

Ah Chuan, who was following me, took the initiative to say hello to those two people: "Hey, where are the two brothers strolling here?" The two looked at Ah Chuan together again, and the taller one said coldly: "What's the matter, you took on a big job today? Did you earn less?" "It's just a coolie, how much can you earn for a big job?" Ah Chuan replied indifferently, without stopping, just walking his own way forward.I intentionally slowed down my pace, and when Ah Hammer was close to me, I whispered, "Do you know these two people?" "Ling Mufeng's man. Fuck, what are you pretending to be like with me?" Ah Chuan said while spitting thick phlegm on the ground.He is a rascal, he doesn't hate anyone when he sees him, he only recognizes silver dollars.

When I heard that it was Ling Mufeng's person, I couldn't help but be surprised.Stealing my eyes and looking back, I saw that those two people had been looking at me, their eyes were as sharp as hooks.I quickly turned my head and continued to walk forward as if nothing had happened.Fortunately, I arrived at the gate of the courtyard not too far away. I raised my hand and pushed the door open. The door was ajar, and it creaked and pushed open. Mrs. Meng walked out of the house on crutches. She seemed to have been waiting for us a long time ago, and asked, "Young man, are you ready?"

"It's all done." I waved at A'Chui, and A'Chui walked to the middle of the yard, unloading the burden from his shoulders on the ground.Mrs. Meng stepped forward, checked and said, "Go and sit at the table. I just boiled some hot water, drank fragrant tea, and rested." Ah Chuan didn't appreciate it, he shook his head and said, "What's so good about tea? I have to go to the town to drink!" Mrs. Meng was already familiar with A-Chui's nature, and didn't mind his rudeness.She raised her head, looked at me alone and asked, "Young man, would you like to drink this pot of hot tea made by the old lady?"

"Of course I am willing. This is the best fragrant tea, which is not so delicious for ordinary people." I admired it sincerely, and walked to the table and sat down.There is a teacup on the table, half of the tea is left in the cup.Picking up the cup casually, feeling that the residual tea was still warm, my heart moved, and I asked, "Headmaster Wu also just left, right?" "It's not been half an hour since we left." "Didn't he say that he suffered from rheumatism and suffered severe pain around his shoulders, so he wanted to go back early?"

"I was going to leave early, but something happened, so he stayed for a while." While talking to me, Mrs. Meng had already counted the goods one by one.Ah Chuan didn't say hello, just picked up an empty shoulder pole and walked away.Mrs. Meng followed behind him, closed the courtyard door again, then turned around and told me, "Ling Mufeng came to the door in the afternoon." "Oh?" I remembered the two men wandering outside the yard, and immediately asked vigilantly, "What is he doing here?" "He knew we went to the hospital in the morning, so he came here and asked me not to worry about it." Mrs. Meng went back to the pile of goods. She bent down tremblingly and rummaged through it, trying to get something in order.

"Let's not interfere, just let him imprison Yunyun for the rest of his life?" I said angrily, and at the same time walked over to Guan and asked, "What's the job? Let me do it." "Well, take out the hemp rope and the white cloth." Mrs. Meng stood up straight, wrapped her left hand around her waist and thumped her back, and sighed: "I'm old, I haven't lived for a few years. There must be an end to Chu Yun's matter. Can I do it anyway?" "Yes, we have a clear conscience, what are you afraid of him doing?" I asked while I was working, "That Ling man didn't do anything to you, did he?"

"I'm a person who is about to enter the earth, so he won't. And Sergeant Wu will be there at that time, Ling Mufeng is still a little bit afraid of him." I pouted towards the courtyard door and said, "There are two sneaky guys outside—A hammer said they belonged to Ling Mufeng." "I know. This is looking at me——Ling Mufeng is afraid that I will go to the hospital again." After a short pause, Mrs. Meng reminded me in turn, "You have to be careful, I'm an old woman, I need two personal?" I was shocked and understood what the other party meant.But the panic was just swept away.You know, I have already made up my mind to risk my life, what kind of danger can scare me?

Seeing that I had picked out the hemp rope, Mrs. Meng pointed to the saponin tree not far away, and said, "Tie one end of the rope to the tree trunk, and pull a few ropes around the yard." According to the other party's instructions, I first tied the rope to the saponin tree, and then pulled it obliquely towards the courtyard gate. When I got to the gate, I passed the rope through the wooden fence above the eaves of the gate, and then folded it back and pulled it towards the room on the west side. The window of the cabin, and finally fastened the end of the twine to the window mullion.The rope was kept about the height of a person, and I secretly wondered if I was going to hang something on it?

As expected, Mrs. Meng then asked me to pull up the piece of white cloth, first tore and cut it into sections, and then hung them on the drawn rope with wooden clothespins.The white cloths were hung one by one so densely that the length of each piece of cloth almost reached the ground.Because the previous rope just encloses a triangular area in the yard, when the white cloth is hung, this area is surrounded by a piece of white curtain, forming an independent space. "Okay. This kind of yang energy outside can't come in, and the yin energy inside can't escape, and there is an ancient well leading to the ground—" Mrs. Meng narrowed her eyes, looked up into the gloomy sky, and said to herself Talking to himself, "Tonight is another dark night with no stars and no light. If you want to summon spirits, then it is really suitable."

At that time, night was approaching, and the autumn wind was howling.The surrounding white cloth whimpered and fluttered in the wind, creating a completely gloomy atmosphere.I involuntarily shrank my neck and took a look at the well under the tree. There was a chill on my back, as if some soul was about to climb out of the well. "Set up the altar here when you turn around." Mrs. Meng pointed to the open space under the window and said, I made a gesture to move the altar, but Mrs. Meng waved her hand and said, "Don't worry, it's still early now. It's a good time to summon the spirit." When it is late at night, this is the most cloudy time of the day. Young man, sit down first, it's time to drink the fragrant tea made by the old lady." I was blunt and walked over to the small table and sat down.Mrs. Meng brought a clean teacup from the house, and the hot water had been cooking on the stove next to it on a small fire, and she directly poured it into the cup, and soon the tea fragrance wafted around. I took a sip from my glass.Sitting next to me, Mrs. Meng asked, "Young man, is this tea good for your mouth?" "It's really good tea." I praised from the bottom of my heart, but I also held back half a sentence: tea is still good tea.It's just that in this mourning hall-like atmosphere, there is an unreasonably more sinister taste of death. Mrs. Meng smiled strangely, and she moved her face closer to look into my eyes from a close distance.Her eyeballs were cloudy and cloudy, which made me feel very uncomfortable.I lowered my head and pretended to drink tea, avoiding her eyes. But I couldn't avoid her voice - I heard Mrs. Meng whispering hoarsely in my ear: "People who know how to taste tea are thoughtful, and those who are straight-hearted can't drink tea. Young man, do you have thoughts too?" I was taken aback for a moment, not knowing what the other person meant, so I raised my head again, staring blankly at her wrinkled old face. Pozi Meng narrowed her eyes and asked, "You took such a big risk to stay, what exactly do you want?" I said: "I don't want anything, I just want to fulfill my promise." "Is a promise so important?" "For me, yes." Granny Meng suddenly sighed softly: "Oh, you are as stupid as he was when he was young... No wonder he likes you." I blinked and asked, "Who?" "Wu Chunlei." "Wu Chunlei?" I heard this name for the first time, and it took me a while to realize, "You mean... Sheriff Wu?" Mrs. Meng nodded slightly. "No way... I think he hates me." I shook my head repeatedly.How could that old guy like me like "trash" every bite? "He is such a weird person. The more he scolds you, the more he agrees with you in his heart. He sees himself in you." I couldn't help but ask, "What was he like?" Mrs. Meng was silent for a while, then shook her head and said, "There is no need to talk about those things... In short, you are all the same, you would rather wrong yourself for others. Is it worth it?" I told the truth according to what I thought in my heart: "For the person I like, everything is worth doing." "But do you know that person? You don't know her fate at all, and you don't know what kind of past she has." "Her past has nothing to do with me, what I want to change is her future destiny." Mrs. Meng stopped talking, and the dry wrinkles on her face seemed to stretch a little. And now I have another question to ask her: "Why do you say Chu Yun is a monster?" "She was originally a monster, and—" Pozi Meng asked quietly, "Is there anything wrong with being a monster?" I frowned, unable to understand the meaning of the other party.Granny Meng then explained: "Chu Yun is so beautiful, even more beautiful than her biological mother. The more beautiful a woman is, the more men will surround her. Those men are like a pack of hungry wolves. One doesn't want to swallow her? Chu Yun is a helpless and miserable child, how can she protect herself? With the terrible name of 'monster', it can scare off a few hungry wolves." That's how it is... I understand the old lady's intentions.She made everyone in the town know that Chu Yun was a "monster", but her purpose was to protect the girl.This approach should have some effect, at least people like Ah Chuan won't harass that girl anymore. It's a pity... I raised my head and let out a long sigh: "In the end Chu Yun was taken away by the hungry wolf, and it was the most vicious and ruthless wolf!" Pozi Meng shook her head, looking helpless: "We all misjudged the person." "you?" "It's me and Wu Chunlei." Mrs. Meng frowned, lost in memory, "everyone in the town once regarded Chu Yun as a monster disaster, only Ling Mufeng cared for Chu Yun very much. Chu Yun was still a half-grown girl At that time, Ling Mufeng was always by her side to protect her from being bullied by the townspeople. At that time, Ling Mufeng treated Chu Yun like a real brother. Marrying Chu Yun to Ling Mufeng is what Wu Chunlei and I agreed on For the marriage, we all thought that Chu Yun would be able to rely on him from then on... Who would have thought that Ling Mufeng was also a wolf in sheep's clothing? That child has since fallen into a pit of fire..." Mrs. Meng's description is in line with one of my previous conjectures.I shook my head, and said solemnly: "Ling Mufeng doesn't really like Chu Yun, he is nice to Chu Yun for another reason." Mrs. Meng said "Oh" doubtfully, and asked, "What's the reason?" "He feels that the soul of his own sister is attached to Chu Yun, so what he likes is the half of Chu Yun's body that belongs to his sister!" Granny Meng's face suddenly changed: "Where did you hear this kind of talk?" "No one told me this. But Ah Chuan told me something, so I have such a guess." I didn't hide anything, and immediately told Mrs. Meng that Ah Chuan and Ling Mufeng had peeped at Chu Yun in the past, and then Then he analyzed, "Both of them saw the birthmark on Chu Yun's buttocks. Since A Hammer would think that the baby girl was possessed by Chu Yun, wouldn't Ling Mufeng think so? The other party has become my dead sister!" "Is this really the case?" Granny Meng muttered to herself, and after a while she asked me again, "What else did Ah Chui say to you?" I said honestly, "I gave him a silver dollar, and he told me all he knew—including what happened that night in the cave." "He told you everything?" The wrinkles on Mrs. Meng's face were huddled together, her expression quite surprised.However, she quickly shook her head slowly and said, "How much does Ah Chuan know? It's not just a half-knowledge, just guessing!" I saw that the old woman had troubles hidden in her heart, so I asked while the iron was hot: "You are the only one who knows the truth, right? What happened in the cave that day? Why did Du Yuhong die by caesarean section? Could it be that you didn't help her deliver the baby after you went there?" ?" "Why didn't I help her? It's just..." Mrs. Meng hesitated to speak, but an indescribably complicated look appeared on her face. I made a gesture of not giving up without asking and understanding: "Just what?" Pozi Meng raised her head and looked at the white curtains fluttering in the autumn wind, her thoughts seemed to be diverted to another time and space.After a long time, she looked at me and sighed silently, "I have kept those secrets for decades. But if you are sincere to that girl, why not tell you?" I stretched out my finger to the sky and swore: "I am sincere towards Yunyun, and the world can learn from it. If I have half of it, I will go to the 18th level of hell after death, and I will never be reborn!" Mrs. Meng nodded and said: "Even if you don't swear such a poisonous oath, I will believe you. The old woman has lived her whole life, and she will never make mistakes again." After she finished speaking, her gaze was long and she brought me back with a voice full of vicissitudes. That bleak autumn night. "Late that night, Chu Yun's biological father broke into my house suddenly and wanted to take me up the mountain to deliver Du Yuhong. I had a very ominous premonition in my heart, and I knew that this trip would be extremely dangerous. You must not know, right? In the past few months, Master Ling specially invited a wizard from the county to perform witchcraft on Du Yuhong's birth date every day, to curse the fetus in her stomach into a ghost, and make her die of dystocia." "There is such a thing?" I was shocked at first, then I reached out and slapped the table fiercely, and said angrily, "Master Ling has such a vicious heart!" "What kind of decent man is Master Ling in Feng'an Town? At that time, the Du family had already received his dowry. How could he tolerate Du Yuhong giving birth to other men? Master Ling originally wanted me to perform witchcraft, but how could I Can you do such a detrimental thing? So I found an excuse to shirk it. Within a few days, I saw a wizard from the county living in the Ling Mansion. What is this person doing here? No matter how stupid I am, I can guess It’s here. So when the hunter found me, I was determined to die. But the hunter refused to let me go, and I refused, so he pulled out the hunting knife and put it on my neck, making it impossible for me to refuse.” I said: "My mother-in-law is kind-hearted, and Orion probably knows about it. He can only look for you in this town." When Mrs. Meng heard my evaluation, she was relieved, and then she continued: "When I came to the cave that night, Du Yuhong was lying on a pile of hay mats, and the amniotic fluid had broken. I put my hand on her lower abdomen first. After touching it, I found that the fetal position was normal, and I let go of half of my hanging heart. I helped Du Yuhong separate her legs, told her to take a deep breath, and at the same time exert force with the rhythm of the contraction, and slowly deliver the fetus Outside the body. Although Du Yuhong was sweating profusely from the pain at the time, she was very clear-headed. Under my guidance, she did everything well. It didn’t take long for her cervix to open completely, and the fetus’s head even They have all been slowly squeezed out of the birth canal." I haven't got a family yet, so of course I don't know much about childbirth.Mrs. Meng also understood this point, so she deliberately explained to me: "When delivering a baby, the most fearful thing is that the fetal position is not correct. The baby's head must be pushed down and come out first, so that the delivery can be smooth. For the small body of the baby It is said that the head is the largest and hardest part, so the most difficult part in the production process is the step of getting the head out, as long as the head can come out, the rest is just a matter of course." "Oh." I raised my eyebrows, "Then you just said that the head has come out?" Mrs. Meng nodded first, and then smiled wryly: "But the situation that day was very special. After the fetus's head came out, the body was stuck, and it couldn't move out any more. After a long time of tossing like this, Du Yuhong was exhausted. Her lower body There were also tears, and blood was flowing. I know that the big thing is not good, if this continues, adults and children will not be able to keep it!" I frowned and asked, "Why can't my body come out?" Mrs. Meng shook her head and said: "I have been delivering babies for decades, and I have never encountered such a situation. In a hurry, I just thought: Could it be that the wizard's witchcraft took effect? ​​This fetus has grown into a small head. It's a monster with a big body, that's why it gets stuck in the cervix." Hearing this, even I, who doesn't believe in ghosts and gods, couldn't help nodding secretly.The circumstances of Du Yuhong's delivery were so strange, and Master Ling cast a vicious curse on her for several months before that.How can people not link these two things together? But Mrs. Meng continued: "The situation was dangerous at that time, and the hunter beside him couldn't hold his breath. He pulled out his hunting knife and questioned me. I was shocked and frightened. In desperation, I had to ask Master Ling to perform witchcraft. things were said." My heart moved, and I thought to myself: No wonder!It's no wonder that the Orion wanted to go down the mountain, first killed Master Ling, and then snatched away the youngest daughter of the Ling family.This enmity was born here!But these are all things to say later, I concentrated my thoughts and continued to listen to Mrs. Meng's story about the cave. After hearing this, Orion flew into a rage and was about to slash me with a knife on the spot.Fortunately, Du Yuhong was beside me and said a few good words for me.Although the Orion has a violent personality, he is obedient to Du Yuhong.He let me go, and instead hugged Du Yuhong's body and cried loudly.I really want to help them, but there is really nothing I can do, I can only watch Du Yuhong's breath getting weaker and weaker, and the fetus has been stuck in the cervix for a long time, and his face has begun to turn purple. First, the fetus will suffocate to death, and then the adults will also die because of excessive blood loss.I was very anxious in my heart, so I boldly reminded the Orion: Think of a way, or the adults and children will be gone! The Orion glared at me and roared angrily, "Your midwife can't deliver the baby, so what can I do?"I was frightened by his appearance, so I hid in a corner of the cave far away.At this time, Du Yuhong suddenly held back the pain, held Orion's hand tightly and said: It doesn't matter if I die, you must save our child. The Orion was taken aback, and then he understood what Du Yuhong meant.He took a deep breath to stop his tears, then he stared at the woman in his arms and said: Yuhong, don't worry and go first.I will entrust our child with a good family, and then I will come to you! Du Yuhong was in so much pain that she couldn't speak, so she reluctantly nodded.But her eyes kept looking at the Orion, and they looked at each other, and all the words were hidden in their eyes.Then Orion raised the hunting knife and cut the shining blade towards Du Yuhong's abdomen.When have I seen such a scene?Immediately covered his eyes in fear.After a while, I calmed down a little, and I felt that the surroundings were silent, all the sounds in the cave disappeared, and everything in the world seemed to have frozen. I took courage and slowly opened my eyes.What appeared in front of me was an extremely terrifying picture.I'm seventy-four years old, and all the horrors I've experienced in my life don't add up to that glimpse that night.My whole body seemed to be tightly pressed by a huge force, and I couldn't move or shout.I just slumped in the corner of the cave like this, it felt as if the whole sky had collapsed, and what surrounded your body was only darkness, boundless, dead darkness. Meng Pozi stopped here when she spoke tremblingly.Her shriveled lips were trembling slightly, as if the boundless fear was coming through time and space, making her dare not speak any more. I also felt very uncomfortable with the chill on my back, but fortunately there was still a cup of hot tea in front of me.I held the cup in my hand, and "Gudu" took a big gulp.The hot water entered my throat, dispelling the coolness in my body.I got up again and asked, "What did you see?" Pozi Meng described in a trembling voice: "I saw that Du Yuhong's stomach had been cut open, her intestines were flowing out of her body, and blood was all over the floor. Her abdominal cavity was empty, like a leaky bag. Her eyes were wide open, staring at Orion's hands tightly. When I followed Du Yuhong's gaze, my heart almost jumped out! I have never... never seen such a terrifying thing!" I showed a look of surprise: "You mean: what frightens you is not the bloody scene that happened to Du Yuhong, but the things in Orion's hands?" Granny Meng nodded: "Yes, that thing is the source of all fear." "what is that?" "A lump of blood dripping with blood. The lump of flesh is motionless, but it firmly attracts everyone's attention. Du Yuhong, Orion, including me who just opened our eyes, we all stared at the lump of flesh, feeling cold all over." "Isn't... isn't that a newborn child?" "Child?" The corners of Granny Meng's mouth twitched slightly, "I guess... But that word wasn't the first thing I thought of at the time..." My scalp was inexplicably tight, and I asked cautiously, "What are you thinking of?" Granny Meng slowly spit out two words: "Monster." monster!This is exactly what Pozi Meng has called Chu Yun for a long time.This title can be traced back to the moment when Chu Yun was just born!How should people understand this?I can only continue to ask: "What kind of monster?" But Pozi Meng let out a sigh of relief, shook her head and said, "I can't say." "Why?" I looked at the other party puzzled: Since you have said so much, why do you stop at the most critical place? Mrs. Meng's answer was simple: "Du Yuhong won't let me tell." "Yeah." I remembered what Ah Chuan said in the afternoon, "I heard that she also cursed you?" Mrs. Meng nodded acquiescingly, with a solemn and terrifying expression. "Will she still be able to talk at that time?" I questioned.According to Mrs. Meng's description, before the caesarean section, Du Yuhong was already very angry. Now that the fetus was taken out, the intestines were bleeding all over the place. Could she persist? Mrs. Meng said: "After the fetus was taken out, Du Yuhong's spirit was better than before. But that was just the last flashback. She is not far from death." As soon as people did have flashbacks before they died, I believed it, and asked, "Then what happened afterwards?" Pozi Meng narrowed her cloudy eyes, and her thoughts returned to that bloody and terrifying night again. "At that time, the three of us were all dumbfounded. We stared at the monster together without saying a word. And the monster didn't move at all, we didn't know whether it was dead or alive. After a while, Du Yuhong woke up first, and she tried her best to lift it up to me. One finger. The Orion immediately understood what she meant, rushed to me in two or three steps, put the monster into my arms, and said, "Quick, save her!" That bloody lump of meat came into my hand just like that.I had no choice but to bite the bullet and lift the monster upside down, and patted her body a few times with the palm of my hand.The amniotic fluid in the monster's stomach slowly flowed out of its mouth, and after a while, the sound of crying rang through the cave, and the monster was considered alive. Orion snatched the monster away again and carried it to Du Yuhong.Du Yuhong looked at the newborn fetus, tears rolling down uncontrollably.Orion knew what she was thinking, so he comforted her: It's good that the child is alive, don't worry about other things, I will definitely find the best doctor... Du Yuhong stopped her tears, and then she turned her face to look at me again, her lips moved slightly, as if she wanted to say something.Orion put his ear to her lips and listened for a while, then he got up again and walked in front of me. He grabbed me by the back of the collar, dragged me and threw me to Du Yuhong's side, and ordered me to kneel down.How dare I violate it?Hastily knelt down in the sticky pool of blood.Then the Orion said again: You swear in front of us now that you will never reveal this secret! Orion put the hunting knife around my neck and forced me to make that oath.Du Yuhong silently listened to me finish the oath, and then she used her last strength to warn me: If you break the oath, I will never let you go even if I am a ghost!At that time, her eyes were rounded, and she struggled to sit up while talking, as if she was going to rush towards me.I was so frightened that I didn't dare to move, but her body fell down again just as she stood up. She was out of breath, but her eyes were still staring at me. I can't forget that scene to this day... " Pozi Meng closed her eyes as she spoke, as if she was still avoiding something.I imagined the scene of that night: a bloody woman who was brutally disemboweled, an angry man with a hunting knife, and a monster-like fetus. All these combined into a hellish and terrifying picture will be engraved on Pozi Meng forever. In memory, even if time goes by, how can it be erased in the slightest? I can now understand why Pozi Meng is so afraid of that curse.When your body is stained with the blood of the dead, when your image is captured in the pupil of the dead before death, then her curse is destined to become a nightmare for your life. "Will you keep that secret forever?" I asked. To my surprise, when Pozi Meng opened her eyes, the answer she gave was: "No, no." "Won't?" Granny Meng said quietly: "I kept the secret for that child's sake; now I want to unlock the secret, also for the sake of that child." I guessed something, and asked tentatively, "Is it to cure her illness?" Mrs. Meng nodded and said, "That's right. I used to have a way to call back her soul when the child got sick, but this time I can't. If I want to cure her disease completely, I have to tell the secret..." "But—" I was a little confused, "Aren't you afraid of that curse? And you just refused to tell me." "Of course I'm afraid..." Mrs. Meng looked at me, then at the white cloth hanging around, and said, "That's why I want to open the altar to summon spirits." I frowned, not understanding the logic behind it. Mrs. Meng said: "Back then, Du Yuhong forced me to swear the oath to protect her own child. But she would never have thought that Chu Yun would be plagued by such a strange disease when she grows up. If she knew the child's current situation, she would probably also Will you agree with me to tell that secret? After all, there is a priority, even if I have already sworn, I cannot generalize." I sort of got it: "You want to communicate with the undead and get them to allow you to break that oath?" "right." I looked around in a daze, looking at the mourning hall that had already taken shape, and asked, "This... what kind of communication method is this?" "I have my own method." Mrs. Meng looked at me without explaining too much, but simply said: "Have you ever seen divination? This is similar to divination. Although the undead can't speak, I can detect them attitude and understand what they think.” Divination?I know a little bit.I think those are purely deceitful things, and the results of each divination are actually very uncertain, and how to interpret it all depends on the fortune teller's mouth.Could it be that Mrs. Meng is going to do something similar?But in front of the other party, I can't say too much, let her go.I only care about what I need to care about. "Then what you mean is, what to do next depends on the results of tonight's spirit recruitment: if Du Yuhong's undead allows you to break the oath, you can completely cure Yunyun's strange disease; Powerless?" Mrs. Meng's answer surprised me again: "You're wrong... In fact, I've made up my mind, whether the undead allows me or not, I will save that child." This inconsistency confused me again, and I could only show a puzzled expression. "I am at the end of my life, even if I don't break the curse, how many days can I still live in peace?" Mrs. Meng said vicissitudes, "As long as I can rescue the child from the sea of ​​suffering, my old bones will be thrown into the fire of hell. It's worth burning to ashes." I pointed at the fluttering white cloths around me, and said with a wry smile, "Then why open this mourning hall?" "The mourning hall will still be open. It is an oath after all. I have to make it clear to them no matter what, so that they don't misunderstand me. Then I have no complaints about how they want to treat me." Now I finally understand.The old woman had already decided to save the girl, and she opened the church to recruit a spirit just for psychological comfort.Not to mention whether she is feudal and pedantic, this feeling of self-sacrifice is always moving.What's more, all of her sacrifices are for the girl I am obsessed with. "Mother-in-law." I looked at her ugly old face and said with emotion, "Officer Wu said that you are the best person in Feng'an Town. I didn't believe this before, but now I do." Granny Meng grinned, and sighed with a mixture of laughter and tears: "It's a pity that in this world, it's easy to be a good person, but it's hard to get good rewards." I also sighed, and Gu Ying said with self-pity: "Why do you want to repay me? I just hope that after giving it all, that person can understand me..." "Okay, I've told you everything that needs to be said. The other things can only be found out tomorrow." Mrs. Meng looked up at the darkening night, and changed the subject, "It's almost time. You go back first, I should set up the altar and wait for the time to summon the spirit." I took the initiative to get up and said, "Let me set it up. Mother-in-law, just sit down and order, and take a break by the way, and drink a cup of hot tea." After I finished speaking, I took the teacup to the well first, poured the remaining tea, and then Take well water to wash the teacup, and then ask Mrs. Meng for tea, brew it with hot water and put it in front of the other party.Granny Meng happily took a light drink of tea, and at the same time instructed me to set up the altar in the center of the curtain, and other odds and ends, such as spirit card candles, were also placed one by one.When all this was about to be finished, Mrs. Meng raised her head and yawned, showing a little tiredness. "It's late at night." I looked up at the sky, "There is no starlight at all, I'm afraid it will rain soon." Fortunately, there is a roof on the altar, even if it rains, it won't be extinguished Candles and incense. "It's best if it rains. When it rains, the courtyard is more cloudy, and the dead come quickly." Mrs. Meng yawned several times while speaking, she shook her head helplessly, and sighed in vain: "I'm old, I'm so energetic!" It's no good... just wait until the matter is finished, and I will forget about the last heart disease." As if to respond to the mother-in-law's sigh, a gust of night wind rushed into the yard suddenly, causing the white cloth around to dance and flutter.The sound of rattling cloth and whirring wind lingered alternately, listening quietly in the night, as if thousands of ghosts were surrounding the tent, and they would crowd in side by side without knowing when. I shrank my neck, thinking about what was about to happen, I couldn't help feeling afraid. But so what if there is fear?It's not all about that woman!