Chapter 37 Section 17

After news spread that the woman-selected woman wanted the red-haired savage to drag the scooter, everyone in the village followed suit, but according to the usual practice, they all gave the red-haired savage a pack of cigarettes.No cigarettes, it won't do physical work for anyone.If you can't lift a load of rice, just shake the cigarette pack in front of its eyes, and then point to the rice load, it will excitedly run to the front of the rice load and pick up the rice.Then, you just lead the way with a relaxing whistle or mountain tune. For it, doing any physical work is not heavy, and it is extremely easy to trot all the way.After doing physical work, it also enjoys it quite a bit.He would find a clean place to sit down, carefully take out the accumulated cigarettes, and strike a match with the utmost care, for the slightest exertion would break the match.It is like a girl who is embroidering, with a serene or comfortable face, devoted wholeheartedly.After lighting the cigarette, he puts the cigarette to his mouth and inhales slowly for a much longer time than the average person, and then comfortably exhales the smoke, which is much more than the average person.Therefore, a pack of it doesn't last long.

Under the guidance and education of the chosen wife, it knows how to return to its former home, and returns there to rest at night.The sound of sleeping and snoring can be heard throughout the village.It took a few sticks of cigarettes for Xuan Po to teach her to stick two fingers into her nostrils before going to bed, so that no sound would disturb everyone at night. It no longer steals the poultry in the village.During Chinese New Year and festivals, when pigs and chickens are slaughtered, it will take away the internal organs of animals and eat them without anyone noticing.Everyone couldn't accept this at first, and it didn't work after many times of education.Later, people gradually got used to treating it as a big dog in the village. Some people even shouted "Red Hair" after killing livestock, and threw the internal organs on the ground in front of the house.The red-haired ghost has exceptionally good hearing, no matter where in the village someone shouts "red hair", it can hear it, and immediately comes to the person who called it.So after a while, the red-haired ghost would come to the ground and lick all the internal organs of the animals on the ground clean.

The red hair on its body is getting longer and thicker, and it doesn't bother to take care of it.The fourth grandma of our "Houdiwu" took the initiative to take on the important task of cutting its hair.Because only the fourth grandma can let it submit obediently, and when others approach it with scissors, it will make a threatening expression and keep people away.The fourth grandma volunteered to approach the red-haired ghost, who obediently lowered her head.The fourth grandma was shearing the red-haired ghost in the warm sunshine, and while she was cutting, she babbled and said some sentences that others could not understand.However, those seemingly useless sentences seem to be very effective for the red-haired ghost. It will wait quietly until the fourth grandma puts away the scissors.

But its hair grows fast, and if it is not cut for a week, its red hair will grow as long as two fingers.The fluffy one looks like a fat sheep, but the sheep doesn't have red hair.Therefore, the scissors of the fourth grandma's house will need to be sharpened soon.More than ten years ago, those who tinkered with pots, bought needlework, cut hair, caught ants, and sharpened scissors often shuttled between villages, yelling in various accents.These strange sounds broke the tranquility of the village, and at the same time enriched the life of the village.No matter what kind of peddler it is, as long as it is called out in the village, idlers from every household will rush out to look at it, regardless of whether they need it or not.People gathered around the hawkers, standing aside to watch when they were not buying anything, and those who bought things had to seize the opportunity to pick and choose. The behavior was quite similar to that of people shopping in supermarkets nowadays.

From then on, when the scissor sharpener came to this village, he went to the fourth grandma's house first without shouting.Others who want to sharpen their scissors don't have to wait at the door of their house. They take their own scissors and go directly to the fourth grandma's house.Some people who asked for convenience gave the scissors directly to the fourth grandma when they were blunt, and brought them back when the scissors sharpener came and sharpened them together.The fourth grandma is a good talker, but she disagrees with this matter, she must bring the scissor sharpeners when they come, and take them away immediately after sharpening them.

The fourth grandma said that it is not good to have too many scissors at home, which is a taboo.People who have too many scissors are prone to strange diseases. Others wanted to ask more questions, but she stopped answering.People asked her what she said when she cut the red-haired ghost, but she didn't answer the same thing, with a strange expression on her face. I think that maybe crooked Taoists don't communicate with people around them because of this reason.There are many people I know, so it is inevitable to ask this and that.And it is not easy for him to explain to others one by one, so he has less contact with others.When it comes to crooked Taoists, I wonder if he has come downstairs now.Is that debt collector still haunting him?If he stayed upstairs all the time, would the ghosts admitted in the ruined temple not be able to keep him locked up?Will it run out and harm the surrounding residents?What is the relationship between that white-haired woman and him?

Would the crooked Taoists be surprised if they saw the red-haired ghost in our village?Will he guess the origin of this red-haired ghost who smokes cigarettes and eats internal organs?Will he also take this quiet red-haired ghost into his ruined temple?Of course, these are all my wishful thinking.Maybe the crooked Taoist hid in his small building and there was no way to get out.Debt collectors are not ordinary ghosts who are difficult to deal with. Grandpa stayed at my house for a few more days, quietly observing the changes in the red-haired ghost. Seeing that it was indeed no different from ordinary animals, he went home to take care of the paddy field.

At this time, someone from another dormitory came to find someone, and the knock on the door brought us back to reality from the atmosphere of the story. The student from Hunan took the opportunity to say: "It's better to happen by chance than by chance. I don't even know where it ends. It just so happens, let's stop here today." The classmate whose name was called by someone outside the door still couldn't get enough of it: "How could such a fierce red-haired ghost end up in such a miserable end?" The student from Hunan laughed and said: "Everyone has their weakest point. For the red-haired ghost, its weakness lies in the death of its son. The biggest transformation of a man often happens when he becomes a father. The birth of a son can make A strong man can be made gentle, and a cowardly man can be made strong. And the death of a son can make a cowardly man into a devil, or a devil into a mortal."