My name is Hu Ling. I grew up with my fourth uncle and grandma, and I take my fourth uncle’s grandma’s surname.
According to the villagers, the year I was born there was an insect infestation, and then floods began in summer. On weekdays, the clear and waveless Mohe River flooded a dozen villages in a radius, causing countless losses in crops and livestock, until July 10th.
During the Fourth Ghost Festival, the floods gradually receded.
On July 14th, I was born prematurely.
It is said that I didn’t cry when I landed. Instead, I grinned and giggled. My parents felt uncomfortable and asked Blind Man Liu from the village. He pinched his fingers for a long time but frowned and refused to say anything.
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After my mother asked again and again, Blind Man Liu could only hold back a few words: "This child's horoscope is extremely yin, but his destiny is extremely hard. I can't figure it out. It should be the destiny of a single star that appears every hundred years, conquering the sky and the earth."
Her father conquers her mother, her brothers and sisters conquer herself. In short, anyone close to her will be conquered by her. It is best not to keep this child!"
After blind man Liu said this, he seemed to be running away. I don't know whether he was afraid that he would feel guilty if he didn't get along well, or he was afraid that if he stayed with me for a long time, he would be killed.
My dad raised his hand and wanted to strangle me to death, but my mom suddenly burst into tears: "What a sin, how could I have done something like this to you? Tiger poison does not eat seeds, you can't dirty your hands and suffer God's punishment."
Just let her fend for herself, which can be considered as a way to accumulate some virtue for my great treasure!"
After saying that, my mother wrapped me in a small quilt and didn't even give me a sip of water. I left it in the corner of the kang and ignored me.
I deserved my death. The next day happened to be my brother Li Zongbao’s first birthday. People there attach great importance to the birthday of their children. No matter if it is a boy or a girl, they will gather relatives and friends to hold a few banquets on this day.
Children hold a week-catching ceremony. The better the meaning of the things they catch, the more promising the children will be when they grow up.
At the dinner table, my fourth uncle and grandma drank a few cups of wine and felt a little dizzy. They went into the room and wanted to lie down on the crooked kang for a while, and then they found me on the verge of death.
My fourth uncle and grandma said that I could no longer cry at that time. My whole body was covered in black spots, like a little mouse that had been half-dead by medicine.
She found rice soup, filled it with water and fed it, and it took me a long time to slowly regain some of my rosy color.
I heard people say that when my uncle and grandma were young, they were famous psychics from all over the country. There were even people from other provinces who came to see them in luxury cars to do business. However, after my grandpa left, my grandma
I don't want to show anything to others.
As soon as she saw me like this, she guessed what had happened and didn't say anything. She didn't hold me in her arms until the guests had dispersed and went to find my parents.
My fourth uncle and grandma only said one thing to my parents at that time: "You don't want me to have this child. How could you do such a derogatory thing? From now on, she will have my surname of Hu!"
In this way, I followed my fourth uncle and grandma to Liuqiao Village, twenty miles away.
My fourth uncle and grandma live in the east end of Liuqiao Village, in an old house and a small yard full of exquisite flowers and plants. In my memory, it is my paradise and the place I can truly call "home".
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Rumors have always been like weeds that grow with the wind. They will appear in front of you with unexpected vitality. The news that I am the reincarnation of the evil star has finally reached Liuqiao Village.
The news soon spread in the village, and everyone walked far away from our house. The occurrence of insect plagues and floods were also said to be caused by the birth of the evil star.
My fourth uncle and grandma love me very much. Whenever I hear someone say this kind of thing, I will go up and quarrel like a shrew. Gradually, there are fewer people saying these things, and everyone tacitly expresses it with a mocking expression.
I watched my fourth uncle and grandma carry me on her back and hold me in her arms every day, waiting to see if she would accidentally be killed by me one day.
I have not had many friends since I was a child. The adults in the village looked at me with undisguised disgust, and most of the children looked at me with a bit of curiosity and a bit of fear.
If any child disobeys, they will be frightened by adults. The Hu Ling in Grandma Hu Si’s house is an evil spirit and will eat children at night. If you continue to disobey, they will be thrown to Grandma Hu Si’s house at night.
Go and feed that evil spirit.
Ghosts don't eat people, people do.
I often see ghosts, including children's ghosts, adult ghosts, and ghosts wearing costumes. Sometimes they come to talk to my fourth uncle and grandma, and they also smile at me from a distance, but my parents
, they are human beings, but they almost caused me to die on the second day after I was born.
My fourth uncle and grandma often tell me stories about those ghosts. In fact, many of them are very kind, but they just have some unfulfilled wishes, so they are unwilling to leave the world. After their wishes are fulfilled, they will naturally leave.
There are also evil spirits, but they are all afraid of my fourth uncle and grandma.
One night I met one, dragging a ghost child. I saw how pitiful the ghost child was, so I grabbed a broom and rushed forward. The evil ghost ran away covered in black smoke. He probably knew that I was my fourth uncle and grandma.
My granddaughter doesn’t dare to trouble me.
When I was eight years old, the principal of our village primary school held a grand banquet for his 36th birthday, and my fourth uncle and grandma also went with a big gift in order to help me go to school smoothly.
On the day of the banquet, my fourth uncle and grandma took me with her. She wanted everyone to see that I was not the legendary evil star. After all these years, she has not been killed by me, and neither have I.
She grew up healthily and became a beautiful little girl.
I heard from my fourth uncle and grandma that I was very beautiful when I was a child. I had a round face like a white apple with red eyes, and big black eyes. With my braids, I looked like a child from a New Year painting.
The principal didn't believe those ghosts and gods, and said with a smile that my fourth uncle and grandma were too polite. She even hugged me and praised me for my good looks.
There were many guests that day, including people I had seen and people I had never met in the village. Everyone saw that my fourth uncle and grandma had not been beaten to death by me in all these years. Even the most knowledgeable principal in the village did not believe that I could kill people.
After hearing the rumors, everyone slowly began to let down their guard against me, and the look of disgust on their faces became much less severe. They followed the principal politely and praised me for my good looks.
The children still don't want to get close to me. They are afraid that I will eat them since they were little.
I didn't care either, I sat obediently next to my fourth uncle and grandma and didn't run around.
When I was bored, I saw Grandpa Xiucai walking from a distance on crutches.
The scholar’s grandfather’s surname is Li. He is over 90 years old. It is said that his ancestor ran a private school. He is the only person in the village who does not believe that I am the lone star of the evil god. He often secretly stuffs me with biscuits and candies.
I haven't seen Grandpa Xiucai for a long time. My fourth uncle and grandma said he was sick and it was almost time.
The fact that Grandpa Xiucai is here means that he is in good health. I have heard stories told by my fourth uncle and grandma since I was a child, and I understand what it means when the time comes. Maybe what my fourth uncle and grandma said this time is not accurate.
I was very happy, even happier than Grandpa Xiucai secretly stuffing candies for me, because Grandpa Xiucai was the best person to me besides my fourth uncle and grandma.
I shouted "Grandpa Xiucai" loudly, jumped off the stool, and ran over to help him. This chapter has been completed!