Have you ever set off firecrackers? I think you have to tell me that you have. Unless you were born after the country banned the setting off of fireworks and firecrackers. I still remember that when I was in elementary school, no matter whether it was Chinese New Year or not, you could set off firecrackers in school anytime, anywhere.
From the vendors nearby, I bought several kinds of firecrackers that children often play with. One of them is called "cracking firecrackers". There are a lot of sawdust in a small box, and then there are many tadpoles made of white paper scattered around.
A shape-shaped object that can explode when thrown hard on the ground. This was once my pet, because at that time I was obsessed with a cartoon called Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, and one of the moves of the ninjas in it was to throw it on the ground.
A burst of smoke came out.
There is another kind, we call it "wiping gun", which looks like a match. There is even a rubbing skin on the side of the box for rubbing. If you light it like a match and throw it away, it will happen after the fuse burns out.
The explosion was loud and powerful. It was one of the most powerful and cool weapons to scare my female classmates at that time. In addition, there was another one I often played with, called the Liuyang Artillery, although I didn’t know
Why is the word Liuyang added in front? It is a small firecracker that is only a little thicker than a toothpick. It is used to scare chickens, ducks, geese, cats and dogs in the yard. It is definitely a sharp weapon, with very little power and cannot hurt anyone.
When I grew up, due to the ban on setting off fireworks and firecrackers, I had fewer opportunities to play with them. At most, I bought a few symbolically when sweeping graves or paying homage during the Spring Festival. Forget it, I would buy more when I was in a good mood.
Use a little bee or fairy wand to feel the girl's feelings.
Therefore, firecrackers have deep feelings for the Chinese people. They also have a lot of specialties. One of the four great inventions that the Chinese have always told the world is gunpowder, and gunpowder is an essential material for making firecrackers.
.The sad thing is that when our invention got into the hands of foreigners, they made guns and used them to conquer the world, but we always used them to make firecrackers and fireworks.
I am a country of etiquette. I understand the truth. Who likes war? In ancient times, the Chinese set off firecrackers during the Spring Festival because they thought that a monster called "Nian" would loot the villages during the Spring Festival, so they used firecrackers.
The sound scares it away and calls it "New Year's Eve". What is the purpose of setting off firecrackers every time when visiting a grave to pay homage?
So today's story is related to firecrackers.
If you say he is more impulsive than me, Hu Zongren is naturally much more impulsive than me, and he is the brainless impulsive type. I am sometimes impulsive, but I will never be reckless. But if I say he is more lazy than me, Hu Zongren is definitely more impulsive.
He is no longer my opponent. I am a typical person who can sit but not stand, so on a leisurely afternoon, I was lazily lying on the sofa watching TV, and when I got to the exciting part, suddenly there was a sound
The ringing of the phone is undoubtedly an unhappy thing for me.
The most important thing is that even if I don't pick up the phone, I know it's Hu Zongren. Because my advanced mobile phone can set exclusive ringtones for people in the phone book. For example, Sister Cai's ringtone is "Mother".
"Tiger", and Hu Zongren's ringtone is a personalized ringtone that I specially spent a huge sum of RMB 6 to download from Dreamnet. Whenever he calls, a voice similar to Sun Wukong will always come from my phone.
Shouted: "Grandpa! Your grandson is calling you! Answer the phone quickly, Grandpa! I am your grandson, Grandpa!"
It's value for money, which makes me very happy.
Hu Zongren said on the phone, we may have to go on a long trip this time, it will take at least a day or two. Do you want to tell your wife first? I asked him impatiently, where are we going? He said to go to Sichuan.
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Strictly speaking, Sichuan does not belong to my scope of activities, but if I step on the line occasionally, it will not be noticed by other masters. So over the years, I have done business in many places, but it is still mainly concentrated in Chongqing.
.The distance between Chongqing and Chengdu is actually not that far. Logically speaking, if the case in Sichuan is transferred to Hu Zongren, it will definitely be a problem for us by the Xuanyuan Club. Because they can send their own Xuanyuan Club
Someone did this and deliberately passed it on to Hu Zongren. The reason for this can be understood as soon as you think about it. When I asked Hu Zongren what happened this time, he said don't worry about asking now. We will get back to you in two hours.
Let’s meet and talk on the way. After saying that, he hung up the phone.
After reporting the situation to Sister Cai, I reluctantly turned off the TV because my favorite spy drama by a mainland actress was playing on the TV at the time. Then I started to prepare some necessary things for my grandpa.
After praying for blessings, I drove to Hu Zongren's place.
Hu Zongren told me that our destination this time is a small town located between Hechuan District, Chongqing and Suining City, Sichuan, called Pengnan Town. Pengnan Town is also called Pengnanchang. It was renamed in the third year of the Republic of China.
Although the place is not big, it is a place where people have been living since the pre-Qin period. The folk customs are simple and the climate is comfortable. Hu Zongren told me that the client on the other end of the phone sounded like a middle-aged woman. She came to see us this time.
Mainly because of my newly married daughter.
I asked Hu Zongren what was wrong with his daughter. Hu Zongren said that she was feverish, sweating, talking nonsense, and was in a coma. The family thought she was possessed by a demon, but from what I heard from the victim, it seemed that it was not that simple.
It has something to do with some of their more unique local customs. I asked Hu Zongren to tell me in detail. He said that because his accent was quite strange, he didn’t understand it very well. Basically, it was his daughter who was getting married and was preparing to go there.
Two days ago, something strange happened at my husband's house. It seemed to be related to the fact that firecrackers were not exploded at the grave. I asked Hu Zongren very strangely, why did his marriage have anything to do with the grave? One was a happy event and the other was a funeral.
Hu Zongren said, I told you that maybe there is such a custom in their local rural areas. You will know if you go and ask. Between the two of us, basically these problems will not be a problem.
Hu Zongren spoke very lightly, which is also his usual careless personality. But what he said reminded me of a kind of ghost that I am very afraid of, called "the ghost of mourning and joy".
To be precise, mourning ghosts are not a kind of ghost, but two types: mourning ghosts and happy ghosts. They often appear at wedding banquets or funerals, and most of them occur in rural areas. The difference between the two is roughly
It’s almost the same as the difference between the Road Thief Ghost and the Road Breaker Ghost. The only difference is that the Mourning Ghost and the Happy Ghost are not fun things. They mainly appear in mourning clothes at wedding banquets, or in wedding robes at funerals.
, these two kinds of ghosts are formed under certain specific circumstances, but no one knows the specific formation process. Maybe some predecessors knew about it in the early years but did not pass it down. This kind of ghost has been around since ancient times.
Yes, if divided by type, they can be regarded as the elders among the hundred ghosts. The happy and sad ghosts have another thing in common, that is, their formation process will not exceed two hundred years. In other words, if someone is unfortunate enough to encounter one of the happy and sad ghosts,
Any one of them, then this ghost must be someone who died within the next two hundred years. Because it is too random and is not targeted at a certain person who is related to him, this makes the master who encounters this kind of ghost
I feel like I have a headache, and there is basically no way to investigate. In the end, I often have to choose the most brutal way to break up the matter.
So I said to Hu Zongren, we must have encountered a mourning ghost this time, no wonder the Xuanyuan Society case in Sichuan will be transferred to our hands. Hu Zongren said with a smile, hey, I am also afraid of this
ah.
When we arrived at Pengnan Town from Chongqing via Hechuan, it was almost dinner time. I felt that Hu Zongren and I still didn’t have the ability to go to the countryside to deal with mourning ghosts this late at night. So we called the victim to explain tomorrow.
We came here early in the morning and had just arrived in Pengnan Town. We first found a place to stay and told her not to worry. Then we finally found a business hotel that looked clean and comfortable in the small town.
The price is too expensive. I have no choice but to sleep in the car. After parking the car and moving into the room that night, Hu Zongren and I went out to look for food. We are both pretty similar. Whenever we go to a new place, we always go there.
Looking for delicious food here. But those small shops with open doors and gorgeous decorations usually don’t get our patronage. Maybe it’s because the people are relatively cheap. Hu Zongren and I both prefer small places like that. Look
It looks dirty and messy, but customers go to Yongtang's shop. This kind of shop may not be very hygienic, but it is definitely delicious.
So that night we found a roadside stall specializing in oil-fried snails, and ordered a plate of snails drizzled with chili oil and with pickled peppers on the side. Each of us took a toothpick, opened the lid of the snails, and scooped out the contents in one gulp.
I sucked the juice into my mouth, picked out the meat with a toothpick, had a delicious meal, and then returned to the hotel to rest.
Early the next morning, I woke up shortly after dawn. Because the side I slept on was close to the window, I have a habit that once there is enough light outside, I would wake up more easily. But I found that Hu Zongren was sleeping
I was snoring. I looked at the time and saw that it was not too early. I still had to rush to the victim’s house, so I calmly got out of bed, walked to the bathroom, found the toothpaste in the toiletries, squeezed a little on my hand, and then
He walked to Hu Zongren's bed, gently lifted his quilt, and then applied toothpaste on the soles of his feet.
Then I happily washed my face and brushed my teeth and went to the toilet. After about a few minutes, I heard Hu Zongren moaning and shouting outside, while banging on the door of the toilet and saying, "How long do you have left? Come out quickly." I said it's too late for you to get up early.
You didn't get up and wait for me to poop. You must have done it on purpose. Hu Zongren said that you should hurry up because I need to pee urgently.
Although Hu Zongren couldn't see it, I still made a V gesture and applied toothpaste on the soles of my feet to induce urination.