In a small village called Hongye Village in Chongqing, the village is located on a remote mountain, far away from the city, which means far away from the prosperity. My parents are also two ordinary farmers. Hongye Village is not big, and the whole village combined
There are only less than 500 people, but it is better to have more people, and it is better to have fewer people. This is the case in Hongye Village. Basically, people in the village rarely have conflicts, and everyone is relatively harmonious.
The place is a little remote and a little behind the times. It takes two hours to get to the nearest county town from here.
In fact, the more backward a place is, the easier it is for some inexplicable things to appear, that is, things that cannot be understood by science. For example, the theory of ghosts and monsters. In fact, according to common sense, those of us born in the 1990s, driven by the motherland to defeat all ghosts and monsters, will not
We should believe these superstitions, but is this really just superstition?
It all starts with a story I heard about myself. It started when I was two years old. That day, the sun was shining high, and my father was doing farm work as usual, but as soon as he dug in with the hoe, something felt wrong.
, because my father felt that he had dug something hard, and he guessed it was porcelain, so he dug quickly and harder, because maybe what he dug was an antique or maybe it was before our village.
I have encountered it several times. Some villagers have dug up antiques, porcelain, etc., and then people from outside will come in to buy them, and they usually buy them at high prices, so my father is also very excited.
It didn't take long to dig out the things bit by bit. When my father took the things out, he saw that it was a sealed jar. The jar was dark brown, two feet long and one foot wide, and there was some red color on the outside.
My father didn't pay attention to the runes, and the jar seemed to be worth a lot of money, so my father rushed home with the jar in his arms.
But halfway through, I felt something was wrong, because my father felt like there was something inside, and there was a foul smell coming from the jar.
My father was also confused, so he opened the jar by himself. It was okay if he didn't open it, but he was shocked when he opened it. It turned out to be a dead baby inside. This dead baby was covered in bruises. It looked like he had died not long after he was born.
I slept in the jar with my eyes closed and my body curled up.
My father was so frightened that he had never encountered such an evil thing, so he quickly turned back to the place where he dug out the jar and buried the jar back. After he came back, his heart kept beating and he was on tenterhooks.
I didn’t tell anyone else about it. At 12 o’clock that night, my father heard the sound of a baby in the yard and asked my mother. My mother said she didn’t hear anything, so my father thought
It's just that I was scared today and had hallucinations.
But then, it happened again the next day, and the crying became louder and louder. On the fifth day, my mother also heard it, and both of them were very scared. On the night of the seventh day, strangely, there was no crying.
There were sounds of crying, but at that time I was only two years old and started to have a high fever and kept crying. I have no memory of this.
Anyway, it’s quite serious. I’ve been to all the nearby hospitals and they all said there’s no cure. I don’t know what kind of strange disease I’ve encountered. I’m the only child of the third generation in my family. My father became anxious when he heard that. You know what happened in the past?
In rural areas, three generations of single offspring are not much less valuable than the current giant pandas. If this is gone, what if we continue to give birth to a girl, and we will have to pay a fine or something.
Just when everyone was about to turn gray, my father suddenly thought of the cans he dug up that day, and thought of so many strange things in the past few days. He felt that my illness should be related to the dead baby. Thinking of this,
My father immediately ran to the village chief's house, which was more prestigious. Because the village chief was old and knowledgeable, my father ran to the village chief's house and hurriedly told the village chief what happened.
After hearing this, the village chief frowned. This matter was really evil. After discussing with my father for a long time, there was no way. After all, he was not an expert. Later, the village chief said helplessly: "The only way is to invite a capable gentleman to take a look."
Watched it."
My father also nodded. The so-called "sir" used to refer to capable people, such as teachers, but at that time, the "sister" did not refer to teachers, but to Mr. Yin and Yang. Originally, there were many strange things in this world.
Weird things, especially in rural areas in the past, there were many yin-yang gentlemen. But unfortunately, after the Cultural Revolution, there are fewer and fewer capable gentlemen outside. Now most of them are
It's a money scam.
However, the village chief knows a capable gentleman. When the village chief's father passed away, he asked that gentleman to come and see the feng shui. Later, their family did get better and better. When my father heard what the village chief said, he immediately asked
Where my husband was, my mother and I rushed over immediately. My condition at that time really couldn’t be delayed. According to them, if I were delayed for another day or two, I would directly become dementia and there would be no future problems.
That’s the story, ahem, let’s continue.
I don’t know what this gentleman’s real name is. I only know that his surname is Liu, and people outside call him Mr. Liu. I heard that he is very famous in this area. It’s trivial to catch someone. There are even rumors outside that he is still with someone else.
I've beaten zombies before, but they are said to be quite evil anyway.
Mr. Liu actually lives on a hillside fifty miles away from our village. Behind the hillside is a bamboo forest. There is a small wooden house standing alone on the hillside. This hillside can also accommodate a small wooden house. It seems that
It also had a bit of elegance. When my parents saw the wooden house, they became excited and ran a little faster. When they arrived, just as they were about to knock on the door, the person inside opened the door.
Mr. Liu opened the door and said, "Come in and talk." Then he turned around and entered the house. My parents did not hesitate. According to their words, for me, I would have to go through all kinds of dangers, let alone enter a house.
After entering, I found that the interior was very elegant, the furniture was all made of bamboo, and Mr. Liu was already sitting on a stool drinking hot tea.
When Mr. Liu saw my parents coming in, he smiled and said, "Come sit down and have a cup of tea."
Mr. Liu looks to be in his 50s, has gray hair and some wrinkles on his face, but his face is ruddy and full of energy.
My parents were not polite and sat down directly, but without drinking tea, my father asked directly: "Mr. Liu, my child has an accident. I hope you can save him."
Mr. Liu frowned hesitantly at this time. His father saw something and asked, "Is there any difficulty with Mr. Liu? My family is also poor in terms of money and can't afford much. But if you don't mind, my family still has some."
You can give some coarse grains to Mr. Liu."
Mr. Liu was stunned after hearing what my father said. He did not answer my father's words directly. Instead, he made a roundabout way and said with a sad face: "It's not that I don't want to help you two. I wonder if you have ever heard of five disadvantages and three shortcomings."
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"Five disadvantages and three shortcomings?" My father and mother looked at each other and asked in confusion, not knowing why Mr. Liu would say this.
"Oh, I guess you don't know that the so-called five disadvantages and three deficiencies refer to a numerology theory. The so-called five disadvantages are nothing more than 'widower, widowed, lonely, alone, and disabled.' The three deficiencies simply mean 'money, life'
, Quan' these three shortcomings. And I am the one who committed the shortcomings of life." After saying this, Mr. Liu's face looked calm.
"A friend of mine once told me that I don't have much to do and I still have twenty years of life left. In other words, as long as I tell people's fortunes and get rid of demons, my fortune will be better and better.
The shorter it is." After saying this, Mr. Liu closed his eyes and did not continue to say anything.
My parents became silent after hearing this. Indeed, if Mr. Liu still helps my father, he will be risking his own life to save others. My parents are also kind people, and they don’t want to let Mr. Liu go to waste for me.
Lost his life.
My father glanced at me lying in his arms and said, "What can I do? My child is still so young. I don't want him to die like this. Otherwise, let's do this. My child will recognize you as his godfather. I
I heard that you have no children in your life, so make an exception and save my child." This is what the village chief told my father before. Mr. Liu has never had children and has always wanted one.
Mr. Liu's eyes flickered and he looked at me lying on the chair. He was full of kindness, but he shook his head and said, "Godfather? Forget it, but I can consider accepting this kid as my apprentice."
"No, in this case, wouldn't he also have five evils and three shortcomings?" My mother, who had been silent for a long time, spoke up. She had just heard about the terrible evils and three shortcomings, and she didn't want me to practice Taoism.
When my father heard this, he was a little angry. After all, it would be good for Mr. Liu to accept me as his apprentice now. What if he is in a bad mood later and doesn't want to accept me anymore?
Mr. Liu didn't think anything of it, but nodded and said: "Five disadvantages and three deficiencies may not be a good thing, but they are not necessarily a bad thing either. You must know that a blessing in disguise is a blessing in disguise."
After listening to Mr. Liu's words, my father fell silent. I think my father was not very willing to let me follow Mr. Liu to the so-called monasticism. There are so many ghosts and arrests nowadays, but he also knew the importance of things.
Looking at Mr. Liu's attitude, I had already decided that if he didn't agree, he would definitely not save me. Although one of the five disadvantages and three shortcomings must be corrected, it was better than dying now. So my father gritted his teeth and agreed.
Come down.
Seeing that my father agreed, Mr. Liu nodded and turned to look at my situation. But when he saw my situation, he took a deep breath.
"Brother, what on earth did you commit?" Mr. Liu looked at my father solemnly and asked.
Next, my father told Mr. Liu everything about what happened to him. When Mr. Liu heard this, he started calculating on his fingers.