My mood was ups and downs following my father's narration. I didn't expect that the old woman I thought I was familiar with had so many stories hidden around her. And it was so sad.
What happened to my mother later? Although I know that no matter what the outcome was, my mother has become a paper doll and was burned to ashes by us just now, but I still can't help but ask, worry, and
Imagine what she and my dad went through at that time to get together.
My father looked a little confused and said: The glass ball he handed me at that time contained the figure of your mother in it. He told me that he actually knew what was going on when he came, but he had to come because it was really...
He was afraid of being criticized and struggled, and he especially cherished this opportunity to redeem himself and make meritorious deeds, so he didn't let everyone follow him because he never thought of dealing with her in the first place.
In the words of the old Taoist priest at that time, people have laws and ghosts have rules. She was originally going to enter reincarnation after death, because she had suffered too many injustices in this life, so she could be reborn in a good pregnancy in the next life, but she
He didn't go, but he was still doing evil and hurting people in the world. If he didn't come, he might not even be able to become a ghost. Now she is included in the glass ball, which can be regarded as a world of its own. To put it harshly, in this way, it can be regarded as a world of its own.
She will stay with me from now on.
I held the glass ball and looked at her figure inside. After bidding farewell to the old Taoist priest, I felt particularly uncomfortable. Life was really difficult outside. After tossing and turning, I returned to Linjiazhuang again. When I came back, it had been ten years.
It was coming to an end and life had stabilized. At that time, your grandma was thinking that now that I was an adult, it was time to find a wife. But looking at her quiet appearance in the glass ball, I couldn't tolerate others in my heart.
Putting it off and refusing.
Until later, in this Taoyuan, your grandfather called me here and said to me, Yutang, if you have anything on you, show it to dad. At that time, I was still very poor and everything was clean.
When your grandfather asked me what other things could be found besides ordinary clothes, I knew it was the problem with Liuli Qiu. Could it be that I showed some tricks and he discovered it?
I'm sure I can't admit it even if I live or die, but your grandfather sighed to me and said, show me and I can help you.
What he said made me feel even more uneasy. After I came back, I was indeed in a bad state. It was a big abnormality for such a young man not to find a wife. But your grandfather said that he could help me. I was originally
I don’t believe it, because when I begged the old Taoist priest at that time, he said that a dead person cannot be resurrected no matter what, not even that old Taoist priest. Your grandfather was a former Tubalu, and now an old farmer, how can you help me?
But people are afraid of raising hopes. Since your grandfather said that he can help me, then even if there is a one in ten thousand chance, I will try. It may not work if I try, but it will definitely not work if I don’t try. At the same time, I also
I was thinking that my refusal to find a wife at that time had already made your grandma quite dissatisfied with me. What I thought was that if I told your grandpa and my parents about my difficulties, it would be good to at least get one person's understanding.
Say, your grandpa is much easier to talk to than grandma, you should understand this.
After I told him the situation, your grandfather was smoking a dry pipe, holding the glass ball, and seemed to think for a long time. Finally he said to me, go and make a paper figure, the more similar it is, the better. Make it with your heart, use your feelings, and make it.
I thought he was going to make this paper man. He knew how to use it. I didn’t know why. I thought he was asking me to make a paper man to comfort myself. But your grandpa doesn’t seem like a person who can joke. He is saying
When I said this, the expression on my face was dignified and serious, and it didn't seem like she was fooling me. I just had the attitude of giving it a try, so I went back and bought the things overnight. With the look of her that I thought about day and night, I was so excited.
She made a paper figurine. On the second night, your grandfather came and took her away. He didn’t care that I wanted to take away the glass ball. That night, he went out. Early the next morning, he
Come back and tell me an address and tell me to go and bring her back.
Your grandpa is an honest and honest man. In my impression, he is just an illiterate person who is bullied by your grandma every day. But his sudden behavior makes me feel like he is an immortal. I don’t believe it or not.
, I went out directly, and then I really found her in a place. I brought her back later, and you should know what happened next. Everyone said that I, Lin Yutang, bought a wife for 300 yuan and came back. She was as beautiful as a flower, but she had only one fly in the ointment.
The thing is, she is a fool.
My father had finally finished telling the whole story about the burned paper figurine. After finishing speaking, he handed me a glass ball and said: After your grandfather came back, it was still the same glass ball. Now there is no pattern inside, and it has become a crystal ball.
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I breathed slowly. I couldn't believe what my father said, but I had to believe it, because the facts were right in front of me.
Was I born by my mother? I suddenly asked my father this. I can understand a paper lady, but I can’t agree with it. She can actually give birth to a child.
Your mother is no different from a normal woman except that she doesn't dare to see too much sunlight and strangers. When my father said this, he blushed for a rare moment.
His words made me feel a faint pain in my heart. All the incomprehension before has now become tolerance. My mother's difficulties are more painful than anyone else's.
However, this is not the focus of my concern. After listening to what my father told me about the past, the person I was most curious and eager to know about was no longer my mother, but my grandfather. I fell into the trap where my father said he could help him.
The same mystery as ever.
An honest and humble grandfather, to put it harshly, was beaten to death by my grandma with a shoehorn. How could he be so powerful and so stupid? I really can’t imagine. When I was a child, that man had big yellow teeth and smoked a dry cigarette bag.
With a simple and honest smile and wrinkles all over his body like the roots of an old tree, he is actually an unborn expert.
When I asked my father this question, he said: I don't know about this, and he didn't tell me. I feel that he had a special experience during the war. What experience do you want to say, I don't know.
Know.
I agree with what my father said, but now my head is filled with too much explosive information and countless questions that I need my father to answer. Just like my second uncle said to me, if you have questions, go to your father.
That red coffin, you said it was the debt of our Lin family. What is the reason why my Lin family owes debts to others? I asked. After asking, I felt very nervous. This is almost the answer to everything.
This is what your grandfather told me after he saved your mother. He didn't say it explicitly. He just said that he made a mistake that he shouldn't have made back then. Sooner or later, someone will come to collect the debt he owes.
If he is gone by then, I will have to repay this debt, but no matter what, I cannot let this evil fate fall on you. Father said.
After saying that, he patted his thigh and his eyes suddenly turned red. He kept saying like crazy, I understand, I understand.
After he finished speaking, he, who had been standing while the paper-burning woman was burning the paper, knelt down before the pile of ashes. He kowtowed more than a dozen times in one breath, and his whole forehead was covered with blood, and his whole face was filled with tears.
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Dad, what's wrong with you? I pulled him and asked. How could my father, such a strong man, suddenly lose his mind?
When I was chatting with your mother in the past, I asked her how my father resurrected you at that time. She said that she promised your grandfather a condition. I never understood what it was. It turns out that this is what my father said with tears in his eyes.
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I asked what was going on.
If your grandfather was an unborn expert, he knew that our family would suffer this calamity and that there would be someone to repay it, so he saved your mother and gave her a life just to save her at this time.
Give me your life back, this is the condition your mother promised your grandfather, father said.