Chapter 5: The winnowing fan God down not by man
Originally, I thought that the matter of stealing the meat offering would not be spread, who knew that the next day the old ladies would come to my door.
Because I drank too much wine the first night, I slept until ten o'clock in the morning before waking up. I was too lazy to get out of the quilt in the cold winter, so I just huddled under the quilt to read a novel. Suddenly listened to someone talking outside, and then noisy and noisy, listen carefully, but it is those old ladies looking for the door, I hurriedly dressed to get up, while cursing in the heart: "Which son of a bitch to the old man betrayed?"
When I got dressed and walked to the yard, Dad had already let the old ladies into the yard. The old ladies were carrying a dustpan, holding a scale, and carrying a bowl of water, aggressive, confident, and did not enter the house, just stood in the yard. Seeing me come out from the house, the leading copper locks mother mouth spray spittle on the question open: "That Yinle, you say, last night is not you stole the grandmother temple meat offerings?"
I usually hate these old ladies, all day long to eat a little bit of good not to do, just know the streets long and short to find stubble scolding, see her that way I am upset. However, I can not admit to steal the meat of others, otherwise the old man will have to beat me up, or our family will have to compensate others for meat, I stood up my neck and cursed: "Which son of a bitch fucking framed old man."
If it were someone else, I'm afraid I wouldn't dare to spit out dirty words with a few old ladies like this, but I'm not the same, to say that a few old ladies are still afraid of people in the village, that's my second uncle. Speaking of which is really strange, although my uncle is tall, long, tiger-backed, voice is also big, usually grumpy is not light, but also did not beat these old ladies ah. But those old ladies usually in the street scolding, as long as you see my uncle, that voice immediately have to lower octave.
For this reason, I am not afraid of them.
The old lady saw me hard, then said: "Yinle, for the sake of your grandfather's face, we do not find you trouble, as long as you admit that the meat is stolen, buy some meat to make up for it, even if it is over, if you do not admit that you have to testify that you, then we have to talk about it."
My father saw a few old ladies chest, glared at me, thought of my usual and a few buddies really good to find chickens and dogs, the heart has a spectrum, then rebuked: "Yinle, that meat is not you stole?"
"Who said I stole it? Who saw it? Let him come forward." Although I was afraid of my father, I had to let those old ladies find the witnesses, so that even if I lost their meat offerings, and then let my father beat me up, I always know who sold me, and then all the accounts were not letting the person who sold me return it? I cursed in my heart, grandmother's dare to betray the old man, have to let him double compensation.
Copper lock his mother grunted, carrying the dustpan in his hand and said: "This is not who sold you, we specially invited the dustpan God this day, ask out."
I heard this heart is more than half solid, this is not bullshit? What era, still believe in this kind of thing, I waved my hand, said disdainfully: "Bullshit, your family that dustpan will still talk is it?"
"Hey, you this child how to the gods disrespect ah, sin sin sin, hurry to go to the granny temple side kowtow incense to go, or will not suffer disaster." Another old lady hurriedly scolded me.
My father couldn't help himself, impatiently said: "Okay, there is no evidence, don't stir up here, I say a few aunts, you are so old, all day long the four neighbors to find fault, are you tired ah?"
"Hey, Da Niu, what do you mean by that? What's wrong with us? Do you still know we're your aunts?" An old lady opened her mouth and started to argue.
At this time, my grandfather came out from the house, he didn't say anything, just said faintly: "Yinle, go call your second uncle here, just say I'm looking for him for something."
"Hey." As soon as I heard it, I understood what Grandpa meant, and hurriedly agreed to go out.
Mother Copperlock stopped me and said to my grandfather, "Brother Zhao, the children don't know what they're doing and don't recognize the Dustpan God, you should understand, right?"
Grandpa was stunned for a moment, looked at me and asked, "Yinle, did you steal that meat?"
I blinked at my grandpa, I didn't want to tell my grandpa a lie, and said, "Grandpa, I really didn't steal that meat myself." I purposely said that I didn't steal it myself, so I thought that my grandfather should understand what was going on.
Grandpa laughed and said, "Big sisters, go back, it's just that you lost some meat. I, Old Zhao, will make it up to you, so don't make a scene in the village."
"Brother Zhao, why do I hear you saying this like we're blackmailing you?" An old lady was a bit dissatisfied with her grandfather's words, and said with a grunt, "Our old sisters brought a dustpan with them when they came here today, so why don't we prove it on the spot."
"Prove it how?" I said first, the reason why I asked, the first is that I do not believe that this strange and bizarre things can really prove me out, the second is that I am very curious, I have only heard of playing dustpan God, have not really seen it, would like to try in person.
Copper lock mother hummed, said: "Then try it, don't say we bully you to cheat you, you find yourself three people, three different phases of the people."
"OK!" I don't care said, from the house just out of that burst, I saw Liu Bin that kid in the yard outside the watch, then I also thought is not Liu Bin this brat sold me it, he is a year younger than me, just not a phase, I shouted: "Bin son, stay outside why, come in, today we try this dustbin God."
Liu Bin heatedly smiled from the outside came in, I glared at him, this kid even want to see me make a fool of myself.
I turned back to my father and said: "Dad, you also come to try, let's see what this dustpan God in the end is a thing?"
"Eat your fill." My father grunted, but on second thought, he was probably curious, so he rolled up his sleeves and said, "OK, I'll open my eyes today."
Dustpan God, is a superstitious thing, with the "Pen Fairy" "Ouija Board Fairy" almost, take a countryside commonly used to dust grain of the kind of open dustpan, in the middle of the dustpan mouth hanging on the hook of the scale rod hanging down, and then a bowl of water in the middle of the dustpan, by the three different phases A bowl of water is placed in the center of the dustpan and operated by three people with different horoscopes. One person stretches his index finger to the center of the bottom of the back of the dustpan, and the other two people's index fingers are on the bottom of the two ends of the dustpan's mouth, and then the person next to him chants and asks the God of the Dustpan who stole the lost things.
Now the three of us stood in the following orientation: father facing south, fingers on the underside of the back of the dustpan, Liu Bin and I facing north, fingers on the underside of the two ends of the mouth of the dustpan.
After the three of us took turns lifting the sieve, Tongsuo's mother placed the bowl of clear water in the middle of the sieve, hung the scale hook in front of it, and began to chant: Bamboo basket god, bamboo basket god, bamboo basket god, you cannot be controlled by humans. Those reflected in the water are innocent people, and those hanging on the scale hook are thieves. If the sacrificial meat from the old lady's temple last night was stolen by Yin Le, bamboo basket god, then turn hard to the west."
Copper lock his mother's words have just finished chanting, weird things happened, the dustbin mouth really began to turn up, and is to the west. I was stunned for a moment, grandmother, really evil? Could it be that Liu Bin this son of a bitch is playing tricks on me? My index finger force, want to top the dustpan to prevent it from turning, but how can not top, the dustpan is to the west, although the amplitude is not large, only a few centimeters, but dragged my finger to move that way. I looked at my father and Liu Bin, both of them are also full of surprise, seems to be unable to believe what is happening, then the three of us looked at each other a few times, completely speechless, I just feel the back of the cold, as if the scale hooks are really going to hook my heart like.
"Well, now you guys don't have anything to say, do you? Hmph." The old lady next to me said smugly.
Putting down the dustpan, I looked at my father's face was uncertain, thinking that my father would not really believe this thing, right? Grandpa sighed from the side and said, "Da Niu, don't say anything, go cut two pounds of meat for them later."
"Hey." My father said helplessly, I can see that although he is still skeptical, but grandpa said, he has to listen.
"Buy what meat? For whom?"
A word like thunder rang out at the door, I heard it is my second uncle, hurriedly put down his fingers on the top of the dustpan, turned to the second uncle said: "Uncle, a few old ladies to get a dustpan God, said that I guessed that I stole last night's grandma's temple meat offerings, which is not looking for the door to let us compensate people?"
A few old ladies looked at my second uncle walked in, small feet can not support their body, one by one trembling, copper locks his mother said: "Look look look, the two cattle that voice is loud, listening to us these old ladies are too shocked ears, but also nothing, not that have to let Yinle compensation for the meat, this is not just to educate the child, in the future, don't let him sneak around again, not good. "
The second uncle stared at the big eyes scanned a circle, fell on me, asked: "Yinle, you really steal other people's meat?"
"Hehehe, hehehe ……" I can not dare to talk nonsense with my second uncle, smiled sarcastically and said: "This is not yesterday night craving, we a few people want to drink wine without food, thinking that the meat to stay in the temple is also a waste, this is the …… This will give ……"
"You a brat do not learn, I killed you!" Dad look at my playful look on the angry, reached out and slapped me on the back of the head above, "Old Zhao family's face are let you lose all."
I lowered my head and did not dare to speak, this thing let people find the door to really lose the family ah, the second uncle hurriedly stopped my father, said: "Okay, Yinle this is not young, I am the same age with him, than he was naughty it, do not be angry brother, not just two pounds of meat it? We'll pay them back later."
The second uncle finished these, big eyes glaring round, will be a few old lady swept one by one, cold humming: "Turn back to that meat I give you to send the temple to go, okay not?"
A few old ladies body is again a tremor, one of them hurriedly waved his hand and said: "Hey hey, where words ah, this is not to collect the debt, is to say, let the child in the future do not steal on the line, that, we go ah, but also have to go to the front street yao mingtang home to go, their children are also in the family, in the future you can not let the silver music with them a few bad children in the one piece of time to play, can't learn good. "
"Yes yes yes, Yinle this child was originally quite good, it's all because of those kids." A few other old ladies hurriedly chimed in.
After the good words were said, a few old ladies greeted my grandfather, and then they all trembled and walked out.
As soon as I saw these old ladies leave, I hurriedly pulled a hand on Liu Bin and said, "You go to Jin Zi's house to see if he's alright, I'll go to Yao Jing's house to see."
"Hey." Bingzi promised and ran out.
I was about to go out, father shouted from behind, "Come back, what are you doing?"
"Dad, I …… I'm going to look at Yao Jing, if these old ladies find there again, Yao Jing will have to be beaten up." I hurriedly said.
"You a few bastard boy just owes a beating, you go what? If you go to Yao Mingtang, you won't beat up his son?" My father roared in a bad mood, "I still have to beat you brat, I let you not learn."
Shouting words father's slap rushed to my head swung over, the second uncle hastily pulled back, rushed to me a wink, mouth said: "Well, well, children, let them play to go."
I hurriedly ran out, or the second uncle love me, I heard my grandfather shouted in the back: "Yinle, tell your gang, don't go to that temple blindly in the future, incurring unclean things on the trouble."
"Hey." I made a strong promise, and the people had already run to the entrance of the alley.