Chapter 203: It’s getting late, go home quickly

"Actually, this thing is very simple." Liu Wan Diem smiled mysteriously, "This thing ah, is your eldest daughter's blood!"

"What, my eldest daughter's blood ……" Wang Dezi's eyes opened wide, somewhat in disbelief.

"Yes, is your eldest daughter's blood, non-her." Liu Wan Diem a little sure answer said.

"But …… but murder is to pay for life miles!" Although Wang Dezi was stingy and petty, but even if he did not like this daughter, he did not want to take her life.

"Right, I don't agree." At this time, Wang Dezi's daughter-in-law also came out from the house and said, "How can I take my daughter's life to save my son's disease? Everyone has said that the tiger is no more vicious than the son! Our family is no longer a bastard, but also will not come out of this kind of beastly thing."

"That's right, that's right. Even if we love our son, we can't trade our daughter's life for his." Wang Dezi also disagreed, although he is very important to the issue of succession, but the daughter he also loved a few years, is to later do not like, he did not ruthless to this point ah!

"That's right, Master Wan, you help to see if there are other methods." The others also helped out on the side.

"I'm willing!" At this time, a slender hand pulled open the curtain of another room's door, revealing a thin little face with a sharp chin left, and spoke out to interrupt everyone's conversation.

In fact, the door of the room is blocked with a rag, now there is is daytime, everyone's voice is not small, and lying in the small room of Wang Dezi's daughter and how can not hear the words of the big guys!

The girl looks like a skinny and bony appearance, a small person, looks very thin, pale face, because too thin child protruding forehead bone, face green, the whole person looks more than the same age of the people but also a few years younger, at a glance know is caused by long-term malnutrition.

"I'm willing, I'm willing to give my blood to my brother." The girl said loudly once more, only to see her pulling the curtain open with one hand and bracing herself on the edge of the bed with the other, her large body poking out.

"What? Girl, you're willing to go save your brother!" The big guy is a little unbelievable, after all, usually Wang Dezi two mouth son to this daughter-in-law, is in too …… much in exchange for anyone, there will be resentment.

"Of course I am willing. Father, mother, just take out my blood for my brother!" The girl replied once more.

"Niu yo, my big Niu Zi, why are you willing to do what you want!" Wang Dezi's daughter-in-law wiped her tears, not knowing if she was too excited or regretting her previous behavior, her face full of tears, and said, "Dainiao yo! You honestly say, you just do not want to do ah, we do not blame you ah, anyway, your brother has been sick for so many years, good or bad ah, it does not matter."

Wang Dezi also in red eyes, said yes, indeed, usually he to this daughter, really not something.

"Father, mother, I've thought it over, I'm really willing, my brother is still so young, if I can cure him, not to mention my blood, or anything on my body, I can give it to him." That girl said with a firm face, a trace of rigidity flashed under her eyes, at this moment, this girl looked as if she had a maturity that didn't belong to her age.

Anyway, she is an invalid, around to be paralyzed in bed for the rest of her life, but also in front of her parents for nothing, originally they have to raise a stupid brother is not easy, plus a self is also a big burden, she really do not want to drag this family down again.

"My stupid daughter-in-law yo!" Wang Dezi's daughter-in-law finally couldn't help but bawl, "In the past it was my mother's fault, how good a daughter-in-law, my mother shouldn't have only cared about your brother, my mother is sorry for you ah!"

Wang Dezi also with tears in his eyes, feeling ashamed, just like a slap in the face, think of the past, he actually treated his own daughter so, really is too much of a bastard!

Wang Dezi and his daughter-in-law a go forward to hold this understanding of the daughter-in-law, the girl see parents actually hold their own, a time is also excited, she is almost forgotten when she was last time and parents so close, so, two big a small three people are hugging and crying, see the side of the people are touched.

"Cough …… cough ……" at this time, Liu Wan Yan light cough, a sentence to interrupt this cozy scene, "you do not need to be so excited. I said I want this girl's blood, but I didn't say I want her life! Why are you guys crying?"

"Master Wan, you talk a good game! There's no blood left, how can there be life?" Wang Dezi's daughter-in-law wailed.

"I want blood, but not all of it, just a few drops is enough!" Liu Wan Yan said with a serious face.

"What? Just a few drops?" Wang Dezi's daughter-in-law wiped away her tears and froze.

"Yes, just a few drops, are you guys that upset?" Liu Wan Yan looked amused, as if he was despising the fuss they were making.

You're the one who didn't make it clear, okay? The crowd all blankly stared.

"Master Wan, why didn't you say so earlier!" Wang Dezi said in a bad mood, wiping away a face of tears and snot with one smooth hand.

At this time, Wang Dezi's daughter-in-law and his daughter-in-law took out a handkerchief and slowly wiped away the tears on their faces, and the movements between mother and daughter were much closer.

"If he had said that earlier, could you see that you have such a good daughter?" Cheng Kexing said from the side with a smirk.

Wang Dezi seems to be a little embarrassed, scratching his head and compensating for the smile, "Oh, in the past it was us who were wrong, it was our two families who were blinded by lard ……"

"Yes yo, so understanding daughter-in-law, we must treat her well in the future!" Wang Dezi daughter-in-law red eyes at the side to add this said.

"Knowing is good." Liu Wan Yan smiled and didn't say anything.

On the contrary, it was Wang Dezi's two families, who were crying and wiping their tears in front of the group, feeling that they had made others look at them and laugh, their faces were red and looked embarrassed.

Seeing that the girl has no fear of life, everyone will continue a previous topic.

First let Wang Dezi from the house to facilitate the boy and girl, the house put two chairs, two children to sit on one.

The girl is okay, although paralyzed in bed for many years, but the good thing is that she is willing to work hard on her own, these years have been learning to sit up on their own, the back really did it on their own, although the two legs can not move, but still be able to sit up straight on their own.

The boy is different, although the limbs are sound, but because of the walking soul for many years relationship, the whole person look up is demented polaroid, a look knows that the brain has a problem, a mind is not full of looks.

Just see that the boy was placed on the chair, sitting crookedly, staring stagnantly, from time to time but also slightly shaking his body, as if not careful will slide to the bottom of the chair, even sit can not sit steadily.

"This child's soul has been lost for too long, the way to cure the lost soul will not want to be as simple as usual, the general simple cure is to shout for the soul, but in fact even shouting for the soul is also divided into difficult and easy." Liu Wan Diem simply explained to everyone.

Liu Wan Diem continued, "Today we have to shout for the soul in a special way, first to shout back the soul of this child."

Liu Wan Yan first asked Wang Dezi and his wife to prepare two large handfuls of incense and a white cloth bag with some paper money.

The countryside is generally very conscientious, every festival will worship some ghosts and gods, those who need to use the worship items will usually be prepared a lot of home, so Wang Dezi husband and wife quickly put all the things ready.

First of all, Wang Dezi's wife burned the paper money at home to offer it to the wandering spirits on the roadside and in the neighborhood.

After the paper money was completely burned, Liu Wan Yan took out a knife and cut the girl's index finger, with a strip of white cloth underneath to catch the dripping blood, which was actually only about four or five drops.

The girl's index finger was cut by the knife a small mouth, but the face is not much change, just the bottom of the eyes more a stoic stubbornness, which may not be much for her, perhaps let her feel the most difficult is not by this small mouth, but the parents of their own years of neglect.

This matter if put aside in the city girls of the same age, has long been afraid to cry, the concept of the times is different, many city-grown girls are honeypot pampered, a cadre of adults to raise a child, usually just a needle, but also will be scared of bawling.

First of all, lit a handful of incense and two long candles, with the girl's blood stained cloth bundled, inserted in the soil in front of the home, but also let everyone move the two children under the buttocks of a palm closer, so that the sister can pull the brother's hand.

When the family's ready, Liu Wan Diem will let Wang Dezi and light another handful of incense, lit, then let Wang Dezi out the door, all the way to the outside of the walk, while shouting his son's name, shouting, "Bao Er ah, it's late, quickly go home ……."

Just shouting is not enough, but also every nine steps will be inserted in the roadside a piece of incense. This is to let the incense to guide the direction of the soul to go home; the second is to make offerings to the ghosts on the roadside, so that they do not block the road when the child goes home, blocking his way home.

This way all the way to go all the way to shout, but also to the side of the road inserted incense, so out of several miles in a row, see the hand of the incense is less and less, Wang De Zi anxious head full of sweat.

Liu Wan Diem see him anxious sweat, then commanded: "continue to shout, do not stop, have been going down, the hands of the incense inserted."

After a while, there was finally one incense left in his hand, and by this time, Wang Dezi was already so tired that his clothes were wet with sweat and were dripping down the bottom edge of his clothes.

Wang Dezi's voice has long been shouting hoarse, but thought about the child, or gritted his teeth and insisted, now finally walked to the hand still has the last incense, the heart is anxious but relaxed.

First stomped forward nine big steps, the hand of the incense to the roadside, and then held his strength, save a breath of children, yelling: "Bao'er, dark miles, fast home yo!"

The words fell, we vaguely heard from the distant depression, came a brittle child voice: "good mile, I'm home ……".

The voice hovered in the empty mountain pass for a long time, with a hint of silence in the emptiness.

After hearing this answer, the group in all the way burning incense floating white smoke, together turned back to the village.

This time is already close to dusk, the sun has already hid to the other side of the mountain, remaining a red with gold afterglow, sprinkled all over the azure sky, but also will be the road to shine brightly, a warmth is shrouding the road home.

Far away from the house, drifting wisps of white smoke, as if you can still smell the air burst of rice, this is the home of the mothers cooking, is a silent reminder of playful children, it's late, quickly go home.

Everyone once again returned home, just entered the door, Wang Dezi daughter-in-law ran over crying, one hand tightly grasping the walk ahead of Cheng Kexing, mouth also yelled: "Quick, quickly help to see, Bao'er just fainted."

Due to too much panic, Wang Dezi's daughter-in-law lost her grip on her hand, Cheng Kexing was grasping and grimacing, and hurriedly wrenched her hand away from his arm, asking what was going on.

Wang Dezi daughter-in-law just bitterly said, since everyone went out, the child will be sitting on the chair, motionless, and no longer sliding down, a hand quietly let the side of the sister pulled.

But just now, the child suddenly seems to be a magical barrier in general, violently stood up from the chair, the side of the girl because of a hand grabbing his brother's, are nearly dragged off the chair by him.

Only to see the boy rubbed a moment after standing straight, mouth suddenly shouted: "Good mile, I'm back!"

Just after saying these words, he fell straight backward, no longer unconscious.

Wang Dezi's daughter-in-law was anxious when her son fainted, and hurriedly wanted to go out to look for someone, who knew that at this time everyone came in from the outside, which led to this scene at the door.

Liu Wan Yan let everyone first help the child to the chair, and to a cup of tea, put his hand into the cup dipped in water, to the child's face a sprinkle, mouth shouted: "back to the soul!"

The words just fell, we saw the child's face from pale gradually become rosy, breathing also from the original disorder became normal.

Another quarter of an hour, Liu Wan Yan went up and pinched the child's center, the child ate the pain, slowly opened his eyes, saw a face of anxious relatives, opened his mouth and called: "Father, mother."

Seeing his son woke up, Wang Dezi couple cried tears of joy, ran up to hold his son, his mouth also shouted, heart, baby, meat egg ……

The girl on the side looked at this scene, a trace of darkness crossed the bottom of her eyes, her parents can still love her brother, but such thoughts just flashed by, her face was still with a satisfied smile, looking at her brother got better, she was also very happy.

Thanks to Wang Dezi is still thinking about his daughter, see his son woke up, but also picked up his daughter, let his son look, call sister.

Looking at Wang Dezi family harmonious situation, tired of the day's gang suddenly felt that this favor is not in vain.

See Wang Dezi family happy energy over, Liu Wan Yan said to Wang Dezi: "the child's soul back, in order to avoid it lost again, we also have to let your son recognize the godfathers, calm the soul."

Recognizing a godfamily is also called "playing the old contract", which is a common practice not only in the countryside, but also in the city.

But generally speaking, the rules and regulations of the countryside are a bit more elaborate. And generally recognize the godfamily are some of the frail and sickly children or die many times before the child, or some only child and so on, of course, in some places some people will rely on the recognition of the godfamily to climb the relationship, in order to draw the distance between the two families, let's leave it aside.

Because of the different regions, the ceremony of recognizing the godfamily will also be slightly different.

But in most places, the ceremony is held on a selected "auspicious day".

At that time, the parents, in addition to preparing a sumptuous banquet, will also prepare gifts for their children to honor their godfather and godmother. In this gift, the most important thing is to give the godfather's hat and to give the godmother's shoes, in addition, also with clothing and other items.

Of course, there is a return of gifts.

Godparents will also give back to the child a pair of chopsticks and a long life lock, the smaller children will also have small clothes, small shoes and other items, the rich family is to the jewelry store to order silver bowls and chopsticks, or to the temple, the lama to buy wooden bowls, so as not to break the child because of a mistake. It is considered very unlucky if by any chance the bowl is broken.

The point here is that, in fact, many times, to recognize the godfathers, to recognize is not necessarily a person, but also a moment some famous ghosts and gods.

In some places in Suzhou and Hangzhou, the children popular recognized feelings, usually not live popular, but the King of Yanluo next to the impermanent ghost.

According to local legend, the impermanent ghost is the king of Yama specifically sent to detain the soul of the dead ghost, will children sent to the impermanent ghost, is the hope that it does not detain the soul of the sender, so that their children more life long life. And these children will go to the temple to worship their godparents every July until the position of adulthood.

As for Wang Dezi's eldest son, ordinary people can't suppress his soul just by relying on the hard eight characters, because this child's soul has been wandering around for many years, and has been almost the same as the wandering souls outside, so light that even if he finds it back, he will easily go out once again.

This is like a naughty child who has run away from home for several years, even if the parents have retrieved him from the outside, but his heart is already playing wild outside, without a reliable person to watch over him, no one can guarantee that he will not run away from home again next time.

"After retrieving this soul, you must also let your son recognize the land lord as his godfather." Liu Wan Diem said.

In fact, the Land God, also known as the God of Fude, is also a party of the "God of the community", in the ancient books have records, said: "The community, the Lord of the land, the land is vast, can not be everywhere to honor, so sealing the land for the community to be worshipped, to reward the work of the community also."

It is said that the land is small, only half the height of an adult, so the land temple is also very small, half of which is only one meter high or so, almost every village will be built at the entrance of a village.

Land God in the living time the original name of Zhang Fude, since childhood clever to filial piety; thirty-six years old, the official court chief tax official, for the official clean and upright, sympathetic to the people's plight, and did many good deeds, until the old one hundred and twenty-two years of age, died three days after the resignation of its appearance is still unchanged.

And at this time, there is a poor family about his previous favors, with four stones around the stone house to worship him, and then after a short time, this family quickly from poor farmers into rich farmers, so we all believe that he died into the gods in heaven to bless this family, and then every village built a land temple, in the hope of blessing a village of good weather, to drive away the disaster to ward off evil spirits.

In fact, if there is a Land God, there will be a Land Wife. Many TV dramas portray the Land Wife as a short, unattractive old woman who is the same as the Land God, but in fact, many of the Land Wives are very beautiful, and the real reason for this is that she loves to tell the truth.

Although the Land Lord and the Land Woman are husband and wife, their personalities are really two extremes.