On the day I was born, there was heavy rain and thunder in our village. It rains so hard that it never happens in a hundred years. Not only a large area of crops and houses were flooded, but many villagers were also drowned.
My family was the only one not in trouble.
Because when the water first rose in my house, many snakes suddenly appeared from all directions.
There are hundreds of them, some are large and some are small, and the thickest ones are as thick as an adult man's waist. They look very scary.
But instead of biting anyone, those snakes killed my parents, midwife, and grandpa.
Even valuable items from home were carried out.
My mother hadn't given birth to me yet.
Those snakes carried our family safely to a high ground. Then they all raised their snake bodies, like a pilgrim, and all turned towards my mother, kowtowing and worshiping solemnly.
It's a coincidence that after those hundreds of snakes bowed and kowtowed to my mother, I was born.
But when I landed, everyone was shocked.
When I was just born, my neck and body were covered with scales, although the scales were white in color.
But how could an ordinary child grow scales?
Looking around again at the dispersed snakes, the midwife was so frightened that she shouted: "Master Shi, my old lady has delivered babies for most of her life, and she has never seen such a weird newborn. I'm afraid she gave birth to a monster fetus." !”
"This kind of monster fetus is used to harm others and yourself, so you should throw it away as soon as possible."
After saying this, the midwife ran away without even daring to take any money from the birth.
If it had been anyone else, they might have really lost me. After all, I was born in such a weird way and was a girl.
But my parents had been married for many years and it took a lot of effort to have me, but in the end they couldn't let go.
But we never thought that not long after our family returned home, people from the village would come to our door.
It turned out that everyone saw the swarms of snakes pouring towards my house, and heard the vision the midwife said afterwards.
Every family in the village suffered considerable losses, and many people were washed away by the flood.
But it happened that my family was fine, so they insisted that I was a demon fetus and that I was the one who caused this disaster.
Everyone demanded that I be sent away, otherwise our whole family would be driven away.
In that era, you could live anywhere unlike now. If they are driven out of the village and have no land to grow crops, they will only starve to death.
Finally, with my grandfather's help, the villagers agreed to ask Chen Suanzi, the famous Yin and Yang master from the next town, to come and show me.
If you are really sure that I am the demon fetus that caused the flood, send me away.
If not, don’t make things difficult for our family anymore.
After deciding on this, my father went to invite Chen Suanzi the next day.
When Chen Suanzi heard about this, he asked me my date of birth and my birth date, and immediately followed my grandfather to our house.
He first looked at me carefully for a long time, and then took a closer look at the scales on my body. Then he said: "This child is not a demon fetus. She was chosen by the White Snake Empress, so when she was born, so many snakes appeared to save your family. This is a great blessing in her life. As for this heavy rain, it is a natural disaster and has nothing to do with this child."
Hearing this, my grandfather and my parents breathed a sigh of relief.
My grandfather even took out the money he had prepared long ago and wanted to thank Chen Suanzi.
After all, his words were equivalent to saving our family.
But who would have thought that Chen Suanzi refused my grandfather's money and said with a serious look, "But your family still can't keep this child."
After hearing this, my mother was the first to be unhappy.
My grandfather and father also looked puzzled: "Great Immortal, since this child is not a demon fetus, why can't we keep it?"
"Although this child is not a demon fetus, she is the one chosen by the White Snake Empress. Her life will be full of disasters and ups and downs. Only by leaving the mortal world and entering my Xuanmen practice can she be safe and sound. Otherwise, she will be safe and sound. If so, she will suffer a small calamity in three years, a major calamity in five years, and her death calamity when she is twelve years old, which means she will not survive one round."
"Then if she joins Taoism, can she survive?" my mother asked.
"Yes." Chen Suanzi replied with certainty: "Although entering Taoism will result in being widowed, widowed, lonely, alone, disabled, and lacking money, life, and power. But as long as she devotes herself to practice and reaches the age of twelve, After the disaster, there will be a new turning point in life. This is what she calls great blessing."
After hearing what Chen Suanzi said, our whole family finally agreed that I should become his disciple in Xuanmen.
After all, life is better than death.
But what I didn't expect was that Chen Suanzi died not long after he took me away from home and just left the village.
It is said that when he died, he was covered in black bruises and there were several big bloody holes on his neck. It looked like he had been bitten to death by a poisonous snake. What was even more frightening was that he was bleeding from all his orifices, and he seemed to have been greatly frightened before he died.
But lying next to him, I was fine, not hurt at all, not crying or making trouble.
Later I learned that only half of what Chen Suanzi said was right. I am not the person chosen by the White Snake Empress at all.
And he didn’t want to take me as his disciple, but he wanted something from me, so he was bitten to death by a poisonous snake.
Of course, this is all for later.
After this incident, my grandfather and parents took me back. As for Chen Suanzi, our family also lost a lot of money. Immediately, the news that I was a demon fetus spread even more widely.
However, the people in the village did not drive us away again. Once Chen Suanzi said in person that the heavy rain was not caused by me. Secondly, they are also afraid of following in the footsteps of Chen Suanzi.
I grew up to be three years old safely, and as I grew older, the white scales on my body gradually faded away. Only a small piece below the right clavicle remains.
The area of this white scale is not large, and it cannot be seen even if it is slightly covered.
But the children in the village still didn't want to play with me.
Until my third birthday, my grandfather and parents went out to do farm work. I was playing alone at home when I suddenly heard a knock on the door.
When I opened the door, I saw Er Zhuang who lived on Shangdong Street.
He is a few years older than me and has already reached school age. This is because he was born strong and his father is the second eldest child in the family.
So people in our village call him Erzhuang.
But at this moment, Erzhuang was very weak. His fat face was colorless and strangely white, which looked very strange.
"Brother Erzhuang, what's wrong with you?" It's rare for a friend to come to see me, so I'm naturally happy.
"Sister Xiaobai, can you do me a favor?" Er Zhuang asked.
"What's the deal?" I asked.
"You go to Xihegouzi and wait for me at night, and I will tell you again." Er Zhuang replied.
As he said that, he took out another candy and said that he would give it to me as long as I was willing to help. And we will all be good friends from now on.
I don't give him any sugar, but his words that we will all be good friends from now on moved me.
After all, I have always been lonely playing alone.
So I nodded immediately: "Okay, Brother Erzhuang, we'll see you in the evening."
After hearing my promise, Erzhuang seemed very happy and gave me the candy immediately.
But when I took the candy, the white scales under my collarbone suddenly became hot...
