Uncle Zha said to the Xia family with a cold face: "Kneel down and kowtow, relatives. If I don't tell you to stop, don't stop."
The Xia family didn't dare to disobey and obeyed.
I asked in a low voice: "Uncle Cha. What about me? Should I knock or not?"
Uncle Cha glared at me and said, "Anyway, there's no harm in kowtowing a few times. You can do whatever you want."
So I kowtowed accordingly, which felt a little strange because I didn’t recognize any of the names on the tablet.
Just listen to Uncle Cha read loudly: "It is really auspicious to gather luck and wealth! A handsome man will be born in the house! The silk and satin is so rich! Each generation is stronger than the last! The current head of the Xia family in Chun'an County is Xia xx! The eldest son Xia xx! Grandson Xia Shuishui! In the year of Bingxu! In the month of Gengzi! On the day of Yihai! Please tell me your ancestors! The three souls have returned to their throne! Move to the southeast!"
"Everyone, get up."
"Take an umbrella to cover these people and invite them to the southeast corner of the second floor. Place a bowl of rice in front of each memorial tablet. Prepare a brazier, three sticks of good fragrance, ten sticks of white wax, and some paper money. From now on, It starts at night and ends at noon tomorrow. During this period, the money must not be stopped, the incense must not be cut off, and the wax must not be extinguished.”
"Okay, I'll arrange for someone to do it right now. Do you have any other requests, sir?"
"Of course, this is just the first step."
Uncle Cha said: "Before dark, find a hen with nice hair. It must be one that has never laid eggs. In addition, we are preparing a nanmu memorial tablet."
Grandpa Xia Shuishui frowned and asked, "Do you want to prepare the memorial tablet? Then what name should I write on the memorial tablet, sir?"
Uncle Cha shook his head: "No need to write down your name, just do it quickly."
....
At 10:30 p.m., the Xia family had closed its doors to thank guests, but the lights were brightly lit in the courtyard. I was accompanying Xia Shuishui to burn paper money in the room on the second floor. She said she was scared to be alone.
Xia Shuishui sat on the ground, burning paper and said, "My dad and grandpa have been lying to me since I was a child. They all know it."
"Don't think too much, it will be over when Uncle Cha solves this matter." I said.
There are some things that I don't plan to tell her. This girl is very innocent. I'm afraid that she won't be able to accept the reality.
She sniffed and said, "I suddenly dreamed about my mother two days ago. In the dream, my mother peeled a lot of peanuts for me to eat. I don't know why I had such a dream."
I smiled and said, "That's a good thing. According to Zhou Gong's interpretation of dreams, peanuts represent wealth and good luck. Dreaming about eating peanuts represents your desire for a new life."
Xia Shuishui looked up at me and said, "How do you know so much? I feel like you know everything."
I shrugged and said nothing.
She said: "When this matter is resolved, I want to leave home for a while. Do you have any recommendations for good places to travel? Isn't your home in Mohe? Is it fun there?"
"It's so funny. If you go there this month, you're going to suffer. It'll be over 40 degrees below zero and you'll be frozen into a popsicle."
Xia Shuishui pouted and said, "But I like colder places. I like the feeling of walking in the ice and snow."
I smiled and said: "If you don't listen to the advice, then go ahead and give it a try. Go to Hongxing Village and report your name to me so that it can work."
At this moment, Uncle Cha downstairs asked me to go down and help, and I immediately ran downstairs.
He asked me to pin the hen down on the table to keep it from moving, and then tied something wrapped in yellow cloth to the chicken wings.
Obviously, the things wrapped in this were the things in the small coffin. I didn't see the true face from beginning to end, so I asked him what he was?
Uncle Cha riddled: "Are you sure you want to see it? It's a very unclean thing. A mere glance at it will shorten your life expectancy by at least three years."
I immediately said forget it and won’t watch it.
After tying them up, Uncle Cha covered the eyes of the chicken with a red cloth. He touched the head of the chicken and said to himself, "I feel sorry for you. If anyone blocks the way on this trip, please report my name."
After speaking, Uncle Cha patted the chicken's head, and the hen instantly stood upright on its feet.
Uncle Cha opened the door, pointed in one direction and said to the hen: "Run quickly, never look back, keep going west."
As soon as he finished speaking, the hen fluttered its wings and ran out of Xia's house. It didn't crow and ran very fast.
As a semi-layman, I didn't know the meaning. I secretly guessed, did this hen that had never laid eggs replace Xia Shuishui?
If so, then this is "chicken sending ghost".
