"Are there many people like this in your village?" Shao Zilong and I were both shocked.
"Not too many, but there have always been them in our village." Haitang said, "I have a neighbor sister who is just like me."
Shao Zilong and I looked at each other.
Although it is rare to say that a person has a heart on the right side, it is quite normal to encounter an occasional case, and there is nothing surprising about it.
But it's not normal to encounter several in such a small village.
And what Haitang meant was that in their village, children like her were often born with their hearts on the right side.
"You just said that your mother was born on the right side of the heart just like you?" Shao Zilong asked.
Haitang nodded.
"Then will your mother feel sad?" Shao Zilong asked again.
"No." Haitang said.
"What about the rest of the village?"
"I'm not sure about this, but... I don't think I've heard of it." Haitang hesitated and said.
Speaking of which, although other people also have their hearts on the right side, they are not sensitive to the earth's yin tide, and the two may have nothing to do with each other.
"This is really a bit..." Shao Zilong glanced at me.
He probably wanted to say that it was a bit weird, but suddenly he remembered Haitang's presence and swallowed back the rest of the words.
"These two are ready to eat, you can eat and see."
At this time, Haitang wrapped two roasted sweet potatoes in paper and brought them to us.
"Then you're welcome." Seeing Haitang's expectant look, we took it over with a smile, took a bite, and praised, "It's delicious!"
The rich caramel aroma of roasted sweet potatoes temporarily dispelled the somewhat depressing atmosphere.
"I'll bake again!"
Haitang couldn't help but smile when she heard our compliments, and went back to roast the remaining sweet potatoes with great interest.
"Can I visit the house?" I asked while eating roasted sweet potatoes and walking around the yard.
"Yeah." Haitang nodded, and then immersed himself in playing with the sweet potatoes.
Shao Zilong followed me and entered the house together.
The Haitang family's house is actually quite spacious. Although the furnishings are simple, they are kept very clean and tidy.
"Look at this cabinet." Shao Zilong pointed to a wardrobe.
I understand what he means.
On the night when Haitang's parents drowned in mysterious circumstances, Haitang woke up in a cabinet, and it was probably this one.
We opened the cabinet and took a look. It was a wardrobe with some clothes hanging in it, some of which belonged to Haitang. There were also some very old styles for both men and women. They obviously belonged to Haitang's parents and have been kept by Haitang until now.
I saw a men's leather jacket hanging on a hanger. The style was very ordinary, but the workmanship was a little special, so I took it off and took a look.
This leather jacket was probably hand-sewn, with a plum blossom sewn on the cuffs.
Although this plum blossom looks ordinary, its needlework skills are first-class and not something ordinary people can do.
"What is that?" Shao Zilong suddenly let out a sigh and pushed the clothes on the shelf aside.
I saw a dark red mark on the upper right corner of the wardrobe.
Although it is a bit blurry, the structure of the strokes can still be seen clearly. This is a spell!
"Soothing Talisman?" Shao Zilong said in surprise.
There is nothing unusual about this calming talisman, and many people know it, but it is a bit strange for this talisman to appear in an ordinary village household.
Especially when this calming talisman appeared in the corner of a closet, it was even more strange.
The greatest function of the Calming Talisman is to calm one's mind and calm one's emotions.
It makes sense to say that Haitang suffered from insomnia due to her special constitution, and her parents asked an expert to draw a soothing charm for their daughter.
But if you want to paint it, it should be painted on Begonia's bedside.
How could it be painted in a wardrobe?
unless……
"Look at this talisman." Shao Zilong reached out and touched it. "It must have been a long time ago, at least several years. Do you think someone drew this talisman on the cabinet the night Haitang's parents had an accident?"
"It is possible."
If we go by our speculation, it should be that on the night of Haitang's parents' accident, someone hid the sleeping little Haitang in the closet, and because they were afraid that she would wake up in the middle of the night, they drew a calming charm in the closet.
"Then who is this person?" Shao Zilong glanced at me, "Could he be Haitang's parents?"
"Look again."
The two of us rummaged through the cabinet again and found no other abnormalities, so we hung the clothes back up.
Afterwards, he came to Haitang's bed, opened the quilt and sheets, and searched for a while, and finally found three talismans on the bed board.
They are a qi-nourishing talisman, a calming talisman, and a wind-returning talisman.
This is specially used to deal with Haitang's problem of not sleeping well at night, but as Haitang gets older, the effect of these three talismans will become weaker and weaker.
This shows that the calming charm in the closet is definitely related to Haitang's parents. Even if it was not drawn by Haitang's parents, they hired someone to draw it.
But of these two possibilities, I prefer the former.
First of all, Haitang's father's leather jacket was most likely made by Haitang's mother, and the needlework was extraordinary.
Secondly, the reason why Haitang appeared in the closet on the night of the accident was probably because her parents sensed the danger and hid Haitang in the closet in advance. Later, in order to ensure that their daughter would not wake up early, they specially drew a calming charm in the closet.
Judging from the comparison of the handwriting on the two soothing charms on the wardrobe and the bed board, it seems that they were written by the same person, but the handwriting on the one in the wardrobe is very sloppy, and it looks like it was written by biting off the finger.
Obviously the situation was very urgent.
"So it's possible that Haitang's parents are traveling with us?" Shao Zilong was a little surprised.
The two of us made the bed and restored it to its original condition, then retreated and walked around the room again.
This time I looked carefully, not missing every corner, and sure enough I saw some clues.
If other people were excluded, then there must be someone among Haitang's parents who knew Feng Shui spells.
"Begonia, the decoration style of your home is quite special. Who decorated it?"
The two of us came out of the house eating roasted sweet potatoes and went over to ask Haitang.
"Is it special?" Haitang was stunned for a moment, "That was all pretended by my parents."
We each pulled a chair and sat down. Shao Zilong smiled and said, "If you don't mind, let's talk about your parents?"
"Oh, okay." Haitang said.
"It should be all baked, let's chat while eating." I said with a smile.
"Okay!" The little girl immediately smiled when she heard that she was eating. She didn't care about burning it, so she picked a sweet potato and took it in her hand to peel it while sighing.
After some chatting, it was revealed that although Haitang has a good memory, she was only seven years old when her parents passed away. Although she remembered many things, she may not understand their meaning.
In Haitang's description, her parents are a pair of farmers.
"But my health is not good, and my parents are very worried. They often can't sleep in the middle of the night. I can sometimes hear them talking in the room."
"Are you up in the middle of the night? Did you hear what they said?"
