Three days later, the fourth day of the Lunar New Year.
That day, I was teaching some simple magical powers to Ma Yi and others in the shop, when suddenly a business came to my door.
It can also be seen from this that the business in the shop is really sluggish, and it takes several days to get such a business.
If this continues, the livelihood of the three of them will probably be in question.
This is also the reason why I plan to take Ma Game and the others to do more entertainment, and build up the reputation of the shop first.
The person who came to the door was a young man in his twenties, but he did look a little anxious. He showed his age, and his clothes were very simple. He was dressed like a typical rural person. He probably came from a village near this county. people.
Liu Yuheng quickly stepped forward and asked the young man's purpose.
The other party said that he came from a village called Xiaoyang Village on the other side of Yunling. The reason was that his wife was possessed by an evil spirit and wanted to invite a gentleman to perform a ritual at her home. He found this place after being introduced.
But when Liu Yuheng asked about his wife's specific condition, the young man could not explain the reason. He only said that his wife was possessed by a ghost.
I thought this was just a minor problem, so I took Liu Yuheng and the others there directly.
This Xiaoyang Village is located in the Yunling Mountains. It is an extremely remote village with inconvenient transportation and the people in the village are also very poor.
Under such circumstances, the thinking concepts of the villagers are naturally very backward and superstitious.
This can be seen from their belief in gods.
When we came over, it was almost evening.
There is a small mountain temple at the entrance of the village. People come and go in the temple, and the incense is extremely prosperous. New couplets are posted on the door of the temple, and bright red lanterns are hung. It is more decorated than any other house in the village. style.
When the young man took us past the mountain temple at the entrance of the village, he deliberately went into the temple to burn incense sticks, then knelt down in front of the sacred tablet and prayed very devoutly.
To believe in gods to this extent is actually a bit too much.
Of course, this does not mean that it is not good to have faith, but you cannot place your life too much on the gods. After all, many things are still man-made, and it is impossible for gods to bless you all the time.
Moreover, the belief in gods in this village has obviously reached a very superstitious state, which will actually lower people's IQ.
Because many times, the biggest role played by faith is often just for better governance. To put it bluntly, it is also being fooled.
Throughout history, the rise of all religious beliefs has been nothing more than a means to rule and fool all sentient beings.
But I didn't refute this kind of behavior in the village. After all, this thing is harmless, and no one makes a fuss about this kind of thing. They are just pure superstition.
After arriving in the village, the villagers showed great respect to us.
In fact, if you look carefully, the more superstitious and backward a place is, the more people in our profession are respected.
Because in their view, people in our profession are the closest to gods. In their imagination, we may even be able to communicate directly with gods.
But in fact, we know about the same thing as they do about the illusory existence of gods.
After a while, the young man took us to his home.
An ordinary rural family has an adobe house with three sides and a courtyard wall, and two thatched houses outside for raising cattle.
The snow in the yard was swept together and piled in the center of the yard.
There is also an elderly couple at home, presumably the young man's parents.
As soon as we arrived at home, the old man started making tea for us, and the old lady also started cooking.
But I didn't see the young man's wife.
However, I did find that there was yellow paper on the door of the side room, and it was also blocked by a bright red curtain.
This phenomenon is very similar to what happens when a young daughter-in-law gives birth to a child in rural areas.
Because according to rural customs, after a woman gives birth to a child, she cannot go out or see outsiders within a month.
They call this confinement.
Until the child is one month old, full-moon wine will be placed at home, and relatives and friends will be invited to the home to have a banquet and take care of the child.
As for the red curtain blocking the door and the yellow paper taped above the door, it reminds people who come to visit relatives that there is a woman in confinement in that room and they are not allowed to enter.
Judging from this situation, the young man's wife should have just given birth to a child not long ago.
In this case, she didn't even leave the house, so how could she be possessed by a ghost?
I had some doubts in my heart, but I didn't rush to ask the young man.
While drinking tea, the old man also chatted with us for a few words and briefly talked about the current situation of his daughter-in-law.
According to the old man, his daughter-in-law started to get sick at night. Sometimes she cursed and cursed at random, and sometimes she muttered words they couldn't understand. She also had thoughts of committing suicide several times, and she almost hanged herself. Fortunately, Laixi discovered it in time and saved her.
The old man's so-called "laixi" is his son, the young man who came to Yong'an County to invite us.
I nodded, then looked at the old man and asked, "I just saw a red curtain hanging on the door and yellow paper on it. So your daughter-in-law must have just given birth to a baby, right?"
"Yes, I did just give birth to a baby."
When the old man said this, his whole face was pulled into one piece.
He nodded and said with a deep frown: "But here's the problem. Xiuzhi is obviously pregnant, and judging from the days, she will give birth soon. It is estimated that the child should have been born, but The strange thing is that we never saw the child at all, it was like the child disappeared out of thin air."
"The child disappeared?"
When I heard this, I also found it a bit strange.
This child couldn't run when he was born, so how could he disappear? Is it possible that Laixi's wife has given birth to a baby and is being blamed?
"Then haven't you ever asked your daughter-in-law where the child is?"
I frowned and looked at the old man and asked.
"We asked, we asked almost every day, and it almost drove us to death, but Xiuzhi said she didn't know either? She said she fainted from the pain at that time, and when she woke up, she found that the baby in her belly had already been born. came out, and the child was gone.”
The old man said with disbelief.
"Then when she gave birth to the baby, no one was around, right?"
I looked at the old man and Laixi speechlessly.
The old man doesn't know about this kind of thing, but as Laixi's husband, he should know about it, right? At the very least, you have to find a stable woman to help deliver the baby, right?
