The sun slowly sets, and the villagers end their busy day.
After dinner, Wang San hugged the young Hua Jiunan and walked out.
"Mom, I'll take Xiaojiu to Tian Laosi's house to watch TV."
"Go early and get a good place, hehe."
The deaf woman answered while clearing the dishes:
"Go ahead, just remember to come back early."
"You are fooling around, don't fall."
Tian Lao's fourth son works in the town, so he is the wealthiest family in the village.
His home has the only black and white TV set in Jiudaogou Village.
Seventeen inches, Panda brand.
Tian Laosi likes to show off, so in order to get more people to flatter him, he moved the TV to the yard.
Tian Lao's fourth wife and her daughter Mei Lan would also enthusiastically pour each of them a cup of hot water.
After half the village had arrived, the scene was similar to an outdoor movie screening later.
Although the signal in the mountains is not good, I can only receive two or three channels.
But in this era of lack of entertainment, it is also a rare pastime.
Xiao Jiunan sat obediently on Wang San's lap, waiting for the commercial to end.
Because there is no TV show to watch until eight o'clock.
If I remember correctly, the TV series is called "Someone".
"Third uncle, I saw that sister again."
Xiao Jiunan said while sucking his fingers.
Wang San was a little impatient:
"You kid, why are you talking nonsense? Where did your sister come from?"
"It's the one on your back yesterday."
"But today she changed into red clothes."
Wang San was shocked after hearing this:
"Fuck! Little calf, are you trying to scare me again?!"
"Where is she? Why can't I see her?"
At this time, Hua Jiunan did not have the concept of ghosts in his mind.
He stretched out his little fat finger and pointed at Tian Laosi:
"Why don't you just lie on your fourth uncle's back?"
"Look, she's still smiling at you!"
Wang San hurriedly stared at Tian Laosi carefully, but he couldn't see any woman in red.
His behavior was ridiculed by other young men in the village.
They thought Wang San was looking at Mei Lan.
"Brother Wang, you already have a wife and you still stare at Mei Lan."
"Be careful, Sister-in-law will beat you up if she finds out!"
Wang San was not in the mood to mess around, so he got up and walked home with Xiao Jiunan in his arms.
"Young master, you are just kidding me!"
"I'm going back first, take your time and watch!"
The boys thought Wang San was embarrassed and burst out laughing.
After returning home, Wang San told the deaf woman what had just happened.
The deaf mother-in-law frowned when she heard this.
"Xiao Jiu, you are not a good boy who lies. Did you really see someone on the fourth child's back?"
Hua Jiunan was a little anxious when he saw that his deaf mother-in-law didn't believe him.
"Xiaojiu didn't lie, that sister in red is so pale, and she always looks at Uncle San!"
"When my third uncle brought me back, my sister in red was always following me."
"We didn't go back until we got to our door!"
Wang San almost cried after hearing this:
"Mom, it seems that the female ghost has a grudge. She hates me for killing her with my fart!"
"I won't eat fried soybeans anymore!"
The deaf mother-in-law was not in the mood to pay attention to her naive son, so she immediately took out the fairy rope and the three-inch willow knife and went out.
"We can't let dirty things harm people under the old lady's eyes!"
However, the strange thing is that when the deaf mother-in-law saw Tian Laosi, she still didn't find anything unusual.
After asking patiently, Tian Laosi just said that he had been feeling sleepy these past few days and couldn't wake up.
The deaf mother-in-law came to the door twice in succession, frightening the couple.
Especially Tian Laosi, his eyes dodge, obviously thinking of something.
Tian Laosi and his wife held the deaf mother-in-law's hand tightly:
"Old aunt, is there something dirty in our house?"
The deaf woman was not sure, so she could only offer words of comfort.
"Don't be afraid, niece-in-law, I'm just asking casually."
"Besides, we live so close to each other. If anything happens, just shout and I'll hear you."
In fact, the deaf mother-in-law felt unsure, so she left her small wooden knife at Tian Laosi's house.
After the old man left, the small wooden knife hung by Tian Laosi on the door suddenly cracked.
There was still traces of smelly black water oozing out of it.
Early the next morning, the deaf mother-in-law, who had something on her mind, came to the dry well with Hua Jiunan in her arms.
"Xiao Jiu, look again and see if there is anyone at the bottom of the well."
Hua Jiunan said with a milky voice:
"Sister, are you at home? Grandma and I came to play with you."
The deaf mother-in-law suddenly couldn't laugh or cry.
When a child yells like this, even ghosts will be scared away.
"Child, grandma didn't ask you to shout, she just wanted you to take a look."
Hua Jiunan nodded, then lay down at the mouth of the well and took a look:
"Grandma, it seems like my sister is not at home."
The deaf mother-in-law looked helpless, took out a few old coins and threw them into the dry well.
"Forget it if you're not at home. Let's go. Grandma will take you home and prepare something delicious for you."
Ancient money can ward off evil spirits, but it is not "money can ward off evil spirits" as people understand it now.
It's because copper coins will be passed between different people during the transaction process, contaminating a lot of popularity.
Popularity is yang energy.
Ghosts are yin and fear yang energy.
Therefore, copper coins have the effect of warding off evil spirits.
The older the copper coin, the better it is at warding off evil spirits.
This is why Taoist priests use copper coin swords to drive away ghosts.
