Master's words mean that this is my real first time placing an order on my own. As of that day, I had been a disciple for almost 5 years. In the past five years, the master has worked hard and taught almost all the skills that can be transmitted orally. However, there are some spells that require time to practice, and some examples that require experience as assistance. In the past two years, the master has continued to teach The reason why I ran away from home.
It was my first time to place an order alone, which made me excited for a long time. In fact, what Master is talking about is just an incident where a child was frightened. For me, it does not constitute a difficulty.
What really excites me is that this time I will appear in the victim's home as a master, not as a disciple like before.
People are always like this. When looking forward to the arrival of this thing, these days always feel like they are passing slowly. Three days passed by in a flash, but I felt like I had waited for a long time.
The night before the third day, I anticipated various situations I might encounter and brought every tool. When I started to follow Master, Master specially bought a set of some very personal things such as compasses, seals, etc. for me. Some of them, such as soul-calling flags, bells, etc., were still used together with Master. Most of them were mixed with Master. At that time, I helped Master from the beginning, to him giving me guidance on the side, and even letting me make the order alone this time. In fact, I knew in my heart that this was Master's affirmation of me over the years, because he believed , I can get this done smoothly.
It was a trust I knew I couldn’t live up to.
According to the address given by Master, I found this man named Li Xiaoxi. Knowing that I was coming, he had been waiting at home for a long time, but when he saw me, he was still a little stunned. I think it's because of my age.
I was only 22 years old that year. He probably didn't expect me to be so young. I told him that I was Master Lin's apprentice. Master just let me handle this matter in your family.
Mr. Li was very polite, because the master was already well-known in this industry, so since he was his apprentice, he naturally couldn't find out where he was. And Mr. Li even felt a little happy. I think he probably thought that since the master only sent his disciples to deal with it, it meant that the matter would not go anywhere, and it also meant that the matter that his family encountered was not a big deal. .
Mr. Li’s wife poured me a glass of water, then sat down and told me about their family’s situation. Mr. Li is a veteran who participated in the War to Resist U.S. Aggression and Aid Korea and made meritorious service during the war. In 1958, they were the last batch of soldiers to evacuate North Korea. Later, he continued to serve in the army for two years and then retired from the army. The army arranged for him to work in the local Civil Affairs Bureau as a junior section chief.
My lover is a worker in the factory, the same group who had just joined the work when Chairman Mao came to inspect. The couple are both decent and hard-working people, and their family conditions are relatively good. However, since they were both very young when they got married, they hurriedly had a child in the first year after their marriage, a girl. At just four years old, the couple regarded her as the apple of their eye.
Mr. Li frowned and said, "I don't know why, but since the beginning of this year, the child has had nightmares, timidity, and trouble sleeping at night intermittently. At first, the family thought this was a normal phenomenon for children, so they didn't Pay attention, as time goes by, it becomes more and more serious. I often wake up screaming at night, and then point to the small wardrobe in the house and say I am afraid! Afraid! Originally, most of these symptoms occurred at night, but in the past month or so, they often occurred during the day. Moreover, the child would have a fever from time to time. No matter how much medicine and injections he took, the fever would not go away, but he would recover on his own after two days.
Mr. Li's wife said that the old man in the family believed in Buddhism and said that the child was fascinated by things, so he went to the temple to ask for some water, hung black iron scissors upside down in the room, and tried all the tricks the old man knew. It's passed, but it's still not good.
This child is still so young, and some of his inner thoughts cannot be accurately expressed to us adults. He cries and fusses all day long, and as parents, we feel heartbroken. Mr. Li added that it was okay to feel distressed, but we could not find the cause and had no countermeasures at all, which made us anxious.
Mr. Li's lover was so deeply in love as he talked that he began to cry silently. Although I follow Master in this business, I am soft-hearted. Even though I am young and have never been a parent, I cannot fully understand their feelings. My parents both left me before I was an adult, so I found this feeling of caring about my family.
I started to observe their house. On almost every door, there was a pair of small black scissors hanging, with the sharp end facing downwards, and a red thread wrapped around the handle. This is a folk method that has been passed down among the people for a long time. Because scissors are sharp and harmful, hanging scissors on the door is to scare the monsters who want to enter the house. This principle is like hanging scissors on the door. Mirrors, hanging mahogany swords, etc. are the same.
This method cannot be said to be useless, but it depends on the situation. In most cases, it can only alleviate the current situation, but cannot prevent the continued occurrence of this phenomenon from the root cause.
So I asked Mr. Li, before I came, did you invite anyone else to take a look? The reason why I ask this is because Master said that there are many masters in the industry. If we take over something that others have already done, we must ask carefully first to avoid bumping into others. This is disrespectful and easy. Mistakes in chaos.
Mr. Li told me no, because he is a soldier and has never believed in these superstitious things. But we really have no other way to do this, so we asked someone to find out who your master is.
Frankly speaking, people's thinking has changed a lot in that era. Most people were born before liberation and suffered deeply from feudal ideas. So now Mr. Li bluntly said that our industry is superstitious, but I can't refute it. After all, he is a soldier, so it is normal to have doubts in his heart.
So I asked Mr. Li, where is your little girl now? Mr. Li said he was sleeping in the house. He was noisy all night last night and finally fell asleep at dawn. Mr. Li sighed and said, My wife and I are both busy at work. I am a little better and can have one day off every week. However, my wife’s work needs to be rotated with other people. Sometimes the day shift, sometimes the night shift, the child originally works two hours. When I was 12 years old, I sent my lover to the nursery school in the factory. It was a good year for me. However, since I got sick, the teachers couldn't control it at all, so I had no choice but to ask my lover to ask for leave from the factory. I also came forward to intercede. During this period, my lover has been taking care of the children at home.
I asked Mr. Li, you just said that the child started to have this situation at the beginning of the year, right? Mr. Li said yes, it started during the Chinese New Year. During that time, he often took his children to stand on the street and watch the gongs and drums, dragon and lion dances along the street. Not long after returning home, the children began to have these phenomena. , because of this, the elderly at home said that the child was frightened and had to be frightened. I don’t understand. My daughter is not even afraid of firecrackers, so how could she be frightened by this dragon and lion dance?
Mr. Li shook his head as he spoke. It was obvious that this matter had already troubled him. I actually wanted to tell him that the so-called fright was not just obvious fright, but could also be caused by some other triggers. But I'm afraid that if I say it, he will reveal that I am superstitious, so I'd better shut up as soon as possible.
I said to Mr. Li, I want to see your daughter first and then tell you how to deal with it.
Mr. Li and his wife took me to the room. I started breathing hard as soon as I entered the room, trying to smell if there was any weird smell in the room, but there was a slight smell in the room, like The smell of shit.
Seeing that I kept smelling like this, Mr. Li's lover felt a little embarrassed and said, I'm sorry, little master. Once the child starts crying, sometimes no matter how much he is coaxed, it is useless. The child is still young and often pees in his pants. . I shook my hand and said it was okay. I wasn't smelling this. I didn't explain the rest. Because I knew the little girl had a hard time falling asleep, I didn't turn on the light. I walked to the window and covered the The curtains were opened a small crack to let in a little more light in the room without waking the child.
The little girl on the bed was covered with a thick quilt. It was almost summer now and it was neither cold nor hot. It was very comfortable. This thick quilt was obviously a little unreasonable, so I walked over to the little girl and gently lifted her When I got up the quilt, I found that the little girl clenched her fists, curled up, and lay on her side. This was a position that looked very insecure, and there were thin beads of sweat on the little girl's neck and forehead, but her body was Every second or two, he would tremble slightly for a few seconds.
I stretched out my fingers and touched the little girl's ears, and suddenly I was shocked.
