It must be explained that the so-called "possession" and being "controlled" may seem similar, but they are actually two different things. Possession is like buying a house. Once you buy it, you will live in it for a long time. "Being controlled" is like staying in a hotel or guest house. You won't stay there for a long time, and you will only stay there when needed. So in comparison, although the two seem to be similar, possession is actually much more serious.
In principle, every living being has the possibility of being possessed by other ghosts. This depends on the person's resistance to ghosts and the strength of the ghost's ability. To a certain extent, ghosts are similar to diseases. They will attack people with weak resistance, and this kind of attack is often only due to matching conditions, not cause and effect.
In terms of metaphysics, compared to some more common ghost encounters and evil spirits, cases of possession are less common. If the ghost of a person dies possesses someone else, it's like grabbing a house at a low price, living in it and refusing to leave. But if the ghost of an animal possesses it, due to its low intelligence, they will not think that this is a house, but will only think that it is their own nest, so they will often leave, come back, leave again, and come back again.
Judging from Granny Yang's situation and the clues I found, it is indeed very possible. She is old, and although she is a rural woman, her body is still weak. This gives those animal ghosts who are everywhere looking for nests an opportunity to take advantage of. So I guessed that it was possible that the old cat ran away one day and died outside for some reason. It habitually returned to its own home, but because it was already a ghost, it Having lost all reason and sense of proportion, coupled with Granny Yang's physical weakness, was this cat's ghost taking advantage of her?
A guess is just a guess after all, and I cannot regard suspicion as evidence. So I walked to the main room, and before Master came back, I asked Granny Yang about the old cat.
She told me that her old cat was a black cat. She did not raise her since she was a child, but came here on her own. Originally, in rural areas, it was considered unlucky for a cat to come to the door by itself, let alone a black cat. But Grandma Yang was alone. Apart from farming, she didn't even raise any other poultry or livestock at home. She was also lonely. A big cat came and stayed at home and refused to leave, so she just let nature take its course.
Grandma Yang said that the cat was just looking for food at home at first, so Grandma Yang prepared a small broken bowl for it. If you eat leftover food every day, no matter how much you eat, pour it into a bowl and use it as cat food. There are many voles on the mountain, and after spring arrives, snakes gradually begin to come out of their holes. Since the black cat came to the house, the number of mice has obviously decreased. Before the cat was raised, Grandma Yang heard the noise in the house at night and found out that the mice were coming to steal food again. After raising the cat, whenever she heard any noise again, Yang My mother-in-law knew it was a black cat catching mice.
And this black cat is a little different from ordinary rural cats. It is very clingy. Because cats in rural areas are not kept as pets, the only purpose of many rural cats is to catch mice, just like dogs are kept just to guard homes and homes. Originally, Granny Yang also used the black cat as a tool to catch mice, but the black cat always liked to crawl between Granny Yang's feet. When Granny Yang sat on a stool and dozed off, the black cat would lie on her on the legs. Grandma Yang said that the only three graves in the vegetable field that accompany me, an old woman, on this mountain, after the old cat came, she felt less lonely. Even if it breaks things in the house and opens its mouth to curse, it still has someone to scold.
Since I cannot understand Grandma Yang’s so-called loneliness, I cannot empathize with her. I asked Grandma Yang, please recall carefully, you said earlier that this situation started to happen more than half a year ago. I just counted the days, it should be just after the beginning of spring, right? Grandma Yang thought for a while and said yes, the old cat always ran out during those days and always called Chun at night. I thought it was in heat, sensitive and impatient, so it would knock over the stool and scratch my wires.
In fact, I really want to tell Granny Yang that even if you have a dog at home, it may not be able to knock over such a heavy stool, let alone a cat? And if the wire is damaged, the light will either not light up, or the connection will be poor, and it will definitely not flicker on and off like this. All this is because your cat left home more than half a year ago, probably because it was in heat, and died outside at that time. All this movement is caused by the ghost of your cat.
But I didn't say that I had to wait for the master to come back and report to him. The minds of animals are relatively simple. Perhaps the old cat was used to seeing Grandma Yang tearing off a calendar every day, so when it possessed Grandma Yang, it also learned to do this. Perhaps she had seen Grandma Yang scattering paper money on the grave when she paid homage to her wife and children, so when she was possessed, she conveniently threw the torn-off calendars beside the grave. And last night, perhaps for some special reason, it squatted on the grave and called, and the sound attracted Granny Yang, but the old cat did not show itself to Granny Yang, so Granny Yang thought it was these three graves. Meowing.
These conjectures of mine may seem absurd, but they all make sense. I couldn't help but silently praise my excellent analytical skills. If I don't do this job in the future, I might apply for the public security agency and become a master of solving crimes. This complacency flashed past, because at this moment I saw the water bowl on the ground. If all this is true, then what is this "7"?
I think my guess should be relatively accurate. The rest is just waiting for Master to come back and confirm it. So what does this mysterious number mean? At this time, I thought of another thing Granny Yang said, that is, when I asked her if there were any incidents that she thought were caused by ghosts, she mentioned her own dream.
The "wife" in the dream was beckoning her to follow her. She also said that she just thought it was her wife, but she was not sure because she could not remember what she looked like. What does it look like? If a person can't remember a person's appearance, height or height, there should always be some memory. Could it be that the "7" in this bowl is the same as the seemingly unrelated "h" in Tian Deping's house the day before yesterday? Referring to someone?
So I stood up and tried to use my body to make a "7" figure, thinking that I couldn't do it except bending down. If this apparition is a human being, why is he bending down? Have something wrong with your waist? Did he die from back pain? So I asked Granny Yang, you said you couldn’t remember what your wife looked like, but do you remember what illness caused him to die? Grandma Yang said it was because of heart disease. Although the heart did not grow to my waist, I did not give up. I then asked if he would bend over when he was sick, just like me.
After saying that, I bent my body and looked like I was suffering from a heart attack. Grandma Yang smiled and said, "Son, even if he doesn't have a heart disease, he is always stooped. He is an old hunchback."
It turns out that the number "7" does indeed refer to a person, a hunchbacked person! It’s Granny Yang’s wife!
I was very happy because I finally solved the mystery of the water bowl, but with it came new problems. According to my speculation just now, Granny Yang’s condition was caused by the dead old cat. Why was it that the main reason Shuiwan asked was her wife?
Just when I was puzzled, Master opened the door and came back. He saw Granny Yang sitting aside drinking water, so he asked her where she had been. Grandma Yang has no memory of that period of time, but I witnessed it with my own eyes. So I told Master the detailed situation, then leaned into his ear and whispered my opinion and analysis on this, as well as the development situation of the water bowl.
After hearing this, the master frowned slightly and said that the content of my analysis was not very different, but there were two things that were completely unreasonable. One was that even if an animal possessed someone, the possession phenomenon would still be an animal. Your own habits, such as hiding under the bed, meowing like a cat, scratching the bed board, etc. you just saw, will never be like someone tearing off a calendar and throwing it in front of the grave.
I wanted to make some quibbles and say there was nothing strange about this, maybe this cat was smarter, but after thinking about it I decided not to scold him. So I said a little angrily, "That's really weird. Could it be that Grandma Yang's wife had been dead for decades? I was worried that she would forget to tear off the calendar, so why not help her?" After saying that, I pointed towards the water bowl on the ground.
My tone was a bit angry, not because I thought what Master said was wrong, but because I felt ashamed of my ignorance. Master told me softly that in his opinion, the possibility of the souls of cats, dogs and livestock being able to return home to follow their owners is extremely low. Their IQs are not high, and when they die, most of them will run towards the only thing they see. If you follow that path, you will enter reincarnation. But the cat turned back. It must have predicted that something was going to happen at home.
Master said that cats are born with spirituality, especially black cats. Cat eyes can see far more than human eyes can. Cats can also quickly and accurately catch mice in the dark night. They rely not only on their keen vision, but also on their strong senses. They can even feel changes in emotions and surrounding energy fields.
Master said, your analysis is correct. This cat did possess Grandma Yang at some times, which caused Grandma Yang to behave in certain ways. But Grandma Yang is its owner, and even cats and dogs know how to repay gratitude. , Granny Yang treats it well, so its possession is by no means as simple as finding a nest. In my opinion, it is to protect Granny Yang in its own way.
Master asked me, based on your understanding of cats, what would a cat do if it was scared? I said I would hide, like under the bed. The master asked again, what would it do if it was hiding under the bed and saw someone approaching? I said it would make a warning cry of demonstration and then watch the approaching person.
The master spread his hands and pointed under the bed in Grandma Yang's bedroom. He seemed to be saying, "Look, it's that simple."
