I took a closer look and saw that the table was full of dumplings.
Third Master once told me that the food eaten by living people is generally flat and not sharp. Only the dead eat food from two bowls of rice combined. That is, on top of one bowl of rice, there is another bowl upside down, with a pair of chopsticks stuck straight in the middle!
"In the future, if you open your eyes and see someone eating a dishonorable meal, you must stay away immediately!"
"Because, this person is probably a ghost!"
I will bear in mind the teachings of the Third Master. This was also the first time I saw people pouring rice. It suddenly aroused my childlike innocence, and I couldn't help but glance at the table curiously.
Each table has five dishes.
In the middle, there is a big bowl of water and rice. The so-called water rice is also the favorite food of lonely ghosts.
It's usually a large bowl of water with some food floating in it.
Next to the water rice is a large square piece of fatty pork. This one in the southwest is called Daotou, and it is mostly used for sacrificial purposes during festivals.
Apart from rice and braised pork, the most eye-catching items are a pig's head and a pair of sheep's hooves.
The scariest thing was that the last dish turned out to be a round plate of something that looked like the eyeballs of some kind of animal. Moreover, these eyeballs can still move around when placed in a bowl...
"Young man, sit down and eat!"
An old woman gave me a hand and pushed a bowl of dumplings in front of me.
"Young man, I think you are very smart! You are not from here, are you? Look at you, you are white and clean, the sky is full, and the earth is round. You look like the child of a wealthy family. How...how did you become such a short-lived ghost? ?”
The old woman looked at me and started talking to me. I thought it was probably because my mother is a ghost mother!
Therefore, not only can these ghosts see me, but they can also sit with me and feel even more intimate!
This scene scared the blind master so much that he kept winking at me and told me to leave quickly.
But the lives of all the people in the car were still hanging on by a thread, so how could I abandon them and leave?
So, I pretended to sit down.
"Grandma! Are you always a villager nearby?"
"I can't talk to the villagers, but grandma and I have been in this forest for decades. Over the years, the number of people in the family has been declining, and there is not much incense to enjoy, and there is nothing to eat!"
"Fortunately! Fortunately, I caught up with this kind-hearted girl holding a wedding by the lake. It's rare for the dead to marry the living. What the hell! Anyway, lonely ghosts like us are just here to have fun. drink!"
As the old woman spoke, she picked up a sheep's hoof and began to gnaw on it.
"Young man, come here too, and eat quickly. Later, the starving ghost will come and take away the whole sack. You won't be able to eat any more." The old woman said, and enthusiastically handed a sheep's hoof to him. I.
I put the sheep's hooves in the old woman's bowl and looked around.
At this time, I saw a group of beggar-looking ghosts coming over, and sure enough, each ghost was carrying a sack in its hand.
"The hungry devil is coming!"
"The hungry devil is coming!"
There was a sudden clamor all around, and soon there was a scene of ghosts fighting ghosts, and the fighting was so intense.
"Woo!"
Some little devils were knocked to the ground by starving ghosts. All the pig heads and sheep's hooves were robbed, and water and rice were poured all over the floor.
For a while, crying and laughter came and went...
Seeing the starving man walking towards our table, I picked up a pig head and ran away without saying a word.
"Grandma! This way! Come to me!"
The old woman dodged and was in front of me. We, one old and one young, hugged the pig's head and ran towards the jungle by the lake.
Behind him, several hungry ghosts rushed over and grabbed the old woman's hand, preventing her from leaving.
I took out the Five Thunder Talisman and waved it in front of the hungry ghost. When the hungry ghost saw this thing, he was so frightened that he turned around and ran away. He jumped into the grass and disappeared, leaving only the old woman looking at me in horror.
"Little...little doll, you...what are you holding in your hand? Hurry...put it away quickly!"
I put away the Five Thunder Talisman.
The old woman came over and gave me a slap in the face, and said angrily: "I don't know the heights of the world, you can play with anything, but don't touch the Taoist priest's things!"
"It's okay! Grandma, this is fake. I drew it for fun just to scare other little ghosts!"
"Hey! You are such a troublemaker!"
"Grandma! Come on, your pig head!"
I offered the pig's head with both hands.
The old woman looked at me with a smile, looked up and down, and soon her expression became serious.
"You...there's something wrong with you! Let the old woman think about it. You...you are not a short-lived ghost!"
"Then what do I look like to you?"
The old woman suddenly felt that these words were familiar and laughed.
"I said, you don't look like a human being, and you don't look like a ghost either. Now that the old woman thinks about it, you must be an earthly immortal who has become a spirit! What an earthly immortal! You get along well with us ghosts. The old woman can only Saw it once."
The old woman fell into memories with a smile on her lips.
"That happened a long, long time ago! At that time, I was still a girl. One time I went to the mountains to chop wood. I met a fox. He suddenly stood up, bowed to me, and asked me, what do you think I look like?"
When the old woman said this, she smiled, wiped her tears with her hands, and sighed: "It scared me back then!"
I bet this old woman thinks of me as a spiritual creature like a fox fairy.
"Grandma, it's getting late, I have to go back. I'll give you this pig's head. There's something else I want to ask grandma about. Grandma will tell you the truth. I'll set up a memorial tablet for you later and offer incense to you every day!"
"Oops! The little fairy can't do it! I'm just a lonely ghost. How can I enjoy the worship of the little fairy! It's okay for the little fairy to tell you anything. If the old woman knows, she must tell the truth!"
I turned to face the lake.
"I heard that this lake is an altar. Is that true?"
"No! Ever since someone set up this altar here six years ago, many people have been killed and thrown in every year."
"Established six years ago? Who are they using these living people to sacrifice?"
The old woman shook her head and said: "Old woman, you don't know! If Xiaoxian has the ability, he can go to the bottom of the lake and have a look. I think every year on the Ghost Festival, the lake water will flow backwards. Under the lake, there are even sounds of ghosts crying and wolves howling. There is a lot of movement. !”
"Thank you so much, grandma! Grandma remembers everything. She must have never drank Meng Po soup. Why don't you give me your birthday and name, and have someone set up a memorial tablet for you when you go back? This will also save grandma the hardship of sleeping in the open air!"
"Thank you, Xiaoxian!"
The old woman was so moved that she knelt down in front of me.
I pulled her up, and the old woman burst into tears. She took out a small wooden box and handed it to me.
"The fairy is such a generous gift, but the old woman has nothing to repay. This little ball is an ancestral thing in our family. No one in the family knows what it is. When it comes into my hands, there are no descendants and no inheritance." …”
The old woman sighed.
"Now that Xiaoxian is willing to set up a memorial tablet for the old woman, let's give this little thing to Xiaoxian as a meeting gift!"
"It's a small gift, please accept it!"
I took it and took a look. It looked a bit like a night pearl, but it exuded a special fragrance.
