Cat-faced Granny, also called Cat-faced Granny, is a folklore in Northeast China.
According to legend, the Cat-faced Granny is an old lady with a body and a cat face, pushing a stroller and holding a rattle, and is active at night. If a child cries, she will go to that house, steal the child and eat it.
This kind of story is completely made up by adults to scare children in order to make the children sleep well and not cry.
Now Zhao Jingjing suddenly told me that the cat-faced mother-in-law really existed and had stolen her child. I was also surprised and didn't know whether to believe it or not.
Zhao Jingjing seemed to be stimulated when she didn't get an answer from me. She stood up immediately, grabbed my hand, and shook it vigorously.
She was very emotional and pressed me urgently, "Xiao Ning, you are a fairy. Have you seen the fairy family and ghosts! If they can exist, of course the cat-faced mother-in-law can also exist! I didn't lie, it was the cat-faced mother-in-law who broke in. , I am not crazy who took my child away, nor was I the one who threw the child away! I am not a madman... I did not lie..."
"Sister Jingjing, calm down, I believe you." I said quickly.
But at this time, nothing I said would work anymore. She was caught up in her own emotions, crying and yelling crazily.
The village chief came over and hugged Zhao Jingjing, but he couldn't separate Zhao Jingjing from me.
At this time Shuo Bai came over.
He raised his hand and lightly tapped Zhao Jingjing's eyebrows with his fingertips.
Zhao Jingjing's body trembled suddenly, and then she felt as if she had been given a sedative. Her eyelids slowly closed and she fell asleep.
The village chief was startled. He hugged Zhao Jingjing, glanced at Shuo Bai, and then looked at me anxiously.
I hurriedly explained, "Sister Jingjing is fine, she just fell asleep. I think she is not in the right mood. Uncle Zhao, please tell us what happened."
The village chief breathed a sigh of relief when he heard that Zhao Jingjing was okay.
He helped Zhao Jingjing sit down on the stool, turned to look at me, and said with a sad face, "Xiao Ning, to be honest, I can't tell whether it's the cat-faced mother-in-law who is causing trouble or my daughter who is really crazy. , I will tell you everything I know, and you can make your own judgment."
The village chief said that Zhao Jingjing was depressed when she was in college, accompanied by mild schizophrenia. She has been taking medicine and her condition is under good control. She has not had another illness in so many years. But after marriage, in order to get pregnant, the medicine was stopped.
So now the village chief is not sure whether Zhao Jingjing is mentally ill.
Ten days ago, Zhao Jingjing gave birth to a son by caesarean section in the hospital. After being discharged from the hospital, she stayed at her husband's house for confinement.
Yesterday, the son-in-law suddenly sent Zhao Jingjing back to the village chief's house. The son-in-law said that Zhao Jingjing was crazy and had lost their son. He also said that he had a cat-faced mother-in-law.
The village chief thought that Zhao Jingjing was ill at first, but Zhao Jingjing told the story of how the cat-faced mother-in-law stole the child in great detail. Apart from being a little emotional, the logic was clear.
Of course the village chief was more willing to believe that Zhao Jingjing was normal, so he went to my house. My father told the village chief that I was at a Taoist temple. The village chief brought Zhao Jingjing to the Taoist temple to find me.
I nodded and asked, "Uncle Zhao, how did the cat-faced mother-in-law steal Sister Jingjing's child?"
The village chief thought about it for a moment and said, "Jingjing said that the cat-faced mother-in-law went to her house for three days..."
On the first night, in the middle of the night, Zhao Jingjing heard the sound of a cat meowing and a rattle.
Zhao Jingjing married in the town and lived in a building. Her home was on the fifteenth floor, but the sounds of cats meowing and rattles came close to the window. It was as if someone was standing outside the window on the fifteenth floor, shaking a rattle against the window.
These sounds scared Zhao Jingjing so much that she didn't dare to sleep all night. As soon as day breaks, the sound disappears.
During the day, Zhao Jingjing asked her husband's family if anyone heard any strange noises in the middle of the night. My husband's family said they didn't hear it.
Zhao Jingjing did not dare to say more because she also suspected that she was hearing hallucinations and that she had become ill without taking medicine for a long time.
The next night, it was still midnight. In addition to the sounds of cats meowing and rattles, Zhao Jingjing also heard someone singing nursery rhymes by the window. It was the voice of a hoarse old woman, with a long pitch and an ancient and strange singing tune.
Zhao Jingjing was so scared that she stayed up all night again. At dawn, the sound disappeared.
On this day, Zhao Jingjing was in panic all day long. She was afraid that her illness would hurt the child, so she asked her husband's family to return to her parents' home. The child was temporarily left with her husband's family, and she returned to her parents' home for treatment.
Her husband's family knew that she had this disease and agreed.
The mother-in-law helped pack the things and the son-in-law gave them to her. Unfortunately, the family car broke down and taxis were not allowed in the community. Zhao Jingjing had a caesarean section and the incision had not yet healed, so every step she took was in unbearable pain.
Her husband's family couldn't bear her leaving the community to take a taxi, so they proposed not to miss the day and wait until the next day to leave.
Just like that, Zhao Jingjing stayed for another night.
That night, Zhao Jingjing didn't hear any strange noise. Just when she thought her condition was getting better, she suddenly heard nursery rhymes playing in the living room.
The sound of the nursery rhyme became smaller and smaller, as if it was passing through the living room and about to leave through the door.
Zhao Jingjing was scared and curious. She opened the bedroom door and peeked out through the gap.
This look almost scared her to death!
She saw an old lady with small feet wearing a gray cloth slanted coat holding her son and walking towards the gate.
Because she was ill and worried about hurting the child, her husband's family did not let the child follow her. At night, the child sleeps with grandma.
But the child who was supposed to be sleeping with his grandma was being held by an old lady with small feet and was about to go out!
Zhao Jingjing screamed and rushed out. She only thought about her son's safety. All the fear and pain in my body were forgotten.
Hearing her shout, the old lady with little feet turned her head and looked over.
As soon as she turned around, Zhao Jingjing saw clearly the face of the old lady with little feet.
That's a cat face!
Zhao Jingjing was so frightened that she froze in place.
While she was in a daze, the cat-faced mother-in-law held her son and went out from the gate.
The door was open, letting in a cold breeze.
Zhao Jingjing woke up instantly when the cold wind blew. She cried and chased out the door.
Zhao Jingjing ran all the way down the stairs. When she ran outside the community and looked for her cat-faced mother-in-law on the street, she was found by her family.
Zhao Jingjing cried loudly and told her husband that it was the cat-faced mother-in-law who took their son away.
Her crazy appearance made her husband's family believe that she was ill and secretly took the child away and left the child somewhere.
No matter how she was asked, Zhao Jingjing always said that the cat-faced mother-in-law did it. But who can believe that the cat-faced mother-in-law really exists?
The husband's family was furious, and at dawn, the son-in-law sent Zhao Jingjing back to the village chief's house.
"The son-in-law's family is looking for the child everywhere now,"
Speaking of the missing grandson, the village chief was moved, wiped the tears from his eyes, and said to me, "Xiao Ning, please give me a break. Is there really a cat-faced mother-in-law? What happened to our little grandson?" Where has it gone? How can a ten-day-old baby survive the torment without losing his life?"
At the end of the story, the village chief started crying again.
I couldn't make up my mind and turned to look at Shuo Bai.
Zhao Jingjing was mentally ill, so it was possible that she secretly took the child away and threw it away because of her illness.
And we should take care of this matter. If a baby who is just ten days old is not found as soon as possible, will he still be alive?
Even if I can't protect myself at this time, I still want to take care of this matter.
I said nothing, but Shuo Bai seemed to see through my thoughts.
He gave me a reassuring look, and then said to the village chief, "We are going to your son-in-law's house. Cat-faced Granny has been to his house. Maybe we can find clues left by Cat-faced Granny at his house."
