Mrs. Hu loved Sun very much, so she had to consider this possibility, and her words became mysterious. Song Siyuan comforted: "Old Madam Hu, they all say to respect ghosts and gods and stay away from them. If there are really ghosts and gods in this world, shouldn't these ghosts take revenge on the government? How can they retaliate against these innocent people? Think about it, the people in the government They are all fine, but why do these girls suffer from nightmare disease? Do ghosts also like to bully the weak and fear the strong?" After saying that, her face became mysterious: "Do all these girls have this symptom?" Mrs. Hu hesitated for a moment. , explained: "That...that's not necessarily true. I remember that in recent years, there have been fewer and fewer girls of the same age as Shu Yatou. I haven't heard of anyone getting sick?" Taoist priest Jin pondered what Mrs. Hu said. , Xu Xu said: "Then this is strange. Since girls of the same age are fine, she is the only one to get sick. This means that she must be different from other girls. What does she usually have? There are difficult and complicated diseases, and there may be behaviors that are different from ordinary people."
"As for the behavior that is different from ordinary people, this kind girl is very carefree and noisy than ordinary women. But that's all. There is nothing else. They are all children born and raised in the town. There is nothing different. ." While they were talking, Hu Jindou walked in: "Grandma, my little aunt seemed to have been to the old concubine before she fell ill." These words stirred up a thousand waves, and Taoist priest Jin's eyes lit up and asked: "She went What are you doing there?"
"Let's go read Nüshu. There are a lot of Nüshu at home. She couldn't understand it, so she went to find the old lady to read Nüshu." After Hu Jindou finished speaking, Mrs. Hu's eyes immediately became wary: "Then you half Why didn't Yue say anything?" The half-grown child scratched his head and said, "This is not a big deal. Many girls in this town used to go to the Concubine Lao Tian to learn female calligraphy. My little aunt's generation is pretty good at it. It's late, and she wants to be the best in everything. Her peers have not yet learned Nüshu, and she still hopes to be the first." After hearing this, Taoist Master Jin realized what was wrong and asked Asked Mrs. Hu: "Isn't it true that in every generation there are women who go to the old concubine to learn female calligraphy?" Mrs. Hu nodded and said: "Then I dare not lie to you. I also said just now that the old society in Yongming County Women are not required to read and write. From my generation to my granddaughter’s generation, there are girls who learn female calligraphy.”
"When we arrived at Jin Dou's sisters, we basically entered the Republic of China. The world no longer tabooed women's education, so no one went to study. Although my granddaughter is from the previous generation, she was no different from Jin Dou's generation because she was born late. In the past few years, I basically haven’t learned anything about female calligraphy.”
"If it weren't for this, I wouldn't have said that Nü Shuhui would end in my granddaughter's generation." Mrs. Hu's words were clearly heard by Taoist Jin. To avoid guessing wrong, he asked again: "After entering the Republic of China, can Is there a baby girl who is sick? Mrs. Hu seemed to be aware of the implication of Taoist Master Jin's words, and became cautious when she spoke: "If you ask that, it is true, but it seems that she was taught by the old concubine to write for girls. As for not learning it, I haven’t heard much about women’s books. "
"Are you sure?" Mrs. Hu nodded and said, "In recent years, the clan has had a women's school. I can probably know who the girls are in the women's school. These people are indeed not studying in the women's school."
"The problem probably lies with the old Concubine Tian." As Jin Taoist spoke, he became curious about the old Concubine Tian. Just now, he heard the old lady mention it, and now he believes in God even more. There is a secret hidden in the concubine.
"What the old fairy means is that the old concubine did these things?" Mrs. Hu obviously didn't believe this. She shook her head and retorted: "This is impossible. The old concubine has a weird personality, but she is indeed a good person. These things Relying on the medical skills she learned in the Taiping Army, she treated many difficult and complicated diseases for people in eight villages in ten miles. She could also suppress these children who had nightmare syndrome. Although she could not cure the root cause, she could The method really works..." Mrs. Hu knows everything about Lao Tianfei's affairs.
At that time, after most of the imperial concubines sank into the pond, about ten years passed. The Taiping people's rebellion finally ended, and the government's embarrassment to Yongming County became increasingly relaxed. This old imperial concubine returned to Yongming at this time. She could come back. The people of Huangtian Town didn’t expect it at all!
After Tianjing City was breached, in order to clear up the civil unrest as quickly as possible, the government beheaded all the so-called fake officials and soldiers. Women and children involved were often sent to distant lands, and even starved to death in Jinling City directly during the siege. It was a fluke that he didn't die. As an orphan of the peaceful and rebellious people, his fate would definitely not be good.
As soon as the old concubine came back, the people in Huangtian Town were afraid that taking her in would be a capital crime. The matter spread from person to person, and finally attracted the attention of the Yongming County Magistrate.
For them, the return of an old concubine means that the remnants of the Taiping Army are still behind her?
If this were the case, they would have to report it to the imperial court to suppress the bandits. They were even afraid that their human skin would be skinned by the peaceful and rebellious people.
Worried and frightened, they had no choice but to send officials to capture Tian Fei and send her to the county government office. Only then did the county officials dare to ask her why she came to Yongming County.
But there are also rebels and gangsters accompanying them. The concubine is now in her thirties, and her beauty is no longer. She lifted her forehead covered by her hair, and saw a hot iron
The word "anti" is clearly visible. This mark is a tattoo used by the government to identify prisoners. The reverse word means that the woman once rebelled against the court. With this mark, she was basically caught and sentenced by the government. Knowing this, the county officials then Be at ease.
Later, Tian Fei took out her prison documents and handed them to the government officials present. Only then did they know that this Tian Fei's surname was Tian and her name was Tian Liumei. Her native place was Huangtian Village, Yongming. She followed the Taiping Army to Jinling City from Yongming. She once served as the concubine of a certain heavenly king. Later, the former government conquered Jinling and asked the government to capture her and take her to the northern camp. She became an official slave who washed rice and washed clothes.
Nowadays, there is a famine in the north. In order to show mercy to the people, the government released all the family members of the rebels in the northern camp. From then on, life and death depended on their destiny. She had no choice but to return to Huangtian Town.
These county magistrates are all human beings. Basically, the content of the article is that the drought is severe in the north and there is nothing to eat in the northern camp. They are afraid of trouble in the camp and simply let everyone out. After that, you must be able to find something. Eat, then continue to live. If a person dies, don't blame the government. Anyway, the government has already released the person.
In this way, a large part of the rations can be saved. After these officials understood the situation, they understood why Tian Liumei came back. Knowing that she had no power behind her, they immediately became arrogant and said that although she was released by the government with mercy, all the birthplaces of the rebels had been cleared. If she wanted to return to her ancestral home, I'm afraid it's unlikely. If you want to continue living in Huangtian Town, you can only buy new land for farming and a house to live in.
What this actually means is to ask Tian Liumei to give her money. She has been imprisoned by the government for ten years, and there is no money left to give her. She escaped by chance and came back. It was already an eye-opener for God, and she didn't even have a copper in her pocket.
Since she has no money, the government is too lazy to pay attention to it. After a few sticks were beaten, if she wanted to survive, she would become a beggar and beg for food. However, they secretly informed the people in the county that anyone who dared to give Tian Liumei money, rice and food would be punished. He was imprisoned for having an affair with a thief, and it was clear that Tian Liumei was going to starve to death.
Tian Liumei had no choice, she couldn't get anything, and she had to avoid anyone who saw her, so she could only catch fish from the lake to eat. In the end, the government wouldn't even let her stay in the town, and she was weak. I had no choice but to go to the nest in Dupanling Mountain.
Fortunately, there is no end to the road, and there is an Imperial Concubine Temple on Baixiong Ridge. People come here frequently, and villagers often bring tributes. Tian Liumei can barely survive by cleaning the Imperial Concubine Temple.
After that, the villagers found out that she was behind the Imperial Concubine Temple, and pitied her for being helpless. When they came to offer incense, they would often bring some hungry things like meat buns, vegetable dumplings, and steamed rice to offer sacrifices, in the name of asking for the Imperial Concubine’s blessing. , but actually he was giving Tian Liumei a small start and asking her to eat something good too.
From the time when Ding Wuqihuang came back, until a few years later, Tian Liumei, with the help of the villagers, built several shacks behind the Empress Temple, so she no longer had to huddle in the temple. When the government knew about it, they sent officials They came and destroyed it several times, but until they saw lightning and thunder every time and there were cries in the Empress Temple, they gave up the idea of continuing to cause trouble.
Since then, Tian Liumei has been living in the shack behind the Empress Temple as a temple woman. She will clean the temple every day. At the same time, if there are any unnecessary tributes, they will be cleaned up in time to avoid insects and rot. , with her arrival, the Empress Temple was indeed more popular.
When the villagers got sick, had headaches, brain fever, or were suffering from poisoning and congestion, the common people would go to the temple to see the imperial concubine. In fact, it was Tian Liumei who was treating the illness, and Tian Liumei also wrote all the notes, asking them to take them and prescribe medicine. Or cure a disease.
Come here to treat those who are sick, seek help from those who are not sick, seek solutions to those who are in trouble, and everything will be solved.
The temples in the countryside all depend on whether they are effective or not. Since the Imperial Concubine Temple is so effective, its reputation will spread from ten to ten, and it will attract people from eight villages in ten miles to make offerings.
Even if there is no movement in the stomach and she cannot conceive a baby, some women will go to the Imperial Concubine Temple to pray. Tian Liumei will put the red cloth tiger-head shoes worn by the child on the altar, and those who want a child will pick up a tiger head. Take the shoes back and make them exactly the same after the baby is born, and then send them back, which can be regarded as a thank you to the imperial concubine.
In fact, what she is best at is writing Nüshu. During the Taiping Kingdom, Nüshu played a great role, and she also learned Nüshu 100%.
Nowadays, the peace and chaos are gone, but Nüshu has not declined. If a woman has not learned Nüshu before getting married, and will not be a nvshu, she will be ridiculed. Teaching these girls to learn Nüshu will be a problem. Her main mission.
She would copy out all the eighteen volumes of Nüshu in the temple, and mark the Chinese characters on the side with their meanings and pronunciations. She would also explain that all these Nüshu scrolls would be placed on the altar, and Nvwazi would come to the shrine if needed. Take a copy back from the stage, copy it, and then send it back. When you ask God for something you don’t understand, you can pray a few words. Tian Liumei will often answer.
Over the past few decades, she has taught many women how to write nüshu. She has also unintentionally recorded all the marriage disputes, social relationships, private conversations, rural anecdotes, songs and riddles of the women in Yongming County, forming a Got a new Nüshu volume!
