For decades, Tian Liumei pretended to be a goddess for so many years. In fact, she was already a complete goddess. Whenever she came up with a way to cure diseases and save people, she would use some Taoism and witchcraft as a disguise. It's easy to feel awe if you don't understand and are awesome.
It can be said that if Tian Liumei had not taken the initiative to become a goddess and made herself so embarrassed, she would have been assassinated by someone long ago.
For decades, she worried every day that her continuous good deeds were actually accumulating blessings and adding to her destiny. Whether it was a goddess or a concubine, she just wanted to live.
After hearing these words, Song Siyuan was originally dissatisfied with Tian Liumei for staying out of the matter, but she was no longer dissatisfied with Tian Liumei in her heart. Although such a person had done wrong things when he was young, the suffering over the past few decades can be regarded as atonement for his sins. , What’s wrong with a person who has a miserable life and wants to survive?
"Then, are you sure this is the evil done by the remnants of the Taiping Army?" Back to the topic, Song Siyuan remembered what Tian Liumei said about the corpse, and she already understood in her heart that Hu Jiashu was probably being targeted by someone, and she was unaware of it. The fact that the chiggers are coming down means that the people behind it are quite capable.
"At least, I have seen so many women in the past few decades, and they are all ordinary scrub typhus. I have never seen one who directly uses the body typhus like this. If not treated in time, Miss Shu's final outcome will be a tragic death. It can be seen that Judging from the way of raising chiggers, the insidious nature of those who cause illness is indeed the work of Deng Yingying." After Tian Liumei finished speaking, she stopped talking. As she spoke, the two of them had followed the old servant to the guest house. When they came back , Yue Guanchao and the others had also returned to the courtyard in advance. When they saw her coming back, they asked with concern: "Is Miss Shu okay?"
"It's okay. Granny Tian said that Miss Shu was infected with corpse disease, a very vicious corpse poison. She was sure it was Deng Yingying's handiwork. Probably, Miss Shu was deliberately harmed by Deng Yingying." Everyone heard this. His words were like being kicked awake at the last minute. Xu Xiake said: "That means that the remnants of the Taiping Army are still lurking in Yongming County. If this matter is confirmed, it is basically certain that the Hu family They were also targeted by Deng Yingying." Song Siyuan nodded towards them.
"Yes, Granny Tian also said that the body ailments this time are more severe than before, which means that Deng Yingying has to take further action. Otherwise, they would not have made Miss Shu's illness so severe. It is very likely that Deng Yingying will die in the near future. will appear, we have to think about how they will deal with the Hu family."
"Now, we have to know first, how much of the text in the mysterious book can Granny Tian decipher?" They went to Baixiong Ridge originally to find Tian Liumei's help. What just happened was purely an accident. Several people Seeing that Mrs. Hu was also here, she walked into Tian Liumei's residence with her.
"Mrs. Hu, you said you wanted to ask me, what exactly do you want to ask me for?" When Tian Liumei saw everyone coming over, she felt that something was wrong.
"Old fairy, please give the things to your wife." After saying that, Taoist priest Jin took out the photo with the mysterious book and handed it to Tian Liumei. The old goddess took the photo and looked at it carefully, with doubts in her eyes: "Isn't this a female book? ?”
"It's just!" Tian Liumei frowned: "These women's books don't seem to be modern, and I can't understand some of the words." Old Mrs. Hu said: "Madam, you can read it first, it's best to interpret it , If you can't decipher it, it doesn't matter. This is a collection of mysterious books left by my ancestors. I think they are all from a thousand years ago. I don't understand them very well, so I asked you to give me the details." Tian Liumei took it. Under the candlelight, I stared at Nu Shu in the photo carefully. The more I looked at her, the more her brows tightened, as if she had encountered something difficult.
She put down the mysterious book: "Mrs. Hu, I only took a rough look at this female book. I could only see things like running west to Kunlun and the general Beifu. I couldn't recognize the rest at all. These mysterious books use It is not only the Nüshu written thousands of years ago, but also the Nüshu that has been scrambled and encrypted. Unless a method of decryption is found, no one can see the content of this thing." Listening to Tian Liumei's words, Song Siyuan had already thought of this. One day: "That's normal. When this thing was originally written, it involved important information, so it must have been encrypted."
"Look at me, I'm a useless person. I can't even understand a heavenly book, but I'm causing trouble for Mrs. Hu." Mrs. Hu waved her hand and said, "What are you talking about? You saved my granddaughter. It's time for you to save me." It's me who entertains you well." The Hu family is kind and friendly. How could they neglect Tian Liumei when they encounter these things? They held a banquet that night and invited Tian Liumei as a guest. Yue Guanchao and the others ate and drank with them, and waited until they returned. It was already late at night when we arrived at the guest house.
Song Siyuan sat on the stone bench in front of the house and kept looking at the people coming and going. Yue Guanchao walked over and asked, "I heard that Mrs. Tian told you a lot about her life experience."
"Indeed~" Song Siyuan told Yue Guanchao and the others about the past events that Tian Liumei told her. They still had to let them know these things.
After hearing this, Yue Guanchao nodded towards her: "We really have to admire Mrs. Tian on this point. There are too many such things in the countryside. In fact, this can be regarded as a way out for single women in the countryside. ”
"What do you say?" Song Siyuan asked curiously, picking up her little notebook. Yue Qingshan sat cross-legged on a stone bench while banging his pipe, coughing: "In the countryside, there is actually no such simplicity as you said. Many people don't do evil not because they are kind, but because they don't have the conditions to do evil. It's like The village is full of relatives and acquaintances, and if you bully them, your family's reputation will be ruined..." It is also because they are all acquaintances who cannot do evil. Once outsiders appear in the village, the villagers will often be very xenophobic. If this happens If family members are easy to talk to, many people will bully them. Among them, the most bullied by villagers are married women and widows from outside households.
Bullying a married woman is mostly because her natal family is far away and cannot make decisions for her, while bullying widows is simply an evil of human nature.
Youdao is that there are many disputes in the house of widows. As long as there are widows in the village, no matter how clean they are, men from other families or old bachelors will harass them. If they don't show resistance, some people will even eat at home and go to the kang directly. .
At this time, the people in the village will not say anything about this man. They will only say that the widow is too coquettish and hooks up with other men right after the man dies. It would be okay if this man is a bachelor. If he doesn't dislike it, he can form a family. But if there is The wife and children also came to join in the fun, and the widow had fully lived up to her reputation as a vixen.
It's no wonder these people do this. In the countryside, it is assumed that women have a family. If the family disappears, they will become a lonely household without an owner. Of course, everyone wants to take advantage.
Since you are a widow, if there is someone you like, you will basically take the initiative to deliver the letter. Anyone who rushes to the house to make a fuss is probably the widow who doesn’t like it. Of course, they don’t want it. If the widow continues to To be more violent, it is common to kill people with a knife.
But killing people is not the solution after all. As long as she doesn't have a master, there will always be someone who is determined to take advantage.
Some widows are smarter, so in order to prevent others from causing trouble again, they become goddesses. They would deliberately sleep for a few days, and then make some strange noises. When enough villagers gathered, they would say that a certain Immortal was possessed, and from now on they would be the disciples of such and such an Immortal. If you have a headache or fever, you can come to her. When seeing a doctor, if you need anything, you can also treat me attentively.
However, if anyone wants to take advantage, they have to consider how much their head is worth and how much it can offend the immortal family on her head.
From then on, whenever someone comes to the door, they will automatically think that they are here to pray to God. If there are young people who want to take advantage, then they will be kicked out in the name of God's anger.
Rural people respect God the most, but if they can't get over the idea of retribution from ghosts and gods, they will give up their thoughts of looking for flowers and asking for benefits. This kind of strange power and chaos of gods, it is better to believe that it exists than to believe that it does not exist. God has it most of the time. Watching it.
From this, the widow can settle down and live a peaceful life for at least a few days. As time goes by and she meets more people, she really understands the rules of treating diseases and saving people, and she becomes more and more like a goddess. The villagers say, This is because some great god appeared and deliberately gave me a way to survive.
Uncle Yue blew his pipe: "I thought, Mrs. Tian used the same method. People who are miserable want to live in the countryside, so they can only let their hearts die. Otherwise, just gossip can make them lose their temper. People want to hang themselves and die. Many women become goddesses simply because they want to leave a way for themselves to survive." Song Siyuan nodded and said, "Compared to the north, the south seems to be much more civilized. Women are allowed to be single in the south, but they don't have to. If you want to be a goddess, all you need to do is become a self-combing girl."
"Self-combing girl?"
"Yes." Song Siyuan continued to explain: "In Fujian, Jiangsu and Zhejiang, the textile industry has been popular since the Zhu Ming Dynasty. There are countless factories and workshops. Men's labor force is simply not enough. This is also the first place where women are allowed to go to factories. , many women will work in factories, which also frees them from heavy housework and personal dependence..." Some unmarried girls, with an income that can support themselves, are not willing to remarry and live dependent on their husbands. In the frustrated days, there were more such women, and women's guilds emerged in Jiangsu, Zhejiang, and Fujian.
The names of these guilds vary, but the essence is the same. Women hug each other for warmth to prevent marriage. If a woman does not want to get married, she will buy new clothes, shoes and socks, dressing gowns, hairpins, candles, incense, etc. meat dish.
After paying homage to the clan relatives, they go to the aunt's house or Buluo's home where the self-combing girls gather. The older self-combing girls will help them comb their braids that symbolize the boudoir into a bun, and at the same time throw away the old clothes and shoes on their bodies. Putting on a brand new outfit, she and the other self-combed girls worshiped Jin Lan, and from then on, they became sisters.
If you meet a self-grooming girl who has a lot of money, she will also serve wine to thank the guests and give you gifts, which is no less than getting married.
These self-combing girls can continue to stay at their mother's house on weekdays, raise silkworms, collect mulberries, reel silk, and work. They can earn their own living and be independent in society. When they are free, they can also go to their aunt's house to gather with Jinlan sisters. If any of them have In case of difficulties, other people must have the money and ability to contribute, and support each other in life. Sometimes they may be closer than family members.
If you fall ill in old age, you can move to your aunt's house and be taken care of by other sisters until your death, and your posthumous affairs will be arranged by your aunt.
Over time, the self-combing girl has become their synonym. As long as a woman has thoroughly thought about becoming a self-combing girl, she can get help from the guild as long as she enters the women's guild. However, the guild will also require them not to regret it throughout their life, otherwise they will suffer. Severe penalties.
