The Witch of Xiangxi

Chapter 162 Narration
During that special period in China, the most important thing was family composition.

From the 50s to the 70s, it was clouded by that idea of ​​class composition.No matter how good the girls and boys are, as long as the family background is not good enough, it will be a problem to go to school and become a soldier, and it will be even more difficult to get married.At that time, the standard of mate selection tended to be more of the kind of people with a strong root, and a girl like that was basically very dangerous, no matter how beautiful she was, no one would dare to marry her.

Grandpa Shi Wei didn't have the courage at first, but man, he really fell in love with him.After hesitating for a while, he still didn't agree, and married a disabled woman in a neighboring village, that is Shi Wei's own grandmother.After the two got married, Grandma Shi Wei became pregnant soon. Grandpa Shi Wei was so happy. He was in his forties before he had his own child. He was so happy that most newly married couples are not happy. There will be.But the good times didn't last long when Grandma Shi Wei gave birth to Shi Wei's father, she died of dystocia.With his motherless son at birth, Grandpa Shi Wei suddenly fell from heaven to hell, and the pain is indescribable.At this time, his relatives urged him to find another wife as soon as possible, otherwise, how could he, an old man, live with such a young child.

Another person talked about matchmaking, and even told him about the girl with a bad family background.Grandpa Shi Wei was still not very happy, so Fifth Master persuaded him that no matter what you did before, at least you are still a poor peasant now. Don't be afraid of anything!Fifth Master also said, if it were me, such a beautiful girl would die for her!
Grandpa Shi Wei was moved afterwards.He gritted his teeth and made up his mind to marry that girl.His family was poor and had nothing, and the girl's family was also poor because all their belongings were confiscated. When they got married, Grandpa Shi Wei went to the girl's house to take her back, and they lived a good life .

It wasn't a good day from the start.It's not because of the poor life, the girl is very hardworking, she is good at everything in the family, she is dexterous and kind to others, she treats Shi Wei's father like her own son, and she takes care of her very well.The only bad thing is that he is always lukewarm towards Grandpa Shi Wei.Grandpa Shi Wei felt like he had stuffed a piece of ice into his bosom. If you warmed her up hard, she would just melt and disappear.

Later, Grandpa Shi Wei gradually realized that something was wrong. His daughter-in-law Xiaofeng didn't have much to say to him, but she always had endless conversations with the fifth child.Regardless of men and women, if you find that your wife or husband refuses to take a second look at you, but talks and laughs with other people, everyone will feel angry.

Grandpa Shi Wei paid more attention later on.One time he found Xiaofeng sneaking out in the middle of the night, and he followed Xiaofeng secretly, but followed Xiaofeng to the fifth master's house, and the two of them went to the wilderness together, one after the other. .Grandpa Shi Wei was so angry that he went home to steal the guy, and wanted to chop up the couple and feed them to the dogs, but when he came back, the people had long since disappeared, and he was lost. He was so angry that he regretted it, and slapped his big mouth one after another, and he bled.

He waited in torment until Xiaofeng came back, hung Xiaofeng up and beat him up, what did he do to ask Xiaofeng to confess?Xiaofeng has an iron mouth and steel teeth, with a strong temper, and she refuses to recruit even if she dies.Grandpa Shi Wei went to arrest the fifth master and confronted him face to face.But the fifth master said that they went to the cemetery in the mountains. Xiaofeng saw that Shi Wei's father had no milk and could not eat good things, so she told the fifth master that many good things were buried in their ancestral graves. , I want Master Wu to help dig it up and sell it, and exchange some money to buy milk powder for Shi Wei's father.

Grandpa Shi Wei didn't believe it at all, followed Master Wu to his house, and brought out some treasures from the hole in the ground. Master Wu said that they were the treasures he got by helping ghosts.He also swore a heavy oath, saying that he could never fool his own brother if he lied to anyone.Besides, what kind of temper is Grandpa Shi Wei, who would dare to tell him about digging up the treasure in the grave?Xiaofeng also knew Grandpa Shi Wei's temper, so she only dared to ask Fifth Master for help, because she knew that they were brothers who shared weal and woe, and would definitely go through life and death to help her!
Grandpa Shi Wei was convinced by Fifth Master's rhetoric, so he forgave Xiaofeng and Fifth Master.Not only that, Grandpa Shi Wei also went to find his friend who used to be a treasurer of antiques, and wanted to sell those artifacts dug out of the grave.

But Grandpa Shi Wei never expected that when he took those weapons to sell, he would be betrayed by someone, and he would be caught by the police.After he was locked up, he found out that the person who betrayed him was Xiaofeng.Grandpa Shi Wei has been sentenced for several years. When he was finally released from prison and returned home, he found out that Xiaofeng had eloped with Lao Wu after he was locked up. His son almost starved to death, thanks to the kind care of the neighbors. .Shi Wei's father grew up eating hundreds of meals in the village. A child who has lost his mother and his father is in prison is like a stray dog ​​on the street. If he didn't starve to death or freeze to death, he was lucky .

Only when Grandpa Shi Wei came out could Shi Wei's father have a good life.At that time, it was the 80s of reform and opening up, and the times were different. Shi Wei’s family was allocated a field, and Grandpa Shi Wei learned how to work as a blacksmith during the labor reform. While planting the land, he opened a blacksmith’s shop in the small town , specializing in some farm tools, such as plowshares and hoes, all kinds of farm tools are available.Grandpa Shi Wei's handicraft skills are superb, and the farm tools he makes are very useful, so he gradually gained word of mouth. There are more repeat customers and new customers, and life is getting more and more prosperous.Originally, Grandpa Shi Wei also wanted Shi Wei's father to be a blacksmith for the rest of his life, so his alchemy would just be brought to the coffin to rot.

Unexpectedly, after the two of them got a large order of ironware work, their luck began to suffer, and the iron stove was riddled with defective products one after another.They were all shapeless lumps of strange iron.At first, Grandpa Shi Wei thought that Shi Wei's father was negligent and didn't do a good job, so he scolded Shi Wei's father. Shi Wei's father felt wronged and asked Grandpa Shi Wei to try it himself. As a result, Grandpa Shi Wei did the same when he got started.

Only then did Grandpa Shi Wei realize that they were on the right track.

When many kinds of children in rural areas get sick, they all go to doctors for diagnosis and treatment, and they use folk remedies.Some of these folk remedies are earth folk remedies, which are some common herbs used in daily life to treat diseases.There are also babies who cry every night, without asking God or medicine, but write a sentence on the paper, "Emperor Emperor, Emperor Earth, my family has a crying man at night, the passing gentleman reads it three times, and sleeps until dawn." ", posted everywhere at crowded intersections, saying it was read by passers-by, and the crybaby would be cured.

There is also a folk prescription, that is, what the child suffers from is not a real disease, but a "surgical disease". This kind of surgical disease is not the daily surgical classification of the hospital, but refers to encountering a wind ghost.This kind of wind ghost includes being frightened by ghosts, being haunted by ghosts, or blaspheming the gods and being punished.

If you are frightened by a ghost, you have lost your soul, and you want to take it back.I was haunted by a ghost, and I wanted to drive the ghost away.If you blaspheme the gods, you must admit your mistakes and repent, and offer sacrifices to atone for your sins.

Generally, children under the age of three are most likely to be frightened, and the most commonly used method is to collect souls.The frightened child has dull eyes, loves to cry, and always has spasms and sudden tremors from time to time.Such a child can be recognized by most older women, and they will also learn the method of collecting souls passed down from the elders of the previous generation, so there is no need to ask a witch or a god.

There is also another method that seems to be frightened on the surface, but not in essence.

(End of this chapter)