The Witch of Xiangxi

Chapter 34
As for whether the bird's heart was a kind of Gu, Xia Xiangxi asked Ma Po obliquely, but Ma Po said that there was a kind of Gu, which was cultivated by the bird's heart.

Ma Po said that each Gu has a source of cultivation.There are nearly a hundred types of Gu, and the name of the Gu cultivated by whatever is used, such as Golden Silkworm Gu, Toad Gu, Centipede Gu, Sheep Gu, Fish Cup, Cow Gu, etc.

Many animals and reptiles can be used to make Gu, and there are various animal offal.What Ma Po knows is a kind of "Heart Gu" cultivated by birds.

Legend has it that the sparrow is a divine bird that lives in the Paradise, eats nectar from the sky, and can make charming music when it flies.This bird is so loyal in love that once it loses its mate, the other bird will starve to death.Therefore, the ancestors of the Miao nationality took the hearts of birds to raise Gu.

The heart Gu made of birds, no matter how many years pass, the bird's heart can still keep bright red and still beating.

Xia Xiangxi's face immediately changed when he heard this.

Ma Po didn't notice Xia Xiangxi's strangeness, and continued, "It's just that such a heart Gu is very difficult to obtain, because the bird is a divine bird, and it is difficult to catch it."

At this time, grandpa came out of the house and said that he had something to discuss with Ma Po.Ma Po walked over.Xia Xiangxi heard a few words of their conversation, and it should be about that A Zhuo.This should be the most worrying thing for Grandpa. After all, they were expelled from the Miao Village under the watchful eyes of everyone. After a whole night of hard work, they came back, and they would cause big troubles when they were discovered by those Miao people.I'm afraid that Ma Po, who took them in, will suffer bad luck.

I don't know how grandpa and mother-in-law plan to operate. On the second day, Marie came to beg grandpa and mother-in-law, saying that A Zhuo was sick, and begged grandpa and mother-in-law to treat him.

Xia Xiangxi was taken aback, the first thing she could think of was that Ah Zhuo was fine yesterday, why is he sick today.Doesn't Xia Xiangxi know grandpa yet?Grandpa is a warm-hearted person, the worst thing he can see is that others are not good, and he will never frame others for his own purpose.So she felt that Ma Po was suspicious.She wondered if Ma Po had played some kind of Gu on Azhuo?

However, casual speculation is actually an immoral behavior. Xia Xiangxi quickly dispelled her doubts about Ma Po. After all, she hadn't seen anything, so she couldn't just wrong Ma Po.

Xia Xiangxi followed, and arrived at Marie's house with grandpa and Ma Po.A Zhuo was lying on the bed with his body bowed like a shrimp, his originally pretty face was distorted by the expression of pain, it was ugly and ugly.Eye circles and lips are black.The first time Xia Xiangxi saw A Zhuo, she felt that she looked very ghostly.

Xia Xiangxi gave A Zhuo a sympathetic look, thinking that she must have been harmed by that A-Ban to become like this.Grandpa said that people and ghosts cannot be together. People who are tainted by ghosts will not live long, but ghosts who are tainted by popularity can turn into ghosts and become more rampant and harmful.

Seeing Grandpa and Ma Po coming over, A Zhuo tried to sit up from the bed. Although Ma Po has always been the kind of person who has no feelings, but now seeing A Zhuo's appearance, she even felt sympathetic. Let's go He took two steps to the bedside, comforting Ah Zhuo not to get up, just lying down and talking.

When A Zhuo moved his body just now, the quilt covering his body slipped off, revealing his bulging belly.

Grandpa just took one look, turned around and came out, calling Xia Xiangxi.

Grandpa said to Marie: "Go and boil some hot water, your wife is about to give birth!"

Xia Xiangxi was really taken aback. It's not like she hasn't seen A Zhuo before. Her stomach was flat yesterday, but today it suddenly swells up. If it's not ordinary flatulence, it must be some strange disease. What did grandpa say? Is Zhuo about to have a baby?
Not only Xia Xiangxi was taken aback, but Marie was also taken aback, saying that this was impossible, and he didn't know if his wife was pregnant or not?What's more, those who are pregnant and have children are not things that can be born tomorrow. It's not easy to say, the hen is not so quick to lay eggs!

Seeing that Marie didn't move, Grandpa gave him a cold look, and Marie didn't dare not to listen, and quickly went to the kitchen to chop firewood and boil water.

Xia Xiangxi secretly tugged at the corner of Grandpa's clothes, and quietly asked Grandpa what's going on, A Zhuo didn't look like a pregnant woman yesterday!

Grandpa only said, "You are a girl's family, and the most taboo thing is to get close to a woman's puerperium. You should go back! Don't come near here!"

Xia Xiangxi was kicked back by his grandfather just like that.So she didn't see what happened to Ah Zhuo at that time, but Ma Po told her after she came back.

Ma Po confirmed that Grandpa was right, that Ah Zhuo really had a miscarriage.The birth is not a human fetus, but a ghost fetus.When Ma Po said it, she kept sighing and saying it was a crime.

Xia Xiangxi has read "Strange Tales from a Liaozhai Studio" and knows that a man and a female ghost can have children.I forgot the story in that part of the book, it said that a scholar fell in love with a female ghost, and later the female ghost asked the scholar to go to her grave, and the grave split open in the middle like being struck by lightning, and then a child came out of it Jump out of the grave and so on.It’s just that it’s Liaozhai, it’s all about ghost stories, jokes, not real.Now that Ma Po said that Ah Zhuo really gave birth to a ghost, Xia Xiangxi really couldn't put on a calm look.

Ma Po said: "That ghost fetus is not a human fetus, nor is it a ghost, it's just ghost gas. It's not real fetal gas!" When she said this, Xia Xiangxi nodded as if she understood, but how could she understand it?

Even if it is not a real human fetus, A Zhuo's delivery is undoubtedly the same as that of ordinary pregnant women, but it is more difficult and painful than ordinary pregnant women.

Grandpa is a man who can't enter the room where Ah Zhuo is staying, so he can only go to her room where the doors and windows are covered with talismans.

A Zhuo tossed and tossed for a full day, but there was no result. At night, his stomach suddenly deflated like a balloon.

Probably knowing that A Zhuo is not good, A Zhuo is tossing around in the house, and there are also ghosts tossing outside.That's Aban!
Grandpa said to Marie: "A ghost has come to pick up your wife. If you want to keep your daughter-in-law, follow my orders."

Marie was terrified, a man in his 30s, flustered like a child at that time, kept nodding to his grandpa, saying that grandpa just said what he said, and he did everything according to it.

Grandpa said: "You go out immediately and walk one thousand and eight steps to the northwest. You can't turn back, let alone stop. Don't care what you see, hear, or step on. Don't pay attention to it. Just walk your way. .When you get to the thousand and eighth step, don't move when your feet are down, and burn the things I prepared for you there. When you come back, you can't turn back, and you can't stop. After walking all the way back , enter the room where your daughter-in-law is staying, take off the clothes on your upper body, and dust all the dirt and ash on your daughter-in-law's chest, so that your daughter-in-law will be fine!"

Marie Nuonuo nodded, and after waiting for a while, Ma Po took out a yellow paper bag wrapped in something unknown from the room.Grandpa took it and handed it to Marie, who asked Marie to do what he just asked.

Grandpa gave a few more instructions, telling Marie not to believe what he saw before his eyes, if there was a slight error, his wife would not survive.

Marie firmly agreed, took the yellow paper bag and went out.

He didn't go far, and he heard someone calling him, the voice sounded like Aji from the neighbor's house, saying that he had prepared wine and food there, and he was worried about someone to drink with him!
Marie is the kind of person who likes to drink the most, not to mention that he is a wine worm, as long as he smells the aroma of wine, he can't walk.He was still thinking at first, that Aji often went to empty his wine jar, and he hadn't drunk his wine once, but today is really unfortunate, if it wasn't for something at home, he would go to Aji's house no matter what , You must drink up all the wine in his house.

At last, Marie was still thinking about his wife waiting for him to save her life at home, so he gritted his teeth and pretended not to hear, continuing to count the steps and walk forward.

After walking for a while, he heard Azhuo's voice again, chasing him and shouting, "Where are you going? Aji came to our house to buy you a drink. You should go. Even if you don't go, you should talk to his ward." Come on, how can you be so ignorant of people?"

At first Marie heard A Zhuo's voice, and was overjoyed, thinking that his wife might have recovered from her illness. Seeing that he ignored him, A Ji went to his home to ask for an explanation, and A Zhuo chased him out.He was thinking about agreeing, when he suddenly heard Grandpa's voice next to his ear, blaming him for forgetting to tell him something?

Only then did Marie wake up suddenly, remembering what grandpa said, and thinking about A Zhuo's illness, he was going to die, how could it be possible to jump out of bed and chase him right now?He gritted his teeth again, still pretending not to hear, and continued walking forward.

He had an idea this time, and no matter who was calling him, he just froze and didn't answer or look back.He thought to himself, if someone really called him, and he ignored him and offended him, when his wife got well and it was dawn, he would go to his house to accompany him and explain, and he would not be blamed.

In this way, he counted his steps until the one thousand and eighth steps that his grandfather said, lit the fire and burned the package that his grandfather gave him, but he heard Ah Zhuo's voice again, not only Ah Zhuo Zhuo's voice, and a man's voice.The two asked and answered.What they said was all flirtatious words, and it was him who scolded him.How stupid he is, his wife has never been alone, and even his children are not his own...

It's a man, and he couldn't bear the tone of his wife betraying him. Even though the voice of the grandfather kept reminding him in Marie's ear, telling him not to believe, not to listen, Marie still couldn't hold back, and uttered his voice angrily. I went to the grass in the grass, but after searching for a long time, I didn't even see a ghost.Marie remembered what Grandpa said, and only then did she realize that she had been fooled.He really regretted it in his heart, and then thought about it again, grandpa didn't know if he really did what he asked, and if he didn't tell, grandpa wouldn't know, so he pretended that he did what he asked, if Ah If something happened to Zhuo, he said that Grandpa's method didn't work at all!

(End of this chapter)