The Witch of Xiangxi

Chapter 60 Pocket Watch
When Ma Po asked Xia Xiangxi to write her name again, Xia Xiangxi was already surrounded by a strong ghostly aura, and several ghosts with stealthy lights surrounded her.There are more ghosts, Xia Xiangxi is not afraid anymore.As if she didn't see it, she calmly wrote the name Ma Po said on the white paper one by one, and then burned the paper money in bags.

When it burned for the third time, Xia Xiangxi also understood why Ma Po asked her to write her name on the paper money. Whoever wrote the name would be the money. The five or six-year-old kid who became the jacket and trousers originally wanted to snatch the paper money that Xia Xiangxi burned for an old ghost, but when he picked it up, it obediently put down the paper money like a heavy stone that couldn't be lifted .The old ghost triumphantly picked up the piece of paper money that the little ghost had put on the ground, and gave the little ghost another push before leaving contentedly.

Xia Xiangxi felt sorry for the little ghost, and wanted to burn some paper money for it, but Ma Po didn't order it, and she also knew that if the paper money didn't have the name of the little ghost written on it, she wouldn't get it if she burned it. They will all be robbed by those ghosts coveting next to them.

Ma Po yelled at the ghosts to line up there. The ghosts saw that there was no chance to grab extra money, so they accepted the rules and went to Ma Po's side to queue up and report their names, and then ran to Xia Xiangxi. Bian'er waited for her to burn the paper money to them.

Those wild ghosts disappeared after taking the money, but the little ghost was still waiting beside Xia Xiangxi.Ma Po called it to go over, but it curled up shyly and refused to go over.Probably Ma Po also felt sorry for it, so she told Xia Xiangxi how much was left, and seeing that there were no other ghosts coming, let's burn it all!
The little ghost blinked like a pug, staring at Xia Xiangxi with its two ghost eyes.Xia Xiangxi squatted down again and began to burn the paper money.As if afraid that someone else would steal the money, the little ghost stuck his hand into the fire to pick up a piece of paper money when it was completely burnt, and picked up one after it was burned.After waiting for a while, it couldn't hold it anymore in its arms, so it took off the fat clothes on its body, trying to use the clothes to cover the paper wallet.Unexpectedly, as soon as it took off its clothes, its body was exposed this time. It didn't look like a child, but it was clearly an adult squatting and pretending to be the height of a child.

When it went to pick up the money again, half of its face fell off, showing a broken grimace.It was only then that Xia Xiangxi recognized that this was the dead ghost from last night.She shouted to tell Grandpa and Ma Po.Seeing that he had been discovered, the vain ghost didn't bother to pick up those ghost coins, and ran towards Xia Xiangxi with a grinning grin.Unexpectedly, under the guidance of his grandfather, Xia Xiangxi had been on guard for a long time. The vain ghost bumped into the straw man Xia Xiangxi put on his chest. His whole body dried up and became smaller as if dehydrated, and finally turned into the grass man. People are generally big.In other words, it has now possessed the straw man.

Xia Xiangxi took the straw man off his chest, and looked at the dead ghost stretching its arms and legs on it as if stuck to the straw man, but there was no way to escape.

Grandpa took a clay pot that had been prepared, put the dead ghost stuck to the straw man into the pot, and temporarily sealed the dead ghost.

The next day, Ma Po asked the people in the village to search in the ravine near where the dead ghost was caught, and finally found the corpse that had turned into a dead ghost, and dug a hole in the same place to bury the corpse. write the name.

Ma Po then put a big rooster in the coop and put it on the mountain road above the grave of the dead ghost, and then chose a rock that could be removed from the hillside above, and stuck a spell on it, and Ma Po said: A few words, and then with a light swipe of a hand, the rock rolled down from the hillside and hit the chicken coop, crushing the chicken coop and killing the big rooster.

Grandpa took the smashed rooster out of the broken coop, and asked someone to dig a hole in the middle of the road, and buried the big rooster in it.

Xia Xiangxi didn't understand what this meant.Grandpa explained: "In this way, the rooster can be used as a substitute for the dead ghost, and the dead ghost can be reincarnated. Although the chicken died wrongfully, animals don't know how to hold grudges. And he died."

Since then, whenever Xia Xiangxi had the opportunity to pass by here again, he often felt that he could see a big white rooster walking swaggeringly on the mountain road, which looked so majestic.

After the matter of the dead ghost was over, good news came from Uncle Ma's house, saying that Uncle Ma's father, that is, Grandpa Ma, had returned.

Grandpa's face is full of smiles.Even Xia Xiangxi was very happy. After waiting for so long, he finally got the person grandpa was waiting for.Grandpa settled his mind, then it was time for them to leave here.

Grandpa Ma's body is stronger than Grandpa's, and his face is flushed, which shows that during the period of going out to visit relatives, life is extremely nourishing.

In addition, Grandpa Ma is much younger than Grandpa. Grandpa is almost 80 years old, and Grandpa Ma is only in his early [-]s.The Miao people get married early, which means that they become parents early, and grandpas at an early age.Counting it together, Grandpa and Grandpa Ma can be regarded as forgetful friends.

It's just that Grandpa Ma didn't look very happy when he saw Grandpa for the first time.Although the two still hugged each other like old confidants, and Grandpa Ma shed some tears as if it was a matter of course, Xia Xiangxi could feel that Grandpa Ma was not that sincere to Grandpa.

Xia Xiangxi felt a little desolate for his grandfather.After more than 20 years, Grandpa still misses Grandpa Ma as a friend, and he has traveled thousands of miles to visit, but only got such false feelings. Xia Xiangxi didn't want to sigh, and emotionally he didn't allow it.

In fact, Xia Xiangxi only saw Grandpa Ma's expression, and his back was facing her, so she didn't see Grandpa Ma's expression.If I saw it, I wouldn't be so emotional, because Grandpa didn't even shed a tear.This is enough to prove that Grandpa doesn't simply miss his old friend, but wants to see Grandpa Ma or because of other purposes and reasons.

The two grandpas still hid from other people, locked themselves in a single room and started talking.When he spoke, he lowered his voice. If the people outside wanted to eavesdrop, they couldn't hear what they said.
When grandpa came out, the expression on his face was not very good. It was obvious that the meeting between the two old people was not very pleasant.

Xia Xiangxi didn't dare to ask her grandfather, so she could only guess wildly and worry.

Fortunately, He Xuan came to see grandpa the next day.He also brought a pair of good cigarettes, saying that it was a foreign cigarette brought back by an expert in Sanwanggou archaeology when he traveled abroad. It contained less nicotine than the dry tobacco smoked by grandpa, and it was less harmful to grandpa's body.

Grandpa frowned after smoking one, and said, "It's also called cigarettes! It doesn't have any energy at all! It's boring!"

When Xia Xiangxi saw the Korean characters on the eye box, he understood a little bit. It is probably the same as Korean soju, only a few degrees higher than beer, light series.Grandpa doesn't like it, but she thinks it's good, so she thinks of ways to coax grandpa to smoke such cigarettes.

Grandpa agreed, and went out with a pack of cigarettes. Xia Xiangxi was on the stilted building, but he watched his grandpa use the Korean cigarettes in his hand to exchange the dry cigarettes they smoked with the Miao people.Shaking his head, Xia Xiangxi was left speechless.

Not only she saw it, but He Xuan also saw it.Xia Xiangxi felt that his grandfather did not accept He Xuan's love, which would make He Xuan feel very disappointed, so he inevitably said to He Xuan that his grandfather failed his kindness in embarrassment!
He Xuan smiled and didn't seem to care much.Instead, he took out something from his pocket and handed it to Xia Xiangxi for her to look at it carefully.

Xia Xiangxi saw that it turned out to be an old-fashioned pocket watch, which was already rusty.

Xia Xiangxi said: "Is this the cultural relic you found in Sanwanggou? It is a modern product! The ancient tomb excavated is not ancient either!"

He Xuan shook his head and said: "No, this was not found in Sanwanggou, but in another mountain depression. The most important thing is not the pocket watch, you open the pocket watch and look at the photo inside. I see I was terrified at first sight!"

(End of this chapter)