Taboo Master

Chapter 1 Taboo
My name is Han Qingtian, and I was born in a remote mountain village, which is remote and only a few hours away from the nearest county seat, but with beautiful mountains and clear waters, it is like a paradise.

Since childhood, I grew up with my grandfather. My grandfather said that on the day I was born, my father left us in an accident.And my hazy memories of my mother only stayed before I was five years old.

In my memory, my grandpa’s health is not very good, he always has a low cough, but he is a doctor in the village, he knows a lot of local medicine prescriptions, and the effect is very magical, and there are often some strange diseases that cannot be treated by hospitals in neighboring villages , When I came to grandpa, almost all the diseases were cured by medicine, so grandpa was very respected in the local area.

Grandpa has a good temper, always smiles at people, and is very kind and kind.Moreover, grandpa is very good at telling stories. His head is like a big bag of stories. As long as he is in a good mood, he will tell us a group of children a lot of stories outside the mountains, many magical stories, until now, still Deep in my mind.

However, my grandfather has a very strange temper. He always forbids me to do this and that. For example, you can’t look in the mirror at night, you have to cough loudly when you go to the bathroom in the middle of the night, you are not allowed to sit on the threshold on Lixia’s day, and even the sun at noon is the worst. When it was intense, my friends and I were not allowed to go outdoors to play.

Whenever I asked the reason inexplicably, grandpa would always knock on the table with his dry pipe and say: "This is a taboo, if you break the taboo, you will be punished."

Although, at that time, I didn't understand where these so-called taboos came from, and I didn't understand why my grandfather always had countless taboos for me to obey, but I still kept my grandfather's words in mind and never violated them once.

My childhood life was always carefree. Grandpa’s strict supervision of me did not affect my happiness. On the contrary, I kept all these taboos in my heart, and often went out and quietly told my friends as stories Listen, then, among the children, I was like an omniscient god.

This kind of life continued until I was ten years old, when it quietly changed.

One day, two people came to the house. One was in his 40s, tall, as thin as a bamboo pole, with a long face and squinting eyes.The other one was a boy not a few years older than me, but he looked sickly. There was a palm-sized bruise on the left side of his cheek where his forehead was connected. His lips were purple, his face was pale, and his eyes were bloodshot. , looks a little scary.

Usually, when patients came to the house, my grandfather never shy away from me being there, but this time, his face was very ugly. He drove me out of the door and asked me to play alone, and then closed the door tightly.

However, I, who was born restless, was very curious about these two people. After walking around outside, I quietly ran back to the house to check the movement, so I heard some of their conversations.

"Brother Han, I almost ran all over the mountain, and finally found you. I just ask you to show mercy and save my son. I will agree to any conditions."

The voice belonged to that middle-aged man, it sounded gloomy and hoarse, which made people feel inexplicably disgusted.

Grandpa didn't speak, I could hear his low coughing sound from outside, after a long while, grandpa said: "Forget it, I'll still say what I said just now, but I also know that if you want you to give up everything now, you will definitely not Agree, so, you better go, pay your own debt, I can't help you."

The middle-aged man said eagerly, "Since you saved so many people, why didn't you help me? Are you just watching my son die?"

Grandpa slowly said: "Every profession has its own taboos. I have banned it for more than 20 years, but my son is still dead. Who can I ask for help?"

The man seemed to have slapped the table, and said with a bang, "Okay, okay, I understand the taboos of your Han family. This time I came here with a ten thousandth hope. If so, I'll go!"

The sound of footsteps came, and the man strode out, but said sinisterly: "Don't forget, you still have a grandson, if you are capable, you can break the taboo!"

Grandpa's tone was still calm, as if he was knocking on the cigarette bag on the table, and said slowly: "You are the same, if you don't listen to my advice, no one can save you when the taboo comes."

The man turned around and left. When I ran to the front of the house, I tried to find the figures of those two people, but they were already gone.

I really didn't understand their nonsensical conversation. I ran back to the house, but saw my grandfather looked up at me with a rare sad expression on his face, and didn't make a sound.

I looked at the table, and there was a clear palm print on it, which made me very horrified.

Although this incident was strange, it was quickly forgotten by me when I was young. However, after that day, for some reason, it seems that fewer and fewer people came to see grandpa at home for medical treatment.

And grandpa's face, which always had a kind smile, would always frown and feel bored by himself, smoking his cigarettes one bag after another. Since then, grandpa has gradually stopped going to the mountains to collect herbs. .

However, my grandfather gave me a finger-sized paper purse with strange patterns drawn on it. I didn't want to wear it at first, but my grandfather told me seriously that this is a life-saving thing and I must wear it. If something is life-threatening In danger, he squeezed his purse hard.

Frightened by my grandfather, I obediently put the purse around my neck. Although I was very curious, I thought in my heart that it would be best never to have a chance to break this thing.

Time moves forward slowly, this year, I am 15 years old, have already read the third year of junior high school, and will soon enter high school.Locally speaking, he is already half a young man, and many friends as old as me have become half of the labor force in the family.

But my grandfather insisted on letting me study and never let me help him with the field work. He said that only by studying can I be successful and have the opportunity to get out of this big valley, go to the outside world, and start a new life of my own.

At that time, I was very yearning and yearning for my grandfather’s words, and I often had naive fantasies. When I grow up, I am admitted to university, and earn money, I will bring my grandfather to the city and live a happy life together. .

It's a pity that at that time, I only stayed in the fantasy stage of the city, thinking that it was a paradise-like world.

However, this day full of fantasy was suddenly broken by a terrible accident one day. From then on, I realized that this world is actually not better than imagined.

Even, it was bad.

As I said before, there are fewer and fewer people coming to grandpa for medical treatment at this time. There are even rumors in and outside the village that grandpa is actually not very capable. Mr. Ma is amazing.

I have also heard about this Mr. Ma. It is said that he came to us a few years ago to take root and settled down. It is claimed that those who are sick eat it to cure their diseases, those who are not sick eat it to strengthen their bodies, children who fail to go to school eat it to be the top student in high school, and women who cannot give birth to children eat it to ensure that one child after another, Can't stop it.
People in the nearby villages believe in his prescription like a god. By chance, I also saw that medicine. It was just a very ordinary off-white powder. It's very expensive to sell, but people still want to buy it, which makes me very puzzled.

But what makes me even more puzzled is that after people take it, it does have effects. Even an old man in the village who is paralyzed after taking a few medicines can slowly take care of himself.

For this matter, I used to ask my grandfather quietly, but whenever this happened, my grandfather would frown and tell me in a rare and serious way: "Don't ask about things you shouldn't inquire about, don't worry about things you shouldn't meddle with, read with peace of mind, and don't worry about it." Run around, and when you go to the county to go to high school, don't talk about it to people."

If I wanted to ask any more questions, Grandpa coughed badly, shook his head, and refused to say anything.

I wondered in my heart, but I didn't take it seriously. After all, I was about to go to high school. For me at this time, the outside world was far more attractive than this small mountain village.

During the summer vacation of this year, two of my friends and I made an appointment to go up the mountain to play. We set off on the dew in the morning, climbed several mountains one after another, picked a lot of wild fruits, and prepared to rush home around noon.

When we went back, we chose another relatively remote shortcut, which would be a little closer than the main road. Among the three of us, only Wang Pang walked this road, so he led the way, and another Dai and I walked along the road. Ryoko, a classmate with glasses, walked behind him.

This mountain road is really not easy to walk, there are many strange trees everywhere, jagged rocks, and wormwood as high as half a person. We walked around for a while, and Fatty Wang became confused because this guy lost his way.

If he lost his way, it meant that we lost our way collectively. Not only did I complain, I knew it would be better to take the main road, and it would be okay to take a few more steps. Maybe I will encounter a poisonous snake again, and it would be a big disservice to be bitten. wonderful.

It will be even worse if you encounter some inexplicable things.
Speaking of this, I suddenly remembered the taboo my grandfather once said, that is, don't go to the wild at noon.I couldn't help but looked up, the scorching sun was on my head at this time, it happened to be noon
My heart moved, but a disgusting rancid smell came from my nose. Fatty Wang, who was walking in front, suddenly stopped, pointed to the front and said in a strange voice: "You guys. Come and see. There."

(End of this chapter)