Taboo Master

Chapter 359 The Midwife

Grandma Xinya's home is actually in the mountains of Baoding, Hebei. When we reached the village, it was getting late, and as Xinya said, we had been tossing and tossing for almost a whole day.

This is a skinny old lady with a hooked nose, drooping eyes, and a gloomy face, as if she has not seen the sun all day, giving people an uncomfortable feeling.But seeing Xin Ya, she was very happy, greeted us warmly, and said in a rambling manner that she lived alone all these years, and Xin Ya's uncle went to the city by himself, and never came back once a year, which is rare for Xin Ya. Ya came back to see her.

While talking, my grandma kept looking at me with a smile on my face, which made me feel hairy, thinking to myself, why doesn't she stare at Xiaobai?

People say that old age makes you smarter, and it's true.

There are still a few days before the Chinese New Year. Grandma didn’t prepare anything at first, but our sudden arrival caught her by surprise. She prepared the room for us inside and out, and made arrangements for the New Year’s goods, but she is no use. Well, we have already bought a lot of things on the way here, enough to have a prosperous and lively year.

Grandma's house is actually an old thatched cottage with two rooms and a kitchen in the middle. It has been in disrepair for a long time, and half of it has collapsed. It is supported by thick wood. When entering the house, there is a musty smell. It was an indescribable smell, and the light in the room was very dark, and the air didn't seem to circulate much. It was a bit awkward to stay here.

But the utensils are fairly clean. In fact, we had already prepared ourselves before we came here. What can an old lady in the country, who is in her 70s, live by herself?

We started cleaning right away and opened the windows to let the musty smell out. It took us more than an hour to clean up the house.

Afterwards, we stayed at my grandma's house. The place is remote and the folk customs are simple. When we heard that Xinya was back, we all came to see her. This made us feel very cordial.

Three days have passed like this, and it seems that there is one more day before the end of the year. On this day, Xiaobai ran to the latrine with a stomachache and came back after a long time. I complained that he had fallen into the latrine. He told me mysteriously, Just saw something funny.

I asked him what he saw, and he said that he was squatting in the latrine just now, and saw a man in black from a gap in the plank, with a blue face and long fangs, going far ahead, he was curious, and quietly followed that man Walking forward behind him, he walked two streets straight, and the man reached the door of a house, and disappeared in a blink of an eye.

I couldn't believe it when I heard it. This person in broad daylight with blue face and fangs is clearly either a ghost or a monster. I laughed and scolded: "Did you eat too much and have diarrhea and squat for a long time? I'm sorry to be honest, this big Chinese New Year, don't talk nonsense."

Xiaobai hurriedly said: "Really, I can fool no one, but I can't fool you. I really saw it, and it was moving so fast, I managed to catch up with it. Hey brother, tell me, what could that be? "

I believed what he said, and I thought about it suspiciously. The blue-faced and long-toothed man walked fast, and disappeared at the door of a house...

I'll go, it won't be the impermanent ghost who entangles the soul and locks the life, right?
Who would be so unlucky this New Year's Eve?

The two of us were wondering, when suddenly there was a commotion from afar. I don’t know what happened. Xiaobai’s eyes lit up, and he pointed in that direction and shouted: “Yes, that’s where I went just now.”

It seems that something really happened. I got up and wanted to run there when I got up. Suddenly, Xin Ya's voice came from behind: "He's having a baby, what are you going to do?"

This sentence made Xiaobai and I stop in our tracks. We looked at each other, then at Xinya, with embarrassment on our faces.I thought it was haunted, but I didn't expect it to be a baby. What are we two young men doing to join in the fun?
But Xiaobai wondered, "Sister Xinya, how do you know it's a childbirth? I haven't heard any voices of a childbirth."

I slapped him and cursed: "You're talking nonsense again, have you ever heard the sound of a child being born?"

Xiao Bai shrank his head and said with a smile: "I've heard it on TV, wolves crying and ghosts screaming."

Xin Ya's expression was a little awkward, but she just shook her head and said, "Leave the two of you alone, and go into the house to help grandma with work."

Although I was puzzled, I still listened to what she said. I am not surprised that she knew that it was a matter of giving birth. To be honest, even if Xinya knew that I would step on dog shit the next moment, I wouldn't mind. strangeness.

However, not long after we walked into the house, an aunt in her 40s ran in in a panic, and shouted when she entered the door: "Grandma Lin, my daughter-in-law is about to give birth, please take a look at her quickly." what."

It's really giving birth. Xin Ya's grandma, also known as Granny Lin in the woman's mouth, was slowly making dumplings. She looked up at the woman and said, "Isn't there still more than ten days left? Why are you so fast?" ?”

The woman said anxiously: "Who knows, it happened suddenly, there was no sign at all, and the whole family was in a daze, no, let me hurry up and invite you over..."

Granny Lin glanced at her again, but continued to lower her head to make dumplings, and said, "Now that we're all developed, hurry up and find a car to take to the hospital. I'm old and useless."

The woman stomped her feet and said, "Oh, grandma, please save your life. To tell you the truth, it's too late. The baby's head came out, but, but she went back again, and went back and forth several times. My daughter-in-law was almost No way."

Grandma Lin still didn't raise her head, we were all a little anxious, Xin Ya peeked at Grandma Lin from the side, and called softly: "Grandma, how about..."

At this time, Granny Lin put down her work, sighed, and finally looked up at the woman, and said, "Did you do everything I told your family last time?"

The woman looked a little embarrassed, and said, "Well, I told my wife, but they are young, and they may have forgotten, so I didn't pay attention..."

Granny Lin moved her mouth, but said nothing, she shook her head slowly, sighed again, walked slowly to the wall, took off a red cloth bag, put it in her bosom, waved her hand and said : "Since you don't dislike my old woman, I'll go and have a look, but you have to listen to me this time."

The woman nodded hurriedly: "That is, that is, we juniors are ignorant, grandma, please don't take it to heart."

As we were talking, Granny Lin and the woman went out. Xin Ya and we all looked at each other, and she called out: "I'll go and see too." After she finished speaking, she followed behind.

Xiaobai rubbed his nose, and imitated Xinya's tone and called out: "I'll go and have a look too."

As he said that, he also ran after me. I scratched my head and saw that the woman was already in a panic and ignored Xiaobai. After thinking about it, there are taboos about having children. Since the situation is urgent, I will go and see her too. Take a good look, at worst, don't enter the door...

We ran outside. The village is not big. Although it was two streets away, we actually walked there in three or two minutes. When we arrived at the house, we heard a woman's shouting from the house. It was quite painful, Xiaobai was happy, and said to me quietly: "Brother, what's the matter, I just say howling like wolves and ghosts?"

I glared at him, telling him not to talk nonsense, and saw Grandma Lin walking to the house, but didn't go in directly, but stood at the door and looked at it, and suddenly pointed to the threshold and said, "Come on, someone, put this The threshold was cut."

The family members were stunned when they heard this, and I also didn't understand. There are no children here, so why cut the threshold?
After Granny Lin said a word and no one moved, her face sank, and the family hurried to find an axe, and started chopping the threshold with a bang.

Xiaobai and I naturally stood outside, no one went in, only Xinya and Granny Lin walked in together, saw Granny Lin looked up and looked around, stretched out her hand to pinch, and suddenly pointed in a direction Said: "Last time I told you not to mess with the scissors, but you didn't listen. Did you hammer the nails again this time?"

The woman said with a bitter face: "Last month, a wall cabinet was built, and some nails were driven in."

Granny Lin snorted: "Pull out the nail quickly, you have offended the evil spirit of the fetus, do you know that?"

As soon as she said that, someone rushed to dismantle the cabinet. At this time, in order to give birth to the baby smoothly, not to mention dismantling the cabinet, it is probably nothing to dismantle the house.

Next, Granny Lin suddenly picked up a broom from the corner, and walked into the inner room with Xin Ya. I couldn't see anything immediately, and after a while, I heard Granny Lin's voice coming from inside.

"Please retreat from the fetal god, and protect the mother and child."

She spoke three times in a row, then stopped, and then there was another mess of voices inside, and after a while, suddenly there was the cry of a baby.

I breathed a sigh of relief inexplicably, and seemed to be happy too. This Granny Lin really has the ability to solve the problem.

Unexpectedly, at this moment, the woman's voice exclaimed again.

"My God, this child...why did he have a mouth full of teeth..."

(End of this chapter)