Taboo Master

Fetal God
Some babies are born with teeth. These teeth are called "ghost teeth" or "horse teeth" in the folks, but they are usually just some deciduous teeth, three or two. Today, this child has a mouth full of teeth. I was taken aback, how terrifying is this scene?

There was another commotion inside and outside the house, but Xiaobai and I couldn't get in, but soon Granny Lin carried a child wrapped in layers and went to the outer room, everyone around me was far away, even the woman He also changed his face in fright, and dared not move forward.

As soon as I saw the opportunity came, I ran over quickly, took a look, and immediately gasped, and saw the child's face was livid, his eyes were fierce, he was no longer crying, and he was staring at us with bared teeth , That mouth is really full of fangs.

To be precise, it should be the blue-faced fangs.

Xiaobai also came up to him, and exclaimed suddenly: "He looks like the man I saw just now..."

"Who, who is it?" Granny Lin raised her head and asked, Xiaobai gestured and said, "Just now, when I was squatting in the latrine with a stomachache, I saw a man walking towards this house, with a green face and long fangs..."

Seeing that the family members were listening to it, I was almost dumbfounded, so I quickly covered Xiaobai's mouth, and whispered to Grandma Lin: "Grandma, this may be the reincarnation of an evil spirit. Do you want to ask, their family has had it before?" What kind of debt?"

She glanced at me, turned around and asked the family: "Did your daughter-in-law do anything harmful to the fetus when she was pregnant?"

"Unfavorable? Then, how could it be? The three generations of our family are single heirs, and they are all enshrined as ancestors..." A young man next to him came over and said with a sad face, it seems that he should be the father of this child.

Grandma Lin thought for a while, and then asked: "For example, if a pregnant woman wants to eat, can she eat it?"

"This..." The young man's face was a little embarrassed, "You always know, how can we have so much food in this poor mountainous valley, and besides, the conditions at home are not good, just, just..."

Grandma Lin nodded and said: "This is your fault. No matter how bad the family conditions are, you can't treat pregnant women badly. You must know that sometimes what pregnant women want to eat is not what they want to eat, but what is in their belly. the unborn child will eat."

"Fetus, how does the fetus eat?" the woman asked suspiciously.

"Hehe, to be precise, it should be eaten by Yin spirits who are about to reincarnate." Granny Lin pointed to the child and said, "Anything a pregnant woman wants to eat, even if it is not given enough, must be eaten, even if It is replaced by something else, come and see the child's eyes."

A few of us went up to take a look, and saw that the child's eyes were red. Grandma Lin said: "This is because the fetus can't eat what it wants to eat. The anxious eyes are red, and the resentment is deep. Take it quickly." Two eggs, bring me a bowl of water."

The young man hurried to the kitchen after hearing this, and after a while, he took the egg and flushed the water, and saw Grandma Lin holding the bowl of egg water, turned around, told us not to look, and muttered something for a long time Like a spell, it took a while before she turned around with the child in her arms and said, "Okay."

When we looked at it again, the bowl of egg water was empty. Looking at the child again, the teeth in his mouth miraculously disappeared, and his eyes returned to normal.

It's just that the child's complexion is still not good-looking, blue and black. Grandma Lin said: "Don't be disgusted with it, take care of it. I have already said, don't play with scissors, nails, or make any big noises in the pregnant woman's room. If you don't listen, you not only violated the evil spirit of the fetus, but also offended the reincarnated ghosts, now you listen to my arrangement."

The family hurriedly nodded in agreement, and Grandma Lin asked them to find red paper. She wrote the words "Here is the fetal god" by herself, and then pasted it on the wall of the house, and told the family to offer incense every morning and evening. , Pay attention to avoiding things when doing things, don't collide, after seven or seven days, you can remove them, and then the house will be safe and the children will be fine.

So the family did what Grandma Lin said, and when they left, they were very grateful to Grandma Lin, and brought some meat and eggs, but Grandma Lin didn't ask for it. She said: "You young people think that these Things are feudal superstitions, if you don’t pay attention to everything, there will be many taboos in your life in the future.”

In this way, this incident passed without any risk. For a long time after that, I had a shadow in my heart. When I saw the child I was holding, I would subconsciously think of the child in my mouth. Will it also be full of fangs.

In a few days, it will be the Chinese New Year. There is no big scene in the small mountain village. Just a few crackling firecrackers have already made the children in the village laugh. The people in the mountains are simple and know that we are from the city. Those who came here all came to deliver some delicious food, and some older girls and daughters-in-law came to peep. As for Xinya, she was the focus of the eyes of the whole village's unmarried young men. Ya stays away, but here, she exists like a goddess.

Although there are no gorgeous fireworks, no colorful neon, no computer, no WIFI, the TV is also very old black and white TV, and even the mobile phone often has no signal. Cooking needs to burn firewood, and drinking needs to dig a well. It costs one yuan. Jelly beans can make a group of children happy for a long time, and every child is dirty, and adults don't take it seriously at all, but the simplicity and happiness from the bottom of the heart cannot be found in any city Yes, I think, or this is the beauty that those of us who live in the urban steel jungle built by technology have lost forever.

The bland and fulfilling New Year's Eve passed quickly. We live here, like a secluded practice. Those troubles outside are almost thrown into the sky. Xinya is no longer depressed. Another person, Xiaobai is even more beautiful, he has almost become the king of children in the village, playing with those children all day long, running around the village like crazy, I laughed at him, he really does not have the demeanor of a celestial master.But he pointed at Xinya and said, Sister Xinya doesn't look like a crow girl now.

His words were like throwing a stone in a calm pool. Although the noise was not loud, it left ripples in our hearts that were difficult to smooth out. Xinya fell silent, she quietly looked into the distance, Looking out of the mountain, he suddenly sighed and said, "Those who should come will come sooner or later. Those who should go will eventually go."

Yes, happiness is always short-lived, just like a beautiful dream. Although we don’t want to wake up from the dream every morning, we still have to open our eyes and face reality after all.

We lived at my grandma's house for more than half a month. This day is the Lantern Festival on the 15th day of the first lunar month. After today, we will return to the city.

That night, grandma made us a lot of delicious food, but we couldn’t eat them all. Even Xiaobai hung his head, not thinking about it. He returned all the jelly bean cards that he won those kids these days. He said that he would come again when he had the opportunity, and he would bring them a lot of delicious and fun things.

The farewell dinner ended in silence. Xinya's eyes were a little red. She told me privately that grandma was over 70 years old, and she might never see her again after leaving this time.

When we were packing our luggage at night, grandma suddenly said something nonsensical to Xin Ya, she said, "Grandma is sorry for you."

Xiaobai and I glanced at each other quietly, without saying a word, Xinya forced a smile and said: "Grandma, I am the one who is sorry for you. It has been so many years, and I haven't come back to see you a few times. I will definitely come back to accompany you more often in the future." you."

Grandma shook her head and said, "Leave this time, don't come back again, listen to grandma, if you come back again, you will cause trouble."

We were all taken aback, what the old man said was a bit incomprehensible, causing trouble, what trouble?

Grandma didn't say anything more, she just sat on the old rocking chair, nodded her head slowly, and said unsteadily: "Don't rush to leave tomorrow, go to the mountain with grandma once, worship God, and then Go away, and from now on, you won’t have to come back.”

"Go into the mountains and worship the gods? Grandma, are there any gods in our mountains?" Xinya asked curiously.

"Well, there is a god, there is a god." Grandma narrowed her eyes and said as if she was dreaming.

(End of this chapter)