Chapter 5
There was a sound of cock crowing, and I vaguely felt that my door was pushed open.
"Yan Xi, it's time to get up."
Yesterday, I was too tired and went to bed late, so sleepy I murmured, "Mom, it's still dark, let me sleep for a while."
Suddenly, a biting chill hit, and the quilt on my body was lifted.
I remembered that I promised Liu Qingfeng yesterday that I would get up and go to his house at the first sound of the rooster crowing.
I reached out and scratched my forehead, waved away the irritability in my head, and got up resignedly.
Looking at my mother's red eyes like a rabbit, I knew that she must have been waiting for the rooster to crow all night, so Yu Xin couldn't bear to persuade her: "Mom, I will rush to Daoist Liu's house immediately, and you go to have a rest. Bar."
I remember Liu Qingfeng's explanation that he must not be late, and I didn't dare to delay, so I put on a casual dress and washed up before rushing to his house.
Before leaving, my mother gave me a flashlight. It was still dark on the way.
It was dark, and I could only rely on this weak light source to illuminate my way.
Wang Wu!
Wang woo...
Where did the dog bark, so miserable.
I stopped and pointed the flashlight in the direction of the sound.
In the grass on the side, there is a little black, looking at me with tears in my eyes and screaming miserably.
Looking at the little eyes, I can't stand the puppy like this. I took a closer look with the flashlight and found out.I don't know who put the mouse trap, but it actually clamped the little black dog's front feet, and the blood slowly flowed down the hair.
I reached out and stroked its little head to appease it, stuffed the flashlight into my mouth and bit it, then used both hands to break the mousetrap and pull out its feet.
Throwing away the removed mousetrap, he patted the little black dog on the head and said to it: "Okay, let's go. I have things to do, so I won't accompany you."
He got up and ran all the way to Liu Qingfeng's house, because if he didn't run, he would be late.
When I arrived at Liu Qingfeng's house, the genius lighted up slightly, but Liu Qingfeng was already sitting at the door waiting for me to come.
Today's Liu Qingfeng looks different from everyone and is much more serious, and the tattered Taoist robe on his body is also as clean as if it has been washed.
He seemed to notice me coming, he opened his eyelids and looked at me and said, "Get the dagger on the table, and take the bag of cinnabar powder beside it."
I listened to his instructions to fetch the two things, and returned to him to wait for his next instruction.
"Take these two things and go to the blacksmith shop in the village and ask him to find an old master to sharpen your knife. Do you know that if you are young, you have to be old?"
I nodded, "Understood, Daoist Liu." I turned around and left.
I just took a step, and Liu Qingfeng's voice sounded behind me.
"return."
Hearing what he said, I quickly walked back and asked, "Is there anything else, Daoist Liu."
"No matter who you meet on the road, you must never know if you want your dagger?"
When he spoke, his expression was extremely serious, which made me nervous, and I replied seriously: "I must remember."
In the village, there is only one blacksmith shop.Because it is so close to my home, I can find it with my eyes closed.
I thought in my heart to get this matter over quickly, and ran all the way to the blacksmith shop.
I ran too fast, and my mind was all on the bag of cinnabar in my hand. I don't know why Liu Daochang asked me to bring this bag of cinnabar.I was absent-minded, so I didn't see someone in front of me bumped into it.
The two collided and both fell to the ground. The dagger and cinnabar in my hand also flew out.
The dagger fell far away, and the cinnabar was right next to me. I picked up the cinnabar first.Then I went to get the dagger again. Unexpectedly, the other party was one step faster than me and picked up my dagger.
Liu Qingfeng's explanation echoed in my ears, and I rushed over to snatch the dagger back.
The man didn't seem to think that I would make such a move, and he was caught off guard, and the dagger was snatched from me and I returned it.
The person who collided with me was a middle-aged man, who looked a little familiar, and I couldn't remember seeing him there.
The man smiled at me with a kind face: "Little girl, you are not hurt."
After all, it’s my fault, and I’m not too harsh on others, so I bowed my head and apologized: “I’m sorry, Uncle, I bumped into you just now. I live right in front, and the house with the red roof is there. If you want compensation, you can come here Find me. I have something to go now, so I won't tell you more. "
After finishing speaking, I was about to run.
However, my hand was grabbed by that man.
I turned my head, looked at him puzzled and asked, "Uncle, what are you doing?"
The middle-aged man put his eyes on my hand and said to me: "Little girl, I think the dagger in your hand is not bad, can you show me?"
"No."
Looking at the man at first glance, I thought he was not a good person, but now looking at my dagger made me even more sure that he was dangerous.I shook the man's hand vigorously and took a few steps back.
The man reached into his pocket and took out a stack of red banknotes, and said to me, "Little girl, how about selling me your dagger?"
That is a stack of banknotes. My monthly living expenses are only [-]. That stack of banknotes seems to be at least twice my living expenses.
Money and life, of course life is important, I shook my head and refused.
"No."
Suddenly, the smile on the man's face froze instantly, gloomy and terrifying.
The voice that came out of his mouth was as cold as it was, and made people shiver: "I can't help you, give me something."
His fierce look reminds me of who he is in an instant.
He is not human at all, he is a ghost, a ghost who has been dead for three years.
Three years ago, there was a car accident on this road. The eldest son of the blacksmith family was hit by a truck and killed.Because he was fiercer than me when I was young, so I remember his fierce appearance.
I shrank my body in fright, kept moving back, my lips kept trembling: "Don't come here."
The man raised two big eyebrows with a sullen face, and his eyes were shining fiercely towards me.
I subconsciously dodged quickly, but he became furious when he saw that he couldn't do it, and turned around and became even more angry, as if he was going to eat me. I was so scared that I shrunk and kept running back.
"what……"
I screamed because he grabbed my hair and he dragged me back.
Because of the pain from the distance pulling my head, I fell to the ground and was dragged by him.I reached out to my pocket to find the bone whistle, but when I found it was empty, I realized that I had changed clothes when I went out, and I had forgotten the bone whistle at home.
My heart is cold, what should I do now, I can only hold the dagger and Liu Daochang's bag of cinnabar in my hand.
This dagger must never be given away. What this evil spirit wants is a dagger, so take it out as he pleases.
In my mind, I remembered that my grandfather had been taking cinnabar when he was alive, saying that eating some would ward off evil spirits.
The situation is critical now, seeing that the evil spirit is about to drag me towards the wall beside me, I can't control that much anymore.I reached out and opened the bag of cinnabar, and threw it at the evil spirit.
swoosh...
The red cinnabar powder was sprinkled on the evil spirit's body, and white bubbles appeared continuously, as if it was about to catch fire.The evil spirit looked very painful, constantly struggling and rolling.
My body was shaking non-stop, forcing myself to use up the last bit of strength to kick that evil spirit.Then turned over and got up, and ran away without looking back.
I ran wildly all the way to the door of the blacksmith shop. After entering the door, I supported the wall and collapsed, my heart beating fast.
"Girl, what's the matter?"
Hearing the sound from my hand, I jumped up in fright. It turned out that the person who came was the mistress of the blacksmith's house, and I was relieved when people in the village called her Aunt Cao.
I stretched out my hand and patted my chest, so that I could calmly say to her: "Auntie, I have a knife that is rusty, do you want to sharpen it?" I dare not tell the truth, anyway, no one will believe it .
Aunt Cao gave me a weird look, and I fixed my eyes firmly on her, and she nodded to me and replied: "You wait, I will ask my man to come out and grind it for you."
Aunt Cao turned around and went inside, while I waited outside, looking at the blacksmith shop.
Neighbors are far and near, and this is the first time I have looked at this blacksmith shop so carefully in more than ten years.
Facing a god and Buddha enshrined above the main entrance caught my attention, blacksmiths pay attention to strength, knives and the like are considered murder weapons, so blacksmiths usually worship Erye Guan.But this blacksmith shop is good, and it worships a god I have never seen before.
No, I have seen this god and Buddha.
When I recognized this deity and Buddha as the one I enshrined in that ruined temple last night, I suddenly felt a chill rising from the bottom of my feet. What's going on?
What kind of Buddha is this enshrining, why did the blacksmith enshrine him, and why Liu Qingfeng asked me to come here with a dagger.
When I was fascinated by watching, a strong man's voice came from behind.
"Boy, where do you want to sharpen the knife?"
I turned my head quickly, it was Cao Yin, the second son of the blacksmith family.This man is ten years younger than my father, so I have to be called Uncle Cao according to my seniority.
Liu Qingfeng asked me to come to find an old blacksmith. This person is at most a middle-aged man. I shook my head and said to him, "Uncle, is there any older blacksmith?"
Cao Yin looked at me and shook his head, "No, I am the master blacksmith here, and there are two apprentices. Don't worry, just sharpen a knife, and uncle will polish it for you."
When looking for someone to do something in this kind of shop that relies on craftsmanship, the first time you ask for a master, you make it clear that you don't trust this new master.Although I didn't mean it that way, anyone would think so at a glance, so Cao Yin's attitude towards me is considered very good.
But I can't help it, Liu Qingfeng pointed out that he needs a teacher.I had just been scared by a ghost, and now I was anxious, and I cried out when I felt wronged.
"Wow..."
Cao Yin was stunned all of a sudden, he didn't expect me to cry at all.He was in a hurry as if he wanted to comfort me, but he didn't know where to start.
I didn't care about anything else, just kept crying.
"Son, don't cry. Uncle, please go and invite my dad here. Although he has retired, he used to be a blacksmith."
I sniffled, and replied with teary eyes: "Okay."
(End of this chapter)
There was a sound of cock crowing, and I vaguely felt that my door was pushed open.
"Yan Xi, it's time to get up."
Yesterday, I was too tired and went to bed late, so sleepy I murmured, "Mom, it's still dark, let me sleep for a while."
Suddenly, a biting chill hit, and the quilt on my body was lifted.
I remembered that I promised Liu Qingfeng yesterday that I would get up and go to his house at the first sound of the rooster crowing.
I reached out and scratched my forehead, waved away the irritability in my head, and got up resignedly.
Looking at my mother's red eyes like a rabbit, I knew that she must have been waiting for the rooster to crow all night, so Yu Xin couldn't bear to persuade her: "Mom, I will rush to Daoist Liu's house immediately, and you go to have a rest. Bar."
I remember Liu Qingfeng's explanation that he must not be late, and I didn't dare to delay, so I put on a casual dress and washed up before rushing to his house.
Before leaving, my mother gave me a flashlight. It was still dark on the way.
It was dark, and I could only rely on this weak light source to illuminate my way.
Wang Wu!
Wang woo...
Where did the dog bark, so miserable.
I stopped and pointed the flashlight in the direction of the sound.
In the grass on the side, there is a little black, looking at me with tears in my eyes and screaming miserably.
Looking at the little eyes, I can't stand the puppy like this. I took a closer look with the flashlight and found out.I don't know who put the mouse trap, but it actually clamped the little black dog's front feet, and the blood slowly flowed down the hair.
I reached out and stroked its little head to appease it, stuffed the flashlight into my mouth and bit it, then used both hands to break the mousetrap and pull out its feet.
Throwing away the removed mousetrap, he patted the little black dog on the head and said to it: "Okay, let's go. I have things to do, so I won't accompany you."
He got up and ran all the way to Liu Qingfeng's house, because if he didn't run, he would be late.
When I arrived at Liu Qingfeng's house, the genius lighted up slightly, but Liu Qingfeng was already sitting at the door waiting for me to come.
Today's Liu Qingfeng looks different from everyone and is much more serious, and the tattered Taoist robe on his body is also as clean as if it has been washed.
He seemed to notice me coming, he opened his eyelids and looked at me and said, "Get the dagger on the table, and take the bag of cinnabar powder beside it."
I listened to his instructions to fetch the two things, and returned to him to wait for his next instruction.
"Take these two things and go to the blacksmith shop in the village and ask him to find an old master to sharpen your knife. Do you know that if you are young, you have to be old?"
I nodded, "Understood, Daoist Liu." I turned around and left.
I just took a step, and Liu Qingfeng's voice sounded behind me.
"return."
Hearing what he said, I quickly walked back and asked, "Is there anything else, Daoist Liu."
"No matter who you meet on the road, you must never know if you want your dagger?"
When he spoke, his expression was extremely serious, which made me nervous, and I replied seriously: "I must remember."
In the village, there is only one blacksmith shop.Because it is so close to my home, I can find it with my eyes closed.
I thought in my heart to get this matter over quickly, and ran all the way to the blacksmith shop.
I ran too fast, and my mind was all on the bag of cinnabar in my hand. I don't know why Liu Daochang asked me to bring this bag of cinnabar.I was absent-minded, so I didn't see someone in front of me bumped into it.
The two collided and both fell to the ground. The dagger and cinnabar in my hand also flew out.
The dagger fell far away, and the cinnabar was right next to me. I picked up the cinnabar first.Then I went to get the dagger again. Unexpectedly, the other party was one step faster than me and picked up my dagger.
Liu Qingfeng's explanation echoed in my ears, and I rushed over to snatch the dagger back.
The man didn't seem to think that I would make such a move, and he was caught off guard, and the dagger was snatched from me and I returned it.
The person who collided with me was a middle-aged man, who looked a little familiar, and I couldn't remember seeing him there.
The man smiled at me with a kind face: "Little girl, you are not hurt."
After all, it’s my fault, and I’m not too harsh on others, so I bowed my head and apologized: “I’m sorry, Uncle, I bumped into you just now. I live right in front, and the house with the red roof is there. If you want compensation, you can come here Find me. I have something to go now, so I won't tell you more. "
After finishing speaking, I was about to run.
However, my hand was grabbed by that man.
I turned my head, looked at him puzzled and asked, "Uncle, what are you doing?"
The middle-aged man put his eyes on my hand and said to me: "Little girl, I think the dagger in your hand is not bad, can you show me?"
"No."
Looking at the man at first glance, I thought he was not a good person, but now looking at my dagger made me even more sure that he was dangerous.I shook the man's hand vigorously and took a few steps back.
The man reached into his pocket and took out a stack of red banknotes, and said to me, "Little girl, how about selling me your dagger?"
That is a stack of banknotes. My monthly living expenses are only [-]. That stack of banknotes seems to be at least twice my living expenses.
Money and life, of course life is important, I shook my head and refused.
"No."
Suddenly, the smile on the man's face froze instantly, gloomy and terrifying.
The voice that came out of his mouth was as cold as it was, and made people shiver: "I can't help you, give me something."
His fierce look reminds me of who he is in an instant.
He is not human at all, he is a ghost, a ghost who has been dead for three years.
Three years ago, there was a car accident on this road. The eldest son of the blacksmith family was hit by a truck and killed.Because he was fiercer than me when I was young, so I remember his fierce appearance.
I shrank my body in fright, kept moving back, my lips kept trembling: "Don't come here."
The man raised two big eyebrows with a sullen face, and his eyes were shining fiercely towards me.
I subconsciously dodged quickly, but he became furious when he saw that he couldn't do it, and turned around and became even more angry, as if he was going to eat me. I was so scared that I shrunk and kept running back.
"what……"
I screamed because he grabbed my hair and he dragged me back.
Because of the pain from the distance pulling my head, I fell to the ground and was dragged by him.I reached out to my pocket to find the bone whistle, but when I found it was empty, I realized that I had changed clothes when I went out, and I had forgotten the bone whistle at home.
My heart is cold, what should I do now, I can only hold the dagger and Liu Daochang's bag of cinnabar in my hand.
This dagger must never be given away. What this evil spirit wants is a dagger, so take it out as he pleases.
In my mind, I remembered that my grandfather had been taking cinnabar when he was alive, saying that eating some would ward off evil spirits.
The situation is critical now, seeing that the evil spirit is about to drag me towards the wall beside me, I can't control that much anymore.I reached out and opened the bag of cinnabar, and threw it at the evil spirit.
swoosh...
The red cinnabar powder was sprinkled on the evil spirit's body, and white bubbles appeared continuously, as if it was about to catch fire.The evil spirit looked very painful, constantly struggling and rolling.
My body was shaking non-stop, forcing myself to use up the last bit of strength to kick that evil spirit.Then turned over and got up, and ran away without looking back.
I ran wildly all the way to the door of the blacksmith shop. After entering the door, I supported the wall and collapsed, my heart beating fast.
"Girl, what's the matter?"
Hearing the sound from my hand, I jumped up in fright. It turned out that the person who came was the mistress of the blacksmith's house, and I was relieved when people in the village called her Aunt Cao.
I stretched out my hand and patted my chest, so that I could calmly say to her: "Auntie, I have a knife that is rusty, do you want to sharpen it?" I dare not tell the truth, anyway, no one will believe it .
Aunt Cao gave me a weird look, and I fixed my eyes firmly on her, and she nodded to me and replied: "You wait, I will ask my man to come out and grind it for you."
Aunt Cao turned around and went inside, while I waited outside, looking at the blacksmith shop.
Neighbors are far and near, and this is the first time I have looked at this blacksmith shop so carefully in more than ten years.
Facing a god and Buddha enshrined above the main entrance caught my attention, blacksmiths pay attention to strength, knives and the like are considered murder weapons, so blacksmiths usually worship Erye Guan.But this blacksmith shop is good, and it worships a god I have never seen before.
No, I have seen this god and Buddha.
When I recognized this deity and Buddha as the one I enshrined in that ruined temple last night, I suddenly felt a chill rising from the bottom of my feet. What's going on?
What kind of Buddha is this enshrining, why did the blacksmith enshrine him, and why Liu Qingfeng asked me to come here with a dagger.
When I was fascinated by watching, a strong man's voice came from behind.
"Boy, where do you want to sharpen the knife?"
I turned my head quickly, it was Cao Yin, the second son of the blacksmith family.This man is ten years younger than my father, so I have to be called Uncle Cao according to my seniority.
Liu Qingfeng asked me to come to find an old blacksmith. This person is at most a middle-aged man. I shook my head and said to him, "Uncle, is there any older blacksmith?"
Cao Yin looked at me and shook his head, "No, I am the master blacksmith here, and there are two apprentices. Don't worry, just sharpen a knife, and uncle will polish it for you."
When looking for someone to do something in this kind of shop that relies on craftsmanship, the first time you ask for a master, you make it clear that you don't trust this new master.Although I didn't mean it that way, anyone would think so at a glance, so Cao Yin's attitude towards me is considered very good.
But I can't help it, Liu Qingfeng pointed out that he needs a teacher.I had just been scared by a ghost, and now I was anxious, and I cried out when I felt wronged.
"Wow..."
Cao Yin was stunned all of a sudden, he didn't expect me to cry at all.He was in a hurry as if he wanted to comfort me, but he didn't know where to start.
I didn't care about anything else, just kept crying.
"Son, don't cry. Uncle, please go and invite my dad here. Although he has retired, he used to be a blacksmith."
I sniffled, and replied with teary eyes: "Okay."
(End of this chapter)
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