I’m a Witch In Dongying

After a while, Kanako and Keiko Kandaji also took the tram early to Mount Tianmu and began to help.

As for Bai Shuiqiu herself, he was next to Chiyo and Bai Shui Kazuto, and chatted with these elders for a while.

To be precise, "listen" for a while.

This time, Chiyo was mainly talking about the situation of the shrine in recent years.

And Shirasui Kazuto probably asked something about Shirasuiqiu, from the school's courses and club activities, to the usual living conditions in the shrine.

In this way, it is inevitable to involve Bai Shuiqiu when she was a witch. Faced with these topics, Chiyo's expression was a bit hesitant. Tell me about the re-opening of "Lingshi".

Yes, "reopen".

Because Bai Shuiqiu's spiritual vision disappeared, it was already seven or eight years ago, when his grandfather was still alive. And a few years ago, when his grandfather passed away, Bai Shui and his wife once came back. Although they didn’t stay for a long time and didn’t communicate with Bai Shuiqiu too much, they should have learned this from Chiyo. One news.

And Bai Shuiqiu once again gained the ability to see sneaks, but it was the early spring season in March and April this year, and it was only half a year now, so he and his wife did not know about it.

Bai Shuiqiu didn't have any special thoughts on this.

When she met last night, she had already observed the situation of her cheap parents.

Judging from the results she perceives, Bai Shui and the human body did not seem to have inherited the spiritual power of the Bai Shui family, and Bai Shui Jia Shi was not originally a child of the Bai Shui family, and naturally there was no spiritual power. If it is to avoid recalling the painful memories in the couple's hearts, it is understandable to keep the truth temporarily, and then slowly reveal it when the time is right.

only……

The situation of Baishui Jiexia is a little bit special.

When we met yesterday, Bai Shuiqiu noticed that this little girl seemed to be a spiritual mediator.

Moreover, the spiritual power radiated from her body was even stronger than Kanako.

——Theoretically, all people with spiritual media qualities possess spiritual power in their bodies. It's just that they were very weak at the beginning. As the years grow older, and the continuous cultivation and tempering, these spiritual powers will gradually become stronger and more refined. At the same time, because everyone's aptitude is different, the upper limit that can be improved is also different.

The strong, such as Abe Seimei and Ashiya Road Man, can be promoted almost unlimitedly.

And ordinary people with mediocre aptitudes often need years or even decades of hard cultivation, and they are only able to deal with ordinary resentful spirits.

Therefore, at this age, Shirasui Yuxia could possess such aura of spiritual power, and the aptitude is obviously good, at least it should be much better than Kanako. If she is given the correct guidance, she shouldn't be a problem to become a witch with the ability to cure demons when she is a teenager.

But……

Bai Shuiqiu is very curious about another question:

Why is Bai Shui and Ren, who gave birth to two children in succession, who both possess spiritual qualities, is actually just an ordinary person?

Is it because his spiritual power hasn't been developed yet, it has become desolate as he grows older, or...

"The spiritual media quality of the Baishui family is actually inherited from generation to generation?"

But recalling what Chiyo said once, she and Shirasui Sana's father, who is also Shirasuiqiu's titular great-grandfather, seemed to be spiritual practitioners, right? Sure enough, it was because Shirashui Sana was an extinct special case. Under normal circumstances, Shiraizu's descendants were like Chiyo and great-grandfather. They had a little spiritual vision and were not very strong.

As for children like Bai Shui and Ren who have no spiritual power at all, they also exist...

In this way, the strength of the "spiritual power" should have nothing to do with the purity of the bloodline.

After all, the Baishui family does not have a tradition of intermarriage within the clan. After so many generations, the blood has been diluted a lot, and the most powerful onmyoji in the history of the East, Abe Haruaki, is also a half-monster with half the blood of the white fox... …

Bai Shuiqiu sat in the original place, pretending to listen to the conversation between Chiyo and Bai Shui Kazuto, but couldn't help thinking about it.

But these can only exist in the brain supplement.

After all, her name is "Bai Shui Qiu" and not "Bai Shui Mendel". It is impossible to find a few pairs of samples for this kind of thing, to do several sets of experiments and compare them in sequence. If you really want to know, you can go. Ask Asakura Asami. For things like this kind of genetic law, the Asakura family, a large family with a long heritage and a thriving population, should have some experience...

This time, I talked about it for more than an hour.

When it was about 9:30 in the morning, Chiyo finally got up, went back to the house and changed into a black kimono, preparing to take Bai Shui and his wife to go to the tomb.

Obon was originally a festival to pay homage to the souls, so tomb sweeping is also an important activity.

Different from the business cemeteries in major temples, families like the Shirasui family who have lived on the mountain for generations and opened shrines have their own family cemeteries, and they are located on Tianmu Mountain, not far from Tianmu Shrine. In a clearing far away.

As the youngest heirs in the family, Bai Shuiqiu and Jiexia also changed their clothes in dark colors and followed.

A group of five people passed through the woods on the right side of the shrine, and walked along a secluded path to the west for ten minutes, and they saw a grave site lined with many tombstones.

——This road is not the way to the back mountain. Although the distance is more than one mile, the altitude has not changed. It is still located near the mountainside of Tianmu Mountain.

When they arrived here, Chiyo Kazuto and his wife began to clean the surrounding weeds from the innermost tombstone, and clean the surface of the tombstone, and then put the bouquets and various fruits and vegetables brought over on it, and finally lit them. Incense candles, put your hands together and bow in salute.

The content of these worships is a bit like a tomb-sweeping outing during the Chinese Ching Ming Festival.

Except for the habit of burning paper money, the overall process is almost the same.

In addition, Dongying people attach great importance to the link of reporting to their ancestors.

Usually, the person in charge of the family will come forward to tell the ancestors about all the big and small things in the family, and to report the good news and the sorrows, one is to comfort the deceased, and the other is to pray for the blessing of the ancestors.

It takes almost a few hours to complete such a complete sacrificial process.

While his grandmother and two cheap parents were cleaning the tombstones there, Bai Shuiqiu was also a little curious to turn around among the tombstones.

In the process, Bai Shui Jiexia also followed.

Looking at the face of this little girl, she seemed to be a little scared. After all, in places like the cemetery, even if the ancestors were buried, the lingering atmosphere around was always gloomy. This kind of chill, which has nothing to do with the temperature and penetrates deep into the bone marrow, can easily make people feel timid.

Especially the little girl still has spiritual media quality, and her perception of Yin Qi is much more acute than ordinary people.

"Sister Qiu, it feels so cold here..."

When she said this, the little girl's body trembled a little unconsciously.

Upon seeing this, Bai Shuiqiu patted Jiexia's back lightly, injected a burst of spiritual power into her body, and revealed a faint smile: "It's okay, don't worry. These tombstones are the ancestors of the Baishui family, not outside. The evil spirits, their spirits in the sky, will look at us in another world and bless us to grow up healthily."

"Is that right……"

Bai Shui Jiexia's face was ignorant, and she didn't know if she understood it, but a small hand unconsciously grabbed Bai Shuiqiu's sleeve, and followed her step by step.

"..."

Bai Shuiqiu hesitated for a moment, and gave up his plan to throw away Bai Shui Jiexia, following the girl's footsteps, slowing down his pace, and leading her to wander around the cemetery.

The area of ​​this clearing is about hundreds of square meters, surrounded by lush woods. From time to time, there is a bird's song from far and near, and it is especially clear in the quiet mountain forest.

She does know that she has such a family cemetery, but basically she doesn't come here very much. Well, if it weren't for ancestor worship festivals, ordinary people would not take the initiative to run to such a place. Therefore, most of Bai Shuiqiu felt strange to the names on these tombstones.

In fact, the "ancestors" whom Dongying people usually worship are three generations up from themselves, and then a little bit farther away. Not to mention the experience of living together, some have not even seen each other. , So at most it is just a symbolic worship.

and……

According to general concepts, ancestors of the older generation who have passed away a hundred years should have dissipated their obsessions and reincarnated into reincarnation, and there is no need for a formal memorial service.

Tenme Shrine has a history of approximately two hundred years.

According to the words of one generation in twenty-five years, that is, about ten generations, but because the population has not been prosperous, the number of tombstones around is about 20 or 30, distributed on hundreds of square meters of open space, which is not too much. Crowded.

Bai Shuiqiu turned around, only to recognize "Shirasumi Sana" and "Shirasui Kesuke".

The former is the name of my aunt and grandma.

The latter is the name of the late grandfather. The latter is actually regarded as a patriarch in strict terms. After marrying Chiyo, he changed the surname from the original "Matsuhara" to "Baishui".

This kind of thing is very common in Dongying, usually when ordinary people serve as door-to-door son-in-laws, and when they marry the daughters of nobles and chaebols, they will change their surnames to the surnames of the women. For ordinary people, or when the family is right, the woman usually follows the man to change her surname. There are also very few cases where one's own surname is retained.

Except for the two tombstones that I knew...

Bai Shuiqiu also noticed the location on the innermost side of the cemetery, above the tombstone that looked the oldest.

Next to this tomb is the woods, and almost all of them are towering ancient trees hundreds of years old, like a bodyguard guarding the tomb, and the tombstone is engraved with the name "Baishui Qisao".

According to Chiyo, this is the first shrine maiden of Tenmu Shrine. She came to Mount Tenmu during the Edo Shogunate more than two hundred years ago and established this shrine.

The Baishui family has also continued to this day since then.

However, because of the age, apart from the name recorded on the genealogy, there is no other written information about this predecessor.

It’s also because it’s been a long time since the other columns of small characters on the tombstone can’t be seen clearly. Only the name "Baishui Qisao", which is like an iron painted silver hook, is deeply engraved on the tombstone. After two hundred years of wind and rain, it is still very clear. Clear. It is estimated that the engraving master who was invited should be very skilled.

"Edo period..."

Bai Shuiqiu lowered his eyes, his thoughts surged.

If I remember correctly, it seems that Yu Nui was adopted as a shikigami by her ancestors during that period.

Could it be...that's the handwriting of this "Shirasui Qisaki" senior?

However, according to Suzuki Zhuki, the place where Yumyo was conquered as a shikigami should be at Glauber Mountain, but until now, Bai Shuiqiu didn't know where the mountain was, so he couldn't be sure about her own shrine. Did they migrate to Narita from other places, or the ancestors of the Shirasui family happened to pass by Glauber Mountain and took Yunv as a shikigami...

Chiyo probably didn't know, after all, the old man didn't even know the existence of Rain Girl.

I want to come, and only the rain girl herself, as the subject, can answer these doubts...

While his thoughts were floating, Bai Shuiqiu also came to his grandfather's tombstone, followed the elders with his hands folded and bowed to salute, and then by the way the tombstones beside him, along with the one by Baishui Sana, also worshipped.

But if nothing else, the body of this aunt should be buried under the black pool of Lantern Mountain. The tomb left here is mostly just a burial mound, erected here by the great-grandfather of the year, for the purpose of chatting. I miss it.

Bai Shui Jie Xia followed Bai Shuiqiu's footsteps, and bowed a few times as she did.

Although the posture is not standard, as long as the heart is satisfied, it doesn't have to be too demanding. If these ancestors of the past are really alive, they won't care about this little thing.

When Chiyo and Shirasui Kazuto were in front of Shirasui Keisuke's tombstone in turn, and reported on the current situation at home, the group returned along the same path.

It took nearly two hours for such a worship.

By the time Bai Shuiqiu and others returned from the cemetery, it was almost noon.

After lunch, Keiko Kaminari hesitated to find Bai Shuiqiu farewell.

This time, my farewell is not because of a long-term parting, but because Keiko is also going home for the holidays.

Mime private 588

In the minds of Dongying people, the Bon Festival is the day when the whole family reunite, and its importance is almost equal to that of the New Year.

For the students, this festival was originally in the summer vacation, and there was no need for a separate vacation. The companies outside basically gave the social animals a long vacation for more than a week, asking them to go back to worship their ancestors. The nature of not going home on this day is a bit similar to that of Chinese people not going home for the New Year. It is a very unusual thing.

If there is a cause, that's all.

But between Narita City and Chiba City, it was only an hour's drive away. Even Keisuke Jindai returned from other prefectures and waited at home with Fumigayama Jindai. If Keiko never returned, it would be more or less justified. Maybe she was mistaken for some contradiction between her and her family.

What's more, this girl also has a deceased mother in need of memorials.

"It's okay. After all, Obon is only once a year. It was originally meant to be spent with my family."

"During this time, I have been bothering you and Kanako to help at the shrine. If I have to stay and work in the shrine even this kind of day, then I will feel a little sorry."

After figuring out the whole story, Bai Shuiqiu smiled and said softly: "Speaking of which, my grandma and I had discussed the plan to visit Grandpa Wenshan in Chiba City in the past. It was only because of various delays that we have not been able to achieve this. Cieko, when you come home, please also say hello to Grandpa Wenshan and Uncle Keisuke on behalf of my grandma and me.

in addition……

If it's not abrupt, please also offer me a bunch of flowers for my aunt during the tomb sweeping. "

Bai Shuiqiu has heard of Keiko's mother's deeds several times. In a sense, she actually exchanged her own life for Keisuke Jindai.

Therefore, Bai Shuiqiu still respects this elder.

"...Well, I will."

Keiko Kashiro nodded very seriously, and after agreeing with Shiro Shuiqiu to contact him in time for something, he went to Chiyo again, and said hello to the elderly, Shirasui Kazuto and his wife in turn, before reluctantly. Leaving Tianmu Shrine, accompanied by Ryoko, drove away from the foot of Tianmu Mountain.

After Keiko left, Bai Shuiqiu ran to ask Kanako if she wanted to take a vacation.

Kanako herself had an indifferent attitude.

Her home is in Narita City, very close to Tenme Shrine, and it only takes 20 minutes to take the bus. If you really want to go back, you can leave at any time.

As for Hyuga Asuka...

The girl’s parents had been prosecuted and deprived of custody rights because of the previous Okawa incident. As the older brother, Moriji Hyuga was also thrown into prison on charges of domestic violence. The Hyuga fishery shop in Shimodo Town still retains its original appearance after being set on fire. Even if you want to come back, there is no place to live.

Therefore, in Bai Shuiqiu's opinion, it is better to let Hyuga Asuka stay in his shrine and spend the festival with his family.

Speaking of...

Shirasui Kazuto and his wife came back this time and did at least one thing, which is to bring some popularity to Tenme Shrine.

Otherwise, after the guests have left in the evening, there will be only two people left in the shrine, including oneself and one thousand generations of grandfathers and grandchildren, plus the boarding Hyuga Asuka...It's a bit bleak to think about it.

But now, no matter what the actual situation is, at least on the surface it still looks like a little "family".

In the afternoon, Bai Shuiqiu also changed into a shrine maiden costume, and spent several hours in the shrine with Hyuga Asuka and others.

During the Obon Festival, each shrine has a tradition of opening for blessings.

Many guests will visit nearby shrines or temples after sweeping the tomb, requesting priests and monks to hold blessing ceremonies or super rituals for the dead of their ancestors to comfort their feelings of thoughts and comfort their ancestors Soul.

If it were in previous years, this kind of thing has little to do with Tenmu Shrine. Except for the residents of nearby villages and towns, most people would not go to such remote places as the eastern suburbs to pay their respects.