Artisans in Tunli

Chapter 1 The Great Grandpa

In the Northeast during the Republic of China, it was an era with flying beards and domineering. My great-grandfather lived in that era.

Grandpa lived in Kaoshantun. Most of the men in the village either became beards or went to war with the warlords. In that era when human lives were like nothing, life was really not easy.

And our family is quite stable, because my grandfather is a hunter. As the saying goes, relying on mountains to eat mountains, and relying on water to eat water, my grandfather relied on his boldness and carefulness, as well as the hunting skills honed in the mountains for many years, to live. down.

Speaking of hunting, everyone immediately thinks of the image of carrying a shotgun and smoking a pipe, but it was very difficult to get a decent shotgun at that time.

And even if you had it at that time, you didn't dare to let it go, because there were officers and soldiers watching over it, and there were beards guarding it, and if you shot it, it might have cost your life.

So Grandpa figured out his own set of hunting routines.Bait traps and a sharp spear.When my grandfather told me this, I opened my mouth in surprise.

Speaking of the spear, if you master the skills, it is really much better than the gun in some situations.I usually hunt some wild rabbits, and the roe deer is enough to eat.

At that time, there were more women than men in the backing village, and later everyone changed it to a "widow village". Don't laugh, everyone, it really is called a widow village.

Grandpa was still very young at that time, and basically shuttled back and forth in the mountains every day, so he escaped the sweep of the beard.

At the foot of the mountain, there lived a widow with a half-grown daughter in a thatched hut. The great-grandfather thought that the two of them were pitiful, so he often gave them the game they had caught.

As time goes by, gossip is unavoidable, even if everyone can't even fill their stomachs, it can't stop these girls from breaking their mouths.

The great-grandfather was at a young age, so of course he didn't want to listen, so he reasoned with them at the entrance of the village.

These shrews breathed out their fragrance one by one, so that my grandpa's face flushed with anger, and he went into the mountain without looking back, and came out after a month.

But when I came out, some kind-hearted aunts told my great-grandfather that the girls who lived at the foot of the mountain had disappeared without a trace since my great-grandfather entered the mountain. No one knew where they were. where.

Grandpa didn't think too much about it. Originally, he didn't have any other intentions. He just felt a little sympathy for the couple, so let's just let it go.

In a blink of an eye, great-grandpa has reached the age of marriage, and the matchmakers in the village rushed to the house one after another. It's not that great-grandfather's family is rich, but if he marries great-grandfather, he won't worry about starvation.

Within a few days, the grandfather and the little girl of the village chief worshiped heaven and earth and entered the bridal chamber, chewing rock candy.Grandpa's single life has come to an end.

But at the banquet on the night of their marriage, a strange thing happened.

Among the few men in the village, there was a boy named Tiedan who went crazy for some reason. When everyone was eating and drinking after a few glasses of wine, he suddenly climbed up on the table with his eyes wide open, and fanned his hands left and right. I scratched my ears, the corners of my mouth were bleeding, and I didn't stop moving, and I kept muttering "It's too evil, it's too evil!"

Grandpa hurried up to stop it, but it was too late, the boy directly picked up the plate and knocked it in half, and slammed it down on his neck.Almost everyone in the room was splattered with blood, and Tie Dan fell straight down without breathing.

When the gendarmerie came, they didn't figure out what was going on, so the incident just passed.

By the time the tidying up was over, it was past midnight.Grandpa couldn't figure out why he made such a fuss on the day of his great joy. After washing up, he went into the house to rest.

But just as Grandpa was about to lie down, he heard someone talking in the yard, the voice was very small and thin, and if he didn't listen carefully, he thought it was a rat.Grandpa was influenced by ghosts and ghosts since he was a child, so he wondered if there was something "dirty" in his heart, but he knew that his feet were not afraid of crooked shoes, so he pulled a leather jacket and walked out with the strength of alcohol.

When I came to the yard, I looked left and right, but there was nothing there. I turned around and wanted to go back, but just as I turned around, a sentence came from behind, "Don't go".

Grandpa's hairs stood on end, and he turned his head immediately, but he still couldn't see anything.In this case, it would be nice if there was something, but even if you can't see anything, you can still feel what is the scariest thing.

"Where do you put it? Let me tell you, don't scare me. I didn't do anything wrong. I made me anxious. Find a god to take you all away." Grandpa said very hard, but in fact His heart started beating, he didn't do anything harmful, but after so many years of hunting in the mountains, he was also confused, could it be that he offended some fairy fox?
After the grandfather finished speaking, he stood still for a long time, turned around deliberately several times, and returned to the house to rest after making sure that there was no sound. He lay on the bed and planned to go to the village to find Third Sister Wang early tomorrow to see what happened. what's the matter.

The sun just showed a little light, and my grandfather had already put on a "leather" suit and rushed to the third sister Wang's house in the west of the village.

Speaking of Wang Sanjie, I have to say a few more words.The third sister Wang turned out to be a silly girl of Wang Baldzi in the village, but one night in the middle of the night, the silly girl suddenly sat up from the kang and cried loudly. When he was young, he was not stupid at all, he spoke in an orderly manner, dressed well, and looked pretty good.

All kinds of people from Baxiang in the village came to propose marriage, but the third sister Wang couldn't match anyone, and she never went out in her whole life.

Third sister Wang is not only insane, she also has an extra talent, she can sing and dance, exorcise evil spirits and avoid ghosts, and it is very effective.

If someone in the family suffers from illness or disaster, as long as she sings and dances for you, any illness will be cured.Of course, I also suspected that it might have become more and more evil as the rumors spread, but at least one thing is undoubted. She did have some skills, so much so that she saved my life intermittently many years later. Of course, this is a story for later, so I won’t mention it for now.

"Hey, Brother Zhong, why don't you leave home to accompany your wife in this cold weather, and come to my Gada." The person who spoke was Wang Bald, who was a slippery man, and he was mixed with a night shift in the gendarmerie. On an errand, I ran into him just after get off work.

"Uncle Wang, I just got off work. I have something to do. I want to ask my third sister for help. If I am not in a hurry, I will invite you two to have a drink. Come on, this wine and this hare are fat. Hurry up!" He said and handed the wine and meat to Wang Bald, who is also a drunkard, and he can't walk when he sees wine.

"You know what I like, you kid, hurry up and get in the house, it's cold and cold, hurry up!"

The two of them entered the room one after the other. As soon as they entered the inner room, they saw Third Sister Wang cross-legged on the kang doing needlework. When Grandpa entered the room, she put down the needle and thread in her hands and asked Grandpa to sit down.

"Ah, the big brother is here. Where are the younger siblings? Look at me. I went out yesterday and didn't go to drink the wedding wine after lying down all day. I'm so sorry!" Third Sister Wang said with a very straightforward smile.

"It's not a problem, it's not a problem, you can drink wine every day, hahaha!" Bald Wang took a kang table, two small cups and a plate of folding baskets from the banquet, eating and drinking with relish.

Although the great grandfather had a smile on his face, but as soon as Third Sister Wang beat him in, she knew that things were not that simple, so she asked what was wrong with the great grandfather. After speaking, he let out a deep sigh.

"Well, I reckon it's not that simple, but I see that you look so radiant, it doesn't seem to be your problem, hey, could it be the big girl's problem."

"I think she's stronger than me, shouldn't she?" Grandpa's words amused Third Sister Wang, and she smiled and asked Da Xian'er what's going on.

Speaking of this "horse fairy", it is the continuation of the primitive religion of shamanism. Animal cultivation is also called the elves, gods and monsters who come out of the mountain to help the world.Choose your own disciples from the crowd, and use the disciples' bodies to do good deeds and accumulate virtue. Most of them are popular in the north, and the horse fairy in the northeast is quite unique. They sing and dance. Those who don't know it think they are singing Errenzhuan.

Most of the animals that can cultivate into spirits are mostly divided into "fox yellow white willow gray", that is, the five fairies of fox, yellow weasel (weasel), hedgehog, long worm (snake) and mouse (rat).Every kind of "fairy" has different abilities. Third Sister Wang is Hu Xian'er's disciple who is proficient in exorcising ghosts and relieving disasters.

Hearing that Third Sister Wang said that she was going to go out, Grandpa felt a little confident in his heart, and he kept thanking him.Third Sister Wang waved her hand to signal Grandpa not to worry.I crossed my legs and muttered words, but I couldn't hear what was said.

After half an hour or so, I saw Third Sister Wang convulsing. Grandpa hurriedly stepped forward, but was stopped by Baldy Wang, saying don't worry, she was about to get upper body, so Grandpa sat back and waited and watched.

After a while, Third Sister Wang no longer twitched, she just lowered her head and swayed from side to side, as if she was talking to herself, as if someone was talking to her.After going on like this for a while, Third Sister Wang suddenly opened her eyes wide and stared at Grandpa's back.

Grandpa hurriedly looked back, but there was only a wall of fire behind him. Looking back at Third Sister Wang's ferocious face, he was so frightened that he turned to look at Baldy Wang who was drinking wine beside him.

Bald Wang is also a little bit scared. He has gone out countless times before, and there is nothing like today. Could it be that something big happened this time?Bald Wang put down his wine glass and wanted to get closer to see what was going on, but before he could get close, Third Sister Wang rolled her eyes and fell down on the kang.

Baldy Wang and the great-grandpa who stared at each other didn't know what was going on, they froze in place, not daring to move.

"Ah!" Third Sister Wang yelled and sat up, letting out a long breath, as if escaping death.

Bald Wang hurriedly filled a glass of wine and handed it over. Third Sister Wang drank it down, panted for a while, and said slowly:

"This time, this matter has nothing to do with you. You don't have to be afraid. It is the fault of Nei Tie Danzi himself. You will go home later, wait until the night watch, and take a chicken. If you want a fresh whole chicken, take three sticks. Incense, put it at the door, when the incense burns out, you will be fine, and you don’t need to worry about anything else.”

"Is it for dirty things?" Grandpa asked.

"It's for Daxian'er to enjoy. She will keep you. She has some things inside and doesn't dare to harm you. Also, she is not here for you. Just don't meddle in other people's business from now on."

My great-grandpa is confused, why is he meddling in his own business?After thinking about it, since Third Sister Wang said this, there must be some reason.

Since Third Sister Wang said it doesn't matter, then don't care, as long as your home is safe, it's better than anything else.After saying thanks, I exchanged a few pleasantries and returned home.

Sure enough, in the next few years, nothing happened. The only thing was that the year after the beating of Third Sister Wang, Third Sister Wang disappeared.

Just like the couple in the thatched cottage at the foot of the mountain, they disappeared so suddenly.

Not a few years after his daughter disappeared, Wang Baldzi was stabbed to death in the firewood stack of his home by Huzi who came to rob him.

Great-grandfather often took his great-grandmother to live in the mountains, so he escaped a catastrophe, but the whole family of his great-grandmother was killed by the beards, so don’t be a village cadre at that time, if you don’t take good care of these beards The family is ruined in minutes.

After burying his father-in-law's family, the great-grandfather took his great-grandmother and all his belongings (in fact, there was nothing left), hid in the deep mountains, and survived in that turbulent era.

(End of this chapter)