dead child, ghost carrying coffin

After bringing back the slough, Chang Baye enjoyed the deaf woman's respectful gaze very much.

"Ahem, the thing about Benxian getting cold feet tonight..."

The deaf mother-in-law answered with a smile:

"Baye Chang never backed down."

"You always want to use the power of Grandma Mai to go out and rescue soldiers."

Chang Baye was very satisfied with this answer.

Hehe smiled, and went back to his hall in the side room with the decapitated ghost.

Uncle Li asked:

"Deaf woman, now that you have the skin, what else do you need?"

The deaf woman replied while sprinkling the slough with incense ash:

"And rosin."

"Ordinary rosin won't work, you need the old pine on the top of Dongshan Mountain."

Wang San was curious and asked:

"Mom, you told me to run under the old pine tree in Dongshan last night."

"Is he also a fairy?"

The deaf woman lightly knocked on San Wang's head:

"Kids, don't ask if you shouldn't."

Uncle Li couldn't bear to see the deaf woman's tired face.

"You can rest at home, I will go to the top of Dongshan to get rosin."

After speaking, put on the animal skin cotton jacket and go out.

The deaf woman hurriedly pulled her back:

"Old man Li, you can't get rosin if you go by yourself."

"Let's go together later."

Wang San's daughter-in-law was so skillful that she had already made a small quilt out of silly roe deer skins at dawn.

She didn't have enough skins, so she even took off a coarse cotton padded jacket for herself.

In the countryside of the 80s, especially in the cold places deep in the snow-capped mountains, fabrics are more precious than animal skins.

Those who have not experienced those difficult years will not understand.

The deaf woman wrapped the baby tightly in a small quilt, brought some tributes, and went out with Uncle Li.

Fearing that he would encounter a blind man when he entered the mountain, Uncle Li deliberately brought his own shotgun.

Although bears hibernate, they are even more aggressive when they come out to look for food.

The weather is still cold, and white mist comes out with every breath.

There was a creaking sound as the feet stepped on the thick snow.

Rural people go to bed early and get up early.

The villagers who cleaned up the snow greeted the two old people enthusiastically:

"Master, aunt, are you going out so early?"

"Did a wolf cub enter the village last night, howling for half the night?"

The deaf woman laughed secretly:

Where there is a wolf, it is clearly the howling of a ghost.

She wouldn't say it, though, so as not to cause panic.

Dongshan is not far from the village, nor is it close.

The two old men did not climb to the top of the mountain until noon.

Looking from a distance, a green pine stands proudly in the snow.

Occasionally, a cold wind blows, making a slight whistling sound.

The deaf mother-in-law knew that Uncle Li was disgusted with gods and ghosts, so she said:

"Old man Li, you wait here, I'll just take the child there."

After carefully setting up the sacrifices and lighting three sticks of incense, the deaf mother-in-law spoke.

"Old Song, the little girl is here to see you."

A gust of wind blew, and the green pine branches and leaves shook, as if responding to the deaf woman.

In the distance, Uncle Li couldn't help laughing secretly when he heard the deaf mother-in-law calling herself a little girl.

But thinking about it is also true:

In front of this perennial green pine, the deaf woman is really just a little girl.

The deaf woman didn't know what Uncle Li was thinking, she just sat cross-legged in front of Qingsong.

"Old Song, the first time I came to pay homage to you was 40 years ago."

"If you hadn't taken action that time, I would have been killed by dirty things."

"This day, it flies by so fast."

"I am old in a blink of an eye, and you are still the same, nothing has changed."

The deaf mother-in-law seemed to be chatting with her elders, helping Qingsong sweep away the snow while talking.

"In a few years, I just want to see you grow old, and I'm afraid I won't have the energy to climb the mountain."

"This time, I want to ask you for some rosin to save this poor child."

After the deaf mother-in-law finished speaking, a gust of wind suddenly blew up.

The snow on the ground was blown away by the wind, forming a word "fierce".

The deaf mother-in-law was not surprised, and said:

"It's not fierce, it's fierce!"

She recounted everything that happened last night.

"Hey, if the snow corpse didn't appear suddenly, you wouldn't be able to see me!"

The deaf mother-in-law didn't speak anymore, but carefully cleaned up all the snow under Qingsong's feet.

Another gust of wind blew, a branch and leaf fell from the green pine, and a few drops of golden pine oil flowed out.

The entire mountain top is instantly filled with fragrance.

One of the drops fell with the wind and landed right in the baby's mouth.

The little guy who was a little hungry immediately fell asleep contentedly.

The deaf mother-in-law was surprised at first, then overjoyed, and hurriedly put away the pine oil in a porcelain bottle.

Immediately after, hold the fallen pine branch in your arms.

"You still love me, little girl!"

"With your old Wannian pine, those lonely ghosts will never dare to bully me again!"

The deaf woman talked to the pine tree for a while until the sun went down.

The afterglow of the setting sun shines through the pine trees, forming a big "Hui" character on the snow.

The deaf mother-in-law smiled happily:

"Hey, you are always worried about me, let me go back early."

"Okay, okay, little girl is leaving now."

"I'll see you again after a while."

"If I can't walk anymore in a few years, I will ask my third child and this child to show filial piety to you."

On the way back, Uncle Li asked curiously:

"Deaf woman, didn't you say that dirty things would come looking for dolls after dark?"

"Why were you in no hurry to go down the mountain just now?"