Seeing that both Dayan and I were interested in listening to his story, Yizhi Carpenter became very interested. He raised his legs and looked at the roof at a 45-degree angle, seeming to have entered his own memories.
After a long while, he said, "My real name is Zhang Chuqi. This name was taken by my parents. I said it was the seventh day of the seventh lunar day, so I could support it. At first I heard this name, but if you know it, The story, it is estimated that many people will be speechless.
The reason is that before giving birth to me, my parents had given birth to nine fat boys, including me, a total of ten. There is an old saying that goes like this: a class of ten students must be the champion.
But the situation in our family is a bit special. As for the special law, it can be said to be very strange.
Simply put, my first nine elder brothers were taken away by God not long after they were born. The cause of death is incredible. All nine elder brothers died of smallpox on the day of the full moon, and their deaths were extremely horrible. It is full of meat bumps, according to the villagers, you can vomit for three days and three nights at a glance.
At that time, this matter was spread very evilly near our village, and it can be said that it caused quite a sensation. It was just that I pity my old lady, she washed her face with tears all day long, so she also suffered from eye problems, and seeing everything was hazy.
Seeing my pitiful old mother, our relatives gave her an idea, saying that our family is in bad luck, and we have to find a ghostsmith to drive away evil spirits, maybe we can still give birth to a baby and pass on from generation to generation.
Do you understand ghosts? It is a more partial name, that is, carpenters who understand partial doors. "
Dayan and I nodded hurriedly and said, "Understood."
Yizhi Carpenter continued: "My mother was also a dead horse as a living horse doctor at that time. After all, the first few children died, and her elders also looked for some Taoist priests to see. Those Taoist priests didn't say why, so , And asked my dad to find a ghostsmith near our village.
Speaking of that ghostmaker, he is quite famous on our side. He was in his eighties. He was called a finger sever because the index finger of his right hand was broken. As for how his finger was broken, no one can Tell me why. "
Big Eye and I subconsciously looked at the dark index finger of Yizhi's right hand, and thought to myself, could it be that the former severed finger didn't have an index finger on his right hand, and one finger
Is the index finger of the carpenter's right hand black
But we didn't ask any questions, but continued to listen quietly to Yizhismith.
"When my dad found a finger-severing carpenter, his old man seemed to know that dad would come. He wore a very orthodox. He wore a blue shirt and a long gown. Under his feet were a pair of blue cloth shoes. His hair was shiny, and he was sitting at the door of the room. With Erlang's legs, there is a coffee table next to him, and the old god sips tea at ease.
My dad is impatient, and when he first saw Yizhijian he poured beans from a bamboo tube and told Yizhijian about the situation of our family.
The finger craftsman held a cup of tea with his wrist bone, and drank it slowly, as if he hadn't seen his father, and ignored him.
My father was in a hurry and said it again.
This time, the one-finger craftsman still didn't speak, but gave his father a deep glance, and finally wrote the word "li" on the coffee table with his only index finger.
My father immediately understood that the finger-severing craftsman was asking for a gift, so he didn't dare to delay, so he hurried home, picked a few old hens from his chicken coop, and borrowed thirty eggs from the house next door. But thinking about the attitude of the finger-cutting craftsman, my father felt that this was not enough. He bought another twelve kilograms of pork, and finally took out the sorghum wine that he hadn't been willing to drink.
With these gifts, my dad found the finger severer again.
What my dad didn't expect was that the finger-severing craftsman didn't even show his face this time. Instead, he asked someone to tell my dad that he wanted to pass on the clan and he had to be sincere.
My father was puzzled in an instant. Looking at the gifts in his hand, he wouldn't be willing to eat so much even during the New Year. Isn't he sincere enough
With all kinds of doubts, my dad went home and told my mother about this. If I wanted to say that my mother understood the world, he immediately understood this and said that the gift must be exquisite, so let my dad. Asked the old man in the village for some advice.
To say that ginger is still hot, the reason for this question immediately came out.
According to the village elders, regardless of the number of gifts given to the ghosts, it is necessary to send a pig head without eyeballs, a pair of clean pig belly, a pair of high-concentration liquor, and four shaved pig hooves.
These gifts seem to be very ordinary, but in fact there are a lot of exquisiteness in them. Pig heads without eyeballs mean there are no eyes, pig belly means sincere, and white wine means
When making friends, the four pig hoofs hope each other can go with them. To put it bluntly, they hope the ghostmaker can help themselves.
Therefore, the combination of these gifts means that I have no eyes to understand gold and jade, and I misunderstood what you meant. Now I am sincere to make friends with you, and I hope you can help me.
After my father understood the way, he felt that the finger-cutting craftsman was too pedantic. Wouldn't it be more realistic to just say how much money
After my father's words were heard by the elderly in our village, he immediately reprimanded him, saying that the finger-severing craftsman really wanted to help my father, otherwise, he would definitely not have this request.
My father did not dare to delay when he heard it. He prepared these gifts that day and found the finger-severing craftsman. Without a word, he knelt down with a puff, and then gave the gifts in his hand.
The finger-severing craftsman took the gift from my father and led my father into the door and into the room. The finger-slicing craftsman did not greet my father much. Instead, he let my father sit in the main house for a while, and asked to sit down. In half an hour, the finger-severing craftsman said it was time to talk about business.
After saying this, he winked at my dad, meaning that he asked my dad to go to the hut, but my dad didn't dare to refuse. He asked where the hut was and got in.
As soon as my father entered the hut, the finger-severing craftsman followed in, and handed my father a hat made of yellow paper. He said that the hat is actually a cover, and the whole head is covered in it. Do you know why you want to go to the cottage? "
Big Eye immediately said: "Know that stacking is a dirty place. Talking in it can avoid some unclean things. As for wearing a cover, you are afraid of being seen by someone who is interested. Just to be on the safe side, that cover has been fixed."
I was puzzled and said, "Isn't the hut the easiest to attract ghosts because of bad luck and bad luck?"
Big Eye said, "It depends on what kind of ghost it is. Lonely wild ghosts tend to hide in the toilet, but some ghosts with provenance will generally not enter the hut."
Yizhi Carpenter approvingly said: "Yes. It seems that you also know something about Yin and Yang ghosts."
Big eyes smiled embarrassedly, and said: "In front of your old man, my class made an axe and made you laugh. My ancestor was a Liujia Taoist priest. I learned a little bit by myself."
A finger craftsman nodded, and then continued to tell his story.
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