I was born in 1990 in a small village in the mountains of western Henan.When I was a child, I was frail and sickly, and I always saw strange things at night, and my father and my mother broke my heart for me.Grandma always scolded me and said that I was a bad seed, and all the money earned by the family was put into my medicine jar, and when she said this, grandpa would quarrel with her.Once, in the middle of the night, I saw the old people in the village who had passed away standing at the door and staring at me.I didn't understand it at the time, but I also knew that I was scared, I was scared and cried, and I began to have a high fever in the middle of the night, and my parents were superstitious and didn't take me to the doctor, but they hired a fortune teller for me overnight.The fortune teller gave me half a bowl of ginger-flavored runic water, and the high fever really went away.He pinched his fingers and said that I lacked wood in the five elements, and according to the fortune teller's instructions, my mother forced me to recognize an old willow tree as a godfather, and changed my name to Lin Sen.In addition to that, I had to carry a willow branch from an old willow tree with me when I went out of the house.After that, every time I went to school and passed by the big willow tree, I had to say to it: Godfather, when I went to school, I was very repulsed by this matter, and the babies always laughed at me.My grandfather told me that the old willow tree was there in the Qing Dynasty, and many people died in the village during the bandits before the liberation.Later, I don't know what happened, but the bandit leader seemed to have fallen into an evil spirit, and insisted on cutting down the old willow tree to make a bed board.The bandits have always walked sideways in our village, and naturally none of the villagers dared to step forward to stop them.However, before they could do anything, the gang of bandits were all hanged on the old willow tree overnight, inexplicably.The leader of the bandits died in the riverbank, his head smashed to pieces by a large rock, and when he found it in the morning, he was so washed away that he was left with an empty brain.When the four olds were broken, the old willow tree was listed in the four olds again, and it was ordered to be cut down.I don't know what happened that night, but the Red Guards fled our village overnight and never asked about the old willow tree again.When I was a child, I used to take my grandfather's words as nonsense, and I didn't believe them at all.I just want to grow up quickly, and when I go to school outside, I don't have to do embarrassing things like kowtowing to a tree and burning incense.When I was a child, I told my mother this, and my mother smoked me at the time, and took me to the old willow tree to burn incense and kowtow to admit my mistake.Of course I was not convinced, my heart said that it is not just a tree, my mother always likes to do things like to be chattered, and I even heard a neighbor chewing his tongue behind his back.But don't mention, since I recognized the old willow tree as my godfather, I haven't seen those old people who passed away in the middle of the night.There is a nursery rhyme related to the old willow tree in our village since ancient times: make a new house, die the bride, the old willow tree, hang the groom.When I was a child, I didn't know what these nursery rhymes meant, and I always sang with my friends, and it was a violent beating when my mother bumped into me.One day, when a family in the village got married, I had to drag me over to listen to the room.At that time, I was still very ignorant of the affairs of men and women, and listening to the room was very tempting for us young people.The family where they got married was on the other side of the Qingshui River, and when they went, they had to wade through the river under the big willow tree.I don't know why, but every time I pass under the big willow tree, I always feel like there are eyes staring at me, and this night was no exception.Because I was afraid, I unconsciously trotted all the way, especially when I passed near the old willow tree, I even quickened my pace, I always felt that there was something strange about the old willow tree.A cool breeze was rubbing against my neck, and I was about to go down the river when suddenly, something grabbed my clothes from behind.I was so frightened that I almost screamed, and I didn't dare to turn back.There was a stabbing sound behind me, it was the sound of clothes being torn, and I was startled, regardless of the icy river splashing my trouser legs.I didn't dare to stop until I ran to Zhang Kui's house and saw the lights.Zhang Erdan saw my panicked appearance and said: "Don't you just listen to a room, why are your pants still wet, you haven't started yet, look at your monkey anxious" There are many people in the courtyard who are drinking, and I and Zhang Erdan also drank some, originally holding urine to go to the toilet, who knew that I broke into the new house in a daze.The bride's name is Chen Jing, and I have heard others say that she is also very beautiful at this sight.Coupled with the red makeup, I only dared to look at it, and my heart fluttered, and I didn't dare to raise my eyes to look at her.Zhang Kui is a rough man, he is almost forty years old and married a good-looking daughter-in-law, this is really a flower inserted in cow dung, little me, there is also some resentment in my heart.The bride is not very old, that is, she is in her early twenties, she smiled shyly at me when she saw me come in, and she also asked me if our village is a marriage hole and a listening room, I nodded and said yes.We have a lot of trouble in the cave here, and the villages are famous near and far.In the east of the village, the groom was thrown up by several people, no one picked up, fell to the ground and his spine was broken, and the marriage was not completed and became a waste, and the daughter-in-law ran away on the same day.Zhang Kui's daughter-in-law must have heard about it, so she said that when she was in the cave room, she asked me to help her, and said that if I helped her, she would give me a reward.I nodded, but I didn't know how I could help her.Next, she seemed to have something to say to me, so I was pulled out by her husband Zhang Kui, saying that when it was not in the cave room, the new house should not be entered, and when the hole room was in the hole, there would be good things for everyone to see.Unexpectedly, when the cave room was in trouble, Zhang Kui really did something that made everyone stunned.The bride Chen Jing was pressed on the bed by Zhang Kui and several of his drunken brothers, the blood-red wedding dress was torn into a mess, and her body was still blue and purple, and the new daughter-in-law was crying, but she was held by several big men and had no choice.Zhang Kui also shouted that her daughter-in-law's figure was definitely the best in the village, and everyone saw that the mountains were turbulent, and she was definitely the whitest in the village.No one thought that they could make such a hole in the house, a group of villagers not only did not persuade Zhang Kui, but also wanted to go up and touch it if they were bold, and later, some young people rushed up.There were too many people in the house, and Zhang Erdan and I were squeezed out directly, and we could only hear the heart-rending cries of the new daughter-in-law in the house outside.It's really a lot of trouble in the cave room here, but it's the first time we've made a fuss like today, and I don't know what's going on inside.After a while, there were a few screams in the house, and all the people on the other side of the cave room ran out, looking panicked, some of them were still running and lifting their pants, including Zhang Kui's brothers.There was no movement on the other side of the cave room, Zhang Erdan and I went over to look curiously, and as soon as we entered the door, we saw the new daughter-in-law lying naked on the ground, and the bottom could not be described.Zhang Erdan and I swallowed our saliva at this fragrant scene, but I was soon frightened by the shocking scene.The bride had a pair of red scissors stuck in her neck, and the blood flowed from her neck to the ground, and her bloodshot eyes were wide to the limit, ready to burst out at any moment.Zhang Kui was tied to the leg of the bed, and the whole person was almost scared into a fool, foaming at the mouth and trembling all over.Zhang Erdan and I were also stunned at the time, and it took a while to react and run out of the house.When I ran, I heard the bride behind me shouting in her dying: "Lin Sen, save me" I was still a child, how dare I turn back, just run without my life, and sleep with my head covered when I got home.I still have nightmares at night, first I saw Zhang Kui's daughter-in-law with her back to me naked, and then turned her head to look like she had scissors stuck in her neck.She also said that I would not save her and that I would pay for my life.When I woke up in the morning, my quilt was soaking wet.There was a death in the village, this is not a trivial matter, and the murder case should be called to the police, but this time the Zhang family did not call the police.Zhang Kui became a fool, and Zhang Kui's father Zhang Sanpao hired a fortune teller.Because at night, Zhang Kui will be like a woman singing, wearing lipstick, rubbing rouge, and infiltrating people.Listening to my mother, the person Zhang Sanpao invited was the fortune teller who saved my life when I was a child, and I did feel that this person was a little familiar.The fortune teller's name is Lin Ying, and according to his instructions, the new daughter-in-law, Chen Jing, who died, is put into a big red coffin.The five different directions on the inner wall of the coffin were pasted with yellow charms, ocean nails, ink fountain lines, Lin Ying was familiar with the road, and the coffin was sealed tightly.After doing this, Lin Ying left our village in a panic.Lin Ying explained that on the way out of the funeral, the coffin cannot touch the ground, as long as it touches the ground, even if it is in the courtyard of his own house, a big grave bag must be raised.But along the way, there was a clanging sound in the coffin, and the legs of several people carrying the coffin were frightened.However, Zhang Kui's father, Zhang Sanpao, added ten yuan to each person who carried the coffin, and ten yuan still had weight in the countryside in the 90s.Only then did a few people who carried the coffin stand up in fear and continue to walk.Carrying the coffin just crossed the Qingshui River, and when it reached the middle of the river, there was a commotion in the coffin, and several people almost turned into the river, barely holding on to the other side of the river.Under the big willow tree, the coffin was once again churning wildly.I studied science in school, and my teachers taught me not to be superstitious since I was a child, because there are no ghosts and gods in this world.I think back to the appearance of Chen Jing lying on the ground that night, she also called my name, could it be that she was just injured and fainted, and she did not die, but this time, the voice inside was very strange, and the violent movement was not like what a weak woman could do.I immediately whispered my thoughts to my mother, and before I could finish, I covered my mouth and glared at me.I've been afraid of my mother since I was a child, and I don't dare to put a fart on her expression.There was a commotion, and several people carrying the coffin finally couldn't bear it, that is, at that moment, eight people knelt on the ground at the same time, and the big red coffin also slammed on the ground with a bang.Zhang Kui's daughter-in-law Chen Jing was buried under the big willow tree in this way, but I don't know why, Zhang Sanpao even took Zhang Kui's brothers to level the newly formed grave.Flat graves are a great disrespect to the deceased, but this is the Zhang family's own business, and no one dares to interfere.Seven days later, Zhang Kui, who had become a madman, died, and he was hung from an old willow tree without a single thread on his body.What wrapped around Zhang Kui's neck was nothing else, but wicker screwed together.At that time, people with good deeds in the village said: Ouch, this little Sensen's godfather killed someone when Zhang Sanpao was a two-pole, carrying an axe across the Qingshui River to chop the old willow tree.Some of the elders in the village wanted to stop him, but Zhang Sanpao said that whoever dared to stop him, he would cut him
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