The last Onmyoji

Chapter 70 The Past 3
My mood fluctuated up and down following my father's narration. I didn't expect that the old lady I thought I knew had so many stories hidden around her.And it's so sad.

"Then what happened to my mother?" Although I knew that no matter what the result was, now my old mother has become a paper doll and was burned to ashes by us just now, but I still couldn't help asking, Worried, imagine how she and my dad went through all the hardships and walked together.

The father's expression was a little blank and said: "At that time, he gave me the glazed ball, and there was your old lady in it. He told me that he knew what was going on when he came, but he had to come, because it is really He is afraid of being criticized, and he especially cherishes this opportunity that can be regarded as a crime and meritorious deed, so he doesn't let everyone follow, because he didn't think about dealing with her in the first place."

"Using the words of the old Taoist priest at that time, people have their own laws, and ghosts have their own rules. She was going to enter reincarnation after death, because she suffered too much injustice in this life, and she could have a good pregnancy in the next life, but She didn't go, and she was still doing evil in the world. If he didn't come, she might not even be able to be a ghost. Now she has been collected in the glazed ball, which is a world of her own. Maybe she will stay with me from now on."

"I held the glazed ball and looked at her figure inside. After saying goodbye to the old Taoist priest, I felt very uncomfortable. It was really difficult to live outside. After tossing and turning, I went back to Linjiazhuang again. When I came back, I felt very sad. The New Year is coming to an end, and life has stabilized. At that time, your grandma was just talking about me as an adult, and it was time to find a daughter-in-law. But seeing her peaceful appearance in the glass ball, how can I tolerate others in my heart? Just kept procrastinating."

"Until later, it was also in this Taoyuan. Your grandfather called me here and said to me, Yutang, what is on your body, show it to Dad. At that time, it was still poor and clean. What else can I have besides ordinary clothes? When your grandfather asked me this, I knew it was a problem with the glazed ball, could it be that I showed some tricks and was discovered by him?"

"I'm sure I can't admit it, but your grandfather sighed to me, show me, I can help you."

"What he said made me feel even more uneasy. After I came back, I was indeed in a bad state. It is a big abnormality for such a young man not to find a wife. Your grandfather said he could help me. I originally I don’t believe it, because when I begged that old Taoist priest at that time, he said that people cannot be resurrected after death, and that old Taoist priest can’t do it. What?—But people are afraid of hope. Since your grandpa said that he can help me, even if there is a ten-thousandth possibility, I will try it. It may not work if I try it. If I don’t try it, it will definitely not work. At the same time, I was also thinking that your grandma was quite dissatisfied with me because of my refusal to find a wife at that time. What I thought was that if I told your grandpa and my parents about my difficulties, it would be good to win at least one person’s understanding. Yes, relatively speaking, your grandpa is much easier to talk to than grandma, you should understand that."

"After I told him the situation, your grandfather was smoking a dry pipe and holding the glazed ball. He seemed to have thought about it for a long time, and finally said to me, you go make a paper figurine, the more similar it is, the better. Make it with your heart and emotion. Think of this paper man as him. He knows how to use it. I don’t know why, and I thought he asked me to make a paper man to comfort myself, but your grandpa doesn’t seem like a person who can make jokes. When she said this, the expression on her face was dignified and serious, and she didn't seem to be fooling me. I had the attitude of giving it a try, so I went back to buy things overnight, and based on the way I thought about her day and night, I made a paper figurine. On the second night, your grandfather came, took her away, and even asked me to take the glass ball away. That night, he went out. Early the next morning, He came back and gave me an address, saying you go and bring her back."

"Your grandpa is an honest person. In my impression, he is just an illiterate person who is bullied by your grandma every day, but his sudden behavior makes me feel like a great fairy. I don't care if I believe him or not." If you don’t believe me, I went out and found her in a place. I brought her back, and you should know what happened later. Everyone said that Lin Yutang bought a wife for 300 yuan and came back. The thing is, she's a fool."

My father had finally finished telling the whole story about the burned paper figurine just now. After he finished speaking, he handed me a glass ball and said, "When your grandfather came back, it was still the same glass ball. Now there is no pattern in it, and it has become a crystal ball." ball."

I panted gently. I couldn't believe what my father said, but I had to believe it, because the facts were right in front of my eyes.

"Am I born to my mother?" I suddenly asked my father. I can understand a paper doll mother, but I don't agree with it. She can have children?
"Your mother is no different from a normal woman except that she doesn't dare to see too much sunshine and strangers." When my father said this, his face blushed a little.

What he said made me feel a little pain in my heart. All the incomprehensions before have now turned into tolerance. My mother's difficulties are more painful than anyone else's.

However, this is not the focus of my concern. After listening to what my father said about the past, what I am most curious and eager to know is not my mother, but my grandfather. The same mystery as time.

An honest, to put it harshly, grandpa who was beaten to death by my grandma with a shoehorn, how could he be so powerful?I really can't imagine that when I was a child, the man with big yellow teeth, smoking a dry pipe, smiling honestly and plainly, wrinkled like an old tree, would still be an unborn expert?
When I asked my father this question, he said: "I don't know about this, and he didn't say anything. I feel that he had a special experience during the war years. What experience do you want to tell me? have no idea."

I agree with what my father said, but now my head is filled with too much explosive information and countless questions that my father needs to answer. Just like what my second uncle said to me, if you have any questions, go to your father.

"The red coffin, you said it was our Lin family's debt. What is the reason? Why does my Lin family owe someone else's debt?" I asked, and after I asked, I was so nervous that I was dying. This is almost the answer to everything. !

"This is what your grandfather told me after saving your old lady. He didn't say it clearly, he just said that he made a mistake that shouldn't be made back then, and the debt he owed, sooner or later, someone will come to collect it , if he was gone by then, I would have to pay the debt, but no matter what, I can't let this fate fall on you." Father said.

After speaking, he patted his thigh, and his eyes suddenly turned red.Keep talking like crazy, I understand, I understand.

After he finished speaking, he who had been standing when the old lady of the paper figurine was burned just now knelt down before the pile of ashes.He kowtowed more than a dozen times in one breath, his entire forehead was bloodshot, and his face was full of tears.

"Dad, what's wrong with you?!" I asked him pulling him.How could such a strong father suddenly lose his mind?

"When I was chatting with your mother before, I asked her, how did you revive me, my father? She said that she agreed to a condition for your grandfather. I never understood what it was. It turned out to be like this!" The father cried Road full of face.

"What's going on?" I asked.

"If your grandfather was an unborn expert, he knew that our family would have this catastrophe, and there would be someone to pay for it, so he saved your mother and gave her a life, just to let her die at this time. She gave me back her life, that's what your mother promised your grandfather!" said the father.

In my mind, two faces emerged.

A wrinkled grandpa.

An old lady with a Huadan face.

(End of this chapter)