Yellow Spring Taboo

Chapter 1 Red Coffin
Some time ago, the story of the little white rabbit and the hundred steamed buns was very popular. It was about a little white rabbit who asked the owner of the steamed bun shop for three consecutive days if he had a hundred steamed buns. The boss said no two days ago, but On the third day, after the boss prepared a hundred steamed buns, the little white rabbit asked for a pancake!
In the past few days, I have also encountered this kind of cheating thing, but my family does not open a steamed bun shop, but a coffin shop.

My name is Wu Dao, and I have lived with my grandfather since I was a child, and lived in this coffin shop in the town.

That day, my grandfather had to go to Lin County for a funeral, and it would take several days to come back. The coffin shop was supposed to be closed, but it happened that I was at home during the winter vacation, so my grandfather let me watch the coffin shop.

That evening, when I was preparing to make samples, a very strange young woman suddenly came to the store.

This woman is about 25 or 90 years old. She looks very beautiful, but she is dressed in a rustic style. She wears a red turtleneck sweater on her upper body and a pair of tight flared jeans on her lower body. This kind of dress looks a bit like the [-]s of the last century. dress up.

Her face was also a little pale, and she didn't speak when she came in. She just kept staring at me with her eyes, which made me feel hairy. I hurriedly asked her what's the matter.

The woman paused for two seconds, and then said: Are there seven unpainted red coffins!

I was stunned when I heard it, and subconsciously replied no, just when I was about to explain something to her, the girl let out a oh, then turned and walked out of the coffin shop.

At that time, I didn't pay much attention to it. I thought this woman was teasing me, so I closed the shop and went online.

Unexpectedly, that woman came again in the evening of the second day. She was still dressed in the same outfit as yesterday, and even her expression was exactly the same as the day before. She stared at me for a while, and then asked if there were any of us here. Painted red coffin.

This time, I felt a little strange, could this woman be serious?So I wanted to chat with her more, and wanted her to pay a deposit first, but I didn't say anything, just like yesterday, the woman seemed to know that our store was out of stock, so she said oh again and left .

I was a little angry at the time, thinking that this is a steamed bun shop, even if you really want seven red coffins, you have to let me take the time to hire a carpenter to do it.

Although I felt strange in my heart, I still didn't pay much attention to the fact that the coffin shop didn't encounter some strange things every year. However, at the same time on the third day, the woman came again and asked me the same question.

This time, I felt that something was wrong, so after the woman left, I called my grandfather and explained the situation here.

After my grandfather heard it, he scolded me on the phone at that time, saying why I didn't call him earlier.

I thought grandpa was blaming me for losing a big business, so I explained that I thought the woman was just joking, but grandpa didn't mean that at all. He said that this incident was very weird, and I was afraid that I would bump into something dirty .

I was taken aback, and hurriedly asked my grandfather why he said that.

Grandpa explained that the coffin was not painted red, so where did it come from?Even the coffin made of mahogany is only slightly dark red.

There are also two meanings for this red coffin. The first one is "happy coffin", which is the kind of old people who are over 90 years old.Another meaning is "blood coffin". Only those who died tragically would use this coffin.

As soon as I heard it, cold sweat broke out on my back. There was no need to think about it at all. It was definitely the second possibility. I also became a little scared in my heart, and hurriedly asked Grandpa what to do now.

The grandfather on the other end of the phone was silent for a few seconds, and then said that he hadn't finished his business there, and he would be back in two days. If the woman comes again tomorrow, you can say that the goods are available, but you must not ask her for a deposit. She can come and pick it up the next day.

If the woman nods her head and agrees, immediately go to Zuo Daoyin, the god behind the town, and ask him to help figure out what's going on, and then ask him to tell you the solution.

If the woman refuses to agree, drive her away and warn her not to make trouble in the future. If she still dares to come, she will call the police directly.

After I hung up the phone, my heart was always in a state of ups and downs. The next day, at that time in the evening, the woman really came again.

She was still dressed in the same way, and her face was still a little pale. After staring at me for a few seconds, she asked me if there were seven unpainted red coffins here.

have!I mustered up the courage to say this word, feeling my heart was about to jump into my throat, and then I didn't wait for her to respond, and immediately said: If you want, come and pick it up tomorrow.

Oh.

I didn't expect the woman to answer such a word, then turned around and left.

What is this?Do you want me to give me a letter? I immediately chased her out, wanting to find out what happened, but I didn't expect that woman to leave so quickly. As soon as she left, I chased her out and disappeared.

Now I had no choice, so I immediately called my grandfather, but I don't know if the signal on his side is not good, so I can't get through for the time being.

Seeing that it was getting dark, I really didn't dare to stay in the coffin shop alone when I encountered such a weird incident, so I decided to follow my grandfather's instructions and go to Zuo Daoyin for help.

Our street is called White Street. The reason for this name is that almost half of the shops on this street are for white goods. Famous, one is the coffin maker Wu Zhenlong, that is, my grandfather, and the other is Shengua Zuodaoyin, because both of them are people with real skills.

When I arrived at Zuo Daoyin's house, it was already completely dark.

Zuo Daoyin was in his early 60s, probably because the fortune-telling leaked too many secrets in the early years, and he had abscesses everywhere on his body. After the abscesses healed, there were many scars left on his face, which looked very ugly. Scary, like a toad's face.

He had a miserable life. He lost his wife in middle age and lost his son in old age. His later life was very bleak. He lived on the meager government relief funds on weekdays.

These experiences made his character withdrawn and eccentric. Since a few years ago, he seldom tells fortunes to others. He always stays at home alone on weekdays, and no one knows what he is doing at home.

If it weren't for this incident, I wouldn't come to Zuo Daoyin's house on weekdays, and I would even walk around the road, because this two-story old house would make people feel unlucky across the door.

After I explained the purpose of coming to Zuo Daoyin, his somewhat white glaucoma eyes suddenly stared straight at my side, and his expression became a little strange.

I gasped in fright, and hurriedly said, Grandpa Zuo, I wasn't joking with you, the real thing is that my grandpa asked me to come to you.

After hearing this, Zuo Daoyin was silent for a moment, then asked me to wait, and then went upstairs alone.

The building of his house is made of wooden boards, and when one steps on the stairs, there will be a loud sound, as if they will be stepped on at any time, and there was such a thing happened in our Baijie before, it is said that a thief from outside stole to the left. Dao Yin's house went to the second floor, but he didn't know what he saw, and was frightened in the end.

Later, there were rumors that Zuo Daoyin raised little ghosts on the second floor of his house, but it was not known whether it was true or not.

A few minutes later, Zuo Daoyin came down from upstairs with a broken bowl with a flat bottom, and there was a piece of yellow paper and three copper coins in the bowl.

Then he asked for my birth date, wrote it on the yellow paper and burned it into the bowl, then threw the three copper coins into the bowl, and after throwing it down, he began to put his hands on it. fiddling with copper coins.

I have been standing next to Zuo Daoyin, watching him play with the copper coins in the bowl intently, my heart is always up and down, and my palms and backs are all sweaty.

He calculated this hexagram for a long time, and the speed of his fingers in the bowl was also fast and slow, until his fingers were fixed in place, and then he turned his head and looked at me nervously.

I was taken aback and hurriedly asked him what was wrong.

Zuo Daoyin frowned tightly, and his voice trembled when he spoke: "That woman is not human!"

(End of this chapter)