June 12, 1971.

Light rain.

Grandma said she would cultivate my natal Gu today.

I’m so happy. From today on, I must work hard to learn how to cultivate gu!

June 13, 1971.

clear.

My grandma said that I was a pig-brained person and she made me so angry. Once I learned her skills, I would poison her!

June 14, 1971.

clear.

I don’t want to learn anymore!

June 19, 1971.

Light rain.

Thirty years in Hedong and thirty years in Hexi. Don’t bully young people into poverty! Wait until I learn everything! I will definitely get back everything I lost!

June 20, 1971.

clear.

Damn it, I don’t want to learn anymore.

June 21, 1971.

partly cloudy.

Grandma is the best grandma in the world!

June 22, 1971.

clear.

Old woman, I’m so angry! If you try to imitate me again, I’ll be like a dog!

June 23, 1971.

clear.

I'm so lucky to have the best grandma in the world. I must learn how to raise gu and become her pride.

June 24, 1971.

clear.

Old woman, if I learn how to raise voodoo from you again, I will be a dog and I will do what I say!

June 25, 1971.

clear.

I'm a dog.

June 26, 1971.

Sunny to cloudy.

A man came to the house today. Grandma was very happy and said she had something important to discuss with the man. Don’t think I don’t know what they are doing!

June 27, 1971.

clear.

I saw my grandma and that man doing something, and I was so embarrassed.

June 28, 1971.

Cloudy to clear.

Grandma plays so pervertedly.

June 29, 1971.

partly cloudy.

It was so shameless for the old bachelor from the village to peek at grandma and that man doing things, and he almost discovered me!

June 30, 1971.

Negative.

The man left, and grandma cried all day.

July 1, 1971.

Cloudy to sunny.

It’s a new month. This month I will definitely learn the art of Gu and try to make my grandma happy.

July 2, 1971.

Cloudy to light rain.

Damn it, I don’t want to learn anymore!!

Wang Han burst into laughter.

Who would have thought that Ma Jiugu, one of the top ten strange people in the world and one of the four scourges in the world, would still look like this when she was a child.

I turned over a few more pages of the diary.

Diary records like this last for more than a dozen pages.

Wang Han quickly turned over again.

Until October 17, 1979.

Negative.

Grandma is gone.

Before leaving, he told me a secret.

I cut off my braids and started learning the art of voodoo from today.

It was also from this page that the diary began to record things about voodoo.

But the time span in between is huge, and we can basically say something every month.

It’s December 12, 1987 again.

clear.

I left the village.

I told my grandma that I must be successful and make the whole world look up to us!

January 1, 1988.

Light snow.

I swear, I must be rich and make those snobs kneel on the ground and surrender!

The richest Ximen family in the world is my goal!

January 2, 1988.

Light snow.

Why is that damn fat guy so powerful!

Most of my babies are dead!

Fortunately he showed mercy!

January 14, 1988.

clear.

It's really cold in the north. I met a strange man today. He said he could help me accomplish everything I wanted, as long as I gave him three hundred yuan. I didn't agree because I didn't have three hundred yuan.

I must become a rich man.

February 17, 1988.

Heavy snow.

It’s Chinese New Year.

I miss my grandma. I met that person again today. He said he knew my secret. I treated him to a meal of dumplings and he said he would keep it secret for me.

September 7, 1988.

heavy rain.

Today I met a strange monk who wanted me to hang out with him. I refused and he said we would meet again.
To be continued...