Chapter 1 Birth and welcome
My name is Cheng Yutian. I am 30 years old this year. I heard from my grandfather that when I was born, a lot of evil things happened in the village. Two people died on the day I was born. There were also inexplicably more people in the graveyard at the east end of the village.
There are just enough pits to hold a coffin. People in the village say that we saved our lives. Aunt Li in the front yard has always had a good relationship with my family. Three days before I was born, I always heard people moving around in his house at night.
Someone actually said that there was a strong wind that night. There was an old locust tree in Aunt Li’s yard with a huge crown. When the strong wind passed by, it seemed like countless people were wailing. That day was also strange. The wind was extremely strong. The old locust tree had a strong wind.
A few branches were broken off and fell in the yard. As soon as the sun set, I heard someone knocking on the door. The sound was not normal. Two short and one long knocks. This is called a funeral in our industry. The aunt had just finished eating.
I got up from dinner and walked out the door. I tripped over a tree branch before I had gone two steps. I started cursing and started to open the door.
"Sooner or later the broken tree will be cut down and thrown away, who is it?"
"Who?"
"Who is it that makes you so upset at night?"
The aunt yelled for a long time but no one answered, so she opened the door and saw a middle-aged man standing outside the door. This man is the great god in our village. He can yell at people or do calculations for others. Anyway, there are villages.
Such people exist.
"Hey, Brother Zhang, are you here? What's the matter? Come in quickly, your elder brother is saying that he will meet you tomorrow."
"Ah, there's something wrong, ma'am. Please close the door and go into the house quickly."
"Well, you go in first and look at the branches of the tree in the courtyard. Don't... look at what I said and you haven't looked at it yet. Are you knocking on it?"
"It's okay, ma'am"
"Xiao Zhang, come in quickly. See if you didn't drop this."
"Ah, brother, it's okay. It's okay. Give me some water first. I'm thirsty to death."
Seeing Zhang Daxian drinking water in a hurry, the old couple wondered what was going on. They usually just meet and greet each other, but they didn't get so close to each other. They didn't go to see Zhang Daxian when they had nothing to do. It wouldn't be a good thing if Zhang Daxian came to the door by himself.
Son, just as the old couple were muttering, Zhang Daxian put down his cup and started to sigh.
"Hey, brother, sister, do you still remember the matter you came to settle with me a few days ago?"
"Yes, I remember. My daughter is about to be born. It should be the same day as the old Cheng's house in the backyard. I remember, what's the matter? Have the things been done for us?"
"Well, here's the thing. I didn't have time to do it the past two days, so I just started doing it at noon today. I wanted to give your new grandchild a good name, but I didn't expect that something went wrong as soon as I did the math.
You also know that I have been in the village for decades and have been causing trouble for the people in our village. I only started doing this because of a dream. I shouldn’t have told you this originally, but seeing as how your family has taken good care of me for so many years.
"Guren, I'll tell you straight away, my family won't take care of this child, because I can't tell you why."
"Hey, brother, don't scare your brother and me. What's wrong with my eldest grandson? He's not even born yet. Is there a problem? Aren't you making us anxious? My son-in-law died and just relied on an incense to continue. Don't
Something's wrong"
"Brother, I really can't say"
Just hearing a plop, Aunt Li knelt in front of her and cried so hard that she wanted to know why. After all, this was a big deal in her family. What happened to the unborn child? The old couple couldn't survive. Please
Just tell us, I'll be happy to pay you any amount."
"Auntie, this is not about money. OK, I said it, but you must stick to it. For the sake of your son saving me, I will help you once."
"Thank you, old man. Go get something from the back room. Lao Zhang, sit down and say"
"You kids are special. They are special because they have a relationship with the old Cheng family in the backyard. Our Shangxian family didn't say what the specific relationship is, so I'm not sure what it is. As for whether it's good or bad, I can't say, but
Shangxian gave a way and said that the marriage of two families will solve a lot of things. As for how to do it, it is up to you. I shouldn't tell you this originally because it is an unreasonable thing. It depends on the luck of other people's children.
I brought back my own child. The reason why your child is like this has a lot to do with the aunt's lack of virtue. It would be very difficult for her to be born smoothly. If your son-in-law hadn't died because of me, I would definitely not have cared about it."
After Zhang Daxian finished speaking, he stood up and left without looking back. The old couple stood there stunned and didn't know what to do. Marriage was rare at that time, so the old couple also had difficulties, but for the sake of their grandchildren, they had no choice but to
In this way, it didn't take long for the old couple to fall asleep. In the dream, Aunt Li was sitting in her main room drinking tea with her, thinking about her daughter, when she saw a woman dressed in plain clothes standing outside the door, and walked in directly.
"Aunt Li, I am Zhang Dabing's Shangfangxian family. I came here specifically to ask you a few words. Seeing that someone in your family saved someone's life through kindness, I am here to help you."
"Daxian, you are here. Zhang Daxian told us, please save my unborn grandson."
"Of course I will save you, but are you willing to trade one life for another?"
"I am willing, as long as my grandson is fine, I feel sorry for my old man."
"As long as you are willing, it's okay. If Zhang Dabing hadn't risked his life to beg me, I would have left you alone."
After saying that, the aunt woke up and immediately told the old man what she had dreamed about. On the day we were born, Zhang Daxian and Aunt Li both passed away. On the same day, they had a funeral at midnight. I heard that a kid was carrying the coffin.
I put it directly in two pits and buried it with my family the next day. My grandfather didn’t tell me about this until I was older. How did my grandfather know and didn’t tell me specifically? I have lived with my grandfather since I was a child.
Chapter completed!