I know the doll tied up.

There is a custom of seeking children in some places. On March 3rd every year, those who are not married and have long-term marriages and have a vow to worship in the local temple, will tie a red rope to something in their eyes. This thing can be a Buddha statue, a stone, a branch, etc. It is said that this will not take long, and those who are seeking children will become pregnant.

I don’t know whether the doll is effective. Maybe it’s just to get a lottery and make a good fortune.

But I really haven't heard of it being tucked from Guizai Ling in the past.

Guizai Ridge sounds like no good place.

Ghost cub, ghost cub, can you tie the ghost doll?

That stone is the doll tied back?

And what happened to the three coffins and five disasters?

I thought about it, and the more I thought about it, the more confused I became, and I asked the man.

The man was honest and told me: "The doll tied to Guizai Ridge is so good. If you can't find it in the temple, you can tie it to Guizai Ridge one by one. However, the doll tied back has many disasters and difficulties. Before getting married, you will commit three coffins and five calamities. The three coffins refer to three life worries, while the five calamities mean five calamities, such as car accidents, injuries, etc.."

I shuddered and asked again, "Did you really commit these things? Or is it just a legend?"

The man glanced at me and said seriously: "Of course it's true."

The man glanced around again and said in a low voice: "Actually, the dolls tied back from Guizai Ridge are all ghost babies. God does not allow them to reincarnate privately, so he will use various methods to punish them. Being sick is one of them. So every time he gets sick, their parents put the doll he asks for in the coffin to fool God, which means that the baby is dead. The one you just saw has been sick for several days, and has been to the hospital you can go to, and he has not seen any disease at all."

Is there something like this?

I felt a terrified in my heart, and then I thought of my bizarre life experience, and felt relieved.

"How do you know that the doll tied to Guizai Ridge is a ghost baby?"

"This is a long story, and you will understand it if you go and take a look." As he said that, he changed his mind, "But it's better not to go, that place is very evil."

I was about to ask again, but he pointed to a family not far away and said to me, "Here, that's Lin Yang's home, you go."

I thanked him and watched him walk away before walking towards Fatty's house.

It was already nine o'clock.

The door of the fat man's house was closed, but through the crack of the door, you could see the light inside.

I knocked on the door a few times, and a female voice came from the yard: "Who?"

Then the door opened, and it was a woman in her fifties, probably the fat man’s mother.

She looked at me and was stunned. I hurriedly said, "Auntie, I am Lin Yang's classmate. Is Lin Yang at home?"

She hesitated for a moment before replying, "Oh, are you having something to do with him?"

The atmosphere was wrong. She was frowning and seemed to have something to worry about.

I suddenly felt a bad feeling. Did something happen to the fat man?

"I'm really worried about him."

I lied and told me the trick that Fatty taught me a year ago, but I changed my statement and didn't say it was his boss, but just said that I came to him to discuss business matters.

When she heard me say this, her eyes turned red and tears fell down.

It seems that I really guessed.

I just said, if the fat man is fine, how could he not answer my phone number?

I wanted to ask what happened to the fat man, but after seeing his mother crying, she swallowed it back.

I'm afraid of hearing bad news.

I spent four years in the same dormitory with him and spent another half a year. It was considered a life and death. The brotherhood had long surpassed the friendship between classmates. If something really happened to him, it would be difficult for me to accept it.

"Come in quickly, let's talk about it when you get in the house." The fat mother wiped her tears, let me in, and then closed the door.

As soon as I entered the yard, I felt a little dumbfounded.

A large black coffin is placed in the middle of the yard!

Is it fat man...

I was so excited by this coffin that I felt a sharp pain in my heart. The trace of luck that had just existed disappeared in an instant!

He was fine when we separated!

Why did the fat man suddenly...

What exactly happened these days?

A man in his fifties heard the sound coming out of the house, took the things from my hand, and let me into the house.

I followed him idly and asked reluctantly: "Uncle, Lin Yang...what is wrong with him?"

The man replied: "Since the second day of the junior high school, he has been unconscious. Now it has been five or six days..."

Hearing this, I felt happy and couldn't wait to interrupt him: "Uncle, what do you mean is that Lin Yang is just in a coma?"

"Although it was just a coma, it was not a simple coma. I took him to the hospital for examination, and there was nothing wrong with it. I also found a few gentlemen to see it, saying that it was lost and I couldn't call it back, so I asked... to prepare for the funeral."

Men are even more swearing when they say this.

The fat man's mother cried: "I went out to study for a few years and became more capable. I didn't accept anything or believe in anything. I was showing off my own abilities. Now, if my father and I were not going to find him back..."

It seems that there is a reason for the fat man's coma. I didn't rush to see him and asked directly: "Auntie, why is Lin Yang not convinced? What happened to him?"

The fat man's parents looked at each other, and it felt a little strange to ask me in detail.

I also felt a little abrupt, so I added: "My grandfather is a Taoist priest. I have learned some skills from him since I was a child. If Lin Yang really lost his soul, I might be able to help him find it back."

There was a sense of disbelief in their eyes, but now they can only do things as a living person, so they told me what happened.

The fat man's mother said, "You are from another place, so you must not know that we have a baby tied up to pray for a child."

I was stunned. Why did it be a doll tied up again? Could it be that the fat man was tied up as well?

The fat girl's next words confirmed my guess.

"I have been married to your uncle for eight years and have no children. Later, I had no choice but to tie a doll and then Lin Yang."

"Your baby was tied up from Guizi Ridge, right?" I couldn't help asking.

The fat father nodded, looked at me in surprise and asked, "Do you know Guizai Ridge?"

"I have heard that I don't know much about what this Guizai Ridge is?"

The fat father explained to me seriously: "Ghostly Ridge is west of our village, a small hill. When I was young, it was not a place to tie a baby, nor was it called Guizai Ridge, but a dead child ditch. I heard that since the late Qing Dynasty, children died in nearby families, or children who could not be raised, were thrown there."

I can understand this. This is similar to the customs in our hometown. Children who have died before the age of twelve cannot enter the ancestral grave. They can just find a place to bury them.

What does it mean to be an insurable child?
Chapter completed!