That night, all the neighbors heard the screams and curses coming from Liu Jinming's house.
Until daybreak, Hu Ling, who had a bruised nose and face, limped out of the house with a small flower cloth package in her arms. Under the comfort and curious eyes of the neighbors, she walked out of the street crying -
Obviously, this is the rhythm of returning to her parents' home.
Neighbors talked a lot:
"I don't know why Hu Ling got so crazy last night. She dared to make a big fuss with Liu Jinming."
"Well, the old lady is seriously ill. I'm afraid all the money in the family will have to be thrown in. Their family hasn't saved enough money to renovate the house. It's better now..."
"Yeah, no one else would be able to bear it."
"I felt something was wrong. There was a sudden commotion in the middle of the night. Didn't I hear Hu Ling yelling about something sinful, something evil, something like attracting ghosts into the house? I looked at it, maybe it was the earthen jar made by the old lady.
Something happened, otherwise Hu Ling would be so bold as to dare to make trouble with Liu Jinming?"
"It really is……"
"You are already so old, and you still have to go back to your parents' home, ugh."
"Why are you going back to your parents' home? Hu Ling has no father or mother. Could it be that she goes to her brother's home?"
"Then go back to her girl's house..."
…
During the discussion, the neighbors couldn't help but turn their attention to Chen Xiulan and Su Cheng.
The kind-hearted Chen Xiulan looked embarrassed, as if she had done something wrong, and hurriedly turned around and went home.
Su Cheng also knew the rumors in the village in the past two days. Although he didn't believe in these bull ghost-snake god things, after all, the rumors had something to do with his family, and the two families usually got along pretty well, so he sympathized with Liu Jinming's family quite a bit.
Encounter. At this time, when he heard the neighbors talking about the curse on the earthen jar, he couldn't help but feel a little annoyed, but he couldn't argue with the neighbors, so he had to sigh, turn around and walk back home.
At this time, Su Chunfeng was running on the field path outside the village to exercise.
Of course he heard the quarrel between Liu Jinming and his wife last night, and also heard some of the quarrels, so he could guess some of the reasons.
It's just that these have nothing to do with magic.
It's just the human heart.
As the magician behind the scenes, Su Chunfeng never expected that a small magic trick would cause Liu Jinming's family to fall into such an unbearable situation - he originally thought that the old lady could not survive the strong backlash of the evil spirit.
I didn't go through it, but I didn't expect that the old man actually survived.
If this old lady died, Su Chunfeng would never have the slightest sympathy.
But the old lady didn't die, and Liu Jinming's family's life was in trouble. Su Chunfeng, who was kind-hearted, would inevitably feel a little self-blame.
In the final analysis, there is not much hatred between the two families.
It's too much, ugh.
Sure enough, God's will is unpredictable...
While eating breakfast, Su Cheng asked calmly: "Xiao Feng, are the rumors in the village true?"
Su Chunfeng shrank his neck, grinned and said, "Which ones?"
"What did you say when you went to Liu Jinming's house!" Su Cheng's tone became serious.
"That's true." Su Chunfeng showed a fearful expression and said timidly: "Dad, that day I saw the old lady looking wrong at me. Didn't I tell you when I came back? I just happened to see the corner of the roof of her house again.
I put an earthen pot with the mouth of the pot facing our house... When I was in school, my teacher talked about feudal superstition in rural areas and mentioned this witchcraft. So I felt that the relationship between the two families was not bad at first, so there was no relationship.
I want to discuss it with you. I thought it was just a trivial matter and I didn’t want to cause any big conflicts because of this, so I went to talk to Uncle Jin Ming myself. Although we don’t believe this stuff, it looks disgusting. Don’t you think so?
?”
Chen Xiulan sighed and said: "You are so young, how can you believe these nonsense things and go to other people's homes to talk about them? It was nothing at first, but now, it seems like we have harmed them."
Su Cheng glared at his eldest son and scolded: "Be more careful in the future and don't do anything random! Do you hear me?"
"I heard it." Su Chunfeng curled her lips, lowered her head and ate the steamed bun.
"Be careful in the future!" Su Chunyu gloated, imitating his father's tone and teaching his brother.
Su Chunfeng glared at him.
Su Cheng even struck down with his chopsticks: "Little bastard, learn from your brother more in the future. Think before you do things. Don't be careless all day long!"
Su Chunyu quickly lowered her head and ate.
The dinner table became quiet.
The words Su Cheng reprimanded his second son for exaggerating just now were indeed from the bottom of his heart. His wife Chen Xiulan also had the same idea - although Su Chunfeng's self-assertion caused such unfavorable rumors, as adults they must not
I don’t admit that the child’s starting point is correct and it is a very mature way of dealing with things, because he has considered the relationship between the two families and hopes to reduce the possibility of conflicts to the minimum...
It's a pity that he is too young.
If Su Cheng had said those words to Liu Jinming at that time, no matter how unreasonable the old lady of the Liu family was, Liu Jinming would have demolished the broken pot because of his reputation and the relationship between the two families. In that case, what would happen?
What will happen next?
However, it is indeed strange to say this.
Su Cheng and Chen Xiulan also witnessed the abnormal cracking of the mouth of the earthen jar. Is it possible that there is really some mysterious witchcraft in it?
Just after breakfast, I heard Liu Jinming's voice coming from the courtyard: "Chengzi, are you at home?"
"Here we are!" Su Cheng agreed with a surprised expression, stood up and walked out: "Brother Jin Ming is here, come in quickly... How is my aunt's health?"
"Oh, I'm paralyzed." Liu Jinming sighed.
While talking, Liu Jinming and Su Cheng entered the room together.
"Brother Jin Ming." Chen Xiulan greeted politely, picked up the dishes on the table and took them out.
"Xiaofeng, take Xiaoyu back to the house to do your homework." Su Cheng ordered.
"Oh." Su Chunfeng pulled Xiaoyu up and walked to the west bedroom. While politely calling Liu Jinming: "Uncle Jinming." While secretly thinking about the reason why Liu Jinming came to the house? In fact, it is not difficult to guess, to borrow money.
Well...but you must not lend money to this person!
Liu Jinming nodded and sat down, looking at Su Chunfeng who was very polite and sensible with a profound expression - I remember that night, this child was also very polite and did not say a single harsh word.
"Brother Jin Ming, please be more relaxed..." Su Cheng took out a cigarette and handed one over.
"Yeah." Liu Jinming took the cigarette and lit it, and took a long puff.
"Are you running out of money?" Su Cheng also guessed Liu Jinming's purpose of coming here. Although he sincerely distrusted Liu Jinming's character and was unwilling to lend him money, the normal relationship between the neighbors was also poor.
Yes, seeing his family in such a predicament, Su Cheng couldn't bear to sit on the sidelines no matter what, so he took the initiative and said sincerely: "You can tell me how much it is... But to be honest, it's too much and I really don't care."
If you don’t come out, after all, you just paid off the loan, and you don’t have much money, but it’s no problem to pay for 1,800 yuan!”
Eighteen hundred yuan is definitely not a small sum these days!
Liu Jinming was stunned for a moment, with a guilty look in his eyes. He shook his head and said, "I've collected enough money! I'm not here to borrow money..."
"That is?" Su Cheng asked doubtfully.
"There have been a lot of rumors in the village over the past few days that your aunt has been ill and has been hospitalized." Liu Jinming took a deep breath of cigarette and said: "This matter, whether it has anything to do with that broken earthen pot witchcraft or not, now that I think about it, it's you.
Auntie, what she did was wrong. Last time she had a few quarrels with her siblings about saving money for the construction of the Guandi Temple. I am here to tell you and my siblings on her behalf... She has such a temperament, so do you.
You know, it’s hard for us as children to say anything about her, ugh.”
This attitude was completely beyond Su Cheng's expectations.
Even Su Chunfeng, who was eavesdropping in the bedroom, was also surprised - with Liu Jinming's character, he would actually say these words?
It’s simply more mysterious and weird than witchcraft!
Su Cheng quickly said: "Brother Jin Ming, you are out of touch with these words... How can I still hate my aunt for this little thing?"
"Brother, I know that the money you earn is not easy, it is all hard-earned money." Liu Jinming stood up as he spoke, exhaling smoke and sighed: "The rumors in the village are that your sister-in-law is ignorant and is fooling around outside.
Don't take it too seriously. Okay, I don't have anything else to say, so I'm leaving."
"How can we do that?" Su Cheng stood up and said, "Sit down for a while."
"No, I still have to go to the hospital..."
"Then wait a minute, I'll get you some money for emergency use." Su Cheng said and was about to go to the back room.
"No, no, no, no!" Liu Jinming strode out.
Seeing this, Su Cheng stopped taking the money and hurriedly sent it out, saying: "Brother Jin Ming, if you are short of money, remember to come to me and ask."
"Hey, hey, don't send me off, stay at home." Liu Jinming said repeatedly.
After seeing off Liu Jinming, Su Cheng and Chen Xiulan stood under the shade of the trees in the yard and looked at each other - why did Liu Jinming suddenly change his temper?
How would they know that Liu Jinming had a quarrel and fight with his wife last night? Like all the neighbors, they were also wondering how his wife dared to act in front of him? She also yelled about some sin, what caused the unclean person?
Things like that...
After his wife left in the morning, Liu Jinming sat at home alone, smoking a cigarette and worrying.
When a person is most pessimistic and stressed, he can think through some things, and because of his helplessness, he will think of those ethereal and imaginary things as spiritual sustenance. Liu Jinming thought about it under huge psychological pressure.
After I wanted to go, I felt that the earthen pot was quite evil. My wife's illness was very strange. It was strange that my wife dared to fight with him. It was rare for me to be awakened by nightmares while sleeping.
And these years of bad luck are probably what my wife said when she was going crazy like a demon, because she has committed too many sins.
So in order to relieve the fear and pressure in his heart, Liu Jinming decided: "I can no longer do evil and be a good person!"
At least……
In a short period of time, he hopes that his own changes can eliminate his bad luck and bring him some good luck instead of a series of bad lucks.