Chapter 21 Borrowing the Soul to Replenish the Soul
I was a little confused and looked at the old smoker confused.
"Soul replenishment?"
The old smoker looked at me helplessly and then explained: "I've told you before that village guards have five shortcomings and three shortcomings. They lack soul and soul."
"And the first step of the path she chose for you is to replenish your soul."
"To put it bluntly, you owe part of your soul now, and the city god will take it away at any time. If you don't want to be taken away, you must make this part of your soul completely your own."
"This is called soul replenishment."
"You will bring this man who left Niang'er Village back to his roots and establish a good relationship. When the time comes, you will accept his son as your adopted son. Your adopted son will make up for the loss of your soul."
"This is also called cause and effect!"
"Wouldn't this harm the child?" I frowned subconsciously, and the image of the child brought by Liu Shan flashed through my mind.
The old smoker looked at me in surprise, then laughed and said, "Of course not."
"If the child can be tainted by the village guard's karma, his life will be smooth sailing."
"How many people can't ask for it in their lifetime."
Seeing the serious look on the old smoker's face, I didn't dwell on this issue anymore, but continued to ask: "What should we do now?"
"Burn these."
"Then tell them she wants to go home!"
The old smoker grinned, then took out a stack of paper money and threw it into the brazier, and then said loudly: "Niang'er Village, Li Ya requests to return to the village, the fallen leaves return to their roots!"
I looked at the old smoker in surprise.
I wanted to ask the old smoker how he knew her name, but in the end I held back. After all, even I could only vaguely remember Liu Shan saying the name Aya to the air when he left a few years ago.
I didn’t hesitate anymore and followed the old smoker while burning paper money and shouting: “Niang’er Village, Li Ya requests to return to the village, the fallen leaves return to their roots!”
I don't know if this is useful.
Just learn from others.
But I soon felt something was wrong.
As we burned more and more paper money, the old smoker and I shouted for longer and longer, and I gradually began to feel that the surroundings seemed to become much more depressing, but there was obviously no one around me.
I subconsciously looked around, and then I noticed that the lids of the coffins placed at the door of every house had been opened.
I swallowed and then looked at the old smoker.
"Those coffins are all open."
But the old smoker didn't care and continued to burn paper money.
Seeing this, I had no choice but to bite the bullet and continue.
It's not because I'm afraid. After all, my experience during this period has already made me accustomed to these strange changes. It's just that the special depression around me makes me a little uncomfortable.
If I'm not wrong.
Maybe there are already people standing around me at this moment.
As expected.
After a while, after the paper money that the old smoker and I took out was almost burned, I began to hear faint sounds in my ears.
"welcome……"
"go home!"
I'm not sure if it's these four words.
I could only hear a sob coming to my ears after those sounds appeared.
And the jar that I snatched from Liu Shan also began to break. In the blink of an eye, it was broken into pieces, and some of the fine sand-like things inside were blown around by a sudden gust of wind.
.
The old smoker also stood up slowly at this time, then took a puff of cigarette, and the smile on his face became more and more obvious.
He whispered: "Go home!"
But before I could say anything, a figure rushed to me quickly. When he saw the broken jar on the ground, Liu Shan froze on the spot, and then knelt down directly.
He grabbed me, his eyes were red.
He looked at me with despair.
That look made me afraid to face it, so I subconsciously turned my head to the side.
Fortunately, the old smoker came over in time, patted Liu Shan's hand and said, "She has gone home."
"From this moment on, she can stay here forever."
Hearing what the old smoker said, Liu Shan couldn't hold back his tears, but he still looked at the old smoker in disbelief, "Can she really go home?"
The old smoker nodded, then pointed at me and said, "This fool is the village guard here."
"After passing through his hand, no one will stop it."
"Your wife, come home!"
Liu Shan's body started to tremble instantly, his grip on my hand suddenly let go, and then he kowtowed to me three times in a row.
Seeing Liu Shan like this, I did feel a little unspeakably guilty, so I could only pretend to be stupid and laugh, while quietly confessing like an old smoker.
The old smoker didn't seem to notice, but continued: "But although your wife is back, she is a married woman after all."
"This is not allowed in Niang'er Village."
"Although this fool helped me, I still made a big mistake."
"So your wife still can't have her tomb here."
The serious look of the old smoker made me speechless and I couldn't help but roll my eyes.
But Liu Shan obviously believed it.
He quickly moved away from me and moved to the old smoker on his knees.
"Old sir, what should I do?"
After the old smoker took another puff of cigarette, he said with a serious face: "Let your son recognize him as his godfather."
The old smoker glanced at me.
A look of embarrassment suddenly appeared on Liu Shan's face.
I know that the old smoker is talking about me, and it is obvious that Liu Shan is in trouble because in his eyes I am a fool, and he wants his son to choose a fool as his godfather. Although I have lived alone for eighteen years, I also know that this is
A very embarrassing thing.
But I also know that the old smoker is helping me.
After all, the first and last step in the path to replenish one's life he mentioned was to adopt Liu Shan's son as his adopted son, and now it is indeed the only step left.
Seeing Liu Shan's hesitation, the old smoker continued: "The entire Niang'er Village has to give this fool some face. If your son recognizes him as his godfather, it means that your wife also has a relationship with him. Naturally
Then no one will gossip anymore, and your wife can justifiably have her tomb established in Niang'er Village."
Hearing this, Liu Shan fell silent.
I could tell he was confused.
And all this boils down to the fact that he thinks I'm a fool.
This can also be said to be the sorrow of the villagers.
This also made me feel heavy.
What would happen if I really was a fool?
What if I can't do it in three years and really become a fool?
I can't imagine it.
But I can't say anything.
I can only laugh and do my own thing.
Finally, after being silent for a while, Liu Shan wiped away the tears from the corners of his eyes and nodded firmly.
"OK."
"As long as I can build a tomb for my wife in Niang'er Village."
"I can ask my son to recognize him as his godfather!"