The small temple in the village

This is a big village. The two most iconic places in the village are an old well in the center of the village and a small temple in the west.

The small temple is about two meters high and one and a half meters wide. The roof is a ridge of red tiles. The whole painting is painted big red and stands alone in the open space, giving people a visual mystery!

What's the use of this small red tile temple? This is the most sacred and awe-inspiring place for the villagers.

The function of this small temple is to report the temple to the dead when the old people in the village die. The temple in the report refers to a small temple outside the village. Before dawn the next day, the families of the deceased wore mourning hats made of white cloth and white mourning clothes, which were neatly arranged in a row according to the size of their generations.

The team should walk neatly around the small temple, and the team leader will report the name and birth year of the deceased to the temple gate every month to gain the knowledge of the local grandfather and open the gate of hell to take in the dead relatives.

After reporting to the temple, walk around the small temple and return to the deceased's home. In this way, it takes three trips in a row, that is, a dead person has to report to the temple three times, and this ceremony of reporting to the temple can be completed.

Not only that, in normal times, no matter adults or children, whether they are ashamed or frightened, they are bound to kneel in front of the small temple outside the village, burn incense and order some paper money. Strangely, it's really good to have some minor disasters.

What's more, if a family in a nearby village has a dead baby, they just throw the baby's body at the gate of the temple with a bundle of straw, and then burn the dead baby's body in order to get the hell to take it in and bless the next child's safety!

So there is always everything at the entrance of that small temple, the bodies of dead children, incense paper ashes, red steamed buns ...

So the children in the village are naturally afraid of it, and no one dares to go there to play, even naughty children.

Even the adults in the village will try to avoid it when they are free, and they will stay away when they walk at night.

There is a widow in the village whose young husband died in a car accident. Leaving a three-year-old child, mother and son live alone. The widow's late husband's surname is Hu, so everyone calls her Mrs. Hu.

Although this Hu family sister-in-law is only a native peasant woman, she is born with fine features and delicate skin. So since her husband died, it has been terrible to live alone with a young child.

Fortunately, no one dares to mess around during the day, but at night, there are always second-rate lazy people with ulterior motives who come to pull the door in the middle of the night.

It happened that this Hu family sister-in-law was born weak and scared to secretly cry with her child in her arms.

The more she thought about it, the more incredible she felt, so one night she went to the small temple in the dark with some incense sticks and paper money.

I lit incense and burned some paper money. This Hu family sister-in-law is a snot and tears, crying carefully in front of the small temple to tell her grievances and blows after her husband left.

Needless to say, from that day on, Hu Jia's sister-in-law cried in front of the small temple. It was really safe to sleep at night, and there was no such thing as knocking on doors and windows.

Hu Jia's eldest sister-in-law felt very gratified. It seems that her husband who died in the underworld in front of the small temple must have heard what she said, so he secretly came to protect his mother.

Don't be serious. Within a few days, all the owners in the village who knocked on Hu Sao's doors and windows and were unkind to Hu Sao fell ill overnight and were bedridden with pus.

A few days later, just after dinner that night, the three-year-old son suddenly looked at his mother and said, "Mom! The uncle lying on you is so ugly! "

In an instant, Mrs. Hu only felt the scalp brush, and her heel was crisp. She suddenly turned around and saw what the child said was lying on her body. But when I looked back, there was nothing behind me.

Hu Jia's sister-in-law breathed a sigh of relief. According to her son Xiao Dan, it was a slap. "Children are not allowed to lie, didn't I tell you? Lie again and see what I can do to you. "

"Mom, I'm not lying. Look, there is an uncle lying behind you! Uncle, you should say something to let my mother know, or she will accuse me of lying and should hit me. " The child sobbed.

After listening to the child's crying, Sister Hu Jia knew that what the child said must be true. She didn't hug her son tenderly in her arms. "Son, can you tell your mother what the uncle you mentioned looks like on her back?"

The child sobbed a few times, "Mom! Uncle looks like a monkey, which is not good-looking at all. " After listening to the child, Mrs. Hu understood. It seems that the old man said that only children can see dirty things that adults can't see, which seems to be true.

I have been secretly glad that my father came back to protect their mother these days. It seems that I was wrong. I must have brought something unclean in front of the small temple that night.

I couldn't find any yellow paper, so I took it in my hand, burned it at the door, chanted about my mother, and then turned off the light to sleep. In the middle of the night, Hu Sao was awakened by her son in her sleep. She opened her eyes and saw her son crying and pushing himself.

Turning on the light, Hu Jia's sister-in-law hurriedly asked her son what happened. "mom! I saw someone bullying you, and the man like a monkey lay on his mother and beat her desperately. "

Holding her son, Hu Jia's sister-in-law was completely confused. What happened? Everything my son said is true? Why can't you see or feel it?

As the days went by, Mrs. Hu found several witches at home to exorcise evil spirits, but the monkey-like man in her son's mouth still appeared on Mrs. Hu every night.

In this life, it is better not to go to a small temple to find a stupid husband to cry. It's a good thing that the living dare not come now, and the fool who doesn't know what is called back.

The jittery days will go on, and more than two months have passed in a flash. Early this morning, Mrs. Hu packed her things, locked the door, held her son, and went to the village cooperative to buy some cloth and make some shoes for her son.

When I was walking on the road, I was about to pass the small temple in the west of the village. Just as I was passing by the small temple, my son lying on his shoulder suddenly shouted, "Mom! You see that uncle monkey who always lies on you is in that small house! "

The son's crying frightened Hu Jia's sister-in-law and quickly covered her son's mouth with her hand. "Be quiet, son. Let's not look there, dear boy." He twisted the child's head as he spoke.

In this way, Hu Jia's sister-in-law who felt nervous all the way quickly bought some cloth and hurried home. There is no good way to think from left to right, but what happened later completely made Hu Jia's sister-in-law feel what fear is.

After several days of nausea and vomiting, Hu Jia's pregnant aunt secretly let out a cry. Why do her symptoms look pregnant?

No way! Since her husband's death, I've been an honest man, never crossed the line, and never had any personal relationship with any man, so it's impossible to get pregnant.

However, in the next period of time, Mrs. Hu's physical changes are more and more like pregnancy. Her stomach is getting bigger every day, and her appetite is getting bigger and bigger. There are indications that Hu Sao is really pregnant.

Looking at his growing belly, think about the monkey-like man whose son has been talking about himself. This de gruyter sister-in-law has an idea in her heart. "Unless you are really haunted?" It's not a ghost! "

Many times I dreamed that I was with a man who couldn't see clearly, but I didn't see anything strange every time I woke up, so I didn't care.

Isn't all this a dream? Is everything that happened in the dream true? This Hu family sister-in-law fidgets every day. If the villagers see that she is a widow, I'm afraid even if there are 1000 mouths, they can't tell clearly.

After careful consideration, the best way to solve the problem is to tie the bell. This male ghost was recruited from a small temple by himself, and he had to beg in the small temple to see that no matter what the fairy said, he had to let himself go.

Make up your mind not to come out too early, lest the blind date see you. So when there was no one in the middle of the night, Sister Hu took some incense sticks with her child in her arms and came to the small temple.

Sister-in-law Hu Jia knelt down and cried, no matter who you are, for the sake of our orphans and widows, leave me alone! In the future, I will set up a memorial tablet for you and burn incense and kowtow to you every day. Leave me alone if you want anything.

After tossing and turning, I went home. After a while, Mrs. Hu found that her stomach was still growing crazily, and there was no sign of stopping.

You can't hide it when you see it. Think about how to live with the tucao star of blind date in the future! Not only is he ashamed to meet people, but even his young son will be bullied by children.

The next day, Mrs. Hu sent her young son to her parents' home more than ten miles away from home, and resolutely returned home without saying anything.

I cried with mixed feelings until dark, holding a photo of my family in my hand. Seeing that it was all dark outside, Mrs. Hu came to the small temple with a fruit knife …

Early the next morning, the shepherd who got up early to herd sheep in the village saw Mrs. Hu lying in front of the small temple covered in blood, holding a bloody baby in her hand, with her stomach cut open and her intestines scattered all over the floor. A bloody fruit knife was thrown beside Hu Sao …

When people learned the whole story from Mrs. Hu's three-year-old son, angry villagers smashed a small temple that had stood here for many years with pickaxes and rakes.

Since then, there have been no small temples in the village. If there is a dead person who needs to report to the temple, take three bricks temporarily and simply build a small temple outside the village.