Chapter 284 Shamanistic ritual or sorceress consultation
Aunt Yao still held firm to her opinion on this matter.
Holding a bunch of chives, she carefully moved closer to Grandma Yao, making sure that only the two of them could hear what they were saying, and that the children playing in the yard wouldn't hear it.
"Mom, I'm not making this up! Think about it carefully, haven't these kinds of things happened enough?"
These kinds of things happen frequently, not just in the countryside, but also in the city.
The daughter of Sister Wang at the street corner was bewitched by some evil spirits a few years ago. Many people say that at night, they can hear men talking in her daughter's room. Sister Wang's daughter was even chatting and laughing with them.
But as soon as it got light, the person was gone. When asked, Wang's daughter knew nothing about it.
Later, we found an old woman from the countryside to come and take a look. Wasn't it said that some wicked fox spirit had come from somewhere and become a demon?
Also, didn't someone who worked the night shift say two years ago that they saw two weasels walking hand in hand on two legs on the street when they got off work?
"Mom, it's better to believe something is true than not to believe it is!" The more Aunt Yao thought about it, the more she felt it was true.
How did Shura, who was perfectly healthy, suddenly become sick?
The day before yesterday, when they went to deliver things to Xiaotian, Shula was full of energy and chattering away.
Yesterday, she was like a wilted eggplant or a sick chick, lying in bed looking so pitiful that it broke her heart.
Grandma Yao's expression changed, but she still persisted.
"Don't talk nonsense, she's just tired. Haven't you seen what kind of life Shura has been living these past two years?!"
The third brother is heartless and doesn't care about anything. Shura has to raise her younger siblings all by herself. It must be exhausting. It's normal for her to get sick occasionally after being so tired for so long.
This is just a normal fever. Haven't you ever had a fever?
Don't think about those strange and unusual things.
See, Shura's better again last night, right? She just needs a couple more days of rest!
Aunt Yao moved closer to Grandma Yao, almost pushing her off the stool.
"Mom, this is no small matter!"
Shula is better now, but she had a fever all day and couldn't be woken up no matter what she did; she was delirious from the fever.
Who gets a fever of only 39 degrees Celsius and then becomes delirious and can't wake up? That must be the work of some evil spirit!
As for waking up suddenly at night, that must be because there were so many of us there. With more people, the yang energy in the room becomes stronger.
And there are Tian Tian's two older brothers there. They are two adult men, and their yang energy is even stronger!
The filthy thing saw that the situation was too big and it couldn't handle it, so it quickly ran away! As soon as it ran away, Shura woke up immediately.
He acted as if nothing had happened.
Mom, think about it, no matter who gets sick, even if they recover, it takes time!
Nobody is like Shura, who suddenly became perfectly fine as if she had taken a magic pill.
"It must be because there are more of us, and maybe one of the more powerful ones was there and scared that evil spirit away." The more Aunt Yao spoke, the more she felt that what she said made sense.
Grandma Yao glanced at Aunt Yao and blurted out, "You seem to know this so well, are you related to that filthy thing?"
Aunt Yao's eldest son...
There was so much to say about this family's affairs that she finally understood where Shura got her mouth from—it was definitely from the old lady!
...
Grandma Yao scoffed at what Aunt Yao said, but she still had some doubts in her heart.
Yes, whose child gets better in no time when they're sick? Shura looks so pitiful during the day, but by night, it seems like she's all better in the blink of an eye.
Did he really eat an elixir of immortality...?
The eldest son's wife is right; it's most likely that something unclean got into the house.
Shura and the little ones were all clean. Don't those dirty things like clean people?
With no adult male in the house to keep watch, those things definitely took advantage of the situation.
No, I'm an elder, I can't just sit idly by. That evil thing will come back even if it leaves. Even if it doesn't harm Shura, what if it harms the three younger ones...?
Grandma Yao's expression immediately turned serious.
She had to do something...
But... when faced with something like this, should you go see a shaman or a fortune teller?
For a moment, Grandma Yao was also in a bit of a dilemma.
In the afternoon, Grandma Yao tidied up and reminded Aunt Yao to take good care of the house.
"I'm going to stay in the countryside for two days!"
"Mom, what are you doing going to the countryside all of a sudden!" Aunt Yao couldn't imagine what important matter could be happening at any of the relatives' homes in the countryside.
"I want to go back to my parents' home, is that not allowed? Just look after the house, I'll be back in two days at most." Grandma Yao left with a stern face.
Grandma Yao returned from the countryside a day later.
Instead of going directly back to the Yao family's old house, she went to Yao Shula's house with a large package.
...
Yao Shula was a little confused. She watched as Grandma Yao hung a small mirror on the lintel of the gate while grumbling.
Yes, it's octagonal, so it must be the legendary Bagua mirror.
That wasn't all. After hanging up the Bagua mirror, Grandma Yao took out two things that looked like peach charms from her bundle and placed them on both sides of the door...
"Grandma..." Yao Shula wanted to ask what this was.
"I know that your family hasn't put up couplets for the past two years, which is understandable."
Now that your mother has been gone for three years, you can put up the couplets. Grandma specially went to the countryside to find someone to make you a pair of peach wood charms, which have the same meaning as couplets.
Come on in!
As Grandma Yao spoke, she pulled Yao Shula into the house.
After entering the house, Grandma Yao took out a tightly wrapped Guanyin statue and a small incense burner from her bundle.
I respectfully placed the Guanyin statue and the incense burner, and then respectfully clasped my hands together and bowed three times to the Guanyin statue.
"Shura, remember to burn incense for the Bodhisattva every day from now on. I've prepared all the incense for you, Grandma has put it here!" Grandma Yao took out another handful of incense from her bundle.
"Grandma, what are you doing?" Yao Shula was both amused and exasperated.
Grandma Yao chuckled and quickly gave Yao Shula a reason she couldn't refuse.
"Shuxin will take the college entrance exam next year. We all know that Shuxin works hard and will definitely get into college, right?"
We can't offer much help, so let's pray to the Bodhisattva and hope that the Bodhisattva will bless Shuxin so that she can get into a better university.
Shura, don't you want Shuxin to do better on the exam?
Yao Shula...
I want it, I really want it! This incense must be burned! Yao Shula believed in this more than ever before.
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