Chapter 222 Incarnation
In a small bungalow by the sea, a woman who was taking a nap woke up with disappointment. She couldn't calm down for a long time, and tears silently flowed down her cheeks.
The woman is in her early fifties this year. Her current husband is of the same age as her. When the pension policy was first introduced, her husband took out money every month to buy pensions for both himself and her. Although this made their lives relatively difficult for a period of time, after they turned fifty, when their peers were worried about not being able to work and earn money due to their old age, the monthly pension of more than 1,000 yuan each from her and her husband was enough for them to live well in the village.
No need to drag your aging body to do hard work anymore.
She is very satisfied with her current life, but she still thinks of her ex-husband occasionally, wondering why he never comes to her in her dreams to tell her about his recent situation.
Until today.
The husband, who was busy in the yard, heard the woman sobbing. He put down the green vegetables he had just pulled out and came in, asking curiously, "What's wrong? Why are you crying for no reason?"
"Lao Lin, I just had a dream. I dreamed of him... He said that he didn't hate me because I remarried, but he had no choice but to not send me a dream for so many years. He also asked me to thank you on his behalf, and said that he doesn't blame you." The woman repeated what her husband had said to her with tears in her eyes.
Lao Lin and the woman's husband used to be good friends. When he was with the woman, he also bore the stigma and guilt.
Although the couple has a harmonious relationship, they can't help but remain silent whenever they mention their ex-husband.
"What a sweet dream. You should sleep a little longer." Lao Lin smiled at the woman. "I'll go pick some more vegetables and bring them to Nini and the others in the city tomorrow. The vegetables sold in the city supermarkets are not as delicious as the ones we grow ourselves. Nini loves the ones we grow ourselves."
Nini is the daughter of the woman and her ex-husband. She is now in her thirties. She was admitted to university, found a good job, got married and had children. She now settles down in the city. Her life is not rich, but she has no burden either.
The old couple has their own pension, so as long as they are in good health, they don’t need to add to Nini’s burden.
“But… this dream was so real. I always felt like he was really here.” As the woman spoke, a glimmer of silver suddenly appeared in her tearful eyes.
She wiped away her tears and looked down, and saw a bag of silver compressed biscuits with peanut flavor placed on the bedside table. It was exactly the same as what she saw in her dream!
She wiped her tears again and continued to look at the bag of cookies.
Still here, this is not a dream.
"Look, this bag of biscuits is what he gave me in my dream. He said he tasted them and found them delicious, so he brought me a bag to try... He is still the same as before, bringing us something every time he comes home." The woman recalled.
At that time, every time her husband went out to sea, he would bring her and their daughter some free small gifts, such as brightly colored shells, or starfish and octopuses the size of a child's palm.
Lao Lin stared blankly at the bag of biscuits. He clearly remembered that the bag of biscuits was not there before he left the room, and his wife had been staying in the room and had never left.
It turns out that he really came back.
I really understand their actions.
Lao Lin's eyes also turned red, and it was unclear whether his expression was happy or sad. The couple huddled together on the bed to ease their excitement.
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Several older fishermen with families dreamed of their wives or children first.
Thirty years ago, I had just turned eighteen. Thirty years later, I am still eighteen years old and not married. The first people I thought of contacting were my parents.
But the thirty years they spent on the vast ocean unable to return home were also the same thirty years as those elderly couple.
The most cruel thing is time. Birth, aging, sickness and death are all executed by the executioner of time.
Although I knew the hope was slim, I still tried... and sure enough, I failed.
After contacting their wives and children, the other brothers also began trying to contact their parents, but as expected, they all failed.
The eldest brother actually had a premonition a long time ago. After all...his wife, who had always been attentive, did not mention anything about his parents in the conversation with him. She probably thought they had met secretly.
"Maybe... maybe mom and dad don't like taking naps anymore." The younger brother had a stiff smile on his pale face, and the corners of his mouth looked unnatural as if they were fixed with wire. "I'll try again in the evening."
[I fainted from crying]
[Thirty years... He was already quite old, and losing so many children at the same time must have been a huge blow to his health.]
[The younger brother must be very sad. After all, for other brothers, they have wives and children, but he is only eighteen years old, and the only people he can contact are his parents.]
[Help, I suddenly thought of Zhizhi’s experience]
[So cruel, one person on the rooftop, no stairs]
After the brothers had comforted each other, Lin Hanzhi took the initiative to say goodbye to them.
But he was stopped by his brother ghosts again. Having received the kindness from this group of people, they always wanted to repay them. Kind and simple people are always like this. They cannot accept the kindness of others with peace of mind. Once they get a little, they want to give back.
Therefore, during the precious brief time they had in contact with their wives, the brothers also asked about Hai Gong Temple to see if their wives remembered any other clues.
After all, strange rumors are passed on by word of mouth, and the version each person hears is likely to be different.
They also got some clues that they didn't know before.
"I just asked my wife, she used to be from another village, she heard a rumor about Haigong Temple from the older generation that I had never heard of -"
The name of the village is Haihua Village. The villagers have lived by the sea for generations and make a living from the sea. It is said that after the appearance of the Haigong Temple, there have been rumors of "Haigong's incarnation" in the village.
The so-called incarnation of the Sea God refers to the Sea God who uses his magical powers to transform into an ordinary person. Because the Sea God is a symbol of disaster, every time a major disaster occurs, Haihua Village will search for people who are suspected to be the incarnation of the Sea God. The first thing the villagers do in the face of a disaster is not to think about how to save or solve it, but to find this incarnation and send it back to the sea. Only in this way can the Sea God be stopped from bringing disaster to the village.
As for the method of "sending him back to the sea", it is naturally to tie the person to a thick tree trunk, then use a fishing boat to drag him to the sea near the Haigong Temple, and then leave.
When that person decays and dies without water or food, his soul will naturally return to Haigong Temple.
[Ah, what incarnation? This is pure feudal superstition.]
[There is no place without disasters. If everyone were like this, it would be chaos.]
[A person was tied to a tree trunk and floated in the boundless ocean, without water or food, suffering mental and physical torture. This was even more horrible than the kind of sacrifice that was directly burned to death.]
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