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When I was young, my grandfather used to say that in their generation, there was a custom that adults should not return home if there was a child in the house.
Because newborn babies are very delicate, they can see things that we can't see, which are also known as yin and yang eyes.
Therefore, try to come home early as much as possible to avoid encountering dirty things and scaring the children. If you really have urgent matters to attend to and must go out, wait a while before entering the house, stomp your feet and smoke a cigarette to scare the children.
I remember when I was thirteen or fourteen, my brother and I were playing on the floor at home as usual.
Because it's in the countryside, adults like to visit each other, play cards, and pass the time until late at night. But on this night, my brother and I didn't go to sleep as usual. Instead, we waited until our parents came back before going to sleep together.
However, something strange happened. I was awakened in the middle of the night by my brother's scream, and as I groggily opened my eyes, I saw many people standing in the room.
Meanwhile, my brother seemed to have seen something terrifying, and he kept trying to burrow into our grandfather's arms. My parents were frantic, not knowing what my brother had seen, and he kept screaming and shouting.
Next to us, there was always an old man who would stick half of his head out to look at us. At that moment, the old man felt something was wrong and asked if we were out too late and brought back something dirty. After hearing the old man's words, my parents hurried to find the fortune teller who lived in the mountains outside the village. After some commotion, the fortune teller said that we had brought back something unclean, and because my younger brother was the youngest, the dirty thing had attached itself to the ground, which is why my brother was scared and crying loudly.
Next, the fortune teller began to call the spirits. I saw the fortune teller take out a bowl and place it in the middle of the river with three chopsticks inside.
Muttering something under their breath, suddenly the three chopsticks miraculously stood up. Then the fortune teller took the bowl out, poured the water and rice onto the road, and placed the bowl upside down on the windowsill.
After everything was done, the fortune teller told the parents to put a butcher knife next to the child's bed while sleeping, and the child would be better by morning.
After the fortune teller left, the parents were still worried, so they checked inside and outside the house again and had me sleep with grandpa until the next day.
I didn't expect my little brother to really get better, but out of concern for his health, my parents still took him to the hospital in the city for a check-up. After the check-up, the doctor said it was just a minor cold and he would be fine after taking some medicine.
When we got back home, my little brother really stopped crying and fussing, and he didn't have a fever again. But since then, my parents have never come home late again.
In addition, my grandfather also mentioned one thing, which is never to touch scarecrows, especially scarecrows in the fields, because they might be contaminated with dirty things.
In junior high school, my good buddy Wang Er Gou and I loved to play in the fields.
There is a scarecrow near my family's field, which belongs to an old lady from the neighboring house. Since the old lady passed away, no one has taken care of the scarecrow, and the adults don't allow us to go near it, saying that it has too much negative energy.
One night, while playing in the field with Er Gou, a black cat suddenly appeared out of nowhere and took the toy from Er Gou's hand.
I am very angry. I took out a wooden stick from my pocket and chased after him. We chased all the way to Grandma's house and finally stopped in a deserted field. The toy car was parked next to a scarecrow.
Er Gou saw his beloved toy car and happily walked over.
I recalled my grandfather's words, "Be careful of the scarecrow at the old lady's house. Don't go near it, or you'll be covered in dirt."
Just as I was about to tell Er Gou, he was already playing with his toy car next to the scarecrow. I walked up to him and said, "Let's stay away, Er Gou. My grandfather said we shouldn't touch this scarecrow."
Er Gou had a mocking expression on his face and said with a smile, "Isn't it just a scarecrow? It's not a big deal. What are you afraid of?" Then he suddenly turned around, urinated on the scarecrow, and I was so scared that I ran back home.
A few days later, Er Gou still hadn't come to school. The teacher said he was sick, so I went to Er Gou's house.
Seeing him lying in bed with a high fever, the toy was placed next to him.
Er Gou slowly recounted the strange events that happened at night. In the middle of the night, he developed a high fever, and a frosty wind blew in from outside. Suddenly, a clap of thunder sounded, and a scarecrow appeared out of thin air beside him.
Even more absurdly, the scarecrow actually spoke: "Why are you urinating on me? Why are you bullying me?"
Er Gou was already running a high fever, and with the addition of this terrifying scarecrow, he passed out directly. In the following days, many doctors were invited to the house but couldn't figure out what illness it was. What's even stranger is that the scarecrow couldn't be driven away no matter what, as if it were nailed to the ground.
Grandma Er Gou invited the famous fortune teller to the village again.
Seeing this scene, the fortune teller frowned and said, "The child has done something wrong."
Go out and apologize to the scarecrow, then go to the old grandmother's place to burn something, and things will improve.
The next day, the family took Er Gou to the old grandmother's grave, and after that, his illness gradually improved.
However, the scarecrow that can be seen from home still cannot be moved.
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