Northeastern Wild Fairy Tales Record

  My mother asked curiously what it was, and my grandmother slowly said with a sigh of nostalgia: "These were all told to me by San Ye when he was alive. He said that Xiaosan would have three tribulations in this life, divided into heaven, earth, and human tribulations. Each tribulation is a difficult test for Xiaosan. If she can pass it, everything will be fine, and there will even be great opportunities. But if she can't get through it, her life will also be in danger."

  "My father said, how could we not know?" My mother asked in surprise. Indeed, when my grandfather was alive, every day was ordinary and nothing special happened, so it's hard for my mother to doubt that my grandfather predicted I would have this three disasters.

  Seeing my mother's suspicious attitude, my grandmother didn't mind and spoke up: "You all knew at the time that Xiaosan's name was given by his grandfather, but none of you know what he had in mind. He put all his hopes for Xiaosan's future life into his name."

  "Yes, we all don't know why Dad would give such a name, isn't it for the good sound?" My mom raised her head and curiously looked at my grandma.

  My grandmother heard my mom's words, laughed a few times, and then said: "There are many good names, but why choose the two characters 'Floating Life'? It's because his grandfather hoped that in the future, Little Three could steal a leisurely life, live a carefree life, and not be troubled by fate. But now it seems that we can't avoid it after all, and can only face it head-on. When your second brother arrives, I'll discuss with him how to deal with this matter. Your second brother has some abilities and vision, maybe he can resolve this disaster and save Little Three."

  As soon as my mother heard that my second uncle could help me resolve the calamity, she became anxious and muttered urgently: "This dead ghost has been gone for so long, why hasn't he come back yet? It's really maddening."

  After finishing speaking, she started turning around on the floor in the room. My grandmother saw my mom like this and didn't say anything, just pressed me into the quilt and whispered: "Big grandson, lie down well, don't catch a cold."

  I didn't cry anymore at that time, after hearing my grandmother's words, I also took the opportunity to drill into the quilt and lie down, and fell asleep again in a daze.

  Just as I fell asleep for about ten minutes, my dad and second uncle came into the house together. Seeing that I had already fallen asleep, my dad muttered to himself: "This little kid is really something, falling asleep so quickly. Mom, if he keeps being this spoiled, sooner or later this child will get into big trouble."

  "He's still young, and when you were his age, you weren't much better than him. I wonder why I didn't scold you every day back then, now you're bringing this up with me." My grandma retorted, and my dad was immediately shut down, not having any temper at all.

  And at this time, my second uncle spoke up and said: "Auntie, you called Tree Person to find me in the middle of the night, what's going on? Is something wrong with San now?"

  My dad's name is Zhou Shuren, and his generation all have a "tree" character in their names.

  "No, don't worry about this for now, nothing will happen temporarily. I just heard from the boss that Saner kicked a yellow-skinned spirit tonight, and I've been thinking about it in my heart, so I called you over to ask if there's any way to prevent it, otherwise when something happens, we'll be caught off guard."

  "I was startled, I thought something had happened to my wife and rushed over without even putting on my shoes properly." After saying that, he bent down to put on his shoes, it turned out that my second uncle had come over in such a hurry that he was wearing slippers, and now that he heard I was fine, he finally had time to put on his shoes.

  My grandmother saw my second uncle putting on his shoes, but didn't say anything. Instead, she opened her mouth and asked: "You went to Yang Lao Er's house, and you also saw the whole process of what happened. Tell me again, was the thing that was encountered really a yellow-skinned ghost? If this matter isn't settled, I'll always have a knot in my heart."

  After hearing my grandmother's words, my second uncle put on his shoes and stood up to say: "Today, Yang Lao Er was cutting grass in Dong Wa Zi when he accidentally cut open the belly of a yellow-skinned creature with his sickle. He was afraid and ran back home, but the yellow-skinned creature didn't go far and followed him back. At night, it climbed onto Yang Lao Er's wife's body. Originally, Yang Lao Er's wife had been weak for several years, so she was easily taken advantage of by the yellow-skinned creature. When I went there, I negotiated with the yellow-skinned creature, but unexpectedly, Xiao San and Gou Dan, two mischievous kids, found out its true identity and even kicked it like a ball! This time, we managed to save Yang Lao Er's wife, but I estimate that this yellow-skinned creature will come back in a day or two. When the time comes, we'll have to put in more effort again. However, for now, it probably won't dare to return. Let me go ask Dang Kou's immortal family tonight and see if they can resolve this matter.

  After listening to my uncle, my grandmother thought for a while and had various thoughts flashing through her mind. Finally, she made up her mind and said to my uncle: "You know how capable your brother is. Before he passed away, or rather when he was still alive, when Sanzi was just born, he once did some calculations for the third child. In the end, he came to a conclusion."

  When I heard my grandmother mention my grandfather, my second uncle's expression suddenly became very serious. When he heard my grandmother draw a conclusion, without waiting for her to finish, he hastily asked: "What conclusion did Uncle come to?"

  "Your uncle told me that San's life is full of ups and downs, and he had to go through three near-death experiences before he could live a carefree life. However, these three calamities are all fatal. So I always have this feeling in my heart that I just can't let go of. Why don't you leave something behind now, see if it can prevent anything from happening? Otherwise, what if something really happens tonight!" My grandmother said to my second uncle.

  "Didn't your brother mention what level of calamity the little three's fate is?" My second uncle didn't respond to my grandmother's words, but instead continued to ask.

  "My grandmother said directly: 'I really don't know what level it is, I just heard that he needs to go through three calamities, divided into heaven, earth and human calamities. It's said that as long as the little three can pass the first calamity, the second and third calamities will be assisted by a noble person. But who knows what this first calamity is and when it will come!'"

  "Then didn't your uncle leave anything for Xiaosan when he was about to leave?" My second uncle asked again.

  My grandmother didn't say a word after hearing my second uncle's words, and fell into deep thought. My parents were standing aside, listening carefully, while my second uncle was also not in a hurry to urge my grandmother, letting her think. The only sound left in the room was my breathing, until after a while, my grandmother slowly opened her mouth and said: "I seem to remember that when Little San's grandfather was alive, he made a longevity lock for Little San, and it took a lot of effort to gather enough copper coins. Wait a minute, I'll go find it now, it should be at the bottom of the trunk."

  So my grandmother went to the closet against the east wall of the house, where people in rural areas didn't have wardrobes at that time, and they used square cabinets like coffins. I remember some cabinets had beautiful scenery printed on them, such as birds singing and flowers blooming, and also Chairman Mao's portrait, it seemed that this kind of cabinet was called Dongfanghong (Oriental Red). It's been many years, and I don't remember very clearly anymore.

  My grandmother rummaged through the cabinet for half a day and finally pulled out from the very bottom a thing that looked like a lock head made of copper coins tied together with red strings. If I were awake, I would definitely remember this thing, because I had been wearing it before I was five years old, and when it was taken off, my grandfather said something that I vaguely remembered: "Long life lock, live to be one hundred years old. Wear it from head to toe, live to ninety-nine."

  And this longevity lock is made up of one hundred and eighty-one copper coins, it took a lot of time for my grandfather to find all the copper coins. At that time, I knew that these copper coins were collected from every household in the village, but not from Huang's family, Bai's family, or Hu's family, I don't know what's behind this.

  As soon as my grandmother took out the longevity lock, my second uncle's eyes widened and he hastily walked to my grandmother's side, taking over the longevity lock and examining it carefully.

  After watching for a long time, he finally sighed and said slowly: "Uncle is really meticulous, I am hard to match. With this Long Life Lock, as long as there are no accidents, Sanzi will not have any problems this time."

  After hearing my uncle's words, my parents' faces all showed a smile, and finally heard the good news. And my grandmother obviously didn't let go of my uncle, hearing his words, as long as nothing unexpected happened, there wouldn't be any trouble, but if something unexpected happened, then there would still be trouble.

  "What if something unexpected happens? Can Xiaosan's fate still not be changed?" My grandmother asked with a heavy heart.

  When I heard my grandmother's words, my parents' faces, which had already lit up with joy, suddenly fell. Yes, if something unexpected happens again, can't we still not guarantee it? Everyone was staring at my second uncle, and he too was stunned by my grandmother's words. For a moment, he didn't know how to respond, and after standing there in a daze for a while, he organized his language and slowly said.

  "Unless it's the God of Death coming to take my soul, otherwise I really don't know what unexpected event will happen, and this Longevity Lock can't solve it. It's just a pity that this Longevity Lock can only withstand one calamity, if there were two, Xia San would truly be able to live up to the name given by Uncle, stealing half a day of leisurely life."

  When I heard my second uncle say that unless the yin si comes to fetch my soul, I would not have any unexpected events, which means there won't be any unexpected events at all. They certainly wouldn't believe that someone as young as me had passed away, let alone having the yin si come to fetch my soul. For a moment, my grandmother, father and mother all put their hearts at ease, with smiles on their faces.

  But at this time, I was lying on the kang and suddenly appeared unexpectedly. I saw that I suddenly showed a stunned expression, as if it were a conditioned reflex, and directly sat up 90 degrees, making an abnormal laugh, staring straight ahead.

  And my second uncle, who was closer to me at that time, hurriedly walked to my side, saw that I didn't seem to be having a nightmare, and directly took my pulse. After taking my pulse, his entire face turned pale as if he had lost all blood color, and he muttered unconsciously: "Little San, you've lost your soul..."