Volume 1 Chapter 32 Past Events

  According to Grandpa, he had even calculated a fortune for Hong Jun before. At that time, Hong Jun was just over a year old. Suddenly, many people in the village contracted dysentery, with severe symptoms, diarrhea, and many people became thin overnight, unable to walk. Three days later, an elderly villager died from it. Hong Jun also got infected and lost half his life after only half a day of diarrhea. Dysentery may not seem like a big deal now, but in rural areas 25 years ago, with inadequate medical care and medication, diarrhea could be fatal if left untreated. The strange thing was that only people with the surname Hong contracted dysentery that time, while none of the other 12 surnames in the village got sick.

  That time, Hong Jun's illness was very severe. The village doctor couldn't do anything, and the township doctor also gave up. His family members took out all the money they had borrowed from here and there to send Hong Jun to the county hospital. As a result, three days later, the county hospital issued a critical illness notice. This scared Grandpa Hong Jun badly. If something happened to their only descendant of three generations, it would be unbearable! With no other choice, he found Old Qiao Tou to divine his fate. It was both an emergency measure and a psychological comfort, of course, also with the meaning of trying every possible means to save him, to see if there was still any hope, how to save him, and if all else failed, not to waste more money on treatment, lest they lose their loved one and spend all their money.

  Grandfather told Lao Qiutou the time of Hong Jun's birth, he closed his eyes slightly, his right thumb pinched on the other four fingers, slowly, under Grandfather's anxious gaze, his face changed, Grandfather saw Lao Qiutou's pale complexion and his own face also changed, thinking to himself, look at Lao Qiutou's expression, my poor grandson is doomed.

  Just as Grandpa was lost in thought, Old Qiao spoke up, seemingly to himself: "Ah, I never thought that our poor mountain village would have such good fortune, ah."

  "Brother, you'd better tell me, how's my grandson?"

  Old Jia's head was like a dream, suddenly waking up: "Ah, this matter, nothing, this time the village has so many people getting dysentery, it's because our village's Hong surname had an ancestor who did something against his conscience a hundred years ago, killing three people. That person in the underworld reported the old ancestor, this is the heavenly punishment for us. Originally, ten descendants were supposed to die, but I never thought that our village still had such good fortune, able to escape this disaster. Bring Hong Jun back, this great calamity has passed, nothing's wrong."

  This was the only time Lao Zhai Tou divined for Hong Jun, and afterwards he never did it again.

  "Old Uncle, how did you come?" Seeing Lao Qiao Tou suddenly appear, Hong Jun felt extremely surprised. He stood up and handed the small stool to Lao Qiao Tou, and himself sat down on the edge of Third Uncle's bed.

  "I came for you and her." Old Jia said, pointing at Rui Xin.

  "What's in it for us?" Hong Jun retorted. This old man had always been indifferent to him, and as far as he knew, he had never set foot in his own home before. So why did he show up uninvited today, and on top of that, ask about himself and Rui Xin? Moreover, when he saw the two of them earlier today when they just entered the village, he quickly left with a strange expression - what was going on?

  His father handed Old Jia a cigarette, lit it for him, and Old Jia closed his eyes, took a deep drag, and exhaled a ring of smoke. Rui Xin, who was sitting next to them, coughed and shifted her body towards the corner of the wall.

  "Yes, I've come for the two of you. Old Three, you're 40 this year, right? Hmm, after 40 years, it's time to reveal some things." Lao Jia glanced at San Shu who was leaning against the bedside.

  "Alas, this matter is uncertain whether it's good or bad." Third Uncle sighed.

  "It's either good fortune or bad, but bad fortune can't be avoided." Old Qi sighed and then pointed to Hong Jun's parents, "You two shouldn't listen, some things are better left unknown."

  Although somewhat reluctantly, Lao Jia's words seemed to carry some weight. The parents hesitated for a moment before pulling San Shu out of the house and heading back to the east wing.

  "Or should I go out too?" Rui Xin asked cautiously.

  "No, don't go, this matter has a great deal to do with you too." Old Jia stopped her.

  Only three uncles, Lao Qiu Tou, Rui Xin and Hong Jun were left in the house.

  "Cough, cough." Old Jia cleared his throat a few times, threw the cigarette butt to the ground, lifted his right foot wearing cloth shoes, and stomped on it with force. With one twist and one rub, the cigarette butt was crushed to pieces under his foot. "I'll just continue talking then."

  "Not many people know that Big Sister suddenly came back to life. Ah, right, Big Sister is Hong Jun's grandmother, so I should call her sister according to our generation." said Old Qiao Tou.

  Because Xiao Hu Zi, who is Hong Jun's uncle, rushed out of the door at that time, and happened to bump into me and Hong Jun's grandfather walking in. Seeing him flustered, we stopped him. Hearing him say that he saw his aunt get up from the coffin, I immediately knew something was wrong." said Lao Jia Tou.

  Yes, no matter who it is, if they hear that a dead person has suddenly come back to life, they will definitely think that something is wrong. If someone still thinks everything is normal at this time, then that person must be abnormal. Hong Jun muttered to himself.

  "What I said wasn't wrong about Auntie's resurrection." Old Qi's head seemed to see through Hong Jun's thoughts, saying, "What I said was wrong because I've already guessed that this time, the village is about to face a great disaster."

  "How did you know?" This time, Hong Jun didn't mutter to himself anymore, he asked directly.

  "Because I've been staying in this village for decades, waiting for just this moment." Old Jia Tou said.

  "What do you mean? What are you talking about?" Hong Jun was confused.

  "My identity, you will know soon enough. Now is not the time to talk about that, let me finish this matter first before talking about that." said Old Jia's head.

  "I let your grandfather take the little tiger to another room, and then I ran alone to the room where my sister-in-law's spirit was being kept. When I entered, I just saw my sister-in-law speaking, and it was said that the quadruplets she gave birth to were the guardians of the coffin. I immediately understood that originally, at that time, there was a demon spirit that wanted to revive by relying on the village's living spirits. If so, the village would be doomed. However, the village suddenly received the protection of the ghost envoys from the underworld, and four ghost envoys were reincarnated into the human world, suppressing the demon spirit that was about to revive. Three of the ghost envoys paid with their lives for this."