Chapter 1 Half a century of calamity
My name is Luo Bu, a fortune teller!
When I was born, the family planning policy was at its peak. My mother wanted to have a son, but she gave birth to three girls in a row, and she was punished by the family planning office and was left penniless!
When she was pregnant with me, my mother was afraid. If it was a boy, that would be fine. But if it was a girl, how could she pay the fine?
It happened that a fortune teller came from the village and said that my parents were destined to have no children. My mother was so frightened that she insisted on having my father kick her in the stomach!
At the critical moment, grandma came!
My grandma is a goddess in the village. She is partly skilled in Chinese medicine and partly divination. She also worships several great immortals. She is a well-known figure.
As soon as grandma entered the door, she said: "You are destined to have no children, but I am destined to have grandchildren. If you give birth to a child by mistake, it will be mine!"
My father has a technical secondary school education and prides himself on being an intellectual. He has always scorned my grandma, so he said angrily with a black face: "You are so talkative all day long. If Xiaofen gives birth to a toad, does it count as yours?"
The mother scolded her, "Bah, if I gave birth to a toad, then who are you? You two are arguing, and you can't involve the child in your belly!"
Perhaps it was my grandma who gave her the confidence that my mother decided to give birth to the child in her belly!
The day I was born, there were thick clouds and the sky was like a black pot!
My father is working as a supervisor in the mine and won't be able to come back for a while!
Who knew it would be difficult to give birth, and after a whole day and night of labor, my mother almost died.
I stayed up late at night and finally gave birth, but I heard a roar, heavy rain poured down, and a thunder struck the trees outside the yard, killing all the chickens, ducks and geese in the yard!
Grandpa was sitting at the door, smoking a cigarette and looking at the heavy rain, and said, I'm afraid this kid is not a kind person!
Grandma then scolded: "Old man, you know how stupid you are!"
The midwife was Mrs. Liu from the entrance of the village. She took me and ran away after taking one look at Saya, and even threw me on the ground! Afterwards, she told people that the baby she delivered for the first time in her life did not cry but instead smiled at her.
Yes, and even scratched her!
When my grandma saw the midwife running away, she picked me up with her own hands. After a closer look, she saw that it was with a handle. Everything was normal except for the little finger on her left hand, which had an extra finger, which is what people often call six fingers!
There is an old saying in the countryside that people with six fingers are the debtors of their parents in previous lives. They will be poor and unlucky for the rest of their lives!
Coincidentally, at this time, the village chief Li Dafu ran in in a panic and shouted: "Oh no, something happened to your Luo Dong in the mine..."
There was an accident in the mine, and eighty-nine people died. My mother fainted from fright on the spot. She finally woke up, looked at me and cried, "You're a debt collector!" After saying that, she gritted her teeth and made a bang sound.
I bit off my extra finger!
Rural people call this evil spirit!
There wasn't a drop of blood from the place where I bit off my finger, and I didn't cry. But who knew that the big green horse in the stable in the backyard suddenly fell to the ground and died for some reason!
From then on, my mother never hugged me again! Because she soon received the news that my father was dead, she thought it was me who killed my father...
We lost a lot of money in the mine, but my mother couldn't bear to live without me, so she left a little money and took her three sisters to the city to join their uncle!
I really obeyed my grandma’s words. I am not the son of my mother, but I am the grandson of her mother. From then on, I lived with my grandma and grandpa!
My grandma didn’t dislike me and said that she had asked for me through divination a thousand times, hence the name “Luo Bu”!
It would have been nice if things had ended here, but before the full moon came out, another bone stubble appeared like a bamboo where my finger was bitten off. Within half a month, the extra finger actually grew out again!
Grandma is a goddess, but she couldn't make up her mind about this matter, so she hugged me and went to the Taoist temple where she was a lay practitioner!
The Xuanming Taoist leader of Ziyun Temple stared at it for several minutes. Finally, he frowned, grabbed a handful of incense ashes and sprinkled it on my six fingers.
I was not vague, but at this moment, an arc shot out from my crotch, and a splash of boy urine extinguished the incense in the incense burner!
The old man became ashamed and said to my grandma, this child is evil and this finger is destined to belong to this child. He must not go there again. If he goes again, someone will die. In addition, this child is three and a half years old.
Ji tribulations are all catastrophes that are imminent. If he can survive it safely, you can bring him to me and I will give him a way out...
As the saying goes, one century lasts for twelve years, and the twelve zodiac signs rotate one by one, so the half century is naturally six years!
Facts have proved that Old Taoist Xuan Ming was really right.
When I was six years old, I celebrated my birthday. Grandma Liu joked with me, "Little Liu Zhi'er, you are still the one who delivered the baby, so you should kowtow to me!" I was still young at the time and didn't understand the meaning of kowtow, so I cried in fright.
! At this moment, hail suddenly started falling from the sky. Everyone else was fine, except Granny Liu who was standing closest to me. She was hit by a hailstone as big as an egg, and she passed away without even being able to catch her.
When I was 12 years old, it was also my birthday. I was late for school in the morning. The teacher hit me on my hand with a ruler, pointed at my six fingers and said: "Read early at six o'clock, others will remember it. You can use your six fingers to pick them up."
, can’t you remember?” I hit the ruler and it hurt so much! I don’t know what happened, but during class that day, the perfectly good classroom suddenly collapsed. Everyone in the class was fine, except for the teacher who hit me and was disabled.
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In the blink of an eye, I will be eighteen years old this year. My birthday is approaching, and my grandma secretly tells me every day that on my birthday, even if I have big things to do, I must stay at home in a good manner!
The day before my birthday, just after dinner, the village chief Li Dafu came.
Li Dafu frowned and said, "Old Zhangtou, the head of the village, is afraid that he will be in trouble. Auntie, hurry up and have a look!"
Grandma responded, picked up the medicine box and left!
But the village chief didn't move, and pointed to the yellow bag embroidered with Bagua next to the medicine box.
This pocket is something that grandma brought to see the immortals! I understand that this old Zhangtou is probably very ill!
Grandma put the yellow bag on her back and turned to me and said, "Xiao Bu, just stay at home. I may not be able to come back tonight!" After that, she told my grandpa to watch over me!
After grandma left, grandpa took the opportunity to pour himself a glass of old soju. After a glass of old wine, he heard the sound of snoring not long after!
Grandpa drank too much, which is exactly what I wanted! Because my brother Dahu in the village made an appointment with me to go fishing tonight!
Growing up, my grandma watched me very closely. She said that when I was born, it was very windy and rainy, and I was in conflict with the water, so she never let me go to the water. Not to mention fishing, I couldn’t even swim, because this was in Heishuitan Village.
Almost a weird one!
But today is different!
As the saying goes, crucian carp comes in September and grass comes in October. Now is the fattest season for grass carp. Dahu said he would catch a big grass carp and give it to me as a birthday gift!
Anyway, tomorrow is my birthday, so I would naturally like to go out and have a good time!
Not long after, there were several clear bird calls from outside the west wall. This was the secret signal for Dahu and me, so I quickly carried the small bucket out the door!
People say that there are a lot of miscellaneous fish in Blackwater Pool, and you can make a pot of fish soup just by fishing for a while! But I don’t know what happened today. Big bubbles kept bubbling in the water. After fishing for a long time, Dahu didn’t even find a single fry.
Didn’t catch it!
"Grandma, these grandsons are not having a meeting in the water!" Dahu changed several kinds of baits, but still found nothing, so he couldn't help but cursed!
It’s October. It’s very hot during the day, but it’s also quite cool when it’s foggy at night! Before we knew it, both of our clothes got wet!
I looked at my watch and it was almost early in the morning!
It's my birthday after midnight. The memories of being six and twelve years old are still fresh in my memory. I dare not forget grandma's instructions!
"Dahu, I got it back. If my grandma finds out that I'm fishing at night, she'll scold me to death!"
Dahu had a stubborn temper and said angrily: "You go back first. If I can't catch a decent big grass carp today, I won't go back!"
I called several times, but the boy was indifferent. In desperation, I had no choice but to go back to the village alone!
I had just arrived home a few minutes ago and was about to go to bed when there was a knock on the door!
I looked at the time and it was already past midnight! Who could be there so late?
I muttered and went out and opened the door. I saw it was a big tiger, holding a large grass carp weighing seven or eight kilograms in my hand.
"Okay, I really caught it after all this hard work!"
Dahu was covered in water vapor, his face was pale, and he had no expression at all. He threw the grass carp in his hand towards me and snorted: "Good brother, this fish is your gift!"
I smiled and said, "That's interesting. I'll treat you to fish soup tomorrow!"
Dahu still had no expression and whispered: "Xiao Bu, are we brothers?"
"Nonsense, of course, what's wrong with you?"
Dahu smiled lightly and said, "Then I'll come see you tomorrow night." After saying that, he turned around and walked away!
Why is this kid a little stunned tonight!
I scratched my head and carried the fish back to the house without thinking too much!
That night, grandma didn't come back. It seemed that Lao Zhang's head was really serious!
Early the next morning, just after dawn, someone banged on the door.
Grandpa opened the door and saw that it was Dahu’s mother.
The big tiger girl burst into tears and said that she was looking for my grandma to give her a cemetery!
I was startled and quickly asked: "Auntie, could something happen at home?"
Chapter completed!