After the woman was buried, there was always a strange cry coming from the grave. When the coffin was opened to check inside, the whole village exploded.
A long time ago, there was a village called White Emperor Village. The villagers there were very simple and respectful of the gods. The village had a special priestess granny who was responsible for the villagers 'sacrificial activities.
It was the turn of an old woman surnamed Wang in the village to be in charge of the sacrifice. This old woman was about 60 years old. She was kind-hearted and kind. The villagers respected her very much and called her Granny Hua. Granny Hua's wife, Old Man Xu, was a stonemason in the village. The stone statues used to worship the gods in the village were all carved by him.
The two of them only had one son named Xu Lin. He was a village doctor who treated patients and saved lives. Xu Lin's wife was called Zhao Ying. She was a clever woman who was very good at embroidery. It was said that the embroidery she made couldn't see blood. If it saw blood, the beasts and birds on the embroidery would come back to life.
It could be said that Granny Hua's family served the entire village and was loved by the villagers.
However, it was a pity that Granny Hua's son and daughter-in-law were already in their thirties. They had been married for more than ten years but had no children. The two of them tried many times, but they could not get pregnant. Seeing that the Xu family's incense was about to be cut off, Old Man Xu was so worried that he often sat up in the middle of the night to smoke.
The villagers also saw this and were anxious. Those who had more than two children even wanted to give them one. However, Granny Hua politely rejected him. She said, If the Xu family really didn't have any children, that was fate.
A villager asked Granny Hua to ask for a spiritual medium to ask the gods what was going on.
In addition to organizing the villagers to worship the gods, the priest also had an important task. If something strange happened to a villager's family, such as a family member being seriously ill or a tombstone collapsing, the priest would drip blood on the god and ask the god what happened to the family. What did he need to do to solve the problem? Usually, he would get an answer.
Because of this, some villagers wondered if Granny Hua had leaked too many secrets and suffered retribution, resulting in her not having a grandson. The next time we pay our respects, we must tell the gods that Granny Hua was doing this for the villagers. She shouldn't be punished. If she wants to be punished, it should be us.
However, Granny Hua shook her head and said," Since ancient times, priests have never meddled in their own affairs. This is a rule that I can't break.
Because of Granny Hua's stubbornness, Old Man Xu had quarreled with her many times. Because if this continued, the Xu family's bloodline would be cut off. How could Old Man Xu not be anxious?
However, one night, Granny Hua heard the sobbing of a woman in the courtyard and went out to see her. It was her daughter-in-law sitting at the door crying. When she saw her mother-in-law walking over, she immediately lowered her head and wiped her tears.
Granny, are you still awake? Zhao Ying helped her grandmother sit down.
Ying 'er, I know that you're upset about not having a child…Granny Hua said as she held her hand.
Granny, ask Xu Lin to divorce me and marry another one. If this continues, I'll become a sinner of the Xu family. Hearing her mother-in-law talk about the child, Zhao Ying couldn't help but cry again.
What are you talking about? It's not your fault that you don't have a child. Do you believe your mother-in-law? Granny Hua said.
Believe ~ Zhao Ying nodded.
You'll definitely have a child, but it's not the time yet. Go back to your room and sleep. It's easy to catch a cold outside. Granny Hua said as she sent her daughter-in-law back to her room.
The next morning, Xu Lin came out without wearing his shoes and shouted," Mother, mother, I know the reason why I don't have children.
When Granny Hua heard her son say this, she was also shocked and quickly asked, What was going on?
Last night, I met a white-haired old man in my sleep. He said something to me. Xu Lin said excitedly.
What did he say? Granny Hua asked.
The white snake in the southeast corner of the west room is trapped. If you want a child, the white snake will escape. The white-haired old man left after saying that. Mother, do you understand what I mean? Xu Lin asked.
The southeast corner of the west wing? Come, let's go take a look. Granny Hua led her son to the southeast corner of the west room, where a thin layer of white silk had grown. Granny Hua thought about it and discussed with Old Man Xu. They planned to tear down the southeast corner of the west house to see what was buried inside.
The next day, the family watched a few villagers digging in the southeast corner of the west room. They scraped the wall and carefully moved away the inner stones. A villager looked inside and shouted. He was so scared that he squatted on the ground. A white snake poked its head out from the wall. It was as thick as a baby's arm. The white snake looked at everyone in the room with its pink eyes.
Alright, so it was you who caused us to lose our child. I'll beat you to death. Xu Lin picked up the shovel and was about to smack the white snake.
Stop! How can the white snake move? Granny Hua stopped her son.
But mother, because of it, we don't have children. If we don't kill it, our child…Zhao Ying was also a little angry.
It was enough to send it away. There was no need to touch it. Granny Hua said to the white snake. Later, Granny Hua found a blanket and placed it in front of the white snake. The white snake looked at Granny Hua, then looked at the people in the house. It crawled into the blanket. Granny Hua carefully wrapped it up and walked out of the house. No one knew where Granny Hua had sent the white snake. She did not mention the white snake again when she came back.
However, it was really strange. After three months, Zhao Ying smiled and told her family that she was pregnant. The family celebrated.
However, things were unpredictable. The day after Zhao Ying said that she had a child, Xu Lin drank a few more glasses of wine because he was happy. On the way to the clinic, he slipped and fell into the turbulent river. He was washed away by the water. When he was found, he was already dead.
How could such a good person leave just like that? Sigh, the heavens did not have eyes. Fortunately, the Xu family's incense was preserved and Zhao Ying was pregnant. The villagers attending Xu Lin's funeral said.
After burying Xu Lin, the Xu family was filled with sorrow. A few more wrinkles appeared on Granny Hua's face. Old Man Xu did not stop smoking. When he saw his daughter-in-law's belly getting bigger and bigger, his tightly furrowed brows relaxed.
However, misfortune never came alone. More than half a year after Xu Lin passed away, Zhao Ying, who was pregnant, suddenly fainted. This frightened Old Man Xu. Even Grandma Hua, who had always been unmoved, showed a worried expression.
Oh heavens, my Xu family has never done anything wrong. Do you really want my Xu family to die? Old Man Xu cried.
Granny Hua said to herself: Life sometimes has to have, life does not have to force. The heavens had their own arrangements.
You're the village's sacrificial offering, but you can't even protect your own son and daughter-in-law. What's there to gossip about now? Old Man Xu scolded his wife.
We can only pray for our daughter-in-law to wake up. You can't solve the problem even if you complain. Granny Hua said.
However, the reality was cruel. On the third day after Zhao Ying fainted, she died. It rained heavily that day, and Old Man Xu and Granny Hua shed tears. The next day, Granny Hua's black hair turned white overnight.
Helpless, the two of them could only hold a funeral for Zhao Ying and bury her in peace.
The villagers came to attend the funeral, but they didn't know what to say. The four most painful sorrows in the world were the loss of a mother when she was young, the loss of a father when she was young, the loss of a wife when she was middle-aged, and the loss of a son when she was old. It was the most heartbreaking thing for a white-haired person to send off a black-haired person. A villager said,"Uncle Xu, Granny Hua, Xu Lin, and Zhao Ying have left. There's still us. We'll take care of you."
Old Man Xu didn't say anything. Granny Hua said," Thank you, everyone.
Three to four days after Zhao Ying was buried, something horrifying happened in the village. In the middle of the night, cries often traveled from the cemetery to the village. When the villagers heard this sound, they had goosebumps all over their bodies. The sound was like a cat's meow, and it was not just one sound, but two voices. But it disappeared during the day.
This incident lasted for more than half a month. Every night, the villagers hurriedly closed their doors, afraid that something would enter their homes. A villager asked Granny Hua what was going on. Granny Hua shook her head and said nothing. Perhaps after experiencing the loss of his son and daughter-in-law, he was too sad to care about this.
A few days later, an old drunkard in the village crawled into the village in the middle of the night. When he reached the village entrance, he shouted and fainted.
Why did I hear the voice of the drunkard, Old He? Old Man Xu got up and said.
Come, let's go out and take a look. Granny Hua said. He walked out with Old Man Xu. When the other villagers saw Granny Hua and her husband walking towards the village entrance, they also followed.
When everyone arrived at the entrance of the village, they saw the drunkard Old He who had fainted on the ground. The villagers poured him a bowl of green bean soup. Old He coughed a few times and opened his eyes. Suddenly, he shouted, Crying…crying, I know…where it came from. It…it came from the grave. I passed by that…grave. It's your daughter-in-law, Zhao Ying's grave.
What was that? When the villagers heard Old He's words, they had goosebumps all over their bodies. Zhao Ying had already been confirmed dead. How could this be?
Old He…Old He…Old Man Xu called him a few times and found that he had fainted again.
How could this be? What was inside? Granny Hua said.
It was not suitable to open the coffin at night, so he had to open it tomorrow to see what had happened in Xiao Ying's grave. Old Man Xu said. Everyone nodded. That night, the strange sound still echoed throughout the village. Every time the villagers remembered that it came from the graves of the dead, their scalps went numb. The whole family hugged each other, too scared to sleep. After waiting for a long time, it was finally morning.
With Old Man Xu and Granny Hua as the lead, they walked towards Zhao Ying's grave. Everyone looked at Zhao Ying's grave, but there was nothing unusual.
Look, there's a hole here. A sharp-eyed villager saw a hole as thick as an arm behind the grave. Looking over the hole, it was dark and he could not see anything clearly.
Let's start digging from this hole and see what's going on inside. Old Man Xu said. After burning some money for Zhao Ying's grave, the villagers began to dig up Zhao Ying's grave.
The more the villagers dug, the more they felt that something was wrong. There were obvious traces of something crawling through the hole. Finally, the tomb was dug open, revealing a scarlet coffin. Everyone looked over and saw a large hole at the back of the coffin. There was nothing unusual outside.
Open it. Old Man Xu said. Everyone removed the coffin nails and slowly pushed the coffin open.
Everyone looked at the coffin together. Their mouths were wide open, and they could no longer speak. This was simply a strange story in the world.
Some villagers couldn't believe their eyes. They rubbed their eyes hard and looked into the coffin. However, something unimaginable had indeed happened inside.
In the coffin, Zhao Ying's corpse was intact and had not decayed. The most unbelievable thing was the thing in Zhao Ying's arms. Everyone held their breaths and looked at the thing in Zhao Ying's arms. Meanwhile, Old Man Xu and Granny Hua's tears flowed down quietly.
There were two chubby babies lying in Zhao Ying's arms. They were biting their fingers and sleeping with their eyes closed. Her small chest heaved up and down.
This…This was simply a miracle in the world. No one knew who was the first to speak, but the entire village exploded.
Thank goodness…
The Xu family finally had an heir.
……。The villagers were filled with laughter and laughter. After the excitement died down, everyone looked over again.
The two babies were blinking at everyone, looking extremely adorable. Old Man Xu and Granny Hua were all smiles as they each picked one up and kissed her.
Later, when they buried Zhao Ying again, someone saw that her hands were covered in blood. There were also bloodstains around the hole. However, he did not say anything. He only sighed to himself. Then, he closed the coffin lid and buried her again.
Zhao Ying was already dead, so how did the two babies survive? A villager asked.
At this moment, the babies waved their hands in a strange direction. Everyone looked over. Half a kilometer away from them, there was a white snake looking at them. The babies smiled and waved at it.
It was it? Granny Hua said.
It should be. Old Man Xu said. Then, the white snake turned around and crawled into the mountains.
The babies were a pair of twins. Granny Hua named them. The boy was called Xu Bai, and the girl was called Xu Xian. It meant 'White Xian'.
The two children grew up healthily and were very happy. They often made Old Man Xu and Granny Hua laugh.
When they were seven or eight years old, they often went into the mountains to pick herbs and wild fruits. However, a villager happened to see the siblings hugging a white object under a tree. They looked very happy and intimate.
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