1984 10, my colleague Xiaoman's mother was diagnosed with cancer.
At that time, Xiaoman was only ten years old and had just entered the fourth grade.
Dad spent all his family savings on surgery, and it was still good and bad.
My sister who got married in Zhejiang came to see her mother.
In those days, because of poor family conditions, my sister didn't study much, and later married someone. My husband's family are superstitious, and after a long time, she will believe it.
When Sister Xiaoman returned to her mother's house, she saw her sallow and emaciated mother bedridden, and hurriedly helped her to the neighboring village to ask God for medicine. Finally, she came back and told her father, "God says there is no ghost in my house, but my mother's life has come, and no medicine can cure her." God also said that her mother will report to the underworld soon, and she will leave after a year at most. "
The little man listened to what his sister said with his eyes wide open, and his tears gushed out.
Xiaoman's father was a soldier when he was young. He doesn't believe in ghosts. His eldest daughter went to God for medical treatment. He wanted to stop it, but after all, it was his daughter's filial piety, which might bring some spiritual comfort to his mother. So he didn't stop it. After the eldest daughter went to ask God, he didn't care about the result.
In fact, my wife has cancer, and people in the surrounding villages have long heard that this' God' is a profession dedicated to deceiving people, and the ability to find out the family background is amazing.
More than three months later, just after the New Year, my mother left the little man who just turned eleven.
Thinking that every time she was bullied or wronged, her mother would come to protect her immediately, but now how can she accept that her mother would leave her for the underworld?
At two o'clock in the morning, when his mother let go, Xiaoman clung to her scrawny head and cried and refused to let go.
Xiaoman's father is also very sad. "People can't come back from the dead. Let's go to the grave.
"Dad advised the little man, and the little man still didn't want his mother to leave him.
When the funeral came, Xiaoman still clung to her mother.
Finally, my sister went to Xiaoman and told her seriously: "Every day in the world, the underworld is a year. You should let your mother report to the underworld. Otherwise, my mother's body is still at home, and her soul will be severely punished when she goes to the underworld. Can you bear it when her mother goes to the underworld? " The little man thought for a moment, and his sister asked God, and God said that his mother left after a year without proper treatment, and it happened. She felt that God's words were very accurate, and her sister's words were the same as God's, so she put them down.
After the funeral, my sister and everyone bought a lot of paper money, clothes, cars and so on, and burned them for my mother.
The little man asked his sister, "Can mother receive these things in the underworld?"
"Of course, I can receive. As long as I put incense on it, the underworld can receive signals from the world and my mother will collect them. "
The little man deeply remembered that his mother had gone to the underworld, but he could still get in touch.
My sister went back to Zhejiang, but Xiaoman missed her mother very much.
She was in a trance all day, thinking about tea and rice, and being silent.
Sitting in class at school, absent-minded, unwilling to do homework, or doing something wrong, the grades dropped significantly.
The teacher severely criticized Xiaoman, who immediately ran to her mother's grave and cried, often waking her up in her dreams at night.
Xiaoman's mood is getting lower and lower, and he has been singing the song "Only mother is good in the world" in his heart. He spends all the time in his room except going to visit his mother's grave once every Sunday.
The teacher saw Xiaoman often didn't finish his homework, but he kept writing something on the paper. She hid the paper when the teacher approached her.
The teacher didn't dare to force her secret. Seeing Xiaoman's abnormal behavior, the teacher was worried that stimulating Xiaoman would bring bad consequences.
So, the teacher asked Xiaoman's father to reflect the situation of the school.
After listening to the teacher, Xiaoman's father was very sad.
In fact, he also found the abnormality of his daughter. For such a long time, instead of accepting the reality of losing his mother, he will have more and more abnormal performances. He has been very distressed and afraid that his daughter has problems. His daughter is used to getting along with her mother, and she won't listen to anything she says, especially now that he doesn't even know what her daughter is thinking. Alas! What can I do to cheer my daughter up again? On Saturday morning, the light in the small room was already on.
Xiaoman's father got up to feed the pigs. Through the glass of the window, he saw his daughter lying on the table for a while, thinking, crying and writing. What secret is her daughter writing? Xiaoman's father remembered something. He deliberately opened the pigsty door to let the pigs run far away, and then called Xiaoman to help drive the pigs into the pigsty.
Xiaoman was in a hurry to collect the paper on the table and quickly followed the pig.
Xiaoman's father took the opportunity to search in Xiaoman's room, only to find some fragrant papers and some letters on the table, all of which read: Send them to Wang Suying's mother in the underworld.
Dad picked up the unwritten letter on Little Man's desk and read it. The original letter said: Dear Mom, you have been in the underworld for almost four months. I have sent you nearly 20 letters. Why not reply? My sister told my father about her request to God. I believe this is true. It's no use taking medicine. Just after the New Year, you went to the underworld. Did you suffer in the underworld? Sister said, you can receive everything we burn for you, so they all try their best to buy it for you, but I burned so many letters for you, why don't you even answer one? Mom, if I burn it for you this time and you still don't reply, I'm sure you must be in pain. I'll go to the underworld to save you and wait for me.
When Xiaoman's father saw this, he realized that he had been poisoned by superstition since he was a child. He only blames himself for not stopping and refuting his eldest daughter, which almost made her gather into a big mistake. He really regretted it.
No wonder Xiaoman goes to her mother's grave every Sunday and looks at the fragrant paper on the table. Xiaoman's father pondered for a while. It seems difficult to convince her in a few words. It seems that he can only fight poison with poison.
Then he left Xiaoman's room in a hurry.
The next day, Xiaoman came to his mother's grave. She brought her mother's usual sweet wine. After burning the letter, she learned to look like an adult. She took two steps back and stood on a slate. There seems to be a boulder under the slate, which made her sway like a seesaw. She had to take a step back again. After her feet left the slate, she knelt down to worship. Just as she stood up to leave, she suddenly came out from under the slate.
Xiaoman took the paper off toad's back and opened it. It turned out to be a letter written with ghost paper. This letter is written in pencil. The words are crooked and there are typos.
Xiaoman looked at it carefully: Xiaoman, my good daughter.
Mom has a good life in the underworld, but your ignorance may make me very painful, and I may be put in the oil country (pot).
You don't study hard, you don't listen to your teacher and dad, you don't have to worry about yourself and dad, and you still want to come to me. How can you be so stupid? I know everything about you in the underworld.
You can't just remember me. I won't write back to you in the future.
Remember, I can't tell anyone my reply to you. As long as you are happy, I can live well in the underworld!
After reading the letter, Xiaoman thought of her mother telling her that she had to go to night school for some days because she had to work during the day and was free at night.
It's my mother's reply. I don't want my mother to suffer. I want my mother to live well. I want to listen to my father.
The little man took the letter and went home happily.
I also locked my mother's letter, and only secretly took it out when I was wronged or missed my mother too much.
She made up her mind that from now on, she would try to do what her mother told her.
From then on, Xiaoman began to study hard, finished his homework on time, learned to take care of his father, and was willing to listen to his father. The happiest thing is that everyone can hear her singing like a bird.
Xiaoman's father was happy to see his daughter again, and finally a stone fell to the ground.
Xiaoman's father hurried to Zhejiang. He has a lot to say to his eldest daughter. The most important thing is to keep her away from superstition, otherwise it will harm others and yourself.
After that, I took the initiative to talk to Xiaoman's class teacher.
Xiaoman's grades have gone up again, and the lively and lovely little girl is back.
She went to junior high school, and the reply from the underworld always accompanied her to college.
Later, she became a nurse in a provincial hospital. Don't the little man with higher education understand? Birth, old age, illness and death, joys and sorrows, are all cruel realities of life.
She lived with her father until his death.
She never mentioned the reply of the underworld to anyone. She knows that because of her father's good intentions, she got herself out of the fog and finally achieved today's achievements.