C6 Second Senior Brother

This was the biggest secret of the Zhang, Liu, and Bai families in our village.

It was said that it had been passed down since the Ming Dynasty, and it was extremely efficacious.

The males were less than three, which meant that the males in the family couldn’t live past thirty years old. The females were less than five, which meant that the females in the family couldn’t live past fifty years old.

If the elders cared about the younger generation and didn’t want them to die young, then they had to use their lives to make up for it.

Other families valued males more than females, but the three families were the opposite.

If the females could live past fifty years old, it could be said that they hadn’t lived in vain.

However, the males couldn’t live past thirty years old. Which elders couldn’t cross this barrier in their hearts? They would basically choose to use their lives to make up for their children’s deaths.

For example, my grandfather, in order to let my father live for a few more years, he went to the back of the mountain and found a crooked tree to hang himself.

When my father led me up the mountain and found my dead grandfather, it was already seven days later.

I can still clearly remember the scene at that time.

My grandfather’s ten long fingers were stuck to the edge of the rope around his neck. The area where the marks were was purplish and black, and it was as wide as three fingers.

The corpse swayed in the mountain wind like a scarecrow hanging on a tree.

When others hung themselves, their heads would droop. However, my grandfather raised his head and stared at the sky with his eyes wide open.

My father said that it was because Grandfather was unwilling to die, and he died with his eyes closed!

Geng Yan exhaled and said, "From the ancient times until now, there have been too many things that are unclear and unexplainable about the evilness. If your family had encountered this Evil Curse, it would have been eight lifetimes of bad luck."

"Mm, I understand now. The reason why you were sent to be the Vigil Keeper is probably because you want to accumulate merits."

I nodded and said, isn't that the truth? I don't know if it works or not.

My father had never talked about this matter in front of me.

I reckoned that my father was most likely mentally prepared. If I couldn't cross the threshold of thirty years old, he would have to use his life to fill it.

Geng Yan was my classmate and my senior brother, so I didn't treat him as an outsider.

Now that he had revealed the secret in his heart, my mood became much more relaxed.

A person living was a happy day, but it was also a day of trouble. Why not let me be happy?

After thinking for a while, I changed the topic and started to talk about the past of my junior high school.

I said, do you still remember Huang Hua from our class? The little girl who was always late to school?

This girl was really interesting. She always liked to be late. When she came in during the morning self-study period, we couldn't see her when she pushed the door open. We only saw a gust of wind coming in.

When I mentioned Huang Hua, I couldn't help but feel happy. I was the one who gave her the nickname of a "daughter of a rich family".

There was another reason why I had such a deep impression of Huang Hua. She would always be unlucky to the people she was good to.

During the summer vacation, Wang Dakui from my village happened to go to the county town to do some business. Huang Hua was kind enough to lend him her own bicycle.

However, just as he reached the village entrance, a mad bull came out of nowhere and pushed Wang Dakui more than ten meters away.

What the hell! That mad bull's strength was so great that it even broke Wang Dakui's underpants.

It was said that his right leg had been crushed to a pulp, and it was the root of his illness.

Until now, when Wang Dakui left, he was 1.6 meters tall and 1.7 meters wide. He had been tricked by Huang Hua!

After saying all this, I laughed so hard that I almost laughed out loud. However, I realized that Geng Yan's face was dark and his eyes were strange as he looked at me.

I was a little puzzled. It was so interesting to talk about the past. Why didn't you laugh?

Geng Yan glared at me and said, "What a joke, old girl! Huang Hua is my wife now! How can I laugh?"

I was stunned for a moment before I realized that I had encountered another coincidence!

I held my stomach and laughed so hard that I rolled on the bed.

Geng Yan seemed to be a little depressed, but he was not angry. He just looked at me in a depressed manner.

At this moment, the door creaked, and it was Hsing who came in.

"Ah? What good news? Why are you so happy? Alright, alright, stop laughing. Master is calling you over!" Hsing said with a smile.

I stopped laughing and thought to myself, "Could it be that Master is calling me over to help me break Mrs. Zhao's tricks?"

Yes, yes, I have to hurry over!

I fluttered and jumped down from the bed. "Alright!" I said and ran towards Master's house.

Hsing whispered behind me, "This little junior brother! He has forgotten the pain after the scar! Did he forget that he cried so hard in the morning?"

I staggered and almost fell to the ground.

Senior sister, how could you say something like that?

Didn't Geng Yan know about my embarrassment?

You should go to the Village Head's house and use his loudspeaker to broadcast it to the entire village.

Thinking about all these things, I ran to the front door of the house. I slowed down my footsteps, straightened my clothes, and then stood up and knocked on the door.

In the past, I could ignore Uncle Liu, but since I had become a disciple, I had to be greedy and respectful to the elders.

This was the idea that my father had smashed a few pieces of planks to help me.

I used to be quite happy and carefree when I was young. Although I was skinny, I had done a lot of naughty things.

For example, pouring water on the neighbor's vegetable field, using a small shovel to knock on the door of someone else's house, and pulling out the exhaust of a bicycle for a classmate.

When I was in junior high school, something big happened when I was in my second year.

At that time, my desk mate was a sharp-tongued little girl.

Because during class, my elbow was not deliberately going beyond the thirty-eighty line, she kept on scolding me to die.

From the beginning of the eye exercises, she kept on scolding until I was about to do the inter-curricular exercises.

I didn't dig her grave, so why would she do this? In the end, I was almost driven crazy by her!

I was so angry that I found a stone the size of a goose egg under the willow tree root by the side of the field.

I chased her all the way to the female toilet. She didn't dare to come out no matter what.

I was so angry that I threw the stone under the toilet window.

In the end, the female student didn't hit the stone.

Instead, she heard a scream and actually hit my math teacher.

She was holding her waistband and covered her head with her hand. She ran to the infirmary. I was so scared that I squinted my eyes.

The consequence was obviously quite serious.

When I got home, it was my dad fighting alone. Then it was my mom fighting alone. In the end, the two of them fought together…

What the heck! That guy beat me up for a whole week… I slept with my butt up when I slept at night.

From then on, I was extremely respectful to the Shi generation.

When I met a teacher or a master, I would feel a pain in my ass.

After knocking on the door, I heard the sound of a teacher's bellows. I then opened the door and walked in.

The room was so tightly sealed that the smell of smoke and fire could be smelt.

The candlelight illuminated the room, giving off a strange and enchanting aura.

I really don't understand why Master made the room like this. It was scary.

I put my hands on my sides and walked slowly behind Master. I called out, "Master."

Master hummed, but his body didn't move.

His hands were behind his back. His right index finger flicked and knocked on the palm of his left hand for eighteen times.

He paused and slowly turned around.

Master's small eyes, which were full of deep wrinkles, suddenly opened. His gaze seemed to penetrate my eyes.

I was shocked by Master's gaze, but I was puzzled.

I thought, what is Master trying to do?

Logically speaking, he should be comforting me since I was tricked by the ghost.

However, he didn't seem to have any intention of comforting me.

It was like... he wanted to punish me?

Why?