Chapter 17: Zhao Shi is not yet full term
"Girl Ling'er, can you let the men in your family come and hide for a while?"

Before leaving, one of the old women looked at Jiang Linger with a pleading look. They didn't see what happened last night, but they could tell how horrible it was just by listening to the noise.

They died in pain one by one.

Those mournful screams were just pleas for a quick death.

The thought that this might happen to their family members made them feel uncomfortable.

It is difficult for them to face it calmly.

wrong!

Not very likely.

Yes for sure.

This time, the evil spirit seems to have set its sights on Anpingfang.

Never left.

You know, in the past, when evil spirits were causing trouble, basically one family died and the evil spirits disappeared quietly. But now? Three families have died in Anpingfang.
I went to report to the police every day, but they always shirked their responsibilities and said they would eliminate the evil spirit as soon as the adults had time.

"Third Aunt, you can see that there is only this much space in our house. Even if we empty our savings, it is still not enough for Yan'er's father to spend!"

Jiang Linger said helplessly.

"This"

Upon hearing this, all the old ladies and young wives sighed helplessly.

They all knew the truth that Jiang Linger said.

But he was a little unwilling to do so.

"Ling'er, I heard that the ancestral spirits can cover an entire yard. Why is your house..."

At this time, someone asked the doubts in his heart.

This question has always been there, but no one has ever asked it. It is already a great favor to let them come in and hide, so is there any need to ask so many questions?
It has no other effect except to annoy people.

What now?
She didn't care about so many things. When the screams sounded last night, she recognized that it was from the Liu family, which was not far from her home. There were only four or five houses between the two families.

Although the evil spirit did not have a fixed location for killing people each time, at this distance, she could not guarantee that it would not be their home next time.

Zhao Shi and Jiang Ling'er had talked about the fact that Zhao Shi's ancestral spirit barrier could only cover one ancestral hall. There was nothing to hide. Zhao Shi was born weak, and I'm afraid that the families with ancestral spirits would understand. So he said, "Hey, you also know that our Zhao family has no other ancestors. To summon the ancestral spirit, we can only summon Yan'er's dead father. It was impossible to succeed. Maybe our thoughts touched his father and made him appear."

"Unfortunately, because he died recently and had less time to receive incense, he is inherently weaker than other ancestors!"

As Jiang Ling'er spoke, tears rolled down her cheeks.

After Jiang Linger said this, they understood.

This is just like a premature baby, who is born weak and has difficulty growing up.
"Sister Ling'er, if you are born weak, can you make up for it later?"

"I remember that when one of my elder sisters gave birth, her baby was premature. It was her father-in-law who found an old ginseng in the mountains and was able to make up for the baby's deficiency and raise her into an adult."

At this time, another old woman looked at Jiang Ling'er with sharp eyes and asked.

"Yup!"

"Yup!"

"Ling'er, we are women. Although we are not doctors, we all know that if you are willing to supplement a premature baby, you can bring it back to life. Once it is supplemented, it will be no different from an ordinary full-term baby!"

"I remember Yan'er was born prematurely, but look, she's doing fine now!"

Others also started talking at once.

Zhao Shi listened with embarrassment on his face. He had not expected that in the eyes of these women, he had become a premature baby.

But the description is correct.

In the eyes of the ancestors, people like Zhao Shi could be considered premature babies.

If it weren't for his special nature, the mother and daughter would probably have to worship him for decades before they could summon him.

"Ling'er, we have only heard about the ancestral spirits from hearsay. Tell me how we should make up for it. Let's think of a solution together!" No one wanted to leave at this time. Everyone hoped that there would be a solution.

Although Jiang Linger's house is not big, it is not small either. Once the ancestral spirit barrier can cover the entire Zhao family, it will be more than enough for their family to stay here at night.

"There is a way!"

"Please burn incense or incense!"

Jiang Linger said.

"Uh"

That’s right! There are two ways.

But the first one was blocked directly.

Please burn incense!!
If they really had the money to buy incense, they would have summoned the ancestral spirits themselves long ago.

Of course, even if I could take it out, I would not be willing to use it to buy incense to pray to the gods.

The ancestors appeared in spirit.

It's not 100% successful.

It is even said that the probability is lower than imagined, with a success rate of one percent.

Out of a hundred summons, perhaps only one will be successful.

Moreover, a 1 percent probability does not mean that it will succeed once in a hundred times. If you are unlucky, you may not succeed even after hundreds or thousands of attempts.

This has caused many families to back off.

The chance is low.

Ten taels of silver was almost the savings of a family like theirs for decades.

If you use your life savings to take a gamble and fail, all your money will be wasted.

For poor people, not everyone can make the decision to buy incense to summon ancestral spirits.

Money is gone, people are alive
It is also a painful thing.

This has to do with Zhao Yaner's courage.

Without her persistence, Zhao Shi would not have appeared.

silence.

Everyone was silent.

Please pray for incense!

Why! !

"Buy! Let's grit our teeth and pool our money together to buy a few incense sticks for the gods!" Suddenly, a resolute voice sounded in the crowd.

The person who spoke was an old woman with gray hair.

Grandma Chen.

No one knows her exact name, everyone calls her Grandma Chen.

Granny Chen and her family are not locals, but migrated here from other places more than ten years ago.

It is said that they are the family members of a criminal official.

When Grandma Chen came, she was alone with two children who were less than a year old.

But Mrs. Chen was a kind person. Whenever someone had problems, she would take the initiative to help. Even the Zhao family was helped a lot, which made Mrs. Chen have a very good reputation in Anpingfang.

The most important thing is that Grandma Chen is good at needlework. All the girls in the neighborhood have learned needlework from Grandma Chen, and she has tried her best to teach each of them.

Not at all secretive.

It was precisely because of this that the three generations of grandparents and grandchildren were able to completely integrate into Anpingfang in just over ten years.

"Yes, buy it!"

"purchase!"

"If you lose money, you can earn it again, but if you lose a person, you lose everything!"

The others pondered for a moment, then gritted their teeth and agreed.

More than a dozen families, each of which only needs to pay one or two taels of silver, can purchase the incense for inviting the gods. Moreover, this is not to summon the ancestral spirits. There is almost no hope of success after using it once. Now that the ancestral spirits are already there, the incense for inviting the gods will not be wasted.

Hearing their determination, Jiang Linger was in a dilemma. Although the child's father tried to upgrade the barrier today, she didn't know how much incense was needed to pray to the gods.

What if three pillars are not enough?
I won’t be able to explain it then.

Thinking of this, Jiang Linger said, "Mrs. Chen, Mrs. Zhang, sisters, I don't know if three sticks of incense are enough. Also, I need to discuss this matter with the child's father. I will give you an answer later!"

this.
The others looked at each other in bewilderment when they heard this.

Some people thought that Jiang Ling'er was going to raise the price, while others thought that Jiang Ling'er was deliberately shirking responsibility, so they all looked unhappy.

(End of this chapter)