diskusbooks Chapter 206 Zhou Huaying collects Xiang Junlan's soul
Chapter 206 Zhou Huaying collects Xiang Junlan's soul
Liu Junhui went to the room where the telephone was installed and asked to call Tao Xingyue's home.
Liu Junhui immediately asked, "Sister-in-law, do you have a medicine pot at home?"
"Yes, Junhui, you want to boil some medicine, right? I'll go downstairs and bring you the medicine pot."
"Well, I'll go downstairs too!"
The two met on the road downstairs.
"Junhui, who in your family needs medicine? Is it your mother-in-law?"
"No."
Liu Junhui briefly recounted how Huang Moli colluded with human traffickers to kidnap Xiang Junlan.
"Oh my! How could this happen? I was so scared, Junhui, you must be more careful next time!"
"Well, Yonggang and the village cadres of Xiangyang Village have already taken protective measures."
When Liu Junhui returned home, she saw that her mother-in-law had already started to collect Junlan's soul.
The talented young lady from the future big city didn't know how to collect souls, so she watched curiously from the side.
Zhou Huaying put Junlan on her own bed and let her lie flat. Then, she rubbed Junlan's head gently in circles with her right hand and rubbed Junlan's belly button gently with her left hand.
After a while, Junlan fell asleep and her sleep became deeper and deeper.
Seeing Huihui watching intently, Zhou Huaying felt that she should pass on this folk soul-collecting technique to her.
Zhou Huaying said softly, "Humans have three souls and seven spirits, of which the three souls are the heavenly soul, the earthly soul, and the life soul.
The heavenly soul is responsible for good thoughts, the earthly soul is responsible for evil thoughts, and the life soul is responsible for life and death.
The seven souls include joy, anger, sorrow, fear, love, hate, and desire.
These three souls and seven spirits together constitute the human soul.
When a person is extremely frightened or hurt, especially a child, their soul may leave the body, causing physical weakness or even death.
When I picked up Junlan just now, her body twitched from time to time, indicating that her soul was damaged.
My soul-collecting technique was passed down to me by my grandfather. By calling the wandering soul back into the body, I can restore Jun Lan's health."
Zhou Huaying spoke in a low voice, as if telling a mysterious spell.
Liu Junhui listened attentively, and was filled with curiosity about this ancient skill.
At the same time, Liu Junhui looked at her mother-in-law with admiration. She could never have imagined that her mother-in-law was actually an expert in the folk art of collecting souls.
"Mother, how do we continue to collect souls?"
The young talented girl was quite interested in this.
Zhou Huaying performed soul-collecting gestures on Xiang Junlan while saying, "Huihui, go get me a small bowl, fill it with rice, and find me a piece of red cloth."
Liu Junhui hurried to the kitchen, took a small bowl from the cupboard, wiped it clean with a cloth, and scooped a full bowl of rice from the rice bag.
She held the bowl of rice in both hands and returned to the room where she and Junlan lived, and handed the bowl to her mother-in-law.
But there is no red cloth.
Liu Junhui thought for a moment and asked her mother-in-law, "Mom, is a red scarf okay?"
"Sure, as long as it's red cloth, it's fine. Is it the red scarf that Junlan wears? That would be even better."
Liu Junhui took out the red scarf from Junlan's schoolbag and handed it to her mother-in-law.
Zhou Huaying spread out her red scarf and covered the bowl of rice.
Then, she put the clothes that Junlan was wearing when she was frightened, which she had just taken off, on the bowl.
"Huihui, is there any incense at home?"
"No...oh, let me see."
On the day we moved into our new home, Feng Lifang came to congratulate us and bought a box of daily necessities, among which seemed to be a bunch of incense.
Feng Lifang thought about it carefully. She felt that there would be a smell in the newly renovated house, and the gas would irritate the eyes. Lighting incense could neutralize the gas.
Liu Junhui went to the kitchen again and rummaged through the box that Feng Lifang brought, and indeed found the incense.
He picked up the matches from the kitchen counter and returned to the room where his mother-in-law was collecting Junlan's soul.
Zhou Huaying took the incense, pulled out three sticks, and asked Huihui to light them with a match.
Zhou Huaying held three incense sticks in each hand and circled around Xiang Junlan's clothes and the rice bowl covered with red cloth three times, then three times backwards.
He muttered softly, "Jun Lan's soul, please return to the body, Jun Lan's soul, please return to the body, Jun Lan's soul, please return to the body..."
He repeated it twelve times in a row.
Then, Zhou Huaying took off her clothes and red scarf and inserted three incense sticks into the rice.
Liu Junhui watched intently.
The talented young lady from the 21st century is skeptical. Can she bring Jun Lan's soul back in this way?
Zhou Huaying said, "This is just a traditional way of collecting souls. Whether you believe in it or not, you should always be respectful of the souls."
After saying that, Zhou Huaying looked at Junlan's face and shook his head gently, "It seems that Junlan's soul is too far away from here. Is there a bell at home?"
"No... By the way, is Junlan's toy that makes a jingling sound when you shake it okay?"
"Okay, Junlan's own toys are better."
Liu Junhui found the toy and handed it to her mother-in-law.
Zhou Huaying took it and continued to collect Xiang Junlan's soul.
She walked to the window, opened it, and rang the bell outside.
Ding ding ding, ding ding ding, ding ding ding...
The ringing sound echoed in the air, as if calling out to Junlan's lost soul.
It was really magical. Liu Junhui saw that Junlan's face gradually became rosy and her little body no longer twitched.
Zhou Huaying looked at Liu Junhui and said, "Okay, Junlan lost one soul and one spirit, but now both are back. Yonggang will get the medicine back later and give it to Junlan. Then let her sleep for a while, and she will be completely healed."
As he was speaking, Li Yonggang came back. He had a copy of the room key, which he always carried with him. Now he opened the door himself.
Li Yonggang handed a few packets of medicinal herbs to his mother.
Liu Junhui casually asked, "Which department prescribed this medicine?"
Li Yonggang glanced at Junhui and said, "Of course it was prescribed in the Department of Traditional Chinese Medicine. How can there be Chinese medicine in the Department of Surgery?"
"I didn't say the surgery department has Chinese medicine. Can't I just ask?"
Zhou Huaying listened and pretended not to hear. She understood everything the couple said.
"Huihui, come here. I'll make the medicine. Just watch me. You'll be able to do it in the future."
"Okay, Mom, you wait and I'll watch."
Zhou Huaying placed the medicine pot on the stove, turned on the gas tank, and lit the stove fire.
First add an appropriate amount of water to the medicine pot, then put the herbs into the pot.
Pick up a chopstick and gently stir the herbs so they are completely immersed in the water.
As the water temperature rises, the aroma of herbs gradually spreads throughout the house.
After a while, Zhou Huaying lowered the stove fire and let the medicine simmer slowly.
She stood in front of the stove, observing the condition of the potion from time to time to ensure that the medicinal properties were fully released.
Finally, Zhou Huaying turned off the gas tank and poured the boiled medicine soup into the bowl.
She said to Huihui, "In the countryside, people boil medicine with firewood, which is better. We have no choice but to use gas here."
Liu Junhui watched her mother-in-law's operation intently throughout the whole process, and Li Yonggang also watched intently.
Both of them wanted to learn how to make medicine. It is always helpful to have a skill, and this folk skill is the essence passed down for thousands of years.