Evil Bone Devourer

Chapter 16 The Paper Maker
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The second day was a cloudy and rainy weather, and the dark clouds and gray made people feel inexplicably depressed.

The air was damp, and even with the light rain outside it was still muggy.

It was already noon when I woke up, I walked around and found that there was no one at home, so I ran to Su Mingxun's house in a pair of slippers, wanting to see how Jinbao was doing.

When I arrived, I found that my family was in the room last night, and Dong Jinbao's father was sitting by the bed with a sad expression on his face.

Dong Jinbao lay on the bed with a livid face, the lipstick on his mouth was wiped off by someone, leaving a light pink mark.

The purple finger marks on both sides of his mouth were pinched by me yesterday. I think I didn't use much force, but I didn't expect to leave marks.

Su Mingxun approached me and asked in a low voice, "What's wrong with Dong Jinbao? Didn't he sleepwalk last night?"

Jiu Wu put one hand on his chin pretending to be mysterious, squinted his eyes and said, "I think I must be bewitched!"

Aunt Pei Min gave him a warning look, and urged: "You and Ming Xun go back to our house to watch TV, don't make trouble here!"

Jiuwu pursed his lips in dissatisfaction, and walked out as loose as if he had no bones. When the two of them reached the door, they turned to me and said, "Let's go! Don't make trouble here!"

Grandma pursed her lips and said, "Yinghe and I will go get ready in a while, we'll settle this matter tonight!"

Jiuwu and Su Mingxun looked at each other, scratching their heads in every possible way, wondering why I could stay but they couldn't!
I went up the mountain with my grandma under an umbrella. There is a storage room in Nianciju, where there are paper money, ingots, lotus flowers and other items. It was covered with several layers of plastic sheeting.

"Grandma, can it burn in rainy weather?"

Grandma looked up at the sky, her pupils were cloudy due to her age.

"The rain won't last for a while, Jinbao can't be allowed to fall asleep like this, if it can be burned, it will be burned tonight!"

"Then do we need to prepare anything else?" "We'll go down the mountain to your Grandpa Tang's house in a while and make a paper figurine."

Grandpa Tang is a good friend of grandma for many years. He often comes to my house to have a drink with my grandpa.

He is a paper maker, he can make some paper horses and barley, and he can also make coffins.

The paper figurines he made are slightly upturned, and the proportions of the head and body are well known. He always said that the paper figurines really exist when they get there, and they must not be sloppy!

Grandma also told me that Grandpa Tang is a craftsman, and this thing is only passed on to those who are predestined, not everyone can do it.

When my grandma and I arrived at Grandpa Tang's house, he was leaning against the eaves with a pipe to smoke, his face was full of deep grooves and wrinkles, and a pair of black cloth shoes on his feet were lighting rhythmically to the ground.

I put the cart at the gate of the yard, checked it out before helping grandma in, and politely called out, "Grandpa Tang!"

He chuckled with a hoarse voice, "Oh! Yinghe is here!"

"Has grandpa had lunch?"

"Eat it, what wind brought you, grandpa and grandson, here today?"

Grandma sighed deeply, and said to Grandpa Tang frowningly: "There is a child in the alley who has been haunted by the ghost of Yan, and it is very tricky! Brother, don't be idle, I am in a hurry, I will be here tonight." Use it!"

After hearing this, Grandpa Tang's expression became serious, and he asked, "In such a hurry? What's the reason? As for worrying you so much?"

"It's a desperate person who wants to take people away. Jinbao's soul has been snatched away, and he has been sleeping and won't wake up."

Grandpa Tang quickly knocked off the broken smoke in the pipe, got up and said, "I'll do it right away, tell me your height and weight."

He found a few bamboo sticks from the yard, and moved the knife with his hand very quickly. I helped my grandma to sit on the chair, and I ran to Grandpa Tang to watch it curiously.

Seeing my serious face, Grandpa Tang asked with a smile, "Yinghe is interested in this?" I smiled and replied, "Grandpa Tang is very handy, I'll take a look."

"If you are willing to learn, I will teach you?"

I was taken aback when I heard this, and my grandma answered immediately: "Old brother, don't tease my children, Yinghe's carelessness can't do such a delicate job."

Grandpa Tang never married in his life, let alone his children and descendants. People like him would not dare to marry.

He also said several times before that he wanted me to inherit his craftsmanship, but as grandma said, it’s okay for me to watch the excitement, but if I really want to do it, I can’t do it!

Paper figurines can't be pierced casually. If it weren't for Mr. Paper Piecing, ordinary people would not be able to resist the Yin Qi brought by it.

I don't know what his old man values ​​me, maybe he also likes my eyes and thinks I can bear it?
Regardless of what grandma said, Grandpa Tang explained to me on his own, "The most important thing about this paper man is that the soil is made of bamboo skin, and the skin is made of colored paper. The inner frame must be built firmly so that the colored paper can be wrapped."

I didn't want him to be disappointed, so I nodded as if I understood.

His movements are smooth and smooth, his thin hands seem to be not afraid of being pricked, and he has never even worn gloves. The bamboo skin was quickly tied into a human shape in his hands.

He found a few pieces of colored paper and said to me: "If you tie a virgin boy, you will be red, and if you are a girl, you will be green. Don't confuse your eyes. This is a big taboo!"

Grandma didn't want me to learn this from the bottom of her heart, but seeing that I was listening seriously with great interest, she didn't make a sound to stop me.

Grandpa Tang held a silver needle in his hand, and pierced holes in the mouth, nose, eyes, and ears of the paper figurine.

I asked curiously, "Grandpa, what are you doing?"

"This way they can be obedient!"

"Why don't you draw eyes?"

Grandpa Tang smiled and shook his head, "Under normal circumstances, it is absolutely not allowed to draw eyes, remember?"

"Why?"

At this time, grandma interrupted my conversation with Grandpa Tang, "Yinghe, let Grandpa Tang concentrate on doing it, don't make trouble with every sentence."

Grandpa Tang whispered in my ear: "Because you will recruit unclean things."

I suddenly realized and nodded, even though I still had questions in my heart, I didn't dare to ask.

Grandma said to us: "Brother, you said you live alone, why don't you just move to my house! You and Lao Pei can still be a companion, play chess and drink tea, how wonderful!
Why do you have to live here alone? If something happens to you at your age, no one will know. "

A look of helplessness flashed across Grandpa Tang's face, "Hey! I won't make trouble with you. Heihai and I are fine here, and I'm annoying if I stick these things all the time."

Heihai is a big black dog in the yard that has been with Grandpa Tang for many years. Its chin is slightly white and its head is not in good spirits.

After hearing this, I felt a little sour. Grandpa Tang is such a good person, why should everyone exclude him because of his profession?

Living alone must be difficult.
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(End of this chapter)