Folk Strange Records 12: Substitute
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The boy only took a look at the girl's body, but the girl asked him to accompany her in the underworld that night. The incident happened in Tai'an, Shandong. Li Zongping was only 10 years old at the time. One day, his father took him to a friend's house in a neighboring village. After arriving, he learned that a daughter had just died in that family, and she seemed to be about the same age as Li Zongping. Through the conversation between his father and the man, he learned that their two families had arranged a baby marriage early on. If the girl had not died, she would have been Li Zongping's wife in the future. In that era, arranged marriages and baby marriages were still very common. Knowing this, Li Zongping couldn't help but take a few more glances at the girl's body lying flat on the kang. The girl died of illness. Her body was not injured. She looked like she was asleep, but her face was very pale. Although she was dead, it could be seen that she must have been very beautiful when she was alive. At that time, Li Zongping had not yet experienced the fear of death and did not have too much sadness. His father exchanged a few words with the family and then took Li Zongping out. Perhaps because he knew that the girl almost became his daughter-in-law, the girl's appearance was deeply imprinted in Li Zongping's mind, but what he didn't expect was that a strange thing happened that night. After sleeping for an unknown period of time, Li Zongping had a strange dream. He dreamed that the dead girl he saw today was standing by his bed. The girl said that after she died, she went to the underworld and was very scared to be alone down there. She asked Li Zongping to go and accompany her, and said something like "I am a member of Li Zongping's family in life, and I am also a ghost of his family in death." She was determined to take Li Zongping with her. Originally, Li Zongping thought she was a ghost and was a little scared, but when he saw the girl crying very sadly, he felt a little pitiful. As soon as this thought came to his mind, he felt that he sat up from the bed all of a sudden, but at that time he felt that his body was very light, as if he could float. Seeing Li Zongping got up, the girl came forward, took his hand, and pulled Li Zongping in one direction. Li Zongping followed her unconsciously. When he looked back, he found that his body was still sleeping on the kang, and it seemed that only his soul had gotten up. 0
 
 
However, Li Zongping said that he was a little confused in the dream and didn't know anything. He followed the girl with stiff limbs like a puppet. Li Zongping didn't know where he went in the dream and what happened next. When he opened his eyes again, he found his parents standing by his bed anxiously calling his name. At this time, Li Zongping finally understood that he had been lying in bed unconscious for two days. His parents had just found someone to call back his soul, and he woke up. The person who called back the soul was the famous blind man Chen in the village. He said that the soul was called back, but the girl would come again, and he needed to make a substitute for Li Zongping and change his name. Under the guidance of the blind man Chen, his parents found someone to make a wooden doll according to Li Zongping's height, and glued Li Zongping's hair to the wooden doll, put on his clothes, and wiped it with Li Zongping's shoes. Later, Li Zongping's father went to beg the girl's family again, told them about Li Zongping's situation, and then asked them to open their daughter's coffin and put the little wooden doll and the girl's body side by side. It was said that this would allow the wooden man to replace Li Zongping to accompany the girl and marry her. A new stone tablet was erected for the girl, with the girl's and Li Zongping's names engraved on it, turning it into a joint tomb. Li Zongping's name was also changed to Li Dashun by his parents, and they asked Blind Chen to make a clay statue of a god for him as his godmother. After that, Li Zongping never encountered any strange things again. 0
 
 
 
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