Chapter 2 (Part 1): An idiotic aunt’s awakening
When I woke up from my coma caused by weightlessness, I felt myself floating in midair with no actual body.
This knowledge caused me to be frightened stiff where my soul flies away and scatter. I feel like I am already dead?
The surroundings were in chaos and there was a force which gently led me floating towards one place. In my confusion, I felt myself being an angel and shuttling through the layers of clouds. I looked around in all directions and found that I was alone. I had no way of knowing whether Zhang Ziyue was alright.
"Xie Huaimin?" Someone called me.
That voice sounded much like our coach and due to my conditioned reflexes, I replied "Here!"
Once I looked, all around me were vast with clouds and me, where is there someone's figure.
That voice sounded again suddenly and put on an act by dragging his accent, "Xie Huaimin, there is an error in your fate records, your life should originally should not have ended, I'm giving you a chance to be rebirth now, are you willing?"
I immediately asked, "Then how is Zhang Ziyue? Is my physical body already destroyed?"
That voice said, "Zhang Ziyue was a holy monk who brought glory to the country in his previous lifetime, both his fate and fortune are extremely good, you don't have to worry about him. As for your physical body, the damage isn't too extensive, but you temporarily still can't go back."
When I heard that Zhang Ziyue was a monk in his previous lifetime I even wanted to laugh but when I heard that I couldn't go back, I now wanted to cry.
"How can that work? If I go back late, I will be cremated, even if I climb out from my coffin, that image also won't be that pleasant."
That voice finally became impatient, "I say, Miss Xie, don't pick anymore. We'll help you look after your physical body temporarily, until the time is right, the geographical and social conditions are favorable, you should just casually find a body to house your soul to make do first. I really don't get why you mortal people are so concerned about that body of yours, even without a physical form for eight thousand years, I still got by as usual. If not for considering that in your twelve lifetimes, you were a nun in eight lifetimes and was fully devoted to Buddha, we're also lazy to find you a body for you to temporarily live in today."
A nun for eight lifetimes?
I did not actually know that I have so much fate with Buddha.
That voice urged me, "Say quickly, are you exactly willing or not willing?"
I was like a bride who was forced to marry in front of a holy altar and gnashing my teeth, I said every word with tears of blood, "I'm willing."
That person seemed to let out a sigh of relief and kept repeating, "Your new body, is the fourth daughter of Grand Tutor Xie, Xie Zhaohua(Xiѐ Zhāohuá)……"
The voice gradually faded and the surrounding seemed to have become a little thinner. I gazed below by looking through the layers of clouds and there was some family's courtyard which was tidy and with style, one place of rockery, a small pond and a few children who seemed to be frolicking. The strange thing was, they all had hair rolled up in two bunds with shirts and pants that were burdensome. This manner of dressing, it clearly only exist in ancient times.
I was curious and descended along with that force. Now then did I see clearly that it was three children picking stones and throwing them at a girl who was slightly older. The girl who had unkempt hair, though afraid, had a sluggish look, clumsy enunciation and only knew how to cry "Ah ya". It was obvious that she had some problems with her IQ.
The girl was hit by the rocks until she had no place to dodge and in the midst of her panic, she climbed up the rockery. The three children still did not give up, abusing her as "idiot" and "silly girl" while picking up stones and striking her.
I was furious until I scolded these few children, "Knock it off! Which family's unlucky children? Has your mother never taught you not to bully the weak?"
But the didn't feel my presence at all since the start. The leader who was a girl in red incited the tall boy to climb up and pull the person down.
The big girl was frightened till she yelled loudly and her legs did not stand steadily. Her body swayed and she fell from the rockery, falling into the pond with a splash.
She clearly could not swim. After flopping about in the water for a few times, her body gradually sank and disappeared very quickly.
The children on the shore were instantly frightened till they were dumbstruck, the three small faces were pallid and only after gazing speechlessly at each other did they know that they have gotten themselves into a huge trouble.
I was about to go over to take a look in concern when suddenly, a force flung me, causing me to be suck towards the pond. I was shocked until I screamed loudly, after that, I became unconscious and felt that my body becoming distorted in a split second.
Just as I felt as if I was going to be twisted into a stick of Tianjin Hemp Flowers*, I recovered the sensation of a physical body all at once. The icy cold enveloped me and the water gushed into my nose and mouth without scruples. For someone who has lived beside the lake since young, I instinctively paddled my hands and legs and swam upwards with great effort.
*T/n: A traditional snack. Fried dough twist. A picture is inserted below. 🙂
Finally bursting through the water surface, I opened my mouth and tried hard to fill my lungs with air.
Drowning like that, I also did not know how much stinky water mixed with fish poop entered my stomach, just thinking of it made me disgusted.
After regaining my breath, I started feeling pain!
There was no part of my whole body which wasn't painful. Especially the back of my head, I didn't know where I had knocked against, causing my ears to be ringing even until now.
I used my four limbs to climb ashore and was paralyzed on the ground, gasping in big breaths and was in distress like a drowning dog.
The girl in red saw that I have climbed up and let out a sigh of relief, turned to the boy beside her and said, "See, not dead! My mum said already, the more cheap someone is, the longer they live. She can't possibly die so easily."
What kind of nonsense is this wimpy kid from don't know which family saying?
I sat up and glared at her coldly. The little girl was only eight or nine years old and already had an act of little adults, being so bossy and arrogant. I seemed to vaguely remember that she is the niece of this body's owner.
"Since you didn't die, that's fine. Dama and Xiaoma*, let's go. Today is really a wet blanket."
*T/n: Literally means big horse and small horse
Two big words emerged in my mind: Guo Fu(Guōfú)*.
*T/n: Guo Fu is a character from "The Legend of the Condor Heroes"
Miss "Guo Fu" held up her noble head, turning and walking away while bringing along two blockheaded sidekicks.
"Stop there!" I commanded.
This body, the body which has been occupied by my soul still had a voice which was very tender and immature.
Little lolita turned around, "What did you say?"
I sneered a little and said, "I told you all to stop there. What? Causing me to become like this, you want to just pat your but and leave without an explanation?"
I had hardly finished speaking when the three children were already shocked until they were trembling. The girl in red pointed at me and spoke, "You……you, you can speak your words smoothly?"
I intentionally wanted to scare them and suddenly stretched out my five fingers, making a Mei Chaofeng(Méi Chāofēng)* pose, "Not only can I speak smoothly, I am also an old demon of the black mountains who have descended to capture small kids to eat, so that I can cultivate my great demonic powers."
*T/n: A character from the story called "The Legend of the Condor Heroes"
This was actually a coarse method of threatening, at least it definitely would not scare my elder cousin sister's baby into sleeping obediently. But those three kids unexpectedly were frightened till gave a shriek, threw all their shield and armour, throwing everything away and fleeing helter-skelter.
After they ran off, I was left standing alone in this courtyard, looking all around.
The scene just now was not a dream, I have really entered another body. The body of a young girl with pitiful circumstances.
This so called Dong Qi nation, from the appearance of those few kids, wasn't during the warring states period that I know.
I was at a loss, the energy I had just now when scaring the kids vanished like smoke into thin air. I sat down and hug my head. Although I already have a new body, what should I do next? It was currently autumn here right now. As the wind blew, I was cold until I shivered.
Just after I finished sneezing, the sound of many footsteps came from outside the courtyard. The voice of that girl in red was especially resounding, "(Paternal) Grandma, Juan-er(Juān-ér) didn't say wrongly, Dama and Xiaoma can also be witnesses, little aunt has indeed been possessed by a monster."
A middle-aged woman's gentle voice, "That is your little aunt teasing you all."
"No no! Little aunt didn't speak smoothly in the past!"
A young woman cut in, "Mum, these children make sense. Fourth younger sister usually don't even speak one complete sentence, this time that she scared them so eloquently and fluently, I find it really strange. Let's still get a Daoist priest to take a look first."
"What Daoist priest?" That madam was unhappy, "Senior master hates those people from all trades the most, once those people come, they often must cause the house to have a foul atmosphere."
As they were talking, they walked into the courtyard.