This story lists common evil things in life, reminding readers to pay attention to table etiquette, pregnant women paying off their debts to the underworld, the connection between dreams and reality, precautions for Ghost Festival, family taboos, hotel accommodation rules, interactions between relatives, etc., emphasizing the influence of cause and effect and fortune.
Be careful of weird things in life!
1. Don't stick your chopsticks in the middle of the rice bowl when eating, as that is a way to honor the dead.
2. If you have ever been pregnant and had an abortion, it is best to find someone who can help you pay off your yin debt. Cause and effect are very important.
3. Many people often see things they dream about happen in reality. That's because your third eye is not completely closed and your sixth sense is strong. Doing good deeds and accumulating virtue can increase your lifespan.
4. Don’t go out after 7pm during the Ghost Festival, as there are ghosts from all dynasties on the streets. When someone dies, don’t touch high places when you go to the deceased’s home, because the deceased’s last breath is still in the room within seven days. This is a taboo during the Ghost Festival , and the deceased can only leave the house after seven days.
5. If there is a newborn baby at home, the family members, especially the men, should not come home late. If they come home late, it is best to stay at the door for a while, smoke a cigarette or something. It is said that there is some evil spirit that will be brought back and scare the child.
6. It is a taboo during Ghost Festival that you cannot put the money you find into your pocket. You must spend it immediately.
7. Using a red wallet will definitely lead to financial loss or inability to save money.
8. Hotels are actually full of resentment, and strange things often happen. When staying in a hotel, you must not stay in the last room at the beginning or end of the corridor. The bathroom light must be turned on when sleeping at night. When sleeping, you must lie in a splayed position on the bed, or sleep sideways, or in various ugly positions, but you cannot lie on your side and leave a large space on the bed.
9. Don’t compare the size of your hands among your family members.
10. Even if the good things you imagine will happen or things that will make you successful start out with a good start, in nine out of ten cases they will have the opposite ending in the end. It’s super accurate.
11. If you pass by the grave of your ancestors without paying respects, you will get sick.
12. You can’t talk about people during the day, and you can’t talk about ghosts at night.
13. Don’t step on manhole covers when walking, it will bring bad luck and affect your fortune. If you step on it, get a spanking immediately.
14. No matter where you are, it will rain if there is a fight over the toilet.
15. Women are not allowed to touch incense or other things during their menstrual period.
16. Whistling outside at night can easily attract ghosts.
17. There are many things that you cannot talk about. If you talk about them, they will come to you. For example, if you say, “I haven’t had a cold for a long time, then I will definitely have a cold next time.”
18. Don’t laugh at other people’s shortcomings, otherwise you will fall into their trap yourself. It’s very effective.
19. If you use being sick as an excuse to avoid dates or skip classes, you will definitely get sick after a while, and the illness will be determined by the lie you told.
20. Buy a comb (a comb with very dense teeth). If you dream about bad things, don’t talk when you wake up in the morning. Break off a tooth first and the bad things will be avoided.
21. When you have a bad dream, just turn over the pillow and say "Pah" twice and it will be fine.
22. If the left eye twitches, it means good fortune; if the right eye twitches, it means disaster.
23. People whose zodiac sign is sheep will have a hard life if they are born in the winter of the year of sheep and there is no grass on the ground.
24. When a craftsman was building a wall, he put paper people inside it. Whoever lived there afterwards would be extremely unlucky.
25. If an old person poops before he dies, it means that his descendants will become rich.
26. If a person is liked by the elderly or children, this person has a good fate and is a noble person.
Story evaluation
This story uses life customs and superstitions as carriers to show a series of seemingly absurd "evil things". By listing a series of taboos and etiquette, the author tries to warn people to pay attention to the details of life and follow folk customs. However, these contents are too exaggerated and absurd, lack scientific basis, and are easy to cause misunderstandings. Although some of the views in the story are entertaining, they may also mislead people's understanding of traditional customs and superstitions. In modern society, we should treat these views with a scientific attitude, respect traditional culture, and look at superstitious phenomena rationally. In general, this story has a certain degree of fun and warning significance, but it relies too much on superstition and taboos and lacks depth and connotation. For readers who pursue truth and science, they may not be able to get much inspiration from it.