The watermelon patch in our house is next to a temple at the east end of the village. Before going out, my mother repeatedly told me to sleep with my head facing the temple wall to avoid unclean things in the land (i.e., ghosts). ) will not dare to disturb me because of fear of the temple god. After I ran home, my mother saw me looking panicked and sweating, and asked worriedly: "My child, what's wrong with you?"

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