However, the old shaman didn’t do anything. She just looked at Chu Chu.

Chu Chu had asked me to hold the big rooster tightly while she held onto the long red rope that tied the rooster’s legs. She pulled the rope towards the bed and tied it to Li Mazi’s pinky finger.

I now remembered that when I had buried the rooster, I had used that red rope to tie the rooster’s legs together.

And now, the rope was only tied to one leg. What was going on?

After Chu Chu tied the red rope to Li Mazi, everything calmed down. We waited in silence.

My arm felt sore but I didn’t dare to move, as I didn’t want to scare the rooster away.

Around one hour later, the old shaman finally moved!

She pulled Li Mazi up and let him sit on the bed. At the same time, the rooster I was holding couldn’t stay calm anymore. It began to wiggle and flapped its wings. Gurgling sounds escaped its throat.

The shaman chanted something...