Records of Folk Mysterious Tales

Plot Synopsis

The infant spirit is born, avoiding the sun. When the fetus is full-term, a paper man is made. Receiving the birth of the dead. My name is Luo Shiliu. My mother died of dystocia when giving birth to me. The dystocia lasted until after 11 o'clock at night. I still hadn't been born even when she had already breathed her last. The midwife said there was nothing she could do. It would be a case of two lives lost in one body. Only Granny Liu could receive the birth of the dead. Granny Liu is my grandmother. She is a well-known midwife for receiving the birth of the dead in the surrounding villages. In the early years, people couldn't afford to go to the hospital. Women gave birth at home, and tragedies of two lives lost in one body often happened.