‘Magic water’: superstitious mother-in-law tricks unsuspecting Hong Kong woman into drinking ashes of burned Taoist talisman to ‘make a baby’
- Mother-in-law tells son to ‘do the business’ with daughter-in-law on return from work trip to complete the baby-making process
- ‘Victim’ of superstitious act finds out by over-hearing phone conversation, banishes mother-in-law for a year
The story of a Hong Kong woman who was tricked by her superstitious mother-in-law into drinking the ashes of burned Taoist script to help her “make a baby” has caused outrage online.
The woman, who goes by the name @Waiyiuyiu, complained about her mother-in-law on a local online forum on July 5.
She said her husband’s mother, with whom she had never got along, cooked soup for her when her husband was on a business trip in Macau.
After finishing the soup, the woman discovered a “strange residue” in the bowl. Unfamiliar with soup making so she didn’t think much of it and offered to wash the dishes.
While in the kitchen she overheard her mother-in-law on the phone explaining to someone that the residue was fu shui, or charmed water, made from mixing with the ashes of a burned Taoist talisman, that she had secretly put in the soup to make her produce a baby.
