During the Song Dynasty, there was a young man named Fang Jingyun in Yangzhou . His parents died when he was young. He grew up eating Baijia food and wearing Baijia clothes. Due to lack of discipline, he spent all day on the streets, doing The villagers don't like him very much due to his sneaky things.
Fang Jingyun didn’t have any hobbies. He only liked drinking on weekdays. At first, he would go to the wine shop to steal wine, but he would be discovered every time, and he would inevitably be beaten. Until one night, he passed by a graveyard outside the village and was suddenly attracted by the aroma of wine. He walked to a new grave and found two jars of freshly opened wine, which made him extremely happy.
Later, he found that many people who visited graves would leave jugs of wine at the graves, so he got into trouble and wandered around the graves all day long.
Soon, he was discovered by the tombkeeper Old Man Liu who lived nearby. Old Man Liu didn't mind him stealing wine, but he felt that he was very courageous and wanted to drag him into the gang. Fang Jingyun happened to have no job, so he agreed without hesitation when faced with Lao Liutou's invitation.
The tombkeeper has a lot of work to do. In addition to helping the host family choose a suitable tomb, when there is not enough manpower, he not only has to act as a filial son, but also helps to carry the coffin. But as long as he does a good job, the host family will not be short. Yes, it is the kind that does not open for three years and lasts for three years after opening.
Although Fang Jingyun usually does nothing, he is unambiguous when it comes to work. He can do the dirty work such as carrying corpses and encoffining, and he can make the deceased buried with dignity every time. Anyone who asks for his help Everyone was full of praise for it, which made Lao Liutou very happy.
More importantly, Fang Jingyun repaid his kindness. He had no parents, and Old Liu Tou was the first one to treat him well. He treated Old Liu Tou as his biological father, and the relationship between the two became deeper and deeper. .
Slowly, Fang Jingyun earned more and more, and his family's life became better and better. Old Liu Tou asked someone to find him a daughter-in-law, a girl from a neighboring village named Chunmei. She has a delicate appearance and a graceful figure. She is a rare beauty. At first, she looked down on Jingyun, who was a tombkeeper, but the gift he gave was too much, and Chunmei couldn't refuse, so she married him.
On the day of the wedding, everyone in the village came and congratulated Fang Jingyun. Although he had done many bad things in the past, everyone had grown up watching him. Now that he has gone on the right path, everyone is very happy.
After marriage, Fang Jingyun doted on Chunmei very much, and the relationship between the couple has always been harmonious. However, due to his special job, he often needs to stay at the gravesite. Old Liu Tou's health is getting worse day by day, and he has to go to take care of him from time to time, so he often stays up at night.
Fortunately, Chunmei is very sensible and has never complained about anything. And every time before her husband comes back, she will go to the butcher stall in the town to buy a pound of good beef and beat his teeth as a memorial to him. As time went by, the butcher stall owner got to know the couple and would say hello every time he passed by.
More than two years passed like this. Unfortunately, Old Liu Tou fell ill and passed away. Before his death, he handed over the responsibility of guarding the tomb to Fang Jingyun. In the days that followed, Fang Jingyun became even busier.
In the middle of the night, Fang Jingyun returned home. As soon as he opened the door, he heard a loud bell. He looked up and saw that someone had hung a bell on his door. At the same time, my wife ran out in a hurry. She was sweating profusely and looked very panicked.
After seeing that it was Fang Jingyun, she took a deep breath and stepped forward to explain. It turned out that a thief had recently appeared in the village, and she was always at home alone. Out of worry, she hung a bell on the door. The bell rang just now. She thought it was a thief who had come in, so she hurriedly went out to check.
After hearing this, Fang Jingyun felt very unhappy, but what he could do was make more money so that his wife could live a good life. Early the next morning, in order to reassure his wife, he hung a few more bells on the door.
In the blink of an eye, it was the anniversary of Old Liu Tou's death. After working for a day, Fang Jingyun came to Old Liu Tou's grave with two jugs of good wine. It may be because of physical fatigue. After two sips of strong wine, he suddenly felt dizzy. He fell asleep after a while.
After an unknown period of time, Fang Jingyun woke up in a daze, but it was already dark. Just when he stood up to leave, he was suddenly attracted by a dark shadow next to the grave. When he got closer, he found that it was actually a female snake laying eggs, but it was obviously in trouble. One of the eggs was stuck. If it continued like this, it wouldn't be able to hold on for long.
Fang Jingyun was kind-hearted and took the initiative to help. The female snake also cooperated and did not attack Fang Jingyun. With the help of Fang Jingyun, the female snake successfully laid the egg, but at this moment, the female snake suddenly returned the favor and bit him hard on the back of his hand.
Fang Jingyun screamed, then his eyes darkened and he passed out. In his daze, he had a strange dream. In the dream, he was still lying on the grave, and the female snake that had received his help slowly crawled in front of him and uttered human words: "Thank you benefactor for saving me." , but I want to remind you, don’t go through the main entrance when you go home at night!”
It turns out that the true identity of this female snake is an earth-bound spirit. However, it is not someone's specific soul, but a product of the spiritual power of this place. Like Fang Jingyun, it is responsible for guarding the tranquility of this graveyard.
Just when Fang Jingyun wanted to ask something more, he suddenly woke up from his dream. He looked up at the sky and found that he had been unconscious for only a quarter of an hour, and the female snake had disappeared. Thinking of what the mother snake had just said, he was dubious. After returning to the door of his house, he hesitated for a moment, and finally climbed over the wall instead of the main entrance. Naturally, the bell on the door did not ring.
But after walking into the yard, he found that the light in his wife's room was still on, a strange sound came from inside, and two people appeared on the window paper. Fang Jingyun was shocked and rushed in immediately, only to find Chunmei and the meat stall owner having a private meeting.
When the two of them saw Fang Jingyun suddenly coming back, they were so frightened that they peed their pants. The owner of the butcher stall even collapsed on the ground, speechless. It turned out that the two had hooked up a long time ago. The reason why Chunmei hung the bell on the door was to prevent Fang Jingyun from suddenly coming back during the private meeting, so that the butcher stall owner could escape in time.
Fang Jingyun was extremely angry. He never thought that the wife he had paid to marry would betray his wife like this. He beat up the owner of the meat stall, then took the two of them to the government office and executed Chunmei on the spot.
After this incident, Chunmei and the butcher stall owner had no shame in staying in the village, and they moved away not long after. As for Fang Jingyun, he moved to live next to the graveyard, and the white snake got into his house and lived with it. One rainy night many years later, the white snake turned into a young and beautiful woman. Fang Jingyun was so pleasantly surprised that he married him and guarded the grave together.
