overnight stay
In Caidian, Henan Province, it was said that a father and son opened an inn on the road, and the coachman and hawkers would stay in this inn. It was almost dark, and four guests came to stay. There is no place to stay in the inn at this time. The old man said, my daughter-in-law went there the day before yesterday and put it in the inner room. My son went to buy the coffin and had not come back yet. There are still people in the inner room, so you can live in that room.
When the four of them walked in, they saw a lamp lit on the table and several of the beds were empty. Because of their physical fatigue, they all went to bed. In the middle of the night, the human-like things came over and blew into the faces of several people. One of them noticed the sound, but the human form and things had already come over. He had no choice but to lie down and pretend to sleep, not daring to expose a little breath. Sure enough, the human figure was fooled, and he still blew the air on his face, and then walked to the place where he was originally lying down. Seeing this, the man quickly got up and wanted to escape. He noticed the human and physical things and quickly followed him.
The man ran hard, and after he arrived at a temple, he asked Taoist priest for help. The Taoist priest cast spells, and the human figures and things finally lost their magic. A tree that was just caught by human-shaped things left five deep round holes, which were actually formed by human-shaped things being cut into it.
The old man thought that all the four residents were dead, and the human-like and things at home also disappeared, his face full of desolation. The resident who survived the disaster was still scared at this time and snot and tears at the county magistrate. After the county magistrate comforted him, the person finally left. The tree with five holes cut out was still in place, and human figures and things were finally able to be on the bed, but what was missing was three of the four guests who came to stay last night.
Story interpretation: That "human-shaped thing" seems to be very exhausted in the story. He gets up and lies down. It may be an allusion to suggest that a person has done something and has tried his best, but it has not succeeded. After checking some relevant knowledge on the Internet, I felt that this should be the author's experience of the author's experience of repeatedly defeating his old father when he passed the exam and winning the exam.
(Story interpretation is a personal opinion, netizens are welcome to criticize and correct it)
