One day, Zhou Fu received a big deal and had to go to another place overnight to deliver the goods. In order to prevent encountering robbers on the road, Old Zhou also went with him. As a result, when it was almost dawn, Cui Yuniang heard the bad news from the villagers. Because it was dark, Zhou Fu accidentally fell off the cliff and died suddenly on the spot. Old man Zhou narrowly escaped with his life because he fell on a rock on the cliff.
Cui Yuniang was so distraught that she had to collect her husband's body and bury it. From then on, she and her father-in-law Zhou lived together. Cui Yuniang was only in her early twenties at the time and was very beautiful. Many people advised her to remarry. But Cui Yuniang said: "Although I haven't read any books and am not a lady, I also understand the truth that a loyal minister should not marry two masters and a martyr woman should not marry two husbands. I was born as a member of the Zhou family and died as a ghost of the Zhou family." So she drove away all the people who were close to her and took good care of old man Zhou's daily life.
Since the death of his son, Old Man Zhou has also taken the initiative to shoulder the burden of the family. He picked up his hunting skills and went hunting in the mountains every day, often catching pheasants hares and the like. Sometimes, if he was lucky, he could also catch large items such as wild boars. They kept some of the game for themselves and sold the rest at the market. Their lives were even richer than when Zhou Fu was alive.
One day, Cui Yuniang went to the river to do laundry. Her neighbor Aunt Wang said with a smile: "Yu Niang, you have gained a lot of weight recently. Your belly is bigger than that of Cuihua in our village who is five months pregnant." As the saying goes, the speaker is unintentional, but the listener is intentional. When Cui Yuniang heard Aunt Wang's words, her heart skipped a beat. I have been thin since I was a child and have never gained weight no matter how much I eat. Why have I gained so much weight in recent months?
Moreover, Cui Yuniang often retches, and sometimes she can even feel something moving in her belly. Could it be that she is pregnant? But it has been almost a year since her husband passed away. If she is really pregnant, who did it to the fetus in her belly? Cui Yuniang was so distraught that she didn't even bother to do the laundry. She simply rinsed it a few times and hurried home.
When Cui Yuniang returned home, Old Man Zhou had already gone up the mountain to cut firewood. Cui Yuniang felt hungry, so she cooked some millet porridge to drink. Just at this moment, an old beggar passed by Cui Yuniang's house. Cui Yuniang saw that the old beggar was pitiful, so she took the initiative to serve a bowl of millet porridge to the old beggar. After the old beggar finished the porridge, he stared at Cui Yuniang's belly and said, "Congratulations, you will be a mother in three days."
Cui Yuniang was thinking about getting fat at the time. When she heard what the old beggar said, she was so frightened that she threw the bowl to the ground. At that time, if a widow became pregnant and gave birth to a child, she would most likely be immersed. What Cui Yuniang is afraid of is that she has never done anything immoral at all, and she doesn't know why she gained weight for no reason.
Cui Yuniang said to the old beggar: "Master, please don't talk nonsense. My husband has passed away for a year and I am a widow at home. How could I be pregnant? How could I become a mother? It's just nonsense."
The old beggar ignored Cui Yuniang and murmured: "If you want to know the truth, when you go to bed tonight, put pot ash on your bellyband, and you will naturally know the truth." After that, the old beggar walked away. Cui Yuniang didn't understand what the old beggar meant, but in order to find out the truth, she followed the old beggar's instructions at night and smeared pot bottom ashes on her bellyband.
In the middle of the night, when Cui Yuniang was sleeping in a trance, she vaguely felt someone crawling on her body. In the past year, she had often encountered this feeling. Every time at this time, she felt like she was in a nightmare. She couldn't open her eyes and couldn't move her whole body. It was like she was having a spring dream, and she couldn't wake up until daylight.
But after a moment, the man screamed and Cui Yuniang woke up from the nightmare. When she opened her eyes, she saw herself lying on the ground shivering.At this moment, the old beggar rushed in during the day, pointed at Old Man Zhou and said, "You are so bold and evil and dare to cause trouble under my rule. Do you believe that I will beat you to death?"
I saw a black figure floating out of Old Man Zhou's body. Shadow, the black shadow said: "I'm sorry to say City God , it was Old Man Zhou and Zhou Fu and his son who robbed the tomb first, making it impossible for me to reincarnate. That's why I killed Zhou Fu, and then possessed Old Man Zhou, and used Old Man Zhou's body to taint Cui Yuniang, and wanted Cui Yuniang to replace him. I carry on the family lineage.
The old beggar said: "Good and evil will be punished. Old man Zhou and Zhou Fu will have their own retribution for stealing and digging graves." But Cui Yuniang is innocent. You will impose retribution on Cui Yuniang. This is a new debt! When is the time for retribution! Go and be reincarnated quickly. If you dare to cause trouble again, I will definitely drive you into a place of eternal destruction. "
The black shadow nodded and disappeared.
At this time, Old Man Zhou also woke up and regained his mind. Cui Yuniang hurriedly asked: "Dad, what is going on?"
Old man Zhou was ashamed and told the whole story. It turned out that that night a year ago, old man Zhou and Zhou Fu did not go out to do business, but they learned that a rich man in a neighboring town had recently died, and a lot of gold, silver and jewelry were buried with him. Old man Zhou and his son wanted to steal graves and dig up graves to make a fortune. As a result, when Old Man Zhou and Zhou Fu escaped with the stolen goods, Zhou Fu accidentally fell off a cliff and died, while Old Man Zhou fell on a boulder and fainted. The rich man's ghost took the opportunity to possess Old Man Zhou and occupied Cui Yuniang's body day and night as revenge.
That old beggar is actually the City God of Heyang County. He often pretends to be a beggar to understand the people's sentiments and help the people. When Cui Yuniang gave him porridge, he could tell at a glance that there was a ghost fetus in Cui Yuniang's belly, and the ghost fetus would be born in three days, and the people of Heyang would probably suffer. So he asked Cui Yuniang to wipe pot ashes on her bellyband to let her understand the truth.
The ash at the bottom of the pot is the most yang thing in the world, and ghosts cannot get close to it. Therefore, when the ghost of the rich man touches Cui Yuniang's bellyband, he screams.
The old beggar gave Cui Yuniang a green pill. After Cui Yuniang took it, a lot of black water flowed out of her body, and her figure returned to its previous appearance. After that, Old Man Zhou felt ashamed to face his daughter-in-law, and he always dreamed of the rich man asking for his life at night. In the end, Old Man Zhou died of depression not long after.
Cui Yuniang thought that Zhou Fu and his son had such despicable virtues that they were not worthy of keeping the Zhou family accountable. So not long after the death of old man Zhou, she remarried to a scholar named Kong Yiji. Later, Kong Yiji passed the imperial examination and Cui Yuniang lived a happy and stable life.
[Solemn statement]
This story is a folk tale, purely a literary creation. The plot and characters are fictitious. It is intended to enrich readers’ spare time life. Please do not contradict feudal superstition.
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