Once Lu Dashou came home and bought a hen from the market to make soup for his wife to replenish her health. Mr. Ding wondered: "Eating porridge has become a problem for our family. Where did you get the money to buy chickens? Could it be that you stole other people's chickens? If so, I would rather starve to death."
Seeing that his wife refused to eat, Old Man Lu had to confess to his wife that he carried stones on the mountain to earn money. Mrs. Ding burst into tears after hearing this, because she knew the dangers of carrying stones. Back then, her father and her brother all died after falling off a cliff while carrying stones.
Ms. Ding cried and said: "How can you do such a dangerous thing? Back then, my father and my brother both died because they fell off a cliff with their backs on their backs. If you had done something good, how would I have survived? ? I am really useless. Since I married into your family, I have not given you a son and a half, and I have been bedridden for many years. I might as well die. You can marry another wife while you are strong and continue the legacy of the old Lu family. "
Old man Lu hugged his wife and said, "I'm just trying to make more money to buy you medical treatment and medicine. Since you're worried about me, I won't just carry stones anymore. You don't have to think too much. People's fate is destined. Life, old age, sickness and death are not something we can control. I have nothing else to think about in this life. I will be content to spend the rest of my life in peace with you." After saying this, the couple hugged each other and cried.
Since then, Old Man Lu still often went to the mountain to carry stones without telling his wife. People often had accidents because of carrying stones, but Old Man Lu was lucky and missed accidents every time. In order to prevent his wife from becoming suspicious, Mr. Lu would take a bath in the moat before returning home to wash away the lime and dust from his body before returning home.
On the night of July 15th, when Old Man Lu was preparing to take a bath in the moat as usual, he saw a woman bathing in the river from a distance under the moonlight. When old man Lu walked to the river, the woman also found him. The woman splashed water with her hands and said, "Brother, I am a woman from a neighboring village. She ran away because of a quarrel with her husband. She is very depressed now. Why don't you have some fun in the water with me?"
Lu The old man stood on the shore and yelled: "Don't even think about it! You dare to come out and harm people in this bright world. I advise you to go where you should go, otherwise, be careful of being punished by God!"
It turned out that the old man Lu saw at a glance that the woman in the river was not a human being, but a female ghost! Because the center of the moat is more than three feet deep, and there are undercurrents surging under the water. Even a person with excellent water skills cannot stand in the river, let alone a little girl like her? Moreover, Old Man Lu found that there was no trace of the woman behind him, and he became more and more convinced of his judgment.
Old man Lu turned around to leave, but unexpectedly the woman started crying. Old Man Lu was the most kind-hearted man. He asked: "People and ghosts have different paths. Why don't you go to the underworld and be reincarnated and sink into this cold river? I, Lu, hate to see women suffer the most in my life. If you need my help in any way, just say it."
The woman floated to the shore and said: " To be honest, this little girl’s name is A Cui. I was raped and killed by a passing merchant in the city at this time last year, and my body was thrown into the river. I am still trapped in the river because I am a ghost of death and cannot report reincarnation to the underworld.”
After hearing this, Old Man Lu said. She was very sympathetic to A Cui's experience, so she said: "How can I help you now?"
The woman said: "I tested the old man just now and found that he is an upright and loyal man, so I boldly showed up to ask for help. The old man only needs to write a memorial tablet and take it to the crossroads to burn it. My injustice Then my soul can escape from this moat, and when I take my revenge, I can go and be reincarnated."
After hearing this, Old Man Lu nodded, went to a nearby paper shop, cut two feet of red paper, folded it into the shape of a tablet, borrowed a pen, wrote A Cui's name, and burned it on the cross street. I saw a gust of wind blowing by, and the female ghost in the river disappeared.
At dawn the next day, Old Man Lu learned that there was a salesman in the city who died mysteriously at home. Old Man Lu speculated that the salesman might be the murderer of A Cui.
That night, Old Man Lu dreamed that A Cui came to say goodbye to him. A Cui said: "Thank you for your kindness. Now the little girl has avenged her great revenge and is going to reincarnate in the underworld. Now there are two things I have to tell you. I must keep them in mind. The first thing is that tomorrow you go up the mountain road. Two hundred steps away from the top of the mountain you will find a bluestone. Under the bluestone is a seven-leaf clover, which is the Seven Immortals Ganoderma lucidum grass. You will The grass is brought back to my aunt, and it has the effect of reviving the dead and rejuvenating the old boy. The second thing is that there is a dry well twenty steps southwest of the Chenghuang Temple in the suburbs. Tomorrow, you jump into the dry well and dig down six feet. There are two altars of gold and silver and jewelry hidden by the wealthy merchants of the previous dynasty. They will be enough for you two to live and drink for several generations."
After that, A Cui disappeared.
Old man Lu followed A Cui’s instructions in his dream and found the fairy grass and jewelry as expected. After Ding took the grass jelly, she not only recovered from her illness, but also returned to the appearance of a young girl when she was eighteen or nineteen years old. Old man Lu was overjoyed and became even more affectionate with his wife. After acquiring the jewelry, Old Man Lu no longer had to work as hard as before. Instead, he bought houses and real estate and started business, becoming a well-known local wealthy gentleman.
Not long after, Ding became pregnant and gave birth to a baby girl ten months later. Old man Lu saw that her daughter looked very familiar, but he could not remember where he had seen her before.
[Solemn statement]
This story is a folk tale, purely a literary creation. The plot and characters are all fictitious. It is intended to enrich readers’ spare time life. Please do not contradict feudal superstition.
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