In the village, Lao Zhangtou had a flock of sheep on the hillside, and behind him he would often talk to a flock of little children, because they all loved to listen to Lao Zhang'er talk about strange things.
On this day, the old man was herding sheep on the hillside, and the little fart children were all around him listening to his story.
A long time ago, there was a school at the foot of the northern slope two miles east of the mushroom village, taught by an old gentleman over half a hundred years old named Shangguan Gong.
Old man Zhang said: On an autumn evening, the old gentleman of Shangguan was sitting at his desk, and he was using the weak light to revise the article, when a cold wind suddenly blew over, and he was afraid that the wind would blow out the lamp, so he hurriedly reached out to block it. At this time, a woman's cry was heard in the distance.
The old gentleman thought that it was the sound of the wind blowing the window paper, and he heard it wrong, but the cry became louder and louder, and the more he cried, the more miserable, and the old gentleman was a little creepy.
Cough, cough, at this time the old Zhang Touer coughed, but the group of little fart children urged him to hurry up...
Then the old man said: The next night, the woman's cry came again, this time not only crying miserably, but also getting closer and closer.
On the third night, the cry was already near the door of the school, and on the fourth night, I saw a woman crying and walking into the courtyard. At this time, the old gentleman of Shangguan Gong was fully dressed and sitting safely. He said word by word: I went to the official government, read the book of Kongmeng sages, wrote the characters of Wen Hao Cangjie, taught innocent schoolchildren, and did the merits of the master of ten thousand worlds. I haven't done anything bad in my life, am I afraid that you won't be able to call the door?
The old gentleman's words were also somewhat enlightened, and the woman disappeared in a flash.
After saying that this was another day, the old gentleman estimated in his heart that the woman would cry and walk into the house tonight, and in order to prevent accidents, he did not drink alcohol at dinner, and usually the old gentleman would drink a few taels of wine every night.
After the meal, the old gentleman sorted out the books on the table, placed the four treasures of the study room, took out the ruler that usually punishes the students, filled it with lamp oil, and thickened the wick.
It was dark, the old man lit an oil lamp, and was just about to correct the student's essay when he heard the woman crying outside the door.
After a while, only listening to the "creak", the door was opened, and I saw a woman flash into the house, and the old gentleman couldn't help but look up, this look was not tight, and the old gentleman couldn't help but gasp.
I saw that the woman was in her thirties, unkempt, her face was covered in blood, her abdomen was bloody, and she was only holding a baby in her hands.
The old man stood up abruptly, raised his ruler, and shouted sharply: You shameless female ghost, who dares to cry late at night, disturb people's sleep, and break into the hall with disheveled clothes, how can I spare you!
Cough cough old Zhang Tou'er coughed again, hurry up, hurry up! The little fart children urged anxiously.
Old Zhang Tou'er unhurriedly took out a dry tobacco pouch from his pocket, filled it with tobacco leaves, took a match and lit a cigarette.
After listening to what the old gentleman of Shangguan said, the woman hurriedly knelt down and said: Please the old gentleman to stop being angry, I am indeed a ghost, I have a stomach of wrongs, so I came here to cry, the old gentleman is honest and serious, and only the old gentleman can declare my wrongs for me.
Old Mr. Shangguan heard this and said: Get up and speak, if there is any wronged on you, and speak slowly, the old man will definitely help you if he can help you.
It turned out that the woman's surname was Liu, her nickname was Di'er, and her family lived in Shangtuya, west of Liujiatun.
There is also a village called Wangjiagou on the east side of Shangtuya, where a rich family surnamed Wang lives, and Di'er was introduced by a matchmaker to marry Wang Fugui, the young master of the Wang family.
"To be continued"