During the Song Dynasty, there was a butcher named Zhang Danfeng in Daliu Village, who had not yet married his wife when he was over thirty years old, and he saw that the boys in the village were all in pairs, and his heart was unbalanced. For this reason, there is no less than the matchmaker's house to hug uneven, ask the matchmaker why introduce the girls to others? After hearing this, the matchmaker sneered: "Now marry a wife at least ten pieces of silver, if there is no money, I will die early." ”
Zhang Danfeng's heart was half cold after listening, and he took out the only three or two pieces of silver in his arms and looked at it, and secretly made up his mind to say why he wanted to save enough money to marry his daughter-in-law. So from that day on, Zhang Danfeng worked day and night, sometimes in the early hours of the morning.
It is said that this night, Zhang Danfeng went to a farmer's house to catch pigs, and when he was busy, it was already midnight, so Zhang Danfeng drove the pigs to his home, who knew that the pigs were frightened on the road, and a cigarette ran away. Zhang Danfeng desperately chased after the pig, and when he chased the pig, he found that this place had never come at all. I thought that this is the end of it, who will the pigs sell to tomorrow?
Zhang Danfeng sighed and beat the pig on the side fiercely: "I blame you beast, not only let me make less money, but also have to sleep in the wilderness." So he chased the pigs while looking for a place to rest.
After looking around, Zhang Danfeng came to a broken temple, except that the door was good, the whole temple was not a good place, and even the shrines were in ruins. Zhang Danfeng wanted to leave and find another place, but suddenly a cold wind blew through, and he gave a cold gag, so he led the pig to the broken temple.
Fortunately, there was a lot of hay in the temple, and Zhang Danfeng ignited it and rushed to the side for warmth. Perhaps the fire was too bright, and soon someone pushed open the door of the broken temple, only to see that the person who came was a woman, in her early twenties, with a beautiful appearance and a good figure, and Zhang Danfeng was out of his mind. Until the woman asked out loud, "Can I live here at night?" Only then did he ease up.
Zhang Danfeng nodded, and enthusiastically beckoned the woman to sit by the fire, and then took out a piece of steamed bread and handed it to the woman, who smiled: "I didn't expect that the things you carried with you were quite complete." Zhang Danfeng laughed and said that he often went out outside the door, dry food must be prepared, and the two of them chatted idly.
After talking zhang Danfeng learned that this woman's name was Wang Yuting, since half a year ago, after the death of her husband, she ran from place to place, tossing and turning here, and came to see the fire in the broken temple after dark. Just when the two were talking happily, a gust of wind blew the fire out, and Zhang Danfeng snorted, trying to ignite the hay again but could not light it.
Zhang Danfeng scolded darkly, just wanted to comfort Wang Yuting next to him, but saw that she had long been frightened and trembling, he thought to himself, isn't the fire extinguished, why was he scared like this? Just as he was thinking, he only heard a man outside the door shouting: "Wang Yuting, what are you doing here?" Hurry up and follow me! ”
Seeing that someone was shouting at her, Wang Yuting slowly stood up and walked toward the door, but when she was about to open the door, Zhang Danfeng pulled her aside and said, "Don't go out, where do you see people outside?" It turned out that Zhang Danfeng had already seen through the window slit that the man outside had no feet at all.
Then Zhang Danfeng pulled out a pig-killing knife and slashed at the door angrily: "Ghosts outside, those who know each other quickly roll, otherwise Grandpa wants your soul to fly away." "The ghost outside also knew the power of the pig-killing knife and disappeared."
Just when Zhang Danfeng turned his head to look at Wang Yuting, he saw that she had an angry face and said, "You shouldn't save me, you shouldn't save me." After saying that, he squatted on the ground and cried loudly, waiting for the calm to tell the truth.
It turned out that the ghost outside the door was exactly what Wang Yuting's husband had changed, and since the two of them became intimate, her husband had scolded her without beating her, until the day of his death, he also threatened that being a ghost would not let her go, and he could not imagine that he would really become a ghost after he died. She also thought about finding a Taoist priest to help her see, but she was already penniless and had no money to give to others.
At night, when she saw her husband's ghost follow again, Wang Yuting could no longer stand it, and wanted to die with him but was saved by Zhang Danfeng. After learning the truth, Zhang Danfeng smiled: "I am the pig killer who is very angry, and the pig killing knife is even more frightening to the wild ghosts, from tomorrow you come to live in my house to ensure that you will not be entangled again." Wang Yuting's eyes lit up and she nodded vigorously.
Since then, Wang Yuting has gone home with Zhang Danfeng, and sure enough, she has never met her husband's ghost again, and later Zhang Danfeng used his own money to ask a Taoist priest for her, and the matter was resolved. What is even more unexpected is that after this incident, Zhang Danfeng and Wang Yuting actually had feelings for each other, and it didn't take long to become relatives. The matchmaker was still curious about whose girl didn't want money to marry him, and Zhang Danfeng said coldly to the matchmaker: "How can feelings be measured by money?" After that, the two were happy and happy, and their lives were harmonious and beautiful.