Fortunate Life of the Rural Beauty

The mother-in-law put down the chair that Old Mrs. Chen was sitting on. Old Mrs. Chen put the crutch in her hand on the ground and shouted with great force, "You unfilial girl, you have never kowtowed to me since you recognized your ancestors and returned to the clan." . Every time I go back to my parents' home, I don't go to the Wanshou Hall to see my old lady. I heard that you made a special trip to wish me a birthday today, why don't you go to the Wanshou Hall but come here instead?" The voice was as loud as a bell.

Chen Afu said, "Old lady, if you don't come here, I will go to the Wanshou Hall to see you. One is to give you a gift to celebrate your birthday, and the other is to ask me to say a few words for you." After saying that, he asked the mother-in-law to carry the gift. When he came to the old lady, he said, "These wines were bought in the capital, and the brocade was a tribute given to me by Princess Huachang. I didn't want to use it, so I brought it all to you."

When the old lady saw these gifts, her pale face turned red with anger, and she cursed, "Damn girl, is this a birthday gift for the old lady?"

"Of course, it's worth hundreds of taels of silver. This is a great gift." Chen Afu said, "If the old lady doesn't like it, you can give it to my father and my sisters. They will definitely like it."

The old lady stared at Chen Afu and said slowly word by word, "Today you must kowtow to me. I have been waiting for this kowtow for a long time, old lady, and now you have to kowtow even if you don't! So many people are Look, if you don’t kowtow when you come to celebrate your birthday, it would be extremely unfilial.”

Chen Afu said very simply, "Okay, I will kowtow to you after I finish conveying the message." She raised her voice and said, "Old lady, I dreamed about my grandfather last night. He was so thin and pale. He cried and said that his illness should have healed and he should not have died so early. It was all because some people offended the Bodhisattva by serving as yin and yin, so he died early. He also asked me to tell you a few words, Let you accumulate some virtue in your words and deeds. It is not easy for my father to reach this point. Don't completely ruin my father's official reputation. My grandfather also said that he misses you and will go to Wanshou Hall to see you in the next few days. If at night You see a little white head floating in the air, don’t be afraid, that’s..."

Before Chen Afu finished speaking, he heard the old lady yelling, "Ghost, ghost, ghost, don't come to me..." She roared and screamed, her voice so loud that it could hit the roof. After opening it, the person suddenly fell to the ground. The mother-in-law quickly helped her up and sat on a chair. She was still shouting and crying.

When the old lady made a fuss, the room instantly exploded.

Qingfeng and Nanny Li quickly helped Chen Afu to the wall far away, still blocking her in front of her. Chen Yuqing and her sisters were also frightened and stayed away from the old lady.

Mother Song took little Miss Chu, who was frightened and crying, to another room. The little girl cried so hard that she hiccupped and kept shouting, "Be afraid, be afraid..."

Hearing her voice, Chen Afu felt extremely distressed. If he had known that the old woman was going to sing this song, he should not have brought her here.

Jiang and many of the servants knew that the old lady had made a scene in the middle of the night, saying she had seen a ghost. Could it be that the deceased old man really died unjustly and that the haunting was really the old lady that the old man was looking for in the middle of the night?

Jiang's face turned pale with fright, and he quickly sent his servants to the hospital to ask for a doctor to carry the old lady back to Wanshou Hall to rest.

The old lady shouted, "I won't go back to Wanshou Hall, I won't go back to Wanshou Hall... That old thing is already dead, why are you coming back..."

Chen Afu sarcastically said, "Old lady, if you have done something wrong, you are not afraid of ghosts calling at the door. If you are so scared, is it possible that my grandfather really died unjustly? Tsk tsk, if you have done something wrong, you are afraid of ghosts coming."

The old lady didn't care about Chen Afu's sarcasm. She was stunned like a demon and shouted in a loud voice, "You are already dead, why are you here? You are a sick child. It is not my fault that you died early. Go and be reincarnated. Don't come here." Me. Go, go, go quickly..."

I don’t know if she is telling the ghost to leave quickly, or if she wants to leave here quickly.

Seeing that the old lady's quarrels like this would have bad consequences, Jiang had the courage to call Chen Yuhui and several wives, press the old lady on a chair and forcefully take her out of the main courtyard, and arrange another courtyard for her. He then advised the old lady, "Don't be afraid, mother-in-law. Tomorrow my daughter-in-law will go to the temple to offer incense to her father-in-law."

Chen Yuhui didn't want to take care of the old lady at first, but thinking that the old lady in this family was the only one who was really good to him, he didn't want her to be scared to death, so he had the courage to follow her.

It was impossible for Chen Afu to stay here any longer. He took Miss Chu and his servants who were still crying and said goodbye to go home. Chen Yuqing and Chen Yuxia took them to the gate of the hospital.

Chen Afu was frightened when he saw their pale faces. Considering that people in ancient times were superstitious, this matter should be settled.

Then he said to them, "I had this dream last night, and I have been wondering whether I should tell the old lady. Don't tell me, I'm sorry for the old lady. Tell me, because I'm afraid of scaring the old lady. Today I see that the old lady has a strong body. , I said it anyway. In the end...it seems that the old lady may have really done it...Hey, my grandfather is so pitiful, he is as thin as a piece of paper, and he cries so sadly..."

Chen Afu's words were dazzling, and the faces of the two little girls and the servants who followed them became even paler, and Chen Yuxia was still trembling a little.

Chen Afu touched her bun and said, "Fourth sister, don't be afraid, my grandfather is a good person. He knows who is good and who is bad, and will not go looking for Fourth Sister."

Chen Yuxia calmed down and then said, "Well, I have never done anything bad."

Chen Afu took Chu Hanyan into the sedan chair, coaxed the little girl, and then covered her mouth with a handkerchief and laughed hard. If I had known that scaring the old woman with ghosts worked, I should have done this.

When they returned to the General's Mansion, it was already noon and they went directly to the Western Restaurant in the main courtyard for dinner.

The old Marquis led Dabao, Alu, and Li Xuan to eat.

Dabao wondered, "Didn't my mother and sister say they were going to have lunch at my grandpa's house? Why are they back again?"

Little Miss Chu patted her chest and said with lingering fear, "Grandpa's house is haunted and scared us back."

Chen Afu laughed and said, the little girl is smart now and can speak many things for herself.

Dabao and Alu were both startled when they heard this, and looked at Chen Afu with their big round eyes.

The old Marquis smiled and said, "Yan'er can't talk nonsense."

Chu Hanyan ran to the old man, pulled his sleeve and said seriously, "Grandpa, I'm not talking nonsense. There was an old lady who was crying and making trouble, saying that she had seen a ghost. She looked so scary that she was frightened. I was so scared that I cried.”

Chen Afu smiled at the old man and said, "It's the old lady of the Chen family. When I said I dreamed about my grandfather, she was so frightened that she cried and made noises. She also said she saw a ghost and so on..."

The old man knew the virtue of Mrs. Chen, so he said, "She has done too many evil things and is afraid of ghosts coming to her door."

Chen Afu smiled and nodded in approval.

Dabao quickly said, "Mom and sister should not go to grandpa's house from now on. It's not clean. Don't scare you."