Huang Quan's companion

Wan Niang was a little tired, so she said, "Let's go out and let them have a good rest."

Shi Tianning nodded, and went out with her, muttering: "You girl is very infatuated."

Wan Niang smiled slightly: "Ruyi is lucky to meet a man like Lao Fang."

"Oh?"

With nothing to do, Wan Niang walked slowly and told him Ruyi's story.

The fact that Ruyi buried her secretly was discovered by the master, who drove her out of the house in a rage, without giving her a penny, and let her wander outside.Ruyi was timid and cowardly, and was bullied outside. When she tried to find a corner to beg, other beggars grabbed her hair and beat her up. Ruyi was so frightened that she huddled in the alley and cried. She didn't eat for two days and almost starved to death.

At that time, Lao Fang came to the county town to sell firewood for money, and accidentally found Ruyi shivering in the corner.

Lao Fang is a woodcutter, with no skills, but honest and kind nature.He saw that Ruyi, a weak woman, was living on the street like this, and he was afraid that she would be kidnapped and sent to the Goulan courtyard in a few days.He couldn't bear it, so he sold the firewood for the money, and asked Ruyi to eat a big bowl of wontons on the street, bought two pies and a piece of sauced meat for her when she was hungry, and clumsily persuaded Ruyi to go to other big households. People are going to be maids.

At that time, Ruyi was scared to death by the sticks in the mansion, and she didn't dare to go to the rich family to find a job. Seeing the honest and kind-hearted old Fang, she seemed to have found a life-saving straw, and she was holding on desperately and refused to let go. Here, with his head bowed and wrapped around Lao Fang's arm, he followed him without saying a word.

Lao Fang couldn't ask her where she came from, and couldn't bear to drive her away, so he took her home, gave her the bed foolishly, and borrowed a clean old skirt from the aunt next door for her to change into.

Far away from the county seat, Ruyi finally breathed a sigh of relief, carefully took a shower and changed clothes, quietly hid behind the door and looked at Lao Fang.

Ruyi didn't come out until night, and Lao Fang gave her a bowl of hot porridge through the crack of the door, and asked her to eat it with pie and sauced meat.

Ruyi burst into tears as she ate, grievances and panic poured out of her heart, and she lay on the table crying out of breath.Lao Fang was almost frightened to death when he heard it outside the house, but when he opened the door and came in, he found that she was just overly sad.Lao Fang didn't know how to comfort her, and he didn't dare to get close to the girl casually, so he could only circle around her, thinking about how his friends he knew would comfort the crying girl, so he coaxed her: "Girl, don't cry...I...I Tomorrow, I will go to the county seat to buy... a skirt for you! Buy... a rouge!"

Ruyi was still crying, tired from crying, and fell asleep.

Lao Fang carried her to the bed, sat by the bed and kept watch all night. Before dawn, he went to the mountain to cut firewood, and went to the county town to sell it with a shoulder pole full. Gritting his teeth, he went to find a hard worker carrying goods. He hurried to the market until it was dark, bought a skirt and a box of rouge, and walked home with his sore limbs.

At home, Ruyi had already woken up, sitting at the door in a daze.

Lao Fang held the skirt and rouge he bought in front of her, and stammered, "For...for you...you...don't cry..."

Ruyi was taken aback, vaguely recalling what she heard the night before, looking at the foolish and honest man in front of her, tremblingly took the unattractive Luo Qun and Rouge, looked down for a long time, buried her face in the Luo Qun, Sobbing.She has no place to stay, but this strange man treats her very well... It would be better to wander elsewhere...

Lao Fang panicked, thinking he had made a mistake, and apologized again and again, but Ruyi raised her head, her eyes swollen and sobbing, she asked him, "You...do you want...do you want to marry me?"

Lao Fang was dumbfounded, unable to believe what he heard, Ruyi bit her lip and said it again shyly, before Lao Fang nodded foolishly: "Yes... Yes! I... I will marry you!"

They came together like this, and it was 20 years in a flash.

Lao Fang is still that simple and honest woodcutter, who chops firewood and sells it in the county every day. When he earns money to buy things for his family, he always buys some gadgets for Ruyi to please her.

Ruyi has never been pregnant, and Lao Fang doesn't mind, and still treats her well.Ruyi used to be a maid, doing laundry, cooking, embroidery, tea and everything, and kept the house in order.Lao Fang's small house has gradually turned into a large yard, and the bare walls have gradually become a pleasing house in the neighborhood, all thanks to Ruyi.

The husband and wife have been very affectionate for decades, caring for each other and being considerate. Now that Lao Fang is sick, Ruyi's heart is like a knife, and he wished he could replace it with his body.

"I have a bad eye for men, but Ruyi follows me, but she has better eyes than mine..." Wan Niang smiled and said, "I'm so happy for her."

"What's wrong with your eyesight?" Shi Tianning put his arms around her temples, and brushed off the fresh snow for her, "After you died, you hooked my soul away, so you can see that you have excellent eyesight."

He was dressed in black, with long eyebrows and starry eyes, standing majestically in the white snow of the world, with the fine snow blowing by, he had a majestic yet evil chic.

Wan Niang looked up at him, she was not angry at his teasing, but smiled lightly, and said softly: "You are right, my life was miserable in life, but I am blessed after death, thank you for taking care of me all these years .”

Shi Tianning smiled unscrupulously, scratched her chin, and said teasingly, "How about a promise with your body?"

Wan Niang looked at him silently for a long while, the corners of her mouth kept maintaining that slight smile, Shi Tianning felt uncomfortable watching, then she slowly opened her mouth and said: "I am already a ghost by the bridge, so I can't accompany you till the end of my life."

The ghost wants to cross the underworld, and once it passes by, it can never turn back.She has been dead for many years, maybe one day she will step on the bridge of Naihe and forget the past, so why bother to implicate Shi Tianning.

Shi Tianning's face froze, his hand was stuck on her chin, and he said reluctantly: "I also died early, my hair is still black, no matter how much I practice, I can't make my hair white. What kind of hair is white? I'm not a short-lived mortal."

Wan Niang narrowed her eyes slightly, avoiding his hand, turned around slowly, looked in the direction of the mountain behind the Yang family, and said, "I only hope that Jin Shu can find a way to save people, Ruyi can wait to grow old with Lao Fang forever." .”

Shi Tianning still wanted to speak, but saw her thin and thin silhouette looking up to the front, as if she would melt into the snow and disappear at any moment, so he had to swallow the words back to his stomach and talk about it later.

Yang Jinshu and He Tang returned home, everything in the house was as before, but there was no sign of Lao Liu.

He Tang was amazed: "Where's Lao Liu? You won't be guarding the house?"

Yang Jinshu put away the umbrella, walked along the house, said in his mouth: "We have been away for so long, Lao Liu must have returned to the mass grave, and the broken tomb must not be hidden. Everything is fine at home, It seems that he still comes to visit from time to time..."

Walking to the study room, Yang Jinshu put the umbrella aside, walked in quickly to search for ancient books, and stopped as soon as his hand touched the bookshelf.

The placement of these books has changed... Could it be that Lao Liu has read them?

"What's wrong?" He Tang approached and asked.

"Uncle Liu seems to have come here to read..." Yang Jinshu smiled slightly, "Sure enough, living alone in the house is too boring, it's good to get some books to pass the time."

"Reading..." He Tang rummaged around the bookcase, and threw his head back when he saw the obscure words, "I can't understand what kind of book it is."

"They are all ancient books and secret techniques. I bought them from the ghost market. The errands I know know that I like reading books. Occasionally, they will give me some human books they picked up when they pass by. There are medical books, martial arts secret books, treasure maps, everyone. The masterpieces...are burned by others, and if they find them, they will send them to me."

"There are also martial arts secret books and treasure maps?" He Tang suddenly became interested, "Let me take a look! I have never seen it before!"

Yang Jinshu smiled, took out a few books from the bookshelf and handed them to him, and said: "Go over there and take a look, I'll find out if there is any secret method that can heal Big Brother Fang."

"Okay!" He Tang held a few books and found a place to read them with great interest.

It was rare that he was interested in reading, Yang Jinshu shook his head and laughed, and went back to the bookshelf to continue searching.

His parents knew that he loved books during his lifetime, so they would burn a batch of books every year to commemorate him. Unfortunately, some rare books and ancient books were too precious for his parents to burn to him. However, for ghosts, his collection of books is already quite large, even more so than those in the underworld. There are more officials.Just like what he said to He Tang, some people will burn many precious books in order to keep them secret. These books are not for sacrificial offerings. , when passing by him, he would give it to him in exchange for some small money.His family was afraid that he would have no one to depend on after his death, so they burned money for him every year. He lived in the back mountain of the Yang family, and he rarely spent money except to go to the ghost market to buy things, so he simply gave some to the underworld as favors.

The neighbors of the Mass Burial Mound know that he has a lot of books here, and they would ask him to borrow a few books to read if they are bored, but most of the books here are not suitable for borrowing. After all, ghosts can weave dreams. If they are borrowed by ghosts with ulterior motives to disturb the But it was his fault.Therefore, every time he borrows books, he only lends some unofficial histories, biographies, novels, and classics.

He traveled in a hurry to save Hetang before, but he forgot to remind Lao Liu not to mess with the books here.But this is because of his carelessness, if he really said it, it would appear that he is stingy.Yang Jinshu sighed inwardly, he just hoped that Lao Liu would not just believe in those ancient books, let alone use those books to do bad things.However, Lao Liu was a smooth man. He was also a quick-witted but uneducated rough businessman before his death.Yang Jinshu has been dead for more than eight years, and Lao Liu has never borrowed a book from him, so he must be illiterate.

Yang Jinshu felt that he was thinking too much. Even if Lao Liu could read and write, why not take a look at the books here?Having been a neighbor for many years, he still has confidence in Lao Liu's character.

He pressed his forehead. For some reason, he traveled far away and saw many strange things, which made him always suspicious and distrust anyone.He mistook He Tang not far away who was buried in the study of the treasure map, and he smiled slightly—this child was frank and sincere, with all emotions written on his face, which made him relax the most.

It's just that as soon as the matter with Zhu's family is over, He Tang will go to the underworld to reincarnate... Yang Jinshu's eyes darkened, but he hoped that this day would come later.But when he thought that Mrs. Liu might hurt more people by living another day, he couldn't bear it—the dead are dead, so what's wrong with the living?