Ghost Story of Liaozhai

An old lady in Shaoxing was spinning at home in the middle of the night, when suddenly a girl pushed the door open and said with a smile, "The old nainai is so hardworking, isn't he tired?" Taking a closer look, the girl is ten or nine years old, with beautiful appearance and gorgeous clothes.The old lady asked: "Young lady, why did you come here in the middle of the night?" The young girl said: "I see Nainai is alone and helpless, so I come here to be with you."

The old lady suspected that she was a lady from a wealthy family, and repeatedly asked about her background. The girl said: "Don't be afraid nainai, I am a lonely person just like you. Wouldn't it be wonderful for us to live together and talk to relieve boredom in our free time?" The old lady doubted again She is a fox demon, hesitating and hesitating, silent.The girl smiled slightly, took the spinning wheel from her hand, and said: "Nainai, don't worry, I can spin since I was a child, and I can support myself, and I don't eat and drink for free." Spinning the spinning wheel while talking, it really is skilled.

The old lady saw that she was gentle and lovely, so she was no longer afraid.In the middle of the night, the young girl said: "I came here this time with a quilt and put it outside the door. Please nainai get it for me." The old lady nodded in agreement, and stepped out of the house. He carried a large package and returned to the room.

The girl put the package on the bed, stretched out her hand and unwrapped it. Inside was a pillow and a quilt, made of unknown fabric, extremely fragrant and smooth.The old lady spread out the quilt, and the two went to bed to rest. The room was filled with a strange fragrance that lingered for a long time.

After falling asleep, the old lady thought to herself: "Such a beautiful woman is really beautiful, but it's a pity that I'm not a man." The girl smiled beside the pillow and said, "Nainai is over [-] years old, can he still dream about things?" The old lady said: "How can I This matter?" The girl said: "Since you have no delusions, why do you want to be a man?"

Seeing that she saw through her own thoughts, the old lady knew that the girl must be a fox demon, so she couldn't help being terrified.The girl smiled and said, "Since you want to be a man, why are you afraid of me?" The old lady became more frightened when she heard this, her legs trembled and kept shaking.The girl said: "Nainai is just so courageous, and still wants to be a man. To tell you the truth: I am not a fox demon, but a fairy, and I will never harm you. As long as you strictly keep the secret, I will protect you from worrying about food and clothing."

In the early morning of the next day, the old lady fell to her knees and greeted the girl, and the girl stretched out her hand to help her up.When they came into contact with each other, the old lady felt that her skin was like water, delicate and smooth, and she couldn't help but feel thoughts in her heart.The girl smiled and said, "I was afraid of dying last night, so you relapsed so soon? If you were a man, you must fall in love." The old lady said, "If I were a man, I would rather die on a girl."

Since then, the two of them have lived together, the girl is skillful, the silk thread spun by her is even and lustrous; the cloth woven is crystal clear like brocade, and the price is twice as high as that of the same product.Every time the old lady went out, she would close the doors and windows tightly, and if there were guests, she would meet them in the outer room. Therefore, no one knew the identity of the girl in the past six months.

Later, the old lady leaked the news, and the story of the girl spread more and more widely, and the sisters in the village asked to see her one after another.The girl blamed: "You are the one talking too much, it seems that I won't live long." The old lady knew she had made a slip of the tongue and blamed herself deeply.However, there are countless people seeking to see each day, and some people even forcefully force them.The old lady couldn't bear it anymore, so she had to discuss with the girl and ask her how to deal with it.

The girl said: "If it's just a female companion, it's okay to meet. I'm afraid that if this case is opened, frivolous men will flock to him, what should I do then?" The old lady kept begging, but the girl had no choice but to agree.

The next day, rural women, young and old, gathered to pay their respects. The young girls took the trouble to pay no attention to them, no matter how high or low they were.Sitting upright in the chair, he did not say a word even though everyone kowtowed.The young people in the village were fascinated by the beauty of the girl, and they tried to see her, but the old lady refused all of them.

There is a young man in the county seat, a romantic and famous man, who spent all his family property and bribed the old lady with a lot of money, asking her to intercede with the girl and allow him to meet him.The girl complained: "Do you want to sell me?" The old lady fell to the ground and begged, constantly interceding for Fei Sheng. The girl said: "You are greedy for the scholar's money, and I was also moved by his infatuation. I can see you. But you and I are destined to die. do."

At dawn the next day, Fei Sheng prepared incense candles and came to visit.The girl met me through the curtain and asked, "My lord, you will meet me at any price. What can you say?" Fei Sheng said, "I have heard for a long time that the girl is as beautiful as a fairy, and her face is not inferior to that of Xi Shi and Zhao Jun. So I want to see her beauty." , other than that, I dare not have any more unreasonable thoughts.” As soon as he finished speaking, he saw all the faces in the curtain, and the outline of the girl’s face appeared one by one, with crescent eyebrows and red lips, which was too beautiful to behold.

Fei Sheng was dazzled, his mood was shaken, and he couldn't help but knelt down and prostrated.When she got up again, the girl hid behind the curtain, the curtain was heavy, she could only hear her voice but not her person.Fei Sheng was rather melancholy, thinking, "I didn't see the beautiful woman's lower body just now, what a pity, what a pity."

Before the thought was finished, the girl knew it long ago, smiled lightly, and stretched out her jade feet from the curtain, her slender feet, and grasped them tightly.Fei Sheng got his wish and kowtowed again.The young girl said: "I'm tired, please come back, my lord." Fei Sheng bowed his hands and left, and went to the outer room, where the old lady made tea for him.Fei Sheng couldn't help himself, picked up a brush, and wrote a poem on the wall:

In front of the vaguely painted curtain, there are three-inch Lingbo jade shoots with tips; the lotus petals are clearly falling, slender, and it is even more pitiful to focus on the platform.

The flowers are lined with phoenix heads, and when you hold them, you should know that they are soft like brocade; I hope they will turn into butterflies, and the skirt will smell the lingering fragrance, and death is sweet.

After writing the poem, Fei Sheng walked away.After reading the poem in silence, the girl sighed and said, "I said that the fate between us is over, and I was right." Hearing this, the old lady fell to the ground to plead guilty.The girl said: "It's not your fault. It's my lack of concentration. I fell into love, showing off my body, and taking shame. If I don't leave, I'm afraid it will get deeper and deeper, and it will be difficult to recover." So I packed my luggage, turned around and went out. , disappeared in an instant.