Strange Tales of the Ghosts

The son and daughter-in-law talked eloquently, but the old man was being unreasonable and unable to argue, so he had to leave with a sigh. After leaving the old man's house, the old man looked at the sun in the sky and said to himself: "What an injustice." With that said, he walked towards the second son's house with his hands behind his back.

The second child married well, and her husband was a grocery seller, so he was considered wealthy in Baihua Village. It is said that when a daughter gets married, she throws away the water. Although the second son is married, it is okay and he has not forgotten his roots. Once he has money, he will still be somewhat filial to the second elder. The son-in-law will not say anything. The old man treats the second elder. The hope of retribution is greater than that of the boss.

When the daughter saw her father coming, she rushed forward to greet him, invited the old man into the house, and was busy serving tea and water. When the old man drank half a cup of tea, the daughter sat down and asked with a smile: "Dad, Why do you think of me today?"

"Hey." The old man began to sigh and took a look at the second child's house. Although it was simple, it was well organized. Of course he knew his daughter, and the second child had always been a clean person since she was a child.

Seeing that her father was silent, the daughter hurriedly walked into the kitchen, brought two big white steamed buns, put them in a bowl, handed them to the old man, and said considerately: "Dad, you must not have had time to eat at noon. This is I just made the steamed buns this morning, so you can make do with some."

"..." The old man didn't say anything. He drooled when he looked at the two big white steamed buns. He stretched out his hand and took a big bite. He chewed it in his mouth and didn't even bother to drink water. After a while, a steamed bun went into his stomach. Looking at another steamed bun, although I still wanted to eat it, when I thought of my wife at home, I couldn't eat it anymore. I made up a story and said: "The steamed buns made by my daughter are delicious, but I was a little anxious just now and can't eat anymore." .”

"In that case, dad will take it home to eat later." The second child replied with a smile.

The old man nodded and saw that his son-in-law was not at home, so he asked, "Is my uncle going out to sell goods?"

"Well, I went out before dawn." The second child nodded, with a sudden unnatural look on his face, and sighed: "Business has been hard recently. I go out before dawn and come back after dark, but the goods still can't be sold. , I don’t know if it’s because of the poor harvest in the past two years.”

"How could this happen..." The old man began to feel unspeakably uncomfortable. The drought of the year before last and the floods of last year had caused so many people to suffer. The crops in the fields were not harvested well, and there were even fewer people seeing doctors. Without money, even his herbal medicines are not easy to sell. The poor are always getting poorer and poorer. They have to eat one meal but not another. Originally, I thought that the second family’s family was pretty good, but I didn’t expect it to be like this now. The idea of ​​borrowing food from Lao Er's family was troubling in his heart, and he couldn't express it.

The daughter seemed to see the old man's worry and comforted her: "Dad, don't worry, this is only a matter of one or two years. I believe it will be fine in the future. Although business is not good now, I can still stutter."

"Yeah." The old man nodded quickly. The palms and backs of his hands were all flesh. The third child was his daughter, and the second child was also his daughter. There was no reason to push his daughter to death, so he stopped mentioning the situation at home. After saying some words of concern about borrowing food, he left Lao Er's house.

After leaving the second child's house, the old man wandered around the village, looking at his employer's family and his west family, hoping to see which family could lend him some food.