Fu Ximing tried hard to persuade his wife to come back: "The master is here, what are you afraid of? As a daughter-in-law, I just kowtow and cremate the body. Just come back for my sake... If you don't come back, this matter will not go away. What if she makes trouble again? She came to see me these two days. I almost died, do you know? If I die, how will you three live? You have to raise two children by yourself."
When his wife heard this, she was also scared and said, "Okay, I'll go back, and the child doesn't have to go back."
Fu Ximing also took a step back, "The child doesn't need to come back, send him to your mother."
Hearing this, Gu Ye curled his lips and waved to Jie Chengzhao, "Let's go and find out where the old lady is hiding."
Gu Ye and Jie Cheng walked around and found a large chimney on the hill opposite to the east of the village. Gu Ye pointed at it and said, "There is corpse gas over there."
"Wow, how did you figure that out? Why didn't I learn it?"
Gu Ye was disgusted, "Did you really study hard?"
Xie Cheng laughed dryly, "Are you really only twenty years old? How did you learn so many skills?"
"My master left behind a lot of books. I'll show them to you someday."
Xie Cheng was stunned. Gu Ye was too generous. He showed him the things of his own sect. He was touched, but he quickly waved his hand and said, "Forget it, no need. The book knows me, and I don't want to know it."
Gu Ye had already despaired of this heartless man. He would learn what he liked and not learn what he didn't like. Why didn't Mr. Tang beat him to death
Finally, he met a villager passing by, and Gu Ye asked with a smile: "Uncle, what is that?"
As soon as he saw the two of them dressed, he knew they were not locals. The old man asked with a smile: "Are you two here for tourism? That place is not a good tourist attraction. It used to be a brick kiln, but it has been abandoned for a long time. The road is very difficult to walk on. You two should not go. It is dangerous."
Gu Ye nodded obediently, thanked the old man, looked at it and said with a chuckle, "No, it's too tiring to climb up."
Xie Cheng has already walked back, "Let's wait for her to come. It's too hot. Let's go back to the car."
Two hours later, Fu Ximing's wife Xia Yanjun came back. Xie Cheng raised his eyebrows and asked, "The distance between our two homes is not very far, a two-hour drive. So you don't come back normally?"
Xia Yanjun laughed awkwardly, "Well, I'm really busy with work."
Her laugh was muffled, and the sound seemed to be squeezed out from her throat. There is a saying that goes "A long laugh from the mouth is a sign of virtue, while a laugh from within the throat is a sign of treachery." As soon as Gu Ye saw her, he knew that she was not a good person and he didn't even bother to talk to her.
Xia Yanjun asked: "Have you found my mother-in-law's body?"
Xie Cheng raised his eyebrows and said nonchalantly, "Didn't she come back by herself in the evening?"
The couple were both scared, "Will she come back and do something else..."
Gu Ye said calmly: "As long as you listen to me, she won't hurt you. Are all the things for the funeral ready?"
The couple just laughed dryly and didn't prepare anything.
Gu Ye said unhappily, "Go and prepare now. Prepare the hemp clothes and mourning cloth. Don't you want to prepare the old man's shroud and coffin?"
Fu Ximing quickly said: "I'll get ready right away."
"How are you going to handle the funeral? Go find someone to help. Aren't there a lot of neighbors here?"
Fu Ximing said in embarrassment: "They all don't come. They are all afraid."
Gu Ye said coldly, "If they don't dare to come, then go and invite them. Go door to door and kowtow to them. Do you need me to teach you this?"
"This... kowtow?" Xia Yanjun's facial features were wrinkled. What kind of thing was it to kowtow to someone you didn't know
Xie Cheng couldn't bear to watch it any longer. "If you want to live, do as you are told. Invite everyone here, especially the elders in the village. Do you want to sew your mourning clothes yourself?"
Xia Yanjun asked dissatisfiedly: "How can there be such a troublesome funeral in this era?"
Gu Ye asked back: "In this era, how can someone make an old lady so angry that she would resurrect? If you don't do this, can you calm her anger?"
Although Xia Yanjun felt aggrieved, she also knew that she was in the wrong, so she had to swallow her anger in order to resolve the matter.
Fu Ximing quickly tried to smooth things over, "We'll be there in a minute, is there anything else you want to do?"
Gu Ye said calmly: "Invite the helpers back, buy all the things, and at night, the two of you should wear mourning clothes and kneel at the door to welcome the old lady back."
Xia Yanjun was a little annoyed. Just as she was about to speak, Fu Ximing pulled her back and said, "Stop talking. We will listen to the master."
Gu Ye glanced at Xia Yanjun and said, "Go and hire someone now. You won't be idle tomorrow, so be prepared."
The two returned to the car and sat down. Gu Ye called home and said, "Mom, I'm not going home tonight. There's no need to look for me. It'll take at least two days before I can go back."
Madam Gu said worriedly, "Be careful. If not, buy some stomachs to prepare first. Don't eat the food in the mountains or you'll get diarrhea."
Gu Ye didn't know whether to laugh or cry. Did his mother really give up on the fourth child? He was her own son!
After hanging up the phone, Gu Ye asked Jie Cheng: "What are we going to eat tonight? There is not much food left."
Xie Cheng smiled and said, "I have checked the restaurants and hotels nearby. There is a resort 60 kilometers north of this small mountain village where you can eat and stay."
Gu Ye was speechless, "Do you have money?"
"You have!"
"I don't have any, it's your turn tonight!"
"I'll treat you... I can only treat you to instant noodles, let's be extravagant tonight!" Xie Cheng slapped his thigh and said excitedly: "You can each have two hams, plus a bag of spicy strips!"
Gu Ye held his forehead with his hand and asked, how poor are they
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Fu Ximing and his wife went to kowtow to their neighbors and ask for help. Because of the old lady's corpse, every household was afraid and no one wanted to come. However, the neighbors had known each other for many years. The couple kowtowed as soon as they entered the door and spoke so sincerely. They also heard that they had invited a master to come. The neighbors couldn't save face. After a long time of hesitation, they said, "Okay, I'll be there in a while."
After finally inviting one, the couple went to another house to kowtow. It took two hours to finally invite the elders and people who could help from the village. By then it was already 4:30.
When we arrived, the elders asked, "You have nothing, why do you want us to come here?"
Fu Ximing left his wife to entertain everyone and took a few people to the town to buy things for the funeral. They didn't come back until almost evening.
Several old ladies were sewing mourning clothes and hats while scolding Xia Yanjun, "You were not filial to your mother when she was alive, so you deserve this."
Xia Yanjun was so angry that her face turned red, but she couldn't do anything. She couldn't drive them away. The more she acted like this, the more these old ladies disliked her. They didn't want to say much, but now they couldn't help it. You said something, I said something, Xia Yanjun ran out of the house in anger and swore to her husband, "After this matter is done, I will never come to this village again. This poor and remote place is full of unruly people! If I come back again, I will die a miserable death!"
Fu Ximing coaxed, "We have to get over today's incident first. Go get all the vegetables I bought, cook a table, and invite the villagers who helped us to have a meal."
"They scold me and I still serve them?"
"We can't be bothered by the trouble, nor can we be afraid of spending money. We should not complain even if we are wronged. If we lose our lives, we lose everything. You understand, right?"
Xia Yanjun had no choice but to do as she was told. However, none of the villagers stayed to eat at their house. After finishing their business, they left, leaving the table full of food hanging on the table.
Xia Yanjun said angrily: "If they don't eat it, we will eat it ourselves!"
Fu Ximing stood up and said, "I'll go and invite the two masters in, let's eat together."
Xia Yanjun rolled her eyes and muttered quietly, "I don't know where these two masters with no knowledge of English were invited from. They are making a fuss."
Fu Ximing found Gu Ye and the others and asked in a flattering manner: "Two masters, how about coming into our house for dinner?"
Gu Ye held the instant noodles in his hand and said, "No need, we bought it ourselves."
Jie Cheng treated them to dinner. They went out to find a supermarket and bought a few buckets of instant noodles and sausages. They borrowed kettles from the villagers and boiled a few bottles of mineral water. Gu Ye thought instant noodles were quite delicious as he hadn't eaten them for a long time.
Xie Cheng opened a can of leftover food from lunch and said coldly, "Our Master Gu has a delicate stomach and can only eat with mineral water. Your food will make him feel sick and have diarrhea. Please go back."
Fu Xi knew that they looked down on him, so he left in embarrassment, feeling bad. Filial piety is the most important virtue, and filial piety is a traditional Chinese virtue, but he was looked down upon by everyone because of his unfilial nature.
After dinner, Gu Ye and the others took a nap in the car. Fu Ximing came over again and asked fearfully, "It's already dark, why don't you two go sit at home?"
Gu Ye and Jie Cheng got out of the car and went into the house to take a look. Everything was ready. The door was open and there was a small bed with the head facing the door. This was prepared for the old lady.
Gu Ye pointed to the door and said, "You two should wear mourning clothes and kneel at the door, waiting for the old lady to come back."
Because Fu Ximing persuaded his wife again during the meal, his wife no longer resisted, and the two of them cooperated to put on their clothes and knelt tremblingly at the door.
Gu Ye and Jie Cheng each moved a stool and sat in the yard, waiting for the old lady to come back. It was past eleven o'clock, and the couple's legs were numb from kneeling, and a cat's cry came from outside the door.
"Here he comes, he's back." Fu Ximing was so frightened that he started to tremble, and his wife wanted to run away.
Xie Cheng hit the chair leg with a whip, "Don't move, kneel down, whoever moves will be arrested by your mother first!"
The couple was so frightened that they knelt down and dared not move. The old lady ran in quickly, her movements were unusually swift. When she saw her son and daughter-in-law in mourning, she was visibly stunned for a moment and stood still.
Jie Cheng jumped up excitedly, "Fuck, is this the legendary zombie? This is the first time I've seen one! It really has a cat face! She looked at me! Gu Ye looked at me! What should I do?!"
Gu Ye's mouth twitched, "Shut your mouth! You scared her away! Catch her now!"
"How do you catch a zombie? I've never caught one before!"
"Scratching like a ghost, where's your whip?"
"Okay!" Xie Cheng swung the whip in his hand and wrapped it around the old lady's body. His whip was specially made with something to restrain evil spirits, which was not comparable to Fu Ximing's fishing net. The old lady struggled for a few times but failed to break free. The next second, she was pulled to Xie Cheng's side.
Gu Ye immediately threw the talisman in his hand and stuck it on the old lady's forehead. The old lady immediately stopped moving.
The cat-like face looked even scarier when observed from a close distance. The hair on her face was so thick that you couldn't even tell she was a human. Her green eyes were especially frightening. The old lady's face was facing her son and daughter-in-law, and the couple who were kneeling there almost fainted from fear.
Gu Ye glared at them and said, "What are you standing there for? Kowtow nine times and go back!"
Xie Cheng reminded: "It needs to be loud, otherwise your mother won't be able to hear it."
The couple were almost scared to death. After hearing this, they kowtowed loudly. The man kowtowed and cried, "Mom, I'm sorry! I know I was wrong! Your son kowtows to you!"
Gu Ye and Jie Cheng looked at each other and carried the old lady back to bed. They came at the right time. The old lady's body was not stiff anymore, nor did it rot anymore. She was full of ghostly aura, and the cat's soul had already merged into her body. If they had come a few days later, the old lady would have become a complete zombie, the kind that would bite anyone she saw.
Gu Ye gestured: "Hold her down, I will pull the cat's soul out."
Xie Cheng stood at the head of the bed and held the old man's shoulders. Gu Ye made a gesture with his left hand, took out a cinnabar pen with his right hand, drew a talisman in the air, pressed it on the old man's forehead, hooked the cat's soul, and pulled it out with all his strength.
The cat naturally didn't want to come out, and screamed miserably. As she screamed, the old man's body continued to struggle, and Jie Cheng, who was very strong, could hardly hold it down. The lightning from Gu Ye's left hand struck down, and the cat's spirit immediately became much weaker. Taking this opportunity, Gu Ye pulled out the cat's soul and put it into a small bottle. The old man's body instantly stopped moving, and the hair on his face gradually faded away, returning to his original appearance. The corpse spots were already very serious, and the stench was more obvious.
Gu Ye said to the couple, "You two should kneel down all night to keep vigil for your mother. The incense should not stop burning and the crying should not stop. Don't even think about being lazy. If you let her get up again, no one can save you."
"We know, we're on our knees."
After what happened just now, the couple were frightened. Their legs were weak and they didn't dare to get up. They took whatever Gu Ye said as an imperial decree and knelt there, whimpering and crying all night.
The next morning, Gu Ye, who had taken a nap in the car, told Fu Ximing and the others, "Get up and move around. After dinner, go to the neighbor's house and ask someone to take your mother's body for cremation. We'll bury her this afternoon."
The couple breathed a sigh of relief. After cremation, her body could not be raised and they would not have to suffer anymore.
Xie Cheng secretly reminded him, "Don't think that the matter is over after the burial. Even though the person is dead, the soul is still there. There are still seven days, three days, and five days to go. It's not over yet."
The couple was frightened and their faces changed again. They asked in despair, "Is it so troublesome?"
"Trouble? You were filial to your parents when they were alive, but you could have this day? It's good enough that your lives can be saved." Gu Ye waved his hand in disdain, "Go quickly."
The two knelt for the whole night, and could hardly walk, their voices were hoarse, they supported each other to find some leftovers, and ate a few mouthfuls. When they looked at the old lady lying at the door, they were terrified and wanted to bury her immediately.
The couple gritted their teeth and persevered, and went to kowtow to their neighbors to invite people. When they heard that the old lady had been found, no one dared to come. The couple talked until their lips were almost worn out, and kowtowed until they almost fainted, before they finally invited a few people to come.
The main reason was that the old lady's body had already smelled bad, and the weather was hot, otherwise Gu Ye would have to tormented the couple for a few more days. In the morning, they went to cremate the body, and the couple knelt to see her off and to greet her, their knees were all bruised.
Fu Ximing's father died early, and his mother had to be buried with his father, so the grave had to be dug up. The couple wore mourning clothes and walked around the grave, kowtowing to their parents, crying as they kowtowing. At first, they were just howling, just to show off to others. But as they cried, they really couldn't cry anymore, they were so tired that they wanted to die, they were so tired that they cried.
Finally, the old lady's ashes were buried. The couple lay down in front of the grave, one of them knocked his head on the ground and couldn't get up. They were exhausted and almost fainted.
Gu Ye stood behind the two of them with a cold expression on his face. "You two can't bear it now? This matter is not over yet. Is your mother's spirit in heaven still watching you?"
The two of them knelt there in a frozen posture. Fu Ximing's wife broke down and cried, "Why isn't it over yet? I don't want to live anymore after all this trouble!"
"Well then," Gu Ye looked at the grave seriously, "Did you hear that, old lady? Your daughter-in-law wants to go over and serve you."
"No! That's not what I meant!" Xia Yanjun was frightened by Gu Ye's serious attitude. Could it be that her mother-in-law was really watching them? She quickly kowtowed to her mother-in-law and said in horror: "If there is anything else you need us to do, we will do it!"
Gu Ye said calmly: "It takes seven days to walk through a Yama Palace, and it will take 49 days to reach the end. During these 49 days, your mother-in-law may come back at any time."
The couple kneeling on the ground were frightened and turned pale. "Then, what should we do?"
"It's very simple. You two wear mourning clothes and kneel down for 49 days every day until the old man passes away. Then you can go back."
When the two heard that they had to kneel for so many days, they wondered if they had to kneel for the entire summer vacation. It would be so hot that they would have to get skinned. Both of them had protesting expressions on their faces.
Xie Cheng knocked the whip in his hand and said secretly, "If you want to live, you have to kneel down. In the future, on festivals, first and fifteenth days of the lunar month, don't forget to burn incense and paper. You should know that the gates of hell will be wide open at that time, and the old man can come back to see you."
The couple was frightened by these words. Fu Ximing already regretted it at this time. If he had been more filial in the beginning, he would not have ended up like this.
Before leaving, Gu Ye opened the lid of the small porcelain bottle and buried it in the old man's grave. Xie Cheng saw it, but did not ask about it at the time. Only after leaving the small village did he ask Gu Ye: "Did you leave the soul of the cat behind?"
Gu Ye explained: "This cat was raised by an old man. It was more than 20 years old. Because its owner died, it was too sad and died of heart failure. It also contributed half to the old man's resurrection. These animals, especially those who have lived for a long time, are spiritual. I told it that if the couple did not do as I said and did not kneel for 49 days..."
Xie Cheng laughed, "This old cat still has to torment them."
Gu Ye smiled and said, "Yes, and they are not filial. The cause and effect have already been owed, and they will get retribution from their children."
Xie Cheng said with emotion: "It's still true that old cats sleep on the roof, and this habit is passed down from generation to generation."
After sending Jie Cheng back first, Gu Ye also took the opportunity to look at Mr. Tang. Before leaving, he told Jie Cheng, "If you encounter this kind of disgusting bastard again in the future, don't look for me, deal with it yourself."
Xie Cheng nodded and agreed, even though he didn't believe it. Just now, he received another order saying "My father's ghost wants to kill me", which was probably not a good thing. If he told it now, Gu Ye might end their friendship. He decided to hold it in until tomorrow.
Gu Ye drove home. His parents were still at their company and hadn't gotten off work yet. Only Gu Yang was at home playing games. The child's pursuits had changed. His life goals changed from flying a plane to driving an armored vehicle, to building a rocket, driving a submarine, and later to becoming a doctor, a policeman, and a scientist... Finally, now, the child has set his last goal in life: to be a professional gamer with ideals, morals, and dreams!
Therefore, the child still tries hard to play games even after being beaten countless times by his parents.
Gu Ye narrowed his eyes and hooked his finger at his brother, "Fourth brother, come here."
Gu Yang came running over happily. He was already a head taller than Gu Ye and was tall and strong. The only thing that remained unchanged was the smile on his face, which was clean, pure and full of sunshine.
Gu Ye said solemnly: "My foolish brother, you have grown up. As your elder brother, I have the obligation to let you know the dangers of the world, the complexity of society, and the darkness of human nature."
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