When Hao Cheng opened her eyes again, she no longer had to worry about human food, clothing, housing and transportation, because she had become a ghost without any consciousness.
It was tragic enough that she was hit on the head by a flying plate in the hotel accident and died there. What was even more unfortunate was that she came to a different world where there were no mobile phones, computers or WiFi. The most unfortunate thing was that she could not stay more than ten meters away from a scholar with the same name as her.
But she couldn't communicate with the scholar at all and could only follow behind silently, watching this scholar, also named Hao Cheng, lose his parents in just one month, have no money for the burial, and go to relatives to borrow money.
The latter cried twice at first: "It's not that I don't want to lend it, our family is also in a difficult situation. Your cousin needs to go to school, and I have to save up a dowry for your brother. Look at the clothes I'm wearing, you take this hairpin, don't talk about borrowing it among relatives, this is my part of my kindness for your brother."
The scholar was a thin-skinned man. He took the hairpin and said thank you, then was pushed out and looked at the red door in front of him. Hao Cheng sneered from above. When his uncle came out, he specially changed his silk and satin clothes. He also threw away all the pearls and jade in his hair, and found the most simple silver hairpin to deal with it. The hairpin was not worth much at all.
A few days later, the scholar sold the valuables in his home to bury his parents. That night, he was asked out by the village beauty he was dating.
Hao Cheng followed behind and was forced to watch this date. There was no tenderness and caress as she had imagined. The village girl came to break up with the scholar. The latter was a slender and beautiful man. Even when he said cruel words, he spoke softly: "I know you treat me well, but kindness cannot be eaten. Let's end it now. In a few days, I will marry the daughter of the head of the village. You take this little money, and we will return to dust and earth."
The scholar begged desperately, but the village girl left immediately, leaving the scholar clutching the silver in the moonlight, feeling lost. Hao Cheng looked at the small amount of silver, which was less than half an ounce of silver, not even worth the hairpin that the scholar bought for the village girl as a token of love.
It was too tragic. Both parents died, relatives were bad, and the lover was getting married, but the bride was not him. Hao Cheng was also very sad, but she was just a ghost and had no way to comfort the scholar. She originally thought that the scholar would work hard from now on, reach the peak of his life, and come back to slap these people in the face.
The scholar found a hemp rope, stepped on a stool and hanged himself. The rope broke and the scholar fell to the ground. Hao Cheng went over to see that the man was still breathing.
She also breathed a sigh of relief. She thought that the scholar should be able to let go of his hatred and turn it into motivation to work hard, turn his life around, and come back to slap these people in the face.
As a result, after waiting for three days, the scholar was already dying. No one came, only his rich but heartless uncle.
The uncle didn't come to rescue anyone, but he heard that his niece hadn't appeared in the village for several days and came to take advantage of her. The wooden door of this house is not very soundproof.
The shrill voice said to the servants in the mansion: "I think that coward hanged himself. If you see her body when you go in, wrap her up with a straw mat first. Then find the house and land deeds."
The deeper female voice was obviously from a servant in his house: "But Zhengjun, if she dies, can this thing belong to you?"
The man smiled and said, "My niece is quite pitiful. I am her only relative after her parents died. I am responsible for her funeral affairs. Funerals are very expensive. The money must come from her house and land deeds."
"But even if we sell these few things, it's not enough to bury the body." The scholar sold all the valuable things in the Hao family and used the money to bury his parents.
The male voice said unconcernedly, "You really want to give her a lavish burial? Just wrap her up in a piece of old straw mat and throw it on the mountain. Then you can say that her body was eaten by wild beasts. You can save money on the coffin and hold a funeral. Invite the people in the town and you will definitely make a fortune."
Making money from the dead is so insidious. Even though Hao Cheng was mentally prepared, she was still shocked by the extreme remarks of this stingy uncle. She looked at the scholar lying on the ground again. Oh no, he was so angry that he died!
This time, Hao Cheng only got a little closer to the scholar, and was sucked into that body by a strange suction force. When he opened his eyes, his light body became extremely heavy, and his neck was burning with pain.
She tried to move her fingers, and luckily, she had the strength to raise her hands. Hearing that the people outside were almost done discussing and about to come in, she forced herself to stand up, moved a stool behind the door, took a rolling pin, and stood behind the door.
The door was pushed open with great force, but with the stool in the way, Hao Cheng was not crushed by the door. When the woman's head came in, she hit her with a club from behind, knocking her unconscious to the ground.
Having been a cook for so many years, she is quite experienced in controlling the strength of the rolling pin.
The woman suddenly fell down. Kou, who was standing outside, looked over and was facing his niece's pale face. He could also see clear bruises on her neck.
Hao Cheng stood in the shadows, revealing his white teeth sinisterly: "Uncle, you've caused me so much pain. My parents specially asked me to come up here to inform you."
A gust of wind blew through the empty hall, just like a cold wind blowing on the face. Kou screamed, "Ghost!" and immediately ran away as fast as she could on her little feet.
After his adopted uncle fled in panic, Hao Cheng laughed for a while, which dispelled the remaining depression in the original owner's heart. He uncomfortably turned up his collar to cover the marks on his neck.
The startled neighbors looked over. Hao Cheng stepped out, walked in the sunshine, and gave them a forced smile: "Aunt Dong, my house was just robbed. The male thief ran away out of cowardice, and I knocked another one unconscious. I haven't eaten much these days, and my legs are weak. Can you please ask the head of the village to come over for me?"
She followed the original owner and observed for many days. Although Aunt Dong had a rough personality and was not particularly kind-hearted, she was not a bad person. She would probably help. Moreover, if a thief broke out, it would not benefit anyone in the village.
Sure enough, she asked her daughters to come and help Hao Cheng keep out the thieves, and also brought some food and water for Hao Cheng to fill his stomach.
By the time the village head was invited over, the woman on the ground woke up, but she had been tied up with hemp ropes and could not move easily.
The village head looked at Hao Cheng: "What's going on?"
Hao Cheng, who had recovered his strength, explained: "I stayed in the house for the past few days and never went out. Two thieves were outside and thought I was not at home, so they were about to break in. I took them by surprise and knocked them unconscious while standing behind the door. The other thief ran away, leaving only this one. I was exhausted for a while. The neighbors also saw it at the time. Aunt Dong is kind-hearted, so she asked you to come over for me."
The village head turned around and said, "Dong family, is this the case?"
The latter nodded, and when she looked over, the man was indeed lying at the door.
The head of the village pondered for a moment and said: "In this case, let's tie up the thief and hand him over to the government for punishment." Hao Cheng didn't have the strength, but there were many strong women in the village, so there was no need to worry that the thief would run away.
But someone recognized the thief: "Isn't this man from the Li family in town? The family Kou Qing married into."
Kou Qing is Hao Cheng's uncle, and is also from Xinghua Village.
Hao Cheng looked extremely grief-stricken. When others asked her about it, she said after a while, "I just remembered that the voice of the male thief sounded a bit like my uncle."
Soon Kou Qing was invited over. If a servant did something evil, the master had to take responsibility.
At this time he also knew that Hao Cheng was not a ghost, so he was not so scared anymore.
Kou Qing's eyes rolled, and he questioned Hao Cheng instead: "This man is my servant. I heard that my niece didn't go out, so I sent someone to check on her, fearing that something might happen to her. But when we entered the house, we found that she had hanged herself. I didn't expect that after we rescued her, she suddenly grabbed the rolling pin beside her and hit my servant with it. I'm a man with little strength, so I ran away. If you don't believe it, just look at Hao Cheng's neck to see if there are any marks there!"
He sneered, "I think she was the one who knocked my servant unconscious and dragged him to the door. I didn't know that saving someone's life would lead to being bitten. Who would dare to save others in the future?"
With his words, Hao Cheng suddenly turned from a victim to an ungrateful person. The village head looked at the Dong family, who said, "I heard the ghost screaming at the time, and then I saw Hao Cheng and the fallen woman at the door. I don't know whether she dragged the person here."
Everyone looked at Hao Cheng. Her collar had been turned down, and the marks of hemp rope on her neck were particularly obvious.