"It's... something like this. I'm not the wife of the Bai Gu family... I'm a concubine."
Finally, after a chilling silence, Bai Gu’s wife spoke. Her voice was trembling, obviously trying to suppress her fear. But soon, the source of her fear would be revealed by her.
It was about ten years ago, but the Bai Gu family has been in decline for a long time. Relying on some wealth left by his ancestors, the head of the family bought a large piece of land here. But not long after, a plague swept through this land. Some people in the hospital were sick, and even the master suffered misfortune.
Not long after, the head of the family passed away. At that time, in addition to the servants up and down, there were only one legitimate son, a concubine, and the concubine's mother, the elderly concubine, who is now the old lady.
A grand funeral was held for the head of the family, and according to his last wish, he was buried together with his wife, who had passed away earlier. The lady died, the master also died, and the only concubine became the old lady. Then he sent off the sick servants and made up some money, so that the accounts in the warehouse could only go out but not go in.
What's more, unfortunately, there is also a draft, and every family has to produce a male. If this matter had been done in the past, I would have paid more. But now there is no money, and the head of the family is no longer there, otherwise we can still make connections and talk about favors. The family lost its backbone and was reduced to being bullied by others.
However, the legitimate son is a loyal and patriotic person. After hearing the news, in order not to embarrass his family, he took the initiative to respond, willing to sacrifice his life to protect his family and country, and went to the front line. There was no news after he left, and there was not even a letter from home for three or four years. This is even more painful for his fiancée who is in her prime.
The girl also came from a well-known family, her surname was Songyun, and they were of the same family. Their engagement was a long time ago, and it was finalized while the wife of the wife was still alive. However, her legitimate son left and never came back, leaving her a widow before she got married, which would ruin their family's reputation.
For the sake of the reputation of the two families, their family not only did not cancel the engagement, but they were also willing to marry the old lady's son, that is, the concubine-now Young Master Baigu. Miss Songyun brought a lot of dowry from another distant city, which alleviated the temporary poverty of the Bai Gu family. Young Master Bai Gu started to do some small business, and his life gradually became more comfortable.
Two years later, the young master went on a long trip for business. On the way, Master Baigu met a girl, who is now Baigu's wife. They hit it off immediately, confiding in each other and taking care of each other. When the young master went home, he took her with him and said that he would take her as his concubine.
Don't blame him. After all, the Baigu family is a wealthy family, and it is normal to have three wives and four concubines. This does not mean that his love for Miss Songyun has diminished by half. However, a woman's jealousy is really terrible. Miss Songyun made a fuss and threatened him to return to her parents' home and break off the relationship with him.
The old lady's attempts to dissuade her didn't work, so she locked the door and started packing her bags. Naturally, the young master was unwilling. As soon as she opened the door with her luggage, the young master rushed to grab her, trying to stop her. At that time, although Bai Gu's wife was still an outsider, she knew not to embarrass the young master and ran forward to dissuade her, even if she left. Miss Songyun didn't buy it and insisted on leaving. The old lady and the servants were in a dilemma.
Just then, an accident happened. During the dispute, Miss Songyun did not take back the baggage. Her foot slipped and the back of her head hit the stubble of an untrimmed branch, causing blood to flow out. Everyone panicked and hurriedly stepped forward to help her up, but she didn't respond no matter what. The old lady put her hand under her nose with trembling hands, but she was already dead.
The old man fainted on the spot, and others were also confused. Finally, a decent funeral was held. On the day of the funeral, everyone cried profusely, but they couldn't call her back. Although Miss Songyun was willing to commit herself to marriage during her lifetime, complaints were inevitable. She was often very sad about the fact that her legitimate son was serving as a soldier, and she often complained about such things to the bastard in Baigu.
He listened to all the good and bad things, but now, no one talks about him anymore.
Later, he married his current wife, Bai Gu. Later, there was a land dispute between the government and the government, and most of their house was cut off, leaving many houses missing. At that time, they were still very poor. In order to build some lost and necessary houses, they cut down a lot of wood in the yard. Perhaps the tree that caused Miss Songyun to hit her to death was the current Ni Zhu.
"That's what it should be. Before I came to Baigu's house, I heard from my husband that Miss Songyun has never had a good life since she got married. Her parents' family is far away, so we can only communicate by letters. She is not married either. Just to save the reputation of the two families, Miss Songyun has to bear so many things... I'm afraid she must be aggrieved. Therefore, if I can't conceive a child, she sincerely doesn't want to lose her blood. It’s not incomprehensible for a child to inherit the Bai Gu family.”
By this time, Baigu's wife's mood had become much more stable. The others remained silent, but the young master nodded repeatedly in a daze. In the middle of Baigu's wife's story, the cook came in with another dish and followed her to listen to her story without going out. Her face didn't look good either, and she was probably worried about this evil ghost seeking her life.
The heavy topic was over, and dinner ended unhappily.
"No one wants to expose such a bad family background. How about you, are you satisfied now?"
In the small guest room with a candlestick lit, Mu Wan was still sitting on the edge of the bed, rolling his eyes at Shanhai.
"Come on, if it weren't for these words, I'm afraid you would have waved your hands and left."
"Who knows."
Mu Wan sighed deeply, and the flames on the table trembled slightly.
"The cognition of ghosts and people is slightly different. Perhaps things that seem insignificant to living people will be infinitely magnified and distorted after the death of the person concerned. Therefore, it is natural for Miss Songyun to have such a big resentment. Excusable."
"So the Baigu family is innocent?" Even so, Mu Wan himself was not sure.
"At least we can't blame them. Miss Songyun has never married her sweetheart, and Master Baigu has no relationship with her. There is nothing we can do about it. By the way, where is Aluan?"
Shan Hai looked left and right, but he didn't see Aluan's shadow for a long time. No wonder the house was so quiet.
"She said she wasn't full and ran to the kitchen again."
"Why does this girl act like this everywhere? I don't think she's ever had enough to eat."
"Isn't it your fault for starving her?"
"Nonsense, when have I ever treated her badly?"
There was another moment of silence. Both of them stared blankly, one staring at the wall and the other at the door, but neither of them knew where their eyes ended. It was completely dark, and the fire in the house looked very weak. The flames trembled again, and Mu Wan sighed again.
"Hey, do you think Miss Songyun will meet her lover under the underworld?"
"It's hard to say. If the legitimate son has been reincarnated, he may have missed his fate."
"Why don't you want to order something good?"
"Think realistically."
Shan Hai straightened up slightly and straightened his waist, and immediately felt a pain. Mu Wan also stretched and lay back, spreading his arms on the bed and staring blankly at the peeling paint ceiling.
"Think about your past life. Maybe you were waiting for someone in your previous life, or someone was waiting for you."
"Who knows, it has nothing to do with me in this life."
"Looking at it this way, the Wangui Zhi is really a good thing. It clearly records the life of ghosts. If people also have such a book, there may be many good stories about rekindling their relationship."
"You are overthinking this. When one party's life ends, the fate of this life will also come to an end. By waiting for several reincarnations, doesn't it deprive the other party of the right to start a new relationship? This is kidnapping, not love."
"Okay, okay, everything you said is right——"
The night is getting deeper. Dai Luan hasn't seen her shadow yet, Mu Wan is going back to the big house and goes to look for her. As soon as she got up and opened the door, Dai Luan ran in with something in her arms, and bumped into Mu Wan's arms.
"Really, keep an eye on it. Did you steal something delicious again?"
"Letter! A letter!"
Dai Luan gasped for breath, and Shan Hai asked inside what kind of letter it was.
"It was not cooked through when it was taken out of the stove. I took it out while it was cold."
Mu Wan complained about how she could rummage through other people's things, maybe she just burned them after looking at them. But at that time, a scene suddenly popped up in Shan Hai's mind - he greeted the cook during the day, and she hurriedly stuffed something into her arms. He didn't pay attention at the time, but now, the letter, the look on his face, the broken plate... all these scenes flashed before his eyes very quickly.
"Give me the letter!"
