Finally, Zheng Peng promised us that he would find a way to borrow some money as much as possible in the past two days to pay for the medical expenses first, and then come to us for help.
Before leaving, he sighed and said something.
"If you don't have money in your life, you will have to live at the bottom when you die."
I didn't understand what he meant at the time.
But as soon as Uncle Ma and I walked out of the ward, we were grabbed by the nurse.
Zheng Peng now owes the hospital a lot of money, his wife cannot be contacted, and we are the only ones who come to visit him.
So, when we left the hospital, the nurse grabbed us and forced us to leave our phone number.
Uncle Ma was a thief and left a fake number, but I couldn't bear it and felt that Zheng Peng was quite pitiful, so I gave my phone number to the nurses and asked them to call me if there was any situation.
Back home, Uncle Ma and I looked at each other helplessly.
Uncle Ma picked up the paper house and said to me: "If it doesn't work, just throw it away, or send it to the temple. I don't care how you like it."
I persuaded him and said: "It's better to wait for two more days. Maybe things will turn around. His wife can't ignore him forever and is just angry for a moment. Besides, Zheng Peng's soul is in this paper house. You What will he do if he throws it away?"
Uncle Ma pinched his nose, pointed outside the gate and scolded Zheng Peng for a long time, saying that he dreamed of a crow landing on the grave a few days ago, and it was indeed up to no good.
The matter has come to this, and there is no point in scolding.
So we can only continue to live our lives and wait for news about Zheng Peng.
This wait lasted another three days.
Zhuang Yuwei sympathized with Jiang Yan and often visited her.
As I said before, ghosts cannot speak, but ghosts with good moral principles can communicate with people through induction.
That Jiang Yan should be upright. After all, she died unexpectedly, especially due to childbirth, and her resentment was very strong.
But she never wanted to communicate with any of us. Sometimes Uncle Ma and I were bored, so we went to the paper house to ask her what happened back then, but she said nothing and never paid attention to us.
Uncle Ma said that her arrogant little temper was about to catch up with the dragon.
I said it was wrong, she was not arrogant, she was ashamed and had no face to speak.
A young girl got pregnant by a man when she was only nineteen years old, and the man even ran away. It was strange that she could open her mouth about such a thing.
Besides, she must have been in her late 1990s when she died. People at that time were generally more conservative. Unlike now, some women dare to seek marriage online even with a big belly, and they also need a car, a house, and money.
Jiang Yan was embarrassed to tell us, but she lost her temper with Zhuang Yuwei and told Zhuang Yuwei everything.
If Zhuang Yuwei knows, that means I know.
Here's what happened.
After Zheng Peng escaped eight years ago, Jiang Yan became a shame to the whole family.
She had been defending herself, saying that it was okay to be pregnant. As long as the man was responsible and willing to marry her, there would be no shame.
However, the man she trusted completely ran away, and ran away without even asking for his mother's salary and luggage.
After returning home, she knelt on the ground and was beaten severely by her father with a stick.
In fact, she knew that the reason why her family treated her like this was not because she was pregnant out of wedlock, but because they failed to get money from Zheng Peng and took it out on her.
Because she was born a daughter, she was not welcomed by her family since she was a child. She had to go out to work after graduating from junior high school, and most of the money she earned went to her family.
Growing up, she was a redundant person at home.
Her parents gave all their love to her brother.
She shed all her tears in her stomach, hoping that her father would abort her and wash away her shame and humiliation.
She was beaten black and blue, but she did not miscarry.
Her family didn't give her any money. Instead, they locked her up and didn't give her anything to eat. They said they wanted to starve her to death. Anyway, her life would be of no use and it would be an embarrassment to the whole family.
Fortunately, her teenage brother loves her and often sneaks some food for her.
The family found out and didn't care. The family made up their mind to let it fend for itself.
Whether she lives or dies, it is her fate.
During that time, she suffered a lot of torture and humiliation. She once hit herself in the stomach with a fist and hit her head with a wooden stick.
She wanted to die, but she couldn't.
She wanted to have an abortion, but couldn't.
The seeds planted in her body by that damn Zheng Peng took root and sprouted like a demon, lingering and unable to be driven away.
After a while, because of the Chinese New Year, the family had to let her out and dress her up again, because guests would come and she had to be seen.
But her belly was already bulging, so her mother wrapped it tightly with strips of cloth, strangling her until she could hardly breathe.
Her father had already made it clear to her that he would not take her to the hospital for an abortion.
Because, firstly, it costs money, and secondly, it’s embarrassing.
The only way is to wait until she is born and then take it out and throw it away.
During the Chinese New Year, she finally lived a normal life for a few days, but after the guests left, rumors spread.
She said she had a big belly and was pregnant with a bastard, and her life was ruined.
When her father found out, he was filled with shame and anger, so he picked up a stick and beat her again.
Her mother scolded her: Shameless little bitch, why don’t you die!
This time, the last bit of dignity she had left was completely obliterated.
Alone in the house, she broke the bowl she was eating from and used the enamel shards to cut open her stomach.
She wanted to take that man's seed out of her body.
If she succeeds, she can still be a normal person, fly away from now on, and leave this heartless home forever.
If not, then...die.
Anyway, living is humiliating.
In this way, Jiang Yan died of bleeding.
The child in her belly naturally died.
It was not until the morning after her death that her family discovered that she had committed suicide.
However, even though she turned into an innocent soul, she did not see a single tear on the faces of her relatives.
A thin coffin and a pit.
Buried her short life.
When the villagers saw and asked about her, her parents just said two words coldly.
"died."
From then on, she wandered around with her two children because there were no offerings at the grave and no one sent paper money.
She had nothing in life, and nothing in death.
Until one day, she found Zheng Peng...
Jiang Yan’s story comes to an end here.
I couldn't help but sigh, and my eyes were wet with tears.
When Uncle Ma found out, he didn't say anything. He went to get a few large ingots and a bundle of burning paper, and burned them in front of the paper house.
While burning paper, he scolded Zheng Peng.
After scolding Zheng Peng for a while, he scolded this fucking life again.
I stayed silent and followed him to burn paper.
Although we don’t know Jiang Yansu, we can always empathize with human beings’ joys and sorrows.
Just then, the hospital called and told me shocking news.
Zheng Peng is dead.
