"Aunt Li, let's discuss the matter. I really can't help you with this."
Yu Peng earnestly persuaded a ghost aunt standing in front of him. This aunt had been pestering him for three days.
This aunt was in her fifties when she was alive, and her family conditions had always been relatively miserable. Her husband divorced and left a few years ago, and there has been no news. She left behind a son.
The aunt has no skills or abilities, so she can only do some jobs as a cleaner and a salesperson to earn a little money and raise her son with great effort.
The two of them lived a difficult life in an old house in the countryside. Because they were too poor, their son did not finish junior high school, so he dropped out of school and worked odd jobs to make ends meet.
When her son got older, her health got worse and worse, and there was no place willing to hire her for work. So she made some odd money by picking up garbage and collecting rags. She spent most of her life frugally, and her biggest wish was to make her son happy. Live a better life, then marry a wife and live a good life.
Perhaps God took pity on the mother and son. This summer, they begged countless people to visit Qianjiajian. After a lot of hard work, they finally managed to get someone to introduce a girl to their son.
With such a family level, it is natural to find a good family. This girl is not good-looking, fat, and difficult to take care of. She was married to two men before and they both ended up divorced.
But there is really no way. Others don't look down on my family, and my son is also in the same condition. He has a dull and taciturn personality. He is called honest at best, but stupid at worst. He dare not raise his head when talking to anyone, so in the end, Agreed by default.
At the same time, he also acquiesced to the other party's requirement that he must have a building and a car before he would marry her.
In a small place, it is often so strange that the more unphotogenic people they look at, the higher their demands become. After all, they are counting on this time to solve their lifelong meal ticket problem.
All the aunt's hard work in her life was for this son. She saved tens of thousands of rags by herself. Before her husband left home, the family had less than 100,000 in savings. Over the years, her son had earned money from doing odd jobs for others. She didn't understand No matter how much money is spent, the old lady keeps it all in her hands.
After hearing that his son was finally getting married, some relatives were still willing to come forward to help. They paid 300 yuan to the east and 500 yuan to the west. In this way, the old lady was able to collect nearly 300,000 yuan.
Part of the loan was used to buy a small two-bedroom apartment, and a second-hand car that looked good, and then arranged the wedding. By the time the arrangements were completed, the money in hand was almost gone.
The aunt thought that by marrying her son, she could live a happy old age, but she never thought that her daughter-in-law would also take this opportunity to give herself hope of solving her old age.
After the marriage was completed, the daughter-in-law kicked the old lady out on the first day she entered the building.
Because the daughter-in-law does not agree with the old lady continuing to live there. She thinks it is unhygienic for the old lady to pick up rags and dirt every day. If she lives together every day, her body will not be able to bear it. She cannot get better. She still wants children to carry on the family line?
Having said this, the old lady can't really stop picking up rags. One is out of habit, and the other is also afraid of poverty. She is really uneasy because she has no way to make money.
Therefore, the old lady finally moved out, but she didn't want to be too far away from her son, so she found a simple shed near the community and lived in it.
Naturally, I pick up rags and sell them to make ends meet. I save as much as I can. When I have free time, I go to see my son at his new job.
The son is stupid, but he is also really good to his mother. Every time her mother comes to look for him, he will give her the food he has secretly hidden. Then the two of them sat together and ate everything, not even the dregs were left.
Just like this, a mother and son live tenaciously, trying hard to survive at the bottom of society, trying to change their own destiny, praying every day for help from a noble person, or for a pie to fall from the sky.
However, even with such a strong will, it still failed to impress God.
One day, when his son was working, he noticed that his mother had not visited him for several days after being reminded by a coworker, but he didn't care.
Until the boss of the construction site heard the news and came to the dormitory and saw that the food the boy had secretly hidden was moldy. He reminded him to go see his mother and make sure there was nothing wrong.
Then the son realized that his mother had indeed not been here for a week. In the past, she usually came every two or three days. He followed a secluded path along the edge of the outer wall of a nearby community and found the shed where his mother usually lived.
The shed is actually very simple, just a few piles of firewood set up casually, with a small passage more than one meter wide and three meters deep in the middle. My mother usually lives in the corner of this gap.
Summer and autumn are fine. Although there are flies and mosquitoes, you can finally sleep. But now it is winter, and there is no shelter in the shed. From time to time, there is a slight sound of wind between the gaps in the firewood pile.
In the deepest corner, there was a small nest made of scrap paper shells, tattered bedding, and newspapers. Mother was curled up there, with scattered mineral water bottles next to her.
The thin and frail body is like a slightly larger puppy, but there is no temperature, and it is as cold and hard as the ground.
This old Aunt Li died like this in the winter of December in the north.
When he died, he was still wearing the most gorgeous clothes that his son wore when he got married. The old lady had picked it up in a garbage dump and cleaned it specially. It was the only clothing that the old lady had that was clean and well-fitting.
Three streets away from the place where he died was Yu Peng's home, which is now owned by Peng himself.
Yu Peng has been very busy this year. Since the early spring of this year, Taoist Luo Zhen has revoked the formation restrictions. Many ghosts can freely enter and exit this area. Ghosts often come to Yu Peng to ask for help, asking for anything. Yes, sometimes Yu Peng will help appropriately, and sometimes it will be kept in a backlog. Depending on his mood or when he has free time, he can help as appropriate.
Therefore, Yu Peng did not know about Aunt Li's tragedy before, but even if he knew, he might not help.
In small cities, this kind of thing is so common that we can’t help at all.
Besides, who in the world is not suffering?
After Aunt Li died, because she was unwilling to give in, the ghost kept wandering around until her son came over. She watched her son stay with his mother's body in the shed for a whole day, and then was dragged out by the boss who came over. Pile of firewood.
The boss looked at the child and really didn't know what to say. He couldn't explain the feeling of uncertainty in his heart. Finally, he helped and arranged for two people to move the old lady's body away and entrusted a relationship to transport it to the crematorium for cremation. Finally, Only an urn was left for him.
The boss silently borne all the expenses during the period without expecting this guy to repay it, and he probably didn't even understand these things. Seeing this child running around with him in a daze, he shed no tears. He felt mixed emotions in his heart, but in the end he left him to continue working for him.
Aunt Li's son doesn't like to talk, or he can't talk. He listens to his wife in everything at home. He doesn't even dare to put the urn in a conspicuous place at home. When his wife is not paying attention, he takes his mother's urn. , hidden in the corner of an unoccupied bedroom.
Anyway, my daughter-in-law never cleans and tidies the house, so she probably won’t find out in the short term.
Aunt Li now lives in this urn every day.
A few days ago, I don’t know who gave the advice. Aunt Li suddenly found Yu Peng, hoping that Yu Peng could help his son. After knowing Yu Peng’s ability, she kept telling Yu Peng about herself and her son. It's not easy for my son, no matter how difficult it is, how painful it is, but now he has finally found a wife. Regardless of whether he is bullied or not, he still has a family. I just don't worry about my son continuing like this, so I beg Yu Peng for help. Look after your own children.
Yu Peng politely rejected the old man at first. After all, no matter what happens to the living, they have to depend on their own fate. Since the dead are dead, don't worry about how the living live.
When Aunt Li saw that this argument didn't work, she changed it to another one. She started talking about family matters from the perspective of Yu Peng's parents. Due to Yu Peng's sympathy, she continued to change it. She didn't know whether it was her own idea or someone else's. idea.
Of course Yu Peng still refused, but no matter whether Yu Peng reasoned, asked Uncle Gu Ze to help intimidate, or asked Aunt Chen Song to come forward and reason with the old man, Aunt Li's stubbornness could not be changed, and she would not move even if she blocked the door of Yu Peng's house. .
As soon as Yu Peng goes out, he will immediately come up to chat, just a few words back and forth. Anyway, the lines do not change much every time.
There is quite a posture of either you Yu Peng help me, or you directly beat me to death, completely beat me to death, or else I will not stop.
This evening, the old lady suddenly changed from her normal behavior and shouted loudly at the door, asking Yu Peng to give her son some money and help him save it for emergencies.
The reason is that since Yu Peng is so rich, why not give 100% of his money to help his son? Why can't you be this good person?
Then he cried and howled, blaming his hard work, and then started blaming Yu Peng for being so rich. If he just picks out a little bit, it will last longer than his own savings during his lifetime. Since you are a good person, spend money to do some good deeds. , why is it not working?
Some nearby ghosts were attracted by the excitement. Some agreed with Aunt Li and asked Yu Peng to be kind and help her, while others scolded the old lady not to go too far and not to be unreasonable.
Yu Peng has been troubled by Aunt Li recently. Seeing this situation, he was speechless to the extreme.
Feeling more and more irritable, Yu Peng lowered his head and reflected deeply, has he been a good person too often recently? Do you think you are really a good boy?
After thinking about it, Yu Peng closed his eyes.
When he opened it again, a ball of white flame burned in Yu Peng's eyes. The light emitted was like the blazing sun at noon to the ghosts. The powerful energy made the nearby ghosts tremble all over. Violent trembling and shuddering.
There are a few weaker ghosts who are even on the verge of collapse, but they don't even have the slightest idea of escape.
I dare not have it.
All the ghosts in Yu Peng's sight, at this moment, feel as if their entire lives, from birth to growth to death, to everything they have experienced after death, have been seen by Yu Peng, and there is no secret that can be hidden.
And then, it's the fear that comes from the deepest part of the soul, like, like
Just like a fragile insect, one centimeter on the head is a human foot, that sense of pressure, that fear of death, that powerlessness...
