Under Tao Huaying's comfort, Yinyin quickly calmed down.
Yinyin stopped crying and looked around with tears in her eyes.
It's very lively here, and Yin Yin likes it, but her mother never let her go to crowded places in the past, because the yang energy in crowded places is too strong, and Yin Yin's soul is so fragile that she can't bear such strong yang energy.
So seeing the excitement here, Yin Yin suddenly became happy, because she could feel that the "people" here, like her, had no trace of yang in them.
The Yin Qi in the air made her feel at ease and comfortable.
"This is... a ghost market?"
Tao Huaying realized where she was.
Rumor has it that there is a ghost market in Chang'an, which is a paradise for the dead and a forbidden land for the living. It was in order to protect her daughter that Tao Huaying brought her here all the way.
Seeing that there were so many "similar people" around her, and that everyone was living as before, Tao Huaying suddenly smiled with relief.
She picked up Yin Yin and said softly: "Yin Yin, it's very safe here. Can we live here from now on?"
"Okay~"
Yinyin's voice was like a silver bell, and when Tao Huaying held her daughter, she felt as satisfied as if she owned the whole world.
The ghost market has its own set of survival rules. There is no currency here. The hard currency is various things that have an effect on ghosts, such as tributes from the living world, the yang energy, essence and blood of living people brought into the ghost market by other ghosts...
Every once in a while, the ghost market will be open to the public. The ghosts living in the ghost market can take the opportunity to make transactions with living people and make a lot of money. They will not have to worry about being unable to maintain their souls for a long time.
Initially, Tao Huaying found a job in an inn in a ghost market. Although the work was hard and menial, the yang she earned was enough to maintain her daughter's soul.
At that time, she lived in a very miserable state and had not yet shown her charming side, so no one cared about her.
Living a poor but happy life, mother and daughter rarely have a peaceful life.
However, the good times did not last long. Before long, the ghost market welcomed a group of uninvited guests.
The visitor is an underworld agent, an envoy responsible for seducing souls under Black and White Wuchang.
When ordinary people die, their souls will unconsciously burrow into the ground, find their own way to hell, and finally be reincarnated. Ghosts with resentments in their hearts have a chance to stay in the human world. At this time, the ghosts must be caught by the underworld and taken back to the underworld. .
Most of the ghosts in the ghost market fall into the latter category.
It stands to reason that the appearance of Yin Zai in the ghost market is a devastating blow to the ghost market, and all the ghosts here will be taken away by Yin Zai.
But this is not the case. Due to the relationship between the owner of the ghost market and the ghost king Shi Jing, Yin Cha turned a blind eye to the ghost market, which allowed the ghost market to take shape.
However, the reason for the evil coming this time was because he had been neglecting his duties. As a result, there were still 300 ghosts on the list of ghosts to be captured this year.
So, Yin Chai set his sights on the ghost market and asked Shi Jing to hand over 300 useless ghosts within three days for Yin Chai to go back and make a deal.
Of course, Shi Jing would not be in trouble with Yin Cha, so he immediately agreed and then sent his evil spirits to conduct statistical investigations.
Those ghosts that have no strength, no background, and have no effect on the ghost market will be caught by Shi Jing and given to Yin Chaojiao.
After hearing the news, Taohua was heartbroken because she knew very well that her daughter would definitely be on Shi Jing's list.
She is an outsider with no strength or background. She is a character living at the bottom of the ghost market and is a natural victim.
In order to prevent her daughter from being sent away, Tao Huaying tried her best and finally begged the owner of the inn.
The innkeeper is an old ghost, who is about the same era as Tao Huaying. It is said that he was a scholar in a certain year, worked as a minor official for several years, and finally died under the sword of the rebels. His soul accidentally entered the ghost market. It took hundreds of years of hard work to open this inn.
This old ghost had eleven wives in the ghost market, but most of them were not very good-looking and even had missing arms and legs. The ones with slightly better looks were all taken over by more powerful ghosts.
Hearing that Tao Huaying wanted something from him, the old ghost suddenly had evil thoughts and asked Tao Huaying to be his concubine, so that Yin Yin would be their daughter. Although the old ghost was not strong, he was still an innkeeper. How could Shi Jing know? Give him a face.
Anyway, there are many ghosts with no background in the ghost market, so why bother to hold on to the daughter of an innkeeper?
Tao Huaying resisted in her heart and was extremely entangled, but after seeing her daughter's innocent face, she gritted her teeth and agreed, but she had one condition, that is, she must wait until her daughter is safe and sound before she can fulfill her promise.
The innkeeper was so happy that he even bought a small toy for Yinyin on the spot and coaxed the little girl to call him daddy.
But Yinyin clearly remembered the appearance of her father. Her father was not the ugly old man on the verge of death at all, so Yinyin refused to shout out.
The innkeeper became angry because of this, and in a fit of anger, he snatched back the little toy given to Yin Yin. Yin Yin didn't understand why she had offended the innkeeper, but she didn't say anything and went straight into Tao Huaying's arms, crying non-stop. .
Tao Huaying kept comforting her and felt extremely distressed. However, in order to prevent their daughter from being handed over, the mother and daughter had to please this shameless and wretched old ghost.
"Yinyin, you must call him daddy."
After returning home, Tao Huaying taught Yin Yin seriously.
Yinyin turned her back and said angrily: "He is not my father, my father doesn't look like this!"
"Stinky girl, why don't you understand!" Tao Huaying was furious and spanked Yinyin with a willow stick.
Yin Yin, who was usually afraid of being spanked the most, took the wrong medicine today. She gritted her teeth and refused to give in, even though her eyes were filled with tears.
Suddenly, Tao Huaying stopped moving, threw away the wicker, hugged Yinyin and cried loudly.
Even after living for hundreds of years, Tao Huaying still doesn't understand why there is no place for them and her mother in such a huge world.
Why must the daughter sacrifice her appearance and compromise?
"It's all mom's fault... It's all mom's fault for not being able to protect you..."
Tao Huaying hugged Yinyin and burst into tears, but Yinyin, who was beaten, wiped her tears and held her mother's face to comfort her: "Mom, don't cry."
Looking at her daughter's innocent face, Tao Huaying felt extremely guilty.
Yes, her daughter just doesn’t want to call a strange old man daddy. What’s wrong with her?
…
Soon, three days passed and the day of delivery arrived.
Tao Huaying placed Yinyin at home and went to see the innkeeper alone. The innkeeper had already prepared a red dress for Tao Huaying as a wedding dress. Tao Huaying put on the red dress and faded away the vicissitudes of these years until she walked in It was at that moment in the house that her true appearance was revealed.
The veins in the eyes are rippled, and the flowers are blooming.
Tao Huaying has a pair of fox eyes, and she is naturally charming. However, as a mother, she has been working hard all these years, she looks very slovenly, and she always lowers her head, so no one notices her beauty.
Now because of this red dress, she finally has a trace of a human face, and she can show her gorgeous appearance again.
