The woman couldn't fall asleep tossing and turning in bed, her mind always thinking about the hairpin in the box and the words her mother had told her. pondering why the mother warned her that she could not have a daughter for her first child. But is it up to her to give birth to a child? She wanted to get up and look at the hairpin, but the key was under her mother's pillow, and she couldn't see the black light! Listening to her mother's snoring, she covered her head with the quilt and fell asleep in a daze!

As usual, she began to dream again.

She dreamed that she was dressed in the clothes of a little court girl and carrying a small red lantern, and quietly left the palace and came to a deserted stone hill in the wilderness. There is a sister Ah Xiang who has only been buried for seven days. Ah Xiang is an orphan who has been dependent on the ring girl since she entered the palace. But because he stole the fruit offered to the Bodhisattva by Mei Guifei, he was discovered by Mr. Huang, and he was beaten to death with a stick.

The inside of the rocky hill is very chaotic, the yin qi is very heavy, and from time to time there are wild birds "cooing" and chirping. Although she was afraid, she still mustered up the courage to find Ah Xiang's grave. Then she took out the paper money, lit it, and put it on her grave.

"Ah Xiang, you can collect more, and go to reincarnate into a good family in the future! Don't be an orphan anymore, and don't be a palace maid anymore!"

"Thank you, Sister Ming!" Suddenly, someone was talking.

The woman was startled, and looked around, there was no one! Could it be that she had heard it wrong.

Suddenly, the tomb opened, and a white woman floated out of it.

"Ahh The white woman quickly helped her up and said, "Sister Ming, don't be afraid! ”

"Oh...... Oh, Ah Xiang...... You are...... Person...... Still is...... What the hell?"

"I am neither a man nor a ghost, but my soul. Now that I have found my physical body, I can go back to reincarnation. ”

"Oh oh, that's pretty good!" the ring woman wiped the cold sweat from her forehead.

"I'm going to be a brother in my next life, and I'm not going to be a daughter anymore!"

"Why? How good it is to be a girl! You can wear a lot of beautiful clothes! You can also put on makeup and dress yourself up beautifully! More importantly, you can have children!" The woman suddenly laughed.

"Oh, then I'll be your child in the future, okay?" Ah Xiang also laughed, revealing two beautiful dimples on her face.

"Huh? this ...... This one...... I don't have a mother-in-law yet, who can afford to be a little palace maid!"

"You will have it, you are so good! Concubine Mei will definitely find you a good family and marry you off!"

"How can there be such a good thing?" the woman blushed and lowered her head.

Suddenly, a gust of wind blew, and the red lantern was blown to the ground and extinguished. "Ah Xiang, what's the matter? Where are you?" Just as the ring woman was at a loss, a hand suddenly covered the ring woman's mouth. She struggled desperately, screaming desperately.

"What are you doing? Your feet are flicking, your hands are dancing, why are you sleeping with your head covered?

The woman was already sweating profusely, gasping for air. It turned out that the quilt covered his mouth.

"No...... Mother...... Yours...... Snoring...... It's too big, and it makes me ...... I can't sleep...... So, so ...... So...... I covered my head with a quilt!"

"Oh, that looks like it's wrong with me. The mother scratched her head embarrassedly, "Then I'll sleep in the room you used to live in tonight!"

"That's okay!" the mother thought that the woman would sleep in that room, but she didn't expect her to agree in one bite!

She stared at the woman's face for a long time.

"Oh, I see, you want to hit that hairpin. ”

"I am not rare! If you don't believe it, then you can take the key away!" As soon as the words fell, the woman regretted it. Oh my God, it's so stupid, the key is gone, how can that box be opened!

"Well, that's fine!" said the mother, putting the key in her trouser pocket from under the pillow, "I'm going to work, you can sleep again, and then you can get up and cook." ”

"Oh!" said the woman lazily, leaning back on the pillow. She didn't seem to have gotten out of that nightmare.

As soon as the mother left, the woman patted her chest. I remembered my dream from last night again. Isn't it just a dream? Let's go see the hairpin!

Thinking about it, the woman turned over and got out of bed, tiptoed on the door, until she saw her mother put the hoe on her shoulder and went out with her father who was carrying a poke basket, and then immediately ran back to open the box and take out the wooden box.

This wooden box is really exquisite, and there is a big bird carved all around, and the big bird has a very large feather on its head. At the bottom of the box, there is also a row of characters engraved, and the girl only reads to the second grade of primary school, and only knows one "phoenix" character, and she doesn't know anything else! It doesn't matter what word he has, it doesn't matter! The important thing is to open the box and see the hairpin inside. But how can it be opened? The woman looked at the embroidered copper lock and pondered.

By the way, I once was at my eldest brother's house, and I saw my eldest brother use a wire to open the lock on the big cabinet. Why don't you give it a try, too!

The ring woman was in her mother's house, looking everywhere, but there was none. She ran out again and looked in another house, but there was still no one! Finally, she found a small wire in the pyre behind the stove.

She hurried to her mother's house, closed the door tightly, and reached the small wire for the keyhole. She stirred the wire gently, but the brass lock didn't move. She poked the innermost part of the keyhole a few more times, and the "snap" lock was actually opened.

Not to mention how happy the ring woman was, she carefully removed the copper lock and opened the box.

However, a blue light suddenly pierced her eyes, and she instinctively quickly closed them.

Before she could come to her senses, she heard someone outside calling her: "Huan Woman, Huan Woman, you still don't get up to cook?"

She listened carefully, and it was her father's voice.

She hurriedly responded: "Oh, I know, old man, I'll get up and cook it right away!"

Ring woman, don't call her dad daddy, because dad is too lazy. However, in their local area, it is okay to call Lao Han!

The woman quickly put the hairpin in the black box, locked it with a copper lock, and put it in the box. Then go out and cook rice.

Sure enough, her father sat on the threshold of the hall, smoking a leaf cigarette and complaining: "I haven't eaten anything, how can I have the strength to do a living!"

The ring woman glanced at her father, and she couldn't say anything, after all, she was now eating and living for nothing.

She quickly cooked the meal, which was a trivial matter for her. She's been trained by her mother since she was a child!

At mealtime, a table full of seats. Huan Girl's two younger brothers who are in junior high school, as well as the eldest brother and sister-in-law who work hard and their children who are in elementary school, all came back for dinner.

After eating, the eldest brother asked the sister-in-law to wash the dishes, and he called the ring woman to her mother's room.

The eldest brother sat on the bed and motioned for the woman to close the door. The woman closed the door and stood nervously, not daring to move.

"Big brother, are you looking for me?"

"Well, come, sit down!" the eldest brother patted the chair.

"Hmm. The woman obediently walked over and sat down in her chair.

"Why didn't you go to the sewing club today?" the eldest brother asked softly.

"I ...... I've been a little uncomfortable these days. Mother said...... Mother said...... Let me rest at home for a few days. The ring woman lowered her head and blushed and whispered.

"Oh, is that what my mother said?"

"Well, yes! If you don't believe me, ask right away!"

"Why am I still asking, big brother believes you!" The big brother stood up, patted the woman on the shoulder, and prepared to go out.

"That...... Eldest brother...... My mother said last night, let me and Zhao Wenjun ...... I won't go through the marriage formalities until next month. The woman stood up and quickly added.

"Oh, why?" the eldest brother turned his head and looked at the woman with a suspicious face. I looked at the ringed woman from head to toe again.

"That's okay, my mother has the final say! I have something to do, go out first!"

"Oh, big brother, you go slowly. ”

"Hmm. When the woman heard her eldest brother answer her with his nose, she began to panic. I thought: This is over, the eldest brother will definitely ask his mother.

She suddenly shuddered, feeling a little cold. Only then did she realize that her clothes were soaked with cold sweat.

She closed the door and was about to change her clothes. Suddenly, there was a knock on the door outside. She opened the door and was stunned.