Xiu'er's death made Master Luo furious, and he swore that he would not let Xiu'er go, even if he died. The gardener Huang Youcai was also implicated, who made him the in-laws of the old man Guo, not only was he dismissed, but he couldn't even live in the small courtyard where he lives now, and the neatly repaired courtyard where he lives now is the one that Master Luo gave him to see that he worked diligently and could talk, so he was rewarded to him, and now he is ordered to take it back. Huang Youcai had no choice but to pack up with his wife Gu Pozi and go back to the earthen house at the end of the village. Faced with the muddy and simple earthen house, Huang Youcai sighed again and again, he really lost his wife and soldiers, he was smart and confused for a while. A few days later, Huang Youcai and Gu Pozi took the donkey north to sell fruits.

Old man Guo sighed again and again at home, only muttering that there is no rich life, the land is gone, and the gruel is not drinkable. Back then, his grandfather knew this craft, and his grandfather and grandmother walked the streets and alleys, making a lot of money. originally wanted to pass on this craft, but Mr. Guo's father was too lazy to do it and lost it. Playing cotton is a delicate job, dirty and tired, a quilt pops out, and the whole body is covered with cotton wool. Mr. Guo loved to watch his grandfather play cotton since he was a child, and said that he would play cotton when he grew up, but unfortunately, his grandfather died before he became an adult, and there was no successor to this craft. Fortunately, the guys who are still working are still there, and the big wooden bow, wooden gas, shovel heads, and wooden grinding discs are all piled up in the firewood room. Sister-in-law Guo wanted to burn them as firewood several times, but fortunately, Mr. Guo tried his best to stop it, but I didn't expect it to come in handy now, although the skills are not refined, and it can even be said that they have never practiced, but Mr. Guo believes that with the skills in his eyes, he will one day be able to make a perfect skill in his hands.

After the first seven days of Xiu'er, on a sunny morning, the old man Guo and the second Zhuang began to act, the old man Guo carried the bow, the second strong carried the grinding plate, holding the wooden gas and shovel head, the two were quite interested, and marched to the neighboring villages. This walk is ten days and a half months, the family is deserted, and Sister-in-law Guo and Sanmei guard the house.

Da Zhuang was unkempt all day long, running all over the field, picking wild fruits to eat when he was hungry, drinking raw water bubbling green in the ditch when he was thirsty, and burrowing into the haystack when he was sleepy, but he did not dare to go to the river, which was the place where his sister hanged. One evening, when it was dark, he passed by a house, and saw a white dress hanging in the courtyard on the inside of the fence, and the white dress was still in the hot air, and he suddenly retreated in horror, turned and ran away screaming, and he remembered that night, that moonlight night, his sister was hanging from a tree, and the white robe was still in the hot air.

Guo's sister-in-law's two children died at once, crazy, and under the heavy blow, she became silent and withered. She still sits under the grape trellis every day to collect the soles of her shoes, but she is not so attentive anymore, and she often looks at the bright spots of light on the top of the trellis in a trance, and mutters to herself, regret, regret、、、、、、

Sanmei also shed a few tears on the day of Xiu'er's burial, but in the end the resentment was greater than the sadness, as time went by, there was only resentment, she despised Xiu'er's little family, despised her ambition to live a rich and prosperous life, hated her death, she caused everyone to have no good life, how selfish she was!

Sanmei is a person who likes to be lively, and she can't stay at home alone, not to mention that there is a natural enemy mother-in-law at home, so she is even more reluctant to be at home. On this day, she freshened up in the mirror and prepared to go out to play with her little willow branch. When Sanmei walked through the yard, the mother-in-law under the grape trellis spoke, your sister-in-law has only been dead for a few days, and you are wearing red and green, you really don't understand people. Sanmei glanced at the grape trellis, and said sarcastically, what a good sister-in-law, let everyone live such a good life. After saying that, he twisted his waist and walked towards the gate. Sister-in-law Guo scolded behind her back, goblin! Dead Star! It's all you! Xiu'er was killed by you, and Da Zhuang was driven crazy by you! Sanmei's anger came up all of a sudden, and she turned around and shouted sharply, old and immortal! What nonsense! You hurt your daughter by digging into the money! Your daughter is a worthless product, she doesn't live a good life, but she is a dead ghost, and she scares her big brother crazy! It also caused my father and mother to leave their hometown, but poor my father and mother are so old、、、、、、 speaking of this, Sanmei's eyes can't help but turn red. Sister-in-law Guo was yelled at by her, holding her chest and crooked on the stake of the grape trellis, frowning and panting, I want to let Erzhuang take a break from you! She spat hatefully. Sanmei sneered, didn't say anything more, and went out.

Fa Xiao Liu Zhier married two years earlier than Sanmei and married to a neighboring village. Liu Zhi'er is an ugly woman, ugly and fat, married in her twenties is in her forties, her man is a butcher, surnamed Zhu, married a wife, somehow died, some people say that his karma is too great, retribution to his wife, so no woman dares to marry him, Liu Zhi'er is too ugly, no one wants to marry, the two just hit it off, and it is just the ridicule of outsiders about them, in fact, Zhu Butcher didn't fall in love with Liu Zhi'er at all, he also thought she was ugly, and marrying her was also a helpless move, he was old and just wanted a child. But in the two years since she got married, Liu Zhier has never conceived a child. Their married life was also not happy, and according to neighbors, the Zhu butcher beat willow branches when he was drunk.

Liu Zhi'er's personality is very boring, it is estimated that she has been ridiculed too much, before she got married, whether in the school or in the village, she was not less ridiculed by children of the same age, even those ignorant adults also teased her, and gradually she didn't dare to speak, and stuffed herself, as if hiding in a safe corner. Sanmei still met Liu Zhier through Xiu'er, when she went to school, Xiu'er and Liu Zhi'er were friends, and later Xiu'er met Sanmei, Sanmei said Xiu'er, how can you play with such an ugly person? Xiu'er said that everyone thinks she is ugly, but I don't think so, because she has a good heart. The three of them play together every day, and after a long time, it is pleasing to the eye, and Sanmei doesn't think the willow branches are ugly.

Liu Zhi'er embroiders at home every day, and she has a pair of skillful hands. The arrival of Sanmei gave her depressed life a glimmer of light. The arrival of Sanmei also made Zhu Butcher's eyes light up, he felt that Sanmei was too beautiful, she was simply a fairy in the sky, no! It's the demon girl in the cave, the demon girl has the smell, and the butcher Zhu smelled the smell of Sanmei's body. This is a woman, Zhu Tuhu thought to himself.

"I didn't go on the day you got married, it's not that I didn't go, it was Zhu Sheng who didn't let me go, Xiu'er died, and I didn't go to her grave to burn some paper, it's not that I didn't go, it's that Zhu Sheng didn't let me go." Liu Zhi'er said awkwardly, and her long-term silence had degraded her language skills to almost zero.

"You've heard about it, it's okay, Xiu'er and I know your difficulties, and we won't blame you." Sanmei said.

From this day on, Sanmei came every day, and the two embroidered together, laughed, and fell in love with sisters. Zhu Butcher welcomed Sanmei very much, he said: "I want to come every day, Liu Zhi'er is bored at home alone." Sanmei laughed and trembled, and said, "Liu Zhi'er, Brother Zhu really loves you!" How blessed you are. ”

In the evening of that day, Sanmei came back from Liu Zhier's house, and as soon as she entered the gate, she almost bumped into Sister-in-law Guo, who was about to go out, but Sanmei glanced at her and flashed to let her pass, Sister-in-law Guo stood outside the door and looked around, muttering "Xiu'er." When Sanmei heard this, she "chuckled" in her heart, turned around and asked, "What nonsense are you talking about?" "I seem to see Xiu'er go out." Sister-in-law Guo said, her eyes still looking around. "Xiu'er is dead, in the underworld." Sanmei said coldly and went into the kitchen to cook, she felt that her mother-in-law was becoming more and more abnormal.

Tonight is a dark night, Sanmei lay down early after eating, since Xiu'er died, she no longer went out as soon as the sky was dark, and they all said that young people died and had grievances, wandering in the world and refusing to leave, not to mention that Xiu'er was this way of dying, which made people feel more afraid, but, Xiu'er, this child is good, and he didn't come back to make a fuss when he died, not even the night of the first seven, probably she is an honest person when she is alive, and she is also an honest ghost when she dies.

Maybe because of her mother-in-law's words, tonight Sanmei dreamed of Xiu'er, in the dream, she saw the moon coming out of the clouds, sprinkling pale moonlight on the ground, the moonlight through the window to dappled the house, at this time her door opened silently, a fog blew into the house, and brought a trace of cold, Sanmei stared at the blue fog at the door in fear, a corner of the white skirt appeared, and then a person appeared, "sister-in-law~" The person called faintly, Sanmei glanced at the person's face, "Xiu'er!" She couldn't help but blurt out, her voice trembling with fear. Sister-in-law, don't be afraid, I'm just coming to see you, you married into our family, I haven't called you sister-in-law yet. Sister-in-law, don't complain about this family, the matter has come to this point, you still need to look forward, please forgive me. I have regretted my recklessness, alas~" Xiu'er retreated after speaking, and the mist disappeared with her. Sanmei opened her eyes suddenly, and the sound of "click" closing the door came to her ears, she looked up from the pillow and looked at the door, the door was closed, as if someone had just closed it for her from the outside, how clear and real the "click" sound was. Could it be that Xiu'er has really been here? She saw that the room was dappled with the moonlight outside, exactly like in her dream. She couldn't tell whether it was a dream or reality, she got out of bed with the courage to touch the door, she remembered that she had bolted the door before going to bed, but at this moment, the deadbolt was hanging down, and it was not latched at all. Sanmei latched it back and returned to bed tremblingly, she thought that what her mother-in-law said was true, Xiu'er came back, didn't she just say that she regretted committing suicide? She's back, and she's reluctant to go home.