Today is the seventh and a half months, commonly known as the Midyear Festival, also known as the Ghost Festival. On this day, Zhou Ruoshui, the little girl of the Zhou family, sneaked out of the house. The little girl Ruoshui is ten years old this year, but she has never seen her mother, she asked the master where her mother went, and the master told her that her mother went underground.

A few days ago, when she went out with her master, she heard people outside say that on the day of the Midyear Festival, as long as she went to the river to put the river lantern and made her wish when the river lantern was released, her wish could come true. After she went home, she secretly made a river lantern behind her master's back, she thought about it, and when the time came, she made a wish, hoping that the gods could let her mother meet her, she was different from others, she had been learning art with the master since she was a child, and I heard the master say that in the seventh and a half months, the ghost door was opened, and the ghosts in the ground could come to the ground to see their relatives.

Ruoshui saw that everyone else had a mother when she was a child, but she didn't, she felt very uncomfortable, she regarded the master as her father, felt that she had a father, and she didn't have a mother, so she felt uncomfortable, and always secretly thought about her mother, whenever this time, the master always hugged her and sighed, her face was full of sadness and pity. Ruoshui couldn't bear to see that look on Master's face again, so she did it secretly, for fear that Master would know that she secretly missed her mother again.

At night, when the master was asleep, Ruoshui took the river lantern he had secretly made from under the bed and slipped out of Zhou's house and ran to the river. Ruoshui came to the river very late, just put the river lantern out to make a wish, at midnight, Ruoshui felt a cool air behind his neck, and saw a door shining with white light in the distance, and a hideous ghost floated out of the door, rushing to the river.

Rao Ruoshui followed the master to see the ghosts, and when he saw such a hundred ghosts walking at night, his face turned pale with fright, and he unconsciously pulled out the small peachwood sword that the master made for himself from his waist, and looked at the ghosts floating around nearby with a vigilant expression. Maybe it's because Ruoshui has been cultivating with his master since he was a child, and those ghosts avoided Ruoshui from a distance when they saw Ruoshui holding a small peachwood sword, and no one came up to trouble Ruoshui.

Those ghosts scrambled out of the ghost gate and then drifted towards their destinations, some went to see their relatives, and some received the river lanterns put by their relatives by the river, Ruoshui waited for a long time, and when the ghost gate passed, there were no ghosts coming out and not waiting for their mothers, Ruoshui's small heart suddenly cooled, time seemed to stand still, Ruoshui stood there alone and looked at the river, crying, laughing and laughing, the lively ghosts, suddenly cried aggrievedly.

Ruoshui cried and cried and suddenly heard a terrible shout not far away, Ruoshui turned his head and saw that it was a little boy who was a few years older than himself who wanted to run out of the ghost gate, but he didn't know why, he was stopped by a ghost and was beating, Ruoshui couldn't bear to look at it, and went over and asked, "Why did you hit him?" ”

The ghost didn't expect this little girl to be able to see herself, and looked Ruoshui up and down in surprise before saying, "You have cultivated at such a young age, are you a nun or a Taoist?" ”

Ruoshui said unhappily: "I'm not a nun Taoist. Are you a ghost? Why did you hit him? I heard Master say that ghosts are in charge of ghosts, did he make a mistake? ”

The ghost cha glanced at Ruoshui, and suddenly laughed: "This kid has no relatives to burn money, he can't be reincarnated, and he wants to sneak out." I taught him a lesson, and next time he won't dare to run again. ”

Ruoshui saw that the little boy was not a few years older than himself, and he was handsome and good-looking, so he couldn't bear it, and said, "I heard Master say that reciting the mantra of the past life can help ghosts reincarnate, can I recite it to him?" ”

The ghost sneered: "Only those who have the Tao can give people excess, do you think that whoever reads it works?" ”

Ruoshui raised his arrogant little face and said angrily: "My master is much stronger than those monks and Taoists, I was taught by my master, how bad can I be." Then he turned to the little boy and said, "Wait, I'll recite the mantra of rebirth to you and promise to send you to a rich and noble family." ”

Ruoshui recited the mantra in his mouth after speaking, and as Ruoshui chanted, the little boy's body was gradually wrapped in golden light, and the shadow on his body gradually faded, and he really looked like he was going to be reincarnated. Seeing this, the little boy was grateful for Ruoshui's help, and before leaving, he knelt down to Ruoshui and said: "Thank you for the tiredness of the little master, if I have the opportunity to see the little master again, I am willing to repay the little master for reconstruction." ”

Ruoshui blinked his eyes, he didn't understand what it meant to make a personal promise, but he also knew that he was thanking himself, so he smiled, and he was right.

After the little boy went to reincarnation, the ghost cha laughed, and there was obvious mockery in the laughter. Ruoshui listened to this laughter as if he was mocking himself, and glared at the ghost in annoyance.

Seeing this, the ghost said directly: "It's okay if you honestly give him an ordinary person, but he is reckless, and he doesn't have that Taoism to give people a lot of money." Just like him, being reincarnated into a rich family is also a pitiful life without a father and a mother. ”

Ruoshui's face turned pale when she heard this, she was young, and it was the first time she used the skills taught by her master, where did she think so much, thinking that she had hurt people with good intentions, she was ashamed and annoyed, and scolded the ghost: "Then why didn't you say it earlier?" ”

The ghost was disgusted that Ruoshui had ruined his errand, and wanted to teach this little girl a lesson, so he rolled his eyes and said, "I didn't know that you weren't good enough, so I'll give you a chance to make amends." As long as you are willing to exchange your marriage, promise not to marry for the rest of your life. I'll give you a chance to change that child's fate, how about that? ”

Ruoshui looked at the ghost blankly: "What is marrying?" ”

The ghost said with a smile: "It's just that when you grow up, you will marry into another man's family and be with him forever." ”

Ruoshui pouted: "It's enough for me to be with Master, I don't want to get married." I agree with what you say. ”

The ghost smiled sadly, stretched out his hand, didn't know what he took from Ruoshui, turned around and disappeared.

Not long after, in the Lu family's mansion, a baby boy named Lu Qinghe was born. Ten years later, the baby boy met Zhou Ruoshui, who came to Lu Mansion by chance, and saved him.