Grandpa thought that the person who was still walking here at dusk should live nearby, but she lived nearby, and he didn't know her, so who could she be?

There is nothing that the living do not know, and if they do not know, they must be dead.

People here like to build houses on the mountain, but the graves of the deceased are basically on the mountain.

Grandpa thought to himself, could it be that she came from the mountains?

So, my grandfather stood on the side of the old river and shouted to the people on the bridge, "Do you live on the mountain?"

This kind of question is still told by my grandfather. Crooked dad often meets people on the night road, the night is hazy, sometimes he can't see what the person opposite looks like, and he can only see a shadow. He couldn't tell whether it was a man or not, so he would ask, "Do you live in the mountains?"

If the person on the other side replied that he didn't live in the mountains, it might be a person. If the person on the other side answers yes, then there is a good chance that he has encountered something unclean.

The woman on the bridge was stunned for a moment, and then said softly, I don't live on the mountain, and I don't live under the mountain. I'm from somewhere else, passing through here.

Grandpa thought to himself, how can this answer be distinguished?

Justice is in trouble here, and the woman over there is talking again.

You just met me once, and you forgot? Said the woman on the bridge.

Grandpa looked at the woman's face again, but still didn't recognize it.

The woman said, in the stonemason's room.

Grandpa was taken aback and said, "You...... Is it the Stone Maiden?

The woman nodded.

I knew that the stone was not ordinary. Grandpa said.

The woman said, "I'm just living there, and I'll have to leave sooner or later." I'm here to stop you because I hope you don't tell Crooked Daddy about this. If he had known, he would have driven me away.

My grandfather almost said that my crooked father was sick now, but after thinking about it, he still didn't say it. If she is worried, she will not do harm. If you don't have that to worry about, you might do whatever you want.

Are you his wife? Grandpa asked.

The woman shook her head, and the red silk cloth fluttered.

As I passed by, I heard his wife tell him that if she died, he would find a companion and someone would take care of him, cook for him, wash his laundry, and warm his bed. The woman said.

Grandpa asked, did he say it when his wife fell ill?

The woman said, yes. The stonemason said that if she died, he would make a stone man to live with him in her likeness. And his wife said, If you are a stone-struck, let her be as she looks best.

My grandfather's doubts were finally answered. Sure enough, the stonemason was ready to beat the stonemen before his wife died.

The woman said, "I heard that he was going to beat the stone man, so I stayed here." Within a few days, the mason's wife died. The stonemasons really started beating stones. His craftsmanship is really good, and he looks like he is alive! When I saw it, it was similar to what I had when I was alive, and I thought it was very kind, and I waited for him to settle down and live there.

Grandpa said, it's very similar to when you were alive? That's the excuse you made for yourself, right? You are reluctant to leave and want to stay, but you don't have the skin, you can't stay, so you want to occupy this stone-like skin. You can't fool me.

My grandfather once said that the human body is actually like a house, and the soul is the person who lives in the house. The soul has no body and skin, just as a person has no house and has to find another place to live, or wander around. If you find another place to live, you will be reincarnated, and those who wander around will become lonely ghosts.