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My great-grandfather, who had been watching all this, saw that the ashes had fallen on his belly pocket, and he hurriedly motioned to the woman to stop crying out and stand still, then took out the porcelain bottle from the baggage, opened the lid of the bottle, and with the woman's permission, plucked a hair from the woman's head and put it in the bottle.

Immediately after, my great-grandfather pointed the mouth of the bottle to the belly pocket in the woman's hand, and drew a circle counterclockwise towards the paper ash on the belly pocket...... Come on, come on, Xiuxiu come here, follow your mother home......"

After drawing a few circles and reading a few times, the piece of butterfly paper ash pasted on the belly pocket fell from the belly pocket, and my great-grandfather saw this, and hurriedly plugged the lid of the bottle and put the porcelain bottle back into the baggage.

If the Dharma is done here, the soul of the woman and the girl will be brought back.

In the end, my great-grandfather took out all the paper money in his baggage, as well as the paper money in the big burden of the man before. Here in the backyard, a large area was swept out with a broom and paper money was placed in the open space. This time, my great-grandfather didn't draw a circle, but used a candle to light the paper money.

Standing next to the burning paper money, facing the wind and snow, my great-grandfather shouted loudly into the ruins of the Liang Mansion: "People have a way, ghosts have a ghost road, each goes his own way, people and ghosts have different paths, dust to dust, dust to earth, dust to earth, and souls to heaven." Friends, come here to get some money and hit the road......"

After my great-grandfather shouted, he stopped for about ten seconds, and suddenly a few whirlwinds blew in the ruins of Liangfu, rolling the snowflakes on the ground, whistling towards my great-grandfather.

The large pile of paper money under my great-grandfather's feet burned rapidly with the help of the wind at this time, almost in an instant, burned into countless ashes, and several whirlwinds wrapped around the ashes for a while, and then passed by my great-grandfather, and gradually disappeared, and the paper ashes on the ground chased a few whirlwinds, and scattered in the snowy night......

These whirlwinds should be the souls who died in the fire, at this moment, their resentment has disappeared, leaving the Liang Mansion and going to where they should go.

My great-grandfather watched them, and let out a long sigh of relief, almost sighing.

In fact, ghosts are better than people, as long as you are worthy of them, they are worthy of you!

The snow, still falling silently, silently, seems to witness all this.

After a long time, my great-grandfather turned around, checked the contents of his baggage, walked to the broken wall where he had been hiding, took out his umbrella and lantern, handed the umbrella to the woman, and he carried the lantern himself.

Then, he glanced at the big burden left by the man before, walked over to shake off the snow on it, put the incense burner, candles and other items back into the bag, and put it on the other shoulder.

At this time, the woman opened her umbrella and came to him and asked him, "Sir, the soul of my daughter...... Is it in a small bottle? ”

My great-grandfather didn't speak, but nodded silently.

"That'...... The ...... "woman" said twice, as if she had thought of something, and hurriedly took out a bulging money bag from her bosom, and stuffed it into my great-grandfather's hand, "There are a few hangings of money in this, and twenty taels of silver, sir, take them all." ”

My great-grandfather was stunned for a moment, but he quickly understood what the woman meant, and hurriedly returned the money bag to the woman, "Big sister, I don't take money, don't worry, your daughter's soul will be given to you later......"

"That'...... That ......"

My great-grandfather explained: "Big sister, I want to say a few more words to you, and when I'm done, I'll give you back your daughter's soul. ”

"That'...... Say it, then. ”

Then, my great-grandfather sighed and asked the woman, "Big sister, do you know a maid named Xiaoju?" ”

"Xiaoju?" Hearing the word "Xiaoju", the woman's expression moved significantly, and she looked at my great-grandfather and hesitated.

My great-grandfather then said, "I'm actually here today for the sake of ...... chrysanthemum."

The woman was a little confused and asked my great-grandfather, "Sir, are you ...... Do you know Xiaoju? ”

My great-grandfather said: "I don't know each other, I have a two-sided relationship with her uncle, it was her uncle who begged me to come here and wait for someone, the third more complained about my mother to the southeast, Xihua County is in the southeast of Weishi County, Xiaoju and her uncle asked me to wait here The mother should be you, right?" ”

The woman was even more confused, "Sir, what do you mean by this, I don't understand, can you explain it more clearly?" ”

My great-grandfather glanced at the woman, "Then tell me first, do you recognize Xiaoju?" ”

The woman pursed her lips, hesitated for a moment, and nodded slightly.

Seeing the woman nodding, my great-grandfather breathed a sigh of relief, "That's good, it's just that Xiao Ju can be guilty now, the fire in Liangfu has not caught the real murderer of arson, and the county government has now caught Xiao Ju and tortured him, looking like that, he wants Xiao Ju to be guilty......

As soon as my great-grandfather said this, the woman's face immediately changed.

My great-grandfather didn't seem to notice the change in the woman's face, and continued: "You said that your home is in Xiaoyao Town, Xihua County, I heard that there is a kind of soup in Xiaoyao Town, which is particularly delicious, and its name is ...... 'Hu Spicy Soup', do you know?" ”

The woman was stunned for a moment, as if she didn't understand why my great-grandfather was talking about the maid Xiaoju, why he suddenly changed the topic and talked about "Hu spicy soup".

However, after the woman heard the words "Hu spicy soup", the expression on her face obviously became complicated, she hesitated for a while, sighed lightly and said, "I know ......"

My great-grandfather showed a hint of relief on his face, and continued: "I heard that there is an old mother who cooks in the Liang Mansion, not only does the food cook well, but also makes a good soup......

When my great-grandfather said this, the woman's face changed again, and she became very ugly, and she slowly lowered her head.

My great-grandfather turned his face to look at the ruins of the Liang Mansion, and then said: "Xiaoju, this child is as old as your daughter, and his life is hard enough, at a young age, he has to take responsibility for others, kill people and set fires, that is a big crime, and he will be beheaded......"

My great-grandfather said, sighed, took out the porcelain vase from the baggage, and handed it to the woman, "Big sister, I'm done with my words, this is your daughter's soul, take it, let's go......"

The woman's tears fell, choked, and trembling reached out and took the bottle.

The woman wanted to return the umbrella to my great-grandfather, but my great-grandfather waved his hand, "You can take it, it's not easy, you are also a poor man......" Speaking of this, my great-grandfather paused, sighed again, and said: "Big sister, there is a sentence, I don't want to say it, but I can't help but say it...... You...... If you know where the old mother who cooks in the Liang Mansion is now, let her be kind, go to the county government to surrender herself, and save Xiaoju's child, that child is very pitiful......"

After saying that, my great-grandfather remembered the big burden on his shoulders and handed it to the woman, "Return this burden to its original owner and hand it back to the man who came with you......"

The woman left the ruins of the Liang Mansion with a sobbing umbrella, a porcelain vase, a large baggage, and the cloth banner that she had stood at the base of the wall.

When I returned home from the ruins of Liangfu, it was almost dawn, and all the clothes on my body were soaked with heavy snow, and my great-grandfather shivered with the cold.

At this time, Xiaoyu had already gotten up to make breakfast, and when she saw my great-grandfather frozen like this, she hurriedly boiled a bowl of ginger soup for my great-grandfather.

After changing out of wet clothes and drinking ginger soup, my body warmed up a little, and at this time, the courtyard door was knocked on by someone.

My great-grandfather hurried out to open the door, and when he opened it, he saw that it was none other than the woman who knocked on the door.

It turned out that the woman did not leave at all, and followed my great-grandfather all the way into the county seat, and after hesitating at the door of my great-grandfather's house for a long time, she finally made up her mind and knocked on the courtyard door.

Perhaps, it was my great-grandfather's words that touched her before, and after being introduced into the house by my great-grandfather, the woman directly identified herself, and expressed her unknown sadness and pain in one breath.

This woman is the old mother who cooks in the Liang Mansion - Hu Ma.

These unknown things about women have to start from six years ago.

Six years ago, in order to pay off gambling debts, Hu's husband sold his ten-year-old daughter Hu Xiaohui to traffickers. Her husband belongs to the upside-down door and joins their Hu family.

Hu Ma's ancestor "Hu Cuihua", the first person in Xiaoyao Town's "Hu Spicy Soup". According to legend, "Hu Spicy Soup" originated from the Ming Dynasty court and was originally named "Imperial Soup". After the fall of the Ming Dynasty, the imperial chef Zhao Ji fled to Xiaoyao Town, Xihua County, at that time, Zhao Ji was hungry and cold, fainted on the side of the road, was met by Hu Cuihua, who was working in the field, and was rescued to his home to feed water and food. In order to repay Hu Cuihua for saving his life, Zhao Ji taught Hu Cuihua the secret recipe of "Royal Soup".

After Hu Cuihua got the secret recipe, he began to operate the "Imperial Soup", and the common people only knew that the soup was spicy and delicious, but they did not know the name of the soup, because it came from the hands of "Hu Shi", so this soup was called "Hu Spicy Soup". Later, "Hu Spicy Soup" spread in Xiaoyao Town, and many people with foreign surnames of the Hu family also imitated the cats and tigers.

Because of the exclusive secret method handed down by the ancestors, the "Hu Spicy Soup" made by Hu Ma is the most authentic in Xiaoyao Town.

Originally, Hu Ma and her husband opened a shop, selling "Hu spicy soup" for a living, because the business was good, the family life was not bad, but the good times did not last long, and later Hu Ma's husband became infected with the vice of gambling, not only gambled all the family's savings, but also lost the "Hu spicy soup" shop, the family was suddenly stretched, Hu Ma because of this, and her husband quarreled every day