Zhu Mei was pulled to the gate of the villa every year, and at dusk, the golden halo fell on the tiles of the roof of the villa, which was quiet. The two sat side by side on the stone steps and looked out into the distance. Liyuan Mountain Villa is located in a depression in the valley, surrounded by mountains, and only one road leads to the valley mouth directly opposite the villa. The two often face this road. A faint mist drifted behind them, turning into a rickety old woman.

The old woman staggered over and saluted with difficulty.

"Miss, you're here. "The voice is extremely old and hoarse, and it tastes a little unbearable.

The old woman wore a long robe of no color, and her figure was very thin, and the whole robe looked empty. Zhu Mei woke up after the heavenly fire and saw that the people around her had turned into ghosts, and even many people's souls were mutilated by the heavenly fire, and they knelt in place in a daze. The old woman walked up to her step by step, hugged her gently and comforted her. She said that she was the subordinate of the laundry in the mountain villa. Now that the matter has come to this, it is better to persuade Zhu Mei to wait for the peak to turn with peace of mind. She petitioned herself to guard the gates of the villa.

Zhu Meihe helped her to sit down on the stone steps. Both called her mother-in-law. Most of the mother-in-law's face was destroyed by the fire, and the only remaining flesh and skin hung loosely on her face, which looked very terrifying, but she was very loving, and often talked about the outside world with Zhu Mei every year, and the two of them also listened to it with a yearning face.

"Mother-in-law, do you like me?" shook her mother-in-law's cuffs coquettishly.

"Hehe, of course I like it, I'm so well-behaved and cute every year, and I will please my mother-in-law. Of course my mother-in-law likes you. ”

"Then why don't the other ghosts in the villa like me as much as you do?" asked Nian Nian without giving up.

The mother-in-law was silent for a moment and sighed slightly, "Everyone has a different number of lives, and everything has its own trajectory. You don't have to be related to everybody, and no one in this world is loved by everybody. People who are not related to you or have a close relationship with you will naturally not have many stories with you, so you don't need to be so mindful. The mother-in-law said slowly, her tone revealing the pain of old age and vicissitudes.

"Mother-in-law, are there ghosts in the world outside the villa, and what is it like there?" Nian Nian raised his arm and pointed to the end of the road ahead.

"It's noisy and scary. The mother-in-law sighed faintly, and stroked the long hair like a waterfall every year with only the knuckles left.

"Mother-in-law, a few days ago, Sister Zhumei taught me to read a book again, which said that after a lifetime, the body will decay, and the soul can be reincarnated and then cultivated as a human being, is it true?"

"Yes, it's called samsara. ”

"Then why don't you and the others go to reincarnation? Although you can float around every day as a ghost, I have also heard that the spirit of the dead cannot leave the place of self-cultivation without permission, nor should it get too close to others. No wonder those people don't want to pay attention to me, if they are reincarnated, won't they be able to relieve their boredom for a long time with Sister Zhumei and me in this villa?"

"Silly children, after reincarnation they will no longer be who they are in this life. When reincarnated, a bowl of Meng Po soup will be drunk, and all memories of this life will be forgotten. When you are reincarnated, your appearance and temperament will also change, and even if you can recognize them, they will not remember you. The mother-in-law paused, "Everyone has an obsession in their hearts, and the deeper they are hurt in life, the more unwilling they are to give up the painful past after death." until resentment turns into a ghost. It's just a common thing. With that, he raised his eyes deeply and looked at the pearl charm in the distance. "Is that mother-in-law also obsessed and unwilling to go to reincarnation?" Nian Nian felt that his mother-in-law was very pitiful, and his eyes were rippling.

The mother-in-law smiled, and the old laughter was matched with a hideous face, revealing an indescribable treachery. "If I go to reincarnation, I'm going to forget you. My obsession is you. ”

The sun was fading from the hillside. Zhu Mei and Nian Nian got up to say goodbye to their mother-in-law, and walked hand in hand to the depths of the villa. The mother-in-law looked at the place where they had gone, her white hands tapping the ground carelessly, her eyes staring in the direction where they had disappeared until the doors closed.