Taking advantage of this brief moment, Song Yan quickly made his escape.

The entire neighborhood of Widow Wang was alarmed.

Everyone started asking what was going on.

Widow Wang and Granny Sun stammered that there was a woman standing in the courtyard, appearing and disappearing intermittently. Judging from their terrified expressions, it wasn't an act. It sent chills down one's spine.

"I've seen that figure before! Oh dear, it must have been you who brought it here." The mother-in-law raised her hand and slapped Widow Wang across the face, making her already bruised face even worse.

"What are you saying, ma'am? What kind of back view have you seen?" The neighbors were both puzzled and frightened.

Widow Wang's face was a mess.

“Wei Aijun’s wife, Wei An’s mother, died with two long braids and wearing a blue floral top. That woman was wearing a blue floral top. She’s the one you summoned.” Granny Sun’s voice was trembling with tears.

When Wei An's mother died, she was placed in a coffin. She died at a young age, and according to custom, there was no need to make new clothes for her burial.

But her mother-in-law disagreed, saying that since she had married into the Wei family and risked her life to give birth to two children, she deserved a new dress. Her mother-in-law borrowed cloth coupons from a neighbor and bought blue floral fabric from the supply and marketing cooperative to have the dress made overnight.

Everyone in the village knows about this, and they all say that Aunt Wei is kind and righteous.

Every family was poor, and making a new piece of clothing was not easy.

"Yes, that's the kind of blue floral shirt," Granny Sun murmured in horror.

We talk about breaking with superstition every day, but people have already formed deeply ingrained beliefs. They say they don't believe, but deep down they're all skeptical.

People couldn't help but wonder, why did Wei An's mother seek out Widow Wang?

Whom did Widow Wang gossip about? Song Yan.

Everyone in the village could see how much Song Yan doted on Wei Ping and Wei An. Even though they were his own children, they weren't as well off as those two kids. If anything happened to Song Yan, Wei Ping and Wei An would suffer...

This is a mother who's afraid no one will care for her child, so she's come to settle scores with Widow Wang!

Perhaps it was the sister-in-law standing up for her brother's wife.

No one doubted that Granny Sun and Widow Wang had misjudged the situation. Everyone felt a chill. They wondered if they had offended Wei An and Wei Ping.

"It's the middle of the night, and I'm freezing. I need to go home."

"Yeah, yeah, go to sleep. Everything will be fine by morning."

Everyone dispersed in a hurry, and when they got home, they locked their doors tightly.

Almost everyone comforted themselves, saying, "I haven't done anything immoral, so Wei's wife can't come looking for me."

In the pitch black, could Granny Sun even see that it was a blue flower? She only perceived it as a floral top.

In that instant, the neighbors began to fill in the blanks with their own imaginations.

…

Song Yan was quite excited! Since we're already out, why not go visit Wei Dazhuang's house again…

Wei Dazhuang's door creaked loudly as it was pulled.

"Who is it?" Wei Dazhuang shouted.

After a pause, the door creaked and groaned as it was pulled open.

"Which bastard is up in the middle of the night, pulling at my door?" Wei Dazhuang cursed. He was a little scared; who on earth had come into the yard and was pulling at the door? He didn't dare go out.

After Wei Dazhuang shouted, he paused for a moment, then the door was pulled again, creaking loudly. This time, the force was immense. His door was secured with an iron bolt. Because of the excessive force from the outside, the nails holding the bolt in place started to come out.

"Who is it? Who's tugging at my door in the middle of the night?" Wei Dazhuang's voice was quite loud. He woke up the parents who lived next door.

Uncle Wei patted his son's door, "Dazhuang, what are you shouting for? What's wrong?"

Hearing his father's voice, Wei Dazhuang was still a little scared. "Dad, is that you?"

"You little brat, even your father can't tell the difference!" Uncle Wei was quite unhappy about being woken up in the middle of the night.

Wei Dazhuang opened the door with a trembling heart and told his father that someone was pulling on the door.

"Nonsense..."

"Dad, look."

The nail that was used to fasten the pin was pulled out by half an inch.

The neighbors over there were also woken up and came over to see what was going on.

Looking at the nail that had been pulled out halfway, I was a little puzzled. Who was so bold as to pull on someone's door in the middle of the night, and with such force at that...

…

The next morning, news of Widow Wang's ghost sighting quietly spread throughout the village. Why quietly? Because at that time, who would dare spread superstition or feudal ideas?

Soon after, Wei Dazhuang's neighbor found out about this and was trembling with fear: "My God, last night someone almost broke Wei Dazhuang's door; half of the nail was pulled out..."

By the afternoon, the rumor had become increasingly outlandish.

Some say that Wei An's mother beat up Widow Wang.

Some say that Wei Dazhuang and his wife were so scared they wet themselves.

Some say Wei An's mother has declared that anyone who dares to harm the Wei family again will be taken away...

The rumors were quite varied. But everyone agreed that they had truly seen a ghost. No one doubted it.

Captain Wu also believed it to be true. Even if he believed it was true, he couldn't bring it up.

Having no other choice, he had several people go door-to-door warning people not to spread feudal superstitions outside.

The brigade leader was afraid that if word got out, the village would suffer! He figured it was better to keep it to himself within the brigade than to go outside. This matter circulated quietly in the village for a long time.

Wei Dazhuang felt incredibly ashamed that his wife had been beaten. He heard that Cheng Yousuo's child was recovering, so the Cheng family wouldn't need to use the threat of five deaths to intimidate people anymore. Wei Dazhuang even considered going to the commune to cause a scene; if village officials beat someone, the commune should stand up for the people!

He doesn't dare to do it now.

No one knew that Cheng Yousuo's crisis was resolved in this way.

Only Old Du and a few others in the village didn't believe it.

Old Zeng said, "If you could become a ghost after you die, and have that much power? Then all the people I killed on the battlefield would have come to take my life long ago! What kind of nonsense is that?"

Old Du's thoughts were similar.

Old Zeng and Old Du would often look at each other, but neither of them would voice their suspicions...