Chapter 32: The Little Ghost Dies
On the other side, Jiang Ci did not find any lightning-struck peach trees in the peach forest, but he did find a wild jujube tree on the roadside not far away. The jujube tree was very old and had traces of being struck by lightning, and more than once.
Song Ran came over to take a look and said in shock, "Did this tree break the law of heaven? It has been struck so many times but is still alive."
Jiang Ci said happily: "Wild jujube trees can survive being struck by lightning several times. They are harder than peach wood and are most suitable for engraving!"
Jujube wood struck by lightning is extremely rare, and carving it into a five-thunder seal is extremely powerful.
It's no problem to chop that little devil into ashes.
Song Ran immediately said, "I'll have someone come over to chop down the jujube tree and help Lord Jiang transport it back!"
"All things have spirits. It survived so many lightning strikes, so it's too unfair for it to die in your hands. Just cut off the piece of wood that was struck by lightning."
Jiang Ci pondered, wondering whether he should find Bo Hanzhou and let his natural physique attract evil spirits to lure out the evil boy Qingsha.
Taking the lightning-struck jujube wood back to the backyard of the incense and candle shop, she began to carve the Five Thunder Seal without stopping for a moment.
At this moment, a distraught and wounded woman came to the shop and asked Hao You if they had any custom-made coffins for sale.
"We have coffins. How big do you want?" Hao You lowered his head to play games and didn't look at the woman.
The woman said in a hoarse voice: "A small coffin less than one meter long will do..."
"It's less than one meter. Do you want to put your pet in it? If it's a pet, we recommend cremation." Hao You said before he finished speaking.
A middle-aged man with a face full of flesh and anger rushed over and slapped the woman hard without saying a word.
The woman was beaten hard and fell to the ground.
Hao You was shocked, and quickly put down his phone to help the woman: "Hey! How could you hit someone!"
The middle-aged man was full of anger: "It's none of your business if I beat my own wife. If you keep talking, I'll beat you too!"
He walked up to the woman and grabbed her hair and pulled her out, "Bitch, who told you to come here to buy a coffin? You're wasting my money, go home!"
The woman was thin to begin with, and when he pulled her like that, she fell to the ground and was dragged away mercilessly like an animal to be slaughtered. Her knees and arms were all bleeding from the ruthlessness.
Hao You looked at the burly middle-aged man, then looked at his own thin arms and legs, which looked like a thin dog, and realized that he couldn't beat him.
He simply picked up the dung scoop, ran to the manure pit behind the house without saying a word, and scooped out a full scoop of poop.
"Let her go, or I'll throw shit all over you, believe it or not!"
Hao You held a dung scoop in his hand and deliberately acted viciously.
Seeing that the middle-aged man was still unwilling to let go of the woman, he pretended to throw feces at her.
"You little bastard, are you serious? Just wait for me!"
The middle-aged man was also afraid of being covered in shit, so he let go of the woman with a fierce look on his face and kicked her hard, "You dare to buy a coffin and try! And if you don't go home before dark, you know the consequences!"
Before leaving, he did not forget to spit a mouthful of yellow phlegm on the woman's head.
The woman fell to the ground and sobbed.
Hao You put the dung scoop back and hurried over to help her, "Big sister, you get up first."
Unexpectedly, when he just went to help her, he suddenly saw several short ghost shadows behind the woman.
He had been carrying the ghost talisman with him all the time, but he didn't expect to see other ghosts in broad daylight, and more than one!
“1…2…3…4!”
Hao You was so frightened that his lips turned pale. He sat down on the ground and howled miserably, "Master Jiang! Master Jiang, come here quickly——"
Jiang Ci had just finished carving the lightning-struck jujube wood when he heard his scream like a pig being slaughtered, so he walked over.
"Master Jiang, look!" Hao You pointed tremblingly behind the woman.
Jiang Ci noticed it.
Behind the thin woman stood four little ghosts covered in wounds, all girls.
"Sister...save mom." The oldest girl looked at Jiang Ci timidly, two tears of blood flowing across her dirty little face.
The other three were also shedding tears of blood, with miserable expressions, and their bodies were covered with purple and blue scars.
Jiang Ci's eyes darkened, and he asked Hao Youxian to help the man to the ear room in the backyard.
Unexpectedly, the woman struggled and said, "No... Thank you, I have to go back to cook."
Hao You said angrily: "What are you cooking? Let him eat shit!"
The woman's eyes were full of fear, and she smiled bitterly: "If I don't go back, he will go crazy and hurt my parents."
She broke free from Hao You and staggered away, her back looking indescribably desolate and helpless.
Hao You was so angry that he stamped his feet and told Jiang Ci what had just happened.
"Master Jiang, you didn't see how hard he hit her. He slapped her so hard that her mouth was bleeding, and he even spat on her head. Even someone as uncultured as me couldn't stand it!"
"Sister, please save mom, he will really beat mom to death..." The little girl came over crying and grabbed the corner of Jiang Ci's clothes.
Seeing this, the other three little ones also came over and timidly pulled at the corner of her clothes.
"Sister...save mom..."
They all begged her with tears in their eyes.
Jiang Ci's heart almost softened when he saw this. He squatted down, touched their little heads one by one, and said in a gentle tone: "Okay, I will save your mother, and you will also stay here obediently, okay?"
The little girl hesitated: "I'm worried about my mother..."
"Don't worry, I'm here."
The little girl stared at Jiang Ci in a daze, tears welling up in her eyes.
She begged many people, but they could not see her or hear her cries for help.
Only this living sister gave her a glimmer of hope.
Hao You hurried to the door of a nearby grocery store and called over the grandmother who had heard the gossip.
When Granny Hao saw the four little girls covered in wounds, she was furious and cursed, "That damned Li Yong has done evil again! Good children, come to Grandma and I will give you something delicious."
The three little ones looked timid and anxiously at their eldest sister.
The little girl nodded, and the three of them dared to approach Grandma Hao.
Afterwards, the little girl insisted on leading Jiang Ci.
On the way, she briefly told Jiang Ci about the situation at home.
It turns out that her name is Li Pandi, and her other three sisters are Sidi, Zhaodi, and Laidi.
The father of the four of them was named Li Yong, and their mother was named Zhang Yanfen. They lived in an old house in an old factory area in the western suburbs. Both of their parents had low educational levels, and their father was extremely patriarchal.
Jiang Ci learned that Zhang Yanfen had been giving birth to children in recent years, but all of them were girls. Li Yong, who had been unable to have a son, often beat and kicked her, venting all his dissatisfaction in life on Zhang Yanfen.
Zhang Yanfen escaped several times but was caught every time.
The last time, she had almost run away, but Li Yong found his father-in-law and broke his legs alive, forcing Zhang Yanfen to come back with the lives of both elders.
Over the years, Zhang Yanfen gave birth to five children in total, the first four of whom were the four sisters that Jiang Ci saw.
They all died in accidents.
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