Although some of the old lady's breath still remained in the earthen jar, because her ashes had all dissipated, her ghost's soul power was actually dispersed and was not strong.
In addition, it was noon and the ghost's soul power was weaker, so Lin Xi had to help her and use the power of the talisman paper to help her consolidate her soul power.
Zhuang Guiguang didn't know all this. He only saw that the shape of the "smoke" finally condensed into a familiar short figure.
Although he might be a stranger in the eyes of the old lady, Zhuang Guiguang still asked her directly.
"Auntie, why is your urn a clay pot? Also, how did your urn end up on this island? Isn't your hometown very far from here?"
The old lady looked at Zhuang Guiguang in front of her and remembered who he was. Wasn't this young man the one who lived on the island some time ago?
But why did he know about my situation?
Seeing that the old lady did not answer for the time being, Zhuang Guiguang hurriedly told her that he had accidentally used her urn as a cooking pot, and that he had miraculously learned what had happened to her before her death.
The old lady then realized that she and Zhuang Guiguang had this connection.
In fact, she had been with Zhuang Guiguang since he took her urn and used it as a pot.
However, she was not angry with Zhuang Guiguang for this.
After all, Zhuang Guiguang was unaware of the situation, which was why he used her urn as a cooking pot.
Moreover, her urn was indeed a clay pot that could be used for cooking, so she could not blame Zhuang Guiguang at all.
If I have to blame anyone, I can only blame my own children and grandchildren.
Her own children and grandchildren treated her more cruelly than strangers.
But this real stranger in front of her cared about her.
Thinking of this, the old lady suddenly burst into tears sadly.
She said with a trembling voice.
"I don't know either. I don't know why they didn't even want to leave me an urn. They took my urn away and replaced it with a broken clay pot..."
The old lady slowly told Zhuang Guiguang the details that he didn't know.
When the old lady was cremated at the crematorium in the county, in addition to her son and daughter-in-law, there were two relatives who followed her.
At that time, in order to save face, the son and daughter-in-law bought an urn from the crematorium. They bought the cheapest one, but it still cost several hundred yuan.
After the purchase, the couple took the old lady’s ashes home.
According to the village custom, after the cremation they also buried her ashes in a place and built a small grave.
But it was already very late when they returned home that day. The old lady's son and his family could handle the task of repairing the grave mound, and the rest of the relatives could just call them when they needed help. They didn't make it through the night.
The old lady's son and daughter-in-law hurriedly thanked the others, doing a great job of saving their faces.
However, as soon as he returned home, the old lady's daughter-in-law began to complain with a cold face, saying that such a broken jar actually cost several hundred yuan. The old lady was dead, and it was a pure waste of money to spend so much money.
The old lady's son was already accustomed to his wife's personality and said nothing. He even thought what his wife said made sense after being brainwashed by her.
But I have spent all my cash and there is nothing I can do.
He was about to say something to comfort her when he heard his wife say, "This jar is so valuable and beautiful. Why don't we sell it secretly? We can sell it at half price. I think someone will want it."
The old lady's son was stunned for a moment, then hesitated and said, "This jar has been used, who would buy it? Forget it, let it be."
Although he also thought that the jar was a bit expensive, selling it would not only be embarrassing, but the key point was that no one would buy it.
But the wife refused to give up.
"Don't worry about it. I have a solution. I can't let these hundreds of dollars go to waste!"
As she spoke, she placed the urn on the table and quickly searched the room for something.
After a while, she found an old clay pot with no ears from somewhere, and then poured the ashes in the urn into the clay pot!
The old lady's son was surprised to see this scene and asked her what she was doing.
But the wife said: "Why don't you see what you are doing? Take out the jar!"
"But what if someone sees us when we're buried together?"
Although they didn't hold a grand funeral because they didn't have much money, there would definitely be relatives and friends who would come to bury the old lady's ashes one day.
To this, his wife continued: "Do you really think anyone will look closely? Why not just put a black cloth bag outside and say that you are afraid that the dirt will dirty the jar?"
When the man heard this, he thought it was a solution and finally stopped caring about it.
The next day, the two of them did as they had said last night and put a black cloth bag over the old clay pot with two ears missing. This way, no one would know that the urn inside was not the one bought from the crematorium.
The subsequent tomb repair and burial went smoothly.
The couple even pretended to cry in front of the grave.
But what they didn't know was that the old lady's soul was right next to them, and witnessed the discussion between the two last night with her own eyes.
Looking at her own son, her own son, and her daughter-in-law, in order to save a few hundred dollars, she thought that there was no need to waste the money after her death, so she moved her ashes into a dirty, rotten clay pot. Her heart was as heartless as a castrated woman.
Although she had long known that her son and daughter-in-law treated her badly, she was reluctant to spend money on her.
But she is already dead, and the last few hundred dollars are just to send her off.
But they were reluctant.
The old lady was completely disappointed with the couple.
She had originally thought that after her death her soul would continue to wander around her home, but after what happened, she simply felt that she never wanted to see that couple again.
So she stayed near her own grave and didn't want to go anywhere else.
Unexpectedly, a month later, there was a heavy rainstorm and a flood occurred, which submerged and washed away some parts of the village.
Her grave was also in the flooded area.
Originally, her urn would not be washed out, but because her son was not careful when sealing the earth, the grave mound was loose, which directly caused the water to wash away the earth on her grave, and her urn was also washed out.
Then it followed the water flow, flowed through the rivers, and flowed into the sea.
She drifted along with her urn, and after a long time she was washed ashore on the island by the sea.
She had no idea where this island was.
In addition, she couldn't find any direction at all when drifting on the sea, so she couldn't even float back home.
With no hope of returning home, she could only stay on the island alone, and then Zhuang Guiguang came to the island to challenge her.
After listening to the old lady's story, Zhuang Guiguang was so angry that his fists clenched.
When the old lady was alive, not only were these two people unfilial to her, but now that she is dead, they didn't even give her a proper urn!
Simply not a human being!
After the old lady finished speaking, she felt much better.
Maybe I have completely given up my expectations for my son and daughter-in-law, so I won't feel as sad as before.
Although she didn't want to see those two unfilial guys again, she still wanted to return to her hometown.
Fallen leaves return to their roots, that is where she has lived all her life.
Even if she stayed on a barren mountain in the village, she would feel at ease.
She originally thought that she would never be able to return home, but now looking at Zhuang Guiguang, she suddenly felt that maybe she could return home again.
She looked at Zhuang Guiguang and pleaded in a low voice: "Young man, can you take me home..."
Although Zhuang Guiguang couldn't see the old lady's expression, he felt uncomfortable when he heard her trembling voice.
He thought of his father and mother. Before they passed away, they both said that they would take them back to their hometown, where they could feel at peace.
In the end, Zhuang Guiguang did not refuse the old lady's request.
With Lin Xi's help, he collected the old lady's soul into a clay jar, and pasted a soul-gathering talisman on the jar to nourish the old lady's soul power.
He followed what the old lady said and visited her hometown, seeing the familiar villages and scenes that he had seen in her memory.
At the same time, I also visited the old lady's house.
When passing by the eldest lady's house, Zhuang Guiguang's face was gloomy and he wanted to rush in and beat up the couple.
Before he could do anything, he saw a man walking out of the room.
Zhuang Guiguang did not recognize who the person was at first, and could not even tell whether it was a man or a woman.
It was only when I heard that familiar voice that I was sure that the thin person was actually the old lady's daughter-in-law.
She was limping on one leg and moving slowly, carrying a bucket of water in both hands, intending to wash clothes.
He walked and cried loudly.
"What sin have I committed to end up in such a situation? I'm useless as a man, and now I'm paralyzed. Why is my life so miserable?"
She was crying outside when she heard the sound of footsteps from inside the house. A little boy, about six or seven years old, came out. He ran out and started yelling at the woman, "Can you please shut up? You're so noisy! It's annoying!"
"How dare you say you have a miserable life? I'm so ashamed to have a mother like you! My classmates all call you a beggar and say I'm the son of a beggar!"
"It's all your fault. You made me so embarrassed. Why don't you just die?"
The little boy cursed angrily, and then pushed the woman hard. The woman already had difficulty walking, and now she fell to the ground.
There was a bang from inside the house, like a cup falling to the ground, followed by a man's hoarse voice.
"Help me up, I fell off the bed..."
The woman had not yet recovered from the sadness of being scolded by her son, so she had to quickly get up and go into the house to take care of the man.
Seeing this scene, Zhuang Guiguang finally felt relieved.
It seems that this family has not had a good life.
As expected, God has eyes, and people like this will definitely be punished!
Then Zhuang Guiguang found a place on the mountain, buried the clay jar, and successfully established a home for the old lady there.
When he left, he heard the old lady's gratitude to him.
Then when he passed by the village, he asked about the situation of the old lady's son and his family. He learned that after the old lady's grave was washed away, the couple had a car accident.
One is paralyzed from the waist down, and the other is lame in one leg.
Their son was raised by them to be lawless and had no filial piety towards them at all.
When Zhuang Guiguang left the couple's house, he spat at their door and shouted.
"God will see what we do. If you are unfilial to the elderly, you deserve to be struck by lightning!"
After scolding them, he immediately ran away, leaving the couple in the room with dazed looks.
Could it be that everything they are experiencing now is really retribution?
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