Chapter 92 It’s actually a male ghost
"Get out! Get out, don't hurt my husband!" The proprietress screamed and protected the man - this was her husband, the father of her child, how could she watch him die?
Just as the scissors were about to stab the proprietress's body, suddenly a red light flashed, and with a "swish", a blood-red whip was swung, wrapping around the woman's wrist holding the weapon like a spirit snake.
Xie Shouzheng shouted, "Who are you, you evil spirit? Get off me now, or I'll beat you to pieces and you'll never be able to reincarnate!"
"Get out of here and don't meddle in other people's business! These men deserve to die. The men with three wives and four concubines and the men who are unfaithful all deserve to die!" The woman had a fierce look in her eyes and bared her teeth. She was still trying to resist. It was obvious that she was possessed by an evil spirit.
Xie Shouzheng whipped out again. This time he used his strength skillfully. It looked very powerful, but it was only aimed at the evil spirits. It only left a shallow mark on the woman, no harm at all.
There was only a cry of "Ah!"
A black mass rolled out of the woman's body, fell to the ground, and slowly solidified into a human shape.
The disheveled hair, hunched body, and pale face were the ghost of a man in his fifties.
When Dongfang Qi saw his true form, he was surprised: "You keep saying that wives and concubines should die. I thought you were a woman who suffered greatly from it. I didn't expect you to be a man."
Lin Qingyue was also surprised: "Three wives and four concubines, isn't it the men who benefit? Why do you, as a man, hate it so much?"
"Who says that having three wives and four concubines only benefits men? That's clearly a monopoly of a small group of men!"
After the ghost was beaten out, he knew that he had met a powerful opponent and dared not act presumptuously anymore. He poured out all his grievances.
The ghost's name is Zhang Goudan. He was a villager in a small village under the jurisdiction of Yushi Town and was born poor.
Children from poor families have a high mortality rate. Furthermore, since they are illiterate and don’t know how to name their children, they tend to give them cheap names, believing that cheap names make it easier to raise them.
The same is true for Zhang Goudan.
Zhang Goudan followed his father to the mountains to dig jade when he was six years old. He heard that the stones could be made into exquisite jewelry and sold at a high price.
Unfortunately, the jade they dug with so much blood and sweat does not belong to them. The expensive jade raw stones can only be exchanged for a meager reward, barely enough to make a living.
When Zhang Goudan reached his teens, he gradually began to understand the ways of the world. He would secretly stare at young girls passing by the village, and he and his friends would peek at the old widow next door bathing.
The father knew that it was time to arrange a marriage for his son.
But the family was very poor, and the half basket of eggs that they had saved with great difficulty was given to the matchmaker, but in the end, it became like a piece of meat bun thrown to a dog, and it was gone forever.
The father was helpless, but he couldn't bear to see his son remain single, so he simply borrowed half a basket of eggs and went to a distant relative's house.
That distant relative has three daughters but no sons.
Because of this, they were often ridiculed by the villagers, who said they had no son to carry on the family line. When the clan discussed matters of all sizes, they had no say.
But when their three daughters grew up, they suddenly became popular, and there was an endless stream of marriage proposals coming their way.
Zhang Goudan and his son went to ask for marriage, but were rejected as soon as they opened their mouths.
The relative said, "You are too late. My three daughters have already been engaged."
"Ah? So fast?" Zhang Goudan's eyes were full of disappointment.
Zhang's father quickly asked, "Whose family did you promise? Why haven't I heard about it? Which family in the village is married to you? We are all relatives, don't try to fool us!"
The other party laughed and said, "Xu's family is not from the village, but from the town! As you know, in recent years, more and more shops have opened in the town, and those shopkeepers have been doing more and more prosperous business, making a lot of money."
Zhang Goudan couldn't help but say, "How could those wealthy business owners in this town even look down on the daughters of poor families like us?"
"Of course I'm not worthy of being your wife, but I can be your concubine!"
"What? You actually gave your three daughters to others as concubines? Aren't you pushing your daughters into the fire pit?"
The relative snorted coldly, "What's wrong with being a concubine? I'd rather be a concubine of a rich family, with delicious meals every day, than be a poor man's wife, eating grass every day. Didn't Goudan's mother die of a high fever after giving birth and not being able to afford medicine? That poor woman couldn't even bear to eat eggs in her life. You should take this half basket of eggs back."
It was not until then that Zhang Goudan discovered that there were more and more older unmarried men like him in the village.
The women in the same village did not want to live a hard life and would rather be concubines of a rich man than wives of a poor man.
On the day when a relative's daughter was getting married, Zhang Goudan went to watch it specially.
The distant cousin who had worn tattered clothes all her life finally put on new clothes that day, and wore a moist jade bracelet on her hand. She sat in the sedan chair and never returned.
It was also on that day that Zhang Goudan realized that the unremarkable jades that he and his father dug out every day could actually be so beautiful.
After returning home, he couldn't help but yell at his father: "Why did you give birth to me as a boy?"
No matter how ugly a woman is or how poor her family is, there will always be someone to marry her.
But it’s different for men. There are many who can’t find wives.
It is said that men can inherit the family line, but if they can't even marry a wife, where will the family line come from?
In this way, Zhang Goudan wasted his life, living a precarious life every day until he passed away.
The biggest regret in his life was that he had not been able to marry, so he developed resentment towards it.
He hated those men who had three wives and four concubines. They already had a wife but were still not satisfied and wanted to take concubines!
"The so-called three wives and four concubines are just a way for powerful men to legally possess more women! I heard that Lord Miao, the Chief Secretary of Donglin Prefecture, has already taken in 18 concubines and is planning to take in another one this month..."
When she heard the name "Master Miao", a hint of hatred appeared in Hong Yao's eyes.
"...Rich people can be surrounded by beauties and have many wives and concubines, but poor men like us at the bottom of society can't even marry a wife. How miserable!"
Zhang Goudan's tone turned cold, and he glared at the unconscious man fiercely: "It's because of the existence of men like this, who married multiple women, that I can't find a wife! I can't accept this, I hate them so much! So I want revenge on them!"
As he spoke, he sobbed again: "Actually, I'm not a bad person. I haven't harmed innocent people. I won't interfere with those families who marry wives properly. I only look for families who want to take concubines. Who told them to be greedy? They don't want the virtuous wives at home, but insist on taking concubines!"
"Why can they take concubines one after another, but I have to grow old alone?"
"It's a pity that I've lived my whole life without even having the pleasure of a woman, let alone having offspring to offer as sacrifices. Woohoo... I'm really so pitiful!"
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