When they came to a quiet corner, Mingli scolded the female ghost in red: "Why are you harming people again!"
The female ghost in red said: "It is not a pity for such a person to die, and he can only add laughter to others while living."
"The way we live is their business, you are too lenient." Mingli began to hate her, "Wherever you come from, I won't let you harm others anymore!"
"It's not up to you. It's a holiday today, and it's rare to be happy. I want to have a good time!" The female ghost in red disappeared with a smile.
Mingli had no choice but to leave alone.
Mingli walked into an alley and saw a dark figure leaning against the wall and moaning softly. Mingli asked: "What's wrong with you? Can I help you?" The shadow turned around, and Mingli saw that the shadow was a man in his sixties, with ragged clothes, green skin and bones, and a pair of dull eyes.
"It's a familiar face!" Mingli suddenly remembered, "Aren't you Director Gou of the Construction Bureau?"
"I am his ghost!" The shadow was happy that Mingli recognized him.
"How did you end up like this!" Mingli asked puzzled.
"Well, the most miserable and sad situation in the world is that the family is broken up and the wife and children are separated. Think about how glorious my dignified Director Gou once was. When he saw me, he would not bow down. No matter how high the official was, he had to give me enough face. In order to have fun with a beautiful woman, I actually I sent my wife and children abroad. Although I had countless lovers, none of them were considerate, especially after I contracted AIDS. They all stayed away from me and I didn't even see them. Today, during the Ghost Festival, there was no one around to burn paper money or give me something to eat.” Director Gou's ghost said this. He was so exhausted after talking that he leaned against the wall and rested for a while, then continued: "I have been in the underworld for two years. I don't have a penny in my hand, and I can't even change my clothes. Today is the festival, and I still haven't seen anyone come to give me paper money. I had to go out to look for it, and I can't walk here. These heartless people, Think about how I treated them when I was alive, asking for villas for villas and sports cars for sports cars. All the tens of millions I earned from corruption and bribes were spent on them. It's so heartless to treat me like this!” Director Gou's ghost couldn't go on and huddled in pain, lying on the wall like a dog.
Ming Li looked at him with a bit of desolation and hatred in his heart: "Oh, if I had known now, why bother then! If I had done good deeds and accumulated virtue during my lifetime, I would not have been miserable after death!" Mingli sighed with emotion.
In fact, people have nothing more than three things: their own affairs; other people's affairs; and God's affairs. People's troubles come from: forgetting their own affairs, caring about other people's affairs, and worrying about God's affairs. Some people don't understand the priorities of things, so the facts are painful and troublesome.
When a daughter grows up, the path she takes is her own business; it is her own business to make herself happy; the moon waxes and wanes, spring passes and autumn comes, this is God's business. Being relaxed is simple: mind your own business; don't mind other people's business; don't worry about God's business.
Do your own thing well and be contented is the most important thing!
At midnight, the people in the world have dispersed, and the streets are full of ghosts wandering out. Some of them are missing arms and legs, and some have bloody faces. They are all pale and desolate. On the Ghost Festival of July 15th, these ghosts are not happy at all!
Standing under the street lamp, looking at these poor ghosts, Mingli suddenly felt homesick, "The warmest and happiest place is home." That big soft bed!" Mingli thought: "Let's go back and have a good sleep. Maybe my daughter will come back when she wakes up, and everything will be fine. It will definitely be fine!" She thought again of the dead bodies soaked in blood. She thought: "Even though it is tiring and annoying to live, at least I am still alive. It's better to be a human being!"
Mingli shook her hair and walked briskly towards home.
