Strange Tales of the Ghosts

It was impossible for the third aunt to give Hong Xiu a satisfactory answer, and she also couldn't let Hong Xiu, a brothel girl, go to Geng's house to make trouble, so she said that she needed to ask Geng Jinhua about this matter before asking Hong Xiu to go back and wait for news. Although Hong Xiu knew that this was the third concubine's delay, she could not force the situation. If it really happened, it would not look good on anyone, and it would be uncomfortable to enter the Geng family, so she left obediently. After Hongxiu left, the third aunt was not in the mood to go to the temple to offer incense, so she hurried back to Geng's house and pulled Geng Jinhua into her room.

"Mom, what are you doing?" Geng Jinhua was reading a book when he was inexplicably pulled into the room. He didn't know what his third aunt wanted to do.

The third aunt walked back and forth uneasily. After a while, she asked in a low voice: "Tell you the truth, have you ever been to a brothel?"

"...I have been there before, but I..." Geng Jinhua's memory is not that bad. Of course he still remembers the first time he entered a brothel in his life.

When the third aunt heard this, she was immediately discouraged and sat down on the stool without saying a word. Geng Jinhua hurriedly asked: "What's wrong? Mother?"

"You still ask mother, it's mother who should ask you, how could you enter a place like that? And provoke a woman like that?" The third aunt got angry when she thought of Hong Xiu's arrogance. She didn't want to let someone like that When a woman enters Geng's house, she won't be able to shake things up and take herself seriously.

Geng Jinhua vaguely knew what happened, so he asked softly: "Does Qingfeng know?"

"Do you still know about Qingfeng? Even if Qingfeng doesn't know now, he won't be able to hide it in a few days." The third aunt saw that Hongxiu's belly was at least three months old. If she didn't do it earlier, Give her a reply, that woman will come again, and not only Qingfeng, but also Master Geng will know.

Geng Jinhua knew that he was sorry for Qingfeng, but he really didn't mean it, so he nodded and said: "Sometime, I will make amends to Qingfeng."

"You, you, it's not a small matter to apologize, but the child in the woman's belly is a big deal!" This is what the third aunt is too worried about.

When Geng Jinhua heard that the woman had a child, he thought, could it be his? He was busy recalling that day. Indeed, when he woke up, all his clothes were gone, but he had no idea what he had done that night, so he was a little confused: "How could this happen?"

"Now we have to make a decision. Your father must not know about this." The third aunt looked at her son so lovingly, not wanting his son to make the same mistake again and again. Master Geng finally calmed down his anger about Qingfeng last time. Now there's another incident, wouldn't it make Master Geng angry to death?

Geng Jinhua had never encountered such a thing before. He ran out of ideas for a moment and asked quickly: "Then what should we do now? Mother."

"In my opinion, that woman is just interested in the Geng family's business and is greedy for money. You can take some money from me and send it to her so that she can take care of the baby in her belly." Third Aunt Although Tai really wanted a grandson, she was not blessed with the kind of child that a promiscuous woman would have.

Geng Jinhua nodded quickly. He had no feelings for the woman at all, and they were not even familiar with each other. If he was asked to suddenly recognize a child, he would never be able to do it, so he agreed with his mother's approach.

Two days later, Geng Jinhua took several hundred taels of silver from his third concubine and went to the 'Yihong Courtyard'. For some reason, Geng Jinhua felt uncomfortable as soon as he entered that place. After asking the old lady, he found Hongxiu's house. room, despite these entanglements, Geng Jinhua still retained some courtesy and knocked on the door.

"Come in." The person inside responded.

Geng Jinhua pushed the door open and went in. He saw Hongxiu sitting by the bed, busy with something. When he walked in, he saw that she was sewing children's clothes, so she said coldly: "Stop sewing, there's no need for it."

"Why do you say that?" Hongxiu didn't seem to be surprised at all by Geng Jinhua's arrival. The reason why she wasn't surprised was because after Geng Jinhua entered the door of Yihongyuan, someone came up to inform him.

Geng Jinhua didn't want to say more, so he took out his money and threw it on the bed. "This money is enough for you to spend the rest of your life."

"What do you mean?" Hong Xiu stared at Geng Jinhua.

Geng Jinhua had no interest in such a woman and snorted coldly: "Don't you just want money? Take it and make the child, and all the money will be yours."

"Do you think I'm just here for your Geng family's money?" Hongxiu looked pitiful and acted with deep affection. This is the life skill of a brothel girl. She can laugh and cry to people at any time. .

"No matter what your reasons are, it is impossible for the Geng family to want a woman like you as their wife." Geng Jinhua left without even looking at Hong Xiu.

When Hongxiu saw Geng Jinhua leaving, she was so angry that she poked holes in the children's clothes she bought. She said unwillingly: "Geng Jinhua, just wait, I insist that you marry me in an eight-carat sedan!"

With the existence of a woman like Hongxiu, it is not so easy to let things go. Although there is silence for ten days and a half, you must know that behind the calm are turbulent waves.

On the fifth day of August, the day before Geng Jinhua was going to celebrate Mr. Geng's birthday, someone from the government came and said that someone was beating drums to complain about grievances, pointing out that Geng Jinhua was Chen Shimei. The Geng family was shocked when they heard this. How about it, but it would be embarrassing to say it out loud. Master Geng turned blue with anger, slapped the table and asked, "Beast, what's going on?"

"Master, please don't be angry first..." The third aunt comforted him.

After Geng Jinhua thought for a while, he told everything: "That's what happened. I never wanted to hang out in that kind of place. That day was an accident."

"Accident? Accident that woman can be pregnant with a child?!" Mr. Geng's beard flew up with anger. "People have already filed a lawsuit with the government. Where do you want me to put this old face?"

The third aunt knew the inside story, so she had to stand up and speak, and replied softly:

"Master, I know about this. I have asked Jinhua to send some money to that woman."

"Silver? Silver again? Do you think everything can be solved with silver?" Mr. Geng stood up and spit out a mouthful of blood.

The eldest wife and the second wife who were standing nearby squeezed forward and asked with concern: "Master, are you okay?"

Master Geng was speechless. After waving his hands, he was sent back to his room to rest. When the doctor came, he said that Master Geng's blood was attacking his heart and he needed to rest, so the matter fell on the third concubine again. The officials are waiting for words, and it depends on the third aunt's wishes as to how to deal with it.

The third concubine received the officials in the side hall, drank some tea and paid some money, then asked: "This is not a trivial matter. I'm afraid I need to give it a few more days to think about it. What do you think of the officials?" "

"Mrs. Geng is right. This matter is related to the reputation of the Geng family. We can't rush. Mistakes will always happen when we are anxious." The people in the government took advantage of the third concubine and naturally helped the third concubine to speak. .