One day, he was going out of town, left some money at home and left. Two days after he left, his wife and daughter miraculously passed away. Neighbors couldn't find Hou Zichang, so they bought two coffins and put the body in the waiting yard, waiting for Zichang to come back.
From this day on, the villagers often threw cattle and sheep, and the villagers began to doubt the two coffins in the waiting yard, but no one dared to take a look except a few brave people who climbed the wall to peek during the day and ran away at any movement. So two months passed.
Zichang came back from a business trip that day, just in time for dark. He rode into the village. He saw the lights on in the pub at the entrance to the village. He was in a hurry to get home. Arriving at the door, he knocked twice, but no one answered. He thought his wife and daughter were asleep, so he knocked at the door again. At this moment, the door opened and the wife smiled and opened it. Hou Zichang led the horse into the yard and entered the house. He saw his daughter's eyes staring at him. He thought that he hadn't come back for a long time, and his daughter was not so close, so he didn't care. At this moment, his wife came in and said, "My daughter's father is back. Call her father quickly. " His daughter still didn't scream, and Hou Zichang said, "Forget it, it doesn't matter if you don't scream, forget it. What did you eat at night? Is there anything else? " The wife said, "Shall I wrap jiaozi for you?" "Well, I haven't eaten your jiaozi for a long time." Hou Zichang said. His wife asked his daughter to buy some meat. His daughter went out with a knife, and soon she came in with a piece of meat in her hand, still steaming. His daughter cuts meat and his wife mixes noodles. As soon as he looked up, he saw his daughter stuffing a piece of raw meat into his mouth. He thought it was her greed, but when he thought it was wrong, he left enough money for her mother to eat. He was very unhappy, but he just came back and didn't want to be angry, so he said nothing. At this time, his wife came and said, "Take off your clothes first, cover your meat and change clothes." Hou Zichang changed his clothes and said, "I'm going out to buy some wine. I'll be back soon. " As soon as the wife heard it, she said, "Don't go, buy it tomorrow." ? Besides, it's so late, the bars are closed. Hou Zichang said, "When I came back just now, I saw the pub in the village open." Besides, jiaozi wine is not delicious without wine. Seeing that he couldn't stay long, his wife said, "Then go home quickly." ""all right. "After that, I went.
When he arrived at the pub, the boss saw him and said, "Brother Hou, you can come back." Tell him about his family and village. Hou Zichang listened to the music and said, "Brother, don't make fun of me. I just got back from home. My home is very good and there is no problem. " Then someone shouted, "Look, the clothes he is wearing." Everyone was shocked when they saw it. It turned out that Hou Zichang's wife wore a shroud made in the village when she died, and it was rotten. Hou Zichang thought about what his daughter said about eating raw meat and his wife. He fell to the ground in fright and said, "What should I do!" " The boss said, "You stay here tonight, and we will accompany you back to bury your wife and daughter during the day tomorrow." "So I spent the night.
The next day, some brave people climbed up the wall and saw a pile of bones and a pile of horse bones between two coffins.