Lingjian Ghost Story: Fenglu Hanzhang

But in recent years, people from other industries in the city have seen that lantern makers make a lot of money, so they switched to the lantern business like crazy.Once there are too many people, the lantern business will be difficult to do. The former old craftsmen could not keep up with the aesthetic changes of the noble ladies and wives, and lost their jobs one after another.

Although the lantern shop where He Yuanzhi worked was not going to close down, the business was quite bleak.The master felt that this was not the way, so he called some proud disciples to go to other towns to inquire about the needs of customers.They found that no matter how delicate the lantern was, the noble women were tired of looking at it, and instead liked some living animals as play pets.In order to watch fireflies at night, some young ladies would not hesitate to show their faces in public, which broke the etiquette.

The master is so lucky at this time, why not catch the fireflies and put them in silk cloth, paste them up and make them into lanterns, and sell them in the courtyard of the deep house like this, which will save the ladies a lot of trouble.If he wins the favor of these ladies and ladies, he will definitely be able to revitalize his lantern shop again.

The master and his apprentices stayed up all night to catch a lot of fireflies, and tried to make a batch of lanterns. Sure enough, living things are much more interesting than candles. As soon as this firefly lantern was launched, it caused an uproar among the noble women. They actually used the firefly lanterns as the capital to show off, playing and comparing each other every night.

But the fireflies trapped in the silk gauze cannot eat, and will starve to death within a few days.The female relatives changed the lanterns frequently, not wanting to lose out.In this way, the master not only revitalized the shop with firefly lanterns, but also made a lot of money.He also caught more fireflies and hoarded them in the firewood room of the lantern shop.

When He Yuanzhi went to the firewood room at night to pick out discarded lanterns, he was startled by the fireflies all over the room!Upon closer inspection, it turned out to be hundreds of fireflies wrapped in large pieces of silk cloth!On the other side illuminated by the fluorescent light, there are densely packed corpses of fireflies. These are fireflies that starved to death in the silk cloth and were picked up and discarded by the masters and brothers.

Only then did He Yuanzhi understand what the new-style lanterns were secretly researched by the masters and brothers every day behind closed doors.He didn't feel a chill in his heart. The master actually killed so many innocent creatures in order to cater to the preferences of customers and make more money.And those who bought lanterns seemed to think that these fireflies were just playthings, not living beings...

He Yuanzhi's heart was so heavy that he couldn't help but come up with an idea, and this idea might cause him to be kicked out of the lantern shop by his master...

In the early morning of the next day, the shop was full of noise like a frying pan, and the master asked the disciples loudly: "Who let the fireflies go away in the firewood room!"One of them straightened his back, walked to the front and said, "It's me."

The master saw it, but his eyes widened with anger, this person is not He Yuanzhi!He said angrily: "You little bastard! I took you in with good intentions, and I didn't let you do any hard work, but you're entrapping us like this!" After he finished speaking, he slapped He Yuanzhi on the face.

He Yuanzhi didn't even hide, he forcibly took down the master's merciless blow, and was instantly thrown so that the corner of his mouth overflowed with blood.But he still showed no fear, and said neither humble nor overbearing: "Master, the life of fireflies is also their life, they shouldn't be spoiled and killed like this!"

The master scolded angrily: "These insignificant things are life-threatening. As long as you can make money, it is more important than anything else. If you don't have money, how can you support you little bastards! Since you won't give us a way to survive, there is no need to keep it." You are a white-eyed wolf, come here, beat up this little bastard and throw him out of the shop!"

Seeing that this responsibility was taken by someone, the senior brothers were naturally happy to step forward and punch He Yuanzhi one after another.He Yuanzhi felt guilty towards his masters and brothers, but he firmly believed that what he did was right. He didn't resist, and forcibly took down the fists and feet of his brothers.After finally stopping, He Yuanzhi was so painful that he couldn't even stand up, so he was lifted up by his seniors and thrown out of the shop.

Passers-by on the street were taken aback by this injured boy, but no one dared to go up to help.He Yuanzhi lay powerless in the middle of the road, and even felt that he couldn't survive this.But at this moment, a bright rattan-yellow hem appeared in front of his eyes. A young and dignified man squatted down and asked in a concerned tone, "Are you okay?"