Once upon a time there was a man surnamed Feng, whose wife died when he was still young. When he was alone by himself，he often missed his late wife. Later he moved to a small town and rented a room in a house. One evening，he seemed to see an image of a woman on the wall，whose brows were knitted and whose tongue was protruding from the mouth. Feng knew that was a ghost who had hanged herself，but he was not afraid. He said to the woman," if you have anything that makes you unhappy，please tell me." The woman said," I have a rope around my neck. It is difficult for me to talk. Please ask the landlord to take down the beam of this room and burn it. Only then can I come down." Feng then went to see the landlord and asked him if anyone had died in this room in the past. The landlord said that the previous owner of the house was a woman surnamed Mei. One night a thief entered the house and was caught by the woman. She took him to the court，but the official in charge of the case was bribed by the man's family and announced that she had illicit relationship with the man. The woman was both humiliated and angered and hang herself to death in this room. The landlord later bought the house. Whoever had lived in this room had said that there was something weird about it. Hearing this，Feng told the landlord what the woman ghost had told him. The landlord said:" It is very expensive to change a beam of a room. I do not have much money." Feng then gave him some money to have the beam taken down.
The night when the beam was changed，the ghost surnamed Mei came as she had promised. She chatted and played games with him. It seemed that they both enjoyed the companionship of each other. In time，Mr. Feng fell in love with her and wanted to marry her. Mei said:" I am a ghost，who cannot marry a man of this world. I know of a pretty courtesan who is a nice person. Let me introduce her to you. Feng agreed. The next day，Mei brought with her a pretty and well mannered girl. Since then，the three of them met everyday. They ate，drink and played together and all enjoyed it. Gradually，people in the neighborhood also heard about Feng's entertaining a ghost at home.
There was then a high ranking official whose wife had died not long ago. He was extremely sad about her death. When he learned that Feng could communicate with ghosts，he wanted Feng to summon the ghost woman so that he could ask her about life in the afterworld and about his wife. At first Feng was reluctant to do so but agreed when the official persistred. At night，he and the official sat in the living room and Feng summoned Mei，who appeared soon. As soon as she saw a stranger in the living room，however，she was frightened and turned to leave. Feng stopped her. However，the next moment she cast an eye on the official she flared up in great rage and pulled the hairpin from her hair to stab him. The official was so frightened that he could not control his pee and frantically sought a place to hide. Seeing this，Feng hurried to stop the woman，saying no matter what，this was his residence and if the official should die there，he would be sued. On hearing this，Mei stopped，and the official fled in great embarrassment. After he arrived home，he died within two days of a sudden illness.
After the official fled，Feng asked Mei what exactly was the matter. Mei said:" You still remember what I told you about me? The official who took the money of the thief's family and announced my alleged affair with the thief was none but that man!" Only then did Feng realized that in this world，a good deed was rewarded with a good one and an evil deed an evil one. Those officials who persecuted innocent people would eventually pay for what they had done.
In the ancient times there lived a widow，who was 70 years old，in a small southern town. She lived all by herself and made a living by weaving. One evening as she was working，a pretty girl of the age of 18 or 19 pushed open the window and entered the room. She said to the widow: “Isn’t it a hard life for you to work everyday all by yourself? I want to be your companion.” The widow，thinking that she might be a fugitive from someone’s home，did not dare to keep her. The woman explained that she also lived by herself. The widow then feared that she might be the spirit of a fox and still hesitated. The woman however，sat herself on the bed in front of the loom and started weaving，saying: “I am not going to be a burden to you. I know how to weave.” Only after that did the widow agree to let her stay.
When they went to bed at night，the widow saw the fair skin of the woman and thought: “If only I could be a man!” The girl smiled: “Vow，you are 70 years old. How come you still harbor wild thoughts?” Hearing this，the widow knew that she was no ordinary human being and started to shiver all over，making a loud noise of the bed. Smiled the girl: “To tell you the truth. I am a spirit，but I will not harm you. I only want to live with you ”
So they started living together and working together and their days passed in peace and harmony. What was more，the textile made by the girl had good color and quality and could sell for great price in the market. The widow was very happy and when she went out，she locked the door lest other people should know about such a person in her house.
Gradually however，the widow could not help but mentioning it to her relatives and close friends. In time more and more people came to know about it. The girl complained: “You are so liberal in gossiping. How can I stay here long?” The widow really regretted her deeds.
Then some relatives and friends insisted on visiting the girl. Feeling that she had to satisfy them，the widow asked the girl to give them a chance to see her. The girl said: “If they are your good friends，it is alright for them to come for a visit.” The people came，some with burning incense. The girl did not like them at all and sat in the room with no expression on her face. Later，some young men heard about her beauty and wanted to see her，but the widow refused.
A very rich man cashed his property and gave the money to the widow and asked her to introduce him to the girl. The widow was tempted by the money and went to talk with the girl about it. The girl said: “Aren’t you selling me? Well，since that man is really sincere，I may just as well favor him with an interview.” The day the man came，the girl sat behind a thik cloth curtain and asked: “ Why did you spend so much money to see me?” The man said: “I heard that you were very beautiful and all I want is to see you in the flesh. There is nothing else that I desire.” As he was saying so，there was a light in front of him and the beautiful face of the woman appeared. The man bowed down in reverence. When he sat up again，all he could see was the thick cloth curtain. Said behind the curtain the girl: “I am tired. Please go home.”
Before he left，the man wrote a poem on the wall of the house，using frivolous language to describe the woman. The woman was unhappy on reading it. The widow，thinking that it was all her fault，apologized. The woman said: “I cannot blame you alone. I was tempted and showed him my face，which led to such erotic literature. I now must leave this place，otherwise I would fall into lust and become helpless.” After saying so，she went to pack her things and left. The widow followed her out of the house，wanting to persuade her to change her mind，but the woman vanished into thin air right before her eye.作者: Xiaoman 时间: 2016-4-3 14:38 很吸引的故事。 我的印象是老外对鬼怪东西也蛮喜欢， 我自己也曾一度喜欢鬼怪题材的电影。 鬼故事作家我村子里有一个。他的 雅称：民俗学者。 我住的小城是加拿大最古老的城市， 市中心一些老屋据说曾闹鬼，是旅游景点。。。
