"Book of Rites Nei Principles" says: "A woman will have her hair tied in fifteen years."
It means that when a woman reaches fifteen years old, her hair will be tied and tied with a hairpin, so it is called a hairpin when a woman reaches fifteen years old, which means that she has reached the age of marriage.
Note: hairpin (jī), a hairpin used to tie hair.
In ancient times, people matured earlier, so women got married early.
This woman waited for her lover for seven years, and in the blink of an eye she was in her golden years.
At the age of twenty-two, I have not yet graduated from college, and I am in my prime.
Don’t forget that this was the ancient Han Dynasty in China.
According to the "Book of Han Hui Di Ji": "If a woman is from fifteen to thirty years old and does not marry, it will be five years."
"Suan" was a unit of measurement used to calculate the head tax at that time.
All citizens over the age of fifteen and under the age of fifty-six must pay a poll tax.
The tax amount for each person is one hundred and twenty yuan, which is called "one calculation".
That’s seven hundred and twenty dollars!
In other words, if you are of the right age and do not get married, you are violating the policy at that time and you will have to pay a fine of five times the head tax.
This fine was very high at the time:
Based on the average price of grain in the entire Western Han Dynasty, which was around 100 qian per shi, 720 qian can buy 78 shi of grain, which is at least a year's ration for an adult!
In an era when there was not enough to eat, it is understandable that women were under pressure from their families.
What's more, there are also rumors from all sides!
Finally one day, this infatuated woman compromised.
"Father, mother, brother, sister-in-law, my wife has not married for so many years, which has caused trouble for you."
After the woman finished speaking, she bowed deeply to all her family members.
"Please give me three more days. If that person doesn't come back after three days, please be a matchmaker for me."
"No matter what the future situation of her husband's family is, my daughter will have no regrets!"
The woman’s family has been supporting her for seven years, why would they care about these three days!
Everyone knew that the woman was feeling miserable, so she nodded in agreement with tears in her eyes.
During these three days, the woman sat on the bluestone halfway up the mountain and gazed into the distance without eating, drinking or sleeping.
While crying, I made the red cloth that had been sewn countless times into a wedding dress again.
It's just that this time the blood on it, besides the blood on the hands, was also dripping from the eyes...
Three days later, when her family came to find her, the woman was already blind.
She is already too old and now has a disability, so it is naturally more difficult for a woman to get married.
When the family was in a state of despair, that night, the woman groped her way out of the house, wearing a blood-red wedding dress, and set herself on fire at the place where she had been waiting for seven years.
When she was discovered, the beauty had long since disappeared, leaving only her wedding dress soaked in blood and tears hanging high on a dead tree.
In the wind, the song "Moon Ring, Lovesickness" is still vaguely echoing.
"You said you would come after dark, but I will wait until my temples are white with frost, my hair will be stained, and my tears will be streaked with tears."
"I am a beautiful woman, and in the blink of an eye, I am half a hundred years old..."
After the woman died, she was buried on the spot by her family.
Since then, this place has been called the "Orphan Girl's Tomb" by nearby villagers.
At first everything was calm until half a year later.
Those who pass by at night can always see a woman in wedding dress sitting on the bluestone and looking into the distance.
If anyone dares to approach, the woman will ask questions in a soft voice.
"Sir, are you going to a distant place?"
"Can you tell me a word for the slave family: I am still waiting for him..."
Although the woman turned into a ghost and never harmed anyone, the villagers were still frightened.
After all, humans and ghosts have different paths, who wouldn’t be afraid?!
So she followed the advice of a wandering Taoist and built a Yama Temple at the place where she died.
And people from the nearby mountains came to worship, and the incense continued.
This trick really worked, and no one saw the miserable woman again...
"I'll go! Is this so evil?!"
After hearing the car repairman's story, Xiao Wangke, who had already had "alternative contacts", was frightened.
But as the saying goes:
What kind of people raise what kind of birds, what kind of officials lead what kind of soldiers.
Xiao Wang has worked with Director Zhou Limin for so many years, so he naturally has a full sense of responsibility!
What if there really is a fire?!
If this burned down, there would be deep mountains and old forests nearby, and how much property would the country lose!
Thinking of this, Xiao Wang tightened his police uniform and plucked up the courage to open the car door.
"I don't believe it today, I have to go up and take a look!"
"Brother Li, if you don't receive any news from me after a while, you should call Xiaojiu quickly!"
"Tell him...tell him that I got hit by a demon again and am waiting for help..."
Director Zhou also brought out people, and Xiao Wang has such a strong sense of responsibility, so naturally Xiao Li is not bad at it.
Hearing this, he immediately got out of the car without saying anything.
"Wait for me! You go alone, if anything happens, Zhou Suo won't have to castrate me!"
"Let's go together, we must see what it is!"
Watching the two people's policemen leaving, the mechanic who was alone in the car became more and more frightened as he thought about it.
He gritted his teeth, stamped his feet, and opened the car door fiercely.