During the Yongle period of the Ming Dynasty, on July 15th, a family in Hangzhou gave birth to a child, and the pregnant woman had difficulty giving birth. It was not until the child was born that a son was successfully born.

The strange thing was that the child was born without crying or making trouble. He stared at the surroundings with his eyes, and looked at it again. The child's appearance was extremely ugly, with skin as black as carbon, a mouth as big as an ox, and a nose facing the sky.

His parents were disappointed and gave him a random name, "Gouzi."

When the dog could talk, his parents discovered a strange thing, that is, he often muttered to himself and asked who he was talking to. He would describe the person's appearance, saying that he had a nose and eyes. Later, an old Taoist passed by and said that the child was born with yin and yang eyes and could see "things" that others could not see!

Gouzi grew bigger and uglier. Although he looked fierce, he was a kind-hearted person who often helped others.

Gouzi was so strong that he could do farm work as well as a cow. During the busy farming season, he always took the initiative to help some elderly people in the village, and the villagers liked him very much.

Unfortunately, Gouzi was too ugly and hadn't married yet. His parents sighed all day long. He was also very depressed and often confided in his ghost friend.

That evening Gouzi came back from the market, walked halfway, passed a remote house, and found a white-faced scholar standing at the gate pacing back and forth, anxious.

I saw that scholar's face pale, his eyes were in a daze, and he walked erratically. Gouzi was sure he was not a mortal, so he walked up to chat up.

Only after asking did he know that this scholar was indeed a new ghost, and the underworld didn't have time to hook his soul.

Seeing that he was so young, Gouzi asked, "Why did you die?"

The scholar sighed and told the truth.

In the afternoon, his wife asked him to go to the market to buy some pork. He was a nerd, and he didn't forget to read books when he walked. He took the pork and left without paying.

The butcher hurriedly stopped him to ask for money, but at this time, he took out his pocket and found that the three cents he had brought were missing, and he saw a hole under the pocket.

The money was lost, and the scholar explained it to the butcher in kind words. Unexpectedly, the butcher said evil words to him, with sarcasm in his words, not saying that he wanted to renege on the debt, he raised his hand and slapped him twice before taking the pork back.

Scholar Wenwei did not dare to fight back, and returned home with a full stomach of anger.

His wife saw him return empty-handed and listened to him tell the story. Not only did she not comfort him, she also scolded him for being a wimp. She was so angry that she didn't even dare to fart.

The scholar was humiliated on both sides, and he could not think of it for a while, so he went to the woodshed to hang. He no longer missed this world, waiting for arrival of the underworld at the gate.

Gouzi saw that this scholar was about the same age as himself, and it was indeed a pity to die. Before the shadow came, he decided to persuade her.

Gouzi laughed and said to the scholar, "It seems that you are indeed a wimp!"

When Shu Sheng heard this, his face turned red with anger, and he said, "What I am is none of your business, let's go Don't stand at my door!"

Gouzi said, "I said you are a wimp not because you are angry with others, but because you dare not face such a small matter. Are you still a man?"

The scholar was still angry and did not answer the dog's words at all.

Gouzi continued: "It's easy for a person to want to die, but have you ever thought about what to do with your wife and children when you die?

When the scholar heard this, his expression changed, as if he had been slightly touched.

Gouzi said again, "Look at me again, I'm so ugly, so far no girl has taken a fancy to me, my parents are worried about me, I didn't die, I live happily every day, remember, a person lives not only for himself, but also for the elderly and children!"

At this moment, the scholar had lowered his head, as if he had awakened.

Gouzi said, "As a scholar, if you don't want to be called a wimp by others, you should study hard. It will be the right thing to get a reputation in the future. At that time, no one will look down on you! Now that the big exam is approaching, you have studied for ten years, and you just died like this. Don't you have any regrets if you don't give it a try?"

Hearing this, tears dripped from the corners of Shu Sheng's eyes. It seemed that he woke up!

At that moment, there were two people who looked like they were walking slowly not far away.

Gouzi shouted, "Go back quickly, it will be too late to regret it later!"

When the scholar heard this, he hurriedly turned around and walked towards the woodshed. Seeing his wife lying in front of his corpse and crying, he hurriedly jumped forward, allowing his soul to return to himself.

At that moment, Gouzi was chatting and laughing with the two underlings outside the door: "Two big brothers, did you see anything wrong? No one died here?"

The two smiled at each other, pointed at the dog, and said, "It must be your ghost!" After saying that, he drifted away.

When Gouzi saw that Yin Cha had left, he went to the scholar's house to take a look. He saw that the scholar had woken up and was weeping with his wife, who had been apologizing.

He smiled, and just as he was about to leave, he was grabbed by the scholar, who took his hand and said, "Brother, you are a good person, thank you!"

Soon after, the scholar was indeed admitted to his hometown.

A few days later, Shu Sheng brought a girl to Gouzi's house, and he said to Gouzi, "This girl is my biological sister, and now I will protect a match for you!"

After getting along for a while, the girl was very satisfied with Gouzi. Although he was ugly, he was really good to himself. Not only that, he was also filial to his parents and helped the village.

Soon after, Gouzi married his sister and lived a happy life!