Full-text translation of bamboo Weng Pu Songling

Zhu Weng, a man from Zhucun, Jiyang County, died of illness in his fifties. When the family went into the back room to sort out their mourning clothes, they suddenly heard the old man shouting urgently. When they ran to the house where the ghost stopped, they saw that the old man had got up. Everyone is happy and condolence. The old man just said to the old lady, "I just left and decided not to come back." After walking a few miles, I thought of leaving a pair of old skins and bones under the children's hands. I am too cold to rely on others, and there is no point in living. I'd better go with me. So I came back to go with you. "Everyone thought that the old man was just talking nonsense from the dead, but he didn't really believe it. The old man said again. The old lady said, "This is certainly better. But I am alive, how can I say that I am dead when I am dead? " The old man waved to her and said, "It's not difficult. Common things at home can be dealt with quickly. "The old lady refused to go with a smile, and the old man urged her again. The old lady went to the door, delayed some time to enter the house, and coaxed him into saying, "External management is in order." The old man told her to get dressed quickly. If the old lady doesn't go, the old man will be more anxious. The old lady couldn't bear to go against his wishes, so she put on her best clothes. Daughter-in-law and daughter are laughing internally. The old man removed his head from the pillow and patted the pillow to let the old lady lie down. The old lady said, "The children are all here, both of them are lying upright. What is the scene? " The old man slapped the coffin bed and said, "What's so funny about dying together? "When the children in the factory saw the old man in a hurry, they advised the old lady to obey him for the time being. According to him, the old lady and the old man lie on their backs together. The family laughed at them again. After a while, the old lady smiled and gradually closed her eyes. There was no sound for a long time, as if she were asleep. When I got closer, I found that my skin was cold and there was no breath in my nose. Try the old man, too. You are surprised and sad together. In the twenty-first year of Kangxi, Zhu Weng's brother-in-law worked as a servant in Bizhizhou's house. Yi Shi said, "Didn't this old man have extraordinary virtues in the past? "The road to the underworld is confusing and difficult to distinguish. It's up to you to come and go. How strange! Besides, how leisurely it is to say hello when the wife who grows old together leaves! When people are dying, the most unbearable thing to say is the intimate person by the bed. If you can promote the method of wishing Weng, you can stop thinking about all kinds of wives and concubines before you die. "