My daily mountain driving, I met a fox at the beginning and got married

After the nail was pulled out, the waiter's body trembled twice, then shook his head, as if he had returned to normal.

Seeing that Zhang Hao was looking at him with a bit of contempt, the waiter instantly felt embarrassed as if he was seen through. He subconsciously hid the steel nails in his hand behind his back, with an unsightly look on his face.

"Didn't you two stay at the inn last night? How did you come in from outside? The streets outside are not peaceful. Don't go out at night again in the future."

Zhang Hao and Xiao Qiao walked into the inn and sat down at the table.

Zhang Hao looked at the waiter with a scrutinizing gaze. At first glance, his head looked no different from that of an ordinary person, but after the nail was pulled out, he seemed to have turned directly from a ghost back into a human.

"What's wrong with you? Why do you look like a ghost when this nail is stuck in your head, but become a normal person again after it is pulled out?" Zhang Hao couldn't help but ask.

Seeing that he could no longer hide the secret, the waiter handed the nail to Zhang Hao.

Zhang Hao looked at the nail carefully. There were some ancient runes engraved on it that he could not understand. Holding it in his hand, he could feel a heart-stirring power.

"What on earth is this?"

"I don't know either. This was given to me by Lord Zhang. Lord Zhang said that people like us who may have to work at night or even go out may be haunted by ghosts if we go out in our original state. With this thing, you can turn yourself into a ghost by inserting it into the back of your head. When you take it out, you can turn back into a human. In fact, I was conscious when I turned into a ghost. The first night you stayed in the inn, I went to bring you food. You looked surprised at the time, but you didn't ask much."

"In fact, you didn't have to worry at all. All the doors and windows of the inn were covered with spells. I couldn't hurt you at all, and I couldn't enter your room. It just looked a little scary..."

The waiter felt more and more aggrieved as he spoke, so he simply sat down at the table next to him and planned to have a good talk with Zhang Hao.

"In fact, I have seen the changes in the town over the years. When I was a child, the town was like this. At that time, I was just like this little girl. I couldn't understand the situation in the town at all. But my father taught me that no matter what the town looks like, this is where I was born and raised, and I am destined to stay here all my life."

"Although the rules here are very different from those outside, Lord Zhang can at least protect us from the war. Even when the war outside was at its most intense, no one dared to break into this town, because everyone knows that this place is haunted and people can't beat ghosts."

It turns out that everyone in the town knows that Lord Zhang is no longer alive, but they still tacitly allow him to stay in the town as the local official.

Even the ghosts that appeared at night, I believe everyone knew that they were related to Lord Zhang, but no one mentioned it publicly, so Zhang Hao didn't know it until now.

Zhang Hao touched the brocade bag in his pocket, which contained the incomplete soul of Master Zhang. Master Zhang had worked hard for this town for most of his life, and now he had ended up like this. He really didn't know whether he should sigh or lament.

Xiao Qiao slowly walked to the waiter and tilted her head to look at the back of his head. She saw a hole there, but it was no longer bleeding. She was not sure whether the waiter in front of her was a living person or just a monster with a human appearance.

The waiter took the nail back and put it back in his pocket.

"No matter what you think, this thing is too important to me. I will become a different person every night. You can ignore me and avoid me. But other guests still need me. Everyone can keep this secret in their hearts and pretend not to know. You are from outside, and I also hope that you can pretend that you don't know about this and don't let it affect everyone's life, please."

Faced with the waiter's plea, Zhang Hao was speechless. How should he tell this waiter who was full of hope for life that their parent official, Lord Zhang, had been conquered by him?

In their eyes, it is assumed that Lord Zhang, who is a ghost, can rule over humans, but Zhang Hao disagrees. He thinks this is wrong and must be corrected.

Zhang Hao took several deep breaths, but in the end he didn't say anything. He just turned around and walked upstairs silently.

Seeing this, Xiao Qiao hurriedly followed.

"Master, do you regret doing this to them?"

"I don't regret it, but I don't know how to explain it now. The rules of this town must be changed. We can't let them blur the line between life and death. Otherwise, when the real disaster comes, they won't even know how they died."
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As night fell, Zhang Hao finally calmed down and slowly walked downstairs.

At this time, the waiter was still very busy, there were still many customers in the store and it was not completely dark yet.

Naturally, the waiter didn't dare to reveal his half-human, half-ghost appearance in front of everyone.

Seeing Zhang Hao coming downstairs, he nodded slightly apologetically and turned around to greet other guests.

Zhang Hao sat down at the table and waited until the waiter was a little free before calling him.

"I've been here for so long, why haven't you come to ask me to order food?" Zhang Hao asked.

The waiter looked embarrassed and said, "I can call the other waiters over for you later. I'm afraid you'll feel uncomfortable seeing me like this. You're a distinguished guest who has come all the way from the East. How can I let you stay here uncomfortably?"

After hearing this, Zhang Hao couldn't help but shook his head.

"Why do I feel like you are treating customers differently? You should treat all customers equally. I treat all the guys here equally." Zhang Hao said, deliberately acting like a gangster. But the waiter was suddenly moved when he heard it, thinking that Zhang Hao might want to tell him in this way that he didn't care whether he was a human or a ghost.

The waiter had been misunderstood for a long time, and his inner pressure was increasing day by day. At this moment, he suddenly got the understanding of a stranger, and he felt a surge of bitterness in his heart.

"I'm glad you don't mind. I'll order for you right away. What would you like to eat today?" the waiter asked hurriedly.

"Just do it the same as before. Give this little girl some of her favorite food. I have to go out later in the evening." Zhang Hao said.

Zhang Hao had been out at night before and nothing had happened. The waiter knew that he was quite capable and would not encounter any accidents even if he went out at night. So the waiter nodded happily and went to prepare food for Zhang Hao without saying anything. Seeing the waiter busying around and walking briskly, Zhang Hao could not bear to tell him the truth.

After all, there won’t be so many ghosts haunting the streets in the future, and these people will no longer be able to appear in public as they did before.

Let's talk about the future later. Tonight, Zhang Hao has more important things to do.

It was late at night, and the guests had all left. The waiter thrust the nail into his head again.

The moment he was inserted, the waiter seemed to have changed into a different person, his body became extremely stiff. Zhang Hao watched all this, but did not say anything. The waiter turned towards Zhang Hao, bowed stiffly, as if to express his gratitude, and then turned around to do other things.

Xiao Qiao watched all this from the side and felt very upset. Such a person who was full of expectations for life had to face herself like this in the future.

Zhang Hao stood up and walked out. Seeing this, Xiao Qiao also quickened her pace to catch up. She didn't know what the master was going to do tonight, but she guessed it should be something similar to last night.

"Master, now that Lord Zhang is no longer in this town, will there be other Lords to take over this town?" Xiao Qiao asked.

"I don't know about this. This is something the emperor should worry about, and it has nothing to do with me. I just need to subdue those ghosts and restore the order of life and death here to normal. There are no pitiful people in this world, and Lord Zhang is also a pitiful person. But no matter how pitiful he is, it cannot be a reason for him to arbitrarily change the order of life and death. I just want you to understand today that you may encounter many similar things in the future. If you are soft-hearted towards the ghosts for a while, when something big happens in the future, these ghosts will not show mercy to you. You must remember that life and death are two completely opposite worlds, because the living can never understand the thoughts of the dead, and the dead can never become alive again. Once you go from life to death, it is two completely different worlds."

Although this principle sounds a bit profound, Xiao Qiao has seen too many things and heard too many teachings in the past two days with Zhang Hao. Even though she is still young, she now has some understanding of life and death, not to mention that she has experienced it herself.

So, she did not show any surprise, but just silently kept these words in her heart.

Even if the logic Zhang Hao said at this moment was not the same as what Xiao Qiao originally understood, she would never refute it.

It was late at night, but this shop where yin and yang met was still brightly lit, as if it were daytime.

On weekdays, the store is usually packed with guests and bustling at this time, but tonight it is exceptionally deserted, with not a single customer.

The proprietress stood quietly at the door, staring blankly into the distance, as if she was lost in deep thought.

When Zhang Hao came into view, the proprietress's mouth slightly raised, revealing a faint smile, as if she had finally waited for the person she had been looking forward to. When Zhang Hao walked into the store, she silently closed the door.

"I know exactly what you did today. Do you think you did the right thing?" the proprietress asked first.

"I also know that you have been doing business with the dead. What I am doing may cut off your source of income. But think about it, is it really right to blur the line between life and death for other people in the town?" Zhang Hao asked back.

"In this world, people are often scarier than ghosts. Although these ghosts have passed away, at least they won't hurt people. If they really hurt people, everyone would have avoided them as much as possible. How could they be so tacit about not mentioning this matter? We are just sharing this small town, and our life trajectories have no intersection. If you look carefully on the street at night, you will find that there are people setting up stalls to sell osmanthus cakes at night. The taste is almost the same as what you eat during the day, but it is made by an old man, so the taste is naturally different. But is it not osmanthus cake? You just haven't tasted it, how can you easily deny it?" The proprietress argued.

"The osmanthus cake I want to eat is the kind for the living, not the dead. Boss lady, you know in your heart that there is a clear boundary between the living and the dead because the dead cannot be resurrected. This is an irreversible process. If the dead can come back to life or continue to live in the world of the living, then what is the point of the boundary between life and death? Wouldn't the world be in chaos?" Zhang Hao argued.

The two of them were arguing with each other, and the air was filled with tension, as if a conflict would break out at any time. Xiao Qiao stood there blankly, not knowing how to get a word in.

The proprietress, who looked gentle and considerate during the day, was now arguing with Zhang Hao and her face was red. Her eyes were slightly red and she seemed about to cry.

Why is the boss lady crying? What is she sad about? What makes her so sad?

Xiao Qiao really couldn't figure it out, so he could only shift his attention to other places in the store.

During the day, the store is filled with all kinds of paper people and paper coffins; at night, it is filled with all kinds of daily necessities. Although they are all made of paper, there are cakes, snacks, and even clothes and shoes. These are daily necessities needed by the dead.

I guess if someone is in need, they would give money to the proprietress, and then she would use the brazier under the table to burn these things for the other party on the spot. This is a unique way of trading.

This kind of transaction method is really unheard of and unseen. But since it exists, perhaps in a sense, it is reasonable, at least in the world where Boss Zhang is still there, this method is feasible.

Zhang Hao and the proprietress were arguing with each other, and neither could convince the other, so they had no choice but to fight.

The noise coming from the street outside made Xiao Qiao upset.

I am only a teenager, but I have experienced more than those adults who pretend to be confused. Is this really what I should bear? Will I have to live like this for the rest of my life?
After just two days, Xiao Qiao was already feeling exhausted.

More than half an hour later, Zhang Hao came back.

I thought the proprietress had been subdued by Zhang Hao, but I didn't expect that the proprietress would follow in.

Neither of them looked injured and they seemed to have just been outside trying to use force to make the other accept their point of view.

But after beating for a while, Zhang Hao found that the boss lady suddenly started crying, so he stopped beating for no apparent reason. He felt that the boss lady seemed to have something else to say. After all, the boss lady was a living person, and he couldn't treat her the same way as a dead person, so he decided to listen to what she wanted to say.

"In fact, Mr. Zhang and I were married in our early years, but we divorced later. The reason we separated was that he became a local official, and I opened this dead man's grocery store to protect the people in the town... Old Zhang really loved everyone as if they were his own children. I really feel sorry for you getting rid of someone like him, and I also think you are really hateful." The proprietress choked up and said. (End of this chapter)