In a remote rural area, there is a place known as the "Ghost Land", where it is said that an uninvited guest wanders the field path at night. The old people in the village say that it is the ghost of an old man, but the young people always think that it is just a legend. Until one day, a young man experienced the legend firsthand, and his experience became a popular ghost story in this small village.
The protagonist of the story is a young farmer named Xiao Ming, who lives in this peaceful countryside. One night, Xiao Ming went out to work late, and when he was walking on the path home, he suddenly felt a chill hit him. He couldn't help but quicken his pace, but a strange sound sounded in his ears, as if someone was whispering. Xiao Ming was shocked, but he advised himself not to think nonsense, thinking that it was just the sound of the night wind blowing through the leaves.
However, when Xiao Ming passed by a rice field, he suddenly saw a vague figure in the field, dressed in an old-fashioned farmer's costume, bending over with his back to him. Xiao Ming felt a little weird, but out of politeness, he still stepped forward to greet him: "Hello, do you need help?" But the figure didn't seem to be aware of his presence, and continued to work silently.
Xiao Ming looked more closely and found that the figure was holding an ancient scythe in his hand, and in the night when the knife light flickered, Xiao Ming vaguely saw that the hands were bloodstained. With a chill in his heart, he began to panic, but he couldn't bear to leave. He cautiously approached and tried to talk to the farmer again, but still received no response.
Suddenly, the figure stopped moving, and slowly turned around, revealing a pale face. Xiao Ming couldn't help but gasp, because that face was his grandfather, who had passed away a few years ago. Xiao Ming felt a chill from the top of his head to the soles of his feet, and his legs seemed to become heavy and difficult to move.
Grandfather's eyes were full of deep grievances, as if he was conveying an unspeakable guilt to Xiao Ming. Xiao Ming's heart beat faster, and he understood that this was not an ordinary farmer, but the soul of his grandfather. Grandpa seemed to signal him something, so Xiao Ming let go of all his fears and followed his grandfather's figure through the rice fields together.
On this night, Xiao Ming hears his grandfather's story about the hardships of his youth on this land. It turned out that my grandfather was a hard-working farmer, and in order to make a better life for his family, he worked hard during the day and secretly cut crops for his neighbors at night and distributed them to those in need. And grandpa finally collapsed in the rice field on a cold night due to overwork, and became a soul in this land.
Xiao Ming burst into tears, it turned out that his grandfather had been guarding this land, hoping to bring a little help to the people of the village. He understood that his grandfather's guilt for him was due to his failure to fulfill his filial piety and not to continue his grandfather's career. So, Xiao Ming made up his mind to take on this responsibility and protect this countryside for his grandfather.
The story has been passed down, and the people of the village gradually understand the story in the "ghost domain", and Xiao Ming has become a well-respected young farmer in the village. When night falls, one can see a farmer wielding an ancient scythe on the field path, guarding the peace and tranquility of the land.
This story teaches people the importance of filial piety, and it also makes people full of awe of the "ghost land" in the countryside. And Xiao Ming has become a legendary hero, and his story has become a ghost story passed down from generation to generation in the village.