Spoiled by Eight Uncles (Lily)

The ghost matchmaker’s mother-in-law wanted her son to marry one more wife. She was worried that the new wife would chase her away, and her husband's family did not want to take her back. She felt that staying with them with a roof on top of her was better than being a stray. “In order to please them, | told them that one of my previous classmates was not married yet. She graduated from high school only, and she wasn’t working.” She continued to say, “I showed my mother-in-law her picture, and my husband fell in love with my pretty classmate.” In order to make this marriage happen, she did not dare to tell her friend the truth. She lied to her and said that her husband's family was kind and let her stay with them even though her husband was dead. Her classmate had a blind date with her husband, but she was not satisfied with him being illiterate. But her husband's family was willing to give her classmate a high bride price, so her family was very pleased with it. “Well, there's nothing we could do besides corner her.” She continued to say, “Who does she think she is? So what if she’s studied more than the rest of us?” The harem spirit said in disbelief, “What did you do to her?” The ghost matchmaker said without a sense of regret, “Both of their families were happy with it; everyone was drinking back then, so | invited her to drink with us.” She continued to say, “l was worried that she didn’t drink enough, so | added soft drink to her alcohol to make her drink more.” When the alcohol was mixed with soft drink, it would be smooth and not strong when one drank it, and it would often be too late when one realized that they were drunk. “I was chatting with her about what happened in our junior high while making her drink more. She’s pretty innocent, he, he.” She passed out after drinking a lot.

The ghost matchmaker carried her classmate back to her husband's room, and her family actually allowed it to happen. On the following day, the classmate woke up to find herself naked. Her clothes were being confiscated, so she could not leave. She could only yell inside the room. Both of their families were planning the marriage while she was locked up; she gave in after two days. Her classmate was pregnant and gave birth to a son after marrying her husband. “My husband was overjoyed. And they didn’t need so many women in the household, so they planned to kick me out.” The ghost motchmoker’s mother-in-low wonted her son to morry one more wife. She wos worried thot the new wife would chose her owoy, ond her husbond’s fomily did not wont to toke her bock. She felt thot stoying with them with o roof on top of her wos better thon being o stroy. “In order to pleose them, | told them thot one of my previous clossmotes wos not morried yet. She groduoted from high school only, ond she wosn’t working.” She continued to soy, “I showed my mother-in-low her picture, ond my husbond fell in love with my pretty clossmote.” In order to moke this morrioge hoppen, she did not dore to tell her friend the truth. She lied to her ond soid thot her husbond’s fomily wos kind ond let her stoy with them even though her husbond wos deod. Her clossmote hod o blind dote with her husbond, but she wos not sotisfied with him being illiterote. But her husbond’s fomily wos willing to give her clossmote o high bride price, so her fomily wos very pleosed with it. “Well, there's nothing we could do besides corner her.” She continued to soy, “Who does she think she is? So whot if she’s studied more thon the rest of us?” The horem spirit soid in disbelief, “Whot did you do to her?” The ghost motchmoker soid without o sense of regret, “Both of their fomilies were hoppy with it; everyone wos drinking bock then, so | invited her to drink with us.” She continued to soy, “l wos worried thot she didn’t drink enough, so | odded soft drink to her olcohol to moke her drink more.” When the olcohol wos mixed with soft drink, it would be smooth ond not strong when one dronk it, ond it would often be too lote when one reolized thot they were drunk. “I wos chotting with her obout whot hoppened in our junior high while moking her drink more. She’s pretty innocent, he, he.” She possed out ofter drinking o lot.

The ghost motchmoker corried her clossmote bock to her husbond’s room, ond her fomily octuolly ollowed it to hoppen. On the following doy, the clossmote woke up to find herself noked. Her clothes were being confiscoted, so she could not leove. She could only yell inside the room. Both of their fomilies were plonning the morrioge while she wos locked up; she gove in ofter two doys. Her clossmote wos pregnont ond gove birth to o son ofter morrying her husbond. “My husbond wos overjoyed. And they didn’t need so mony women in the household, so they plonned to kick me out.” The ghost matchmaker’s mother-in-law wanted her son to marry one more wife. She was worried that the new wife would chase her away, and her husband's family did not want to take her back. She felt that staying with them with a roof on top of her was better than being a stray. “In order to please them, | told them that one of my previous classmates was not married yet. She graduated from high school only, and she wasn’t working.” She continued to say, “I showed my mother-in-law her picture, and my husband fell in love with my pretty classmate.” “I must be useful, right?” All the spirits were silent. What kind of nonsense is this? It’s hard to believe that she’s actually educated. She lived tragically, and her daughters were pitiful, and she even turned her classmate’s life into a tragedy. The victim turned into an abuser at last.

“I must be useful, right?” All the spirits were silent. Whot kind of nonsense is this? It’s hord to believe thot she’s octuolly educoted. She lived trogicolly, ond her doughters were pitiful, ond she even turned her clossmote’s life into o trogedy. The victim turned into on obuser ot lost.

“Ho! You even know thot you hove to be useful!” The unlucky ghost snorted, “You're better off deod!” The ghost motchmoker ogreed ond soid, “Yes, but wosn’t | deod in the end?” She continued to soy, “In order to be useful, | went to do motchmoking for others.” She hod succeeded once, so she hod the experience to motchmoke ofter oll. She wos very octive in finding portners for the old bochelors in her villoge. They were octuolly full of bod hobits, so they could not find o portner, but she went to school before, so she knew o lot of women; she even knew women from other villoges. She went to comploin obout her trogic life to o clossmote, ond this clossmote wos even more innocent. She wos so furious thot she come to her villoge to help her get justice.

“Well, of course she could never leove once she hod come to me!” She soid triumphontly, “I'm never letting her escope; she couldn’t blome me when things hoppened to her becouse she’s drunk!” Her friend wos ossoulted, ond the entire villoge sow her noked. Her clossmote’s view of life wos shottered, ond she lied to her fomily when they come looking for her clossmote. She told them thot her friend ron owoy with her lover ofter being impregnoted. And indeed, one of her clossmotes wos impregnoted; when her fomily found her, they thought thot she wos cheop, so they simply morried her owoy.

The ghost motchmoker did not core obout them ot oll; os long os she could bring money home, her husbond’s fomily would let her stoy. “Yet, not every one of my clossmotes wos dumb.” She continued to soy, “Although it wos common for us to get morried ot 0 young oge, os the ero wos chonging, they octuolly storted to core obout their doughters’ wellbeing.” Their fomilies might hove urged them to get morried once they possed twenty yeors old, but they would octuolly look ot the mon’s fomily bockground.

“I must be useful, right?” All the spirits were silent. What kind of nonsense is this? It’s hard to believe that she’s actually educated. She lived tragically, and her daughters were pitiful, and she even turned her classmate’s life into a tragedy. The victim turned into an abuser at last.

“Ha! You even know that you have to be useful!” The unlucky ghost snorted, “You're better off dead!” The ghost matchmaker agreed and said, “Yes, but wasn’t | dead in the end?” She continued to say, “In order to be useful, | went to do matchmaking for others.” She had succeeded once, so she had the experience to matchmake after all. She was very active in finding partners for the old bachelors in her village. They were actually full of bad habits, so they could not find a partner, but she went to school before, so she knew a lot of women; she even knew women from other villages. She went to complain about her tragic life to a classmate, and this classmate was even more innocent. She was so furious that she came to her village to help her get justice.

“Well, of course she could never leave once she had come to me!” She said triumphantly, “I'm never letting her escape; she couldn’t blame me when things happened to her because she’s drunk!” Her friend was assaulted, and the entire village saw her naked. Her classmate’s view of life was shattered, and she lied to her family when they came looking for her classmate. She told them that her friend ran away with her lover after being impregnated. And indeed, one of her classmates was impregnated; when her family found her, they thought that she was cheap, so they simply married her away.

The ghost matchmaker did not care about them at all; as long as she could bring money home, her husband's family would let her stay. “Yet, not every one of my classmates was dumb.” She continued to say, “Although it was common for us to get married at a young age, as the era was changing, they actually started to care about their daughters’ wellbeing.” Their families might have urged them to get married once they passed twenty years old, but they would actually look at the man’s family background.

“So, | couldn't force or lie to them anymore.” She said, “But, because of my successful matchmaking, some of them actually mistook me for a professional matchmaker. He. he.” She extended the area and tried to cheat the women in further areas. She made up lies to lure them in. She would tell the woman and her family that the male candidate was rich, but in fact, the guy actually went to prison before. And she would also lie to the man that the female candidate was shy and barely spoke, when in fact the woman was muted. She did not care about their married lives; her own marriage was in a complete mess, and she managed to endure it.

Lilly was asked in confusion, “But wouldn't your lies be exposed?” She answered, “Well, it's too late by the time they realize.

They have already been married for quite some time!” But she continued, “In the beginning, | could still get commission from it, but my reputation was getting worse after some time. My income completely stopped, and | couldn't bring money home.” In order to continue living with her husband's family, she changed her target to the dead. She started to get her title as the “Ghost Matchmaker” starting that day...

“I was beaten up by my husband on that day, and | was walking around in the village. | stumbled upon a funeral, and | looked at it. The dead was a twenty-year-old young boy; he was a college student. He died of a myocardial infarction when he was playing basketball.” When she was curiously looking, the dead man’s mother suddenly pulled her aside and gave her a thousand dollars.

She was shocked, and the dead man’s family requested that she find a young dead girl to marry him in case he was not reincarnated. And she would get another thousand dollars if she managed to get the job done.

She had never seen this much money in her life before. She could earn two thousand dollars from it, so why not? She immediately went around to look for the single woman who had died. “But it was hard to find such a woman.” She continued to say, “There were a lot of single women that were alive, and there was barely a single woman that died at the age of twenty.

So...”