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Don’t Pick Up the Embroidered Shoes by the Road

Lin Xiaoman, a migrant worker, picked up a pair of red embroidered shoes with spider lilies on her way home from work. Thinking she’d found a bargain, she brought them home—only to hear “tap-tap” sounds of someone trying on shoes from under her bed that night. Her grandfather, who lived with her, turned pale instantly at the sight of the shoes and yelled for her to throw them away immediately. It turns out a bride in the village jumped into the river wearing these shoes thirty years ago, and her vengeful spirit latched onto them; anyone who picks up the shoes will be “claimed” by her. But when Xiaoman frantically searched, the shoes had already clung to her feet like they were glued on. In the dead of night, a woman’s sobs echoed: “My shoes… it’s time to give them back…”