This is an episode from the novel Strange Tales from Make-Do Studio. His father died while Wang Zifu was very young. His mother gave her whole heart to bringing Zifu up. ASfter he was grown， the mother decided which girl was to marry her son. But before the marriaqge took place， the chosen girl died. On the day of the Lantern Festival， Zifu's cousin， Wu Sheng， invited him for an excursion. Wu had to return home early to attend to something else. Zifu stayed and whiled away the time alone. Suddenly， Zifu spotted in the crowd a girl with bright eyes. The girl was carrying a twig of plum blossoms and was walking delicsately slowly. Zifu could not help but glue his sight on the girl. When the girl saw what was happening， she left her twig of blossoms on the ground and walked away smiling. Zifu picked up the flower and returned home. He put the flower under his pillow. He missed the girl so much so that he would not eat or drink. Zifu soon became so weak that he was not able to support himself. When Wu Sheng learned of this he came to ask about the reason. Zifu told the truth to his cousin. To comfort Zifu， Wu Sheng lied， saying that the girl was one of Zifu's cousins living in the mountains some 15kilometers to the southwest. He promised that they would go and look for her after Zifu got well. After hearing Wu's words， Zifu felt so happy that he soon fully recovered. Since he was lying， Wu Sheng was reluctant to see Zifu again and made himself scarce. Wu Sheng made excuses every time Zifu asked him to help him go look for the plum blossom girl. Zifu could description of Wu Feng. In the mountains， he found a called Ying Ning. Zifu stay ed in Ying Ning's home for a few days before taking her home to marry her. After marriage， Zifu and Ying Ning olved each other very much and they lived a happy life. One day Ying Ning told Zifu that she had been the daughter of a foximmortal. she was brother up to be a human by a ghost mother. Zifu was not at all put off by this news. 《聊齋志異》中的故事。王子服從小失父親，母親非常疼愛他。子服長大後，母親爲他訂下一位漂亮的姑娘，還沒娶過門，姑娘就死了。元宵節那天，子服表兄吳生約子服郊遊，後因吳生家中有事，留下子服一人遊玩，在遊人中，子服忽見一女子秋波盈盈，手拈一枝梅花，冉冉而來，子服目不轉睛地盯着這女子，少女發現後扔下梅花，笑着走了，子服拾花回家放在枕下，因思念這位美麗的少女，不吃不喝，身體瘦弱難以支撐。吳生知後問其原因，子服實話實說。吳生撒謊說：這女子是你的姨妹，住在西南山中三十里處，等你病好咱們一起去找。子服聽後高興，病很快就好了。吳生因是撒謊，便不願來見子服。一日，子服等不及吳生，自己按吳生所指來到那個地方，見一柴門，正是郊遊時所遇少女嬰寧家。子服住了幾天，便帶嬰寧回家成親。婚後夫妻恩愛，日子過得幸福美滿，一天嬰寧對子服說，自己原是狐仙的女兒，託鬼母撫養成人。子服知道她的身世後，並不介意。
