People often say that all things have spirits, and you listen to the starlings on the shelf; Look at the gatekeeper, the yellow dog barks at night; Sigh that the old cow was sold and wept. Do you have that spirituality only for things that can run and scream? In fact, in the eyes of some wonderful people, even if it is a fan, a paintbrush, or a set of tea sets, after using it for a long time, it will be contaminated with popularity and become cute. What's more, he also pays attention to the edge of his eyes, and will complain to the dead thing, so unhappy.

What is recorded in this book is a ginkgo tree that has a spirit in the eyes of wonderful people, and savor the stories it sees and hears.

I can't remember which dynasty and which generation, I only know that there is such a scholar surnamed Zou, the ancestor has also been an official, but it is a rare scholarly family, but it is a pity that he is used to blindly being noble, offended the powerful in the court, was dismissed from his official position, and rushed back to his hometown. Later, a single line, passed to Zou Shusheng's generation, everything that can be sold at home has been sold, only a small box of solitary books and a box of rubbings remaining, these things, Zou Shusheng used to not sell even if he couldn't open the rice pot and was hungry, and he was listed as a watchman to listen to what he said: "If the book is sold, the book will definitely complain that Xiaosheng will dislike it after reading it, and hate Xiaosheng for being unkind, so ah, even if he starves to death, Xiaosheng will die with his brother in arms!"

To say that this Zou scholar, in fact, quite an ancestral style, knowledge and appearance are excellent, a few years ago the only remaining old mother in the family died of illness, a few years of filial piety, missed the imperial examination, to this year's township examination, he won the Jingkui, only to go to the capital to participate in the next year.

A squire saw that his family was poor, so he invited him to be Mr. Enlightenment for his young son.

Time flies, and most of the year has passed, Zou Shusheng handed over a box of books to the squire for safekeeping, only brought a few lonely books and wrapped clothes, and went to Beijing to take the exam.

Since the founding of the country, this dynasty has been the country and the people, so even at night, the gate of the capital is also wide open, unlike the previous dynasty, which is closed at all times. Therefore, there is a folk song that says: "When the city gate is opened, the world is safe; The city gate is closed, and the world is ...... disaster"

Let's say that this Zou scholar sometimes hitched a ride on an ox cart, sometimes walked on foot, hurried and hurried, and arrived near Yanzipo, which is not far from the capital, in less than two months.

Zou Shusheng asked the old charcoal seller who passed all the way, and knew that there was no one to stay here, if you want to go to Beijing after dark, you have to give up the official road under your feet, and take the mountain trail to be faster. It is the time of the cold winter wax moon, if you can enter the capital to find an inn to live in, you can avoid the pain of sleeping in the cold.

was remembering the many matters of the small fork in the road that the old man said, when he suddenly heard the shouting mixed with the sound of horses' hooves behind him: "Get out of the way, get out of the way!" ”

Zou Shusheng and the old man hurriedly drove the ox cart to avoid, only to see a team of carriages whistling past, rolling up the sky and flying sand, and the sound of "booming" horses' hooves shook the eardrums.

Zou Shu was well-dressed, thanked the old man, and went to the path pointed out by the old man. Thinking of Fang Cai's thrill, Zou Shusheng was angry for a while.

If this meeting goes well, and the palace test passes, I will have a bright future in the future. When I have the money, I will definitely get in such a majestic carriage when I am on my way.

I thought about what the carriage looked like, but I just patronized and hid, and I didn't look at it carefully, and I couldn't help but regret it. But I don't want to, such a distracted effort, I don't remember how many forks in the road, this is said to be a mountain path, but Zheng'er Bajing is not the official road of earth and stone, I can't tell if this is the one that the old man said, and I don't even know where to go back.

After going around for almost an hour, seeing that the sky was about to darken, Zou Shusheng couldn't help but feel anxious. Staggered up the small dirt bag on a high place, trying to find a way, but this mortal with the naked eye, how could he find something. This cold wind, Zou Shusheng was in a hurry, it was not trivial to get lost in the mountains, and it was not even a matter of exposing corpses in the wilderness.

In a hurry, Zou Shusheng stepped on the air, his body was weak, he fell from the small dirt bag, and kept rolling down, grabbing some weeds indiscriminately, buffering a little, but it was difficult to support for a moment.

Still, my head is very clear.

Swallow Slope, Swallow Slope, you should be called "Luofeng Slope"! But I don't want to be a prophecy back then, pity the lonely book in my arms, and want to be buried in the mountains and forests with Xiaosheng, and disappear from then on, which is a pity.

To say that this Zou scholar should not be killed, where he fell, there happened to be a ginkgo tree more than three feet long, Zou Shusheng used his hands and feet indiscriminately, and he was hung on the thick branch near the mouth of the bowl.

When I opened my eyes, I saw that it was half a person high from the ground, and the ground was covered with golden ginkgo leaves, and I couldn't help but be overjoyed, and then let go of my hands and feet and fell to the ground.

Zou Shusheng sat on the soft foliage ground with his butt, and didn't want to get up and touch his body anymore, but fortunately, except for a few abrasions, it was fine. For a weak scholar, today's various things are eager for him to live for ten years.

After a while, it was almost dark, Zou Shusheng took out the lone book in his arms, and after seeing that it was fine, he tightened his cotton clothes, and could only make up for one night here. I thought: If you don't die in a great disaster, you will have a blessing in the future. With this chat to comfort him, he fell into a deep sleep.

It's just that now it's a harsh winter, and it's in the mountains and forests, and the cold is even more unbearable, and in the middle of the night, it's so cold that it wakes up and sleeps, and the whole person is groggy. Zou Shusheng grabbed a few handfuls of ginkgo biloba leaves and put them on his body in a trance, and the duck palm-sized leaves became his quilt, which was better than nothing.

The next morning, Zou Shusheng opened his eyes in a daze, got up in a trembling mood, and the ginkgo biloba scattered in a hurry. Looking up at the ginkgo tree that saved his life, it was really "like a wrath flying far away, like a beetle bending when it undulates." "The ancients did not deceive me, but unfortunately there was no leaf on the tree for a long time, bare, that is, it was originally there, and it could not withstand yesterday's toss, and rubbed the ginkgo biloba on the placket, and sighed: "Thank you Brother Tree for saving me, and give Xiaosheng leaves to cover me, if you can get out of this place this time, you will not forget the grace of Brother Tree's recreation!"

Xu is this tree and Zou Shusheng fate, as soon as his voice fell, he heard a "moo" in the distance a burst of cow bark, it turned out that the old charcoal seller was driving the ox cart carrying some charcoal to the capital. No matter who Zou Shusheng is at the moment, even if he hasn't eaten a drop of water for a day, he doesn't know where he has the strength to roar loudly: "Good Samaritan, save me!" ”

It turned out that Zou Shusheng had been wandering around for a long time, and he was a stone's throw away from the official road, and he happened to rush the old man out, and the old cow barked again. It's really indescribable, and the cause and fate of the unknown will meet.

Later, the old man took Zou Shusheng to the capital in an ox cart, and when he was leaving, Zou Shusheng took out a lonely book in his arms and gave it to the old man, so that he could sell it for money and buy a decent winter clothes.

According to his words: "I myself would rather die than sell books, and now I give books to my life-saving benefactor, and I can't help me deal with them." ”

He also instructed the old man that if he saw a ginkgo tree with two strips of cloth tied to its branches, he told him not to hurt it, and said: "After this test, no matter what the result is, I will come to visit the ginkgo tree that saved Xiaosheng's life." ”

Zou Shusheng entered the city, and he recuperated and prepared for the spring festival that was about to begin.

The ginkgo tree is also preparing for its "spring sprout", it is gathering strength and preparing to sprout new shoots in the spring......

Who can say the word fate?