When the father helped his son, both laughed;

When the son helped his father, both cried.

- Jewish proverb

After Han Sophie gave birth to her youngest son Yinshan, she never had any more children. She gave birth to a total of 6 children for the Niu family, except for the death of the second daughter, the other 5 children all lived to adulthood.

One day, Han Sophie said apologetically to Ibrahim: "You see, other people's children are in groups. I can't give you any more birth. Why don't you marry a young daughter-in-law and let her have a few more Gawas. ”

Ibrahim's family is well-off, and he can marry a few aunts and wives like a rich family. Now that he heard Han Sophie take the initiative to say it, he couldn't help but be moved by the idea of taking a concubine.

Soon, Ibrahim married Ma Peony, a Huihui woman, from the coppersmith village in Pingchuan, Hezhou.

Ma Peony has a slender body, fair skin, thick eyebrows and big eyes, and is very pretty. Before she got married, she heard that Gayin Dai Mountain is high and deep and life is difficult, so she really hesitated for several days. However, in the end, she could not resist her parents, who received a large bride price.

In the second year of marrying into Ibrahim's family, Ma Peony gave birth to a boy.

When the boy reached the age of 2, he was covered in measles. The little face burned red, and soon fell into a coma.

Ibrahim was anxious to get Lang Zhong to treat the child.

Lang Zhongkai took the herbs for several days, but it did not save the child's life.

For this reason, Ibrahim and Ma Peony were sad for a long time.

Ibrahim and his first wife, Manuri, have married and live in a separate courtyard that their father built for them.

Ibrahim used to do business in other places all the year round, and assisted Master Ma Lin in Xining City, he is educated, knowledgeable, reasonable in handling things, and his teaching is also very good, so he is respected by the villagers in the Jinggou area.

The villagers respectfully called Ibrahim Lord Niu. Whether there is a dispute between the Niu family or other families, or a conflict between villages or between ethnic groups, everyone is willing to ask Lord Niu to judge and resolve.

Ibrahim saw that there was no formal mosque of worship in Gayindai, and the villagers were praying everywhere, which was very inconvenient. So, he and his brothers decided to pay for the construction of a worship temple in the village.

He personally went to the city of Hezhou, inspected the styles of various worship temples, looked for skilled craftsmen, selected strong and durable stones, and devoted himself to the construction of the worship temple.

After half a year of construction, a worship temple that combines Arabic and Central Plains architectural styles was finally built in Gayindai.

The worship temple sits in the north and faces south, covering an area of about one acre. The gate of the monastery is an arc-shaped arch with a couplet carved in lime on both sides, a quote from the Muslim theorist Liu Jielian:

There is no shadow of the true slaughter, and there is no fall in the way.

Entering the temple, there is a Chinese-style hall with blue bricks and gray tiles in the west, which looks solemn, tall and brilliant among the houses of Gayindai. On the right side of the main hall, near the courtyard gate, stands a tall minaret. At the top of the minaret is a small pavilion with a graceful curve.

The Muslim villagers of Gayindai gathered at the gate of the courtyard of the mosque to watch and admire the most magnificent buildings of Gayindai. The joy is palpable.

Ibrahim said to everyone: "I see that all the mosques have a name. What is your name? ”

Some people say it's called Gayin Dai Worship Temple, some people say it's called Niujia Worship Temple, and some people say it's called Jinggou Worship Temple.

Ibrahim pondered for a while and said, "Gayin Dai is our local vernacular, and it is not a place of great elegance. Although the worship temple was funded by our Niu family, we are to promote the teachings of Islam and not a private family, so it cannot be called the Niu family worship temple. With such a big well ditch, there are many worship temples, how can they all be called Jinggou worship temples? You all see, this well ditch is full of red earth and yellow earth, only our Gayin Dai is white land, how about simply calling it Baiya Worship Temple? ”

"It's still a good thing that Lord Niu said!" The villagers agreed.

Since then, the White Cliff Worship Temple, as a symbol and landmark of Gayindai, stands proudly on the top of Gayindai.

In the summer of 1940, the weather in Gayin was particularly unusual. The dry and hot weather used to be hot and humid at this time of year was like living in a big steamer on a stove.

As soon as it was daylight, Ibrahim carried a shovel and went to the house of Abdu, a Sartar at the head of the village.

Abdu had a white pockmarked face. In order to distinguish him from the Ma family's Abdu, the villagers of Gayindai call him Mazi Abdu. Abdu was going to build a new house next to the old house, so he invited his fellow villagers to help dig the foundation.

Abdul was flattered to see Ibrahim the first to arrive, and hurriedly came out to greet him: "I build a house, how dare I alarm Lord Niu?" ”

Ibrahim smiled and said, "Your ability to build a new house is a great event and a happy event for us in Gayindai. How can I sit idly by? ”

As he spoke, the men of each family came to the construction site and began to work.

Ibrahim didn't work for long, and he was covered in sweat and soaked his white cloth shirt. He himself felt that something was not right with his body today, and his body was soft and weak, and he had no strength.

Mazi Abu Du said to him: "Lord Niu, you come to see it to give me a boost." Your old man is going to do it again. ”

At this moment, the young man, who was known as Left Hand Baker because he was accustomed to holding a spade and a knife, suddenly shouted: "Come and see, such a big mushroom! ”

Everyone rushed forward, and saw a mushroom in the pit that was white in color and as big as an iron pot. There are also two large brown circles on the lid of the mushroom, like a pair of large open eyes.

Mazi Abu said happily: "Great, dig the foundation and dig out a big mushroom." It's just noon for you to stir-fry mushroom dishes to eat. ”

Left-handed Baike said: "I've never seen such a big mushroom, and I don't know if it's poisonous?" It is better to cut off a small piece first, put it in a pot and cook it with garlic. If the color of the mushroom remains the same, it means that it is not poisonous, and then we will all stir-fry and eat. ”

Ibrahim wiped the beads of sweat from his forehead and said, "Left-handed Baik is right. ”

So, Mazi Abdu jumped down from the pit, picked up the big mushroom, vigorously broke off a piece of the bowl from the edge, handed it to his daughter-in-law Su Mu, and asked her to cook for a while.

At this moment, a thick dark cloud drifted through the western sky. The dark cloud moved very fast, turning the sunny sky into a cloudy sky in the blink of an eye.

Ibrahim hurriedly beckoned, "It's going to rain heavily." Hurry to shelter from the rain under the shed. ”

As soon as he finished speaking, a thunderclap sounded in the sky, and a torrential rain crackled and was mixed with hail the size of soybean grains.

Alas, this year's crop is all over! Everyone hid under the shed to take shelter from the rain, looking sadly at the unforgiving sky and the poor crops.

In the pouring rain, a man with a garment on his head and a hoe in his hand ran over.

Ibrahim recognized it as his neighbor He Xitang at a glance, so he shouted loudly: "Brother He, come here to take shelter from the rain." ”

He Xitang, who was running in the rain, suddenly heard a shout and wanted to stop his fast steps, but the ground was muddy and slippery, and his feet were unstable, and he fell heavily on the muddy ground, and he couldn't get up.

Ibrahim rushed out of the shed with one lunge, hurriedly helped He Xitang up, and carefully brought him to the bottom of the shed.

After inspection, He Xitang only broke his foot and neck, and there was no major problem.

He Xitang looked at the big mushroom on the ground and asked, "Where did you pick it up from?" ”

Ibrahim wrung the rain from his soaked clothes and replied, "Left hand Bak dug up when he was digging the foundation." ”

He Xitang shouted in horror: "This is Tai Sui! Tai Sui can't move the ground on his head. Quickly bury it in its original place and build a house in another place. ”

Ibrahim, Left-handed Baike, Mazi Abdu and others were all Sartars, and they didn't understand the exquisiteness of He Xitang and these Han people, and looked at each other in a daze.

Rainstorms come and go as fast as they come.

Everyone followed He Xitang's suggestion, put the big mushroom back into the soil pit, and quickly filled it with soil and buried it.

Left-handed Baike reminded everyone: "There is still a piece of mushroom boiling in the pot." Shall we take it back and bury it together? ”

When they walked into the house of Mazi Abdu, they found that the mushroom that used to be the size of the bowl now occupied the entire iron pot, like a large mass of dough that had been swelled over time.

Everyone was horrified for a while, and hurriedly fished out the large ball of mushrooms, took it back and buried it.

After all these things, Ibrahim felt chills all over his body and couldn't help but start to tremble.

The daughter-in-law of Mazi Abdu brought the boiled ginger soup and let everyone drink it to ward off the cold.

Ibrahim drank two bowls of hot ginger soup in a row, but he still didn't see the fever on his body, but hurriedly started to swing.

Everyone advised Ibrahim to hurry home and rest.

Ibrahim returned home and slept for half a day, but his health did not improve.

Han Sophie and Ma Peony instructed the two brothers Yushan and Sani to go to Zhuangzi in the southwest to invite the famous Xu Langzhong.

Not long after, Xu Langzhong of Southwest Zhuangzi came to Niu's house. He gave Ibrahim a pulse for a long time, saying that his body was suffering from a little cold and dampness, and he could be cured by drinking a few pairs of decoctions.

Ibrahim drank the 5 decoctions prescribed by Xu Lang, but his body still did not improve.

Han Sophie, Tianshan, Sani, mother and son finally discussed and decided to hire a sedan chair in Zhuangzi in the southwest, carry Ibrahim down the mountain, and take him to the city of Hezhou to find a good doctor to have a look.

As soon as the sedan chair of the southwest Zhuangzi was carried to the gate of the courtyard, Ibrahim, who was unconscious, let out a long sigh and passed away.

Relatives of the Niu family and the villagers of Gayindai washed and prayed for him in the White Cliff Worship Mosque built under the auspices of Ibrahim, and then buried him on the south-facing slope.

The Niu family suddenly lost its pillars, and suddenly became a mess. The building, which had stood majestically yesterday, began to tilt and crumble in an instant.

Han Sophie has a strong temperament, but she has no way to govern her family.

Ma Peony is still young, and he didn't leave a man and a woman, and he didn't want to be angry with Han Sophie. Soon, the Ma family found someone to marry her.

Manuli's son Yushan has reached the age of 21, and due to his discord with his stepmother Han Sophie, he lives his own small life independently.

Han Sofei gave birth to several children, the eldest daughter Zai Naibai is 13 years old, the eldest son Tianshan is 12 years old, the second son Wanshan is 10 years old, the third son Jianshan is 8 years old, and the youngest son Yinshan is only 6 years old.

The sons who lost their father's control were like wild horses without the reins, fearless, unmanaged, untaught, and became a bunch of untalented prodigals.

Around the 20s of the 20th century, in the homeland of the distant Khwarazm Empire in Central Asia, the Soviet Union began to refine the Central Asian nationalities in order to break the powerful religious forces and the mixed Turkic ethnic groups, and successively established four autonomous Soviet socialist republics, including Turkestan, Khorezm, Kyrgyzstan (i.e., Kazakhstan) and Bukhara.

A few years later, the Soviet Union formed the nation-states of Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan on the territory of the three republics of Turkestan, Khorezm and Bukhara, and later Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan, all five autonomous Soviet socialist republics joined the Soviet Union.

After the outbreak of the Second World War, the Soviet Union relocated Germans, Tatars, and Chechens living elsewhere to Central Asia, enriching the local ethnic composition.

The people of all nationalities in Central Asia have been liberated and have begun to become masters of their own affairs and to build a beautiful socialist society. However, the ruling class in Linxia, Gansu Province, has increasingly oppressed and exploited the people. The ruthless Heavenly Father is not beautiful. The suffering of the people in Linxia has become even heavier. Social contradictions and class contradictions have intensified more and more. The anger that has been accumulating in people's hearts can erupt at any time.

On the afternoon of July 12, 1944, hail flooded the Linxia area, and all the crops in summer and autumn were destroyed. Ma Fang's elder brother Ma Qing, in order to build his own butterfly building, disregarded the lives of the people and forced the people to buy or exchange tobacco soil for more than 600 acres of fields and houses in five villages, including Baijiazhuang and Huaimozhuang in Baozi Township. Natural and man-made disasters make people's lives difficult.

At the beginning of 1945, Linxia's financial markets fluctuated repeatedly. Prices are skyrocketing. The silver dollar in the market is exchanged for 870 yuan per fiat currency. Wu Zhenggui, the principal of Linxia Northwest Normal School, deducted students' living expenses, embezzled the cotton clothes of teachers and students, and angry graduating students went on strike.

In August, the victory of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression should have been a great celebration for the whole world. Prices in the Linxia market began to plummet. The merchants sold their goods at a 20% discount, resulting in the collapse of 43 businesses and the loss of capital totaling more than 120,000 yuan.

In the autumn, Han Sophie took out a little savings from the bottom of the box and married the eldest daughter Niu Zainaibai to the Ma family in Yangtuo Village, Linxia Nanxiang. The Ma family has been farming for generations, honest and simple. After Niu Zai Naibai married into the Ma family, he quickly showed his pungent and capable talent and became the head of the Ma family. This is extremely rare among the feudal and conservative Hui people in the northwest.

In the spring of 1946, Linxia suffered another severe drought. Nearly half of the land in Dongchuan is not irrigated by rain, and there is no way to sow the seeds of crops. The 11 representatives of the common people proposed to the county council, the special office and the county government to return the occupied embankment from the mouth of the Nanmen River to the Zhoujiaba section.

No one in the government paid any attention.

In the end, more than 2,000 Dongchuan peasants, who could not bear it anymore, were furious and spontaneously organized themselves to demolish more than 30 houses and pavements that affected the flow of water, greatly extinguishing the prestige of the government and giving the people in other places hope for struggle.

In the autumn of this year, Han Sophie married her second son Tianshan a Salta girl and sent them to live alone.