Chapter 5: The Story Told by Mom

"Mom, tell us a story about Bali City, we all want to hear it. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 Info "Whenever the family gets together, Sanyang always asks his mother or brother or sister to make such a request, and he is very resolute enough to force people to speak. Today, the family got together again, and seeing that his mother resolutely refused to let him go to Bali City, he had to make such a request to his mother.

Mom knew Sanyo's temper and whispered, "You eat well, go to bed early, and you have to get up early tomorrow." I'll tell you a story about their legendary Bali City. ”

Sanyang became excited again and nodded happily. Haizi and Erya also slowed down the rhythm of eating, and there was no longer a noisy sound at the dinner table.

"Many years ago, there was a family surnamed Yao in our area, and the family was very poor, and none of the three brothers could marry a daughter-in-law. The old man and the old lady were very anxious, and ran to the matchmaker's house twice in three days. At this time, there was a well-off family in the neighboring village, just a girl, and after getting married, her son-in-law died, and she sent someone to propose marriage with a small child. Yao Laohan and his family agreed in total, and they were going to be the daughter-in-law of the eldest son, but they didn't do it, so they had to give it to the third son. Yao Laohan thought to himself that no, so that it would be even more difficult for the eldest and second to talk about daughters-in-law. After many discussions between the two families, they finally decided to be the daughter-in-law of the boss. The second child went to his sister-in-law's house, changed his sex, and was given a daughter-in-law by his sister-in-law's family. At the same time, the third brother also got a three-year long-term job from his sister-in-law's family, which is regarded as a subsidy for the eldest brother and the second brother to say that the daughter-in-law. There was no way, Yao Laohan had no choice but to agree. Alas, people are poor and short-sighted, there is no way.

In this way, the two sons of the Yao family are settled. The most pitiful thing is the third child of the Yao family, not only did he not say that he was a daughter-in-law, but he also had to pay off his debts to his two elder brothers. But Yao San is an honest man, endured it silently, and never said anything. Two years have passed in a blink of an eye, and the two elder brothers have married and had children, and Yao San is still living. At the beginning of winter this year, it was a time when the farm was slack, and the sister-in-law's family did not let him be idle, so they sent Yao San to chop firewood alone, so as to prepare firewood for the winter for the sister-in-law's family and the current second brother's family. He walked alone in the direction of Bali City, because there was no firewood to pick up in front of his home, so he could only go to Bali City.

When you come to Bali City, there is really a lot of firewood here. He did not dare to go to the middle of the city alone, so he had to cut wood on the side. Yao San had passed by, and by the time it was dark, Yao San had already chopped a lot of firewood. Seeing that it was getting late, Yao San picked up the firewood together, tied it with a rope, tried it and put it down to rest for a while. The firewood was four or five feet high, and it was carried on its back like a hill. Yao San wiped his sweat and leaned on the bundle of firewood in the afterglow of the setting sun, ready to rest before walking back.

At this moment, he heard a tight fox scream, which was very scary. Following the reputation, I saw a small white fox, running towards the Bali City in panic, howling terribly as it ran. Behind him were two wolves, one after the other, chasing after each other. Seeing this, Yao San didn't allow him to think about it, so he picked up the machete and let the little white fox who ran over run towards the two wolves. The two wolves caught the fox when they saw it, and the meat in their mouths was gone, their eyes were red, and they rushed towards Yao San like crazy. Yao San retreated while fending off the attack of the two wolves with his machete. When a wolf pounced on the door in front of him, he saw the opportunity and slashed at the wolf's head with a machete, but he didn't cut it, the wolf pounced and retreated halfway, and Yao San pounced. But at this moment, another wolf had already bitten Yao San's thigh fiercely and tried to drag him down. Yao San didn't have time to think about it, and waved the machete towards another wolf, and the wolf's back was cut open by Yao San's machete, and blood flowed out. At the same time, Yao San's thigh was also bitten by a wolf, blood stained his wound red, and his pants were torn. In this way, Yao San and the wolf fought for half an hour, and when the two scarred wolves limped away, Yao San was also exhausted and was bitten in many places. The most dangerous thing was the wound on the shoulder, which almost bit the neck.

Yao San leaned weakly on the bundle of firewood, the wound from the wolf bite was very painful, but he was unable to wrap the wound, and he didn't even have the strength to look at it and wipe the wound. At this time, the sun had set, and it was dark all around, Yao San thought, it seems that this bundle of firewood can't be carried back today, the owner scolds it, why don't you go back after a while, you can't stay here for a night. But his legs and feet were a little difficult, and his head was confused, so he closed his eyes and fell asleep.

'Big brother, wake up, my grandma asked you to go'. A young man dressed in white woke Yao San up and led him to the courtyard of a Qingtang Washer. 'Where is this?' Yao San asked. 'This is my home,' replied the teenager. 'Who are you?' Yao San asked. Don't ask, you'll know when you get inside. The young man opened the door and led Yao San into a courtyard house, which was chic and beautiful, with bright windows and bright lights. The young man took Yao San into the main room, where a gray-haired old lady was on the Taishi chair in the center, and on either side sat a dozen beautiful girls who could not tell their age, all of whom were between seventeen or eighteen and twenty years old.

Yao San, who was tired and hungry, and the wound was still aching, sat down on the chair opposite the old lady and looked around suspiciously. This is really a rich family, the hall is full of four curtains, the bright lights are hung high, the dragon is carved and the phoenix is painted, and the gold is brilliant. 'Son, come forward and let me see your wounds. The old lady with a bright face called Yao San to her side kindly, took Yao San's hand, and stroked Yao San's wound a few times with her other hand. Suddenly, Yao San felt that the wounds that had been bitten by the wolf were healed piece by piece, and they didn't hurt at all, and they were as good as ever when he touched them with his hands. Yao San knelt down unconsciously, wanting to express his gratitude to the old lady. 'Don't do that, son, I have to thank you,' said the old lady. "Grandma, this eldest brother can't eat enough, and his hungry internal organs are also sick, you can take a look" The white-clothed young man who led Yao San in said to the old lady on the side. 'I just blame you, I don't let you run around the city to play, you just don't listen, this is good, it has cost me many years of work. While reprimanding the young man, the old lady put her hand on Yao San's stomach, rubbed it up and down for a while, her lips kept opening and closing up and down, as if she was chanting words, but she didn't make a sound, and finally, she blew a breath on Yao San's face and shouted, 'Okay! Yao San felt that his body was surging from the inside out, from the bottom to the top, and he was very comfortable and refreshed. Then he knelt down and thanked the old man.

Yao San was helped up by the young man and arranged to sit down on a chair. The old lady said to Yao San, 'Son, you sacrificed your life to save my grandson today, I want to repay you, I should treat your injuries just now.' You see, sitting on my left is my daughters, and on my right is my granddaughters, some of whom are not yet married. You pick one, if you pick the right one and don't get married, you will be your daughter-in-law, if you pick one who has already been married, you deserve to be unlucky, and you will go back to your home after eating. Yao San looked at the girls left and right, and felt that the one on the left was indeed a little bigger than the one on the right, but it was basically the same. These girls were dressed in silk and satin, their faces were like peach blossoms, graceful, all of them were like fairies, and a few girls also stood up, showing off their demeanor, and squeezed their eyebrows at Yao San. Although Yao San was dressed in rags and had an untidy face, there was still a heroic and heroic spirit between his eyebrows. I appreciate the kindness of the old man, thank you again for treating my wounds. I just want to go home, I can redeem myself in another year, go home to support my parents, please let me go back! Yao San sincerely pleaded with the old lady. 'Didn't the eldest brother get married?' Carrying a long life and suffering many sins, how good it is to enjoy here,' said the young man in white. Yao San looked at the young man in white and shook his head firmly. "Okay, grandson, you will take Yao Gongzi to take a bath, change his clothes, and have some food, and then we will think about it in the long run," the old lady ordered.

The young man in white led Yao San to a room in a row of west wings, put down the curtain, let Yao San take a bath, and whispered to him: "After a while, you will see that the girls who are bathing have a girl with a red birthmark on her back and neck, she is my sister, and she is not married yet, so you pick her." After speaking, he picked up Yao San's clothes and turned around and walked out. Yao San finished taking a shower in a panic, and had no choice but to put on the clothes brought to him by the young man in white. shouted twice and no one answered, so Yao San had to walk out of the door alone. It's really a person who relies on clothes and horses to rely on saddles, and Yao San seems to have changed as a different person.

The quiet and bright courtyard was empty, and Yao San didn't know where to go. The moon in the sky has already moved westward, and it is estimated that it is already the second half of the night. Looking back at the west wing room in the moonlight, I saw a large room, the lights were bright, and a group of girls seemed to be playing and bathing, and their swaying bodies were faintly visible, as soft as the bright moon walking through the thin clouds. ”

"Doesn't it mean that if a man sees a woman's body, that woman has to be his daughter-in-law?" Haizi suddenly interjected at this time and asked.

"It's all nonsense, it's all in the story. In reality, which woman's body is casually seen, and who doesn't carry people? These fairies wanted to use their bodies to seduce Yao San and test his concentration. Mom explained. The younger brother and sister didn't let Haizi mess around, and urged her mother to continue.

"At this time, the young man in white came to the courtyard and whispered to Yao San, 'Big brother, do you see it? After a while, she put on her clothes, and there was a flower on the left placket, you must remember. Yao San didn't answer directly, but just asked, 'Why don't they block the window when they take a bath?' ''This is the compound where my grandmother lives, and men are usually not allowed to come in, and they take baths like this. Besides, the immortal family has such skills, and you can see everything about you through your clothes, and wearing clothes is the same as not wearing them. The young man in white explained.

Yao San's face was flushed suddenly, and he thought to himself that he would have to restrain himself for a while, and he couldn't be ashamed.

The young man in white led Yao San into a hall in the east wing, and saw that the old lady was already sitting there waiting alone, and a table full of steaming meals was full of some good dishes that Yao San couldn't usually see. The young man in white guided Yao San to sit on the left side of the old lady, and he sat next to the old lady. Yao San felt the aroma of the food reaching his nostrils, he couldn't help himself, swallowed a mouthful of spit, and said to the old lady: "Your old man is so polite, I really have to thank you for preparing such a sumptuous meal." I'm hungry, but I just have a bite to eat. ''Childe doesn't have to be polite, eat a few bites first. After a while, the girls will take a shower and drink some wine with you. The old lady put vegetables in Yao San's bowl and said, 'This is chicken, fish, and meat, eat some first.' Yao San smiled and nodded to the old lady to express his gratitude, and then raised his head to look at the west wing, where the girls were still bathing. It was a tempting moment, and he gritted his teeth and lowered his head to eat. After taking a bath, the girls came to the east wing in twos and threes, sat around the table, and sat down laughing. Yao San ate almost the same at this time. The old lady said, 'Girls, come and toast Yao Gongzi and accompany Yao Gongzi, but you can't let him drink too much.' According to the old lady's instructions, the girls got up one after another to clink glasses and drink with Yao San, and from time to time they squeezed and winked at him, and the more daring ones secretly pulled Yao San's sleeves and gently touched Yao San's feet with their feet. If it weren't for the fact that he accidentally touched his hand sometimes, Yao San didn't refuse, but just said: 'I can't drink, please forgive the old man.' The old lady watched with a smile on her face as the girls toasted Yao San, and sometimes said with concern, "You have to drink a little if you clink glasses, you can't drink less, how can a man not drink." Yao San tried his best to keep his composure, socializing with the girls, and trying not to drink too much wine. 'Mei'er, come over and toast Yao Gongzi with a drink, let Yao Gongzi drink well' The old lady gave another order. The girl known as Mei'er stood up from the opposite side, the girl with the red birthmark on the back of her neck, and when she turned around, the red birthmark hidden by the low-necked clothes on the back of her neck was faintly visible. Mei'er came to Yao San, deliberately twisted her shoulder, showed the flowers on her left chest, and said to Yao San: "Big brother, thank you for saving my brother's life, my sister is polite here, please drink this cup with Mei'er to express my sister's heart." Yao San looked at the girl called Mei'er carefully, and saw that she was more outstanding than the girl seated, and she looked more pure and beautiful, charming and moving. Yao San thought about what the young man in white told him, stood up, gently clinked glasses with Mei'er, and said, "Yao San has received the love of the fairies, so I drank this glass of wine, thank you for your kindness." After saying that, he drank it all. The girls sitting there all laughed and clapped their hands, and the young man in white shouted loudly, 'Good, good! Big brother is such a cheerful person. ’

In the midst of everyone's laughter and frolic, the banquet ended. The old lady beckoned Yao San and the girls back to the main room where Yao San had entered when he came, and sat around in the same place as before. The old lady picked up the tea, took a sip lightly, and said to Yao San: "Yao Gongzi, I have said, you can choose one of these girls, if you choose the right one, you will visit the church tonight to get married, if you don't pick the right one, you will leave immediately, and in the future, our well water will not interfere with the river water." The girls twisted their bodies, staring at Yao San in unison, and the young man in white gently tugged at Yao San's clothes from behind. Yao San looked at the girls who were looking forward to their postures, and after a long time, he knelt on the ground and said to the old lady: "I have received the great favor of the old man, but Yao San just wants to go home and honor his parents, please let me go." The old lady looked at Yao San, who was resolute, and said, "You have to think about it, if you really don't want to marry one of them, the immortal family will not blame you, and you can't go back." Yao San gritted his teeth and said firmly, "I can't agree, let alone regret it, I still ask you to be kind and let me go home, Yao San doesn't want to repay anything." The old lady glared at Yao San, her face was gloomy, and she said to Yao San: "Don't you love beautiful women, but you can't love money?" Then he waved his hand and said to the disheveled girls: 'Go down.' Then he ordered someone to bring a box of money, put it in front of Yao San, and said to Yao San, "Take this money back and live a good life." Yao San picked up a bundle of silver dollars with one hand, checked it with his hand, put it in the box again, and said to the old lady, 'I don't want it.' ''You scoundrel, are you too little?'' Then he asked someone to bring up a box, which was full of gold, silver and jewelry, and said to Yao San, 'Is this time enough?' Don't get greedy and end up getting nothing. Yao San stood up and said to the old lady: "What you shouldn't get, Yao San resolutely doesn't want it, please return the clothes to me, I'm leaving!" After speaking, Yao San unbuttoned his shirt and prepared to change back into his torn clothes. 'You're really tough in this later life. Grandson get out of the way, let him go! After speaking, the old lady slapped Yao San is palm, and a white light pushed Yao San back to the firewood bundle.

Yao San stood up, looked down at the clothes on his body, and touched the place where he was bitten by the wolf with his hand, it was indeed healed. Only then did I believe that I was not dreaming. At this time, the sky was already dark, and he looked up at the gloomy Bali City, where there were still Qingtang Tile Houses. After looking back and forth along the city wall, but still didn't see anything, Yao San lowered his head and came to the firewood he had chopped, ready to carry the firewood back. At this time, he found a box under the bundle of firewood, and when it was opened, it was full of gold, silver and jewelry, exactly the same as what Yao San had seen last night. He picked up the box and went into Bali City to look for it again, but he still didn't find anything, so Yao San had to go home with the box. Later, Yao San used the money to buy land for the eldest brother and second brother, and led his father and mother back to Shandong. I heard that after marrying a wife and having children, he became a big man and enjoyed all the glory and wealth. ”

"And what about after that?" Sanyang still asked.

"I heard that Yao Yuanwai came back again, and built a fox fairy temple in Bali City, at first the incense was quite prosperous, and then the fox fairy did not show his spirit, the temple was dilapidated, and now he can't see anything. The elders said that this was because a big python demon came to Bali City later, covering the city with black gas, and the fox fairies ran away. Mom said.

"Isn't there a dragon behind the village where we live? Was it the python demon who brought it down? Sanyang continued to ask.

"This dragon cultivation path is not enough, so it was beaten down, and I heard that it will take another five hundred years to cross the Longmen Mountain across the river and become a real dragon. After the python demon defeated this golden carp, he went back to his life. Some fox immortals, yellow immortals, willow immortals, etc., came to Bali City one after another, but they didn't go too deep. Mom explained to Sanyang.

The family finished their meal in a harmonious atmosphere, cleaned up, and it was not early. "Go to sleep, tomorrow is May Day, and you have to get up early. Haizi, you should go back early, tomorrow your boss will be busy, you have to help them with more snacks, be diligent. Your sister and I folded a few gourds and went to sleep. Mom said.

Haizi reluctantly said goodbye to his family, returned to the Yun family compound, with a sweet aftertaste of this day, looking forward to the happiness of the Dragon Boat Festival tomorrow, and soon fell asleep.