Chapter 086: Shengli Goes to a Dead End
Sheng Li suggested that Wang Cheng would learn to farm at home, feed livestock, raise silkworms, or work in Ankang, and go home when he was resting. Wang Cheng listened to her advice, Qiu Ling has been much more well-behaved since Jin Cai's accident, and waited for Wang Cheng carefully, she used to yell at Wang Cheng, but now it is Wang Cheng's turn to point fingers at her, and she endures it.
The only thing that Shengli couldn't reassure was Shengyang, who put her passbook and letters under his mattress. Ask him to take the money to open a restaurant or other things he is willing to do, in addition, take care of his parents for him, and educate him in the future.
She said that she wanted to go back to school early, and Shengyang wanted to go up with her, but she disagreed, saying that someone in the family sent soup (gifts) to Xi'er, and needed to entertain, so that he would wait for Xi'er's full moon wine to finish before going to the county seat.
Katsuo and Katsuyo dropped her off at the district, and only left after seeing her get on the bus, and the shuttle bus went to the bend at the foot of the mountain, and Katsuri said that she forgot to take something and got off the bus. She could still see Katsuo and Katsuyang walking to the top of the mountain from a distance, struggling for so long, she found many reasons to support, and finally chose to say goodbye.
She didn't know why Haizi wrote: "In the spring, all ten Haizi were resurrected, in the bright scenery, laughing at this savage and sad Haizi, why did you sleep for so long?" In the spring, the savage and sad Haizi, the one left, the last, this child of the night, immersed in winter, devoted to death, unable to extricate himself, loving the empty and cold countryside...... The pain of your splitting pervades the earth....... the wind blows from east to west, from north to south, ignoring the night and the dawn, what do you mean by the dawn! "
Now she is actually numb, and passers-by are still indifferent and sarcastic when they see her. She looked at them, and she was not that important, so why bother to fool her.
Zhou Qian was building earthen walls for others, and he had been panicking since the start of construction, thinking that the matter of gold and wealth had been solved, and he lost 5,000 yuan to Wang Cheng and went to prison. Could it be that there is something wrong with the mother-in-law in the family, and she is rarely so flustered. He felt that his legs were weak, his hands were shaking, and he needed the cooperation of two boarders to build the wall, so he arranged for others to work for half a day, and he wanted to go home and have a look.
In the mountain song, it is said that there are many deep pools at the foot of Qinglong Mountain, the deepest is the Qinglong Pond and the Black Dragon Pond, which have been surveyed by a geological team, but they have not measured how deep they are. Shengli has only been to this river twice, and the big and small pools are not very far apart, as if a few bends are one, and there are some stones of different sizes in the middle of the river. She sat on the big stone next to the pool, the water looked black, it should be very deep, it was estimated that it was the Black Dragon Pool.
Legend has it that the mountains on both sides of the Black Dragon Pond turned out to be a mountain turned into an evil black dragon, which blocked the people at both ends for its own selfish interests, causing the people at both ends to live in misery. When Nuwa Niangniang learned about this, she split the black dragon into two sections with her sword, and a passage appeared in the middle of the mountain, which is now the road built along the river. At that time, when Nuwa Niangniang split the black dragon, the black dragon fell to the ground due to fear, so there is today's partial head mountain. A sword-like mountain stood at the throat of Qinglong Mountain.
There are passages where people build houses along the foot of the mountain, but they only rely on hoarding rainwater to get by, and they dare not take a bath and wash their clothes, and wash their faces with a small glass of water for the whole family. The black dragon knew that he was wrong, so he gouged out a pair of his eyes, and one became a spring, and the water gushed out, so that the people had water to drink, and they could also irrigate their crops, live and work in peace and contentment, and have enough food and clothing; The other one became a dragon well, which was connected to the Black Dragon Pond to store water in case of drought.
Probably because of the irrigation and moisture of water, the other half of the mountain that was split is lush all year round, and the longer it grows, the more it looks like a green dragon, and the descendants have a new name called Qinglong Mountain. Legend has it that when Nuwa split the mountain, she moved her compassion and did not split it in her throat, so the other half of the dragon could continue to survive. This story later evolved into the body of the snake, saying that the snake is either completely killed, and it must be hit seven inches, otherwise the snake will find the snake Lang to save them, and then have a heart of revenge; Or, when you encounter a snake, you will avoid it, and they will not bite indiscriminately. The only thing that retains the name of the black dragon is this pool.
Not far from the Black Dragon Pond should be Niangniang Pond, the elders said that in ancient times, a scholar went to Beijing to catch the exam and returned to his hometown passing by, poor, and saw a girl in his sleep to bring him water and tea, he looked dignified and beautiful, he had never seen the beauty, and when he woke up, he found that it was true. The girl helped him change into clean clothes, and the scholar looked clear and handsome, which made the girl like it very much, and the two fell in love.
Soon after, the girl's father found out of what was going on between them, and strongly objected, and wanted to marry his daughter to the son of a rich local man. The girl said that she would not marry a scholar, and said that she had made a private agreement with a scholar for life, so angry that her father almost vomited blood. One night, the girl's father asked the scholar to meet him by the river in the name of the girl, and the scholar was happy to go, but was pushed down by the girl's housekeeper next to the pond.
Later, the girl was very sad to learn about this, and quietly changed clothes with the maid and escaped, ran to the edge of the pool, jumped down, and the two have not been heard from since. In order to commemorate the unwavering love between them, the descendants named Niangniangtan.
In fact, the water in every pool at the bottom of the river looks black, and the water that flows out is clear, that is because there is coal in this mountain, and the soil is all black, and the coal used by the nearby people to burn the fire in winter comes from this mountain, which is very different from the legend, as for how these deep pools are formed, she does not understand.
Shengli carefully recalled the things from childhood to adulthood, it was her own willfulness that caused her aunt's disgust and the shameful laughter of her neighbors. There are also those classmates who wrote to her, she didn't leave any affection, and it is estimated that she will hate her for a long time in the future, and it is also very special to think about the way she died today, this pond has never dared to explore because of the legend, she is the first, she doesn't want to float up and be discovered, so she tied a stone to her body with rattan.
If this series of events hadn't happened, how could she, Zheng Shengli, choose this path. Ting Liang said that Haizi was such a great person, it was a pity that he fell, but he didn't know that it took courage to face death. This is her path, and as Haizi said, his death has nothing to do with anyone. She looked at the mountains around her, so quiet that she couldn't hear any movement, the sky was very clear, was this a silent mourning for her, goodbye, the world!