Chapter 7: Birth
Ling Ling Ling ...... "Fortune telling, fortune telling, ten times a time, no money." The sun was setting, and the shadow of the Taoist priest was long and dragged on the ground. The ringing is crisp, walking through the downtown and countryside.
In the farmyard, a man paced anxiously, looking into the house from time to time.
"So far, can I beg for a bowl of water to drink?"
"Poor Dao cultivation has reached this point, can you ask for a bowl of water to drink?" Seeing that the man in the courtyard did not hear it, the Taoist priest had to say loudly again.
The man looked back and saw that it was a Taoist priest, and he was stunned. Then he turned around and brought a bowl of water. "Drink and leave, my wife has given birth, it's been three days and three nights, and I don't know when I will give birth. ”
The Taoist priest looked up, wiped his mouth and said, "That's the case, this Tao drank your water, and if you have a cause, it will give you a hexagram for free as a result?"
"This.... What's going on?" the Taoist priest frowned in disbelief. Sometimes shaking his head, sometimes pinching his fingers to confirm, and after a while, he said: "In the evening, the child will be able to land, but, it's just ....."
"Just what?" the man couldn't help but ask when he saw the Taoist priest's solemn face.
It's just that this child seems to be destined to save the world, but he is destroying the world. I can't read it, I can't read it..... Poor Dao has never seen such a fate in his life..... Strange, weird," the Taoist priest shook his head repeatedly.
"Is this really the case? This, is there a way to crack this?"
"Anyway, it is enough for Poor Dao to meet this number of lives in his life, even if the heavenly opportunity cannot be said, it doesn't matter. The Taoist priest pinched again until he was sweating profusely, and said with a long sigh: "If the child smiles when he is born, he can stay." If you cry, don't stay. After that, he looked at the busy figure in the room, and hurried away as relieved.
"Can you stay laughing, but can you cry?" The man was stunned, and suddenly said: "You are an old man, it's just nonsense, whose child is born without crying, it's a bastard." ”
Until the evening, when the sun was about to set, suddenly, a burst of laughter like silver bells resounded through the heavens and the earth. Then a hundred flowers bloomed, and a hundred birds hovered on the roof for a long time. Seeing this, the man was so frightened that he almost fell, "Laugh, really laughing, how can it be?" and was about to rush into the house to find out. But I saw that the birds hovering on the roof fell to the ground in unison, and died at the same time, and then a baby cry was heard. Before the man could come back to his senses, the surroundings were already desolate, as silent as death, as if all life had been taken away in an instant.
"It's a female doll", Wen Po rushed out of the house to report the good news, but she was a little stunned when she saw the scene in the courtyard.
"Laughing and crying, is it crying or laughing?" the man looked at the withered flowers and plants under his feet, the flock of dead birds, and said to himself over and over again in shock.
"What are you crying and laughing, your daughter-in-law gave birth to a beautiful girl, just like a fairy....." As the eyes of the baby in her arms opened, as pure as the snow in winter, Wen Po looked at this delicate baby girl, and had already left the desolation behind.
"Throw it away"
"What? Throw it away?" Wen Po looked stunned.
"Throw it away, I said throw it away, this is a demon, I can't keep it. The man broke into the house, grabbed a money bag and threw it into the hands of Wen Po. "You take the money, you can give this child away, bury it, don't let me see it again in the future. ”
"Are you crazy, is this your own flesh and blood?" Wen Po was shocked and hurriedly comforted the baby in her arms.
"This is not my child, this is a demon, you see the dead birds in this place, and these flowers and plants. The man was frightened and panicked. "If you don't throw it, I'll kill her immediately. ”
"Okay, I'll throw it, I'll throw it, there is still such a ruthless father in the world....." Wen Po hurriedly pulled the swaddling clothes and wrapped the baby tightly. As he walked, he muttered: "Child, if you want to blame your father, how can such a young child live?"
Five years later
In the field, the grass was bursting, and two children were running and playing.
"Brother Ling Feng, come and chase me"
"Lian'er, Lian'er, wait, run slower and be careful of falling. ”
After running for a long time, the two children seemed to be tired, and threw themselves on the grass, both looking at the blue sky, white clouds wandering, and eagles passing by.
"Brother Ling Feng, are we really going to leave here, but I don't want to go...."Lian'er blinked her clear eyes and pursed her small mouth.
"After the catastrophe, the land here is no longer as fertile as it used to be, and there is not enough food for the family. As if remembering something, the boy named Ling Feng had tears in his eyes. "My parents starved to death that year, and the villagers died and ran. On that day, I was going to leave with my uncle, but I didn't expect to see you lying in the field. Uncle said it would be hard for me to survive, but you smiled at me..... "The boy got up and looked at the girl with a doting expression. "So, I stayed alone, but fortunately we were all alive......"
"What happened that year?" asked the girl named Lian'er with a curious expression.
Ling Feng seemed reluctant to mention it again, and there was anger hidden in the immature child's voice. "She lied to me, I said I would protect her when I grew up. But she made it snowy. Now that spring is here, and there will be no more snow in June, I can go to her, and I must find her and ask, why did you do this, why did you lie to me?"
"What's her name?"
"Night Lotus, I will always remember this name. She is so beautiful, beautiful like a fairy in the sky, but I didn't expect that because of her arrival, I called her sister. Since then, it has been covered with snow and ice, and there is no greenery. ”
"Brother, I'll go with you to her, okay?" Lian'er stretched out her little hand and wiped away the tears from the corners of her brother's eyes very sensibly.
"Lian'er is so well-behaved", Ling Feng pinched the girl's face. "Lian'er, you know what, your eyes are very similar to her, so I named you Lian'er. Ling Feng caressed Lian'er's eyes, "Although I don't know why you have no tears since you were a child, my brother really hopes that you will never shed tears for the rest of your life." Happy forever. ”
"So, I'm as pretty as she is, right, brother?"
"My Lian'er will look better than her when she grows up......," Ling Feng put the braided straw bracelet on Lian'er's hand.
In the middle of the city, two children dressed in tatters and looking out of place shuttled through the streets and alleys.
"Brother Ling Feng, come on, the steamed buns are so fragrant, they are even more fragrant than the ones Aunt Zhang gave us, brother, I want to eat steamed buns." Lian'er took Ling Feng's hand and shook it vigorously, her eyes staring at the steaming meat bun tightly, swallowing her saliva.
"Lian'er, when we find our uncle, there will be a lot of steamed buns to eat....."
"No, I'm going to eat buns now, brother, I'm going to eat them. With that, the little hand grabbed the bun and devoured it.
"Where did the wild child come from, dare to steal my buns, are you tired of living?" Seeing this, the boss grabbed Lian'er's arm, "I'll let you eat, little rabbit cub......"
"Let go of Lian'er", Ling Feng didn't think about it and hurriedly pounced, biting the boss's arm.
"Oops.... If you dare to bite me, I'll kill you two today. Lian'er seemed to be hungry and crazy, and only cared about the bun in her hand until a drop of blood dripped on it.
"Brother, brother, what's wrong with you?" Ling Feng protected Lian'er under him, regardless of the blood splattered from his mouth and nose. "Don't hit my brother, you bad guy. In a hurry, Lian'er grabbed the boss's arm and threw him out. As the boss hit his head against the wall, he didn't get up again for a long time.
"Killed, killed....." The onlookers exclaimed.
"Who did the murder?" several officials heard the screams and rushed to the scene. Seeing the boss lying in a pool of blood, he said angrily: "Who is the murderer, quickly surrender the law." When everyone heard this, they hurriedly retreated.
"I repeat, who is the murderer, stand up for me. The official looked at the two trembling children pointed at by everyone, and said incredulously: "These two children are murderers?" Everyone nodded.
"Someone, get these two kids up for me. Ling Feng Lian'er was firmly tied up by several officials, and no one noticed that a man in purple looked coldly at the scene that had just happened.