Chapter 562: Shande
Once upon a time, there was an unambitious scholar named Huang Li.
Huang Li studied very hard, but he couldn't get into the job by mistake, so he had no choice but to raise a cow and make a living by farming.
I wanted to focus entirely on life, so that life might be a little better, but there was a drought for many years, and there was no harvest in the field, so that he ran out of food as soon as the winter began.
Watching the snowflakes fall, Huang Li was really worried, he had a faint premonition, most likely, this winter will not pass!
Sure enough, when it came to Layue, he couldn't go on. The friends who can borrow in the village have borrowed it all over again, not because the popularity is not good, but it is difficult for every family to live, and it is already very good to be able to spend two months by receiving help.
On this day, the sky was gloomy and the north wind howled, Huang Li curled up in the house full of holes and leaking wind, and his heart was very sad, and suddenly there was a sound in the yard.
His head was drowsy, and it occurred to him that the cow had not yet eaten.
This cow was also unlucky, but it was bought by himself, and if it was bought by a wealthy family, he might be enjoying happiness in the warm cowshed at the moment.
Sometimes he also wants to learn from others, and simply slaughters the family's livestock to eat, so that he can survive at least a month.
Huang Li couldn't do it, first, he couldn't bear it, and second, even if he killed the cow, he still didn't eat it after a month, and the cow died in vain.
He went to the cowshed, where the cow was lying on the ground, looking starving.
The ox mooed at him, as if to say, "Master, I'm hungry, why don't you give me fodder to eat?"
Huang Li looked around, but there was no more hay left at home.
He staggered out the door hungry and picked up some straw in the corner of the rich man's house, not letting the cow starve to death after him.
He brought the straw to the ox's mouth, and with the last of his strength he untied the reins of the ox.
After eating this forage, let the cattle find their own way to survive. Thinking of this, he threw himself on the ox, and tears flowed down his eyes.
The scalper wagged his tail, as if he understood Huang Li's intentions, and stopped mooing, bowed his head and ate the grass ingredients.
That night, Huang Li was unable to stand up. When he was thinking wildly, there were two more people around him silently.
The two were said to be men, but one had the head of a bull and the other the head of a horse.
Huang Li knew that his yang life was over. Anyway, this kind of life is not interesting, he has no nostalgia at all, he stands up and follows them out.
When they got to the yard, the ox "mooed". Huang Li couldn't help but look back.
The head of the bull said to the ox, "Your longevity will also arrive tomorrow, so don't bark." ”
The scalper suddenly spoke something that Huang Li could understand. He was well-read, and knew that the scalper did not speak human language, but he had become a ghost himself, and could understand the language of all beasts.
The scalper said: "Two superiors, my master is a good man, and it is too unfair to him to do so. ”
After all, the head of the bull and the scalper have something in common, and they are very polite to the scalper: "There are many unfair things in the world, just take care of yourself." Since we met, it was fate. Let me tell you, you have been a cow for two lives, and you can be a man in the next life, and the treatment is not bad. ”
The scalper hesitated and said, "My master is very talented, and his ambition in this life has not been rewarded. The two superiors said that if they were willing, all living beings could take the place of others. The master treats me well, anyway, I am used to being a scalper, it is better to let me continue to be a scalper, and give all the blessings I can enjoy in the next life to my master, and it can be regarded as repaying his kindness. ”
The footsteps of the bull head and horse face immediately stopped, and they looked at the scalper with admiration in their eyes.
After discussing with the bull, the bull head and horse said to the ox, "You are all the orders of the mustard, you don't need to go to the king of Hades to ask for it, we can call the shots." Since you are loyal and righteous, we will fulfill you and fold the blessings you enjoy in the next life into thirty years of yang longevity and give it to Huang Li. ”
The scalper nodded in acknowledgement.
Yingli was also moved when he heard it, and just about to talk to the scalper, he felt a pain all over his body, and when he opened his eyes, it turned out to be Nan Ke's dream!
He got up and ran to the yard, where the ox had fallen in the barn and was dying of starvation. Strangely, I feel a lot more energetic and my body is full of strength.
After the sun rose, Huang Li respectfully buried the ox in the soil.
When digging a pit for the ox, he dug up dozens of shellfish coins from the soil.
With this money, he bought food at a high price and survived the cold winter peacefully.
The next year, he made a desperate gamble and went to work again, this time very smoothly, and finally became an official.
Huang Li knelt on the ground with tears in his eyes and bowed to the cow in the dark to thank him.
The town's big man Yun died on a rainy night, he can be described as a legend in the town, from a poor boy with nothing to today's big family, how much bitterness is probably only known to him.
After the Yun family became wealthy, it was full of children and grandchildren, and it became the leading family in the town, and there were many talents in the family, which was very enviable.
Master Yun's soul left the body that night, he saw Black and White Impermanence coming, he had already seen it when he lived to such an age, just stood there quietly, waiting for Black and White Impermanence to take him to the underworld.
However, Black and White Impermanence did not take Master Yun away, Bai Impermanence said: "After the soul leaves the body, you can stay in the human world for three days and complete the things you have not yet explained, but remember not to disturb the order of the human world, otherwise you will only sink into the eighteenth layer of hell." With that, Black and White Impermanence left.
Master Yun didn't know that there was such a saying after his death, and he thought that it would be good for him to stay at home for three days to see his family, and he would be worried after the province went down.
The next day, the news of Master Yun's death came out, and everyone in the Yun family rushed over, and those who knew and didn't know each other came.
Master Yun was very happy when he saw it, he didn't expect his children and grandchildren to be so filial and rush back so quickly, and those friends who usually do business are also interesting enough, and they all come to see him.
But soon Master Yun got angry, because all the friends who came to see him came to talk about business with his sons.
They thought to themselves that when Master Yun died, the power of the Yun family must fall into the hands of these sons, and they must have a good relationship at this time.
Master Yun has been crisscrossing the mall for several years, and he knows that it is greasy, but when it really happens to him, the taste is not pleasant.
Master Yun didn't want to see these snobbish faces, so he came to the room where his body was placed, and saw his daughters-in-law cleaning up their clothes and grooming.
Old Man Yun was deeply relieved to see this, after all, he was always a family, and his relatives were always the best, but he was soon disappointed again.
The eldest daughter-in-law took off the gold chain around Master Yun's neck and said: "It's better to take down this gold chain, have you heard recently, tomb robbers are very rampant, if they know that Dad's coffin has pearl treasures, it won't disturb his old man's rest." After saying that, the eldest daughter-in-law put the gold chain in her pocket.
Not to be outdone, the second daughter-in-law took down the jade pendant on Master Yun's waist and said, "Sister-in-law is right, we can't let those bad people disturb my father's rest, I'll put away this jade pendant first." ”
Seeing this, the other daughters-in-law knew that they would suffer if they didn't do anything, so they took off all the rings, necklaces, bracelets and other things on Master Yun's body, and said that they would not let the tomb robbers worry about it, but Master Yun knew in his heart what they were planning.
Several daughters-in-law took the things on Master Yun's body like this, and in the end they even almost fought, and he could only sigh helplessly as he watched from the sidelines.
At night, Master Yun sat alone in the garden, not expecting that it would be such a scene after his death.
Suddenly, a noise reached the ears of Master Yun, and he followed the sound to find that the noise came from the mourning hall, and he immediately rushed over after hearing it, only to see his sons arguing.
"Big brother, you are too much, your father's bones are not cold, are you going to occupy all the family property now?"
"Hmph, I'm the eldest son, what's wrong with inheriting the family property, you give me a big hat now, you think I don't know what you're thinking. ”
"Dad, I was next to me before I died, and he said that I would be in charge of the Yun family, didn't you even listen to my father?"
Several sons quarreled with each other, and several daughters-in-law also quarreled on the side, and in the end they even fought, ignoring Master Yun who was lying on the side.
After arguing like this all night, the next day they were still smiling and welcoming people, as if nothing had happened, Master Yun saw all these in his eyes, and his heart couldn't help but feel cold.
The three days passed quickly, and black and white impermanence came to take away Master Yun, Master Yun looked at the lively Yun family, everyone was drinking and eating happily, and no one cared whether he was at ease or not.
Black and white Wuchang Yun hesitated for a while, and Bai Wuchang said: "Human affection is warm and cold, what you have experienced in your life, you should see it clearly." ”
Master Yun smiled helplessly and said, "How can I not know, but when it happens to me, even if I know why, I always feel uncomfortable." After speaking, Black and White Impermanence took Master Yun to the underworld.