Strictly speaking, that's not a thing, it's a ghost story.

In the past, when Li Zifeng was still a beggar, he often slept in the open air, and the four seas were his home, so he went to many places, saw a lot, heard a lot, and saw a lot.

There is a village where there is such an old man, who likes to tell stories to children, and Li Zifeng also likes to listen, he always squats at the end, puts his hands together, leans against a big tree, does not say a word, listens carefully like a child.

The old man did not resent the dirty beggar, but felt that this beggar was his most loyal listener, because in the eyes of others, all the stories he told were to coax children, and no one listened to the adults, no one believed them, only this dirty adult believed them.

So the old man never bombarded him away, but deliberately raised the pitch to make him hear more clearly.

Let's just say that during the Republic of China, there was a lady show, when I heard this, I thought it was a love story, in fact, it was not that simple, this lady basically didn't go out much on weekdays, but the situation was turbulent, the family was in the middle of the road, offended the people who couldn't be provoked, and the family was ruined, so I fled out and hid in a small mountain village.

After all, it is everyone's lady, and the village girl is not at the same level, proficient in piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, knowledgeable and knowledgeable in literature, it stands to reason that he can't look down on the people in the village, it just so happens that there is a young man in this village, who is also influenced by Western culture, the first to go out to work-study, received a Western-style education, the two of them collided with sparks, these sparks can not avoid burning to the body, so they burned the two together.

But this young man was an idealistic man, seeing that the country was in turmoil and full of devastation, and his medical skills were useless, so he had to put down the scalpel and follow Rong, and the day before leaving, he went fishing by the river, wanting to cook a hearty meal for his wife before leaving.

But sit by the river for a few hours, never catch any fish, as if there are no fish in the river at all, which can not help but make people depressed, in the evening, the young man is about to leave, but he saw an old man with a fishing basket behind him passing by, maybe also a fishing enthusiast, so he couldn't help but tilt two steps to the young man's side, and asked more: "Did you catch it?" ”

The young man looked back at the old man, shook his head, and said, "No, not one." ”

The old man said, "Have you said anything as you sit here this afternoon?" ”

The young man was stunned, thinking to himself, what is there to say about sitting alone by the river? But he analyzed the current situation, and this afternoon was indeed muttering to himself, planning his plans for the future.

He said, "I didn't say anything." ”

The old man's back was very hunched, almost unable to straighten his waist, and he walked with a cane, shaking three steps and three times, walking very slowly, and when he reached the side of the young man, he sat down with difficulty, and said: "This fish, all have life, and all living things have spirituality, you say that you are a poor boy, how can you catch a fish for no reason?" Especially the delicious fish, how can you catch it? ”

These words made the young man even more confused, oh, if you dare to fish in love, you have to look at the family property, the rich can catch it, but the poor can't catch it?

The young man shook his head, and the toad jumped into the well - I don't understand.

The old man didn't sell it, so he said bluntly: "People have life, fish have life, you want to eat its meat, it wants to eat your bait, right?" ”

The youth nodded.

The old man said, "You can't just try to eat it and not let it get what it wants, it's obviously not fair, so if you want to catch a fish, especially the one you want the most, you have to pay a lot of money and cut off a small piece of your own meat as bait, and you can definitely catch it." ”

The young man was speechless: "If you can't catch a fish, you won't use your own meat as bait, right?" "Not to mention young people, even senior anglers with many years of fishing experience, I'm afraid they won't do this, this is not called dedication, this is called brain-dead.

The old man waved his hand and smiled: "Eh, young man, I guess you must want to catch this fish, you have been sitting here all day, not eating or drinking, you want to catch this fish too much, right?" ”

It is true that although the young man has received a Western-style education, he is also poor, and he really wants to cook the most sumptuous meal for his lover when he leaves, but he cannot afford to buy meat, so he can only fish from the river.

"Time is running out, if you believe me, cut off a piece of your own meat as bait, and if you can't catch it, you can push me into the river, or cut off a piece of my meat, how about it?" The old man put away his playful smile, and every wrinkle on his face was full of the word serious.

It is also young and vigorous, and the young man thinks that if he sits all day like this, if he can't catch it, he really can't say it, isn't it just a piece of meat, what is it, so he took out a knife and was about to do it, but the old man stopped and said: "Slow, this piece of meat, you must dig the piece on your chest - the meat of your heart!" ”

"Heart?" The young man wondered.

"Yes, it's the flesh of the heart."

The young man gritted his teeth, and on the skin and flesh in front of the heart of his chest, he screwed down a piece of meat, and endured the severe pain to hang the piece of meat on the hook. A large carp weighing more than two catties was immediately hooked.

At this time, the young man could no longer care about the pain in his chest, thanked the old man, put the carp in the bamboo basket and ran home.

The old man hurriedly asked: "Eh, it's not over yet, you catch it, you want to eat it?" ”

The young man was almost angry, but he still patiently asked, "I caught it, don't you eat it?" So what am I going to do with all this effort? ”

The old man smiled and said, "It's naturally okay to eat, but does it hurt if you dig yourself with a knife?" It must hurt, right? Do you eat a bite of its meat, does it hurt? It hurts, right? ”

"So, I'm going to go home and raise it, and I can't eat a single bite of it?" The young man sneered.

The old man stroked his beard and said, "Eat it or not, that's your business, I naturally can't make the decision, but this dish is for your wife, I think you should ask her if she wants to eat it first, what do you think?" ”

The young man had already run away, shook his head and said, "That's nature, thank you, uncle!" The voice fell, and the man had returned to the village.

That night, the young man showed the big carp he had caught to his wife, who was shocked when she first looked at it, but she still held her mind and said, "This fish is golden in color, not ordinary, or we will let it go?" ”

The young man was stunned for a moment, shook his head and said, "Eh, madam, I took a lot of effort to catch this fish, why do you want to release it?" Madam, you have a weak physique, follow me all day long, it really hurts you, I will make a pot of fish soup tonight, you have to make up for your body. ”

Seeing that the young man was sharpening his knife and preparing to kill the fish, the lady was full of sadness, thought about it carefully, sat lightly on the young man's side, wrapped her hands around the young man's right arm, and asked in a low voice: "Before killing the fish, I want to ask you one thing, okay?" ”