Chapter 2 Repaying the Fox Fairy

I have been carrying the stone since Mr. Bai gave me, and I have never taken it off, and it has been going well for more than 30 years since I was born, except for the occasional sight of some ghosts and the like, why do I say it is a ghost instead of just a ghost, because there are some things that I don't know how to define them, such as an incident that happened when I was four or five years old......

As I said before, when I was young, I lived in the countryside, not long after I was born, my father went to the city to sell fruits, and after I was weaned, my mother also went to the city together, and I became a veritable left-behind child. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

At that time, the countryside was an outdoor public toilet, some people would get a wooden bucket or iron bucket with a lid in the house, and then pour it out after the solution, naughty and mischievous boys like me were generally solved on the spot, at that time they were all dirt roads, and they were solved under the wall and covered with some dirt, and they lifted their pants and left!

One night after dinner, it was already dark, only the moonlight and the stars shone on the whole village, and every house was lit up, a very soft yellow light, not too bright and not too dazzling, just the right kind. The old people sat in the yard and chatted, I and I have been playing together since I was a child, my partner Big Fat, Bing and others squatted on the ground to play with small cards made of cardboard, at that time the boys all had a large stack in their hands, playing and playing I suddenly had an upset stomach and wanted to hurry up and come back and play, so I ran to the outside of my house to solve it, when I was concentrating on, I inadvertently turned around, and saw a person standing behind me in the afterglow, because I was relatively small at that time, I didn't know how to be afraid, maybe because I was more curious about who was watching me, I quickly wiped my ass and looked back, it didn't matter, between a man with a height of 1.8 meters in a white robe, standing there on tiptoe, I looked up along his white robe and turned out to be a fox face, a fox face with white hair and a pointed mouth!

I smiled at him, stood on tiptoe and looked up to ask him who he was and what he was doing here. He didn't speak, I felt him grin like a grin, I rubbed my eyes with my hand, and by the time I looked up again, he was no longer there. I went back to the back room and continued to play with my friends, I didn't tell them what had just happened, but I kept thinking about who it was......

At night, I was lying on the kang with my grandparents, and I mentioned it to my grandmother, and my grandmother told me that it was my family's Baojiaxian and told me a story about my family's Baojiaxian.

The story happened to my grandfather's grandfather, I should be called the old grandfather, the old grandfather went up the mountain to play when he was a teenager, thinking about stepping on some wild vegetables and wild fruits and the like, but the sunny weather suddenly became cloudy, the old man saw that it was too late to run home now and found a small cave to hide, it was also a coincidence, the old man just entered the cave with his front feet behind the downpour, with a huge thunder, the old man leaned into the cave, because the cave is relatively small, to accommodate a child just right, At this time, the old man heard that there seemed to be something in the rain, and listened carefully to the sound of a kitten, the old man poked his head out and looked out, and sure enough, he saw a kitten with white hair all over his body wet by the heavy rain, the old man didn't want to rush towards the kitten, squatted down and was about to hug when he found that where was the kitten, it was a snow fox with white hair, one of its hind legs was stuck in the crack of the big stone and couldn't move, and the two front paws were desperately trying to escape, The old man struggled to break open the big stone to let the little fox come out quickly, and then there was a muffled thunder, scared the old man and almost let go, the little fox seemed to understand and pulled out his legs, the old man saw that its hind legs had been injured in the struggle, the wound was not only hairy but also bleeding, the old man picked it up and ran to the cave, into the cave the old man has been holding the little fox and it is also very obedient to call the old man to hold, the rain is getting smaller and smaller, not three or five minutes but sunny again, If there were no muddy mountain roads and stagnant water in potholes, it would be as if it hadn't rained. The old man was relieved that the little fox took it home, the man at that time didn't care about what the child was doing all day, the little fox stayed at the old man's house, the old man bandaged him with herbs every day, and fed him some coarse grains to fill his stomach, the days were so happy, the little guy got better day by day, the coat color is getting better and better, it looks like silver in the moonlight, the neighbor's little friend said that this wool made of scarf must be very warm and good-looking, the old man was anxious when he heard it, and said ruthlessly:" If you say that you want to make the little fox a scarf, I'll beat you! ”

Time passed day by day, the little fox not only healed the injury but also got fatter and fatter, because he always didn't know where to get chickens and rabbits to the old grandfather's family, and the neighbors didn't hear of who lost the chicken or rabbit, the old man treated it like relatives and friends, and always stayed by his side when he went out to play, this little fox was also very humane, and always understood the words of the old man, but gradually the old man found that the little fox would sometimes leak lonely eyes, and the old man thought that it might be homesick, and wanted it to be home in the mountains...... One night the old man got up to go to the toilet and found the little fox lying on the windowsill, looking out, the old man knew that it was time to send him back to the mountains, he couldn't keep it by his side all the time, and decided to send him back to the mountains the next day. On the day when the little fox was sent away, it was drizzling in the sky, and the old man walked very slowly, saying words of advice along the way, just like an elderly mother who wants to send her son on a long journey, and kept saying things like taking good care of herself...... Usually more than an hour to walk the distance that the old man walked all morning, but to send you a thousand miles to say goodbye, and finally walked to the old man and the little fox stayed together in the cave, the grandfather reluctantly put down the little fox, it squatted down on the knees facing the old man, just like a salute, the old man finally couldn't suppress the tears in his eyes and squatted down, touched his hair again and said, "You go...... Go back to your house......" The old man turned around and ran after saying this, he was afraid that he would be reluctant to stay for a while, but who knew that the little fox also ran with the old man, and the old man didn't dare to look back until the little fox followed him again, and he cried and shouted while running: "Don't follow me anymore!" I don't like you anymore! The little fox finally stopped running and stopped in place, the old man knew that the little fox was not running away with him, and when he looked back, he couldn't see the little fox, he squatted on the ground and cried loudly, and whispered in his mouth: "I will miss your ......" At night, the old man came home with swollen eyes crying, and saw his mother throw himself into his arms and cry again: "The little fox is gone......" For a long time after that, he felt that the little fox was still there, Sometimes he could feel the little fox rubbing his face with its silvery white fur in his sleep......

At this point, I asked my grandmother, "Did they meet again?" Grandma shook her head and continued: After that, your grandfather ran to the cave when he was fine, and he wanted to see if it was doing again, but he never saw the little fox again, maybe the little fox was hiding and cultivating. I asked my grandmother, "How do you know you're going to cultivate?" Grandma turned off the light, covered me with a quilt and continued to tell me a story, and grandma said that it was the little fox who came to repay the favor......

In the early nineties of the last century, the old man has become a little old man, the Northeast made a beard, all said that the troubled times produce wicked people, after the defeat of the First Sino-Japanese War, the Qing Dynasty's rout army wandered into the Kanto region, many people entered the mountains as thieves, fell into the grass for the coward, so that the number of beards increased greatly. This situation continued until the Tongzhi and Daoguang periods. At that time, the beard per share ranged from thousands to tens of thousands. At that time, the biggest bandit in the Northeast belonged to the later "King of the Northeast" Zhang Zuolin. At that time, people were panicked, and the beards on the mountain often came down the mountain to loot, and they generally chose large families, because there was more money and more food. may be because of the blessing of the little fox, the grandfather's family was a famous family at that time, so it was naturally regarded as a granary by the beards, and the grandfather's family was anxious every day, digging a secret passage to hide food. But the bandits have never been to the grandfather's house, and the family is happy and curious, why hasn't this beard come yet? One day, the shopkeeper of the Liu family, another big family in the village, came to look inside the door, this Liu family heard that the beard had just been looted two days ago, and the valuable and grain in the family were taken away, and even the hidden food was found and robbed, which was the family's rations for a whole winter! The grandfather's son ran to the door and yelled: "What are you doing at my house, looking forward to my house being robbed!" The eldest grandfather also followed, "Old Liu! Why are you here? "Grandpa had a good relationship with this old Liu Tou before, and often got together to drink and chat when his life was good, knowing that this old Liu Tou was not a bad person, Lao Liu Tou opened his mouth and asked: "Big brother, where are your soldiers?" The grandfather was also stunned, let the old Liu Tou into the house, and gave the old Liu Tou the hot wine before telling the truth...... Two days ago, after Hu Zi went to his house to ransack it, he kidnapped Lao Liu Tou and asked: "What is the situation of Lao Zhao's family in the east of your house, there is a watchtower at the door, and there are soldiers who have been guarding it." "This old Liu Tou only came to take a look today, and the result is the same as usual? There are no guardtowers or any GIs.

Grandma said that this eighty percent is the little fox who has cultivated the Tao, knowing that the bandits are going to rob, he has conjured up a trick to make the beard dare not approach, and he may have been bless my family. But after my grandfather died, my family's life was not as good as day by day, and it wasn't until I gave birth to my father that I got better day by day......

As the saying goes, there are only three generations of rich and poor, and no matter how rich a family is, there may be a loser when the gold and silver mountains will be lost, and no matter how poor the family is, it will get better and better with a little effort on its own.

Later, I kept thinking that I would go up the mountain that day and save a little fox, and it would bless me. But grandma said that this is a fate given by God, a fate that can be met but not sought.