Emperor Yuan Shun was in the fourth year, and a lot of things happened in this year, first in the spring, the great drought in Huaibei, followed by the plague. In May, the Yellow River broke the Baimao Embankment in the north, and in June broke the Golden Embankment in the north, these two things also affected Huaishu Village, first there was a great drought, and there was not a drop of rain in a radius of hundreds of miles since the opening of Chunhuaishu Village, just when Lin Laoshi was worried about this year's rent, a plague swept in.

This plague was menacing, and it was different from the usual epidemics, and it was called the corpse disease. It is said that the corpses of the five corpses are incorporated to harm all ghosts and evils. There are 36 to 99 types of lesions. It roughly makes people cold and hot, silent, and does not know what it is suffering from, and there is no evil everywhere. Over the years, it gradually stagnates, so that it dies, and after death, it will be passed on to others, and even destroyed.

It is said that this disease is a disease passed from the dead to the living, and there are those who die in vain, and after death, they cannot enter the earth for peace, and their resentment grows, and if someone passes by or gets close, they will be contaminated with the resentment of the corpse, and when they get this disease, they will cough, their chest and diaphragm will be stuffy, their limbs will be painful, their skin will be emaciated, and they will die in a short time, and the infection is very strong, often one person gets sick, and the whole family suffers, and it is the end of the extinction.

There is also a cure for this disease, that is, when the sick person is not dead, put it directly into the coffin, seal it, and sink the river, and it will be extinct...... It's just corpses all over the place, and there are so many in the sinking river.

Soon the disease spread to the village, Lin Laoshi's family was also infected with this disease, Lin Qi first contracted and had been drowsy for a few days, this day he was a little sober, remembered the incident a month ago, and said to his mother: "Mother, a few days ago, a fairy family invited me to eat and drink, I heard him say, the big tree under the locust tree of our family can escape a catastrophe, mother, my father and I are both men, we must protect you well, you go there to hide." ”

Li and Lin Laoshi have been infected with this disease, what they are worried about is the child, they don't care, this is hard, it is good to be able to eat a full stomach all year round, die a few days early, die a few years later, it makes no difference, the only thing that can't be let go in my heart is Lin Qi, whenever I think of it, Li is sad, I always feel that this child has not had a good life with him, and now he is infected with a bad epidemic, but there is no way, I just wish that I would die early, so I am not so worried.

I heard Lin Qi say that the big tree under the locust tree can save people, I was happy in my heart, and I saw my son's filial piety, and my heart was sour, thinking of the words that Lao Wang told when he was dying, over the years, every fifteenth day of the new year has burned incense under the locust tree. Even more determined to pay attention, no matter what, he had to let his son live, and seeing that Lin Qi was not in good spirits and fell asleep, he forced himself to discuss with Lin Laoshi.

Lin Laoshi has not been able to enter the water and rice for two years, and he has to maintain this family, which will hear his mother-in-law say that his son is saved, and his spirit is also lifted, and he said secretly: "Since the fairy family has a spirit, maybe they can save their mother-in-law and son, if they are fine, even if they die a hundred and eighty times, what can they do?" ”

The two of them returned to the house together, and helped Lin Qi to walk under the locust tree, Lin Qi was dragged up by his parents when he was dazed, and when he woke up, he saw the two of them staggering forward with him, and he also knew what was going on, and struggled hard, but at this time his body was powerless and could not struggle, so he could only shout: "What are you helping me to do?" Mother, hide inside, my father and I are men, and we should protect you......"

When he shouted, Li's heart was even more sour, but the strength in his hand increased, and he dragged his son fiercely to the bottom of the locust tree, and sure enough, the big wooden tumor under the root of the tree has grown bigger now, and there is a crack in the middle of the round, this gap can barely get into a small person, but the adult can't get into it anyway, not to mention that although the tree tumor is big, it can only fit one person.

The two of them tried their best to stuff Lin Qi into the tree nodules, and they were so tired that they fell apart, Rao was like this, Li was afraid that Lin Qi would come out, so he leaned his back against the tree nodules and covered a gap, Lin honestly collapsed to the ground, looked at his mother-in-law, and muttered: "Sanniang, but I can't stand you." ”

Li Shi looked at her pale husband, who was already angry and less angry, knowing that he had reached the limit, he smiled at him and said, "What am you sorry for me?" I have been with you all these years, although I am poor, but you respect me, know me, and love me, how can I not know? Honestly, I have never regretted following you, if there is an afterlife, I am still willing to marry you, and live this peaceful and joyful life...... My son is the lifeblood of you and me, as long as he is good, what if the two of us die, I will always accompany you on the Huangquan Road......"

Lin Laoshi's body was stiff, hearing what Li said this, his eyes lit up, and then dimmed, Li knew that his husband was gone, and he was sad, this would only feel that his whole body had no strength, and he slipped down from the tree nodule, Lin Qi was inside, his mother's words were heard clearly, and he was extremely sad in his heart, and he struggled to come out, but he didn't have half the strength in his body, so he could only shout in pain.

As soon as Li's strength was lost, he knew that he couldn't do it, so he barely turned his body around in one breath, and smiled at his son: "Son, my mother can't see you grow up, and I can't see you marrying a wife and having children, you have to remember that you have a child in the future and you want to succeed a king, this is your father's promise to your father-in-law, remember not to forget." ”

At this moment, Li still did not forget his promise to Lao Wang, and wanted to tell his son a few words, but there was a rumbling sound in his throat, and the meaning of sleepiness was entangled, and he no longer had any strength, but he still used his last breath and said to his son: "Do it...... Piece...... Good. "I didn't take a breath and fell silent.

Her last words to her son were only four words, to be a good person, which is a poor and respectable mother's expectation for her son, and it is also the standard of her life.

Although Lin Qi was weak and couldn't move, he could still hear and see, seeing his parents die tragically in front of his eyes, his eyes were wide open, and he was already staring at blood, and he just wished that he could use his life to exchange his parents for safety, but at this time, he couldn't even move his fingers, he realized that he was so weak, so weak that he couldn't do anything at all, and under the agitation of his heart, a mouthful of blood spurted out, and he fainted.

In the dream, his mother always stood at the door waiting for him to come home after being naughty, no matter how poor the family was, there was always a boiled egg to eat every day, and his father finished his day's work, and when he saw him, he showed a sincere smile and always touched his little head......

In the early morning, the wind swept by, as if the whispers of a lover's parting, lingering with coldness.

The cold woke Lin Qi up from his coma, he opened his eyes, and subconsciously called out, "Mother!" But no one answered him.

Suddenly remembering the scene before the coma, Lin Qi was startled, and couldn't help but rush upward, bang! A bang on his head hit the top of the nodule, making him grin, but this knock made his heart move, and the strength in his body actually returned, and his head was no longer the groggy appearance when he was infected.

But then his heart sank, and he carefully opened the crack of the tree and drilled out, and in the early morning sun, his parents were lying under the tree, and they had long since lost their breath.

Although he was prepared in his heart, seeing that his parents, who were fine yesterday, were now cold, Lin Qi felt that the whole sky had fallen, and he couldn't help crying.

He made up his mind and knew that people could not be resurrected after death, and it was not a matter for his parents to lie in the yard like this. Got up and helped my mother back to the pit in the house, then turned around and walked out the door to help my father.

As soon as Nazhi went out, he saw that the locust tree, which had grown for an unknown number of years, had withered, and before it was late autumn, the autumn leaves had fallen cleanly, and the torso had become dry, as if it had been dead for many years.

Although Lin Qi didn't understand how to reason, he also knew that his little fate must have been saved by this locust tree, so he bowed to the locust tree three times, and then found his father's body and helped him back to the house, side by side with his mother on the kang.

After doing all this, it was noon, Lin Qi was so hungry that he looked around, there was only a bowl of millet left at home, and he boiled gruel and drank it, and suddenly he felt that he had grown up, and no one in this family would have an idea, and everything depended on him.

What I have to do now is to put my parents in the ground, the coffin can't afford to buy, and there are two straw mats at home, which can barely cover the bodies of my parents, but where do I want to bury them? Lin Qi was worried, the land in Huaishu Village belonged to the landlord Wang Decai's family, and his father had been a tenant for his family for half his life, and he found a piece of land to bury it, and this favor should still be there.

Thinking of this, Lin Qi tidied up himself, and walked towards Wang Decai's house, and when he left the house, he heard the wailing of every family, there were corpses in every household, and half of the people in the small Huaishu Village died.

Before I walked to Wang Decai's house, I saw that the Wang family had surrounded a circle of people, all of whom were tenants of Wang Decai's family, and the dead people came to beg for a piece of land to bury their families, and several house slaves blocked the door, and they were shouting loudly: "Master Wang said, you pay grain, and the Wang family also gives you food, why do you want to occupy the land of the Wang family when you are dead?" Get out, get out...... What are a bunch of poor ghosts doing here? Whoever passed the illness to the nobles of the Wang family? ……”

Hearing these words, Lin Qi stopped, his surname was proud, and when he saw that there were tenants in the crowd who were older than his father, he ignored them, how could he ask for a piece of land from the Wang family? was hesitating whether to step forward, and heard a slave shouting: "The master said, the family is dead, and the grain cannot be handed over this year, so get out of the house within three days, and don't live in the house, otherwise don't care if the master is unsympathetic......"

Lin Qi was stunned, there was no harvest this year, the rent owed must not be paid, and his father's strong labor was gone, so he took both of them, it seemed that Wang Decai wanted to take back the land, but if this was the case, where should he go?

He was cold, and a thought faintly arose in his heart, when his mother was leaving, he wanted to be a good person, but his parents were good people all his life, and they ended up like this, and they didn't even have a place to be buried, is this the price of being a good person?

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