Chapter 1: Repaying the Favor
The Milky Way is a huge, disk-like system of stars and galactic matter. The Milky Way is formed by the light of numerous stars in the Milky Way, and its core is surrounded by a large central nuclear sphere called the Silver Nucleus. With the silver core as the center, it is surrounded by tens of billions of stars and countless planets and moons. Earth, one of the countless planets, may also be the only remaining living star in the entire galaxy.
Guotian Village, a small village in the south of the Chinese country on the earth, is slightly backward compared with the open southern towns and villages due to its remote terrain and inconvenient transportation.
In the midsummer of 47 years of Huaxia Ligonghe, on a small piece of self-reserved land by the south reservoir of Zhenzhen, there was a little boy who looked like black charcoal was sweating like rain and wielding a hoe, and the hoe kept making intimate contact with the earth, bringing up pieces of dust.
Behind the black charcoal boy, there is a small bald head, the little bald head has only one arm, and the little hand lies flat with a small shovel, digging neat holes in the ridge of the black charcoal boy's hoe.
Behind the little bald head, there was a tall and thin man, whose hair covered half of his handsome face, holding a bamboo basket in one hand, and putting two or three soybeans in the small hole dug by the little bald head and covering it with soil in the other. The three of them worked together all morning before they barely completed a small piece of cultivated land.
At this moment, a crisp female voice came from a wooden tile house about 20 meters away from the self-reserved land, "Fourth Brother Hai, the meal is ready, you wash your hands, come over to eat first." ”
Xiao Heitan put down the hoe in his hand and looked at the cabin, his black face inadvertently revealing a flush.
The bald boy looked at the little black carbon with an intoxicated face, and looked disdainful, "I said turtle son, you better go find Zhu Gehuang and ask him to seriously help you choose a new name." When he was named, he happened to be watching a TV series, and there was an actor named Bi Sihai in it, your nickname is Turtle Son, and I can't tell the difference between turtles and turtles, so I named you Chen Sihai casually, it's better to call Chen Bide, it's been so many years, how awkward it sounds. ”
The thin and tall man slowly straightened his waist, hammered his back, and glanced at the bald boy, "I said vegetable head, I also learn Hokkien dialect when I have time, and I pronounce Hokkien dialect as "Bi", and we can not laugh at people in fifty steps and make a hundred steps, when the kid named the two of us, he was reading comics, and in order to send us away quickly, he casually named the two of us. You look like a tiger and have a bald head, so your name is Chen Yaohu, and you don't need to light the lamp if you are too bright. What about me, nicknamed Mouse, and blind in one eye, the Mouse One-Eyed Dragon, called Chen Haolong, really convinced him", after that, a wind just blew the long hair in front of his forehead, revealing a hollow left eye, although the sun is shining, but it is also quite infiltrating.
"Don't complain, the village chief treats us very well, and Zhu Gehuang treats us well, compared to begging for a living in the hands of traffickers when I was a child, I don't know how many times better, the name is just a codename, don't be foolish, I really don't want that name, it doesn't hurt if we change it" Behind the three friends came a young man with a burlap bag on his back, about seventeen or eighteen years old, and his appearance was quite handsome, but his face was a little frightening, as if he had just been forced to donate 600cc of blood.
"Brother Mimi, you're back, what delicious food are you bringing, did the village chief say when we will also go to work in the village-run factory" A handsome little girl came out of the wooden tile house, although she was wearing white-washed old clothes and pants, but her bones revealed an otherworldly beauty.
With a spatula in her left hand and a book in her right hand, she waved at the spatula in the distance. Although she tried to control her balance, she almost fell, and when she looked closely, she found that her right thigh was empty, and it was fluttering in the wind.
The four little friends looked at the little girl's empty trousers, and their faces couldn't help but show a sense of anger "Damn abalone".
"Xinluan has finished the meal, you also rest, let's go eat first, and chat while eating" Fu Mi carried the sack on his back and walked straight towards the small wooden tile house, and a few friends immediately followed.
In the 42nd year of the Chinese calendar, the then 13-year-old Fu Mi took advantage of the drunkenness of "abalone" and other human traffickers to take the cabbage, the mouse, the turtle son, and the four people such as Ping (Xinluan) from Xiamen to escape to this remote town by sand mining boat.
Uncle Xiang organized staff to build a large wooden tile house for their hard-working children in a vacant lot near the Zhennan Reservoir, and delivered food and related daily necessities regularly every month. The five friends finally ended their begging life under the oppression of human traffickers, and lived a happy childhood for a few years.
The wooden tile room is separated by three small single rooms, one is the bedroom of the little girl Xinluan, which is full of all kinds of books borrowed from Zhu Gehuang, Zhuzi Baijia, astronomy and geography, humanities, etc., everything.
Brother Zhu Huang, his father, Uncle Biao, is the electric bully in the village. Although Uncle Xiang is the village head, every time he sees him as an uncle, the village chief has to give him three points. Zhu Gehuang's family is well-off, and he is a single family for three generations, whether it is Uncle Biao's family or the village chief's family, they all respond to his needs. Although Zhu Gehuang is a gentleman, he prefers to read books in his spare time, and there are thousands of books in his home alone.
Zhu Gehuang read the first summer vacation boredom taught them a few literacy, although the teacher is very unreliable, but you are a few students are quite diligent, a few days down, five friends have miraculously learned pinyin, look up the dictionary.
Teacher Brother Zhu felt a great sense of accomplishment, and for the sake of his 'students' academic success, he actually got hundreds of books from his collection and put them in Xinluan's small room. Five good students did not live up to the high expectations of Mr. Zhu Gehuang, in just four or five years, all the books of Zhu Gehuang were read by them, Xin Luan was unable to move, could not go to the field to help work, but also read almost all of Zhu Gehuang's collection.
The compartment next to Xinluan's room is naturally the kennel of the four brothers, and it is called a mess, although the rice will be sorted out every few days, but the rat and the vegetable head are too good at tossing.
The last compartment is the kitchen and the living room, and the only furniture in the living room is a wooden table, on which are placed two vegetables and a bowl of salted pork soup, and the brothers feast.
After the storm swept away, Xin Luan came over to clean up the table, looked up at the rice, "Brother rice, did the village chief promise us to go to work in the village-run factory, we have been in the village for many years, although we also grow some soybeans and sweet potatoes ourselves, we still have to rely on the help of the people in the village every month." ”
"After you read the electrician books of Brother Zhuhuang's family, you were accepted as an apprentice by Uncle Biao, and you can also go to help collect electricity bills, and you can do it, and a few of us will take care of this small one-acre and three-point land, and we always feel that there is something missing in our lives. The villagers are simple and inconsiderate, saying that we are still young and read more books in our spare time, but we always feel that we live a life a bit like parasites. ”
Caitou touched his bald head with his right hand, and then looked at his empty left arm, "Do you say that they dislike us as disabled, and are afraid that we will go to the factory to help."
The mouse on the side subconsciously combed the long hair in front of his forehead, afraid of revealing the empty left eye.
Fu Mi stepped forward and made a shudder directly on the bald head of the vegetable head, "Dead vegetable head, don't be nonsense all day long, the village chief is so good to us, if they dislike us, they will not take us in, let alone take care of us unconditionally for so many years." We have to know how to be grateful, do you know?" Sihai kept nodding on the side, not expressing any opinion.
Caitou rubbed the chestnut protruding from his bald head with his right hand, "Brother Mimi, we are not ungrateful. We lived an inhuman life for several years under the torture of abalone and a few of their sluts, you were beaten to internal bleeding, and the four of us were gouged out by them when we were young, sawed our hands and legs, cut off our tongues, and threw them into various neighborhoods of Xiamen to beg. Every day is unclothed and hungry, and that hellish life is still vivid in my mind today. ”
"If it weren't for Uncle Xiang and them, we wouldn't have been able to live such a good life, we cherish it very much, and we are very grateful. But in order to repay Uncle Xiang for their kindness to us, we should go out to do things, and at the same time we want to prove that we are still useful, although we are disabled, we are not wasted people" Caitou's voice was very low, for fear of causing trouble again.
This time, instead of knocking on his bald head, he patted the head of the vegetable on the shoulder, and then sighed deeply. Xin Luan hid his face and wept, the four seas were bitter and couldn't speak, and the mouse lowered his head.
After being silent for a long time, Fu Mi broke the silence, "There is such a small feed processing factory in the village, and it has to feed so many people, not to mention the village chief, even if my master Uncle Biao is such a domineering person, and he has not arranged any apprentices to enter the factory, there are more monks and less porridge, and they can't help it." When you grow up, I will ask the master to give you their own land to plant, and your life will naturally be fuller. ”
When the four of Xinluan heard this, they didn't refute or say anything, and there was silence for a long time.
Suddenly, Caitou slapped the little bald head heavily with his right hand, and looked at Mimi with burning eyes, "Brother Mimi, do you remember that we just came to Tiancun, and Brother Zhu Huang often told us all kinds of legendary stories in their village, including the legend of a mango tree treasure, do you remember?"
At that time, he said that the mango tree under our reservoir has lived for thousands of years, and there is a tree hole under the mango tree, and there is a treasure hidden in the tree hole, and the bandits went in to search before the liberation, and I heard that they found a lot of good things. It's just that after liberation, it was buried anew, we can go and see, maybe we can pick up an antique teapot or something for the village chief, let them expand the factory, or open a vegetable processing factory, a farm or something, so that we can also go to work" After all, it is a teenager, and the root of the ear has been polluted by Zhu Gehuang for several years, and he is quite keen on treasure hunting adventures.
Fu Mi glanced at the head of the dish and shook his head, "Those are the storylines that Zhu Gehuang read a lot of storybooks when he was a child, and the storylines that were grafted casually, there are really treasures in the past few decades, and they have already been dug up, and it is still our turn to pick them up." And that mango tree can live for thousands of years? It would be good if the mango tree introduced by Huaxia Kingdom could last for hundreds of years, and the second ancestor of Zhu Gehuang liked to be nonsense. ”
"I heard that he studied in the county seat, played games at night, and slept at the desk during the day, and he was called his parents dozens of times. You also believe his words, is he Brother Pig or are you Brother Pig?" said Fu Mi and poked at the bald head of the vegetable head.
Zhu Gehuang, who was in high school in the county seat, had an itch in his ears for no reason, woke up from his sleep, and suddenly stood up and looked around, "Which turtle son is talking bad about his brother behind his back, and his grandfather's I am not finished with him" This roar made the whole class in an uproar, and the Chinese teacher was even more black, and then our Zhu Gehuang was punished to listen to the lecture in the back of the classroom, off-topic.
As soon as Mi Mi mentioned Zhu Gehuang, a half-hung teacher, several friends laughed heartily. For this "teacher" who is also a teacher and a friend, and who is not a few years old, they have an inexplicable good impression in their hearts.
After laughing, the conversation box also opened, and everyone began to chat about the recent interesting things, and the vegetable head touched the bald head, which was tangled for a while, and then slapped the bald head violently" Brother Mimi, let me tell you one thing, don't laugh at me when you hear it, I have been having a strange dream recently, under the old mango tree, there is a woman dressed in white, who looks like a fairy, always waving to me, and there seems to be a word in her mouth, but I don't know what to say, and the woman in white is quite kind, and the Guanyin Niangniang in Longying Temple is a little similar, ah, Amitabha, the disciple is talking nonsense, Guanyin Niangniang is not strange, Mo is strange" The voice just fell, and the head of the dish kowtowed to the direction of Longying Temple like garlic.
I don't know how many knocks I made, I wasn't so religious, mainly to cover up the embarrassment of saying this strange dream, but I didn't hear the laughter of my friends for a long time, and I was stupid, I raised my head and secretly glanced at a few friends, and found that a few friends were also looking at him with a surprised face, "You can laugh if you want to, don't suffocate your body."
The mouse was full of surprise, and let out a wry smile, "Caitou, I want to laugh, but I don't know why, I have often had the same dream in the past few days, how do you tell me to laugh." ”
When Caitou heard this, the whole person froze, and then looked at the other three friends, and the three of them all nodded helplessly, one of them couldn't speak, and the other was thin-skinned, this kind of funny dream was inconvenient to listen to with the little friends, and it was held back for several days, not to mention how uncomfortable it was.
Caitou showed a look of understanding, and swept the small ones aside, "You say, is this Guanyin Master want to guide us to the tree hole to pick up a few purple sand pots, black sand pots, white sand pots or something to repay the villagers, do you say yes or not" After speaking, he looked excited.
Xin Luan, who is usually taciturn, took the initiative to suggest for the first time, "I don't know if there will be a purple clay pot, hehe! But Brother Mimi, since we all have the same dream, there must be something strange about that mango tree, we might as well go to the tree hole to see, no matter if there is anything valuable, it can still solve a few of our inner doubts, isn't it." ”
Mustache slapped his thigh hard and stood up, "Since everyone has the same dream, let's go and take a look, but be careful in everything, especially the cabbage, you are too naughty, wait for the rat to stare at him, don't let him run around." Turtle ...... No, no, Sihai, I'm sorry, it's all to blame for the dead cabbage, they don't change their words, I've been brought in by them" Mimi smiled awkwardly at Sihai.
Sihai shook his head, saying that he didn't care, but Caitou didn't relent, "Brother Mimi, you haven't changed your words, Caitou Caitou, my brain is not very bright, and the more you call it, the more stupid I become!"
The mouse walked up to the vegetable head and touched the bald head of the vegetable head, "You are still not bright, if you are more spiritual, the sun will be eclipsed in Tiancun." I like Brother Mi to call me a mouse, kindly, although this is the abalone who killed a thousand knives. ”
Mi finally got rid of the embarrassment, and glanced at everyone, "Okay, don't mention the past, we will all change our words in the future, although Zhu Gehuang is unreliable, but the name is still heard." When we will bring a hoe to the four seas, we will set off after resting, and the expedition is the second, and safety is the first. ”
At noon, most of the villagers went home for lunch, there were few people on the self-reserved land at the foot of the whole mountain, and the rice took a few friends straight to the mango tree, and after a while they arrived under the mango tree, the four seas waved their hoes, and after a while, a small tree hole slowly appeared in front of everyone. The tree hole is not big, three zhang square, Sihai took the lead in entering, and the other four people followed slowly. The light in the cave is dim, but the sight, the whole cave is empty, although I knew that there will be no gain, but the brothers are a little disappointed in their hearts.
Just as they were retreating, there was a burst of light on the earthen wall facing the entrance of the cave, and a vertical eye-like light and shadow slowly opened, forming an oval mirror more than a foot high, and a heavenly female voice came from the mirror.
Bodhi has no tree, and the mirror is not a platform. Buddha nature is always pure, where there is dust!
The heart is a Bodhi tree, and it is a mirror platform. The mirror is clean, where is the dust!
Bodhi has no tree, and the mirror is not a platform. There is nothing in the first place, where is the dust!
"Hell, hell," the cabbage screamed and was about to run out of the hole. Just ran two steps and was grabbed by the collar by the mouse, and dragged back into the hole, and then only heard a crisp snap, and Zeng Liang's bald head suddenly had five finger prints.
"This dish is really hard," the mouse shook his hand.
"Why are you hitting me?" the cabbage is about to spill after breaking free from the mouse.
"In broad daylight, what the hell, that's Buddhist Sanskrit, don't read those comic book children's books when you have time, read more useful books" The mouse glanced at him with disdain and ignored him. Caitou blushed, and he wanted to argue something, but he couldn't open his mouth.
"Okay, okay, you two don't make trouble, I'll go in first and have a look, if it's okay, I'll call you in" Fu Mi didn't wait for them to agree, and took the lead in walking towards the light mirror.
The white light mirror rippled, and the rice disappeared in a blink of an eye.