Chapter 342: Origin
Bai Sheng wanted to go to Manxian County to be the magistrate of the county, and he went to the Grace University to resign from the university. Sit down, lift more and let someone serve a plate of fruit, and ask Bai Sheng: Can you recognize what is on the plate? Bai Sheng looked at it carefully and said: It is like a pear, but the pear has skin, or yellow or green, and this fruit seems to have no skin, white as snow, and transparent as water.
He raised his palms and laughed, saying: This is also a pear, a crystal pear, and the origin is Mangxian County. He picked one up and handed it to Bai Sheng, Bai Sheng took the pear, opened his mouth carefully, and didn't wait to bite it, only to hear a crisp sound, a fragrance in his nose, and a sweet spleen.
Good pear, good pear, Bai Sheng couldn't help but blurt out. To say more, today, from the emperor's relatives to the Manchu Dynasty, the civil and military forces do not eat this pear, and Mangxian is really a good place. Bai Sheng hurriedly knelt down, and the students must live up to the high expectations of their teachers.
Fireworks in March, Bai Sheng set off. The spring color was attractive all the way, Bai Sheng had no intention of falling in love with the scene, and soon arrived in Manxian County. A group of county officials, staff, and squires have been waiting for a long time, and after greetings, they invited Bai Sheng to Hongyun Building to wash the dust. After three rounds of wine, the shopkeeper served a plate of fruit, Bai Sheng saw that it was an apple, and asked casually: Hey, isn't Mangxian rich in crystal pears? Xiao Er's face was embarrassed: My lord, the shop has all kinds of fresh fruits, but there are no crystal pears. Bai Sheng said: When you enter your hometown, you will follow its customs, and I prefer to hope that this is a native product everywhere.
Hearing this, the shopkeeper was anxious: My lord, I really can't buy this crystal pear now. Bai Sheng was so puzzled, so he looked at Wang Guo, the county man sitting next to him, Wang Guo immediately picked up his wine glass and said: Let's wait for a glass of Lord Bai together.
Everyone also responded to Zhu Bai's success. Bai Sheng raised his glass in confusion. When you are full of wine and food, it is already the time to hold the lamp.
When he woke up, it was the next morning, and Bai Sheng hurriedly ascended to the church. When the new official takes office, he naturally has to try several cases of him beautifully. But Bai Sheng sat in the hall all day, and no one came to complain, and it was like this for three days.
On the fourth day, Bai Sheng was really bored, so he shouted to retreat, then changed into civilian clothes and quietly walked out of the county office alone, riding a horse and running towards the countryside. There are many hills in Mangxian County, and when you look at it, the terraced fields that are stacked layer upon layer are snow-white at this time, overflowing with clear air, and pleasing to the eye.
When the horse ran closer, I saw that the branches of the pear trees more than one person high were luxuriant, blooming with delicate little white flowers, and there were countless bees and butterflies dancing, which was very beautiful. Bai Sheng was fascinated by it, and shouted again and again: Beautiful scenery!
At this moment, a boy ran out of nowhere and came up to catch bees. When caught, he immediately tore the bee in two pieces, and then put it to his mouth and sucked greedily.
Bai Sheng asked: What do you eat? The boy replied, honey.
Bai Sheng said: But this little creature was killed by you for no reason. The boy said, "I am hungry."
Bai Sheng was furious: Hungry, you go home to eat!
There is no food at home.
Only then did Bai Sheng notice that the boy in front of him was so thin.
Bai Sheng followed the boy to his house. Several rows of crooked thatched huts, one of them, pushed the door in, Bai Sheng was startled, the four walls were empty, only an old man with white hair was lying on the earthen kang. Bai Sheng asked the boy: Where is your father? The boy replied: This is my father. Bai Sheng was shocked again.
Coming out of the boy's house, Bai Sheng stepped into another thatched hut...... When Bai Sheng left the village, his heart sank like a plumb pendant, looking up to the west, the remnant sun was like blood, and the pear blossoms everywhere were also red.
- Don't look at this crystal pear is snow-white and snow-white, but in the eyes of our people, it is blood-red and blood-red.
- You said that it is nothing for each household to hand over a basket of pears to the imperial court, but do you know how tricky and strange this crystal pear is, 3 acres of land and 1 grain are not planted, and all pear trees are planted, and you can only harvest this basket of good pears.
- You ask me how I spend my days, picking up leftover pears and exchanging them for half a year's miscellaneous grains is a great luck, and the rest of the days depend on asking for food.
Back at the county office, Bai Sheng called the county Cheng Wang Guo to the study, and asked with a gloomy face: Lord Wang, do you know the sins suffered by the people for pears? Wang Guo said: Yes. Bai Sheng said: Is there no way? Wang Guo said: Yes! Lord Bai, you serve the pears well, move the arbor from the valley as soon as possible like your predecessor, and leave the county, there is no other way.
Bai Sheng was silent.
Time flies, and in a blink of an eye, it is the golden autumn and October, the season of pear harvest. This year's pears are exceptionally good, with large flesh and tender water. The yamen was very busy, and finally collected all the pears, and all the pears were loaded. According to the usual practice, it was escorted into Beijing by the county. Before leaving, Bai Sheng suddenly said to Wang Guo: This trip is not for you, I will go in person, Wang Guo smiled faintly, and let himself go.
After more than a month, the pear ship finally returned. As Wang Guo expected, Bai Sheng really didn't come back. After a few more days, the imperial court sent a new county. Wang Guo knocked on the side to inquire about Lord Bai, who expected to be shocked into a cold sweat: it turned out that the pear that Bai Sheng sent to the court was sour and hard for some reason, and the emperor took a bite, but the pear did not bite down, but half of the holy tooth was removed, so Long Yan was furious and put Bai Sheng on death row.
On the twenty-eighth day of the lunar month, the holy decree was handed down, and all pear trees were ordered to be cut down in Mang County and never replanted. When the people heard the news, they cheered and ran to tell each other, and one by one they picked up their machetes and ran to their pear orchards. When I entered the pear orchard, everyone was shocked that the branches of the pear trees, which had dried up in the cold winter, were full of white flowers......
It was night, in the capital, Bai Sheng was pushed out of the noon gate, and the world was vast.
Qingdao is located at the southern tip of the Shandong Peninsula and the coast of the Yellow Sea, surrounded by mountains and seas, with beautiful scenery and pleasant climate, and is a unique coastal city.
As the host city of the 2008 Olympic sailing competition, Qingdao has carried out a comprehensive plan, making full use of the urban characteristics of "mountain, sea and city" and harmonious coexistence between man and nature, and making full use of marine sports articles to build itself into the "sailing capital" of China.
A long time ago in Laoshan, Qingdao, there was a couple living in a small fishing village called Jiangjiazhuang, the man was called Brother Yu, and the woman was famous for playing the piano well, so people called her Sister Qin.
The young couple makes a living by fishing, and although their lives are harder, they are very affectionate.
This year, just after the New Year, the fisherman made an appointment with a few fishermen in the village to pull out the anchor and go to sea together. Unexpectedly, the ship sailed to the middle of the sea, and the weather suddenly changed dramatically.
For a time, the wind was fierce and the waves were raging, which overturned the fisherman's boat, and all the people on board sank to the bottom of the sea.
Qin Mei was restless at home, had trouble sleeping, and was always thinking about the fisherman who went to sea. She picked up the guqin and went to a large reef on the coast, and bounced against the frantic sea. At this time, Sister Qin hopes that Brother Yu can return safely!
The sky gradually darkened, and Qin Mei was afraid that the fishermen would lose their way in the dark, so she found a pile of tattered fishing nets, wrapped them around bamboo poles, dipped them in tung oil, lit them into a huge torch, and inserted them on the highest reef, hoping that they would be able to see the torches in the distance and go home quickly. However, Brother Yu, they never returned.
In fact, Brother Yu's water nature has always been very good, and he has a lot of experience in boating, no matter how big the wind and waves are, he can successfully ride them, but what happened this time? It turned out that there was a shark in this sea area, and after thousands of years of cultivation, it had become a shark monster, and it often caused trouble in this area and harmed the people.
This time, it was it deliberately overturned the fisherman's boat to the bottom of the sea.
After a day and a night of being in a coma at the bottom of the sea, he finally woke up and found himself in an undersea palace, where the terrible sea snake encircled him around the coral pillar. A shark monster wearing armor and a hideous face, seeing that he was awake, stepped forward and pretended to scold the sea snake: "I asked you to invite the fishing brother to be a guest, why are you so rude and tie him here?" Hurry up and untie Brother Yu. ”
After speaking, he dragged away the sea snake, pulled the fisherman to sit at the upper table, and ordered the wine to be poured and served.
The fisherman looked at the blue-faced fanged monster with a sharp mouth and protruding eyes in front of him, and was very angry, and said sharply: "You monster, you overturned our fishing boat and drowned so many villagers, what else do you have to say!" Kill or chop whatever you want! Don't pretend here!"
The shark monster smirked and said, "Why are you so angry? I have invited you here today mainly for one thing.
If you agree, I will no longer trouble the people, and I will live in peace with you. If you don't agree, hehe, then don't blame me for being rude!"
The fisherman glared at the shark monster and said, "What other good can you have?" No need to beat around the bush, let's get straight to the point. ”
"Okay, well, I'll tell you the truth, in the past few years, I have often gone to the beach to look at the world through the waves. Your piano sister really deserves her reputation, she is beautiful, gentle and lovely, and she is even more intoxicating when she plays the piano. My shark fairy has been lonely and lonely for thousands of years, and now I want to marry her to my shark palace to enjoy the blessings.
I see that your life is also very hard, why don't you give me Sister Qin, and I will give you a handful of pearls and a coral tree, which is enough for you to return to the world and enjoy all the glory and wealth......"
When Brother Yu heard this, he was very angry, and before he could finish speaking, he overturned the banquet and scolded loudly: "You monster, you have done so many things that hurt heaven and reason, you will definitely get retribution!" If you kill me, I won't hand over Sister Qin to you!"
A bird's-eye view of the shark in Qingdao city saw that the fisherman did not follow, his face changed suddenly, and he said: "What a poor fisherman, don't think that I am an aquarium and can't go ashore, so there is no way to take you."
I have my own ability to make waves, not to mention your broken thatched house, even your entire village, I can roll it into the bottom of the sea to feed the fish! I'll give you three days to think about it, think about it. With that, it flicked its sleeves and swam away.
Many sea snakes immediately crawled over and entangled the fisherman, and several sharks kept tearing at him, making him so miserable that he fainted several times.
Three days passed quickly. The shark monster came to see the fisherman, and he said, "Today is the last day.
Have you figured it out? I ate you first, and then I went to the sea to bring the Qin girl here; Or do you obediently hand over Sister Qin to me and live a peaceful life with jewelry?"
Brother Yu closed his eyes and thought for a while, sighed deeply, and said, "Okay, you send me to Jiangjiazhuang, and I'll talk to Sister Qin myself." ”
Qingdao's more famous Huashi Building, many movies are filmed. The shark monster was overjoyed when he heard this, and hurriedly sent the sea snake and the water monster to send the fisherman back to shore.
Poor Qin Mei sat on the reef with Qin in her arms, letting the sea water wet her clothes, the sea breeze ruffled her hair, and she waited without eating or drinking...... Suddenly, she saw the fisherman staggering out of the waves, and she happily threw herself into the fisherman's arms.
But Brother Yu's expression was solemn, and he said hurriedly: "Sister Qin, the shark monster wants to rob you to be its wife." Run!"
When Qin Mei heard it, it was like a thunderbolt on a sunny day. If you look closely, you can see that Brother Yu has a sea snake wrapped around his legs, followed by many water monsters.
Brother Yu used his last bit of strength to push Qin Mei to the shore, and desperately pulled the sea snake and the water monster to prevent them from chasing Qin Mei. At this time, the tide of the sea rose, and the fisherman was swept away by the waves again.
The sea rose higher and higher, the tide became more and more violent, and the shark monsters appeared and disappeared from time to time, and he commanded those water monsters to submerge the entire Jiangjiazhuang.
At this time, Qin Mei picked up the guqin, not only did not run but played it vigorously, she poured all her resentment against the shark monster into the sound of the piano, tearing people's hearts for a while.
Suddenly, a gust of sea breeze blew, and a gauze scarf draped on Qin Mei's body was blown off on both sides of her, turning into a pair of snow-white wings.
Qin Mei turned into a seagull, soared into the air, carried the guqin, swept over the crest of the waves, went straight to the sky, and then rushed to the sea.
She aimed at the shark monster in the waves and threw down the guqin fiercely. The guqin immediately turned into a huge stone, crushing the shark monster and all the water monsters in the sea
。 Suddenly, the sea surface returned to its previous calm, and Jiangjiazhuang, which was about to be submerged, gradually emerged from the seawater, Jiangjiazhuang was saved, and the villagers were also saved.
From then on, a strange bird appeared on the surface of the sea, and they bravely flapped the water with their wings, like a heroic guard.
Since then, the guqin-like stone has become an island, and the villagers call it Qin Island. The pine and cypress on Qin Island are evergreen all year round, and the fishermen and merchants who come and go see them all forget to return. Over time, Qindao became famous, and gradually, people called away the sound, and it became today's Qingdao.