Chapter 31 Drawing a Cow with a Divine Brush
Freely to the lonely garden to receive the edict of the Holy Emperor, go to Zichuan to write a couplet, so it has been two months in a hurry, Su Yang is out in February, and it is now the middle of April, so walking around outside, after all, I have to go home.
At this time, Su Yang's home was in the orphan garden.
Jin Se, Chunyan, Yan Ruyu, and Sun Li are all there.
At this time, he wanted to go home, but Su Yang was not in a hurry, but walked slowly, the overwhelming rain fell from the sky, and Su Yang, who was walking in the rain, did not wet his clothes, so slowly, it was all Su Yang who wanted to adjust his heart, and recently read the Taishang Taoist Sutra, many of which must have a Taoist heart to understand, so Su Yang did the Taoist Nine Guards in a month's time, regulated his heart, and gradually made his heart more and more indifferent, and this indifferent heart is not conducive to the harmony of husband and wife life, so before going home, Su Yang wants to turn his mind back。
It rained heavily all night, and by dawn the next day, the ditches were full, and the peasants went down to the fields with hoes in their hands.
"What a good rain. ”
"This year's rain came too late. ”
"Whether it's late or not, there will be a harvest this year, and if this rain doesn't rain again, there will be no grains this year. ”
"Thank God. ”
When Su Yang walked the ploughing place, he heard the farmers say this, Qingzhou has suffered two disasters, the people have been miserable, many people in Qingzhou have left their hometowns and gone to other places, and they stayed here, because of the dry weather, they can't grow any food, after this rain, they really see the light of life.
"God is gracious. ”
The old farmer who cultivated the land said again.
Su Yang walked beside him, this rain in Shandong, after Su Yang killed the ghost, the heavenly court remembered its virtue and forgave the court for killing the sin of the dragon god of the water department, so there was such a rain, and then Shandong here since the wind and rain are smooth, this year should be a bumper year.
When the people of Qingzhou come back from Jinling, they should build water conservancy and improve the fields in the future, even if there is a natural disaster for a while, the people's lives will not have such a big impact.
Walking slowly on the road, such a tolerant line will always make Su Yang's heart very calm, so unconsciously, Su Yang has been walking in this mountain and woodland for a long time.
"Housheng, it just rained this day, you don't farm at home, why do you wander around?"
The old farmer who was working in the fields saw Su Yang walking by with his hands and shouted to Su Yang.
Su Yang came back to his senses, only to see that this is a small village in the deep mountains, there are more than 30 families in it, all of them are uninhabited, most of the fields are deserted, only here is an old farmer, holding a hoe in his hand is hoeing, Su Yang saw that the old farmer is in his sixties, his hair is gray, and he is thin, but his spirit is still good.
“...... I was about to go home. ”
Su Yang didn't expect this, looked at the old man's expression, and explained: "My home is in the southwest, and it's still a little far away. ”
It is a bit far to Yishui, and according to Su Yang's pace at this time, it will be at least five days' journey.
"Southwest side, if you go back, you might be able to meet someone from our village. ”
The old farmer looked at Su Yang and said: "Go back quickly, take advantage of this rain, hurry up and plant the grain, this year we have escaped a lot of people in Qingzhou, many of the land is barren, you see which family's land is not planted, you will also plant this land, if people can come back, you can also have a bite of food to eat, if people can't come back, you also have more food." ”
Su Yang nodded.
Qingzhou suffered two disasters, the people were miserable, many people fled outside, and those who stayed in Qingzhou were mostly old, weak, sick and disabled, just like the old farmers who were hoeing in front of them, looking at their sixties in age, and looking at their faces and eye lines, I am afraid that their families are all dead, and now they are alone.
"Does my husband also work for others?"
Su Yang asked the old man.
"Hmm. ”
The old man smiled and said, "When the people in the village fled, there were also those who were unwilling to leave, so those who did not want to leave stayed in the village, took care of the village and the fields, and did not let people burn and occupy them, everyone waited for the place to come back after it was calmed down." As he spoke, the old man hoeed the ground a few times hard, and smiled at Su Yang: "My son, daughter, daughter-in-law, and my little grandson, now that it's too peaceful and it's raining again, the people in the village should come back in this month's rest. ”
Su Yang pinched his fingers and calculated, and sighed faintly.
People like the old peasants not only stayed to take care of the village, but also stayed to take care of their property, like when they fled, some people were afraid that they would not escape fast enough and be implicated by their property, and because they carried their property, it was easy to become a medium for summoning trouble, so many people buried their property in one place, made a mark when leaving, and entrusted someone to watch from the sidelines.
The old man in front of him is such a character.
It's just that the people he was waiting for can't come back, and none of them can come back.
"You can't plant much land as a human race. ”
Su Yang looked at the old farmer and said, "It's better to plant less, it's enough to eat yourself." ”
The old man shook his head again. said: "There is a cow in our village, but when they left, the cattle were also taken away, that cattle is strong, on weekdays in our village to plough the land and grind, are all dependent on it, if the cow is by my side, I will not be so tired." ”
The old man didn't listen to Su Yang's persuasion, but remembered the old cow in the village.
Su Yang wanted to speak bluntly, but seeing the old man like this, he suddenly couldn't bear to poke it, looked at the old man, took out the magic pen and ink from his arms, and asked: "Uncle, tell me what the cattle in the village look like, and I'll draw one for you." ”
Ma Liang paints for the poor, and I can do it in Su Yang.
The old man saw Su Yang take out the brush and ink, laughed, and said, "What's the matter, the painting you made can still come true." Having said that, the old man put down his hoe and walked to Su Yang's side, and the two of them sat on the ground on a big stone, and then the old man told Su Yang about the cattle in the village and the things in the village.
"The ox in our village, the horn is broken, this horn is not good for me, broken, I remember very clearly, that section is like this......"
The old farmer said on the side, Su Yang used a brush to draw on the stone first, if there is a deviation, listen to the old farmer's description, this old farmer is also because the people in the village have fled and gone, rarely talk to people, at this time I met Su Yang This kind of person who can speak, after opening the chatterbox, I can't help but talk a lot.
For example, there were originally 135 people in the village, and then there were a total of five people left in the village, and when Zhang Yuan killed them, some of them were killed by officers and soldiers, and later bandits came to the village and robbed the food in the village.
Su Yang took the magic pen to carefully describe the old man's cattle, if there is any doubt, ask the old man first, ask clearly before writing, and at the same time said to the old man: "I think, people in your village may settle down outside, I heard that there is a lonely garden in Yishui, specifically to accommodate homeless people, if people arrive at the lonely garden, eat well, dress well, don't think about going home, if they don't come back when the harvest comes, then they must live there." ”
In the depiction of Su Yang's magic pen, the scalper gradually showed the whole picture, the old man looked at the scalper vividly, very happy, but listening to Su Yang's words, he didn't dare to agree, and said: "My son of evil still dares to want him to be old?"
"Now there are more people in the world who are not filial. ”
Although Su Yang spoke, his hand movements were not slow at all, and said: "When I was in Qingzhou City, I saw an official with a lot of money, and he threw his wife on the street...... What does it matter if your son doesn't want you? Thousands of miles away, there are things, and there are bandits on the road, so you can get it when you're all right. ”
Su Yang put away his magic pen and looked at the ox painted on the stone slab, the old farmer looked at the ox and nodded again and again, and said, "This ox is really the same as the one in our village." ”
In the eyes of the old farmer, he saw Su Yang's hand enter the stone, as if it had become a painting, and the hand that had become a painting led the cow in the painting, and the cow jumped out of the stone, shook his body, stood in front of the old man, narrowed his eyes, first spit out his tongue, and then rolled his tongue and ate it against the grass on the ground.
This form and demeanor are the same as what the old farmer said.
"Immortals. ”
At this time, the cow jumped out of the painting, and the old farmer hurriedly saluted Su Yang, but Su Yang stretched out his hand to help him and did not let him kneel.
"This cow is the same as the one in your village. ”
Su Yang handed the rope to the old man and said: "With this cow, you can be a lot easier, you don't have to plant so many fields, just take care of yourself to eat and drink, children and grandchildren have their own children and grandchildren, I think you also have some wealth, and when the New Year comes, no one in the village has come back, so you can take the money and cattle into the city." ”
Borrowing the identity of "immortal", Su Yang persuaded the old man again.
The old man held a cow in his hand, looked at the ox as if he saw a relative, and listened to Su Yang's persuasion, his hands hung down, and said: "You let me not worry about them, how can I rest assured, I dreamed yesterday, I dreamed of the people in the village, and I don't know what happened to them, I kept crying on the other side of the river, I can't get over it if I think about it......"
Su Yang was speechless, took out a pot of medicinal wine from the gossip bag, hung it on the horns, and turned his head towards the southwest.
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