The moon was shining brightly, and the evening breeze blew through the treetops, bringing down fine pieces of snow, and shining silver under the night.

The misty smoke rises and is blown by the wind, and the mist sometimes rises high, sometimes falls gently, drifting through the snow, and the scenery is like a dream, like a fairyland on earth.

Some people make Yangchun noodles, thin noodles into the pot, clear soup and fresh water, floating a layer of oil flowers, after a while the noodles are cooked, take them out, and sprinkle a handful of green onions like jade, the old man squats in front of his house with a bowl and greets the neighbors, while gobbling up the warm hot noodle soup.

A young woman came out of the next room, about thirty years old, wearing a thick jacket, holding a handful of firewood in her arms and throwing it out of the house.

When the soup is milky white, add pork bones, chicken down and other things to it, boil a pot of thick soup out, the children hold the bowl and come forward, one by one shouting, the woman wiped the fine sweat on her forehead, and filled a bowl for one of them, and the children couldn't stop saying this beautiful thing, and happily went to drink the soup.

The shouting, selling, chatting and quarrelling, beating gongs and drums in the whole Xunyang City are really lively and yearning.

Every household in Xunyang County hangs delicate lanterns at the door, and some people also hang a thin hemp rope and a few pieces of smoked bacon, ready to enjoy with their families on New Year's Day.

There are several jars of wine piled up by the window, including shochu and rice wine, and it seems that they have been prepared early, and they should be drunk at that time.

On the street, there were three or five children wrapped in thick cotton jackets, their little faces were red from the cold, and they had to snort from time to time, running around the street, and when they hit adults, they were reluctant to blame, but laughed at them.

In such a peaceful scene, there was a sudden heavy wheezing sound, accompanied by the sound of ticking water.

When a good believer heard the sound, he saw a young man lying on the ground, covered in blood and unkempt, but it was not difficult to see that his skin was very fair, his eyes were full of despair, and there was a jade pendant engraved with the word "Yumen" on his waist, his hands and feet had been frozen blue, and the blood on his body had congealed into ice, and there was a foul smell of blood wherever he went.

But whenever anyone passed by him, he begged bitterly, "Give me something to eat, good Samaritan...... Please give me something to eat......"

The festival is approaching, the local beggars are closed early, the big guys gather in a pile to buy some food and drink to prepare for the winter, even the beggars are gathered together for the holiday, but the young man is lying on the ground like a dog, begging passers-by to give some food.

The woman boiled the soup and saw that the young man was handsome, and begged here for a great calamity, and that she was also a person who had lived a hard life, so she inevitably felt sympathy for the same disease, so she took a bowl of soup and walked to his side, and handed him a bowl of bone broth.

The young man smelled a smell of meat from afar, and saw that the aroma was getting closer and closer, and he suddenly came to his senses, and stood up with his arms on the ground, but one accidentally fell to the ground, and his waist and buttocks hurt, and the woman said: "Don't get up, you just sit and drink." He handed the bowl over.

The young man hadn't tasted meat for a long time, and he said in his heart: "I am a man who stands on the top of the sky, how can I cry at this moment?"

When the big guys saw that the woman had brought him a bowl of soup, they all had a kind heart, and each of them went home to fetch food for him, and brought clothes to drape over his shoulders for him, and the young man cried while eating, and knelt on the ground on his knees and cried to everyone: "Thank you, fellow villagers, great kindness will be repaid in this life!"

The big guy is looking forward to a person named Hanako to repay himself, and he only silently persuades himself to accumulate virtue and do good, and there will be good retribution in the future......

This place is not far from Mengfu, Cao Caohua is taking care of business in the pharmacy, seeing that the guy who has nothing to do is going to the city entrance to gather a large group of people, I don't know what it is, these days at home is boring, mother-in-law is sleeping in addition to eating, and no one at home talks to her.

Cao Caohua was curious, so he asked the guys to see what the situation was, and after a while, the guys came back and reported to her one by one, her mother-in-law is a believer in Buddhism, she was somewhat compassionate, thinking that the beggar was ragged and covered in blood, and should have suffered a knife wound, so he grabbed a pair of medicine for him to dispel stasis and stop bleeding, and asked the guys to bring two pieces of money in the account room, and walked to the south exit with things.

Not long before the corridor was near, seeing a handsome young man bowing to the surrounding crowd to thank him, Cao Caohua stepped forward and squatted down, carefully looked at the young man's appearance, but he could still be called handsome, he put down the herbs in pity, and whispered to the young man: "It's almost the New Year, why are you still begging here?" If you are short of money, I will give you some, go home quickly." As he spoke, he took out two pieces of money from his bosom and put them in the snow, and smiled lightly.

The tone was very light, gentle and moving, the young man was shocked when he heard it, raised his head to look at Cao Caohua, only felt that his heartbeat was very, and most of the three souls and seven spirits had been lost, and he quickly lowered his head after taking a look, and in a trance he felt that his head was swollen, and his eyes were black, but he still remembered to reply, and said hesitantly: "Guanyin...... Niangniang, me, me, my family, ......" The wind and snow were very heavy, Cao Caohua couldn't hear clearly, and said that he asked her name, she had no intention of telling her, but she thought that she was a widow, what gossip was she afraid of? Cao Caohua smiled slightly, and said: "My surname is Cao Caohua, what is your name, little brother?"

Seeing Guanyin Niangniang's question, he hurriedly replied: "My name is Shen Yumen......"

Cao Caohua smiled softly and said: "Why should Qiang Di complain about the willows, the spring breeze is not the Yumen Pass, a good name, the little brother doesn't know where your family is?"

Shen Yumen hid his face and cried bitterly, and said sadly: "My family is dead, only I am the only one, and my brother is still alive, but I don't know who his surname is, I am trying to find him...... But it's a disability, and it's powerless, and it's powerless......"

As soon as this remark came out, everyone took pity on him, and persuaded Cao Caohua for a while, there was an eldest lady who was about sixty years old, already gray-haired, with crutches in both hands, and said bitterly to Cao Caohua: "Lady, I see that you are less than thirty years old, you should already have children, why not accumulate virtue and do good deeds for your children, accept him as a buddy, and work for your family business, this is immeasurable merit, Amitabha." ”

Cao Caohua just wanted to send some crude medicine to him to heal, but he never thought that the people around him would listen to what the eldest lady said, and persuaded Cao Caohua one after another, and even threatened not to go to the Meng family pharmacy to buy medicine for the rest of his life, forcing Cao Caohua to take him as a partner.

But he couldn't ignore what the young man thought, so he had to ask more, Cao Caohua asked: "The Meng family pharmacy accepts you as a guy who grinds medicine, you may be able to endure this hardship?" Shen Yumen didn't think about it when he heard this, he stopped crying and kowtowed, and said: "If I have to be taken in by the lady today, I will be a ...... for Meng" Suddenly noticed that something was wrong, Shen Yumen said in his heart: "The one who harmed me is the Meng family, and this place is Xunyang, is it difficult to ......"

Shen Yumen asked: "Lady forgive the villain to ask more, this Meng family pharmacy is Meng Kang'......"

Cao Caohua frowned, and asked: "My family is really surnamed Meng Mingkang, I don't know what is wrong?"

Shen Yumen slapped his chest and looked up to the sky and roared, and the crowd around him was all surprised, could it be that this young man froze his head? Shen Yumen was extremely bored, hearing the word Meng Kang was like a thorn in his back, like a fish in his throat, which made him uncomfortable to sleep, but as soon as he saw Cao Caohua, all his anger disappeared, and he was not angry or annoyed, he clasped his fists and said: "Thank you for your kindness, but you must not have anything to do with the Meng family, and ......I said goodbye."

Standing up with severe pain, he fell to the ground with an inadvertent snap, and the pain was unbearable, everyone wanted to help him but waved his hands again and again, stood up again, stood up with his hands on his knees, and strode forward with his chest straight.

He walked a few steps and turned back to look at Cao Caohua, now there is reluctance, but he does not want to stay for a long time, it can be said that he turned back three times one step at a time, and finally walked away without a figure, Cao Caohua stood in place and didn't know what this person came from, but it was a joke, and the crowd was about to disperse, and they each prepared their own things.

She was about to turn around and leave, but a small servant stopped her, holding an envelope in his hand, handing it over, and the little servant hurried away after greeting her. Cao Caohua saw that the envelope was originally sent by Mingyue, and the letter wrote: "Sister Caohua, seeing the letter is like meeting, I found the location of the head of the family in Hangzhou, and if the family is in an emergency, I will send it by letter." ”

Cao Caohua put away the letter and smiled softly, and turned back to the house......