Jinan Town, Dongping County, Guangling County, is a mountain village of Baimang Mountain more than 30 miles to the southwest.

The scorching sun of July is like fire, scorching the earth. The dry weather lasted for more than half a month, and the buds in the crops were gone, and the plants were bent over and drooping their heads.

At noon, the scorching sun knew the sound.

People in the village take refuge in their dilapidated thatched huts and take a break in the shade.

"Grandpa, when do you say that this dry season will pass? It has not yet rained, and it is when the buds are in full bloom and the sticks are bearing, and the sun has been basking for half a month. Alas, our peasant households rely on the sky for food, and if we continue to dry like this, all the crops in the field will be finished!"

I saw a man who looked to be in his thirties, eight feet tall, wearing a short shirt, and dark and strong-skinned. is constantly shaking the fan to the old man in front of him, anxiously inquiring.

The old man lying in the rocking chair had gray hair and beard. The old man seems to be because the weather is too hot, or because people are prone to napping and sleepiness in the summer. With foggy eyes and a slight snoring, the old man was already asleep.

The man continued to shake the fan for the old man, wiped the sweat beads from his head, and picked up the big bowl full of cold water on the table. Looking at the clear sky outside, there was no trace of even a hint of breeze or clouds obscuring the clouds.

The treetops know ...... Cicada....... Screaming with all his might. It is also an annoyed person, upset.

"Big pillar, big pillar, hurry home, your daughter-in-law is about to give birth!" a woman outside the courtyard shouted anxiously.

The man hurriedly walked out. Anxiously asked: "Sanniang, you said that my daughter-in-law is about to give birth? Didn't the doctor say that the second month is the labor period, why is this still early?"

"Go home and take a look, the aunt of the Liu family is already boiling water and preparing to deliver your daughter-in-law. Your daughter-in-law has opened her eight fingers, so don't you hurry back!" the woman urged.

The man hurriedly ran towards his home, and the village road 100 zhang away was sweating profusely. Before he could enter the yard, he shouted loudly: "Mother, what's wrong with Ah Lian?

The door of the grass house opened, and a woman in her forties stepped out. looked at the man and said, "Zhu'er, your daughter-in-law is about to give birth." Aunt Liu is giving her a smooth fetal position, not tight. Go and get three feet of red cloth from your grandfather as a reward."

The man hurried back to the thatched hut where the old man was.

"Grandpa, my daughter-in-law is about to give birth! My mother, I want to borrow a three-foot red cloth from you to thank Aunt Liu."

The old man smiled towards the pillar and said, "When you were born, you were also delivered by the eldest lady of the Tuoliu family. When you soaked in urine, you urinated on Liu Niang. This red cloth really deserves to be given, so I'll bring it to you."

The old man turned and went into the hut and rummaged through the red cloth.

The man stood anxiously outside the thatched hut, pacing back and forth with his head down, rubbing his hands very anxiously.

Suddenly, he subconsciously looked at the sky, and the whole person was stunned as if he had been struck by lightning. The dazzling sunlight is little by little pitch black, like ink, and the outer ring is like a scimitar. The sky was getting darker and darker.

The man shouted anxiously outside the thatched hut: "Grandpa, grandpa, come out and see!

The old man walked out slowly in the dimly lit grass hut, holding a roll of red cloth, and scolded as he walked with his head down: "Silly boy, what else can the sun do, big pillar!

When the old man just stepped out of the threshold of the thatched house, he was also shocked, the gray sky, and thought it was cloudy and about to rain. Then he said happily: "Pillar! Is it raining?"

"Grandpa, it's not, it's half of the sun gone. Come and see."

The old man walked out of the hut, looked at the gray sky, and squinted his eyes towards the glimmer of light. Exclaimed: "Oh no! It's a tengu swallowing the sun! Tengu swallowing the sun!"

At this time, there was a burst of exclamations from the village: "The sun has been eaten by the tengu!"

I saw that in the gray sky, there was a round of black sun, and an extremely thin and bright star ring appeared around it. The eclipse slowly changes and looks very strange. The sky was about to darken, when suddenly a white flame cut through the darkness, making a deafening sound, dragging a long tail flame and roaring towards the Bai Mang Mountain behind the village.

Immediately after that, the sky was covered with dark clouds, and a terrifying lightning bolt clicked! The thunderstorm fell, and the violent thunder woke up the whole village, young and old, who were in shock, and they went back to their houses to take shelter.

"Grandpa's raining! it's raining, it's raining." The big pillar ran home with the red cloth in his hand.

The old man's clothes, hair, and beard were flying in the gust of wind. But the old man was unmoved, and let out a deep groan, thinking: "Tengu eats the sun, July fire, daytime meteors, how can there be sudden thunder and torrential rain in the cloudless sky. This strange celestial phenomenon, this is a portent, I Da Chu"!

Suddenly, I remembered that the child of the big pillar was about to be born. The old man immediately took off the robe hanging on the wall of the thatched hut, braved the wind and rain, and walked towards the big pillar's house.

At this time, the man was sheltering from the thunderstorm under the rain outside his grass house, and there was a loud roar, and people were also frightened.

After a quarter of an hour or so, a baby's cry came from inside the house, which immediately dispelled the panic in his heart and turned to surprise.

The man excitedly shouted into the house: "Mother! is it a boy or girl"?

Coming from inside the house, the woman replied happily: "It's a handle, boy! Zhu'er! You have a son! Ah Lian gave birth to a big fat boy for you! Quickly hand in the red cloth, thank you Aunt Liu, it really makes Liu Niang suffer."

Dazhu was excited, shouting happily in the courtyard in the heavy rain: "I have a son! I have a son!" hahaha...... Laughing happily and jumping.

It's strange to say, just now it was a raging storm. After the baby cried, the lightning and thunder in the sky gradually faded away. The torrential rain also decreased, and the dark clouds gradually dispersed, and the rain began to fall sparsely.

The old man looked at the strange weather again, and groaned again. I walked into the small courtyard of Zhuzi's house, watched the pillars dancing happily in the yard, and heard the pillars shouting in the yard: "Son, I gave birth to a son, I have a son." The old man's wrinkled face also showed a bright smile.

When the pillar saw the old man coming in, he hurriedly greeted him.

"Grandpa, why are you here, it's raining so hard, haven't you drenched?"

The old man waved his hand and said, "Pillar, your daughter-in-law gave birth to a boy"?

"Yes, it's a boy!" replied the pillar with a happy face.

While the two were talking, the door of the grass house creaked open, and two old women walked out.

It's the grandfather who is here, sit in the house. The woman hurriedly saluted.

The old man asked, "Is Ah Lian okay?"

The woman replied, "Ah Lian's first child is weak, and the rest is fine, and there is no major problem."

The old man said: "After giving birth, people are weak or recuperate more, it's really thanks to Liu Niang to deliver the baby, thank you for your hard work."

The old man then instructed the pillar again: "Wait until I go to him and bring the old ginseng to Ah Lian to stew a chicken soup to replenish it." The old man took out a few taels of silver from his sleeve and handed it to Liu Niang as a thank you.