During the reign of Emperor Shenzong of the Great Song Dynasty, the world was in turmoil, and thieves swarmed. Disturbing in all directions. In the southwest border, there is a small county named Zhangzhou, there is a big mountain called Lion Rock 45 miles outside the east gate of the county, I don't know where to come a rogue, the people of the rivers and lakes give the nickname: "stirring", just because people are used to robbing houses and houses, bullying men and women. Hence the nickname. His real name is so unknown that no one knows it, and he never mentions his real name after a long time, the more he calls it, the louder it becomes, and the name of "-stirring stick" is mentioned within a hundred miles, and everyone knows it.

The body of the-stirring stick is eight feet long, and the body is three meters wide, which means that he is eight feet tall, and one foot in ancient times is not as long as the current one, which is about eight inches, converted to the current length, eight times eight is equal to six feet and four inches, and one meter is equal to three feet, which is about two meters and three. The wide body means that his body is thick enough to be surrounded by three people. You can imagine what a big man it is. The head is as big as a sieve, and a few yellow hairs are messily pulled up in a bun, but the face is very clean, and I have to shave myself every day. The speech was buzzing, with a Henan accent. Hand make two large ring knives. danced and flew up and down, and a hundred and ten people couldn't get in.

Since the-stirring stick came to this Lion Rock, he saw that the mountain was densely wooded. The terrain is steep, and it is a good place to settle down. So he cut down trees and trees, built a hut, and waited until evening. To that mountain, the western path down the mountain to Lijiagou, a small stream in the middle of this Lijiagou directly flows into the Huanxi River, fifty or sixty families live by the stream, among them there is a big rich man called Zhao Caizhu, is on the side of the road, three blue brick houses, two ear houses in front of it. It has the same structure as the courtyard houses in ancient Beijing.

At dusk, the-stirring stick carried two big ring knives in his hand, strode along the path for more than ten miles, turned over the mountains, the sunset in the distance reflected half of the sky, and the roofs of the people in the ditch swirled and rose with curling smoke. It was quiet and peaceful. The-stirring stick said to himself: "What a quiet place, waiting for me to turn him upside down." ”

The first one to go down to Lijiagou is this Zhao Caizhu, Zhao Caizhu is 60 years old this year, has two sons and three daughters, the eldest son is called Zhao Da, who farms and shepherds sheep with Changgong every day, and the second son Zhao Er concentrates on studying, and the eldest daughter is the third in line, and has married in a family in Loess Ridge. The second daughter also got married last year. Only the fifth child, this little daughter is fourteen years old at home this year, named Zhao Xiujuan.

Zhao Da finished his farm work and came back with the long-term worker to sit in the hall and chat with the rich man Zhao, at this time, the-stirring stick came out of the side door with a knife and walked into the middle of the courtyard, and shouted loudly into the gate: "Men and women come out, if you don't come out, you won't be hit." If you come out slowly, you won't hit. You have to come out and see me right away. ”，

Zhao Da, Zhao Cai, Zhao Er, everyone was startled by this shout, and when they didn't have time to think about it, they walked out of the gate to see, and for the first time they saw such a big man, wearing a gray cloth shirt, a hemp rope tied around his waist, and a pair of cowhide boots on his feet. He was holding two large ring knives in his hands. The rich man Zhao opened his mouth and said, "Where are you a big man, you came to my house and shouted at me." Zhao Da, Zhao Er also roared, "Don't think that you are big." Where did you come from, go back to where you go. Go slower, Lao Tzu shouted for someone to tie you up. ”

Seeing that these people were not afraid of him at all, the-stirring stick shouted at him to get out, and his temper came up. yelled loudly: "You don't know that the master is here to rob, and you dare to talk nonsense to me." Hurry up and hand over all the gold and silver that are valuable, and if you don't pay the money, you won't win. ”

Zhao Dadao: "You dare to rob alone, you wait for Lao Tzu," he said and turned around and went into the house. After a while, he took out a powder gun from the house and said to the-stirring stick: "If you don't roll, Lao Tzu will kill you with one shot." At this time, the two long-term workers also coaxed, and they both said: "Kill him!"

The-stirring stick originally planned to scare them first, take some money and meat, and left, seeing that he couldn't be scared at all, and he didn't want to rob if he didn't show some means. At this time, I saw a-stirring stick coming forward with an arrow, Zhao Da saw the-stirring stick rushing towards him and pulled the trigger, the gunpowder gun slammed, and the-stirring stick blocked it in front of him with a knife, and a few iron sand shot out of the gun just hit the knife surface. A few small pockmarks were punched out of the steel knife, and at this time, the-stirring stick had already arrived in front of Zhao Da, and with one move, he split Huashan, and the knife in his right hand slashed down from Zhao Dading's door, splitting a living person in half, and blood flowed all over the ground. Frightened, the rest of the crowd fell to their knees and begged for mercy.

The-stirring stick took the knife, wiped the blood from the knife on Zhao Da's body, and then said: "I don't want to kill, I just want to grab some money and food, but just now he actually hit me with a musket, this is because he wants to kill me." That's why I killed him, and you go and get me some bacon, and I'll go back when I get it back." Don't force me to kill again. ”

Rich Zhao said: "Just now Xiao'er was ignorant and offended Huwei, I will go in and prepare silver bacon for you" After the permission of the-stirring stick, Zhao Caizhu trembled, got up and took out a dozen taels of silver and a few pieces of bacon, as well as half a bag of rice, and packed it in a sack. Bring it up. After watching the-stirring stick, it feels similar, and I can't hold it anyway. Only then did he carry the bag on his shoulder. Follow the trail back to Lion Rock. Because I didn't know his name, some villagers who talked about it said that there was a mountain king in Lion Rock, who was as annoying as a-stirring stick, and the name of the-stirring stick spread like this. Later, every ten days and half a month, the-stirring sticks would go to Lijiagou to grab some food and meat. Every time he went, no one did anything with him, and he asked for money for money and food for food, because he didn't ask for much every time.

As the days went by, his fame grew, and some outlaws, and some scoundrels in the neighborhood came to him, and some people were desperate because of famine, and gradually more and more people grew. Forty or fifty people gathered.

When he first came, he was a man, so he had to go to a nearby village to rob a few rich people, get some gold and silver, and go back to the mountain to cut down trees and build a shack on the top of the mountain. Now there are more people, so they organize people to cut down trees and repair houses, and build a big cottage, named Shuntian Village. Erect a flagpole in front of the walled gate, write for the heavenly road, cover this season is the time when Shuibo Liangshan Song Jiang and others gather. This-stirring stick heard that the banner erected by Liangshan read: "Do the right thing for heaven". So I wrote these words as well.

It is said that from time to time, the-stirring stick takes his subordinates down the mountain to rob money and grain, but it is said that there is a place name called "Lutangba" thirty miles south of the Lion Rock: "Lutangba" The soil here is fertile, close to the Huanxi River, and the irrigation is convenient, so the harvest is guaranteed by drought and flood, the fertile field is hundreds of miles, and the fertile land is poured for thousands of miles. There are more than 100 families living here. Because the Lutang Dam is close to the Huanxi River, the water transportation is developed, and cargo ships shuttle back and forth in the river every day. People doing business on the docks, coming and going. The people are rich.

One of the families lives at the intersection at the east end of the village. Two low houses, a family of four. Living on a few acres of land handed down from his ancestors. There is a pigsty at the back of the house with two fat pigs.

The old mother is seventy years old this year, helping her daughter-in-law feed the pigs, and also helping her body, her son's name is Wang Shuang, who is fifty years old this year, and her daughter-in-law's name is Wu. Wang Shuang's son's name is Wang Shi. I just turned ten years old this year, and I also had a son in my old age, so I cherished it very much, and I was sent to study in the village school at the age of seven. Every morning, Wu personally sent Wang Shi into the school. Then I came back to help my husband go to the field to do farm work.

In the spring to plant seedlings, to harvest rice in autumn, in the season of harvesting rice, Wang Shi and his friends in the seedling field to touch loaches, catch yellow eels, catch frogs, and hand them over to his mother after returning home. Wang Shuang drank a few glasses of sorghum wine brewed in the village. The family was happy, the rice harvest was finished in autumn, and Wang Shi would go to the field to help his parents with farm work after school early every day in the school. Autumn is the time to plant winter potatoes, my mother bent down in front of me to dig a small pit with a hoe, Wang Shi helped put the cut potato pieces into the small pit, and my father Wang Shuang poured pig manure into the pit and covered it with soil. I was busy until late, when the sun was setting, and I finished planting the potatoes when it was almost dark. Wang had a flat shoulder on his shoulders and dung buckets hanging from both ends. On the way, Wang Shuang said to his son: "Son, you have to study hard, so that you can have a great future in the future, even if you go to teach a private school and be a gentleman, you don't have to pick up dung like me." Wang Shi nodded and said, "Well, I will definitely study hard." Let you be blessed in the future. Mother Wu looked at her son with a smile, "What a good child." ”

Back home tired and hungry, Wang Shuang's mother had already fed the pigs, cooked a pot of potato rice under the stove, Wu went to the jar to grab a bowl of kimchi, put it on the table, Wang Shuang said: "Mom has no teeth, where can she eat kimchi, you go and scramble an egg for your mother." ”

The mother said, "Forget it, don't be busy, let's rest." I can't eat kimchi, so I won't eat it, and I can deal with it by eating two bites of rice. ”

Wu said: "You eat first, Mom, you wait a minute, I'll scrambled an egg soon." Wu dragged his tired body into the kitchen, took out two eggs from the jar of eggs, put them on the stove, lit a fire with withered grass, added some firewood to the stove, went to the oil jar and took a small piece of lard and put it into the pot, pressed it with a spatula, and made a sizzling sound, and after a while the fragrance of lard wafted in the air around him, and blew far away with the river breeze.

After a busy while, Wu scrambled the eggs and put them on a plate in front of his mother. I sat down and picked up a kimchi with my chopsticks and started eating.

Grandma picked up an egg with chopsticks and put it in her grandson Wang Shi's bowl. Wang Shi also sandwiched a piece for his grandmother, "Grandma, you eat." ”

"My grandson is so good to me. True filial piety. ”

After eating, I went to the stove to boil some hot water in a pot, washed my feet, and was about to go to bed, when suddenly there was a noise outside the door, and more than a dozen people were outside with torches, screaming loudly, opening the door, and the door kept knocking and making a banging sound. Outside shouted one after another: "If you don't open the door, you will set fire to your house." ”

Wang Shuang hurriedly went to open the door, and stood majestically outside the door with two big ring knives in his hand for the person at the head, followed by more than a dozen people on both sides. They all hold steel knives in one hand and torches in the other. Wang Shuang saw the height and physical appearance of this person, and had already guessed that this person must be the legendary king of Lion Rock, a-stirring stick. But never come here to harass before. It turned out that there were many people in the cottage now, and every time I went to Lijiagou, I couldn't grab many things, so my minions suggested coming to Lutangba, saying that the people here were richer than Lijiagou. Tonight, the-stirring stick took more than a dozen of his men all the way to Lutangba, and it happened that the first one at the entrance of the village, that is, Wang Shuang, started with his house.

As soon as Wang Shuang opened the door, his subordinates said: "We are the heroes of Lion Rock, this is our king's-stirring stick, haven't you heard that Zhao Da was cut in half by our king's knife." If you are not honest, that is a role model. ”

Another minion said, "Take out all the valuable things in the house." Right away. If it's slow, it's going to kill you. The whole family killed not one and left nothing. ”

Wang Shuangdao: "King, hero, our family is very poor, what gold and silver are there, if you don't have the last meal, don't be difficult for us." ”

The-stirring stick's subordinate said, "King, it seems that he is a little dishonest. ”

The-stirring stick said: "You don't seem to be willing to hand it over." ”

Wang Shuang pleaded: "My lord, we really have nothing to make friends with. You look like a rich man. ”

The-stirring stick instructed the two little minions to come forward and hold Wang Shuang down, and the rest of the little minions lit torches, went into the house and rummaged through the boxes and cabinets, and snatched out the rice at home. The other minions went to the pigsty behind, tied the two pigs with four feet, passed them through with a wooden stick, and carried them out together. "Call you dishonest, take your grain, rob you of two pigs, and you will be here to twitter. It's good if I didn't want your life. "Smoke as you speak.

Then a group of people went to the village to grab a lot of grain, chickens and ducks, and saw that there were too many things to hold, and then went back to the mountain. No one dared to come out to resist, and everyone could only swallow their anger and let them do whatever they wanted.

Wang Shuang's mother and old lady were frightened and sick in bed, Wang Shuang sought medical advice everywhere, but the medicine was like a stone sinking into the sea, there was no effect, and he died in less than a week. Wang Shuang buried his mother.

Because the food at home was looted, he only ate some potatoes every day to satisfy his hunger, and every time he remembered that a group of people such as-stirring sticks had snatched the pigs and grain that he had worked so hard to feed, he was angry, gritted his teeth, and he couldn't do anything. In addition, his mother died, he was filled with grief and anger, and he was in a hurry to get sick, and he began to have difficulty eating, so Wu asked his son Wang Shi to invite the village doctor, and the doctor took the pulse and said: "He is angry and hurts the liver, the liver is on fire, and he is in a hurry, so I will prescribe him a few doses of medicine, and fry three bowls of water into one bowl of water." Take the medicine three times a day. But you have to calm down. Do not move in the air. ”

The gentleman instructed, prescribed the medicine, and handed it to the Wu family. "I've heard about your family, too. That-stirring stick didn't just rob you. There were more than a dozen families in the village who were robbed by him. The rich man came out to argue for a few words, and two front teeth were knocked out. Widow Zhao was also ruined and jumped into a well and died. He shook his head.

Wang Shuang lay on the bed and said weakly: "Do you want to let them do this nonsense." ”

"But what can be done, I can't beat him. ”

"Why don't the village chief go to the county to let the county magistrate send troops to recruit and suppress. ”

"Why didn't I go, the next day the village chief went, and the county magistrate sent two of his subordinates with a hundred soldiers, and went back after going out of the city for a circle. Who is willing to fight hard. ”

The two sighed to each other, Mr. went out, and Wang Shuang asked his son Wang Shi to follow Mr. to grab medicine.

Mr. walked ahead, and Wang Shi followed behind from the main road of the village all the way to the east, walked half a mile, and arrived at the door of Mr.'s house: "Xiao Wang come in and sit." When the gentleman entered the door, he turned around and saw Wang Shi standing at the door, so he beckoned to him and called him into the house. Mr.'s family is not rich, enter the door is the hall, a bookcase in the middle, there are a lot of books on the desk, there are four treasures in the middle of the study, two rows of chairs are placed on both sides, there is a low table in the middle, it is convenient for guests to drink tea, usually the family also eats on this table, Mr. went to the side room to grasp the medicine, made three packs with paper wrappers, and handed them to Wang Shi, Wang Shi took out a few copper plates given by his mother when he went out and handed them to Mr. The gentleman looked at it and smiled: "You can take the child's money first, and when your father recovers, give it to me." ”

Wang Shi bowed and said, "Thank you, sir." ”

When I got home, I gave the medicine to my mother. Wang Shi went to the school. After walking for more than ten minutes to the door of the school, I heard the sound of the students reading and the voice of Mr. The heartbeat was a little apprehensive, because usually Mr. is very strict, and students will be punished for being late, sometimes they will hit their palms with thick bamboo slices, sometimes they will be punished, Wang Shi walked to the door of the classroom nervously, the classroom door was hidden, he bent down, and wanted to sneak in while his classmates and Mr. were reading. Gently pushing open a crack, blinking his waist in a flash, and about to walk to his seat, the gentleman suddenly said, "Wang Shi, why are you late?" ”

The students also stopped reading aloud. Everyone's eyes were focused on him, "Wang Shi, what do you say! You're usually very positive. A male classmate sitting in the back seat said hecklingly.

The gentleman wore a gray cloth hat on his head, a black gown, and a yellow silk ribbon tied around his body. He yelled at the boy, "Read your book, be less nosy, and be beaten less!." "This boy's surname is Hua, his name is Wu, and he usually likes to be naughty and mischievous. After being scolded by the teacher, he quickly lowered his head and pretended to read.

Wang Shi stood in place and bowed his head silently, "You sit down, forget it today, and you will be severely punished for being late next time." The gentleman continued to read the text. Wang Shi hurriedly went to his seat and sat down, took out the book from his schoolbag and read it aloud with the teacher.

After class at twelve o'clock at noon, Wang Shi packed his schoolbag and went back to eat, classmate Wang Ruyi, not far from his house, the two walked home together, Wang Ruyi asked while walking: "What did you do this morning?" I thought you went to school first, but when I got to the classroom, you hadn't come yet. ”

"My old man is sick and went to his husband's house to get medicine. So delayed. ”

"I'll just say, you're never late for school. ”

"Wait for me all the way when I go. I'll come over right after dinner. ”

The way home from school was less than a mile, and the two walked for more than ten minutes to go home. When I returned to the house, the house was full of medicinal smells, and my mother had not returned from working in the fields. Lying on the bed, my father heard Wang Shi coming back, and shouted weakly: "Xiao Shi, you go and heat up the potatoes and corn paste in the pot, eat it and hurry to school." Wang Shi comforted his father and asked him to rest, he went to the kitchen to heat up the corn and potato paste in the pot, put it in a bowl, and brought it to his father. Take the bowl and place it on the cupboard next to the bed. "Hurry up and eat, leave me alone, I'll eat when I'm hungry for a while, my stomach will feel very swollen, and I can't eat." After saying that, he lay down again. Wang Shi came out of the back room, looked for the path in front of the door to the field, and saw his mother still bending down to pull corn.

"Mom, it's time to go home for dinner. Wu raised his head when he heard his son's voice, stopped what he was doing, wiped the beads of sweat on his forehead with his sleeve, and said, "Yes, I will put these corns in the basket and go back." This year's harvest was not good, and the corn cobs were small. Wang Shi went down to the field and helped to load the corn into the basket. When he got home, Wang Shi filled his mother with a bowl and started to eat it himself, when his classmate Wang Ruyi came over. "You've just eaten, let's see what time it is, I'll wait for you for a long time." If you're going to be late, hurry up. ”

Wang Shi drank the corn porridge in a few sips, hurriedly picked up his schoolbag, and promised in a loud voice, "It's coming!" and ran out of the door. Wu saw his son running in a hurry and shouted, "Slow down! ”

Wang Shi and Wang Ruyi trotted all the way to the classroom, but they were still late. He was punished by the gentleman to stand next to the podium. The classmates squeezed their eyebrows one by one.

In the blink of an eye, it was the cold day of Layue, the winter in the southwest. In the morning a thin layer of ice formed in the creek, and most of the leaves withered, leaving only bare branches. The cabbage was being harvested in the field, and the freshly planted wheat sprouted, covered with dewdrops, like crystal clear pearls hanging on it. Wang Shuang's illness has been recuperated for two or three months, and he is gradually able to get up and walk on the ground. can also help his daughter-in-law to do some work in the field, Wang Shi went to school very early in the morning, and Wang Shuang and his daughter-in-law went to the field to harvest cabbage.

I was busy until noon, and after lunch, I went to work in the fields again, and I could see the house from a distance. Wang Shuang put the chopped cabbage into the back basket. Look up at the house in the distance. Just as he was looking, he suddenly saw a group of people, who came out of the ravine and went home again, Wang Shuang said: "Oh no! The-stirring stick has come down the mountain to rob again." Wu was shocked: "How good is this." Wang Shuang said angrily: "Grab it, anyway, there are some potatoes and corn left at home." Something suddenly occurred to him. "I hurried to inform the people in the village and told them to hide the valuable things quickly. As he spoke, he ran into the village and shouted, "The bandits are coming, the bandits are coming to steal things, hide them quickly." Wang Shuang ran all the way through the village and shouted, and the people in the village saw and heard, and took out all the valuable things and hid them, and the women and girls ran to the riverside wharf and fled in the direction of the county seat by boat, and the merchants also took boats to watch from a distance. When the group arrived in the village, there were only a few old people at home, and they didn't see any chickens and ducks, pigs and dogs in the house, so there was really nothing to grab, everyone went around the village twice, walked back, and walked to Wang Shuang's house, and saw that the door was closed, and his subordinates kicked the door open and took away all the potatoes and corn in the house. He also took away the only poultry in the house, two hens. After Wang Shuang finished reporting the letter, he hid in the willow forest on the bank of the river in the distance and watched.

I didn't dare to go home until the night, I found some dry grass in the willow forest to cover, my daughter-in-law Wu slept inside the haystack, and Wang Shuang slept outside to block the river breeze for her. It was finally dawn. before going home. Wang Shi followed his husband and other classmates to take a boat to the county for refuge, and did not return until the next morning. Wang Shuang and his daughter-in-law went home and saw that the door had been kicked and broken, and the house had been robbed. When Wang Shi went home, his mother made a pot of potato rice, and he could only eat potatoes, but fortunately, there were still some potatoes in the field that could be dug up to satisfy his hunger. At night, Wang Shuang lay on the bed with a fever all over his body, and felt as if he was in an ice cellar, and his mouth just shouted: "Cold!" Wu said: "It must have been a cold last night when I slept in the willow forest." Then he told his son to go to a doctor.

Wang Shi invited the doctor, and after reading it, he prescribed medicine, and said, "He has not recovered from an old illness, and he has added typhoid fever." After speaking, he shook his head, and at this time, the village chief Shi Qing came in and stood in the hall and said loudly: "Wang Shuang, Wang Shuang." Wu hurriedly came out and agreed. Shi Qing said that thanks to Wang Shuang's report this time, the village was spared losses, and after this lesson, he was going to build a watchtower on the hill at the head of the village, and put an alarm bell on it, as long as the bandits appeared and immediately sounded the alarm bell, everyone could take refuge as soon as possible. On this matter, everyone unanimously agreed to let Wang Shuang be the one who rang the bell. "Village chief, Wang Shuang slept in the willow forest last night, contracted typhoid fever, and is now lying in bed, still talking nonsense. When the village chief heard that Wang Shuang was sick, he comforted him, went into the back room to have a look, exchanged a few words with the doctor, and went back. Wang Shi went with the doctor to get back a few packets of medicine.

Wu decocted medicine for him to drink every day, but at two o'clock in the morning on the third day, Wang Shuang suddenly woke up and called his son Wang Shi to the bed to hold his son's hand: "Little stone, I'll see if it's okay." ”

Wang Shi couldn't help but burst into tears when he heard this, "Dad, you'll be fine, as long as you drink the medicine well, your illness will get better soon." ”

Wang Shuang shook his head: "Son, you listen to me." ”

Wang Shi bit his lip and wiped the tears from his face with his hand: "Well, I'm listening." ”

"Son, after I'm gone, you have to listen to your mother, and your mother will depend on you to take care of her in the future." Don't make your own decisions about anything, and don't disobey your mother. Don't be unfilial. Speaking of this, Wu and Wang Shi have already cried tears like rain, exactly: the liver and intestines are broken like tears!

Wang Shuangqiang held back tears to comfort his father, had a good rest, pulled up the quilt and covered it well, and sat on the edge of the bed with a stool, his mother asked him to sleep, Wang Shuang finished speaking, and fell asleep in a dazed and dazed manner, and at six o'clock in the morning, Wang Shi fried the medicine and brought it in: "Dad took the medicine, Dad took the medicine." After shouting a few times and no response, Wang Shi had some bad premonitions in his heart, his mind was buzzing, his heart suddenly raised his throat, and he felt that the whole person was floating, he reached out and shook his father, but there was still no reaction, when he touched his father's face with his hand, he felt cold, and the medicine bowl at the left end fell to the ground and broke into a lot of pieces.

Wang Shi stepped forward and hugged Wang Shuang's body with both hands and cried loudly, making breakfast in the kitchen, Wu heard the crying and ran in, and saw his son holding Wang Shuang who had been crying to death, and his heart suddenly understood, and suddenly his heart hurt sharply, and his brain buzzed to the ground. fainted, Wang Shi turned around and saw his mother falling to the ground again, his father had just died here, and his mother passed out again, so he hurriedly ran over to help his mother cry and grab the ground. Aunt Li, a neighbor, heard the crying and ran to see it, and hurriedly went up to pinch Wu's people, and told her son Zhang Niu'er to bring a sugar jar and pour it down with sugar water. It took a while to slowly wake up, and as soon as I opened my eyes and cried and fainted, I repeated this several times. Aunt Li comforted: "Your Wang Shuang was also raised by me since I was a child, and now I didn't expect to leave at such a young age." Don't be too sad, this life and death have a fate, and wealth is in the sky. The son is still young, and he will live a few years and wait for the stone to become an adult. That's it. Aunt Li comforted for a long time. Wu calmed down a little, but he still couldn't cry.

Aunt Li said to her son Zhang Niu'er: "Look at it, the Wang Shuangjia family has suffered such an unfortunate thing, and their mother and son don't take care of it, so you can help with this funeral." This is also the neighborhood neighbor for so many years. ”

"What my mother said is that Wang Shuang also grew up with me, and I have to send him on the road for this last journey. ”

Zhang Niu'er, went to the village to call some women, helped Zhang Luo to start the funeral, he went to invite the Taoist priest to see the cemetery, the Taoist priest did the rituals, Zhang Niu'er instructed a few men, with cypress branches, tied up the mourning hall, and the gentleman of the private school wrote an elegiac couplet. Help with funerals.

Look at the cemetery. The Taoist priest chose an auspicious day for burial, and after seven days, he was buried at eight o'clock in the morning. On the evening of the sixth day, a funeral was held.

In the past few days, two long benches were used, a wooden board was placed on them, and Wang Shuang's body was placed on it, and in the middle of the hall, a lantern was lit at the foot of the body, and a tablet was set up on it, and the book was written, and Wang Shuang's spirit was lit, and a large white candle was lit on the left and right sides in front. Wang Shi knelt in front of the spirit and burned the paper, crying.

When it comes to the funeral expenses, the village chief Shi Qing discussed with the old people in the village, and everyone shared it equally after the matter was completed. The main expenses are some incense, candles, and paper products, and the money for a coffin, and the rest of the vegetables and pork are taken by the village family and dealt with it. It didn't cost much, the coffin money, and it didn't cost much to spread it evenly among hundreds of families in the village. There are a few businessmen who are doing business because they are grateful to Wang Shuang for reporting the news, so they avoid being robbed by bandits, and they also come to the door to mourn. The rest of the merchants also followed. There are also more than thirty taels in total.

Wu took Wang Shi to express his gratitude.

Zhang Niu'er dug the buried tomb in the past few days, went to the stream at the bottom of the mountain to collect big bluestones, and built the tomb. After a few busy days, on the sixth day, I finally got it right, and I was happy in my heart, but fortunately I didn't delay the big event of tomorrow's burial. At night, there are gongs, drums, suona playing, Taoist priests began to chant scriptures and practice things, has been busy all night, Wang Shi also cried all night, to the morning when the voice is crying hoarse, seven o'clock, up the spirit, Taoist priests arranged a few men, put Wang Shuang's body into the coffin and put it away, put the usual relics around him, "Wang Shi, Wu, finally look at him, after reading the coffin cover, this is the last time you will meet." In the future, if you want to see each other in a dream. Wang Shi walked over, grabbed the edge of the coffin with both hands, looked at his father, tears poured out, and there was no sound in his throat. Wu fainted from crying, and several women were busy pinching people, pouring sugar water, and making trouble for a while, the Taoist priest instructed two people to drag Wang Shi away and said: "When the time comes, you must cover the coffin, otherwise you will miss the hour." It's unlucky. ”

Covering the coffin, Wang Shi was already crying and falling on the coffin, and every time the hammer nailing the coffin struck, it slammed Wang Shi's heart. He cried and fainted to the ground, and Aunt Li and the people in front of the spirit couldn't help but shed tears when they saw Wang Shi so sad. Everyone comforted for a long time, and saw that the time for the spirit had arrived, and then arranged for Wang Shi to carry Wang Shuang's spiritual seat, walking in front of the funeral procession, followed by four people carrying the coffin with hemp rope and wooden sticks to the tomb and stopped, and the Taoist priest commanded, saying: "The filial son went down to the tomb to test the pit for his father." According to local custom, the son would lie down in the tomb and try it. Only then can the coffin be put in. Wang Shi first went down to the tomb to lie down, then stood up, came up from the inside, watched his father's coffin put in, and then covered it with a stone slab, sealed it, and blocked the stone cracks with lime. And a tombstone was erected in front of it. I was busy until noon.

When I got home, I saw that at home, Mr. Private School handed over the total amount of donations and all the expenses of the funeral, and the accounts were clear, and the village chief Shi Qing, who was also there, Aunt Li, and Zhang Niu'er, handed over the remaining twenty taels of silver to the Wu family in front of everyone. After some comfort, all the people left one after another.

Since the watchtower was built in the village, the-stirring stick and others have come a few times, but they haven't grabbed anything valuable, so they haven't come.

Wang Shi often sat in front of his father's grave in a daze, his father's death was caused by the-stirring stick, if the-stirring stick did not come to rob, his grandmother would not have died of anger, his father would not have been sick, and he would not have spent the night in the willow forest and contracted typhoid fever. This blood revenge must be avenged. But the-stirring stick is so tall that he can't beat him at all, what should I do? This question was like a poisonous snake, and he was distracted in class and couldn't sleep well.

Mr. often saw him in a daze in class, and began to think that his father had just died, and his mood must not have come out of this haze, so he was also very sympathetic to him, and after a few months, in the spring of the second year, he was in a daze and his mind was even more terrible than before. In the evening, when school was out, he decided to call him to his house for a good talk. "Wang Shi, don't go back yet, come with me to sit at home, the teacher has something to tell you." Wang Shi agreed, Wang Ruyi did not go back, and followed the teacher to the house with Wang Shi.

As soon as he entered, he went into the hall and put the book on the case. Sitting down on the chair in the middle, the teacher made dinner in the kitchen, and the teacher asked Wang Shi to sit on the chair on the right, and then asked, "I know that your father has passed away, and I am very sad, but everyone dies, and we have to come out of the pain." You can only comfort your father's spirit in heaven if you study well. Only in this way can he smile at Jiuquan. ”

Wang Shi lowered his head and didn't speak, Wang Ruyi sat on the chair next to him and looked around, Mr. has a daughter, who is fifteen years old this year, although he also reads, he only studies at home, and he did not go to the school, and he heard his father talking outside and poked his head out of the inner room. The gentleman waved at her. Signaling that you are not allowed to come out.

"You were always distracted in class a few years ago, but after the New Year, you are still like this, this is not good, kid. ”

After a pause, Mr. took a sip of tea and looked at Wang Shi, who still didn't speak, pinching the corners of his clothes with his hands and rubbing them constantly.

"What do you think, tell the teacher what you think, you can tell me if you have any difficulties, I know that your family life is difficult after your father's death. But difficulties can be overcome. In ancient times, people chiseled walls to steal light, and studied hard. If you have to endure hardship, you will become a superior person. ”

Wang Shi listened to the teacher for a long time before he spoke: "My father died because the bandits came to rob my grandmother to death, and later contracted typhoid fever, so I want to take revenge, but I don't know how to beat the bandits." -stirring sticks. ”

The gentleman listened to the silence for a while before he said: "This-stirring stick is eight feet tall, with a wide body and three measurements, and two arms have the strength of a thousand catties. How can you beat him as a little kid. ”

"Yes, I'm a kid now, but I'm going to grow up. After speaking, he lowered his head and said: "Just like now, even after ten years, I am not his opponent." ”

"You kid is self-aware. The gentleman groaned.

"Is there no way, sir? Wang Shi looked at the teacher.

The gentleman was silent for a while, and then said, "Unless you learn a strong martial art." ”

"Sir, do you know martial arts? After asking this sentence, Wang Shi immediately regretted it, isn't this nonsense, if Mr. knew martial arts, wouldn't he have been beaten to death by stirring.

The gentleman was silent for a while, and asked the two of them to stay and have dinner together, Wang Shi insisted on going back, and his mother was waiting for him at home, and he wanted to go back. The gentleman did not force him to stay.

One day, when I came home from school, I saw a lot of people on the dock to see the excitement, only to see a big man, put seven green bricks on the ground layer upon layer, and then use the right hand palm knife, and cut it hard, all the seven green bricks were broken into two, all the onlookers cheered loudly, threw copper plates into the plate on the ground, the man hugged his fists and saluted, expressing his gratitude, after the people dispersed, the man walked into an inn on the edge of the dock, went upstairs, Wang Shi followed to the door of the room. I saw the man enter the door and close the door. Wang Shi lingered at the door for a while, wanting to knock on the door and feel apprehensive, but finally mustered up the courage to raise his hand and pat the door twice.