Chapter 3 (Quiet Village)

It's just that this farmer's name is Zhang Dahu's wife Liu, who has been here in recent years due to the war in the early years, and his life is peaceful. gave birth to a daughter half a year ago, Zhang Dahu saw a sad face, and looked for wine to relieve his sorrows, and his wife saw it in her eyes and felt pain in her heart.

Giving birth to one can't afford to take care of one, and having another one is even heavier, and giving away a daughter is ruthless after all, and now a son about a year old has fallen from the sky, and the gold that has fallen has not worried about his livelihood for a long time in the future, and no matter what the future holds, he decided to raise it first and then make a plan.

The husband and wife discussed for a while, and first took the gold from the city and exchanged it for silver and two copper coins, so as not to be angry and cause trouble. Zhang Dahu changed his outfit and happily went to the city to change the silver, and went home happily, the child had been crying for the first few days, and the couple were afraid that someone would come to the door to ask for it.

After a few months, the child is more and more lovely, the couple often forgets themselves when they see this, and the two of them are worried that they don't know the child's name and surname, and the couple has not read any books, and they went to the city to find a gentleman to name the baby, and the surname is Zhang, and they took a name, Zhang Yu.

The sky is pitiful, the sunrise and sunset winter go to spring, this year Zhang Yu was four years old and took his sister Zhang Qinger to play in the woods, suddenly heard a strange sound in the grass, the brothers and sisters picked up the grass and approached to see that it was a little yellow dog, humming and chirping, seeing that its thigh was not lightly injured, the brothers and sisters took a lot of effort to drag back home, and it took a long time to cry and beg their parents to decide to leave the yellow dog, and later Zhang Dahu also named the yellow dog "Huangzi"

Late one night, Huang Zi suddenly screamed, Zhang Dahu and his wife were about to get up to see the reason, but Huang Zi suddenly stopped screaming, and the two gave up. The next morning, Zhang Dahu found that there were two ingots of gold on the table for some reason, his eyes suddenly straightened, rubbed his eyes and slapped himself a few times, only then did he know that it was not a dream, the couple thought they were "fairy" rewards, and immediately put on the incense table, praying and praying.

The couple worked hard, and with the gold rewarded by the "gods", they lived a peaceful and carefree life, and Zhang Yu was also tall and his father's waist, and his body was very strong, and Zhang Qinger was becoming more and more smart. Zhang Yu helped his father collect firewood for almost noon that day, picked up firewood and was about to go home, when he suddenly fell to the ground with an "ouch" sound, only to feel that he had hit something, and the firewood was scattered all over the ground, rubbing his buttocks and looking up.

I saw an old man wearing a tattered sword and carrying a long sword leaning over and laughing at him. The old man smiled: "Doll, hello doll, so old, wow, how old are you" Zhang Yu grew so old except that the family had met the parents of a few dolls next door, he had never seen a human face at all, Zhang Dahu said that people outside were very bad since Zhang Yu was a child, and they would eat children like a big bad wolf, and they must tell their parents when they see the faces of living people.

Thinking of this, Zhang Yu got up and ran, the old man was anxious when he saw this, and said: "Doll, don't run, what are you running" Zhang Yu was running in a hurry, and suddenly felt the sound of the wind in his ears and hit something with an "oops" sound, and this strange old man stood in front of him again, looking unhappy.

Zhang Yu settled down and asked boldly: "Where are you from, are you a bad person, will the old man eat people" The old man said with a straight face: "How do you know that I will eat people, I will eat you" said leaning over and grabbing Zhang Yu with his teeth and claws, and even opened his mouth to bite Zhang Yu, Zhang Yu hugged his head in fright and said in horror: "Don't eat me, don't bite me"

The old man stood up and stroked his beard that didn't have a few left, and said: "Doll, I don't eat you, I won't eat people, ask me how old you are this year, what is your name" Zhang Yu was already half frightened to death, and pretended to be calm when he heard this: "Grandpa, my name is Zhang Yu, my father went to the city to find Mr. to give me the name" That look a little proud.

The old man closed his eyes and shook his bloated head, groaned for a while, and suddenly smiled: "Zhang Yu, Liu... Zhang Yu is good, the name is not earthy, let the little old man guess how old you are" The words suddenly turned and said in a deep voice, "I'm not that old, don't call me grandpa in the future, I'm a fairy" After that, he showed joy and said, "You are nine years old this year, yes or no"

Zhang Yu had heard the elders say that there were immortals in the mountains, and today he met such a strange old man, and he showed his "divine might" Now he heard the old man say his birthday, and he was even more convinced, and hurriedly kowtowed: "Meet the immortals, meet the old immortals" The old man pulled Zhang Yu up and said: "I am a fairy, don't tell your family when you get home, I will wait for you opposite Xiaozhuang Lake tomorrow afternoon, there are interesting things to teach you"

Xiaozhuang Lake is a very long river in this village, the river is two zhang wide and forms a lake in the middle, the people in the village call it Xiaozhuang Lake, there is no bridge on the opposite side and generally cannot pass, to the opposite side you need to walk a long way to detour, there is no village on the opposite side of the mountain branches and leaves, usually there are hunters to detour to hunt.

Zhang Yu was very embarrassed when he heard that he was going to the other side of Xiaozhuang Lake, and saw that this strange old man was very kind. He lowered his head and thought for a long time, and suddenly said with a resolute face: "Okay, I will definitely come to the old fairy, you can wait for me" and then looked up left and right to look at the trace of the "fairy" that had already disappeared.

Zhang Yu was surprised, picked up the firewood and carried it on his back, and suddenly heard someone shouting: "Brother, brother, brother" I saw a girl with two pigtails walking over, it was Zhang Qing'er. Zhang Yu stepped forward quickly and said: "What are you doing here" Zhang Qing'er smiled: "Mom and Dad's meals are ready, and I was about to eat, but I found that you haven't come back yet, and I know that my brother is here to collect firewood for me to take a look."

Zhang Yu looked up at the bright sun in the sky, and saw that it was almost noon, and said to Zhang Qing'er: "I just fell, it's okay, let's go, sister" Zhang Qing'er heard this, suddenly pursed her lips and muttered: "Brother, I saw what you just did" Zhang Yu hurriedly reached out to cover Zhang Qing'er's mouth when he heard this, and said in a panic: "Sister, what did you see, don't tell your parents and others"

Zhang Qing'er pulled Zhang Yu's hand away and panted and said innocently: "Brother, you see the fairy, right, I won't say, next time you go to the river to catch crabs, the birds on the mountain will definitely pick me up, anyway, you will take me wherever you play" Zhang Yu exclaimed, "You saw me talking to the fairy, you are still young, you are not allowed to come to the river and the mountains, will I take you to the river to catch crabs when I grow up?"

Zhang Qing'er saw that he was unwilling, so she cried out with a "wow", turned around and ran back. Zhang Yu saw that his sister hadn't agreed to his words, so he immediately rushed forward and said with a smile on his face: "Sister, sister, don't cry, brother said that you can't take you to the river to play, but you have to promise not to tell others what you see today, including your parents, I will definitely take you with me next time I go out."

Zhang Qing'er wiped her tears when she heard this, and then laughed and said in a half-sobbing voice: "Cheng, brother, I won't tell my parents and tell others, you must take me with you next time you play" Zhang Yu finally relieved his heart when he heard this, sighed, took the firewood and walked home, and said: "Sister, brother promises to bring you next time I go out to play"

Zhang Qing'er jumped up happily when she heard this, thinking: "Every time I go out to play, my brother always sneaks away and always leaves me at home to play with Huang Zi, and next time I go out with my brother, I will also bring Huang Zi" Thinking of this, he threw two braids, and Fei chased after him and said: "Brother, I'll help you a little" Zhang Yu said: "No"

Zhang Qing'er suddenly asked curiously: "What did the gods tell you" Zhang Yu said: "It's nothing, don't ask so much, I won't take you out next time" Zhang Qing'er stuck out her tongue.

When he went home, Zhang Yu said that he was playing in the mountains and forgot the time, Zhang Dahu was originally very partial to this adopted son, and he was treated as his own child, but now he saw that there was no hindrance, and he didn't say much, but said: "Next time, don't miss the dinner time, don't play so late, usually take your sister and don't let your parents worry"

Zhang Yu said: "Well, Mom and Dad, I know" Liu Juhua touched Zhang Yu's head in her eyes, smiling, full of kindness.