Donkey eggs.

This is the name that his father gave him, because the cheap name is easy to raise, although it doesn't sound very elegant, but the world is so chaotic, when is it possible to die due to an accident, compared to being able to survive, the name is not worth mentioning.

This year, Donkey Egg is also ten years old.

Just last year, his old father had finally fallen ill, so the donkey had to come out alone, looking young, or he and his father would starve to death.

With a bit of longing, Donkey Dan pinched the grain bag in his hand tightly, and looked at the white rice grains in the distance, his mouth was full of spittle, and his throat was constantly squirming.

Baihuahua's rice porridge, he didn't know what it tasted like, just because he heard his father mention it.

Hot, slippery, like a liquid of elixir, it can instantly restore people's spirits.

But, that was twenty years ago.

Today, because I heard that someone was scattering rice, I ran here early, wanting to get some rice, so that I and my father could also taste it.

"Alright, next!"

The shouts of the soldiers in the distance brought him back to his senses, and then handed the rice bag in his hand.

"Hey. How dirty this kid is!"

With the sound of ridicule, the other party showed a little disgust, and pinched his nose before closing the rice bag handed over.

Donkey Egg couldn't help but bow his head, he knew how dirty he looked, the clothes on his body were made of bamboo leaves, in order to cover the ugliness, there was a layer of mud on it, and the shoes on his feet were also made of reeds, of course, because they were worn for a long time, so they were a little tattered.

Because the donkey's egg skills are not good, there are gaps everywhere, and through the gaps, you can also see that his skin is particularly dirty.

The only thing that is clean is the rice bag.

And this rice bag was not large, only the size of a palm, which he also sewed from a piece of linen cloth that he occasionally found.

"Here's your rice!"

With a dripping sound, the rice bag directly drew an arc and fell in front of the donkey egg.

The donkey egg didn't react for a while, and immediately let the rice bag fall into the dust, and inside the open bag, a small half of the rice grains were scattered.

"Ahh With a cry, the donkey egg hurriedly pounced, took the rice bag in his hand, and then pinched the grains of rice on the ground and threw them into the rice bag.

These are precious grains that should not be wasted!

"What are you doing? I've got it, why are you still in the way?"

But the people behind couldn't wait, and they scolded the donkey eggs, and those soldiers didn't have the heart to stop them, they just watched the show.

The donkey had no choice but to get up from the ground, and before leaving, he looked at the dozens of rice grains that were still left.

"Well, if only there were a little more. ”

Checking the rice bag in his hand, although the donkey egg was disappointed, he immediately smiled happily.

"But if my father can eat the millet porridge that he hasn't seen for a long time, maybe he will be able to recover his health!"

Thinking of his father, the donkey laughed happily again, and then stepped out of his calves and walked off into the distance, which was also his home.

Who knows, just as he stepped into the alleyway, he was greeted by a group of officials.

Donkey Dan was stunned, and his whole body began to tremble, he was very familiar with these officials, and he would often beat himself on the grounds of expelling the exiles.

"Hand it over!"

A few sticks were put in front of the donkey's eyes, and he directly threatened.

"Hand over what?"

Donkey Dan blinked, a little unsure what was going on.

"What else could it be? Of course it's the rice you got!"

A pair of big hands reached over and directly and rudely pulled the rice bag from the donkey's hand, because the action was too rough, and a small half meter was scattered directly into the dust.

Those people didn't care, they took the rice bag and laughed, and the laughter was particularly arrogant.

"Hmph! Those Song soldiers were also stupid, they didn't even check anything, and they scattered grain here? Do you think that by relying on these means, you can win over the hearts of the people? But ah, this grain still has to fall into our hands after all. ”

After checking the grain bags, several people laughed together and left here, leaving the donkey egg alone on the ground in great pain.

It was easy to recover, the donkey egg rubbed his shoulder, feeling unbearable pain, but he was also used to being beaten, so he naturally didn't care, and then took out a bamboo tube from the shoes under his feet, this bamboo tube is not big, only the thickness of the thumb, but it is just one or two meters.

When the stopper was opened, the donkey egg looked inside, and saw that the rice grains were fine, so he smiled.

"Fortunately, I was prepared, otherwise my father wouldn't have been able to eat hot rice porridge?"

Seeing that there was still a lot of rice scattered on the ground, he squatted down again, and it took a long time to pick up all these rice grains and put them together in the bamboo tube.

"As long as there is this rice, Daddy will reply. ”

With a happy smile on his face, the donkey Dan walked out of Suqian with a bamboo tube and came to the edge of a small thatched hut near the Yellow River, with a wooden stake inserted next to the Yellow River, and a bamboo raft was tied to it.

These things are all the belongings of the Donkey Dan family.

"Daddy! I'm back. ”

Pushing open the door, the donkey entered the room.

And in the room, on the thatched bed, a pale-faced middle-aged man was lying.

The man just clutched his chest, looking angry, and when he saw the donkey egg walking in, he barely straightened up, leaned against the wall behind him, and asked, "Donkey egg." Where have you gone, and why can't I find your people?"

"Dad, I'm going to the city!" Donkey Egg replied.

The man was stunned, and a trace of anger flashed in his eyes: "Suqian, where are you going?"

"I'm going to get rice. You see, this is the rice I received. With a smile on his face, the donkey took out the bamboo tube hidden in his arms, and showed it to the man.

The man was surprised and continued to ask, "Lingmi, what's going on?"

"I don't know. It's just that you see a lot of troops coming into the city, and then the bad guys you say kowtow to those armies, and then they start scattering. I saw that many people had received it, so I ran over as well, and who knew that I met the bad guys on the way, and they snatched some of them. If I hadn't hidden a little bit in advance, I'm afraid it would have been gone. ”

The donkey lowered his head and peeked at his father, fearing that he would be angry.

His father once told him not to go to Suqian alone, let alone get involved with those bad people.

But he disobeyed today, for fear that he would make his father angry.

"Is that so?"

Unexpectedly, this man was indifferent and did not lose his temper.

Donkey Dan felt a little strange, and clutched the bamboo tube in his hand with both hands, for fear that the bamboo tube would grow and slip away: "Dad, then I'll go cook porridge." ”

"There you go!"

Leaning himself against the wall, the man seemed to be caught up in some thought, and he didn't care much about the donkey's eggs.

"Oh!"

Donkey Egg was puzzled.

He knew from a young age that his father would disappear suddenly, for days or even longer, and that when he returned home, he would come back with a wound.

It's just that today's injuries are particularly serious.

The donkey egg even saw blood in his father's spittoon, something he had never seen before.

With the bamboo tube, the donkey egg walked to the stove, which was built with several large stones, and the mud around it was pasted to prevent it from being blown out by the wind.

Holding a large bamboo tube, the donkey egg scooped a tube of water from a nearby stream, poured it into the pot, and then poured all the millet into the iron pot.

In the clear stream, a grain of rice is clearly visible, and the entire iron pot is spread in a thin layer.

With a machete, the donkey went outside, cut some firewood and thatch, took out the fire and lit the thatch, and stuffed it into the stove, and then took the firewood and spread it on the thatch, and the flame spread little by little, and lit the firewood, and if it saw that it was extinguished, it would be picked up, so that air could be poured into it.

The flames grew stronger and stronger, constantly licking the iron pot.

The stream in the pot gradually began to boil, first a little blister appeared, the blister became bigger and bigger, and the millet was stirred together, so that the whole pot began to be filled with thick clouds, covering people's vision.

After about half an hour, the whole rice porridge was finally cooked.

Lifting the cover, the donkey egg took a look, and his mouth immediately grinned, and in the pale soup, grains of crystal rice floated in it, and an attractive aroma continued to rush towards his nose.

It made the donkey feel like his stomach was growling, but there was one more thing to do before that.

"Dad, the millet porridge is ready. ”

Putting the millet porridge into the prepared bamboo tube, the donkey egg brought it to the man, and then said, "Daddy." You drink it. Just drink this, and you should be cured. ”

"Healed?"

The man smiled miserably, his expression still calm.

He was very clear about his injuries, even when the famous doctor arrived, he was afraid that it would be difficult to heal, just relying on a bamboo tube of millet porridge, where could he be healed?

However, it is not bad to have such a son to take care of.

Thinking like this, the man put the bamboo tube aside, but said to the donkey egg with a serious face: "Donkey egg." You should know that you are not my own son. Right?"

He was already used to promiscuity, and he was engaged in quite dangerous things, and he had no time to get married, let alone take care of his children.

Donkey Dan's expression was gloomy for a while, his head lowered, and he asked in a low voice, "Dad." Don't you want me?"

He naturally knew where he came from, he was originally just a five-year-old wanderer, because he ran into this man by chance, so he was taken in, because he was grateful for his kindness, so he regarded him as his father.

"Not like that!" The man's eyebrows tightened, and his lips pursed as if he wanted to say something, but when he saw that the donkey egg was only ten years old this year, and in fact he looked only seven years old because of his lack of nutrition, he suppressed the impulse in his heart: "It's just that you are still young, there is no need to wade into this troubled water!"

"Muddy waters, does it have anything to do with your injuries?"

Donkey Dan raised his head, looked at the man with a worried face, picked up the bamboo tube again, and reached the man: "Then you can drink porridge quickly." After drinking it, it will be healed. ”

The naïve donkey egg always thinks that after drinking porridge, it can be cured.

The man pushed it and refused, "No." After all—" At this time, he paused, not knowing what to say, but when he saw the happy look on the donkey's face, he felt that he should tell the other party.

"After all, I can't live anymore?"

"Can't live? What does that mean?"

The donkey was frightened, and although he was only ten years old, he had already seen many things, corpses, death, violence and killing, which he had seen and even experienced with his own eyes.

But thanks to his father, he can survive until now!

"Huh. I'm going to see the Bodhisattva. ”

The man chuckled, even more gloomy, and began to think about it in his head.

If he dies, how will the donkey and the egg live?

Donkey Dan was still puzzled, and continued to ask: "Bodhisattva? Is it Xuannu Niangniang? I have heard people say that as long as you worship Xuannu Niangniang, you will not go to hell after death, and you will be led by Xuannu Niangniang to enjoy a peaceful and peaceful life in heaven." ”

Donkey Dan has heard people say that if they do evil, they will be dragged into hell and tortured.

So he didn't want his father to go to hell, at least to be at peace after death, that was his only hope.

"Xuannu Niangniang, it's a pity, even if it's her, can't she end this troubled world?"

The man was stunned, and his eyes suddenly glowed with a little brilliance, but the heavy injuries in his body made him cough, and he vomited out a large mouthful of blood, which also stained his chest red.

Seeing this, the donkey egg panicked, and handed over the bamboo tube again, and the millet porridge inside was still exuding heat.

"Quick, drink this porridge, and you should be cured. ”

"Didn't you say that? This thing, it's useless!" Shaking his head, the man refused directly, and then looked at the little guy in front of him with complicated eyes, his hand reached into his arms but he held a document tightly, and asked in a low voice: "It's just you, can you help me do something?"

"Daddy. Whatever it is, I'll help you get it done. ”

Donkey eggs are a little confused, is this matter more important than drinking porridge?

"Okay. Then you will keep this thing for me. After thinking about it, the man took out a bamboo tube from his arms, put it directly into the donkey's hand, and then said with a solemn face. Donkey Dan naturally nodded again and again, lest he disappoint his father, after all, this was the only thing he could do.

Probably still a little scared, the man took out an iron plaque from his bosom, pointed to the pattern on it, and ordered: "Remember, if you meet someone with this kind of brand, give him the things in it, understand?"

"I see, Daddy!"

The donkey egg hurriedly closed his head, and the red phoenix on the iron plate that was about to fly was also burned into his eyelids, and his memory was especially deep.

Hearing this, the man finally closed his eyes, and this time it was forever.