Chapter Twenty-Six: Kindness

Sandwiched between the two high mountains is a great plain, and the mountains protect this peaceful plain like a mother's arms. The new immigrants from Yangshan who live here will worship the two mountains several times a day. Rows of houses stand neatly. In a small house near the foot of the mountain, a thin young man put hot food on the table: "Mother, the food has been bought, today is fresh fish, I want some cucumbers, eat more." ”

"Little cub, how many times have I told you for my mother, why don't you have a long memory, don't fight those fish and meat again, my mother can't eat it." The mother-in-law, who was dressed in several patches, blamed as she put down the corn petals. "Mother, when we first came, didn't you like to eat the most? The skinny guy replied. "Little cub, do you know no, you see that this fish is half a catty, we only need half a penny to buy it, my mother heard someone say a few days ago, and now the fish on the market costs three dollars and three pounds. If you buy it, you have to kill, cook, not to mention oil, salt, sauce and vinegar, we eat it once, and our great benefactor has to accompany it once, and we have to accompany it for a penny at a time, tens of thousands of people here, and you have to accompany thousands of taels for a meal! When the vegetables in the field are grown, we don't want to go to the room to eat. "Well, mother, I know, mother, eat, don't buy it next time, the cough seems to have been worse recently, and I don't eat much, when we were in Yangxi Village before, we didn't have to eat, but now we have to eat, and we don't have to nourish our body and bones" The thin guy persuaded. Speaking of this, I shed two tears, planted more than ten acres of land in the banker, got up early and worked in the dark, the crops always grew better than others, and the rent was not enough to eat and drink, and my mother helped people repair their clothes every winter, in exchange for a few dry food, and the minor illness was supported, and the major illness went to burn incense and worship the Buddha, and finally became an old illness.

The mother-in-law chattered while eating: " Fortunately, the great benefactor came to our village, before the former house A Niu helped the dealer to see the cow, the cow was very fat and strong, but somehow got sick and died, A Niu did not wait for the dealer to be accountable, he rolled up the cover and went to Liangshan, think about how a cow can afford to pay, in that Liangshan did a small minion, the beginning of the king leader in, although also happy, and then the great benefactor came, the big dealer next to Liangshan had to be reported by the world, that A Niu said, how good we are in Liangshan, I still don't believe it, if it wasn't for the flood last year, we didn't have a harvest. But the hateful dealer still doesn't reduce some rent, it's really dying, and we have to thank this natural disaster, otherwise we wouldn't have come here. There is a free house to live in, there is free food to eat, and ten acres of land per person, no need to pay rent, no matter how you say it, I don't believe it, now just half a year has passed, the crops have been harvested, and there is really no one to urge the rent. ”

The skinny guy looked at his mother eating there, and he didn't finish talking, but he still didn't go to the fresh fish, "Let's eat some of it, I see that I bought it back," "Don't eat, you eat at night, my mother is full, you are going to be angry with my mother, how unruly is it for our great benefactor to maintain this cottage?" It's a waste to eat my bones, you see our Liangshan, where you want to work, go to help, let my mother feel at ease, by the way, most of the corn we harvest can't be eaten, send it to the room, don't take the silver two back, oh, by the way, don't send it during the day, send it at night, yesterday I heard Uncle Zhang say that they took a load of corn yesterday, and the house didn't accept it, and pushed it back, Uncle Zhang said, tonight I fell at the door of the room, see if they can accept it, you did the same. ”

"Yes, mother". The thin guy took a basket and filled it with corn, and the door was banged, and a black man jumped in, which was the Niu he had just mentioned. "Brother Niu, what's the matter? Look at you, you're in a hurry, don't train today?" The thin guy stopped what he was doing, poured a bowl of tea, and sent it to Ah Niu.

"Haha, Brother Niu is here today, two happy events, your brother and I have become a small leader, and there are more than 30 brothers below, and the county capital did not have my majesty before," he laughed before he finished speaking, "The second thing, mother-in-law, I will take you for a trip, you must be happy, after speaking, I will pull the mother-in-law's clothes, "My mother has no ability in Liangshan, what are you doing with her?"

"Go, go, you wooden head, I don't know how many people are lined up at the door of the medical department now, I hurried here, just to let my mother-in-law go to see the doctor, that cough, let my mother live next door and suffer." When the thin guy heard this, he didn't clean up the bowls, the two of them picked up the mother-in-law and left, and the time for a column of cigarettes was up, and sure enough, a long line was neatly arranged.

The door is pasted with red paper and black letters, just like the New Year, the font is very beautiful, and the dragon and phoenix are gone. "Brother Niu, do you know what that is written?" asked the skinny guy curiously. "Hehe, I really didn't know a few days ago, but now your brother Niu knows," the black man also sold Guanzi, "Look at the four horizontal words, wonderful, hand, benevolent, and heart." I will tell you what it means, and the eight words on the left are: Ask the heavens how the hanging pot is to help the world, and answer that the life and death of the world are not up to the sky. How well it is written? Do you know who can't write it?" the thin guy shook his head blankly. "Let's talk about you wood, it's our big boss. The black man became proud again, "Ah Niu, I heard your mother say that you go to school at night, and you can learn so much in a few days." The skinny guy asked enviously, "Can I go?" "Of course you can, our leader said, if you want to learn to read, read and reason, you can also learn how to grow good crops, you can also learn how to build a house, build a big boat, you can also learn to read and see a doctor, as long as you love everyone, you are our Liangshan people." The skinny guy was short of breath when he heard this, and he wished he was going to go to the school now.

After the woman stood up, she grabbed the skinny guy's clothes: "Go, go and bring the hairpin that is still worth a few dollars." "What are you going to do with it?" asked Ah Niu curiously.

"Be the money for medicine," the mother-in-law replied. "Auntie, don't need it, our great benefactor said, "No money, in the future, all my Liangshan people will not need money to seek medical advice." How are we leaders?" said Ah Niu proudly.

"The great benefactor must be a living bodhisattva who came down from heaven to save the suffering. After the woman finished speaking, she bowed in the direction of the Liangshan Gathering Hall.

"Aunt Li, who are you worshipping?" asked Uncle Zhang, who had just seen a doctor, with several packets of medicine in his hand. "Are you going to take so many medicines? Is it because of your leg disease, I worship our great benefactor Living Bodhisattva." The mother-in-law looked at the packets of medicine and replied. "Well, it's really a living bodhisattva who blesses us in the world," Uncle Zhang also put down his hand and bowed in the direction of the righteous hall. The crowd next to them saw it and knelt down one after another.