On the mainland of Yunzhou, there is a small fishing village called Lianhua Village on the coast of the East China Sea. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

There are only a few dozen households in Lianhua Village, and the villagers have been fishing for generations. The village chief's surname is Shi, and he is a big family in the village. The chief of Shi Village raised a fourteen or fifteen-year-old slave named Shi Le.

Shile was gifted from an early age, and many anecdotes about him were talked about by the villagers. It is said that he was a child that the head of Ishimura picked up at the beach. He was about a teenager when he was washed up on the beach in Lotus Village by the waves. The chief of the village took pity on him, so he took him home and named him Shile. After that, Shile did not say a word for a whole year, and the villagers thought he was mute.

Five years ago, on the eighth day of April, the wind was beautiful, and the fishing boats of various families met to go out to sea to fish. According to the custom, the head of Ishimura burns incense on the shore to worship the god of the sea, praying that she will bless the fishermen who go out to sea to return safely. But just as the village chief Shi was about to announce that the fishing boat was going to sea, Shi Le suddenly ran over and hugged the village chief's leg and begged bitterly.

At first, the villagers didn't know what he was going to do. Later, when the village chief saw him pointing to the fishing boat on the shore and constantly making a gesture of crossing his hands, he asked him, "Don't you want the fishing boat to go to sea?"

Shi Le nodded desperately with tears in his eyes! Shi Village Chief rebuked: "Silly boy, what will we eat and drink if we don't go to sea to fish? ”

But Shi Le still dragged Shi Cun Chief's leg unrelentingly, preventing him from using the order flag to signal that the fishing boat could go to sea. In a fit of rage, the village chief pushed Shile to the ground. After Shi Le fell, his face was covered with blood, and he overturned the sacrificial incense case in a hurry. This annoyed everyone. A couple of grumpy fishermen came up and punched and kicked him. The village chief couldn't bear to be angry and the villagers beat Shi Le to cripples, so he hurriedly stopped him. But Shile was still severely injured and unconscious.

The originally festive event was made by Shile, and everyone felt unlucky, so they canceled the plan to go to sea that day. But on that day, in the afternoon, the weather changed abruptly, the sky was clear, and the clouds were instantly dark, and a storm that had not been seen in a hundred years hit. The fishing boats parked on the shore after the rainstorm were shattered by the wind and waves, but fortunately, none of the people in the village were injured.

When the name of the village was shocked, he remembered that Shile had tried desperately to prevent the fishing boats from going to sea, and they all felt that they should be grateful to Shile. So many villagers gathered at the village chief's house and brought many gifts to Shile. Even the fishermen who beat Shile came to apologize in person.

But Schler was still in a coma and knew nothing about it. After the village chief dismissed the people, he took the gifts sent by the villagers for himself. He was also curious how Schler knew that a storm was coming that day. So he also took care of Shile quite considerately.

It was three days before Shile came to his senses. As soon as he woke up, he ran barefoot to the seashore and looked up to the sky and shouted, "Am I not a son of evil?"

The villagers knew that he woke up and went to pay his respects. They found that Shile was able to speak, and answered the villagers' questions fluently. But he just doesn't remember who he is or where he came from. All he remembered was that there was always a stern voice in his ears: "You are a son of a!"

Chief Ishimura was glad that Shile was safe and sound. Although Schle couldn't tell why he had to stop everyone from going to sea that day. Later, the villagers stopped asking about it. Because everyone knew that Shi Le had forgotten the past after he had recovered from his serious injuries. And they were the ones who wounded him.

The years that followed were uneventful. He could no longer have foreseen the coming storm. Slowly, the villagers got used to treating him as an ordinary person. The village chief Shi also handed over all the chores at home to Shi Le. The kind-hearted Shi Le unknowingly became a slave in the Shi Village Chief's family.

Chief Ishimura has a son named Scoundrel. This is the head of Ishimura who took great pains to find a fortune teller to get a name for his son. When the scoundrel grew up, he lived up to expectations, and he became an out-and-out scoundrel as his name suggests. The scoundrel was a year older than Shile and liked to bully the children of his village from an early age. Because he sent people under the fence, Shile was very humble to the scoundrels.

Finally, when the scoundrel was sixteen years old, the head of the stone village married his son a beautiful out-of-town daughter-in-law. On the day of the wedding, the head of Shi Village held a banquet at home, and the bride amazed everyone as soon as she appeared. The little woman had bright eyes and bright teeth, her skin was like congealed fat, and she was wrapped in a scarlet wedding dress wrapped around her slender body like a fairy descending to earth.

Her smile and smile were tinged with a dusty aura. When Shile saw the bride, his heart suddenly pounded. Inexplicably, he felt an indescribable discomfort in his heart. So he put down his work and ran to the beach alone.

At this time, a girl in white with a sword on her shoulder rode a white horse to the seashore. She was even better looking than the bride. Shile looked at the beautiful girl on horseback with his head held high, and he felt like a dream.

"What are you doing here?" asked the girl in white. Although she is a stranger, her tone makes people feel very kind.

"I'm looking up at the sky with my humble eyes!" Schle, not knowing why he would say that. At first, he was indeed looking at the clouds in the sky, but now all he saw was the girl on horseback.

"Hehe!" the girl's laughter like a wind chime instantly soothed the young man's lonely heart.

With a smile on his face, Shile asked, "Where are you from, where are you going?"

The girl in white said, "I came from the far west, where the yellow sand is everywhere, to see the sea. Now I see it!" her smile was so genuine.

Shile has always lived by the sea, and when he sees the sea, he feels as little as he sees the back of his hand. He couldn't understand the feeling of the girl in white who longed for the sea.

"I'm thirsty, can I come to your house and ask for a bowl of water?" asked the girl in white.

Schler, of course, was too embarrassed to refuse. He said: "My name is Schle, and our family is having a wedding, and any guests are welcome. ”

My name is Liu Qingwu. It's a pity that I don't have any gifts with me. I have a ribbon to tie my hair here, so I'll give it to you as a gift!" said the girl in white, handing Shi Le a white ribbon.

The ribbon is very beautiful, the workmanship is fine, and both sections are embroidered with a "swastika".

Shi Le put the ribbon into his arms and said a little embarrassedly: "In fact, there is a flowing water table at home, and those who come do not refuse, and the guests in the past do not need to give gifts to care that you are full of wine and food." ”

"Why is that?" asked Liu Qingwu.

"It's so remote and there aren't any passing guests. You may be the only passerby!" said Schler.

Liu Qingwu hid her face and smiled and said, "It's not bad to go and see the wedding customs in Yunzhou! Please lead the way." ”

The people of Lotus Village all sat at the village chief's house, and everyone ate enough wine and food. When the women had eaten their fill, they sent the children outside to play, and they sat in groups of three or five chatting about their daily routines. The men were all drunk, and they got together and talked nonsense.

When they saw Shile returning with a woman who was more delicate than the bride, the vulgar men had to make fun of each other.

"Look! the little daughter-in-law that Shile brought back is even more handsome than today's bride!" said a drunken fisherman, standing in front of Shile.

Schle quickly helped him to the table next to him and sat down, and said to him, "This woman is a passing guest. Please pay attention to what you say, and don't let people think that the people in our Lotus Village don't understand the rules!"

At this time, the village chief Shi came over and said: "Today's children's wedding is a guest, hurry up and sit down, you will have good wine and good food to entertain!"

After Liu Qingwu thanked Village Chief Shi, he found a random table in the courtyard and sat down. Shi Le followed behind her and asked, "What do you want to eat?"

Liu Qingwu said: "Just a bowl of white water!"

Shile turned to the firewood room to fetch water, and as he passed by the door of the hall, he happened to meet the scoundrel coming out of it.

The scoundrel was full of alcohol, obviously not lightly drunk. He held a bowl of wine in his right hand and grabbed Shi Le, insisting that Shi Le drink dry.

"Are you my brother?" said the scoundrel.

"But I never drink, you know!"

Schler said.

"My brother asked you to drink because he could afford you. You're trying to make me unhappy, aren't you?" the scoundrel grabbed the clothes on Shile's chest.

"I don't drink!" Shile struggled to break free of the scoundrel's hand, but accidentally knocked over the bowl in his hand.

"Bang-" The wine bowl shattered, attracting everyone to look over. The scoundrel stood on the spot, feeling very shameless. Annoyed, he slapped the unsuspecting Shile.

The corners of Shi Le's mouth were bleeding from the beaten in front of everyone, and half of his face was swollen. He felt aggrieved and ran into the firewood room with tears in his eyes.

This kind of thing is common in the village, and no one is bored to blame the perpetrators. Everyone began to drink and have fun again, and soon Shile was forgotten.

Shile hid in the firewood room and left many tears. Over and over again, he asked himself why he wanted to stay in this village. The courtyard was noisy, but his heart was undisturbed. At this time, the wooden door of the firewood room was slowly pushed open by a slender hand, and Liu Qingwu walked in cautiously.

She saw Shi Le, who was sobbing sadly, and gently handed him a handkerchief with a faint fragrance of flowers.

Shi Le looked at his unclean hands, hesitated for a moment, shook his head, and did not take Liu Qingwu's handkerchief. He wiped his face with his cuff and said, "Thank you!

Liu Qingwu asked, "Do you hate the person who beat you?" Do you want me to teach him a lesson?"

Shile shook his head and said, "I don't hate him, I pity him! I'm tired of being here, but I don't know where to go! Can you tell me what the outside world is like?"

Liu Qingwu said: "The outside world is very beautiful, the rivers and mountains are beautiful, and you can't finish seeing it in a lifetime." The outside world is also cruel, because people are the same everywhere, and they inevitably fight each other. ”

Shile nodded and said, "I know!"

Liu Qingwu said: "It's good to know, if you really want to go, I can take you away." But you have to promise to do one thing for me!"

Schle asked, "What is it?"

Liu Qingwu said: "Go and kill that scoundrel, because I can't bring a man who is used to being bullied by my side!"