Liaozhai Ghost Story

Chapter 121 Lei Cao

Le Yunhe and Xia Pingzi, young people from the same hometown, grow up with their classmates, and they can't go back to each other. Xia Pingzi was young and intelligent and became famous at the age of ten. Le Yunhe humbly asked him for teaching questions. Xia Pingzi also taught each other. Le Yunhe's literary thoughts were advancing day by day, and gradually became as famous as Xia Pingzi. Although the two of them are talented, they have a bad career. They have participated in the imperial examination many times and failed many times.

Soon after, Xia Pingzi died of illness, and his family was poor and could not be buried. Le Yunhe took care of the funeral for his friends. Xia Pingzi was killed, leaving a pair of orphans and widows unattended, and Le Yunhe often took care of them. Every time they get rice, half of it will be left for the mother and son of the Xia family, and the two of them will survive. The scholar and doctor knew about this and scrambled to spread the virtues of happiness.

Lesheng has not many family property, and he has to take care of his wife and children on behalf of Xia Sheng, and his life is difficult. He often sighed: "Brother Pingzi is like a sea, and he is still buried, not to mention me!" Life is rich and noble, you must choose in time, hang out every year, and lose this life. After all, it is not the way. When the dog and horse die, the corpse can still fill the gully. Am I not even as good as a beast? It's better to make an early plan." So he abandoned literature and went to business, bought and sold for half a year, and his family was well-off.

One day, Lesheng passed by Jinling and rested in the hostel. He saw a man with bulging his muscles and bones, his body was tall and long, wandering in the store. He looked gloomy and his face was sad. Le Sheng asked, "Brother, do you want something to eat? It's my treat." The man ignored the words. Le Sheng pushed the food in front of him, and the man was rude. He grabbed the food with his hand and ate it in an instant. Lesheng ordered several more meals, and the man did not refuse to come and ate it all in the blink of an eye.

Seeing that he had a huge amount of food, Lesheng was willing to make friends and shouted, "Boss, cut a ham. Do you have a steamed cake? Give me a hundred." When it was not served at the banquet, the man devoured it and ate the pork steamed cake clean in an instant. He patted his belly and thanked him, "I've never been so full in three years." Le Sheng said, "You are a strong man. Why did you wander here?" The man said, "The crime has been punished by God. You can't say it, you can't say it." When asked about his hometown, the man said, "There is no house on the land, no boat on the water, facing the head of the village, and living in the wilderness at dusk." When Le Sheng heard the words, he was secretly surprised and dressed up to do it. The man followed him and couldn't fall in love with him.

Le Sheng said, "I'm leaving. I don't need to send it again."

The man said, "You are in great trouble, and you can't bear to die." Le Sheng became more and more surprised, so he walked with him. When he was invited to dinner on the way, the man refused and said, "You're welcome. I only eat a few times a year."

The next day, he crossed the river, and the boat was subverted, and the two of them fell into the water. The man carried Lesheng on his back, stepped out of the waves, put him into a passenger ship, and broke through the waves and went away. After a lot, he pulled a small boat in his hand and returned. He supported Lesheng into the boat. He told him to sit still and not move. He jumped into the heart of the river again. He clamped the goods with his two arms and to throw it into the boat. Then he repeatedly jumped into the water to get the goods, counted the goods, and the goods were full. Boat. Lesheng thanked and said, "Thank you very much for your help. As for the goods sinking into the river, I really don't dare to hope to get back. Thank you, thank you." After inspecting the goods, there was no loss. He couldn't help but be happy. He wanted to leave the boat. The man said goodbye and was happy to keep it. So the two of them were in the same boat.

Le Sheng smiled and said, "In this disaster, only one golden hairpin was lost. Fortunately, fortunately." The man said, "The golden hairpin is fixed in the heart of the river, and I will find it for you." Le Sheng advised, "The river is turbulence. There is no need to take risks for a hairpin." Before he finished his words, the man had already jumped into the water and disappeared. Lesheng was stunned for a long time. Suddenly, he saw the man coming out with a smile. He returned the golden hairpin and said, "It's lucky not to humiliate my life."

Pedestrians on the river were all terrific.

The two returned home and slept and ate. The man eats every ten days. Every time he eats, he eats countless dishes. One day, the man came to say goodbye again. Suddenly, he heard the thunder roaring outside the window. The sky was dark and rainy. He said happily, "I don't know what the clouds are like? What is Ray? How nice it would be to be able to walk in the sky. The man smiled and said, "Does the prince want to go to heaven? It's a small thing."

In a few short time, I was sleepy and took a nap on the couch. When I woke up, I only felt that my body was shaking, not on the couch. When I opened my eyes and looked at it, I was in the clouds, and the white clouds all over my body were like catkins. I was shocked, and my mind was in a coma, like seasickness. Stepping on the white clouds is as light as stepping on cotton. Look up at the stars, close at hand. It seems to be a dream, staring at it, the stars shining overhead, inlaid with the edge of the sky, like a lotus seed hidden in the canopy. The big star is like an urn, the middle star is like a bottle, and the small star is like a spittoon. Shake it with your hand. The big star is firm and immovable. The small star shakes and seems to be able to take it off.

Le Sheng was overjoyed. He took off a small star and hid it in his sleeve. Looking through the clouds and fog, I saw that the sea of clouds was vast, and the underground city was like beans. Self-thinking: If you fall down, where is your life? When Oreo saw the two dragons Yaojiao, he drove over. The dragon's tail waved gently and made a crackling sound, like a whip.

There is a vessel on the car, which is several feet in diameter and is full of clear water. Dozens of people hold cups and bowls, put their hands into dishes, take water and fill it, sprinkle it all over the clouds, and the hero is also among them. Everyone suddenly found Le Sheng and blamed him in unison. The strong man explained, "This is my friend." He handed him a porcelain bowl and said, "Take it and sprinkle water."

At that time, there was a great drought among the people. Lesheng took the porcelain bowl, filled it with a large bowl of water, lined up the clouds, recognized the direction of his hometown, and sprinkled it to his heart's content.

A few days later, the strong man said to Le Sheng, "I was Lei Cao, and I was fined for three years. Now the deadline has expired. From now on, you and I have no chance to see each other again." While talking, he fell into the clouds with a driving rope. The rope was ten thousand feet long and told him, "Hatch the rope and slide down and send you home." Le Sheng shook his head and said, "This move is too dangerous. I dare not." The hero comforted, "It doesn't matter. Just climb. Don't be afraid."

Lesheng had no choice but to pull the rope and slide down. He went down quickly and was down on the ground in an instant. He looked around and was outside the village. The rope gradually withdrew the clouds and was no longer seen.

At that time, the fields were dry for a long time, and the rain fell a few inches ten miles away. Only Lesheng's hometown was full of heavy rain and ditches. At that time, Lesheng returned home, put his hand into his sleeve, and the star picking was still there. Take it out and put it on the desk. The stars are as dark as stones. At night, the light shines and reflects the four walls. Lesheng is overjoyed and cherishes the treasure. Whenever a good guest visits and drinks, Lesheng must take out the stars to play, stare with his eyes, a thousand auspicious, dazzling.

One night, Le's wife combed her hair with the stars. Suddenly, she saw the starlight shrinking like a firefly, flowing horizontally. The wife felt strange. She couldn't prevent the stars flying in the entrance. She coughed and swallowed it. The wife ran away in astonishment and quickly told her husband about it. When Le Sheng heard the words, he was also surprised.

That night, Lesheng went to bed. In his dream, he saw Xia Pingzi coming and said, "I am a little star in the sky. Mr. Meng takes care of his wife and children, and I will never dare to forget it. This time, he was brought back from the sky by Brother Le, which can be said to be predestined. Now I am the son of the king to repay the great virtue. Happy to be thirty without children, and I am very happy to dream.

Soon after, his wife was really pregnant. When she was about to give birth, the room was full of glory, and the stars were shining, and she was happy. In order to commemorate her friends, she specially named her son "Xing'er".

Xing'er is very alert, and he is 16 years old.