Story: Desperate life, the righteousness of man and dog. The story of a man and a dog

Today I want to tell the story of a man and a dog. I heard it from a friend, and there is no doubt about the authenticity. I thought it was funny, I never forgot it, so I wanted to record it.

Good friends drink together, and after a few drinks, they love the blind talk of the north and south. At that time, the friend who told me this story had a glass of white wine in his stomach, and used chopsticks to accurately pick up a peanut rice and throw it into his mouth to show his thousand glasses of alcohol. Rolling up his sleeves, he drunkenly said, "Don't look at the brothers who are poor now, that's not a good time!" The ancestors were also rich..."

The friend's surname is Li, and this happened to his grandfather, who is his grandfather's grandfather. Extrapolated, it should be 1963.

Grandfather Gao hid the letter in his name, and it was said that he spent a lot of money to find someone to obtain it. At that time, the gentleman shook his head and shook his head: "Because of faith, because of righteousness and wealth, my life has been full of ups and downs, and there are no dangers." Let's call it Li Zangxin! ”

The old Li family is considered to be a generation of landlords, others sorghum rice do not dare to eat, hungry and anxious to first pour a scoop of cold water, his family white noodles casually made, eat pickles are put on the half bowl of sesame oil. Although the family is rich, but the habit is strong, in addition to raising a strong body, the big characters are not distinguished, and the grain is not divided.

Although the winter in North China is not as cold as the Northeast, it is also nearly minus twenty or thirty degrees. Not to mention the drunks who fell on the road, the villagers who did not burn the fire diligently could freeze to death in the house. So every winter, in addition to praying for more snow day and night, it is left at home cat winter. Women gather together in short parents, and men drink and play cards is the norm in winter.

Li Zangxin had already eaten three meals of pig's trotters, and his throat was full of oil, and his happiness was bursting. Although he is a landlord, he can eat white noodles openly, which is also due to the fact that he has a lot of land, produces and sells himself, and the villagers pay grain. Usually, no one is willing to eat big meat all the time, ah, then it is not a loser? Besides, eating this kind of white is beautiful to think about.

Heavy snow fell for a day, accumulating a thick layer of snow. The north wind whistled, the snowflakes rolled upside down, burrowed into Li Zangxin's hat and neck, he was not too cold, burping wine, pacing small steps to the village chief's house.

In the past few days, the village chief's family has formed a table of cards, and Li Zangxin has watched for two days, and he can't stand the people around him, and he has also played several rounds. At the beginning, I didn't, I lost ten pounds of white noodles, and when I was annoyed, I suddenly had a lot of luck, and I went all the way to win soft. In addition to eating pig's trotters in the belly, there are more than ten pounds of sorghum at home, a large jar of sweet potato roast, half a pork rib, a donkey who does not know who loses...

"Today I will go to the village chief's house to get some, tomorrow I will slaughter the donkey, put it on a pot of sauce, and then burn it on the fire, but I can eat it and burn it with donkey meat!" He pushed the door in, and a puff of hot air swept over him.

There were about a dozen grandfathers gathered in the house, talking to each other about winning and losing. There was another table next to the gambling table, and there was mahjong on it. Li Zangxin had not yet shaken the snow clean, and had already been dragged and gently pressed on the stool. While helping Li Zangxin shake the snow, the man frowned and said bitterly, "Brother Xin! You'll have to play a little more today! Yesterday I couldn't find anywhere to turn the pages! Go home and let my daughter-in-law scold me! That's a donkey! Ready to sell this year for a good year too! When he finished speaking, he heard a burst of laughter, and everyone gathered around the table, and a round-faced man punched him and said with a smile: "Second son, do you have the hand qi of Brother Xin?" The donkey who lost the head is good, and then lose the daughter-in-law to others in a while, the villagers, if the brother does not want it? I'm going to say you're going to stand aside and give me encouragement, and I'll show you how you poured that little thing into my pocket. The second son punched him back and said, "There are so many people in the room, I heard you yelling." Old pig, did you see that thing? The second son pointed to the corner of the wall, there were two hemp rope pockets in the corner, and he didn't know what it contained: "I will rely on that bag of things to return to my money!" Li Zangxin snorted: "Take it out and don't think about taking it back!" Whether you win or lose, tomorrow I will go to my house to eat donkey meat! ”

With a "whoosh" sound, dominoes were scattered all over the table. A group of people began to gamble with a roar.

The second son's luck was still not good, and within an hour, two bags of things were lost, one bag was the white noodles that had been saved for a year, and the other was the corn seeds to be planted in the next year. This is not a good thing for Li Zangxin, and for the second son, it is the life of next year. He had already gambled red-eyed, pulled out a silver dollar and slapped it on the table: "This is my last one!" If you want to win, give me back these few days! If I lose, I'll hang my neck! ”

Cards open

lose

The second son sighed, and as soon as the silver dollar was thrown, he went outside. The old pig grabbed him: "The villagers in the capital township, can you watch you die?" This piece of silver dollar counts as I borrowed you, another round, win yours, lose count my!"

I didn't expect the second son to run, and a few handfuls won back the loss.

The bets are getting bigger and bigger, and the bets are getting smaller and smaller.

Li Zangxin has been losing since he won once, and the ridicule and praise next to him have made him head.)

One, lost ten acres of land. It is said that his grandfather only set up eight acres in his lifetime.

One hand, all the cattle were returned to the people.

One handful, all the grain stored.

Li Zangxin became more and more popular, and the old pig of the Zhuang family became happier and happier. The second son did not dare to bet, and kept letting Li Zangxin turn the page. There was twitter at the table, this one let the hand shut, that said no guts. Li Zangxin turned his heart sideways and thought, "Fuck! The second son can return to the original, where is Lao Tzu? It's impossible to be unlucky all the time! My family's great cause is great, and the consumption will consume you to death! ”

It only took half a night, and Li Zangxin lost the family business that had accumulated for several generations. He didn't know how he got out or where to go. I want to go home, but I don't know how to talk to my family. Got it, the second son can't hang me.

Grinding rubbed to the mass grave.

The so-called mass burial site is that the poor can't afford to buy a coffin, and when they die, they take a roll of cold mats and find a place where no one can get in the way. Bury one in the east and one in the west, and the more people buried, the more people will become mass burial sites. In the old society, people were ignorant and preferred sons over women. The boys stayed, and the girls became regular visitors here. Locals think that newborns are not considered family, and they throw them everywhere without waiting for their breath to be cut off, and the wild dogs around them are cheap. At that time, almost every village was in such a miserable situation, and the wild dogs in the mass burial post were fed unusually tall, several times more ferocious than the domestic dogs, and never afraid of people.

The north wind gradually stopped, the full moon hung high, and the bright moonlight reflected on the snow, although it was midnight, it also appeared as bright as day. Li Zangxin looked around, and there was no one around him, except for a few wild dogs throwing food in the snow. I don't know whose grave is in front, but a few crooked neck willow trees are suitable for hanging.

He came to the tree, took off his coat, and when the rope was hanging from the tree, and was about to hang it, the afterglow swept to the ground. A wild dog stared greedily at him, his eyes red, his mouth whimpering and whimpering, his saliva dripping down, his front paws stretched forward, his ass lifted, and it seemed that he was going to have a full meal just before he could breathe. Li Zangxin did not know where the resentment came from, and jumped down and beat the dog. Usually, encountering a dog can scare him to be motionless, and today he puts life and death aside, and the wild dog that he actually beats is deserted and flees.

The wild dog whimpered and ran forward with its tail between its legs, turning its head from time to time to see if he was coming after him. Li Zang was happy in his confidence, and when he thought that all his family property had been lost, he became depressed again. "Got it! Hang yourself! There's no point in being alive. He said to himself, sighed and walked under the tree. As soon as he lifted his leg, he saw a dead chicken where the wild dog whimpered at him. Presumably it was stolen by a wild dog, and as he was about to enjoy it, he touched his own piece of meat.

After gambling for half a night in a row, I was already hungry under great joy and sorrow, and at this moment, I saw the dead chicken with hair actually swallowed spit. Pick up the dead chicken and say to yourself: "People who are dying, don't be picky eaters, eat!" Be a full-fledged ghost. Hastily plucked the hair and bit down, grunting and drinking chicken blood. Just when I was in a state of sadness, I heard a commotion behind me. A wild dog covered in blood, jumped out a few steps before being rushed up by several other taller wild dogs, locking throat and biting legs. Li Zangxin pinched a big snowball and threw it far away, actually frightening several wild dogs to shut their mouths.

They raised their heads and stared viciously at Li Zangxin, their blood-red eyes glowing blue. Unfazed, Li Zangxin picked up a branch and walked toward the dogs. The tallest one whined twice, turned its head and left, followed by the rest, leaving the wild dog on the ground who did not know whether it was alive or dead.

Li Zangxin sighed and prepared to continue his great cause of hanging. The wild dog on the ground stood up tremblingly, came to Li Zangxin's side and crawled down again, whimpering and not daring to look up.

"Hey, I ate your chicken and you lost the battle, and when I'm dead you'll eat me again, and we don't owe each other." Throw the bloody chicken to the mouth of the wild dog: "Eat! You can't blame me for robbing you of your chicken, who made you unable to walk when you saw me? Are you going to wait to eat me first and I can eat your chicken? To put it bluntly, you still owe me. "Standing under the tree, pulling the 'hanging rope', burrowing his head into it, he said, "Let's talk first, and then you will eat me when I am dead." You're going to nibble while I'm half dead, wake me up and beat you up. The wild dog whimpered, took small bites of chicken, peeked at him, one eye to the other, and quickly bowed his head in fright. Li Zangxin laughed a few times and hung his heart sideways.

"Gollum" clothes tore, slamming Li Zangxin to the ground, causing him to grin in pain. I thought to myself, "I can't find the rope to hang in the middle of the night, the clothes are not strong, and it is useless to hang anymore." On this cold day, I'll sleep here. When you fall asleep, you can't wake up. "I didn't get up either, and when I closed my eyes, I grinned and lay on the snow, shivering with cold.

The wild dog stepped forward carefully, biting his sleeve and pulling it out.

"What's going on? You don't want me to die? It is useless, I have destroyed my home, a large family of people will starve to death sooner or later, I call this early death and early life. The wild dog still pulled him out. Li Zangxin opened his eyes, the wild dog let go of his mouth, turned his head and barked twice, signaling him to follow.

"Okay! If you are dying, walk around with you beast and see where you take me. ”

The wild dog was not healed from its new wounds, and it walked slowly, Li Zang was discouraged and did not urge it, and one man and one dog walked towards the bottom of a mound.

"Oh! Are you letting me sleep in your nest? Li Zangxin cried and laughed, and it turned out that he was going around, and the wild dog rewarded grace and gave up the nest to him.

The kennel was on the side of the mound, slightly able to shield it from the wind and cold, but it also accumulated a thin layer of snow, and the faintly visible straw seemed dispensable. "Sleep as you go! Sleep on your kang tonight, sleep in your stomach tomorrow night! It will be warm when the time comes! Haha" lay down on his head, his head was severely hurt by the hard object, and he jumped up again. It slowed down for a while before crouching down to investigate. It turned out that there was a layer of cotton under the snow, because the color was similar, so it was not clear, the cotton was leaking out of a piece of clothing, the clothes were tattered, and they could not see the original face. He lifted the torn clothes and a bone fell out of it, smelling fishy. Then I saw a patch in the middle of my clothes, and inside it was bulging. When he took it apart, he saw that there were six or seven silver bars the size of dates, and three gold bars the size of index fingers in the middle. He tucked gold and silver in his arms, rummaged through the kennel, and found two more silver dollars.

"Haha! brothers! Brother doesn't have to die! You saved my brother's life! Follow me! In the future, I will have to let you eat meat when I drink soup! "Holding that wild dog, I went home with one foot of snow and one foot."

"That's it?"

"The next day my grandfather fulfilled the contract bitterly, and then he understood that he had been set up, but there was nothing he could do. My grandfather's father was angry and sick, until two years later, when the Cultural Revolution hit the landlord, the old pig who was under the set was raided instead of our house. Instead, my family has become a root of seedlings. Grandfather Gao's father was full of praise for His Grandfather and called for foresight. Within a few years, the dog died too. Grandfather Gao buried it in his ancestral grave and named it 'Li Zangyi', and our family never ate dog meat again. ”