The story takes place in the Yongle period of the Ming Dynasty, a small town near the canal in the north, which has become very prosperous because of the existence of the canal, don't look at it as just a small town, but this town has a scale of nearly 10,000 people.
Butcher Wang Xuan, is a native of this town, but because of business, the time spent in the town is not much, this person is also a self-made, from a pig killer, and finally he has a few shops, it is not easy.
This man did not forget Ben, in order to always remind himself, the knife used to kill the pig was always kept, as if it was a plaything, almost never left the body, so as to warn himself of the difficulty.
Although the butcher is called a butcher, but in fact he is already a businessman at the moment, at this moment is talking about business hundreds of miles away from the Li family, but just today, the next person is crazy to report, saying that it is heavy rain at home, resulting in flooding, and the result is that the town is flooded.
Hearing this, this butcher was also stupid, he had just come out for less than a month, and there was such a big incident in the family?
This butcher's family is actually in the county town, the town is the hometown, there is also a house, but rarely live, but many relatives and friends are there, so after hearing the news, quickly pack up things and rush towards the town.
This is a big deal, a matter of human life, so the butcher does not dare to delay, it is almost starry night, and there are several subordinates who take turns to drive, but the speed is fast enough.
After more than a day, I rushed to the county seat, which was not affected by the flood, but when I arrived at home and asked my wife, I learned that the town was still surrounded by water at the moment, and those people did not know whether they were alive or dead!
In ancient times, when encountering this situation, manpower is really difficult to rescue, can only wait for the flood to recede, so this butcher has no ruts, there is fire in his heart, but there is no rut, you know, the town is full of family and relatives and friends.
Because of the long journey, he had not slept, and when the butcher arrived at home, he fell asleep.
I don't know when, it seems that someone knocked on the door, the butcher got up and opened the door, and a cousin of the town, with a sad look, said: Third brother! Uncle is dead, you go and see!
The butcher's consciousness seemed to be a little chaotic, hearing the death of the uncle, he immediately walked with this man towards the town, at this moment the sky was somewhat dark, the road was a little muddy, the butcher consciousness gradually became more awake, feeling strange, but did not know what was wrong.
After arriving in the town, sure enough, outside the uncle's house, there were plain whites everywhere, which was a white thing.
The butcher was dizzy, and as the man walked in, there were hundreds of people inside, and the people at this moment, surrounded by a coffin, did not know what they were busy with.
The butcher who came in saw this, it was a little strange, there was not a single one crying, everyone's eyes were wooden, there was no superfluous expression, but at the moment of seeing the butcher, the look of the crowd was more agile.
The butcher felt inappropriate, and it was at this moment that he realized that he might have arrived late, and that the person carrying the coffin was actually ready, which was to be buried.
Looking at the coffin, there were five relatives and friends, and the remaining three were neighbors, all of whom knew each other, but these people, without even looking at the butcher, lifted the coffin and walked outside.
The doubt in the butcher's heart was even worse, the dead man did not have a single one crying, what was going on?
And no one spoke to him, but except for the coffin bearer, the rest of the people, seeing his kind of eyes, made his back chill.
The group marched in silence until they reached a high ground, which was only a little higher than the flat ground, but there was a cave here, and the butcher knew that when he was a child, he often came to hide and seek, and the cave was not deep.
But the people carrying the coffin actually arrived here and threw the coffin directly into the hole, and not only that, but those who carried the coffin were actually allowed to enter, and these bystanders, like crazy, used the nearby earth and stones to plan to seal the hole.
Seeing this scene, the butcher was stupid, his consciousness was a little blurred, trance- and trance-like, but when he saw such a terrifying scene, he still shouted for the first time: Stop!
He rushed up, intending to stop the crowd, but hearing his voice, as if to cause a reaction, the crowd stopped and stared at him with a frightening look in their eyes.
Rushing towards him to bite him, the butcher was also frightened, feeling that these people were crazy, and subconsciously took out the pig-killing knife and slashed left and right.
I don't know how, these people are really afraid of the pig knife, no one dared to come over, but that kind of look made him feel cold.
Just then, a neighbor, who seemed to be crazy, pounced on him, ready to bite him, and the butcher had done this profession, so he was not afraid at all, and the knife went directly into the man's shoulder.
With an eerie roar, the butcher suddenly woke up from his bed.
yes! With a shout, the butcher opened his eyes and looked at the night outside the window, a little confused, and after a long time he realized that he had a dream!
However, when he saw the pig-killing knife in his hand, the person was stunned, what was going on?
The next morning, the father and everyone were informed of this matter, and the old father listened, thought about it, his eyes narrowed, and said urgently: I know, the people who died in your dream should be the survivors, and as for those who are alive, they should all be dead, not good! We have to hurry up and rescue them, otherwise those few people will also die!"
Hearing this, everyone suddenly realized, quickly collected a few ships, paid for a few good water, and rushed straight to the town.
At this moment, the town was still filled with water, and everyone took a boat to the highland in their dreams, and sure enough, in the cave, they found nine people, the coffin bearer and the uncle.
The rescued people immediately wept bitterly, after all, many people were swept away by the flood, and it was really lucky to be able to live.
The butcher analyzed afterwards that it was often said that he thought about it every day and dreamed about it at night, but as for why he dreamed of such a strange funeral, it was not clear for a while.
End of story!
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