< Chinese Folk Tales > Water Drops (Zhuang)

On the southern frontier of Yunnan, there is a black bottom dam. The black bottom dam is a high mountain to the north and south, more than ten miles long from east to west, and only two or three miles wide, so the nong people who live in the nearby area also call it a trough. There is water, the climate is hot, and the products are particularly abundant. Speaking of which, there is a beautiful story!

Many years ago, on a moon-westerly evening. Suddenly, a meteor fell from the sky, burning the wooden house and the grain pile. No one in the village escaped this great catastrophe, and the entire village was destroyed in this fierce fire.

Three or four pairs of lovers who were talking about love in the wild escaped this disaster by chance. They had to flee to a rocky cottage four | miles away, where they rebuilt their homes. They had children and lived in great poverty.

One year, there was another drought in the rocky cottage, and for eight or nine months there was not a drop of rain, the water in the pond dried up, the cracks in the ground were one finger wide, the trees dried up, the crops were leafy, and even the drought-tolerant potato field was dried up in the ground.

There was a young man named Yan Gang in the village, who was strong and brave. He has an elderly mother and a fiancée named Lo Ying. Luo Ying was the daughter of the uncle next door; the two families lived in harmony and had a close relationship

Early in the morning, Yan Gang used his golden bamboo flat weight and a large bucket with a lid to carry water seventy miles away. He reached out and grabbed the dirt in the ground along the way and squeezed it, it was not sticky at all, it was all dry powder. He thought, if this continues, what will I eat in winter!

Yan Gang returned home and scooped two scoops of water and handed them to Aunt And Uncle Lu. The water was muddy, but the two old men were like drinking honey. His mouth kept shouting, "Thirst is dead!" Thirsty to death."

Uncle Lu said to Yan Gang: There is a heavenly fire trough where there is food and clothing. As long as you can remove the water droplets from the water source pond, you can extinguish the natural fire on the trough. However, to remove the water droplets, you must first go to the flowers and take out the golden thorns in the belly of the old queen bee, and use the golden thorns to stab the golden spider guarding the mouth of the water source pond.

Yan Gang heard Uncle Lu say and said, "I'll go!" "Aunt and Luo Ying heard Yan Gang say that they were going to fetch water drops, and they were afraid that he would be unfortunate, and they both burst into tears. Uncle Lu saw that Yan had just taken the water beads with a very firm heart, and secretly praised the young man's bravery.

The news that Yan Gang was about to take the water beads caused a sensation throughout the village. The next morning, the people in the village came to see them off. Yan Gang picked up his golden bamboo flat burden, everyone used soba noodles to bake into cakes and gave him dry food, Luo Ying put the fried and crispy bee pupae in Yan Gang's pocket.

After walking for many days, he finally came to the foot of the flower mountain. He didn't take a few steps before he felt a hot pain in his face, and it turned out that three wild bees were stinging at him. He waved the golden bamboo flat to drive the wild bees, and continued to hurry.

A fierce eagle grabbed a small crow and flew in front, and the old crow desperately chased after it. Yan Gang picked up the golden bamboo flat shoulder and aimed it at the eagle, and the flat burden hit the eagle's head, and the eagle loosened its claws, and the little crow was saved.

The old crow flew in front of Yan Gang, thanked Yan Gang on the one hand, and asked Yan Gang if he had any difficulties to help. Yan Gang said that he wanted to make the flower mountain full of dry firewood, burn the wild bee old crow haha laughed: "This is not difficult, manage to protect a meal, the flower mountain is full of dry firewood." ”

After a while, a flock of black-pressed crows flew from all directions, some of them folded dead branches, some of them tied to thatch, and one after another flew to the flower mountain, and in an instant, the flower mountain was full of dry firewood.

Yan Gang was very happy, he used the stone to get a fire and lit dry firewood. Billowing smoke rose from the mountain of flowers, and the flames shone red for half a day. Some wild bees fled, some hid, and some were burned to death.

Iwa just went straight to the bottom of the nagarjuna tree, aiming at the honeycomb as a flat burden. The honeycomb was broken, and the old queen bee flew out of the nest in a panic, taking advantage of the wind and flying away. All of Yan Gang's efforts were in vain, and he was anxious to see Venus

At this moment, the old crow brought the old queen bee as big as a sparrow to him. He hurriedly peeled off the queen bee's fat belly and took out the shiny golden thorns

In order to keep the nongs from freezing and starving, Yan Gang walked and walked, and finally came to the water source pond. The edge of the water source pond is covered with weeping willows, and the mouth of the pond is sealed by a large spider web. There is a water outlet hole at the bottom of the pond, and the blisters are like green jewels, popping out in a string

Yan just saw a plate-sized golden spider with sparkling eyes, and the town was in the center of the web, picking up the flat burden and hitting the golden spider. However, instead of killing the golden spider, he ejected the flat shoulder six feet away

Yan Gang bent down and reached for the net, his two wrists were wrapped around the mesh, and like handcuffs, he couldn't pull it out. The golden spider took advantage of the situation to pull the web and swing over, opening its poisonous mouth to bite him.

Yan Gang saw that the situation was not good, and rushed to draw out the golden thorn and stab the golden spider to death. However, due to excessive force, both Yan Gang and the Dead Gold Spider fell into the water hole

He felt around in the water hole, and suddenly saw a green glow shining in a pile of white sand, he cut through the sand, held the green pearl in the sand in the palm of his hand, and the joints of the ice palms were unconscious. It turned out that this green pearl was the water pearl that Uncle Lu was talking about.

He took the water droplets into his mouth, and as soon as he gasped, the water droplets slid into his stomach and he felt that all the internal organs of the heart and liver had congealed, and the blood had stopped flowing. He passed out

When Rock first woke up, he had turned into a giant. He was swollen and tall. The pond of water that had just been deep for a few people was now only flooding his legs and stomachs. He opened his mouth, and a large stream of water spurted out of his mouth, spewing out dozens of feet away.

Remembering the drought in his hometown, he strode back. Nothing could stop him, the trees blocked the way, and as soon as he pushed it with his hand, the tree fell; the mountain peak blocked the way, and he stepped over with one step. In less than half an hour, he was on the hill east of the trough

At this time, his stomach was so swollen that he couldn't bear it, and he threw himself on the top of the mountain, and the water kept flowing out of his mouth. A torrent of water rushed toward the trough

On this day, the people of the rocky cottage overheard the sound of a flood on the other side of the trough, and saw a thick layer of fog rising from the trough in the distance, and then the surrounding mountains fell downpouring heavily

After three days and three nights, the rain stopped, the fog receded, and the people around the trough were not as roasted as before. The people in the village carefully came to the trough, only to see a clear spring flowing down from the mountain to the east.

People followed the flow of water to the mountain, and saw that Yan Gang's body had become a mountain beam, his head had become a mountain peak, and the mouth had become a water hole, and a large stream of clear water gushed out all day long.

Yan Gang's mother, Uncle Lu, Luo Ying and the villagers faced the mountain and silently greeted the hero. People call this mountain Yangang Mountain, and call this flowing water Yangang River. Since then, the groove has begun to live again, as before.