< Chinese folk tales> Vultures (Xibe)

Once upon a time, there was such a pair of brothers. The eldest is a greedy guy who always thinks that the second brother has taken advantage of him, so he instructs his wife to find his brother's fork and wants to drive his brother out of the house

The second brother could not bear the abuse, so he had to separate from his brother. When the family was separated, the eldest only gave the second gourd wheat, just like this, he was still afraid that the second elder would have a good harvest by relying on this gourd wheat, and quietly fried the wheat again.

The second elder opened a wasteland on the hillside and planted a gourd of wheat. Since then, he has been working hard in the field, hoping that the green wheat seedlings will grow out, but how can the fried wheat grow seedlings?

As the days passed, only a young seedling appeared in the wheat field, and this was the fierce boss who sprinkled one on the pot table when he fried the wheat. However, the second brother was not discouraged, and watered and fertilized the wheat seedling every day.

In less than two months, the wheat seedling grew thick and tall. Unexpectedly, at noon one day, a huge vulture flew in, circled in the air, and suddenly turned over and took away the ears of wheat, which made the loyal old man anxious.

"Let go of my ears of wheat, this is my blood and sweat!" Leave my ears of wheat, this is my life! Hearing his shouts, the vulture stopped and said, "Good brother, please lend me the ears of wheat for the time being, I have three children who are about to starve to death!" ”

The second brother's kind heart was touched, and he agreed to lend the ear of wheat to the vulture. The vulture flapped its wings and said happily, "Thank you, I must repay you well." Tomorrow night you come here, and I will take you to the Sun Mountain, where you need it most. ”

The next night, the second came to the place where he had talked to the vulture yesterday. The vulture also came on time, saying, "As soon as you get to the Sun Mountain, you hurry down and get what you need most, don't delay the time, if the sun comes out, we will be burned to death." ”

The second elder took the vulture's words to heart and rode the vulture to the Sun Mountain. He closed his eyes, only to hear the wind whistling in his ears, and he didn't know how long he had been flying.

When the vulture told him to open his eyes, he saw a dazzling mountain of golden light appear in front of him, full of colorful jewels. He only thinks that these are good things, but for a moment he does not know what he needs most.

Finally, the second brother found a strange golden yellow wheat seed in the jewelry pile and carried it in his arms. The vulture asked him why he didn't take some gold and silver jewelry? The second elder said, "This wheat seed is what I need most." ”

Back at home, the second brother planted this wheat in the field and operated in the field every morning in the dark. Soon, his field was filled with a large field of wheat, the size of a bean, and his life was getting better day by day.

The cruel old man saw that his brother not only did not starve to death, but his life actually got better and felt very strange. On this day, he really couldn't help it, so he sent someone to invite the second brother to his house for dinner, wanting to ask the truth.

During the meal, the boss asked about the second brother's life in the past year. The loyal second brother told his brother the story of the incident. When it comes to the mountains of jewelry on the Sun Mountain, the boss can't help but salivate.

That night, the boss took out a gourd of wheat and fried it in the pot, and according to the second brother's words, planted the wheat in the field, and let the long worker keep watering and fertilizing him.

It also happened that there was also a seedling of wheat sprinkled on the pot table, and although this lone wheat had only grown more than a foot tall, and the ears that had been spit out were pitifully small, the boss was still very happy, and squatted in front of the wheat all day hoping for the arrival of the vulture.

On this day, the vulture did fly, but it always hovered in the air, and did not come to catch the ears of wheat. Finally, it finally fell, and the boss immediately pounced on it and shouted, "Leave my ears of wheat, this is my blood and sweat!" ”

The Vulture agreed to the request to take the boss to Sun Mountain. That night, the boss couldn't sleep after turning over on the kang, so he couldn't wait to get up in the middle of the night and wait for the vulture to go.

When it was almost dawn, the vulture flew in. The boss hurriedly jumped on the vulture's back, urging it to fly quickly to the Sun Mountain. Along the way, the vulture repeatedly warned the boss that if he did not leave the Sun Mountain before the sun came out, he would be burned alive.

But the boss didn't take the vulture's warning seriously. When he reached the Sun Mountain, he opened the two large pockets he had prepared in advance and desperately filled them with large chunks of gold. The pockets were full, and he carried them into his arms again.

Seeing that the east had turned white, the vulture shouted, "The sun is about to come out, go fast!" The boss then picked up his heavy pocket and walked toward the vulture, but he fell to the ground before he took a few steps.

In this way, the boss crawled on the ground, still clutching the mouth of the two large pockets with one hand, and constantly carrying the jewels picked up from the ground in his arms with the other.

The sun came out, and a raging fire broke out on the Sun Mountain. The vulture could not care less about the greedy boss, spread his wings and flew away. In the blink of an eye, the boss was burned to ashes by the sun's scorching flames.