There is a river outside Nantang Village, the river is called Qingshui River, Qingshui River bends and curves for more than 60 miles, the widest part of the river surface is more than 10 zhang, and the narrowest place is only four or five zhang. There is a man named Zhao Dashan in Nantang Village, who is a fishing fan, and as long as he has time, he will go fishing in the Qingshui River. Speaking of Zhao Dashan, he is a single stick, he is 35 years old, and his parents have long since died. Because he is obsessed with fishing and does not want to work, he is a poor egg.
This year, a group of bandits appeared on the mountain 12 miles away from Nantang Village, this group of bandits often went down the mountain, after they went down the mountain, they would enter some villages, and then kill people and set fires, rob livestock and poultry grain and women, for a time, the locals were afraid. It is also strange to say that although many villagers in Nantang Village are afraid, Zhao Dashan is not afraid, and he often goes fishing in the Qingshui River.
One afternoon, Zhao Dashan went out with fishing tackle again. When he walked to the threshing ground in the village, he met an uncle in the village. The uncle said to him: "Dashan, now the bandits are very fierce, why do you still go to the river to fish, in case you concentrate on fishing, what if the bandits come behind you?" After listening to the uncle's words, Zhao Dashan smiled and said, "I am not afraid, I have eyes on my back, and the bandits have not yet reached behind me, I will find them." Zhao Dashan finished speaking and walked toward the mouth of the village.
After Zhao Dashan arrived at the Qingshui River, he first found a few places, made a few nests, and then sat on a stone by the river and smoked. After about half a column of incense, Zhao Dashan found that the nest he had hit was flooded with fish bubbles. He quickly stood up, then picked up the rod and started fishing.
Time flies so fast, and before you know it, a flash of time has passed. Suddenly, Zhao Dashan heard footsteps not far away. He quickly looked back and saw a woman running towards this side, about 50 feet away from the woman, and there was a group of men with swords in their hands. Zhao Dashan knew that the men with swords in their hands were bandits, and it was obvious that the bandits were chasing women. Zhao Dashan quickly put down the fishing rod, and then shouted to the woman: "Run to me!" ”
After the woman heard Zhao Dashan's cry, she ran towards him. When the woman ran to his side, he said to the woman, "You jump with me into the water grass in the river, and then grab the rope in the water grass." Zhao Dashan finished speaking, and pulled the woman to jump into the water and grass in the river. It wasn't long before the bandits ran to the river, but the bandits searched the river for a long time and didn't find Zhao Dashan and the woman. Finally, the bandits left the river.
After the bandits had left for about a minute, Zhao Dashan and the woman appeared on an earthen slope five meters away from the river. What's going on here? It turned out that after Zhao Dashan and the woman jumped into the water and grass by the river, they grabbed two ropes in the river, and then they pulled the rope into a hole. A small part of the cave is in the water, and a large part is on the shore. After they entered the cave, they walked all the way along the hole, and as a result they came to a large hole under the slope. The large hole has two small holes the size of wine glasses on the wall. Zhao Dashan and the woman observed the situation outside through two small holes. When they saw the bandits leaving, Zhao Dashan said to the woman, "What are you?" How could you be chased by bandits? ”
After listening to Zhao Dashan's words, the woman said: "I am a midwife, today I went home after delivering a young woman in the town, and I met a bandit on the road, thank you for saving me." Zhao Dashan said, "Let's stay in the cave for a while and go out, so it's safe." After Zhao Dashan and the woman stayed in the big cave for about a while, Zhao Dashan pushed open a thick wooden board on the big hole, and after the thick wooden board was pushed open, a hole appeared. Zhao Dashan said to the woman, "Let's go out!" ”
After Zhao Dashan and the woman arrived on the slope, the woman said to Zhao Dashan, "Can you send me home?" I was afraid of encountering bandits again on the road. Zhao Dashan said, "Well, I'll send you home." ”
After Zhao Dashan sent the woman home, the woman told her husband about Zhao Dashan's rescue of her. Her husband quickly thanked Zhao Dashan and made sure that Zhao Dashan stayed and drank. Zhao Dashan said to the woman's husband, "Then I will respect rather than obey my fate." Since then, Zhao Dashan has become good friends with women and women's husbands.
A year later, the bandits on the mountain were suppressed by the officers and soldiers. One morning, a month after the bandits were suppressed by the officers and soldiers, the woman suddenly came to Zhao Dashan's home with a woman. The woman told Zhao Dashan that the woman she brought was 27 years old, two years ago the woman's husband died of illness, the woman was a widow, but the woman did not have children, she saw that Zhao Dashan did not have a wife, so today she specially brought the woman to Zhao Dashan's home, if Zhao Dashan agreed to marry a woman, then soon you can marry the woman. To tell the truth, Zhao Dashan dreamed of having a wife, so after listening to the woman's words, she immediately said to the woman: "I am willing to marry her." Five days later, Zhao Dashan married the woman.
So, what's going on with the ropes by the river and the holes in the dirt slopes? It turned out that after the bandits, Zhao Dashan was afraid that when he was fishing in the river, the bandits would suddenly appear. So, one day, he came to that dirt slope with a shovel and started digging holes in the dirt slope. As a result, he dug for six days, digging the hole into the water weeds in the river. After digging the hole, he inserted two iron rods into the wall of the cave near the river, and then tied one end of the two ropes to the two iron rods, and the other end of the two ropes was in the water and grass by the river. Once the bandit appears, then he can jump into the water grass in the river, then grab the rope and enter the hole.