This story is the 1169th issue of the "Folk Story Series", friends who like to watch stories may wish to pay attention!
Author: Small Leaves
Zhang Meilian was a native of Caozhou during the Northern Song Dynasty. At the age of eighteen, Zhang Meilian was introduced by the matchmaker and married a bricklayer surnamed Li. After marriage, the couple is very affectionate and have a very good relationship.
However, two or three years had passed, and Zhang Meilian's stomach had not moved a bit. Li Bricklayer was a little anxious, and Zhang Meilian was even more anxious.
For the sake of their heirs, the couple traveled from place to place, looking around for medical treatment, but Zhang Meilian's stomach still did not move.
"Those who should come will always come, and no matter how much they do not come, it will be futile to ask for it!" The in-laws thought very openly and often persuaded them.
After a long time, Zhang Meilian and his wife gradually became relieved and no longer ran around looking for medical treatment.
It is said that one day, Zhang Meilian was feeding chickens in the yard. Suddenly, a man ran in from outside the door. The man shouted in panic, "Sister Miriam! Not good! Your mother is sick and bedridden! ”
Zhang Meilian listened to the voice very familiar, and when she looked closely, it turned out that the person who shouted was Brother Erwu.
Brother Erwu lives next door to Zhang Meilian's mother's house, the two are similar in age, and they are friends who have played together since childhood, and the relationship between the two is very good.
As soon as Zhang Meilian heard that her mother was sick, she suddenly panicked and hurriedly asked, "Brother Erwu!" What disease did my mother get? How is it now? ”
"This morning your mother-in-law suddenly fainted, and she has already asked Langzhong to see it, and your father is in a hurry and specially sent me to carry you a letter!" Erwu replied.
"My mother fainted? How can this be good! Zhang Meilian was anxious and rubbed her hands vigorously.
"Go home and have a look!" Erwu Brother said.
"Then I'll go back with you!"
"I'm still going to run errands in town, don't wait for me, you go home first!" Erwu said again.
Zhang Meilian nodded, hurried back to the house, and began to pack her bags.
"Daddy, mother! My mother suddenly fell ill, and I was uneasy in my heart, so I went back to my mother's house. Zhang Meilian said to her in-laws.
When the mother-in-law heard this, she also became nervous and hurriedly asked, "What disease is it?" What is the condition? ”
"Just now, Brother Erwu came to carry the letter, and he didn't explain it clearly." After Zhang Meilian finished speaking, her eyes were a little red.
Seeing her like this, my father-in-law stepped forward and said, "Since this is the case, then you should go home and visit us, and if there is something wrong, send someone to carry us a letter!" ”
"Child, this place is far from your mother's house, if you go now, it is estimated that you will not be able to get home until dark, you should be careful on the road!" The mother-in-law instructed.
Zhang Meilian nodded and walked out of the house with her baggage. At this time, the mother-in-law trotted over and gave her two pieces of bread: "You hold these two pieces of cake and keep them on the road to eat!" Zhang Meilian took the cake, bid farewell to her mother-in-law, and hurried away.
When it got dark, Zhang Meilian walked to a ruined temple more than 10 miles away from her mother's house. She was a little hungry at this time, and she took out the bread and ate it as she walked.
Not far away, suddenly from not far ahead came the cry of a child.
The crying seemed very ethereal and mournful in the quiet night, and Zhang Meilian's heart could not help but tremble a little.
"Whose little kid is crying there?" What about his grown-ups? Zhang Meilian thought as she walked toward the cry.
After walking for a while, she found that the original cry came from the side of the broken temple. She got closer and closer, all the way to the front of the broken temple, when the crying stopped abruptly.
"Who's crying?" Zhang Meilian asked, but no one answered her.
"Whose little child are you?" It's so late, why are you crying here? Zhang Meilian asked again.
Suddenly, a childish voice rang out: "Auntie, my mother doesn't want me anymore!" ”
The voice sounded, and Zhang Meilian quickly turned around, at this time a young child was standing behind her.
Zhang Meilian took a closer look, this child was naked, with small braids on his head, his whole body was dirty, and he did not wear shoes on his feet, and he tilted his head to look at Zhang Meilian.
"Were you crying just now?" Zhang Meilian asked.
"Yes! My mother doesn't want me anymore, I think my mother, I haven't eaten in days. After saying that, the child began to cry.
Perhaps Zhang Meilian has no heirs, and she cares about the little boy in front of her.
She bent down and said to him, "Don't cry, auntie has bread here, you can take it and eat it!" With that, Zhang Meilian took out a piece of cake from the bag and handed it to the child.
After the child took the cake, he devoured it. A moment later, he had eaten the pie.
The child looked at the piece of cake in Zhang Meilian's hand in a daze and licked his lips vigorously. Zhang Meilian understood this, she "poofed" a smile, said: "You are really hungry, take it to eat!" Zhang Meilian also handed him her own piece of cake.
The little boy took the bread and devoured it again. Zhang Meilian looked at the little boy in front of her, and somehow, she had an indescribable sense of intimacy in her heart.
"Where does your home live?" What about your daddy? Zhang Meilian asked softly.
"I don't know where my house is, I just know that I got sick and was buried behind a broken temple by them." After saying that, the child continued to eat the cake.
"What do you say?" You were buried by your daddy? Zhang Meilian couldn't help but cover her mouth after saying this.
The boy was very calm, pointed to the back of the broken temple with his finger, and said, "It's buried there!" ”
When Zhang Meilian heard this, she couldn't help but widen her eyes, and she kept her mouth open and retreated.
When the child saw her hiding from herself, she said, "Auntie, if you give me bread to eat, I will not harm you." Don't go, I'm so lonely! ”
"However, you and I are not the same person after all, I still have something to do, I will go first." Zhang Meilian's whole body trembled, and she was about to leave when she finished.
The child grabbed her and said, "My father and mother have never visited me, nor have they brought me food and clothing, they don't love me, and they are not as good as my aunt to me!"
Since they don't want me anymore, then I won't recognize them, I want my aunt to be my mother, do you promise me okay? ”
Zhang Meilian looked at him in surprise and said, "They don't love you because you died prematurely, and you don't want to resent your father!" Besides, you and I are separated by yin and yang, so how can you be my child? Now that you're full, go back! Don't do anything bad! ”
The child looked at him blankly, and his expression looked very lost. Zhang Meilian took out a coat from the bag, handed it to the child, and said, "If you are cold, take it and wear it!" It's not early in the morning, and I still have to hurry! After saying that, Zhang Meilian turned around and left.
The child did not chase after him, nor did he speak, but just looked at Zhang Meilian's back in a daze.
About seven or eight feet after walking out, the child suddenly cried out, "Auntie! You give me bread to eat, treat me like a parent, I will fulfill your long-cherished wish, I will go to you in the next year, you must remember my appearance, there will be a red birthmark in my right ear! ”
When Zhang Meilian heard this, her heart "giggled", and then her eyes involuntarily turned red.
She turned her head and stared at the child not far away, trying to say something, but she didn't know what to say.
When a line of hot tears fell, the child's figure disappeared in full view of her.
"Alas! What a poor boy! Zhang Meilian sighed, and then she continued to walk towards home. After walking for about half an hour, Zhang Meilian arrived at her mother's house.
Entering the door, Zhang Meilian rushed into her father's bedroom. The mother in front of her was sitting on the bed drinking soup medicine, and when she saw her coming, the mother asked with some surprise: "Girl, how did you come so late?" ”
"I asked Erwu to call her back." The father whispered.
"Lang Zhong has already seen it, nothing, girl, you can rest assured!" Niang smiled and said. Zhang Meilian saw that the mother was no big trouble, and the stone in her heart finally landed.
She stayed at her mother's house for three days, and on the morning of the fourth day, Erwu Brother sent her back to her in-laws' house.
And the incident of meeting the little boy at night, Zhang Meilian did not tell anyone else.
About two months later, one day, Zhang Meilian and her husband were working in the fields. Suddenly she felt sick and squatted on the ground and vomited.
Where did Lee Bricklayer know the reason, and hurried to inquire. Zhang Meilian thought that she had eaten the wrong thing in the morning, and then Li Bricklayer helped her back home.
But when she got home, Zhang Meilian was still gagging, and her mother-in-law couldn't help but be overjoyed to see her like this.
"Girl, you are waiting at home, I will call you Lang Zhong!" The mother-in-law finished speaking, grinned and left.
Not long after, the mother-in-law led a langzhong in. After the old man examined his pulse, he brushed his beard and said to his hand, "Congratulations! You have hi! ”
"Dude, congratulations!" Lang Zhong bowed his hand to his father-in-law again.
As soon as these words came out, the mother-in-law was overjoyed and hurried to the firewood room to burn incense and pray for blessings.
Li Bricklayer held Zhang Meilian's hand and closed his mouth happily. Zhang Meilian felt that happiness came a little suddenly, and actually shed hot tears, and the Li family was immersed in a burst of joy.
Time passed quickly, and it was the beginning of the following year. On this day, the midwife in the village was busy in Zhang Meilian's house.
A few moments later, the baby's cry sounded, and Lee Bricklayer and father closed their mouths in delight.
A moment later, the midwife came out and said, "Congratulations! It's a boy! ”
When the Li family heard this, the joy was beyond words! And just when the midwife held the child to show Zhang Meilian, Zhang Meilian's tired face was surprised and happy.
Why did Zhang Meilian react like this? Because the baby boy had a red mole in his right ear.
Zhang Meilian remembered what the little boy said when he was parting that night, and she couldn't help but shed tears of joy as she watched the little boy. And the little boy saw her like this, and smiled at Zhang Meilian deliberately.
Zhang Meilian cried with joy and said in a trembling voice, "This is your fate with me, when you grow up, your mother will make you a cake to eat!" These words were very subtle, and the midwife did not hear the hint.
On the way back to her mother's house, Zhang Meilian met a crying child, she gave the child a piece of cake to fill her hunger, did not expect to harvest a good relationship, she because of this good deed, fulfilled her long-cherished wish, this is the good and good reward!
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