During the Southern Dynasty, there was a small mountain village in Guangling, and there was a young woodcutter named Ma Chongyang in the village, who lost his mother at an early age and followed his father to rely on each other, but the people in the village did not treat the father and son very well, and even excluded and insulted Ma Chongyang everywhere.
It's not that Ma Chongyang is incompetent, it's not that he did something wrong, all the reasons are because of his life.
Ma Chongyang's mother is a foreigner and a dusty woman. Father Ma was a wandering cargo man, met her on an outing, and fell in love with her at first sight, and spent all his savings to redeem himself, and took it home to marry her.
However, the people in the village are somewhat xenophobic and look down on the low-born mama. After the two married, they were not less blinded, but fortunately, soon after, the two gave birth to the crystallization of love.
But there was an unexpected storm in the day, on the day of the advent, the mother of the horse was difficult to give birth, from the day to the middle of the night did not give birth to the child, and finally could not bear the torture, a life whimpered.
In the local area, the death of a pregnant woman in childbirth is the most unlucky and needs to be buried as soon as possible. At the urging of the neighbors, Ma Laohan reluctantly purchased the coffin. But just as everyone was carrying mamu's body to the cemetery, a Yunyou Daoist just happened to pass by, and at a glance, he saw that the child in his belly was still saved.
Ignoring the obstruction of the crowd, the Taoist priest jumped into the coffin, took a knife and cut open the belly of the mother of the horse, and took out Ma Chongyang, who almost suffocated.
Ma Laohan was so excited that he rushed up to hug the child, but the villagers cast disgusted and frightened eyes. The older generation in the village said that a child like Ma Chongyang belongs to the coffin, born with a heavy yin qi, and his fate is obstructive, and whoever wants to get close to him will be unlucky, and may threaten the peace of the village in the future.
It was in this way that Ma Chongyang was boycotted and driven away by the villagers from birth. Despite this, When he grew up, Ma Chongyang still faced life positively, laughing at the villagers who hated him, and never complained about anything.
As the old saying goes, the male eldest should be married, the female eldest should be married, and Ma Chongyang is not small, just when Ma Laohan was worried about his marriage, he encountered a strange thing.
In the early morning of this day, Ma Chongyang went into the mountains as usual to cut firewood, and near noon, the sky suddenly began to rain lightly, and the entire mountain forest became foggy, and Ma Chongyang hid under a tree to avoid the rain. Just then, he suddenly heard a sound similar to that of a Mandarin duck, and in curiosity, he leaned over the sound.
Pulling aside the grass, he saw a large rock, but above the stone, a huge carp appeared. The carp was as long as his arm, the scales on his body were blue-green, and the fins on the sides were as large as wings. It flapped its fins and swam in the air, and the cries heard by Ma Zhongyang were also made by this carp.
Ma Chongyang had never seen such a strange scene, and for a moment he was stunned in place, but he accidentally stepped on a branch and made a noise, and after the carp heard the movement, he found Ma Chongyang hiding behind the grass, as if frightened, and began to fan the fins desperately, but it seemed to be fixed in place, and then fell on the rock.
Ma Zhongyang saw this and immediately walked over, and seeing that the carp had no ability to resist, he picked it up and returned home. His father was also very surprised when he looked at this fish, he had walked the rivers and lakes for half a lifetime, and he had never seen a fish that could survive without water, or even fly in the air.
The father and son put it in a large vat and prepared to keep it for a few days. But that night, Ma Chongyang had a strange dream, in which there was a young and beautiful beautiful woman, she was wearing a turquoise dress, her temperament was vulgar, and it was unforgettable to look at.
The beautiful woman slowly walked over to Ma Chongyang and said a headless and brainless sentence: "Quick, quickly stuff the soil into the mouth of the fish!" ”
Ma Zhongyang looked confused after listening to it, and was busy asking what had happened and why he had to stuff soil into the mouth of the carp he had picked up. When the beautiful woman saw that he was not moved, she had to answer truthfully: "Son, I really don't hide it, I am the fish you picked up today!" ”
It turned out that the beautiful woman who looked at her was the embodiment of the strange fish, and her real name was called the dragonfish. She originally lived in Mount Gao, the birthplace of Mengshui, and was exiled to the mortal world because of her greed. She is able to break free from the shackles of water, fly with the fins on both sides of her body, and make a mandarin duck-like call.
But every time she made a cry, she would cause a lot of water, but yelling was a natural reaction, and she couldn't control it. But there was a way to stop him, and that was to put soil in her mouth and stop her from continuing to make sounds, so that it could prevent floods from breaking out and flooding the village.
Ma Zhongyang was shocked after hearing this, but the beautiful woman in front of him showed a playful look, and slowly said: "I see your origin, I just give you a wake-up call, whether to save those people in the village who have bullied you for decades, the choice is yours!" ”
Without saying a word, Ma Chongyang suddenly woke up from the dream. Sure enough, as the beautiful woman in the dream said, the dragonfish in the yard were constantly making a mandarin duck-like cry, and at this moment, the lightning outside the house was thundering, and the heavy rain was pouring, and it would not be long before the flash flood was about to erupt.
Ma Zhongyang rushed to the side of the water tank and looked at the crabfish swimming inside, and his heart was in a struggle. At this moment, he can completely choose to ignore the villagers, take his father and leave immediately, and start a new life, and those who exclude and bully him will all die tonight.
Thinking about it, in the end, the kind Ma Chongyang still chose to save people, he immediately fished the fish out of the tank, and kept stuffing the dirt on the ground into the mouth of the fish. Sure enough, after a while, the screaming stopped, and the rain gradually decreased. After doing all this, he put the crab back into the water tank and went back to the house to rest.
The next morning, when Ma Zhongyang walked out of the room, he found that the dragonfish was gone, and in its place was a young and beautiful woman, the same one he had dreamed of last night. The beautiful woman smiled and stepped forward, gently took his hands, and explained everything.
It turned out that last night was just a test, in fact, the clamshell was able to control, she knew what happened to Ma Chongyang, so she gave him a chance to retaliate. Ma Chongyang's kindness touched her, and she decided to stay with Ma Chongyang and help him change the villagers' perception of him.
Since then, The Fish has transformed into a beautiful woman to live in his house, the two help each other, support each other, Ma Chongyang has also been doing good deeds and accumulating virtue, helping villagers who encounter difficulties. Gradually, the kind and enthusiastic Ma Chongyang was recognized by everyone, and everyone finally got rid of their previous prejudices, and with their honesty, Ma Chongyang's life with his father gradually improved.