(Original folk tale, picture from the Internet)
Many years ago, there was a man named Zhou Dalin in Happiness Village, he became an orphan when his parents died when he was a child, and then at a young age, he lived by picking up garbage and digging wild vegetables, often eating this meal without the next meal, and mentioning how bitter that day was.
It was easy to grow up, and Zhou Dalin went out to work in order to earn more silver taels and improve his poor life. But life outside was even more difficult, because he often did not have enough to eat since he was a child, so he was relatively thin and had no strength to work, and no one wanted to hire him.
Later, he finally found a tavern and became a shop boy in it, but he was always bullied by his co-workers, and he had to work more than his co-workers every day, and he was so tired that he was dizzy. In this way, Zhou Dalin gritted his teeth and survived day after day...
Three years later, Zhou Dalin finally had some savings in his hands, so he returned to the village to renovate a new house, and later the village matchmaker introduced him to a girl, and the two successfully became married.
Along the way, Zhou Dalin was alone, suffered all the hardships, suffered all the cold eyes, and finally breathed a sigh of relief after marrying his wife, and having someone around him made him feel extremely happy and warm.
But who knew that the good times did not last long, a year later, his wife became pregnant and gave birth, and she actually bleed, and finally the child was saved, but her wife died, which really made Zhou Dalin grief-stricken.
In the days that followed, he was both a father and a mother, and he pulled his son Zhou Bao to grow up, and I don't know how much sweat and tears were shed. But when Zhou Bao grew up, he was very rebellious and often caused trouble, and Zhou Dalin couldn't control his son, and he was almost heartbroken.
Zhou Bao was 18 years old and grew into a strong young man, but Zhou Dalin was only in his thirties because of his worries, and he was already full of white hair and wrinkles, like an old man.
Later, Zhou Dalin easily married Zhou Bao's daughter-in-law, thinking that he should enjoy the blessing in the future, but as a result, his son and daughter-in-law were particularly unfilial, always yelling at him, not giving him a good face, and asking him to work day and night, Zhou Dalin's heart was very bitter, often crying secretly in the middle of the night.
In the blink of an eye, several years passed, Zhou Dalin suffered and suffered from anger, and finally fell ill. However, his son and daughter-in-law were not only reluctant to spend money to treat him, but also thought that he could not do his job, and finally ruthlessly threw him out of the house.
Zhou Dalin dragged his sick body and reluctantly lived in the bridge hole at the head of the village. At this time, it was late autumn, and a cold wind hit, and Zhou Dalin huddled in the bridge hole, shivering with cold. Recalling what happened to him over the years, he couldn't help but cry bitterly...
After dawn, some villagers found Zhou Dalin's body in this bridge cave, and because of the cold, coupled with sadness, his illness worsened, so he died.
And it is said that after Zhou Dalin died, his soul came to the Yan King Hall, and as a result, King Yan Luo checked the book of life and death, saying that his yang life had not yet expired, and he wanted to send him back to the yang.
When Zhou Dalin heard this, he cried with a sad face, and hurriedly waved his hand: "Don't don't, Master Yan Wang, please don't send me back Yang, I don't want to live anymore..."
After that, Zhou Dalin cried and told King Yan Luo about his experience in this life, and King Yan Luo sighed after hearing this: "Okay! Since you don't want to return the yang again, then I will arrange for you to enter the next life!" Reincarnated again to be a man..."
Before King Yan Luo's words were finished, Zhou Dalin hurriedly shook his head again: "No, no, no, Master Yan Wang, I don't want to be a human anymore, I'm fed up, I'd rather stay in the netherworld for a long time..."
Hearing this, King Yan Luo looked a little embarrassed, and in the end, he agreed to Zhou Dalin's request and let him stay in the netherworld. But what Zhou Dalin never expected was that a few days later, his son Zhou Bao was brought by two ghosts.
Later, I learned that Zhou Bao was reduced by 20 years of yang life because of his unfilial piety, which led to the accidental death of his father.
Father and son met in the Yan King Hall, Zhou Dalin's tears unconsciously flowed out, at this moment, he was extremely sorry for his son, and he had long forgotten about his son's abuse of him before.
For a time, Zhou Dalin walked trembling to Zhou Bao and wanted to hug, but who knew that when Zhou Bao saw him coming, he said with a look of resentment: "You are an old thing, I blame you, I ended up with such a miserable end..."
Hearing this, Zhou Dalin's heart trembled violently, and it hurt fiercely, and then he quacked his mouth twice, wanted to say something but swallowed it again, and then cried bitterly.
At this time, I saw King Yan Luo's eyes widen angrily, and he roared at Zhou Dalin's son: "Well, you are a rebel, you still don't repent, you resent your old father, see if I don't punish you!" ”
Saying that, King Yan Luo called two ghost messengers and asked the ghosts to send Zhou Bao to reincarnation, saying that he wanted Zhou Bao to be a stray dog in the next life and go to the world to suffer.
Moreover, after Zhou Bao was taken away, Zhou Dalin actually "plopped" and knelt in front of King Yan Luo, and begged with tears: "Master Yan King, I think well, I want to be reincarnated as a man, no matter how bitter it is, I have to accompany my son!" Otherwise, if he becomes a stray dog, he will starve and freeze to death..."
When the words fell, King Yan Luo was shocked, and at the same time deeply moved, stunned for a moment, and then asked in a trembling voice: "Your son treats you like this, it doesn't matter if you live or die, you still have to worry about him?" ”
At this time, Zhou Dalin burst into tears, clutched his chest, and nodded repeatedly: "Yes, he is my son!" No matter what he does to me, it is my heart! ”
Hearing this, King Yan Luo couldn't help but shed tears, and then nodded: "Okay!" This father's love is too great, then I promise you to let you be by your son's side in the next life! ”
On a snowy winter day, a five- or six-year-old boy squatted at the door to play, holding a steamed bun in his hand. At this time, a skinny stray dog walked over, looking at the bun in the little boy's hand.
At this time, the little boy saw the dog, he smiled, and then threw the bun in his hand to the dog to eat, the dog ate the bun, wagged his tail and circled around the little boy, the little boy and the dog happily spread joy in the snow...
In this way, from this day on, the little boy and the stray dog became good friends, after which he brought the stray dog home and let his mother raise it.
Since then, this stray dog no longer has to stray, no longer starved and frozen, and every day this little boy plays with him, and the relationship between one person and one dog is getting deeper and deeper...
(End of story)