Once upon a time, there was a woodcutter named Wang Xing, who had to go up the mountain every day to cut firewood in exchange for money to feed his family. One day, Wang Xing's mother suddenly fell ill and was bedridden. In order to treat his mother, his father spent all the family's savings, and even owed a debt, but as a result, his mother not only did not improve, but her condition became more and more serious, and the family could no longer come up with a little money.
One night, Wang Xing had a dream that a white-bearded Taoist priest said to him: "Tomorrow, you go to Houshan Mingquan to collect medicine!" There is a thousand-year-old Ganoderma lucidum grass that heals your mother's illness. "
Early the next morning, Wang Xing remembered the dream last night, it was so real, so he carried a machete on the road, but before he reached Mingquan, Wang Xing saw a tomb, in front of the grave stood a stone stele, which said: "The Tomb of the Wang Clan" four big characters, Wang Xing thought to himself: "How can there be a grave here?" Has anyone died recently? Didn't you see a grave last time? ”
So, driven by curiosity, Wang Xing took a closer look and saw a worn-out basket next to the tombstone, filled with gold and silver jewelry and paper money. Wang Xing thought to himself: "It seems that this grave is buried by rich people!"
Even if I am rich, naturally I don't care about this little money, so why don't I take these treasures home to heal my mother? In this way, my father will be very happy, and he will no longer have to worry about money. ”
Thinking of this, Wang Xing looked around again, making sure that no one lifted the basket later, but suddenly the reason in his head triumphed over greed, "This is neither earned by me nor borrowed, if I take it away like this, wouldn't it be stealing other people's hard work, chilling other people's hearts, not to mention, I will be poked in the spine by others, and my parents will not use this ill-gotten gain." ”
After careful consideration, Wang Xing put down the basket in his hand, and when he turned around and was about to leave, he found that not far away a large black snake as thick as a bowl of five or six feet was coming towards Wang Xing. Although this big snake seemed clumsy, it was very agile, and before Wang Xing could react, the big snake crawled to Wang Xing's side and pushed Wang Xing out two feet away with its tail.
Wang Xing was so frightened that he thought that the big snake was going to put him to death, but fortunately his life was still there. Wang Xing couldn't help but take a long breath, when Wang Xing relaxed his heart a little, suddenly there was a loud noise behind him, which scared him again, Wang Xing looked back and saw that it turned out to be a large stone rolling down the mountain and smashing on the big snake. The snake rolled on the ground in pain, spitting out a stream of blue smoke from its mouth, and disappeared in a blink of an eye.
Frightened, Wang Xing quickly ran back to the village and told the villagers that he had encountered a large python on the mountain, and he was thrown several feet away by it, and almost died in the mouth of the snake. Fortunately, a large rock rolled down and hit the snake, and I was able to escape.
Everyone was surprised to hear this, and they all advised him not to venture into the mountains again. But Wang Xing didn't listen, and still secretly went up the mountain to find the spirit grass. When he arrived at the new tomb, the big snake from the day before came out of nowhere and blocked Wang Xing's way.
Wang Xing had seen the big snake the day before, but today he was no longer so afraid, so he summoned up his courage, crossed his hands and stepped forward and said: "I have no grievances with you, why do you keep blocking my way?" ”
After Wang Xing finished speaking, he saw that the big snake shook his head as if he understood, and then used his tail to crookedly gesture the word "move" on the ground, and then left.
Wang Xing looked at those two words out of his mind, and suddenly heard a voice in the grave behind him: "Don't touch my baby!" Otherwise, I'll eat you!" Wang Xing was so frightened that he quickly retreated, hiding behind a big tree next to him to eavesdrop, and thought, "It's good that I didn't take those treasures." ”
After a while, the grave spoke again: "Don't be afraid, I am a god under mortals, specially designed to eliminate harm to the people." Then, I listened to a churning sound inside, and then there was no movement.
After a while, words came from the grave: "Go quickly, I'm going to wake up soon!" "Okay, I'll go back." Wang Xing agreed, turned around and went down the mountain to go home.
Halfway through, he met a Taoist priest, the white-bearded Taoist priest in his dream that day. So he stepped forward and asked, "Stinky Taoist, where is the spirit grass you mentioned?" I came twice, but before I reached Mingquan, I was stopped by the big black snake, and now the strange grave also let me go down the mountain, what is going on? Are you teaming up to fool me? ”
The Taoist priest listened and replied, "That serpent is saving you, it is related to you, and in your previous life you saved its life, and now it is coming to return your kindness, you just need to do what it instructs." After the Taoist priest finished speaking, he turned around and walked away, leaving Wang Xing with a confused look.
Later, Wang Xing returned home with a reluctant soul, he told his family about what he had encountered, everyone was surprised, Wang Xing's father said: "Let's move quickly!"
"That big snake is so clever, he threw you a few feet away last time, I am afraid that it was also to save you, not to harm you, think that if it were not for the big snake, I am afraid that I would have died under the big rock." Now he has written the word moving, presumably there is also his reason, and the big snake who can write must also have some skills. Later, there were mysterious Taoist priests. ”
Wang Xing's mother listened and agreed to the idea of moving, so the family packed up and prepared to move to another place. Strange to say, after Wang Xing's family moved, his mother's illness was cured. Later, Wang Xing heard that the original residence had been flooded, so he ran to the house panting to tell everyone the news, and everyone said in unison: "It turns out that the big snake really saved our family's life." ”