Dolls in grapefruit
Text/Feng Zengqin
I remember that there was a cartoon "Winter and Melon" in the past, which told the story of an old grandmother who picked up a winter melon and cut out two children. Today's grapefruit doll is unusual, and it is not here to accompany the grandmother.
In ancient times, there was a Taole County, this place lived in a poor family, is not where to escape the couple, wife Cuilan pregnant has not yet given birth, but still have to do heavy work days, otherwise, the family to eat is a problem.
In addition to a fenced yard and a broken house, the husband and wife do not have farm property, the two usually rely on the mountains to fight wild for a living, the husband dashan to catch some wild meat, Cuilan in the near mountain to find some wild vegetables and wild fruits to maintain their lives. So many years have come this way, but also in the pain of peace. However, since a professional fox hunt has entered the area, the couple's life has become difficult.
This professional hunter is a specialized fur hunter, because today's saints love to wear fur, and even the concubines and subordinates in the palace are competing to imitate it, and they do not hesitate to buy it at great expense. As a result, the fur industry has seen an unprecedented boom. Behind this prosperity is the increase in hunters and the uneasiness of the mountains.
This hunter who came to Taole County was called Pi Youliang, claiming to be a royal supplier, and in this area of the mountains and forests except him, anyone was forbidden to enter the mountains to prevent a special red fox from being disturbed, and this fox fur was famous among the furs, and it was only available here, so that it was difficult to find gold. Dashan and Cuilan could not go up the mountain normally, so they had to secretly find something to eat in the outer mountain skin.
Pi Youliang took a group of people to the mountains every day to wait for the red fox, and did not see a single one for many days. He promised the palace to send a few good pieces of red fox skin when it was autumn, but he saw no trace of the red fox in late autumn. Pi Youliang heard that the mountain couple often begged for a living in the mountains, and they must be familiar with where this red fox was infested. He personally found the couple and told them to let them take him to find the red fox, as long as they found the red fox, they promised to give the couple a sum of money, so that they could have no worries about food and clothing.
Dashan and Cuilan both said in unison that they couldn't find it, they hadn't seen any red foxes at all. And advise the skin to have a measure not to waste time. Pi Youliang said that he had inquired for a long time to know that there was a red fox in this place, and the couple lied to themselves that they wanted to find the red fox to swallow alone, that was no door, there was a quantity of his skin, and he would not allow Dashan and Cuilan to go any closer to the mountain.
With a lot of money and money, and the fierce and vicious hunters followed, the dashan Cuilan couple did not dare to argue with him, so they had to hide at home and have no food. Dashan looked at Cuilan, whose belly was getting bigger and bigger, and had to carry a jacket and go out to ask for food. Walking through a few villages during the day, bringing back a little coarse grain for Cuilan to eat at night, or maybe there is no food at all, and the two will be hungry all day.
And Pi Youliang took the gang and searched the mountains every day, almost turning over the mountains in this area.
That night, The mountain Cuilan and his wife were sleeping soundly, when they suddenly heard a loud noise outside, and after a while, the door was slammed on the ground, almost collapsing the broken grass shed. Dashan Cuilan quickly got up and lit the lamp, and the two of them saw a red fox on the ground, and they were trembling and looking at the two of them pitifully, with tears in their eyes. As soon as the two of them saw it, the red fox was chased out of the mountain by Pi Youliang's gang and ran here to take refuge.
Cui Lan lifted the quilt and lowered her voice to the red fox and said, "Hurry in and I will cover you, otherwise, if they find you, it will be broken!" The red fox seemed to understand, and as soon as he got into bed and lay down, Cuilan quickly put the quilt on the fox, and sat down next to him to block the bulging quilt.
At this time the door was slammed open. Pi Youliang came in and said, "We have been chasing the red fox for so many days, but we didn't expect this thing to run from the crack in the broken door to your house, and quickly hand it over!" Dashan said, "We were sleeping soundly, and we were woken up by you, what red fox?" Didn't see wow. ”
Pi Youliang looked at the house of the big mountain Cuilan, there were not many things, under the bed, under the table, the mouse hole were all looked at, and there was no sight. Pi Youliang's eyes saw the bed, Cuilan sat motionless, and Pi Youliang said, "Get up, I see if you killed and hid on the bed?" Cui Lan did not move, and said, "I am heavy, I have not moved the nest, where will I kill the fox?" ”
Pi Youliang, where he had patience, dragged Cuilan up, Cuilan did not look good, quickly pulled open the quilt first, and said to the red fox: "Run!" The red fox suddenly sneaked out of the room, and When Pi Youliang saw that the red fox's eyes were green, he pulled out his leg and ran outside, but Cuilan tightly tugged on Pi Youliang's shoulder. Pi Youliang was angry, so that his whole body pushed Cuilan and ran out.
Pi Youliang did not chase the red fox with this hesitation, but Cuilan was pushed on the stool, causing the child who was about to be born small and childlike.
Cuilan was very sad, so she took the child to a large grapefruit tree next to the village and buried it.
Under the big grapefruit tree, Cuilan cried for days. On that day, a ripe grapefruit suddenly fell from the big grapefruit tree, knocking Cuilan unconscious. Dashan took Cuilan home and put it on the bed, looking at the faint and haggard Cuilan Dashan felt even more sad. There was nothing good to eat at home, and Dashan was ready to cut open the big grapefruit and squeeze some juice into it to see if he could wake up.
Before Dashan could take the knife down, the grapefruit skin exploded, and Dashan was startled. At a glance, a chubby and very beautiful doll exploded from the grapefruit. Lying on the ground and crying. Dashan quickly picked it up, while looking at this cute doll, he went to the bed and shouted Cuilan, Cuilan woke up with a spirit, saw the child, hugged it and kissed it, crying and laughing in his mouth: "Child, you are back, you are reluctant to be a mother!" ”
At this time, someone came to tell them that Pi Youliang, who had pushed Cuilan to an accident, had chased and killed a small red fox in the mountains, but on his way back with the red fox's body, he encountered a falling stone that smashed Pi Youliang to death.
Dashan and Cuilan looked at the child in their arms, and the child already had a smile on his face. Dashan Cuilan realized that this child's origin was unusual, and they couldn't guess what was going on.
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