Located on the outskirts of Nanwang County.
There are only a few families living here.
This place is under the jurisdiction of Nanwang County.
Not long ago, Cen Wang, the magistrate of Nanwang County, asked his master Liu Wu to collect taxes from the people in order to stay in Nanwang County and not go to other poor places.
And this village with only a few people did not escape this heavy tax.
Most families who were already poor had no food at all because of this heavy tax, and even the rice seeds were taken away.
Without food, rice seeds, and money, it would be very difficult to stutter.
There is one such family in this village.
The child of this family is named Lin Baiyang. He once participated in the provincial examination, but still failed. Even Lin Baiyang himself did not believe this fact.
But people's hearts are sinister, how can he know the reason, and he doesn't even dare to doubt it at all.
Not long ago, all his family's money, food, and even the few sheep they had were taken away by the county government.
Thinking that he failed in last year's provincial examination, his father beat and scolded Lin Baiyang many times.
Later, my father, who had been hungry for many days and had no wine to quench his thirst, couldn't bear it and died of starvation.
I thought that after the death of such a coward and unworthy father, I could live a peaceful life with my mother.
But without his father, the only person in the family who can depend on Lin Baiyang for life is his mother.
Now, mother and daughter have been hungry for several days.
This house uses various wooden boards as walls, the roof is covered with thatch, and the door is made of various branches and leaves woven together.
At this time, a short boy who did not look like he was seventeen years old carefully opened the simple door and walked in with a bowl of water.
"Mom, have a drink of water." Lin Baiyang squatted down.
Listening to Lin Baiyang's words, Lin Baiyang's mother opened her eyes: "Son, it's my mother who is dragging you down."
The sensible Lin Baiyang shed tears at her mother's words.
"No, mother, it's not my fault. It's my fault that I didn't win the prize. I'm sorry for you." Lin Baiyang said.
"Silly boy, it's not your fault. Your hard work is all seen by my mother. It's all because she didn't work hard enough in the early years, but now she's so poor that you are starving like her."
Looking at his mother's hungry and thin face, Lin Baiyang had no time to take care of his own face. Looking at the freshly brought clean water in his hand, Lin Baiyang looked at his mother distressedly, holding her mother's head in one hand and holding it in the other. water.
"Mom, drink some water. I don't want to eat this, but I have to drink this water." Lin Baiyang said.
After listening to her son's words, Lin Baiyang's mother raised her head cooperatively, drank some water, and then continued to lie down.
Lin Baiyang's mother, who hadn't eaten for several days, seemed to have no strength at all at the moment, and she didn't even want to say anything more.
Seeing her son taking care of her for so many days, but unable to take care of him, Lin Baiyang's mother tried her best to speak: "Son."
Seeing his mother talking, Lin Baiyang persuaded her: "Mom, please stop talking. Talking consumes energy."
But the mother shook her head, as if this matter was very important to her.
"Son, it's my mother who is dragging you down. Go away. Go wherever there is food. Don't follow your mother. If you follow your mother, you will starve to death." Mother seemed to want to drive Lin Baiyang away.
Lin Baiyang shook his head: "No, mother, my son will not leave. Wherever my mother goes, my son will go. Even if it is
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Even if I starve to death, I won’t leave. "
Listening to her son's stubborn words, the mother smiled slightly. Knowing that he was stubborn, she changed her words and sent him a message.
"Son, mother is hungry."
My mother, who had been insisting that she was not hungry in the past few days, started talking now.
Listening to his mother's words, Lin Baiyang looked at his mother: "Mom, I'm going to find food right now, please be patient." After saying this, Lin Baiyang hurried out and went out to look for food.
And Lin Baiyang's mother knew very well that she couldn't find anything to eat in the past few days, and how much food could she find in this trip.
She just felt that if she was around, her son would starve with her. Even if there was a stutter, she would have to eat first and her son would not be able to eat.
Thinking of this, Lin Baiyang's mother, who usually lay on the wooden bed, got up and walked out step by step.
As for Lin Baiyang, he had already run very far in order to let his mother hold on.
Step by step, Lin Baiyang's mother walked towards the back mountain. As she walked deeper and deeper, she saw Lin Baiyang's mother hit a tree and died.
Lin Baiyang, who didn't know it yet, was still searching for food, running and stopping all the way. As long as he saw fruits, as long as they were not poisonous, Lin Baiyang would pick them all.
Although there were not many fruits, thinking about what his mother said about being hungry, Lin Baiyang had no time to look for more wild fruits. Instead, he wrapped the wild fruits in his clothes and ran towards home.
Although a lot of physical strength was exhausted, Lin Aiyang was still running hard towards home. He also knew that if there was no food, his mother really wouldn't be able to hold on much.
Finally, Lin Baiyang was exhausted after running all the way home. Looking at the sun in the sky, Lin Baiyang felt dizzy.
Thinking that his mother was important, Lin Baiyang hurried into the home.
However, Lin Baiyang, who thought his mother would insist on waiting for her return, was careless after all.
I saw that my mother had disappeared.
Seeing that his mother was not there, Lin Baiyang hurriedly put down the wild fruits in his hands and walked out of the door to find his mother.
However, as soon as he walked out and faced the scorching sun, Lin Baiyang fainted.
When I woke up again, it was already evening.
After getting up, Lin Baiyang's stomach had growled several times, but Lin Baiyang couldn't care less.
He first went into the home to see if his mother was back.
As soon as he entered, he saw that it was still the same, and Lin Baiyang walked out disappointed.
He began to look for his mother in this village.
It's already quite dark now, but fortunately the moon is not late tonight. Although it's dark, with the moonlight illuminating, we can still see some of it.
"Uncle, have you seen my mother?" Lin Baiyang asked a thin neighbor who had not eaten for many days.
The uncle shook his head, he had no strength to speak anymore.
Seeing this, Lin Baiyang went to ask several more companies.
As a result, I heard the same words and had never seen them before.
I was wondering if my mother was hungry, so I went out to look for something to eat.
Lin Baiyang now locked the scope of his search in the woods in front and behind the village.
Under the illumination of the moonlight, Lin Baiyang searched in front of the village for several hours, but still couldn't find it.
Then, Lin Baiyang searched behind the village again.
After searching for several hours, I finally saw my mother's figure.
"Mother! Mother!" After shouting twice, Lin Baiyang quickly came to the
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Walking with her mother.
In this forest, and the forest is dense, the moonlight cannot shine in much at all.
Lin Baiyang thought her mother had fainted from exhaustion, so she squatted aside and shouted loudly: "Mother! Mother! Wake up! It's me! It's Sheep! Wake up! Don't scare me!"
After several calls, Lin Baiyang panicked as she still didn't see any reaction from her mother.
"Mom, wake up." Lin Baiyang called again, but her mother still didn't respond.
Thinking that she was fainting from hunger, Lin Baiyang worked hard to get her mother on his back, and then carried her mother back home.
After returning home with his mother on his back, Lin Baiyang hurriedly put her mother on the wooden bed and started a fire beside her.
The fire has burned out, but fortunately there is still fire here.
Lin Baiyang carefully added some relatively dry firewood into the fire pit.
Fortunately, after some careful operation, the fire finally ignited.
The fire quickly lit up the small thatched house.
With a smile on his face, Lin Baiyang picked up the fruit he found during the day and walked towards his mother.
"Mom, look, this is the wild fruit I found on the roadside today. Eat it first, and I will go look for it tomorrow." After saying that, Lin Baiyang looked at his mother with a smile on his face.
At this time, the flames rose very high and the light shone wider. Only then did Lin Baiyang see the blood mark on his mother's forehead.
"Mom. What's wrong with your forehead?" After saying that, Lin Baiyang was about to touch it with his hands to see what was wrong with it, when he found that his mother's forehead was very cold.
Seeing this, Lin Baiyang became even more panicked.
"Mom! Wake up! Don't be scared!" Lin Baiyang shouted, tears falling down uncontrollably.
"Mom! Wake up! Don't leave me alone!"
That night, Lin Baiyang had no intention of sleeping at all, and stayed by his mother's side until dawn.
At dawn, Lin Baiyang walked towards the back mountain alone. After finding a place, he dug a hole with firewood sticks.
After all, he was alone, and the hole Lin Baiyang dug was not deep.
After everything was done, Lin Baiyang couldn't bear to bury his mother.
After covering the soil, he found a wooden board. Lin Baiyang took out the brush and ink given to him by his good friend Ziyuan that time and started writing on the board.
After everything was done, Lin Baiyang knelt in front of his mother's grave and cried.
This place is not far from his father's grave, although it is on the same mountain. Thinking of his father beating and scolding his mother when he was alive, Lin Baiyang just chose to place his tomb here instead of next to his father's grave. right next to.
Lin Baiyang muttered to himself sadly:
"Mom, what will happen to your son when you leave?"
"It's strange that I failed to pass the provincial examination. If I had passed, I would have become an official after passing the national examination and the palace examination."
"Mom, I'm sorry for you. I really regret that I failed to pass the exam."
"Mom, don't worry. Last night, I had already thought about it. I heard that someone was going to resist the imperial court, and there were many people involved. If I followed them, maybe I wouldn't be hungry. Although, it is very dangerous. , but now that’s all we can do.”
"Mom, I am unfilial. I failed to marry a wife and give you a grandson. It is all my fault. If there is another life, I will not be like this. I will definitely let you have a grandson, and I will definitely Keep you fed.”
Lin Baiyang talked for a long time in front of his mother's grave.
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