Tu Jiqiao went from the north to a city in the south to work. He met a girl named Xiao Qin, and he fell in love with her. After working for a few years and earning some money, he bought a tile-roofed house in a village called Jigongshan on the outskirts of the city and repaired it a little. Just marry Xiao Qin and live together.
Since then, Tu Jiqiao bought some gifts at the end of each year and went back to the north to visit his parents, and then returned to Jigongshan Village in the south, which became his second hometown. He did not go back to work in the city, but planted several acres of vegetables with Xiao Qin, delivering a cart of vegetables to a nearby vegetable market every morning, and working in the vegetable field during the day. This cycle of planting and operation earned him a good income. , no worse than working part-time, the most important thing is to achieve freedom.
He also raised several chickens at home, one hen in particular was very good at scattering eggs. Sometimes there are two in a day, and my wife Xiao Qin takes special care of it. She often catches new rice, insects, and vegetables for it to peck. It has beautiful reed feathers. Xiao Qin looked at it and thought of Luhuadang in her hometown. She also thought of her mother who came from Luhuadang and said she needed a loan for an urgent matter. Xiao Qin lent her mother 400 yuan without asking any questions.
Not long after, the bad news came that my mother had committed suicide by hanging from a beam. After Xiao Qin went to attend the funeral and cried, she left Luhuadang again.
Xiao Qin looked at the reed chicken woman with a sour nose. She still didn't know why her mother hanged herself. She couldn't ask who bullied her. Maybe my mother's death is a relief, because my father has been gone for many years. Old people who lack support may still enjoy happiness there.
At this time, the reed hen flapped its wings and flew up to the chicken coop again, and jumped into the nest that was half a basket of grass. About half an hour later, it jumped out of the chicken coop again, and began to cry as if it was disturbed. big. Xiao Qin understood that it was bragging about its size.
Fast forward about three years, this reed hen hatched three broods of chickens, most of which survived, and scattered countless eggs. However, later on, even after being fed millet and other such things, not a single egg was scattered.
Her husband Tu Jiqiao said it would be better to kill the chicken and drink it. So Xiao Qin boiled a pot of water and watched Tu Jiqiao drag the hen out of the cage that had been kept overnight, pinched its sharp beak with her thumb and forefinger, turned it back, bent it into a ring, and then A few reed seeds were peeled off from the reed hair on its throat, revealing its pale flesh. I swiped it upwards with the prepared kitchen knife, and dirty blood came out gurglingly. I saw this reed chicken woman twitching constantly. The country people called it jumping.
This chicken blood is still a dish. Tu Jiqiao was afraid that it would be dirty and difficult to use, so he quickly pointed the knife edge on the chicken's neck at a fist-sized porcelain bowl, and the blood dripped down until it covered the bottom of the bowl and stopped flowing. Then he threw the chicken, which was still twitching slowly, into a wooden basin.
At this time, Xiao Qin poured boiling water directly on the dead Luhua Chicken Woman. She felt a heat rising upwards, but she couldn't see it because it was summer and the sun was shining brightly from the Luhuadang side. It was enough to drown the steaming heat, just as the family's natural appetite was enough to drown the life of this old hen that no longer laid eggs.
After a while, the chicken feathers were cleaned, and after a while, the chicken became lumpy and went into a glazed casserole. Below was a fire with crackling wood fire. It simmered for more than two hours. The old hen was finally rotten. At this time, the whole house was filled with the smell of chicken. The dog with a keen sense of smell rushed in from outside and walked through the house. After Xiao Qin roared a few times, he slipped away in vain. .
There was also a knee-length cat looking at the absent-minded Xiao Qin with amber-like eyes and meowing slowly. Xiao Qin didn't care at all, only caring about her husband Tu Jiqiao who went to work in the fields after killing the chickens.
At noon when it was time to have dinner, he still hadn't returned. Xiao Qin emptied the firewood under the casserole, locked the door and came out. She walked towards a hillside to call Tu Jiqiao who was working on the slope. Tu Jiqiao, who was sweating, said, "Wait a moment, I will go home after finishing my work." So Xiao Qin sat under a maple oak tree and rested in the shade while waiting.
In the distance was the reed pond, and the wind blew leisurely from there. It was warm. She felt sleepy, so she took a nap against the maple oak tree. In a trance, I saw my mother with a kind face approaching. She said, Mom, where are you from? My daughter misses you very much. Come to my house! I made a pot of chicken soup today, so I might as well try it together.
Mother said that I have lived in your home for more than three years and now I say goodbye to you. Xiao Qin felt baffled and said this was wrong! Mom, you have been dead for more than three years. Where have I seen you? My mother said, you don’t know something. When I was alive, I was unbearably lonely and had to play cards to pass the time. I lost money that time and I lost all my jewelry by selling it, so I asked you to borrow 400 yuan, right? Xiao Qin said that she remembered it, Mom, I don’t want you to pay it back! It's for you.
No way! daughter. The mother said that she took the 400 yuan to play cards and planned to steal it, but lost it all again. She couldn't think about it anymore, so she hanged herself, thinking that it was all over.
Unexpectedly, King Yama came to settle accounts with me. He wanted to send me to hell to be punished by collecting information about my misdeeds such as playing cards together, not derailing my true career, and being willing to perish, etc. when I was still alive. Fortunately, the day I was questioned was the birthday of Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva, who offers salvation to all living beings in the world. Although I was not saved, I was included in the list of pardons. I should have gone to hell and suffered all kinds of tortures, but I was also pardoned.
Thanks to the saving grace of Guanyin Bodhisattva, I only need to transform into an animal for one life to pay off the debts I owed during my lifetime before I can be reincarnated as a human body. My daughter, the reed chicken woman in your home is my reincarnation to pay off the debts. After more than three years of giving, The value of your scattered eggs and hatched chickens just offsets the debt of 400 yuan, so I will no longer scatter eggs.
Xiao Qin wanted to say something else, but her mother turned and left. When she was chasing after her and shouting, she fell down and Xiao Qin woke up with cold sweat on her forehead. After finishing his work, Tu Jiqiao came over and gave her a handful of leaves to wipe her sweat. Without saying a word, she got up and went home with Tu Jiqiao.
I saw her pick up the full casserole of chicken soup and go out of the house, walk quickly, and pour it into the reed pond near the edge of her parents' house. Tu Jiqiao didn't understand the reason and thought she had suddenly gone crazy. He was so angry that he was about to rush over and slap her in the face, but she burst into tears and told the story of her dream about her mother turning into a chicken after her death to pay off her debts.
There is a village in the north called Yaozhuang. There is a beautiful villa in Yaozhuang, built near mountains and rivers. The owner of the villa is Yao Yishui, a well-known local coal mine boss. His first wife, Mrs. Liu, is barren. It is very good to allow him to marry his second wife. It is not allowed to marry him. It should be said that he has found a second wife. If it is a marriage, then it is considered a remarriage. Remarriage is not allowed by the country and is a crime. As long as someone reports it, Yao Yishui will inevitably go to jail.
But he did Liu's ideological work well and did not complain or argue. Who outsider would be too full to bear the burden of meddling in such noisy matters that have nothing to do with him? What's more, Yao Yishui has made a fortune from coal mining in recent years, and he takes into account interpersonal relationships. The government builds bridges, roads, and plants trees in local areas. Many ruffians came to him to take advantage of him, and he showed his kindness generously.
So he has played with all kinds of people, and they won't secretly undermine him just because he found a second wife. In this way, as long as Chang Hao, whom Yao Yishui hired as his second wife, gets along well with Mrs. Liu, everything will be fine.
