At this time, the moon peeked out of the clouds, its shadow gradually faded, and a wheat-yellow streak appeared on the eastern horizon. It was obviously daybreak, and the birds were already chirping in the forest. They were still foraging in the sweet potato field. Suddenly something bad happened. A man walked out of the hayloft not far away, followed by a dog. When they approached the sweet potato field, three zokors hid in their caves and waited for the man and the dog to pass by. Get out and move.
But the situation was not good. As soon as the dog got closer, he smelled a smell, which was clearly emanating from the zokor. The dog immediately walked into the sweet potato field, looking there and smelling here. When he got to a corner of the field, he bent down and used his two front paws to alternately dig up the soil. A hole appeared, which was connected to another exit in the field. , a frightened little zokor sprang out of the hole, and the dog quickly chased it, but it got into another hole and never came out again. The dog kept barking, and the man kept roaring, both of them were very excited.
After a while, the man calmed down and came up with a clever way to catch zokors. Because of the shouting here, people from other places, some with accompanying dogs, came in groups. The man pointed to the entrance of a cave and told everyone that there were small animals with small eyes and pointed ears that could damage crops. Everyone said they wanted to catch the little beast, but there was no way. The man said he had a way, so he ordered each of them to pick up a load of water from the ditch in the field and pour it into the cave. There were thirteen After filling twenty-six buckets of water, two monsters with small eyes and pointed ears emerged from two caves. Their water-soaked bodies had not yet completely crawled out. One person recognized it and said it was a zokor that was harmful to crops.
As soon as he finished speaking, two yellow dogs bit the two zokors by their necks and dragged them out. They could no longer crawl. A young man picked up a stick and beat one of the big zokors to death. Its small eyes were still white. , the other small one was bitten to death by a yellow dog. There was also a zokor crawling out of the cave, and a yellow dog was about to grab it, but was stopped by the owner of the sweet potato field who had just arrived. Someone said: Wancai, if such a harmful little beast is not put to death, why should we keep it?
Wancai didn't say a word, squatted down, pinched the two ears of the zokor, picked it up, and said to everyone: Hey! This is a living creature. It has caused damage to my sweet potato field. Today I will take it to the street to sell it for money to offset my losses. Everyone said that this game could be boiled into a large pot of fresh soup and sold at a good price.
The zokora Wan Cai was carrying was a small flower, and its body was still wet. Now that the sun was out, it was warm and dry, and its fur was dry. Then it twisted around desperately, and Wan Cai used a hemp rope. His front and rear limbs were tied so that he could not escape. However, Wancai found that he was biting the rope with his teeth and almost broke it, so he found an iron cage and stuffed it in, hung it on the beam of his house, and prepared After finishing the work, go to the market to sell the goods.
At noon that day, Wan Cai was exhausted, so he fell asleep with his hands on the table in the main room, and fell into a dream unknowingly. People dream, but they don't think they are dreaming, and Wan Cai was the same. At this moment, he was in a hurry to take down the iron cage from the rafters and sell the zokor on the market. But to his great surprise, the zokor actually looked at him and shed tears, and even talked - really unlucky, he wanted to sell it. It's not you - a farmer blocked several caves, and we escaped long ago. No matter how many buckets of water people poured into the caves, it was all in vain.
Wancai said, "You deserved to die. You stole the sweet potatoes grown in this area and caused us a lot of losses." The zok didn't listen carefully. It was still reminiscing about the frightening episode: after its mother, sister, and itself were discovered by the dog, they all got into the hole in the ground one after another because they couldn't run away. Unexpectedly, all of them The exits of the cave were blocked, and they huddled in the cave, thinking that after a while, the dogs and humans would leave the sweet potato field, and then they could return to the cave entrance from which they came and escape. But people are too good at scheming. By constantly filling the cave with water, they cannot escape. Otherwise, they will be choked by the water and die.
So, they had no choice but to crawl desperately through the entrance of the cave, but in the end they could not save their lives. When their mother and sister escaped from the cave, they both encountered accidents and passed away.
Seeing that the zokora was still frightened, Wancai shook the cage and said: You didn't speak just now, why are you mute now? The zokora flicked its tail, suddenly became calm, and looked arrogantly at him, saying that there is nothing to be afraid of if you catch me, this is just the retribution I deserve.
how do I say this? Wancai opened his eyes wide and saw that it was silent for a while, so he asked it, since you know that you will be caught sooner or later, why do you still invade my sweet potato field?
The zokor let out a sinister laugh, and then said that there was a reason for invading your sweet potato field.
What's the reason? Appreciate further details. Just when Wan Cai was about to listen to the zokole's words, the zokor suddenly turned into a weasel and ate many people's chickens... As a result, the hunter Chen Jie, with his hunting dogs, chased him to a woman's house on a snowy winter day. The weasel was Caught and skinned alive, hunter Chen Jie also wanted to use its skin to make gloves... Wan Cai still didn't understand what happened to the zokor.
So, the weasel turned back into a zokor and told Wan Cai, "My previous life was a weasel, your previous life was the hunter Chen Jie, and you were born into a family with the surname Wan, named Wan Cai." If you didn't plan to use my skin as gloves in your previous life, I would not retaliate. What is revenge? It's an infringement on your sweet potato field. The Zoro also repeatedly said: When I was a weasel, I ate some other people's chickens, but you killed me and let people eat my meat, and the debt was offset. There was no resentment at all, but you wanted my skin to make gloves. How could I not? Feeling resentful and seeking revenge?
Suddenly there was a "crack" sound, and Wan Cai woke up. When he looked up, he saw the iron cage on the beam falling to the ground. Fortunately, the iron cage had not yet broken. The zokor was twisting inside. Maybe the iron cage had fallen from the beam. It fell because it jumped too much. Wancai didn't pick up the iron cage immediately. The fear in his dream made him uneasy. He had already wavered in his intention to sell the zokor. He was confused about what to do with it.
At this time, he walked out of the gate carrying the iron cage and got onto the main road. To the left of the main road was a series of mountains running east-west. From the armpits of the mountains, a yellow flag stretched out with the three characters "Dragon King Temple" in bold. He suddenly had the idea that he should ask the monk in the Dragon King Temple how to deal with the zokor. Wan Cai glanced at the zokor in the cage. It was curled up inside and dozing off, as if nothing had happened. Now there was no trace of fear at all, and it looked peaceful, as if Wan Cai was not the one handling it, but The owner who feeds it.
Wancai walked straight towards the Dragon King Temple. The Dragon King Temple is a tiled house with two halls. There are four large wooden pillars in the upper and lower halls. The large wooden pillars are embroidered with dragon patterns. Next to each pillar stands a monk, concentrating on his work. While chanting sutras, there are various clay, wood, and stone statues of Buddha with different faces but kind and sacred. In front of the Buddha statue is a large incense burner, with a stick of incense inserted in the incense burner, and wisps of green smoke curling out.
An abbot wearing cassocks and with kind eyes sat cross-legged between the incense burner and a row of Buddha statues, holding rosary beads in one hand and reciting some verses in his mouth, which moved rhythmically.
Wan Cai walked in and looked at the abbot who was silent and pious reciting sutras, and couldn't help but stand in awe.
