Guide to raising cubs in westbound [Journey to the West]

"I'll eat it for you~"

The child might not dare to pick it up if it was given by the adults on the table, but when he met the smiling face of the little stone, he stretched out his hand to take it and took a bite, obviously hungry.

After sighing silently, the old man didn't stop him, but pulled his grandson to sit aside.

When Monkey King saw that there were only three on the table, he knew that the family was probably poor, so he put the remaining two in the master's bowl and the other in the little guy's bowl.

"Is it gone? Then what should I eat?" Zhu Bajie asked subconsciously.

Hearing the words, the old man could only explain: "To tell you the truth, there are only these grains left at home."

After he finished speaking, Tang Seng lost the thought of eating in an instant, but got up and sat next to him to ask.

Tang Seng and his disciples found out through chatting with the old man that the child was his grandson. He originally had a daughter and son-in-law. After three years of going to the city to go to the market, he never came back, and they were left alone, the old and the young.

Of course, the old man was able to support his grandson by farming, but Fengxian County has not rained since three years ago, so their life is so difficult.

After listening for a while, Xiao Shitou didn't touch the wild vegetable dumpling in the bowl, but took it out of his purse.

He still had the fruit he had left in his purse, and after taking out two, he ran over and handed them to the old man and the child.

"You keep it for yourself." The old man thought that he would not entertain guests well, so how could he ask for their food instead.

The child was still biting wild vegetable dumplings, but his eyes were attracted by the bright red fruit.

"I still have more~" Little Shitou saw that he wanted to eat, so he directly stuffed one into his hand, and then stuffed the other into the old man.

Seeing that the child wanted to eat but dared not, Monkey King touched his head and said, "Eat."

"Do you have any more small stones? Give me one." Zhu Bajie approached and said.

The little guy nodded and gave him another one.

Probably seeing Zhu Bajie running over confidently and asking the little guy for some fruit, the old man finally did not refuse, but put the fruit in his hand after thanking him, and prepared to leave it for his grandson to eat.

Little Stone wanted to give Sun Wukong some more fruit, but they knew that there were not many left, so naturally they refused to take it.

After making sure that they didn't want to eat it, the little guy took a fruit and started to bite.

When the child saw him eating fruit, he couldn't help eating it too, and then the two little guys looked at each other and laughed at each other.

When the two young ones got together to eat fruit, Tang Seng continued to chat with the old man.

The old man told them that there were other families nearby, but all those who could run ran away because they couldn't survive, and some who couldn't run could only live on bark and grass roots.

"Can bark and grass roots be eaten too?" Little Stone asked curiously when he heard his words.

The old man said with a sad face: "People are going to starve to death, what else can't be eaten..."

Tang Seng couldn't help chanting Buddha's words when he heard his words, but Sun Wukong asked: "You don't care about the officials here?"

"Our county marquis is a good official. We have been trying to find a way to ask for rain for three years, but God refuses to rain, so what can we do!"

Tang Seng thought of his apprentice fighting against others in Chechi country before, so he raised his head and said, "Wukong, why don't you make it rain for them and save the people here."

Hearing his words, the old man subconsciously stood up.

"Do you really get rain?"

Sun Wukong heard his doubts and said with a smile: "My old grandson has the power to overthrow the world, so what if it rains!"

"Big stones will rain, he has had a lot of rain before~"

Xiao Shitou obviously still remembers about Che Chiguo, after all, of course he and Monkey King waved the golden cudgel to command the gods to rain.

"Brother Monkey, why don't you just send them a rainstorm?"

Zhu Bajie and Sand Monk saw how pitiful the old man was, so they all followed suit and asked Sun Wukong to help make it rain.

"My old grandson won't do things without a name, and I will go to the city tomorrow to have a look."

When the old man heard that it was going to rain, he immediately became excited, but he didn't urge him to come down immediately, but said: "If you can really make it rain for Fengxian County, the county marquis will be very grateful."

After talking about the business, Tang Seng asked Drifting if there was any dry food in his luggage.

There is no dry food, but it is because the little guy likes to drink mushroom soup, and there are some dried mushrooms that were dried before.

There were quite a lot of dried mushrooms, Drifting went to the kitchen to cook mushroom soup, and invited the grandpa and grandson to have a simple dinner together.

Zhu Bajie knew that their family really had no food, but he didn't say anything about not having enough to eat.

After spending the night at the old man's house, Tang Seng and his disciples set off for Fengxian County early the next morning.

The old man took them out with his grandson, his eyes were full of anticipation, obviously hoping that their trip would really bring rain to Fengxian County.

It's a pity that the grandfather and grandson depend on each other. Before leaving, Drifting left the remaining dried mushrooms in the kitchen, and Xiaoshi followed suit by taking out the last few fruits from his purse.

The old man lived not far from the city, and it took about half an hour to get to Fengxian County from his house.

The Marquis of Fengxian County really wanted to pray for rain, and notices were posted on the streets.

Seeing the words "Junhou Shangguan" on the list, Monkey King couldn't help asking.

"Shangguan is a compound surname. It should be the surname of the county marquis here." Tang Seng said.

Zhu Bajie laughed and said, "Brother Hou, you haven't read the books. There is a saying 'Shangguan Ouyang' in the family names."

"Go, you're the one who talks too much!" Sun Wukong waved at him.

Little Stone asked curiously, "What family name?"

"It's a book, I'll teach you another day, old pig."

After Zhu Bajie finished speaking, Tang Seng pointed to the notice and said, "It says 'the rich will live for the rest of their lives, but the poor will hardly survive', which shows that the people here are really struggling. Wukong, you should find a way to ask for some sweet rain for them."

Sun Wukong saw the sentence "Ten-year-old girl Yimi Sansheng" on the notice, so naturally he would not be indifferent, and raised his hand to remove the notice.

"Big stone, what are you doing with this?" The little guy saw the paper he had peeled off, and reached out to touch it.

"Take off the notice to pray for rain for them."

When the notice was uncovered, it quickly attracted the attention of the people in the city, and they all gathered around to look at Tang Monk and his disciples. At the same time, some people rushed to inform the county magistrate.

When the county marquis heard the news, he rushed to the street immediately.

He was eager to pray for rain, he straightened his clothes and bowed his hands in front of the Tang monk, and begged behind the door of his house: "Please pray for rain, Master, and save the people of Fengxian County."

Seeing that he was about to kneel down after he finished speaking, Tang Seng felt that this was an official with people in his heart, so he quickly stretched out his hand to help him up.

Sun Wukong came from the side with the little guy in his arms. Seeing that the Marquis was scared back by him, he immediately said, "What are you afraid of? I have to solve this matter for you, my grandson."

"This is my big apprentice." Tang Seng introduced.

As long as it rains at this time, the Marquis actually doesn't care so much, and immediately bows his hands to Monkey King: "I beg Master to send down the rain and save all sentient beings."

"Easy to say, easy to say."

Sun Wukong has always had a good face and likes to be supported by others. When he saw him come to worship him, he agreed immediately.

"Why does he call the big stone Master?" The little guy tilted his head and asked.

"This master is not that master, it's just a title." Zhu Bajie stepped forward to explain and said, "I said that you know how to pray for rain in your county, and you didn't invite us to have a meal and rest first."

It's no wonder he was so impatient, because he didn't eat anything at the old man's house. He has been hungry since last night.

"Bajie." Seeing him jumping out again, Tang Seng startled the Marquis, raised his hand to stop him, and then introduced again, "This is my second apprentice."

The master looks pretty good, why is it that the apprentices are more scary than the other?

The county marquis hated it, but as long as it rained, he didn't care about beauty or ugliness, so he hurriedly invited them to the posthouse.

After arriving at the post house, a group of people sat down in the main hall, and the servants brought refreshments.

Monkey King knew that the little guy didn't have much to eat last night, so when he saw that there was a snack on the table, he took a piece and handed it to him.

Little Shitou opened his mouth and took a bite before taking it and began to eat slowly, probably because the snack tasted good, and he even swayed his feet slightly.

After the county marquis invited them to drink tea, he immediately mentioned the matter of praying for rain, and expressed his willingness to donate a thousand pieces of gold if the rain could come down.

"Wukong." Tang Seng didn't care about Qianjin, but he really wanted to help a group of suffering people in Fengxian County.

Sun Wukong said: "If you say a thousand gold rewards, you won't give any rain. If you are the people of Liming, my grandson can send a heavy rain."

When the county marquis heard this, he immediately got up and knelt down to him.

Seeing his sincerity, Monkey King put down the little guy in his arms, stretched out his hand to pull him up and said, "I'll call the old Dragon King over here, and make it rain heavily for you!"

When the county marquis heard him say to call the old dragon king over, he was stunned. When he realized it, he saw that he had already walked out, and subconsciously followed.

"Big stone, wait for me!" The little guy ate the remaining snacks in one gulp, clapped his little hands and ran out.

outside the house.

Monkey King jumped directly to a high place, chanting mantras to the sky.

After a while, I saw a dark cloud gradually drifting over from the sky, but it was the Dragon King of the East China Sea.

"It's the Dragon King!" Xiao Shitou recognized it at a glance with a good memory, and immediately waved his little hand when he saw that Monkey King wanted to go to the sky to find him.

Seeing the little guy's movements, Monkey King hugged him before stepping on the clouds to the sky.

"Great Sage, Little Stone."

"Dragon King~" the little guy waved his hands at him and laughed.

The Dragon King of the East China Sea met his cute smiling face, couldn't help but pat his head, and then asked, "I don't know why the Great Sage called me here?"

Down below, the county marquis showed a surprised expression when he saw that the Dragon King was actually invited.At the same time, when the people of Fengxian County saw dark clouds in the sky, they all thought it was going to rain, and moved their equipment to the streets excitedly.

"Old Dragon King, my grandson didn't come here for any other reason, but seeing that it hasn't rained in Fengxian County for a long time, I want to ask you to send a heavy rain."

"Great Sage, it's not that I don't want to rain, it's because there is no will from heaven, and I dare not rain at will."

"Master and I passed by Fengxian County. We saw that the place has been drought for a long time, and the people couldn't live longer. That's why I want to ask you to let it rain. Why do you want to shirk?" Monkey King was a little displeased.

Xiao Shitou thought of his grandpa and grandson who had no food yesterday, and said, "Dragon King, help them stop the rain. If there is no rain, they will be hungry."

The Dragon King of the East China Sea met his clear eyes and wanted to agree, but in the end he shook his head and said, "I don't want to, but I really can't!"

Down below, the Marquis is still saluting desperately to the sky, hoping that the rain will come down immediately.

Zhu Bajie saw that the rain hadn't fallen for a long time, and felt that the old dragon king was really slow, so he couldn't help but also flew up to urge him.

"It's just raining, why wait for a long time!"

"Marshal Tianpeng." After saluting with him, the Dragon King of the East China Sea whispered, "You also know that my brother-in-law, the Dragon King Jinghe..."

Not to mention Zhu Bajie and others about the Dragon King of Jinghe River, even Little Stone has heard Monkey King tell it as a story before.

He said so far, Sun Wukong didn't want to embarrass him anymore, and decided to go to the Jade Emperor to ask for the rain's will.

Seeing that he listened to his own words, the Dragon King of the East China Sea cupped his hands and said goodbye: "I'll go back and make preparations. As long as the Jade Emperor issues a decree, it will rain immediately."

The county marquis was in a hurry when he saw that the Dragon King left before the rain fell.

After Tang Seng comforted him, he looked at his apprentice who came down from the sky and asked, "Wukong, what's going on?"

"The old Dragon King said that he would not dare to rain without the order of the Jade Emperor." Sun Wukong sat back on the chair with the little guy in his arms and said.

It hurts more to see hope and then to be disappointed than to have no hope.The county marquis was so anxious that he was about to cry, begging him to think of another way.

Seeing his appearance, Tang Seng was soft-hearted, and said, "Wukong, do you have other ideas?"

"Master, don't worry, I'll go to the Heavenly Palace and ask the Jade Emperor why he doesn't bring rain to Fengxian County!" Sun Wukong thought it was a simple matter, but when it turned out like this, he felt a little angry with the Jade Emperor.

Tang Seng nodded naturally, telling him to go and come back quickly.

"Two junior brothers take good care of Master." Sun Wukong didn't put the little guy down after finishing speaking, and flew to the heaven with him directly.

He came to the West Heaven Gate this time, and the Heavenly King who guarded the gate saw him coming over and greeted him with a smile, "Great Sage, is the scripture learning over?"

"No, no, it's my old grandson who passed by Fengxian County and saw that it hadn't rained for three years, so he came to ask the Jade Emperor for a rain invitation."

Hearing the words, the king of heaven immediately told him in a low voice that if it didn't rain there, he was condemned.

"What is a crime?" Little Shitou also asked him in a low voice.

After the Heavenly King smiled and explained to him, Monkey King waved his hands indifferently and said, "My old grandson doesn't care about what crimes or not, I'll go to the Jade Emperor to ask for a ticket for rain!"

Sun Wukong has a good face, since he has already taken over the matter, he is naturally unwilling to break his promise.

The king of heaven did not dare to stop him, so he could only let him enter through the west gate of heaven.

Sun Wukong carried the little guy to the outside of the Tongming Hall, and met the four great masters again.

"Where did the Great Sage come from?"

"I'm asking the Jade Emperor for a post about rain, so that Lao Wanglong can make it rain for Fengxian County."

When the four heavenly masters heard this, they immediately told him that it should not rain in Fengxian County.

When Xiao Shitou was wondering why it shouldn't rain there, Monkey King said, "It doesn't matter how much it is, just introduce it to me."

The four celestial masters knew the inside story, and seeing that he wanted to use his own face to make the Jade Emperor rain, they all advised him not to go.

"But if it doesn't rain, people in Fengxian County will starve to death!" Xiao Shitou blinked and told them.

The four celestial masters could tell Sun Wukong not to meddle in his own business, but they didn't know what to say when they met the little guy's clear and innocent eyes.I can't tell him that the Marquis of Fengxian County offended the Jade Emperor, so there is no way for the people there to die of drought.

They didn't say anything, but Sun Wukong had something to say: "You gods are comfortable in the sky, but you don't care about the lives of the people on the ground! There hasn't been rain in Fengxian County for three years, and I don't know how many people have lost their homes because of it. Even if there are any crimes, you will be punished enough." ..."

Seeing that he was determined to find the Jade Emperor, the four heavenly masters were afraid that he would make trouble again, so they could only tell him the truth, saying that Fengxian County had not rained for a long time because the magistrate there offended Tiantiao.

Sun Wukong felt that even if he really offended Tiantiao, he would not be able to attract the attention of the Jade Emperor because he was a small county marquis, so he asked strangely, "How did the Jade Emperor know that he offended Tiantiao?"

"Great Sage." The four celestial masters' tone was a little more serious, "Don't you hear that the dark room is guilty, and your eyes are like lightning."

"Great heart in the dark room, eyes like lightning?" Xiao Shitou repeated, but he didn't quite understand the meaning of this sentence.

The four heavenly masters didn't mind explaining the little guy's confusion when they heard the little guy's puzzled tone.

"The dark room is guilty, and the eyes are like lightning. It means that if you secretly do something unconscionable, even if you can hide it from others, you can't hide it from the eyes of the gods."

Xiao Shitou is quite savvy, nodded and said: "That means you can't do bad things, even if you do it secretly, people will still know about it!"

"Yes." The four heavenly masters smiled when they saw that he was a teachable child.

Sun Wukong learned that it was the county marquis who did bad things that caused no rain in Fengxian County, but his tone was not as tough as before.

But thinking of the Marquis of the County returning to the Marquis of the County, the people of Fengxian County are innocent, so he still wants to find the Jade Emperor.

Seeing this, the four celestial masters could only tell him that the Jade Emperor had set up three things, and all of them had to be done before he could bring rain to Fengxian County.

"Which three things?"

"The great sage will follow us to Pixiang Hall to see for ourselves."

After the four celestial masters finished speaking, they took him to Pixiang Temple.

"There are dogs!"

As soon as Xiaoshitou arrived at Pixiang Temple, he was attracted by the dog, and went down from Monkey King's arms to find the dog to play with.

Sun Wukong put him down, looked at the mountains of rice and noodles in the hall and asked, "What's the meaning of this?"

The four great celestial masters immediately told him that unless the chickens had finished eating the rice, the dogs had finished licking the noodles, and the fire had broken the locks, there would be no rain in Fengxian County.

Sun Wukong looked at the mountains of rice and noodles, and felt that when the food was finished, the people of Fengxian County might all die.

Xiao Shitou had a lot of fun petting the dog, and even eagerly wanted to climb the nearby mountain, but when he noticed that he was getting agitated, he immediately got up and came to him.

"big Stone!"

Sun Wukong reached out and touched his head, looked at the four heavenly masters and said, "Is there no other way?"

"Great Sage, don't worry, these three things are hard to say, easy to say..."

Before the words of the four celestial masters were finished, Sun Wukong rolled his eyes and said: "That's right, my old grandson will just move the mountains of rice and mountains away!"

As for the lock, it would not be too late for him to interrupt it later.

"This was set up by the Jade Emperor, you can't move it away." The four great celestial masters smiled and shook their heads, apparently feeling that his thinking was too naive.

Monkey King didn't believe it, so he insisted on trying it.

I saw him chanting the incantation to move the mountain, but Mishan Mianshan did not move at all.

After he had tried it, the Four Heavenly Masters finished what they had just said, and told him that instead of worrying about it here, it is better for the county marquis to change his past and do good.

Monkey King was persuaded by them, so he picked up the little guy and left.

Posthouse.

The Marquis of the county kept turning around in the main hall, thinking about whether he could succeed in praying for rain this time.

As soon as he turned to the door, Sun Wukong just came back and showed a fierce look at him.

"Wukong, you're back." Seeing him, Tang Seng immediately got up from his seat.

Sun Wukong didn't care about him, but stared at the county magistrate and said, "You old man, what kind of wicked thing did you do to anger the Jade Emperor and make him refuse to rain!"

The Marquis of the county waved his hand to show that he was not that kind of person, but Sun Wukong couldn't listen, so he asked him to think clearly first.

"Master, there are dogs in the sky that eat noodles, and chickens that eat rice."

Hearing what the little guy said, Zhu Bajie couldn't help asking: "Why do dogs eat noodles and chickens eat rice?"

"Isn't this old man doing something wrong to let the Jade Emperor know that he set up a rice mountain, a flour mountain and a lock in the Pixiang Hall..."

Sun Wukong's trip was not going well, so he was in a bad mood, so he pulled his sleeves and told the story.

But anyone who thinks about it will know how difficult these three things are. After hearing this, the county marquis sat down on the ground and cried: "It's over, the people of my Fengxian County are all over!"

"Then it's all your fault!" Zhu Ba ring pointed at him.

Tang Seng did not follow his disciples to complain about him, but came to him and said: "Your Majesty, don't you know that the dark room is evil, and the eyes are like lightning..."

Before he finished speaking, Xiao Shitou immediately said: "I know, I know, it means that you can't do bad things secretly, or you will be seen by the gods!"

"Look, you still don't understand the truth that children know, so you should think about what you have done wrong." Zhu Bajie said.

After Tang Seng praised the little guy, he advised the county marquis not to hide any more, and to tell the bad things before he changed his mind and turned to good.

After thinking about it for a moment, the Marquis of the county really said something.

But it turned out that he had an unworthy son who had robbed a civilian girl before.The husband of the civilian girl came to the door, and the county marquis was furious. After scolding the son, he wanted to let the couple go home, but his wife protected the son and quarreled with him because of this matter. He had to overturn the altar.

"Speaking of my apology, I am afraid of guilt. I wanted to let the couple go, but because my wife refused, I now keep the couple separately in the mansion... I thought that no one would know about this matter, but now I know I can't be guilty." reason."

After hearing what he said, Monkey King jumped up and said, "Are you an official or your wife is an official?"

Tang Seng also followed suit, saying that since he is an official, he should make decisions for the people, and should not bully the people in turn.

"I know I made a mistake, and I must change it, I must change it." The county marquis thought that Fengxian county had not rained for three years because of his selfishness, so he repeatedly admitted his mistake.

Although his attitude was sincere, Sun Wukong was still a little angry and expressed that he didn't want to take care of this matter anymore.

The county marquis hurriedly got up and begged him when he heard the words, but Monkey King still didn't want to answer.

"You should correct your mistakes first and let the couple go." Tang Seng reminded.

The county marquis suddenly realized, and hurried to the door and shouted: "Come here!"

Seeing that he was upset, Sun Wukong jumped over and said, "You have imprisoned the husband and wife for three years, why are you still putting on airs, and why don't you personally apologize to him."

The Marquis of the county may have a momentary selfishness in this matter, but on the whole he still cares about the common people. As long as he can ask for rain, he is willing to do anything.

When Sun Wukong finished speaking, he immediately went to apologize in person and released him.