[Comprehensive] Saving Tragedy

On the sunny hillside, the hunchbacked Mao Shiba was slowly walking up. Although his head was covered with white hair, his face was wrinkled and pale, as if he was sick, but However, he still carries a kind of fierceness that only warriors have.

This kind of breath or anyone who sees it can know that this old man is not an ordinary character, not to mention that the clothes, shoes and socks on his body are not ordinary coarse cloth, but delicate silk, which makes it unusual. The common people carefully avoided him when they saw him from a distance.

There were even a few people who saw Mao Shiba secretly gossiping with others, but it was nothing more than: this old man came here almost every day, the old man’s wife is buried on the mountain, or the old man’s ink marks, the old lady is dead, People are a little dazed or something.

Of course, there is no shortage of those who, after hearing this, are envious and jealous of the good relationship between the old couple. It's just that such rhetoric, such discussions can't reach Mao Shiba's ears. Every time he walks up the mountain, it seems like I can't hear anything else, only the silent tombstone on the mountain is in my heart.

Mao Shiba walked alone, and carefully reached the mountainside, and stopped in front of a sunny tombstone. It was a neat and luxurious tomb. From the tombstone to the flat ground in front of the tomb, there was It is made of high-quality white jade, and there are several sweet-scented osmanthus trees beside it. It looks so different from other houses. They seem to use pines, cypresses, and holly. I don’t know whose bad taste it is, anyway. No one just said it.

What is even more puzzling is that the writing on the tombstone is also very family-style. Just based on this, we can know that the people buried in this tomb are quite unusual. It can be said that there are quite a few capable people among the younger generations, and it is precisely because of this , this place is so clean, so neat, ordinary people will not come to provoke, let alone disturb the cleanliness of this resting person.Looking carefully, the words on the tombstone read:

Maomen Webster's Tomb.Seeing this, everyone knew that this was Wei Chunhua's last shelter.Even Liu Liu, who has already returned to the modern age, would never have imagined that her physical body would have such a day of enjoyment.

"Chunhua, I came to see you again. I don't know what's wrong recently. I always dream of you. I'm old too. It's almost time to accompany you. I remember it. You're gone every day. It's been 190 days, tell me, why is it so fast? Why did I feel that you just told me yesterday that you couldn't use your eyes and couldn't make clothes. In a blink of an eye, you've been gone for so long? Could it be? Am I living a confused life? I shouldn’t! To be honest, I’m really not used to it without you. No one! Hey, the children are all grown up, and they are all too busy. I can’t talk to them, and I feel very uncomfortable. This is not the case, I’d better find you, or you, stay with you, what’s the matter I don’t have to worry about anything anymore, and I feel refreshed. Come, let’s have a drink together. It’s been a long time since I had a drink with you. I really miss you. Now, you can’t take my glass away, haha, look , I drank it, drank it! Why didn't you come and grab it? I'm kidding you..."

Mao Shiba sat down in front of the tombstone, took out two cups and a small wine jug from his arms, leaned on the grave, and drank cup after cup while rambling on. .In a trance, Mao Shiba felt as if his eyes became confused, as if something covered his eyes and he couldn't see anything, and it seemed that someone was waving at him not far away, trying to see clearly , and suddenly disappeared, who could it be?Maybe it's spring flowers?Why is it different from yesterday's dream?Your eyes are not working well?No, this is when I was young, it looks like this body is very light.

Mao Shiba felt that he had understood it, and his heart was filled with joy, and his mind seemed to become clear, as if he had returned to the past.Everything in this life seems to have gone through in his mind as clearly as once.

Speaking of your own life, when is the most worth thinking about?When did that come?Ah, yes, that was when I was in my 30s. At that time, I was really a little silly, and I found it funny when I thought about it. One year, because I made an appointment with someone for a martial arts competition, but because of some trivial matters, I was taken away by the government, so I had to escape from prison and go out to attend the appointment. I confuse my small crime of only a few months with a big crime, and provoked a group of people. Surrounded by the masters, he made himself so miserable, his whole body was covered with injuries, and he still had to show his loyalty and cry for injustice for others, so he had to rely on Xiaobao to escape.Tell me what's going on!I am really stupid and a little dull.

By the way, Xiaobao, um, it's Xiaobao, this kid is a natural cunning, obviously only 12 years old at that time, but his level of cleverness made him a little speechless, if it wasn't for him, he would be afraid of that It's time to die. At that time, it is obvious that the kung fu is not good, but you can use the situation to tease people around, and grind those who catch you to death.But how should I put it, this child's mouth is really loved or hated, and it is precisely because of him that he can't get down from the stage, and the two of them finally went to the capital without knowing why.A man in his 30s was arguing with a child, and he really had a face at the time, and he blushed thinking about it.

It's just that he was lucky, and it was his stupid behavior at that time that benefited him for life.That year was really a year that changed his life, or not only him, but also Xiaobao, and many people, and most importantly, Chunhua, the woman who has held him back for the rest of his life.

Little Treasure really knows a lot, not like a kid who grew up in a brothel. When the two of them talk, he can always feel that this kid has a lot of knowledge.He can tell the main points of many things, and even some things that he, a traveler who traveled all over the country, can't see clearly, can also be said clearly. Such a child really makes him curious.I couldn't help but have the idea of ​​finding out.

It was also at that time that he got to know Chunhua for the first time and Xiaobaoniang's abilities, especially every time Xiaobao admired and proudly talked about what my mother said, it made him feel that it was absolutely She is a noble girl from a wealthy family. Although she is not familiar with Xiaobao, and her clothes and familiarity with Lichun Courtyard are not in harmony with these, she still feels that she is definitely a well-born child. A woman with a rich background.

This feeling lasted until they arrived in the capital, met Mu Wang's mansion, and met some people from the Tiandihui. Xiaobao was very cautious, and it could be said that he deliberately kept a distance. Jianghu, in fact, I still like and yearn for martial arts very much. How did I really meet him, but it was like this? With such confusion, I asked Xiaobao. What I didn’t want to hear was indeed about the people, about those former Some analysis of the royal family.

What Xiaobao said is right. Over the years, even though there have been massacres and enmity caused by hair-shaving orders, after so many years, the people have slowly begun to enjoy a life without war. At this time, The sayings of anti-Qing and Ming Dynasty, and the saying of the Han family have gradually lost their appeal among the people. Besides, Xiaobao is indeed right. At the end of the Ming Dynasty, the people did not live very well, otherwise There is no such thing as King Chuang, let alone the third prince Zhu, King Lu, etc., even the world has not been taken back, and there are already some royal disputes that look like civil strife. Signs of returning to the world.And with such a person who is obviously going to lose, the entanglement is deep, and I can't say when, I will be involved, not to mention losing one's head, and the family may also be dragged down. In this case, it is really best to keep a distance way.

Unknowingly, Mao Shiba discovered that he seemed to have begun to be influenced by Xiaobao, and his whole person became rational and calm, and he was able to do many things regardless of everything just relying on impulsive passion. At that time, he For the first time, he reflected on himself. What has he done in his life?For his dream of being a hero, he always walks outside and takes little care of his family. Even because of his righteousness, his rampage, regardless of his appearance, his parents, wife and children are all dragged down, and eventually he is killed by the family in his hometown. Persecuted by corrupt officials, at that time he only remembered other people's faults, and never thought about himself. Now that he thinks about it, he also has a lot of faults. Fighting against injustice, love to stand out, but did not settle down first, the family would not be what it is now, the family no longer protects him, and he has become a wanderer living in the rivers and lakes.

Because of this, when there was another crisis and he was thinking about how to escape in the palace, Xiaobao told him to go first, and he agreed. It was the first time he learned this compromise, learned to trust others, and learned to use strategies , although this also made him regret and worry for a long time, but it was really an attempt, but fortunately, it turned out well, Xiaobao is really a smart person, even in such a place, he can survive in troubled waters.

But sorry is sorry, so when he was thinking about how to leave Tiandihui's solicitation, he subconsciously used the reason of protecting Xiaobao's family, which was also what he wanted to do most in his heart, he wanted to see that woman, Xiaobao's mother, I want to know what kind of strange woman can raise a child like Xiaobao.

Of course, everyone has to believe that at that time, I really had no other intentions. Even if I knew that Xiaobao didn't have a father, I just thought it was Xiaobao's father's early death, and didn't think about anything else.But just when I thought I didn't have any other thoughts, Xiaobao suddenly came to me when no one was around, and told me the real situation. He is a child with an unknown father, and his mother had a miserable experience when she was young. , Speaking of what was my mood at the time?It seems to be a secret joy, how should I put it, at that time I had a thought, if this is the case, then is such a strange woman no longer so unattainable?Maybe there is hope for myself?

This kind of thinking may not be particularly clear at the time, but when I was rushing all the way to Yangzhou, for some reason, I kept trying to piece together the appearance of the little Baoniang in my heart, as if there was something else that I kept kneading in my heart. upset.This is the first time I know that just relying on other people's descriptions, just a little treasure's story, can calm my heart for many years, and make it so chaotic.

The first time I saw Chunhua, I only had one feeling, this woman is what I want, gentle, peaceful, generous, and that kind of inexplicable intellectual, the strength revealed all over her body, all Everything made my heart pound.

In this small yard, I once again felt what a home is, and my heart has settled down again. Maybe being a hunter or a fisherman is also a beautiful thing.

Treat everyone she values ​​with heart, be the man who is the top of the family, and take care of her with your own actions. This was my only thought at the time, and then I did the same, I could see her looking at me His eyes slowly began to change, from unfamiliar at first, to familiar, to gentle, I think I can finally muster up the courage.

So in that year, Chunhua finally became my wife. This woman who I had been thinking about for three years finally became the most important existence in my life.

"Father, why are you drinking at Mother's place again? If Mother finds out, be careful to dream about you at night."

Shi Shi finally found his drunk father in front of Wei Chunhua's grave. He sighed, helped him up, turned around, put the old man on his back, and was about to go down the mountain. After walking a few steps, he heard the old man Muttering on his back:

"It's your mother in the dream, she came to me, but why is she so stingy, she left without letting me see her face clearly, if I don't come here a few times, I'm afraid I'll forget your mother's face It’s too bad if that’s the case, how can I find someone underground.”

This was said lightly, as if it was a drunken talk after drinking, but people's eyes were a little wet when they heard it. Shito blinked vigorously, pulled the corners of his mouth, and then said jokingly:

"Father, speaking of it, Mother still values ​​you the most. Isn't that right? Why didn't we dream of it? You are lucky."

"Well, good fortune, I am blessed, you are all good children."

Mao Shiba slightly opened his eyes, looked at his son who was carrying his back, and smiled very contentedly, how could he not be satisfied, since he and Wei Chunhua got married, he has never had any other children, not a single one, there is no reason why Anyway, whether he or Wei Chunhua, they didn't force it, so they only had stones under their knees, Xiaobao and Xiaoyu. Speaking of which, none of the three children were related to Mao Shiba, but these three The children all changed their surnames and became his Mao Shiba's children.Filial, sensible, and as close to him as his own father.Especially now, after Wei Chunhua left, each of these children seemed to be afraid that he would be overwhelmed. They took turns to accompany him and treated him badly. Thinking about his life, even if none of them were biological, But it's time to be content, any of these children is an enviable good boy.

When Shi Shi heard what Mao Shiba said, his heart was also sour. Blessed, he is also very blessed. How is it not a blessing to have such a mother, who feeds and clothes him, teaches him knowledge, raises him, and gives him a wife? , take care of the children, after Xiaobao brought back the money, after the family became a three-entry house, a few even prepared a big yard for him, for fear that he would no longer be in his heart, really from head to toe, from outside to outside Inside, everything is well thought out, and Xiaoyu, the dowry and so on, don't have a little contribution from his elder brother, it's all prepared by his parents.

Sometimes he was in a trance, and he even wondered if he had made a mistake from the very beginning. This is his real parents, this is the home where he grew up from the beginning, there is too much warmth here, There are too many family ties that make him reluctant to leave.

"Father, you can't drink too much. The boys in the family are waiting for you to teach Kung Fu. Didn't you say that no one will inherit your Five Tigers Broken Door Knife? With so many grandchildren, it may not be enough for you to choose." ? I looked at the boss, the third child is good at learning, no matter how bad it is, the fifth child of Xiaobao’s family is also a good seed, why didn’t he succeed? "

Shitou looked at the sky, it was already getting dark, he was afraid that his father on his back would fall asleep in the wind and catch a cold, so he hurriedly started talking about other topics, trying to entice Mao Shiba to talk and make others sober, he didn't want to say this, Mao Shiba became worried instead.

"All good, all grandsons are good, but look, everyone has made your mother dote on you, they all focus on studying literature, and there are also those who study medicine, why don't they pay attention to this sword technique? They're all perfunctory and don't care. These days, if you don't have the ability to defend yourself, how can you not suffer? That's when Xiaobao was wandering outside, if he didn't have those skills, he might be bullied to death. These children just don't value them, and I'm so worried. Shitou, if it doesn't work, hurry up and let the eldest marry a wife. Maybe I can still see my great-grandson. At least I can teach my great-grandson to start from a young age. Now I don't have your mother. robbed me."

Maybe it's like this when people get old. Mao Shiba, the bold and forthright Jiang Hu guy back then, is now chattering and has a childish temper. Shitou also has a wry smile on his face. What can he say?The eldest is only 13 years old.But speaking of it, Xiaobao was only 12 years old when he left. How time flies!It's been so long all at once.

Shi Shi couldn't help turning his head, looked at the tomb that had been hidden behind the woods, and felt a little sad in his heart.

It's been a long time, even his mother is gone, he himself is over 30 now, remember when he met his mother, he seemed to be only seven years old, and he has loved his son for more than 20 years.

The cold wind was blowing, and the stone carried Mao Shiba back home step by step. In the cold wind, he seemed to smell the smell of meat buns again. It seemed that it was because of the meat buns that he made friends with Xiaobao. It was also because of the meat buns that he slowly became brothers with Xiaobao. The fate of a person in this life is really amazing. He never knew that a meat bun changed his destiny, allowing him to have a mother and a younger brother , had a family, and finally had a father, and realized all the dreams of childhood.

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That night, Mao Shiba had a dream again, and in the dream was still that misty shadow. This time he made great efforts to chase forward, and while chasing, he shouted:

"Chunhua, wait for me, I'll go with you, don't leave me alone..."

The shadow seemed to have heard his shout, stopped, and turned its head slowly. Mao Shiba tried hard to see the face clearly, but he couldn't see it clearly. It was not until he walked in that he faintly began to appear. contour.

Yes, that is a spring flower, and it is still the same as when I saw it for the first time, wearing blue clothes, big eyes, an oval face, the corners of the mouth are slightly raised, and the butterfly silver hairpin that I gave when I was hired is stuck on the head , still so young and so beautiful, Mao Shiba was a little dumbfounded, and said to her in a daze:

"Chunhua, you're still so pretty, what should I do? I'm getting old, will you despise me?"

The man looked at him with a smile, which made Mao Shiba feel that something was wrong, and couldn't help but look at himself. He didn't know when, he seemed to have changed, he could feel his hands changed, It is no longer as rough as the old bark, as if back in the past, when I was young, my hands were full of strength, and the joyful Mao Shiba couldn't help but reach out and grab Wei Chunhua's hand, firmly Looking at her, he said softly:

"Chunhua, we won't be separated anymore, let's keep going like this, okay?"

No one answered, but Mao Shiba felt that he had heard the answer. . . . . .

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In the morning, Shitou was very strange. His father used to get up early in the morning to fight, but today there was no sound at all. He frowned and yelled a few times to the main house, but no one answered. At the same time, the daughter-in-law asked:

"Could it be that I went to see my mother again? It's been half a year since my mother left, why hasn't my father recovered? Tell me how long it's been. This man seems to be getting old all of a sudden. His hair is all white. His back I also started to hunch over. Although the old couple has a good relationship, we are envious and feel good when we look at it, but if one of them is gone, it will be fatal. I am really afraid that Dad will not think about it anytime."

Don't say anything else, just said a few words that I can't think of, Shitou felt stunned in his heart, as if something broke through all of a sudden, he became uneasy, and rushed towards the main house, hastily, put the side The daughter-in-law brought down all the clothes that she had just hung up to dry.Provoked the daughter-in-law to yell several times.

Shi Shi couldn't hear anything, because he pushed open the door, and saw his father's calm, smiling face, as if he had fallen asleep, but he, who had learned martial arts, could clearly feel that there was nothing in this room. Apart from him, there was no sound of breathing.

Tears started to fall just like that, and there was only one thought in his mind. In the end, his father left anyway, and the one he was most reluctant to part with was his mother.

"father..."

With this heart-piercing shout, everyone in the family was startled, and they all rushed into the room, but they stood at the door but refused to go in, and they were all sad and unwilling to face it. Reality.

Mao Shiba died. Just half a year after Wei Chunhua's death, the Mao family held another funeral. Qionghua next door was dressed in plain clothes and sat on a chair beside her, staring blankly at the house. Those dutiful sons and grandsons, those white people who can be seen everywhere, suddenly smiled, raised their heads to the sky outside, and whispered:

"Chunhua, you guy, you are really lucky. Tell me, in this life, except for the bad luck of being sold there at the beginning, what is not enviable at other times, not to mention the success of your own son, The adopted one is also filial, and even the married man is so devoted to you. I really envy me. Yes, yes, I am also blessed. Who made my daughter-in-law be your daughter? Chunhua, don’t worry, you are still blessed , This is not, you are gone, your man is gone, the children in your family and I will help you watch, is this a blessing, Chunhua, don’t go too fast, wait, don’t know when I'll come to you, and you can pay me when the time comes."

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In this life, Xiaobao has no seven wives. He is very careful and pays attention to the word distance that his mother said. He is not interested in fighting for women or playing games. His mother has told many stories. Well, there were never a few stories about women fighting in the harem, so he was very careful, for fear that he would become the man in the story who would be treated as a fool.

It's just that he may have been born with a womanhood, but in the end he married three, one for Shuang'er, one for Mu Jianping, and the last one for Zeng Rou. All three were gentle girls, and there were no messy seniors or any favorites. The object, such a wife, made him very relaxed, not to mention, because he wanted to avoid the affairs between the Tiandihui and the emperor, he chose to retire early, out of the sight of those people, so he lived a real life It's very pleasant.

Although he chose not to go home because he was afraid that people would come to him and drag the family down. Instead, he rebuilt the house and settled in a place less than a day away from home, but this did not affect his good mood.He goes home to live for a few months every year, enjoying the warmth of the family, having a father, a mother, and brothers and sisters, so that his somewhat cold heart, which has been honed in the court and in the rivers and lakes, has regained its temperature.

It's just that now he is very sad, because he has no mother, and finally became a child without a mother. When he left home, he was like a bird that was let loose, yearning for freedom so much, and thinking about the wonderful things outside.It wasn't until he was outside for a long time that he realized the value of home. But at that time, he had already entered a vortex, and he couldn't come out at will. He could only continue to follow the vortex deeper and deeper. Please leave those, and bring his wife and children back home. At that moment, he really regretted how he left home so easily, and left his mother. She is old and is no longer the beautiful girl in his memory. At that time, he threw himself on his mother's lap, just like when he was a child, he didn't want to leave no matter what.

But if he was wrong, he was wrong. How long did he come back? It seemed that in the blink of an eye, his mother was gone. This made him regret as if he had stabbed his heart with a knife.The wound in my heart has not healed yet, and a new wound has been added. The housekeeper came to report that the elder brother of the old house had sent someone, and that my father was gone.

Xiaobao's eyes were full of tears, and he tried his best to raise his head, not wanting others to see him lose his composure, but his hands began to tremble uncontrollably, somehow he seemed a little jealous of his father.I haven't been there for so many years, and sure enough, that man has taken my place and become the most important person for my mother.Even if the relationship is good, I don't want to part with it.Do you want to yell away like this?

Or should he be jealous of his mother?This kind of half-way couple can actually be a long-term companion, not to mention, but still a long-term companion who depends on each other for life and death. Sure enough, the stories told by mother are sometimes unreliable. In this world, there are still people who can risk their lives and never leave. Yes, even though this father was recognized halfway, even though he used to be commensurate with his brother, even though he was dissatisfied that he was a generation taller than him, but mother, you are really happy.

Perhaps, I am also happy. After I have no hope for my father, I still have such a blessing. There is still a father who can shout, respect, and feel what it is like to have a father. It is just this kind of happiness. It seems to be too short, so short that he can't grasp it.

It's only been a few years of good times, this time I really became an orphan, without a mother or a father, Xiaobao felt that his world seemed to have collapsed in half.

"Prepare for filial piety, let's go quickly."

Xiaobao didn't know what to say, his voice was choked up, obviously he had exhausted all his strength, but the sound he made was so weak that he himself felt very weak. In the end, he finally couldn't speak, and slumped supporting the butler's body, Holding on without falling down, he waved his hand weakly, telling the family to tidy up and hurry over. That was his father, even though he wasn't his own father, he was still his father, the only father in his life, and he always wanted to give it away. For the last look.The eyes that had been blurred by tears were widened, wanting to see the road outside clearly, Xiao Bao didn't even know what he wanted to see clearly.

There was a lot of crying in the house next to the earth temple, and the crying neighbors all looked sad and sighed for the love of the old couple.

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Wei Chunhua and Mao Shiba were buried together, and the tomb was full of children and grandchildren. Although they were all dressed in plain and filial piety, and the scene was miserable, but in the eyes of those sisters who also came out of the yard as their mothers, they were the most satisfied and most happy in the world. happy thing.

At this time, who still knows that Wei Chunhua was just a girl who was not considered a red card in Lichunyuan, and who still remembers the mother and son who walked out with only a package when they redeemed themselves.There are also a few people who will recall pointing and pointing back then, saying that they can't hold on, and they will become a sarcasm of secret doors at some point.After getting over it, really overcoming it, and living so well, these sisters who are still alive wipe away their tears one by one, envious of this sister who has been sealed.

For many years, no ruffians have come to make trouble in that small courtyard, and for many years, no one has looked down upon them. Today's Mao family is like thousands of ordinary people's homes, even Life is better than ordinary people, and they are not small wealthy people in Yangzhou city.

Xiaobao seemed to hear his mother's ditty again. Looking at the tombstone and the people around him, he returned to the year when he was five years old in a trance, and saw his mother at that time again. The mother of Lichunyuan was chasing , The faces of those aunts are so clear, he remembers several of them, it seems that they have redeemed themselves long ago, why are they still there?In a trance, he seemed to grow up slowly. This time, his mother did not redeem himself, and neither did many people, and continued to make a living there. Aunt Qionghua was sick and died, and his mother cried a lot. His life is not the same at all, he grew up in Lichun College, the eyes of those who despise and look down on, hurt like a needle prick, how could this be?What's going on, just when Xiaobao seemed to see himself meeting Mao Shiba again when he was 12 years old, the person next to him pulled his sleeve and pulled him out of the trance environment , Looking back, it was a stone.

"Little Bao, you're home."

Yes, after returning home, he woke up suddenly, the trance was like never before, this person felt cool for a while, turned his head and glanced at the tombstone, and the names of the two people on it, followed the stone and began to descend the mountain up.

Even without his parents, he still has brothers, sisters, wives and children, nephews, nephews, and many relatives.He has also grown up and become a father. Since then, he is no longer relied on by others, and he will also be relied on by others.

"Brother, after a while, let's recalculate the family. Is it easier to move closer? Without parents, we just helped each other out."

"Okay, let's go back and talk about this matter. By the way, how much did you buy this piece of land? Let's put the cemetery here in the future, so that we can be with our parents."

"That's it, it's done, I'll do it."

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