Seventy-three     White He repaid his kindness

During the Tiansheng period of the Northern Song Dynasty, Yinjia Village, Yuezhou, North Road, Jinghu, was next to Dongting Lake. The village in the village was more than 300 villagers, most of whom were fishing as their main business, followed by farming. There was a villager Yin Yingzhuo, who was young and powerful, and was born with extraordinary arm strength. He was also a fisherman and could cast big nets. He was known as Yin Dali.

Yin Yingzhuo's parents died early. He married Liu's wife in the neighboring village. He had a son and was named Xiong'er. Yingzhuo drove a boat to the lake to fish every day. On the day of the market, he exchanged fish for firewood and rice to make a living. Although he was not rich, he was happy and worry-free.

On the first day of the early winter of the third year of Tiansheng, Yingzhuo returned late on the boat and suddenly heard a puff in the reeds on the shore. He drove the boat to follow the sound and saw a big bird in the reeds flapping its wings and struggling with its wings, and he couldn't fly. Yingzhuo got off the boat and waded to the water to look at it again. It was a white crane. He was unable to flap his wings and fly high due to injury. He went up and picked up the white crane and looked at it carefully. This white crane was pure white, flawless, bright red beak, straight long neck and neck curled and long, and a beautiful crane! However, his right leg was caught in an arrow, bleeding outward, and blood stained feathers. Obviously, he was shot by the hunter. If he was not treated in time, he would definitely die.

Ying Zhuo felt sorry for the misfortune of the white crane. He carried it on the boat, pulled out the arrow, tore his belt, and bandaged it with cloth. He placed the white crane in the cabin and wanted to return, suddenly heard someone on the shore shouting, "Hey! Can you see a wounded crane?" Ying Zhuo raised his eyes and saw two hunters on the shore, carrying arrows on his back and holding a hunting fork, and asked loudly. Ying Zhuo knew these two people, and they were Guo Feng and Guo Cheng brothers from Guojiazhuang in the neighboring village. Ying Zhuo was honest and replied, "I saw it, in my cabin." Guo Feng said, "Don't let the fishermen hide their prey, come back quickly!" Ying Zhuo couldn't bear to see the cranes die by the hunter, so he discussed with him that he would exchange them for five big fish. Guo Feng refused and said He insulted Yingzhuo. Yingzhuo became angry and jumped to the shore. He argued with him. Both sides fought and beat him. Guo Feng held the fork and stabbed Yingzhuo in the leg. Although Yingzhuo's kung fu was superficial, his strength was greater. He quickly flashed and stabbed the air. Yingzhuo took advantage of the opportunity to grab the handle of the fork and pulled it out with force. Both sides pulled each other. Seeing this, Guo Cheng stepped forward to help him, two and one. Yingzhuo was not showing any weakness. His temperament and waving his arms and exerted a thousand pounds of force. He swung the handle of the fork. Yingzhuo was like the center of the circle, and the handle of the fork was like Guo Feng and Guo Cheng, and he swung it in the air for three times in a row. He loosened it with great force. Guo Feng and Guo Cheng flew to the distance in a parabola, and fell into the water.

Guo Feng and Guo Cheng knew that they were not Yingzhuo's opponent, so they were wet and climbed ashore in a mess, and did not dare to fight with Dali again. Yingzhuo got on the boat, threw five fish on the shore, shouted and took them away, and then returned.

Yingzhuo returned with a wounded He, and called his wife to quickly take the knife wound medicine. Liu took it and helped his husband heal the wound for Baihe. Yingzhuo washed the wound of the crane, applied it with the knife wound medicine, and bandaged it heavily. Baihe lost too much blood and was as angry as a flower. Yingzhuo was extremely heartbroken. That night, he covered the white crane with a cotton coat, took care of it carefully, and did not sleep all night.

The next morning, Yingzhuo had not yet gone to the lake to catch fish, so he fed the rice porridge to the white crane. The white crane was unable to stand up, so Yingzhuo hugged it and fed it. Seeing that the white crane was eating, Yingzhuo was a little relieved, so he fed it with vegetables, clams, snails and other vegetables every day. He was afraid that his legs were stiff and he could not move, so Yingzhuo often massaged it. When Yingzhuo went to the lake, he taught his son and son to feed it.

Under careful care, the white crane was safe and safe. After more than half a month, he could stagger and walk slowly. Every night, Yingzhuo pulled the white crane and walked to increase his leg strength and taught his children to pull the crane slowly. After more than a month, the white crane's wings spread and the kicking force gradually grew, and his vitality was also restored, showing his spirit and spirit, and he could return to the blue sky!

Yingzhuo was determined to let the white crane fly and let it return to nature. One day in the middle of winter, Yingzhuo drove the white crane into the lake and released it. The white crane first flapped its wings, led its long neck, stretched its legs back, flapped its wings and flew into the blue sky, flying higher and higher, soaring in the sky. Yingzhuo was extremely happy and waved to the white crane frequently to congratulate him.

Unexpectedly, the next morning, Baihe returned to Yingzhuo's house again, and continued to release it, but returned it. After repeated trips, Baihe still refused to give up. This is really an elf who is sympathetic to human nature and values ​​emotions! Yingzhuo had no choice but to continue to raise it and named it Xianger, and the love between man and crane became deeper.

Every morning, Xianger bulged his feathers and wings, and shouted loudly, like a rooster urging his master to get up. During the day, Yingzhuo drove him into the lake to fish. He flew forward and backward on the boat, suddenly flapping his wings and hovering, as if he played with his master, then retracted his wings and landed on the bow of the boat, and looked at his master to cast a net to catch fish, which made Yingzhuo unlimited fun. At night, it was cool, Xianger curled up under Yingzhuo's feet, stretched his long beak to his master's knees, and the people and birds lie together in the same bed, sleeping silently.

In March of the following year, the grass grows and the birds fly, and migratory birds return to the north. On the Qingming Festival, the cranes fly over Yin's house. Xiang'er looks up at him, flaps his wings and rises, and flies towards the cranes. However, he circles in the air for several circles, and then lands back. The next day, another group of cranes fly over. Xiang'er makes a sad cry and flies to the cranes again. Yingzhuo hears it and quickly leaves the house, looking up at him. After a while, Xiang'er returns again, lands on Yingzhuo's shoulders, stretches his neck and rubs it on the face of his master, as if he is reluctant to leave. Yingzhuo's words, gently caresses Xiang'er's neck, sobbing and sobbing, "You are gone, are you waiting for him?" He knows that Xiang'er is about to ask for a partner, and he loves to say, "Don't forget, when you return this winter, I can bring you back, I am happy." After saying that, he threw Xiang'er into the air, Xiang'er flew up, looked at him three times and said goodbye!

Xianger has gone north, Yingzhuo feels lost, and often thinks about it. The heat goes and cold. One night in the early winter, several crisp and pleasant cranes pierced through the night sky. Yingzhuo woke up in his sleep and shouted: "Xianger has returned, Xianger has returned!" His wife thought he was whispering to her dreams, but she ignored it. Unexpectedly, Yingzhuo got up and left the house. She saw two big white birds flying suddenly from the reeds in front of the house and flew straight to the courtyard. She saw the birds coming in front of the day and night, thinking about Xianger! She was extremely surprised. Xianger saw Yingzhuo, stretched her neck and flapped her wings, and kept ringing, and was so happy. Yingzhuo burst into tears and stroked Xianger's neck to tell the story of parting. Yingzhuo saw a strange white crane behind Xianger, with snow-white body, red beak and feet, standing tall and graceful like a beautiful girl. He knew Xianger's doll, Yingzhuo praised Xianger, "You have a great future!"

Yingzhuo built a bird's nest for Xiang'er, laying thick grass in the nest, and pasting the word "Xi" at the door of the nest. After setting up a bridal chamber, Xiang'er lived with him. Yingzhuo named Xiang'er's sleeper Xue'er and took good care of him.

Xianger and Xueer celebrate their honeymoon and enjoy themselves. Every morning and evening, the couple's happy dance can be seen. Xianger first relaxed his wings and made several sounds of "kick" sounds, then stepped on the light dance steps to his beloved wife, and turned around Xueer and danced. Xueer also spread her wings slowly, moved her steps slightly, and gently welcomed her husband to dance. When the dance reached the end of the day, the couple's beaks face to face, flew up and down, and roared their necks for a long time. They understood each other and cooperated properly, just like a pair of outstanding dance stars.

The crane dances in the fisherman, and this news spreads across all the villages and villages. The villagers came in a crowd of people and watched the crane dance. They were all amazed. When Guo Feng and Guo Cheng heard it, they were extremely jealous and decided to destroy it and vomit it quickly. One day, when the wind was high and late at night, the two brothers and brothers took the weapons and fire to Yinjia Village, sneaked into Yingzhuo's residence, and took advantage of the opportunity of the crane sleeping, and quietly arrived at Xiang'er's bridal chamber. Guo Feng warned that Guo Cheng took the fire, lit the torch, and threw it into it. The fire suddenly rose. Xiang'er screamed and flew out. Yingzhuo heard the sound and woke up quickly. Seeing the fire in the courtyard, he rushed out of the house and shouted for fire. When the neighbors heard the sound of asking for help, he quickly brought the water to extinguish the fire.

Xue'er was too late to escape, and her feathers were burned and she couldn't get up. Xiang'er kept leaving and whine. Everyone sighed when they saw this. Before the fire broke out, villagers left the village and met the Guo brothers sneaking in at night. Then they told Yingzhuo that the two thieves decided to do this. Yingzhuo was furious and took more than ten village names. He went to Guojiazhuang to find the two thieves to fight. The Guo brothers saw that something was wrong and fled. Yingzhuo found that the two thieves were not seeing each other. So he smashed his family and destroyed them and returned angrily.

Yingzhuo bought burn medicine for Xueer to treat it, and ordered the hero to feed it daily and take care of it carefully. After spring, because Xueer was healing, Xianger did not return to the north. Under careful care, Xueer gradually recovered from his injuries and gave birth to new feathers, spread her wings and danced, and the yard returned to the joy of the past.

Xiong'er and Xue'er became friends and were inseparable. One day in summer, Xiong'er accidentally fell into the water when she was picking wild flowers by the lake. Xue'er saw it and screamed in panic. At this time, Xiang'er was looking for food and flew to the sound. When Xiang'er heard the sound, she flew to the young master and touched Xue'er with her beak, signaling her wife to stay and take care of her. She flew to the house quickly, held Yingzhuo's trousers with her beak, and pulled him out hard. Seeing this, Yingzhuo had a premonition that something unexpected happened, so she quickly followed Xiang'er to the lake. Seeing that her son was struggling and was quickly rescued, she quickly got into the water for emergency treatment. Because Xiang'er reported the news, she rescued him in time. The young man escaped without any serious damage. Seeing that his son was rescued, Liu stepped forward and picked him up, thanking Xiang'er for saving the young master, and she burst into tears. Xiang'er and Xue'er flew down on his head and roamed him with joy, which seemed to be glad.

In midsummer, heavy rain continued for several days, and the lake water rose sharply. Late one night, Xiang'er and Xue'er suddenly fell on the roof, screaming constantly, as if calling the police, Xiang'er pecked at the door of the house with a loud noise. Yingzhuo woke up and opened the door quickly. Seeing that the water in the yard was deep and the water was rushing. He knew that the mountain torrent was coming and the flood was coming. He shouted that the flood was coming! His family and neighbors heard the sound, and they packed up their fines and food and fled on a boat. Yingzhuo had just gotten on the boat and looked back and saw that the whole village had been submerged in the vast flood!

The whole village was rescued, and after more than 300 lives, they all thanked Bai He for his kindness and said that Xiang'er and Xue'er were divine birds. Because they were afraid of Yingzhuo's revenge, the Guo brothers often hid in the cellar. When the flood broke out, they failed to escape in time and drowned in the water. The laws of nature were clear and they finally received retribution!
Chapter completed!