It was getting late at this time, and it was almost midnight when Da Kui returned home. His mother couldn't help but ask questions. Da Kui took out three ingots from his arms. His mother was shocked: "Where did you get so much money?" Da Kui would not lie, so he told the truth.
I told my mother what happened over the past two days.
Da Kui's mother was an authentic peasant woman. During the off-season, she went to the city to wash clothes for wealthy families to supplement the family income. When Da Kui was three years old, Da Kui's father was taken by the government to build a river embankment, and he never came back. Later, I heard people say that Da Kui
My father was beaten to death by the supervisor because he stood up for people in the same village.
Nowadays, mother and son depend on each other, and they are usually afraid that Da Kui will do something wrong outside. Every time before Da Kui goes into the mountains to cut firewood, she will nag her for a long time, fearing that something unexpected will happen. At this time, she heard what Da Kui said about climbing the city with bare hands.
Tang Heye assassinated corrupt officials, and the city fought against Yuan soldiers. The mother was so frightened that she trembled all over until Dakui finished telling what he had experienced. The mother held her son in her arms and said with tears: "My son
Ah, your father died early. If you have any shortcomings, how can you live as a mother?" After saying this, he sobbed and broke down in tears.
Dakui said in his mother's arms: "Mom, don't cry." He comforted his mother, but Dakui was thinking about something. It was not convenient to tell his mother about this matter, so he had to keep it in his heart...
For the next few days, Da Kui was kept at home by his mother. She said she was afraid that Da Kui would go to the city again to sell firewood and someone would recognize him and report him to the police. Until one day when Da Kui saw something, he made up his mind to tell his mother what was on his mind.
On this day, Da Kui got up in the morning, washed up, and chopped firewood for the day as usual. His mother was busy preparing breakfast in the kitchen, and she looked over at Da Kui and said, "Dakui, you have been bored at home these days. Go out for a walk.
You're not allowed to go too far." Dakui agreed. He was feeling bored, so he might as well go for a walk.
When I walked to the entrance of the village, I saw butcher Zhang from the same village killing a cow. Butcher Zhang and Da Kui's family are relatives, so Da Kui should call him second uncle. The cow that butcher Zhang killed was recognized by Da Kui as the cow from his neighbor Ge Ye's family. This old cow
The cow was hit with a stone by Da Kui and his friends when he was a child. It was because the cow ate the family’s wheat straw. Afterwards, Mr. Ge went to Da Kui’s mother to argue, and Da Kui was chased all over the village by her mother holding a rolling pin.
.Thinking of his childhood naughtiness, Dakui laughed.
Butcher Zhang saw Da Kui giggling and couldn't help but asked in a funny voice: "Idiot, what are you giggling about?".
Dakui said: "Nothing to laugh about, I just came out for a walk." After a while, when he saw Butcher Zhang's sharp knife stabbing into the old cow's heart, Dakui suddenly felt his heart sinking. He seemed to have thought of something, and couldn't help but walk away with his head down.
Returned home.
While having breakfast, Dakui asked his mother: "Mom, what kind of person is my father?"
The mother was stunned, looked at Dakui and said: "When your father was not married to my mother, he was a famous bricklayer from all over the country. He was loyal, honest and very capable. That's why my mother married your father."
My mother's eyes were filled with tears.
Dakui said angrily: "Mom, why was my father killed because he was loyal and honest? Mr. Ge's cows have done so much for Mr. Ge, but in the end they have to be killed and sold as meat?"
The mother looked at Dakui in surprise and asked, "Son, what's wrong with you?"
Dakui stood up and said: "Ever since I met Brother Tang, I realized that people must live with their spine straight, otherwise, like my father, they will be slaughtered like the cattle of Mr. Ge's family!"
The mother looked at Dakui in surprise, feeling so strange: "Son, as common people, we must abide by our duties. We don't dare to think nonsense."
Dakui said angrily: "My duty is to beat the supervisor to death if he is dissatisfied?"
Looking at his mother's haggard face, Dakui walked aside with tears and knelt on the ground with a bang: "Mom, I want to go out and learn my skills. I don't want to be a person like my father, and I don't want to be a cow to be slaughtered."
The mother asked with tears in her eyes: "Son, where are you going?"
Dakui said: "Tiantai Mountain, Feiyun Temple. Brother Tang wrote me a letter before he left, asking me to go to his uncle, the Taoist Chixin, to learn the art."
The mother asked again: "How long will it take for you to come back?"
Dakui hesitated and said: "At least three years."
Seeing that Dakui had made up his mind, his mother had no choice but to say, "If you want to leave, don't be in a hurry. I'll stay with you for another day and talk to you." Mother and son held each other's hands and cried.
At dawn the next day, Da Kui got up early. He chopped a lot of firewood for his mother and filled the water tank with water. It was three o'clock in the morning when he finished doing this. His mother prepared a bag for Da Kui, which contained several pieces of clothes and two clothes.
A pair of cloth shoes and a bag of dry food. Mother tied it to Da Kui's back with her own hands, and fetched a water hyacinth and hung it on Da Kui's waist. After doing this, she took out a cloth purse from the house and stuffed it into Da Kui's arms.
The resident warned: "Son, it's better to be out there than at home. Be careful everywhere, and don't argue with others when something happens. Didn't the gentleman in our village say, endure the calm for a while, take a step back... take a step back... what do you say?"
Dakui chuckled and said, "Just take a step back. Say whatever you like! Hehehe."
Mother stretched out her hand to carefully sort out Dakui's clothes and baggage, pretending to be angry and said: "Look at you kid, why are you so out of character? You must remember what mother told you."
Dakui smiled and said: "Don't worry, mother, I'm not like that. I haven't caused any trouble since I was a kid!"
My mother repeatedly warned: "Remember, wear more clothes when it's cold, eat when you're hungry, and don't be reluctant to spend money. Mom left forty taels of the money you got back at home. When will she be waiting for you?"
I will marry you a wife when I come back. You have to learn to take care of yourself outside?" Mother continued to nag as usual until she sent Da Kui to the entrance of the village.
At this moment, it was warm and sunny, but it had not arrived. The autumn wind blew the poplar trees beside the village rustling, adding to the sadness of separation. Da Kui looked at his mother's half-white hair and couldn't help but shed tears: "Mom, you idiot!
When I go out this time, I must learn my skills well. When Idiot comes back, I will marry a wife and serve you together." After saying that, he knelt on the ground, kowtowed three times and broke down in tears.
With tears in her eyes, her mother stretched out her hand to help Dakui and choked with sobs: "I'm here, my mother is waiting for you to come back. Get up, get up, the ground is cold!"
Dakui stood up and looked at his mother again, then turned around and left. His mother's instructions came from far behind him: "Son, go early and come back early!" Dakui didn't dare to look back after hearing this, for fear that he would be gone if he turned around.
The courage of family.
The autumn wind picked up a few fallen leaves and withered grass, whirling on the road at the entrance of the village and drifting into the ravine beside the road. My mother stood at the entrance of the village and watched Dakui go further and further away, with tears on her face that never stopped, and she stretched out her hands to close her temples.
With her gray hair on the side, the mother sighed deeply. Her child hurt herself. Dakui had been a naive child since he was a child. How had he ever traveled far away?
As the old saying goes: The son traveled thousands of miles, and the mother was worried. Dakui's departure from home seemed to have taken away the mother's backbone. The mother didn't wait until Dakui's figure disappeared, and she stood at the entrance of the village for a while, then turned around and walked home in despair...