A tree of holly is floating

On the seventh day of March in the eighth year of Tianwu, Ghost Cave Cliff in western Hunan, by the River of Rebirth

An old fisherman in coir raincoat and bamboo hat propped a black-covered boat down the river. Inside the boat was a narrow coffin tied with a streamer of white cloth.The coffin was not painted, and it was not new wood. It looked like a few wall panels that had been removed from a dilapidated house somewhere and were randomly nailed together.Years after year, the people who fought in the war had no means of living. Ordinary people may not be able to get a corpse shrouded in a broken straw mat after death. Just such a coffin can be regarded as a generous burial.

Xu Shi knocked against a stone, the hull of the boat shook, and the coffin slid a few inches to the side with a creak.

Chang Le was playing a broken flute on the cliff, with one leg hanging outside the hanging coffin. When the black-covered boat approached, he jumped off the cliff lightly and landed firmly on the bow.

The old fisherman said: "Master, are you going to rob?"

Chang Le waved his hands and said, "No, no, I'm here to give you money today!" Then he took out a small purse from his pocket and threw it at the old fisherman's feet.

The old fisherman sighed: "Since I have made a living, I am taking other people's money. How can there be any reason to do double-headed business? If you can't do it, you will be punished by God!"

Chang Le smiled, and said again: "How do you know that you can't do it? How do you know that you will be punished by God? As the saying goes, it is better to demolish ten temples than destroy one marriage, and you will naturally have your share of this sinful virtue today!"

Saying that, Chang Le bowed into the barn to carry the coffin, ignoring the old fisherman in the stern thinking about his sins over and over again.Then he kicked the penny beside the boat into the river, and said: "Borrow it and use it!"

But when he opened the coffin lid and saw the woman's swollen belly, Chang Le's smug face instantly darkened, and after taking a mouthful of saliva, he said, "Unlucky!" He was about to throw the coffin lid back when he saw the woman's swollen belly. There was something arched under her belly, and she immediately brushed her forehead with her hand, and found a trace of remnant soul.

Chang Le sighed, put the broken flute on her waist, leaned over and carried the woman out, looked around, but couldn't find a place to put her, so she had to put her on another coffin .Lifting up the woman's skirt, she really is a pregnant woman.

Chang Le thought for a while, and immediately pulled out a short knife from her boots, held the woman's belly with one hand and probed, and carefully lowered the knife with the other hand. After a while, she actually pulled out a bloody knife from her belly. Fresh baby.

Pulling a few rags to wrap the baby, she didn't cry, she just whimpered a few times in Chang Le's arms, and then fell asleep with her face tilted.

At this time, when I went to look at the woman again, even the last trace of the remnant soul had quietly faded away, completely lifeless.

Putting her back into the coffin and nailing the coffin lid, Chang Le took the baby into her arms, grabbed a few handfuls of paper money, picked up the coffin and carried it on her shoulders, and returned to the River of Rebirth, and placed the coffin in a In the hollow, I threw a few handfuls of paper money towards the bottom of the cliff, and said in my mouth: "Remember to have a good pregnancy in your next life!"

Looking at the little face sleeping soundly in his arms, Chang Le thought for a while and said, "From now on, you will be called Fu Sheng!"

A few days later, the old fisherman passed the bottom of the cliff with his boat again. When the boat sank, he looked back and saw that boy again.

The old fisherman said: "Grandpa, my awning boat is empty today, you should go back earlier!"

Chang Le smiled and said, "Old man, I won't make things difficult for you today. But, how about raising a doll for me!"

The old fisherman waved his hands repeatedly and said, "Hey, I don't know how to raise dolls! No way!"

Chang Le said again: "I will give you all the money I earn in the future, and I will collect your body when you die. This is great!"

The old fisherman thought for a moment and said, "I don't dare to ask for your money, but you must reserve a good place for me on the cliff!"

Chang Le put the baby in the cabin, kicked a penny on the spaceship, and said, "Definitely! I will definitely keep the best for you!" After speaking, he stepped on the penny and played the broken flute to float along the water gone.

The old fisherman bowed into the cabin and saw a powdery little doll wrapped in a roll of rags. He was overjoyed and quickly picked it up and hugged it in his arms.