Hunger for a hundred years

Chapter 50 (7)
In the past, He Jiapo had a teacher He, who was so silent that he hardly had a name. No matter what happened to He Jiapo, he would never intervene, let alone take any action.He used his silence to gain the respect of the people on the slope.However, the people on Poshang did not treat him special just because he was the child's teacher, and everyone basically forgot about him.The students he taught will always have average test scores.It is also because of this that the township central school and people in Poshang never judge whether he teaches well or poorly.He is neither good nor bad.What people remember is Teacher Wu and Teacher Li who often quarreled.Two years ago, the teacher in Hejiapo died of ascites.He was a small man, suffering from abdominal distension, and shrunk to the size of a baby.After he got sick, no matter how painful he was, he never cried out.His death was as obscure as his life.
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Now, He Ji is going to be a teacher too?
When He Zhongbao heard this, his heart skipped a beat.The first thing he thought of was the teacher who died of liver and ascites, and then he felt strange.No matter what, there is finally someone in the He family. He Ji becomes a teacher, and just like him every month, he can also receive a salary from the state!Damn, why do everyone deserve a salary?
That day, he took He Guanghui to Zhailiang to hoe the ground, and asked his son if he had heard the news that He Ji was going to be a teacher.He Guanghui was trying his best to dig a piece of vegetable lump, and replied angrily: "I heard." He Zhongbao stared at him and said coldly: "I'm not afraid of him jumping, he can't jump out of this prodigal He Jiapo!" He Guanghui Shaking all the soil from the vegetable lump, he raised his hand and threw the vegetable lump to the road not far away, and said coldly, "How do you know that people can't jump out?"
He Guanghui has never spoken to his father in such a tone since he grew up.He Zhongbao was furious, he dug down with a hoe, and said loudly: "Anyone who jumps out will end badly!" He added: "If I say he can't jump out, he won't be able to!"
He Guanghui curled his lips: "Didn't you work in the village back then?"
He Zhongbao's beard cocked up in anger: "Didn't I come back?"
"It's not an honor to be back."
He Zhongbao couldn't bear it anymore, grabbed the clod and threw it at his son: "You know a ball! What is glory? It is glory to pack the dirt!"
A clod of soil fell on He Guanghui's head.With a cold face, he cleaned up the dirt in his hair, and said stubbornly: "Didn't you also sell the dirt before liberation?"
"That's why I don't want to sell Tuba, you are a son of a landlord!"
"There are no landowners now."
He Zhongbao was so angry that he almost vomited blood. He dug his toes into the soil and said every word: "Although I'm a dirtbag, I know where my roots are!"
He Guanghui kept silent and hoeed the ground silently.

The wind was so strong that it blew the father and son's hair into the air.All the stone strips on the ancient village were wiped out after the reservoir was built, and they were all used to build ditches.The ancient village no longer exists, and the earthen tomb that He Dawei raised for Roth has been trampled to the ground because of lifting the stones from the ancient village.The legend about Luo Siju's "Master Luo" has almost completely faded or even disappeared in this area; the legend about Dagoufen is even more illusory.Without the cover of the ancient village, the wind from Yanghou Mountain would drive straight in, often blowing the crops on the beams of the village.

He Zhongbao looked at the empty ancient village and let out a long sigh.
The sun set from Yanghou Mountain, and the sky was filled with sunset.He Ji, who made a special trip to the village to watch the list, returned to the village under the fiery sunset.

He Da seemed very hesitant as to whether He Ji should continue his studies, wait for the technical secondary school exam, or go to teach right away, but the kind people on the slope, including Mrs. Gu, persuaded him, saying that on this mountain, starting from Mr. Luo, I have been fighting with my life, but what did I end up with?Mr. Luo became a high official, but more than 200 years after his death, his grave was still opened up by those ungrateful people!Don't worry too much, just let He Ji go to teach.Their words affected He Da, and he said as if in compromise: "He Ji is too big, this matter is up to each of you."
He Ji finally chose to be a teacher.He was assigned to Anzisi Primary School.He only taught in Anzisi Primary School for one year, then was transferred to the township central school, from a primary school teacher to a middle school teacher.The students said that when it comes to teaching Chinese, teacher He Ji is the best teacher in the entire township central school.But five years later, he was dismissed because he was too proud and arrogant, and never participated in school meetings. The school sent him to represent the central school in the district teacher's skill competition, but he also refused to do so.He said: "It's boring for me to compare with those people!"
He made the same mistake as his grandfather
In the past few years, although no one died in Hejiapo, the population on the slope has been decreasing rapidly.

A group of people ran away from Hejiapo.

No one would have guessed that it was He Jianshen who ran away from Hejiapo first!
He Jianshen was beaten by He Zhongcai in Zhongyuanba, and He Jianshen lay down on the bed when he came back. Even Kuan Huan thought he was going to die, because his hands kept grabbing the dead grass under the pillow and mat, and threw the dead grass to the ground. Pull it out and throw it all over the bed.Later, He Bi sewed together several filter handkerchiefs made of gauze to form a large bed sheet, covering the edges and corners of the bed tightly. He Jianshen could no longer catch dead grass, but His hands were still waving in the air.This is the manifestation of the imminent death of a person.

He Bi grinned and cried, when He Zhongcai came to send her medical expenses, she grabbed He Zhongcai's skirt and said that if her man died, He Zhongcai would pay her man back!He Zhongcai remembered what the young secretary in the commune said. No matter how He Bi arrested him, he would not move his mouth, let alone his hands. Moreover, he took money from He Zhongbao and said that he would give Jianshen twice as much Medical expenses, but He Bi doesn't want money, only the man's life.She has been poor all her life, and she has thought about money and food all her life, but between people and money and food, she still easily weighed the weight of the two.He Zhongbao was also frightened. If Jianshen really died, not only He Zhongcai could not get away with it, but he, He Zhongbao, couldn't get away with it either. After all, it was He Zhongbao's idea to treat guests.If at this age he is still arrested and imprisoned like that old landlord in Huangjiaba, He Zhongbao will be ashamed to death!He said to He Zhongcai, "Go and tell He Bi that if something happens to Jianshen, we will take care of the future." He Zhongcai told He Bi about this, and He Bi thought about it, so he nodded. Crying all night, no longer messing with him, just serving her man wholeheartedly.

After resting for more than a year, He Jianshen not only survived, but also revived vigorously!

However, Jianshen, who was struggling from the death line, was no longer the same Jianshen as before. I wonder if it was because he had been lying on the hard bed for too long. After he got up from the bed, the bag on his back fell apart. , although his body is still a bit bent, but his head is never hooked to the ground like before; his face is also fatter, and his cheekbones do not appear so high.At the same time, his nervous gaze disappeared, and he looked extraordinarily calm.He also talked less and less, whether he was talking to his family or people on the slopes, he always spoke in an outsider's tone.

He Bi was very afraid of his change, because this is not his man!She asked her eldest son, Cai Gen, to ask He Kuiyuan, who had a different body, to see what was going on.Caigen had long resented his parents because his parents separated him, so he didn't want to go to Kuiyuan.Originally, Cai Gen felt ashamed of his father being beaten. While he hated brothers He Zhongbao, he also felt ashamed of his parents. Why did you go to two when only one of them went to dinner?The face of this family has been completely humiliated, so he hasn't found a woman so far, don't you think it's not enough?So after Jianshen returned home clutching his bleeding mouth, Caigen had only one sentence: "You should be beaten!" He Bi scolded him: "I knew you were such a villain, your father shouldn't have dropped his stuff on me in the first place." In his stomach, he should just drop that stuff on the mat!"
But let's talk about it, let's get angry, a son is a son after all, Cai Gen blocked his anger, so he went to find Kui Yuan.

Kui Yuan said: "Jianshen's father was beaten by He Zhongcai, and his bones were broken once. When he came back from the Naihe Bridge, he broke his bones again. How could he be so energetic if he broke his bones twice? If not I spoke good words to Yan Wangjun, and his life and death book was checked off!"
Caigen said the same thing again: "Fart your mother!" Then he came back and returned to his life.

He Bi heard that Jian Shen's life was also picked up, so she didn't say anything more, and lived with him like a stranger.

Not long after, Jianshen started to go out.He went out in the morning and came back at night, and he left empty-handed and returned empty-handed.Since he didn't tell his whereabouts, even He Bi didn't know where he went.He was so elusive for a week or so that He Pi decided to follow him.It turned out that he went to the Wanggulou Temple!After the Wanggulou temple was burned down during the "Cultural Revolution", it has been in ruins for more than ten years. In the past two years, an old man over [-] years old traveled mountains and ridges for hundreds of miles, and finally collected enough money to rebuild the house. , and then mold the statue, continuing the incense there.There are no people around, only a lonely temple accompanied by an endless dry fir forest.In this case, it is very similar to the Yoghurt Mountain in Lijiagou in Luowen, except that there is no temple on the Yoghurt Mountain.Above the mountain gate, there is a couplet written: "There are tens of thousands of living beings in the upper realm of Diyanggang, and the jade Taoist system of heaven enlightens the three emperors and five emperors.

"He Jianshen is illiterate, so he can't understand the mystery. For a week, he has been asking the old man in the temple for advice on Buddhism, just hoping to understand the mystery of Buddhism. Who knows that the old man is a layman in Buddhism. He told Jianshen about the election process of the Jade Emperor with relish. He said that the Jade Emperor was elected once during the Yongle period of the Ming Dynasty, and no one spoke for a long time. Later, someone said: "Whether you speak or not, someone will always be there. "The person presiding over the meeting said: "Is anyone there?Well, well, since everyone says so, let someone Zhang be the Jade Emperor. "There is a person here named Zhang Youren, and he became the commander of the God Realm so easily. But Zhang Youren was incompetent, so a meeting was held in the fourth year of the Republic of China to re-election. This time, a capable person was finally elected. He is Guan Yu Guan Dasheng! Because of this, among the statues reconstructed in Wanggulou Temple, Guan Dasheng occupies the most prominent position.

How much He Jianshen knew and whether he was interested in what the old man said is unknown, but news of his belief in Buddhism spread quickly.That time when He Bi followed him back, he immediately publicized the matter.Everyone on the slope was surprised.

They were surprised by two things. First, He Jianshen slaughtered so many animals with his own hands, and he was so cruel to people. How could he believe in Buddhism?The second is (this is the most important point) that Poshang people neither believe in Buddhism nor believe in Christianity from the bottom of their hearts, and of course they don’t believe in Christ. The Western powers came to China to promote their religion. Although their amazing perseverance is admirable, But after all, I didn’t go to Laojun Mountain where the mountains are high and the roads are steep. It’s just that during the 30th year of Guangxu in the Qing Dynasty, John Wenbo (Chinese name Du Mingde) was sent by the Anglican Church to preach on the streets of Yongle County. There was a "Priest Du" light to open the way, and the county magistrates were very timid; it was not until the 9th year of the Republic of China that there were assistants sent by the inland to preach in various towns and towns. Few go to church.People in Hejiapo at that time had never heard of the term "Christianity".But even if they knew it, they wouldn't believe it, because the people on Poshang only believed in God.God what?have no idea!If there is a Buddhist temple nearby, they will go to worship. If there is a Taoist temple, they will also go to worship. For them, whether they worship a Buddhist temple or a Taoist temple, they worship God; in fact, they do not believe in God. Only when I need something, I go to God for mercy. Over the years, He Jiapo has never produced a true believer!

No matter what others said, He Jianshen remained indifferent.Although he stopped visiting the Drum Tower later, his behavior at home became more and more strange.He suddenly stopped eating meat!Think about it, it's meat, and he doesn't even eat it!No matter how tender and delicious He Bi made, he just wouldn't eat it.In order not to see his family eating meat, he sat at another small table and ate alone. The side dishes he ate could not be fried with lard, only vegetable oil.Moreover, he asked his family members to rest for half an hour after eating before leaving to do things.How can rural people follow this set?He Bi didn't listen to him at first, but it turned out that He Bi went to the slope to do something, and he went to restore what he had done. Some things couldn't be restored, for example, he couldn't restore the mature corn clapper. But he also has a way, which is to prevent He Bi from peeling off the tender rice. If it is left to dry for an hour or two, the corn will be old, and He Bi will not be able to use the tender rice to make corn cakes. Speaking of which, it was torture.

The same is true when he asks outsiders to help. As long as he eats at his house, he must rest for half an hour before doing anything, otherwise he will not let you do it. Once, he asked Brother He Kou He Ji to help carry the fat pig to Qing Going to sell in the stream field, after breakfast at his house, just put the bowl, when He Kou saw that the sky was dark and it looked like it was going to rain, he got up and said, "He Ji, hurry up, or it will rain." Jianshen said, "Just don't go when it's raining." But He Ji also stood up and said, "I've already eaten breakfast, so why don't you go?" He waved his hands and said, "Go back, each of you, I don't want you to carry pigs!" He just didn't want Brother He Kou to carry pigs.

After returning, He Ji laughed so hard, he said that if Jianshen’s father asks for help, we will rush out as soon as the bowl is put, so that he will drive us away. ! In addition to these strange problems, Jianshen has another strange problem, that is, if he borrows something from somewhere, no matter how insignificant it is, he must return it.During the famine years, he didn’t return the garlic and pig roots he borrowed from other people’s houses. So a little bit, doesn't it matter?But Jianshen didn't think so, even if he borrowed two cents a box of matches, he would return them.It is impossible not to accept it. Once he borrowed a small bowl of mung beans from Gu’s house and returned it when the time came. Gu said he would not accept anything, so Jianshen took the half bowl of mung beans to Gu’s field and put It was all dumped in the freshly hoeed soil.

Jianshen stayed at home like this for half a year, and then started going out again and again.This time going out is not going back on the same day, but returning at least ten days after going out.He went to the temple again, but instead of looking at the Drum Tower, he went to Mount Minduo, a Buddhist shrine known throughout Sichuan.Mingduo Mountain is located in Tianzhou in the southwest of Yongle County, more than 60 li away from Tianzhou City. Before He Jianshen went to Mingduo Mountain, the people of Hejiapo didn’t even know that there was another Mingduo Mountain in this world, saying that it was famous all over the world. Sichuan, also because it was later listed as a key cultural relic protection unit in the province, and the local government developed it into a tourist area, it became famous among pilgrims, property owners and leisure people.How did He Jianshen know that there is Mount Minduo?Could it be that he heard it from others when he was begging for homelessness?How did He Jianshen manage to find such a long distance (it would take four days to walk one way)?The Hejiapo people said with a smile: It seems that Jianshen really got the guidance of the Buddha.

(End of this chapter)