During the Hongwu period of the Ming Dynasty, Zhang Erxian of Huizhou Mansion lived in poverty, and in desperation, he came all the way to a fishing village by the sea in Ningbo Mansion and joined his second uncle Zhang Daniu.
Zhang Erxian said to the second uncle with a handful of snot and tears: "There is a big flood in my hometown, the fields are flooded, the family is so poor that I can't open the pot, my father and mother hope that you can take me in for a while." ”
The second uncle is an honest old fisherman in the fishing village, and he is usually willing to help others. After listening to Zhang Erxian's crying, he sighed and patted Zhang Erxian's shoulder and said, "Don't worry, you can eat and live here with peace of mind, you are my own nephew, and you won't let you starve." ”
The uncle and nephew were chatting, and a person walked in outside in a hurry, shouting loudly: "Da Niu, I burned your favorite chicken, come and eat it immediately, yo, who is this?".”
Zhang Er looked up first and saw that it was a woman about the same age as the second uncle, she was very strong, ** still dark, and then looked at the second uncle, her expression was unnatural, and she said: "Da Liu, this is my distant nephew, who came to see me." ”
Da Liu looked quite embarrassed, and said embarrassedly: "Then your uncle and nephew can talk." After that, he went out on the spot.
Zhang Erxian noticed that the tone of the two speaks was very ambiguous, and he was secretly surprised, the second uncle has not married a wife because of inconvenient legs and feet
In the next few days, Zhang Er first followed the second uncle to mend the fishing nets, and then accompanied the second uncle to drink some wine, chatting about homely things, and the life was quite leisurely.
Early this morning, Zhang Erxian said: "Second uncle, the weather is very good today, let's go to the sea, I have never gone to the sea to catch the sea." ”
The second uncle looked up at the sky, and said with a smile: "Okay, I just have this plan, but I have to do two things before I go to sea, buy some cooked food on the 10th street, I will definitely have a full harvest today, and I won't come back to eat, and the second is that you burn incense with me." ”
Zhang Erxian said curiously: "What are you burning incense for?"”
The second uncle looked solemn and said: "Today is the fifteenth day of the lunar calendar, before going to sea, we must pray to the sea god to bless us with a safe return, this is the rule, do you understand?"”
Zhang Er rolled his eyes first, nodded, and finished his business, and the uncle and nephew went to sea. The sky on the sea is shining, the sea is calm, he diligently helped the second uncle to lower the net and collect the net, and he was really said by the second uncle, and by noon, those large and small fish were almost filled with huge boats.
When it was time for lunch, Zhang Erxian remembered one thing, and asked with a smile: "Second uncle, I want to ask you one thing, my aunt came to your house that day and called you to eat braised pork, she is your old look, okay?"”
When the second uncle heard this, his face turned red, and he said angrily and with a smile: "Bad boy, she is very careful, she is going to marry me, she was with me when she was young, but her father did not agree, and later, she married another person, I have not been looking for a daughter-in-law, and now that her man has died, we have also decided to get married next year when the spring flowers bloom." ”
Zhang Erxian was very heartfelt, and hurriedly asked: "This is a great event, the second uncle must have prepared a lot of silver taels to build a new house, by the way, you have been down for most of your life, and you should have saved a lot of silver taels in your hands, and catching so many fish today is not a small amount." ”
The second uncle suddenly smiled and said happily: "Of course, otherwise who would want to suffer this?"You ask me how many taels of silver I have, and I tell you, there are 100 taels. As he spoke, he opened his right hand proudly and shook the five fingers of his hand.
Zhang Erxian was stunned on the spot, it turned out that the second uncle's life was so nourishing.
The second uncle said proudly: "I've been catching fish for 20 years, is this more than two taels of silver?"I'm going to hire someone to build a house and a new set of furniture, my aunt and I are not young, it's time to enjoy it. ”
Zhang Er first remembered what happened to him, his heart was not a taste, he finished eating in a few bites, he didn't know what he ate at all, as if he had a stomach of thoughts, when he put the chopsticks on the bowl, the second uncle was quick and reached out to take the chopsticks down.
Then, the second uncle said heavily: "Second first, you can't put chopsticks on the bowl when eating on the boat, this is the rule on the boat, put down the chopsticks, this is "landing", you know?."”
Zhang Erxian nodded hurriedly and hurriedly explained that the ship was most afraid of running aground.
The second uncle told him again: "Our fishing ancestors have fled to the sea for generations, and the sea is our rice bowl, so everyone respects the rules of the sea, and I will tell you more when I have time." You remember the rules of the sea, you must not be hungry to offend, otherwise there is danger pressed. ”
The second uncle only cared about talking, but he didn't notice that Zhang Erxian's eyes began to become weird.
In fact, Zhang Erxian has been lying, his hometown did not send a lot of water, his father and mother did not let him go to the second uncle, but he lost all his gambling and did not dare to go back, this time, he wanted to ask the second uncle to borrow some silver taels, if the second uncle did not borrow, he was ready to make money and die.
Thinking of this, Zhang Erxian was very nervous, and his breathing became heavy.
At this time, the second uncle stood up and said, "I have to pee." As he spoke, he walked to the side of the boat, he didn't pay attention, Zhang Er followed behind first, suddenly took out a pair of scissors, and stabbed the second uncle in the back, the second uncle screamed, and then fell down with a "plop".
Zhang Erxian looked at the gradually calming water, sneered and said, "Now your 100 silver taels are mine, and you only have one nephew, me." ”
When the boat docked, Zhang Erxian cried loudly and told the villagers that when the second uncle went to the bow of the boat to urinate, because he did not stand firmly, a wave hit, fell to the bottom of the sea, and sank.
After finishing speaking, Zhang Erxian knelt on the ground, slapped his face frantically, and cried: "I originally wanted to jump down to save my second uncle, but I can't swim, so I can only watch." ”
After finishing speaking, he made it look like he was going to jump into the sea, and the kind villagers around him quickly grabbed him.
Suddenly, there was a roar from the crowd of onlookers, and Zhang Er glanced at it first, it was the aunt who was going to marry the second uncle.
In the middle of the night, Zhang Er first rummaged through the cabinets at the second uncle's house, and the second uncle did not brag, and there were really 100 taels.
He was about to pack his bags and leave, when there was a knock on the courtyard door, and he heard someone shouting, "Big nephew, open the door." “
Zhang Erxian hurriedly hid the baggage, opened the door and saw that it was his aunt.
The aunt said haggardly: "You should know the relationship between me and your second uncle, the process of how you fell your second uncle into the sea, and again, I feel very uncomfortable." ”
After finishing speaking, the aunt cried again, Zhang Er first hurriedly comforted her, and then said like an endorsement: "At noon, the second uncle talked about you, and he was happy, and he drank too much wine, his body shook and fell." “
The aunt interjected: "You said that the second uncle drank at noon?."Also peeing on the bow of the boat?“
The night was very dark, Zhang Erxian couldn't see his aunt's expression clearly, he nodded, and quickly said: "Yes, I drank about 4 taels, he usually drinks like this, but I really didn't expect it to fall." ”
The aunt asked, "What did your second uncle eat at noon?"Chicken, beef?”
Zhang Erxian remembered that the second uncle ate chicken and beef every ton, so he said casually: "Yes, there are all." ”
At this time, Zhang Er shivered first, and by the candle flame, he saw that his aunt's eyes were very strange.
Suddenly, the aunt stretched out her hands and grabbed Zhang Erxian and roared loudly: "You killed your second uncle, he won't fall by himself, don't think that no one will know about killing people on the sea." You ruined our marriage, and I'm not done with you. ”
Zhang Er panicked first, and hurriedly explained: "Auntie, what are you talking nonsense?."How could I kill my second uncle?”
The aunt collapsed, desperately grabbed Zhang Erxian's face, let go of her throat and shouted: "You killed it, you can't fool me." “
It turns out that today is the fifteenth day of the lunar calendar, and the fisherman can't drink alcohol when he gets on the boat, he buys wine to pour it to the sea, and the fisherman can't eat meat on the boat, otherwise it means that the boat leaks, and the sea will get angry when he pees on the bow.
After Zhang Er first knew these rules, he was dumbfounded, he didn't expect that the matter was still exposed, he was annoyed and angry, and simply didn't do anything, and took out the scissors again.
At this moment, "Hula", many villagers suddenly poured in outside, all shouting loudly: "Da Liu, now we believe it, it was this kid who killed Zhang Da Niu, what's the matter?"This kid is going to kill again. “
In the chaos, a villager knocked off the scissors in Zhang Erxian's hand with a stick, and then, a group of people twisted it to the yamen, and at that moment, Zhang Erxian finally woke up:
The second uncle's words are right, the rules of the sea cannot be offended.