Bagua Village is a very old village, I heard that in the past this village was not called this name, and it was not like now, the whole village took on the shape of a gossip, and I don't know what happened later, the village became what it is now. In the innermost part of the village, there lives a pair of father and son, the father's name is Zhao Gousheng, the son's name is Zhao Lai, he is twelve years old this year, he is a child picked up by Zhao Gousheng, for him, Zhao Gousheng did not even marry for life, the father and son have a very good relationship, Zhao Lai knows that his father sacrificed a lot for him, so he has been very sensible since he was a child, busy work at home and outside the home, thinking about letting Zhao Gousheng live a good life in the future. 
Although Zhao Lai is still underage, he is the best at hunting, and he still has a brute force on his body, and he always carries a homemade bow and arrow on his back in his spare time, and walks around the mountains, which also improves the lives of the father and son a lot. On this day, Zhao Lai went up the mountain to hunt again, and saw a half-sized wild boar, which was about to bite a calf, the calf was obviously brought from **Diao, and the body was full of injuries. Zhao Lai saw it, and quickly pulled the bow at the wild boar, although it was very fierce, but Zhao Lai was not afraid, because his arrows were soaked in medicine, Zhao Gou was afraid that he would be in danger, so he picked medicinal herbs and boiled his arrows, as long as it was not a very large beast, an arrow would definitely be able to put it down. Just heard a whoosh, the arrow flew out, but the wild boar is also alert, when it heard the abnormal noise, it had already fled, saw that it was Zhao Lai who was dealing with it, and rushed towards him in an instant, Zhao Lai is not a vegetarian, he hurriedly climbed a tree that was not very high, and took out an arrow ** out, right in the belly of the wild boar. When the wild boar still wanted to hit the tree, but it was suddenly unable to do it and staggered, Zhao Laile was happy, and said with a smile: "You also want to fight with me?"Thank you so much, not only did you pick up a calf today, but you were also able to eat wild boar, which is a beautiful thing. With that, he hurriedly jumped off the tree to check the calf's injuries, and found that it was bitten by a wild boar on its leg except for some traces of dragging, which looked serious, and the rest was fine, Zhao Gousheng happened to be a veterinarian, and this small injury could be cured casually. 
So he decisively sent the calf back first, after all, this year, the cow can play a big role, not only can help work, but also pull the ox cart, the wild boar has fainted, no accident, when he comes back, it is still asleep, and he really can't move it alone, he has to call Zhao Gousheng together. After Zhao Gousheng learned about it, he was a little happy, but more afraid, he said: "Dad knows that you are powerful, but the next time you encounter a wild boar, don't fight it again, if you don't shoot it, it will be terrible." After that, the father and son carried the wild boar back to the village, and gave some wild boar meat to each family, keeping some for themselves, and selling the rest for money. And the calf was naturally raised in Zhao Lai's house, when its injury was not healed, Zhao Lai cut some fresh grass every day to give it to eat, after it was healed, Zhao Lai took it outside to eat grass every day, a person and a cow are like two good friends, often inseparable, when Zhao Lai worked, he would let it stay next to him. Unconsciously, many years have passed, Zhao Lai's child was born, and the cow is still very good with Zhao Lai, others want to borrow it to help with the work, but it can't be called at all, it only listens to Zhao Lai's words. For this reason, Zhao Lai once joked and said: "My cow, even if the king of heaven comes, it will not recognize me, but will only recognize me." ”
On this day, a man named Zhao Si in the village did not believe in evil, found Zhao Lai, and said: "Zhao Lai, borrow your cow for me, I will see if I can move it." "This Zhao Si is not a good kind, he is a complete scoundrel, if anyone offends him, he will definitely try his best to toss you, until you realize the fate of offending him, and admit your mistakes to him in person, life can return to peace. Zhao Lai didn't dare to go against his will, so he had to lend him the cow. Zhao Si thought that under his scolding, the cow must be obedient, but he didn't expect that no matter how he beat and scolded, the cow would not obey the call and let him work, he actually ran to the side to eat the grass. This is a naked provocation of Zhao Si, he was angry, and he was about to take out a knife to solve it, but fortunately, Zhao Lai arrived in time and said to Zhao Si: "Fourth brother, don't be angry, my cow has a donkey temper, and even my father can't call it, don't be angry with it, don't you just want to plow the ground, I'll help you plow." As he spoke, he hurriedly scolded Niu and said, "Why don't you hurry up and come to work, you have to make the fourth brother angry, right?"The cow listened to Zhao Lai's words, and really ploughed the ground in a regular manner, and when he was working, one person and one ox still had a very tacit understanding, and he didn't need Zhao Lai to say more, it could understand how he should go. 
When did Zhao Si receive this kind of stimulation, looking at the scene in front of him, he was extremely angry, and thought: No one dares to let me suffer this kind of grievance, you dare to be arrogant in front of me, look at how I clean you up, in front of me, you have to coil if it is a dragon, and you have to lie on your stomach if it is a tiger. One night not long after, Zhao Si took advantage of the fact that Zhao Lai's family was asleep, dragged the cow out, and kept whispering in its ear: "If you dare to make a sound and let Zhao Lai find out, I won't even let his family go, don't you have a good relationship with him and only listen to him?"I want to see if you're so godly. As if the cow had really understood him, he didn't dare to resist anymore, and followed him in good order. The next day, when Zhao Lai found that the cow was gone, Zhao Si had already finished disposing of the cow and returned to the village, although Zhao Lai suspected that Zhao Si did it, and there was no evidence, he looked around, and after finding nothing, he had to suffer a dumb loss, but he also fell seriously ill because of this, and after he recovered, his spirit was much worse. Zhao Si, although he is usually a scoundrel and unreasonable, but he still has some righteousness in his bones, after he saw Zhao Lai like that, he was also a little unhappy in his heart, and felt that he had done a little too much this time, although the cow was very annoying, but Zhao Lai was a good person. So he went to look for the cow again, and he sold it to the butcher, and when he sold it, the butcher said that he had several old cows in his house, and that he would not have bought it if it had not been for the cheapness of the cow, and he would not have killed it so quickly. 
Unexpectedly, when he went to find the butcher, the butcher was also looking for him, the butcher was contaminated with a lot of evil spirit, Zhao Si was still a little scared of him, the first time he saw Zhao Si, the butcher grabbed his collar, ** said: "Okay, you guy, you dare to fool me, hurry up and return all the money that deceived me, otherwise you will be good-looking." Zhao Si was stunned and said, "Why did I cheat you out of your money?"How can I not understand?The butcher said: "Dare to pretend to be garlic, the cow you sold me last time must be an old cow, have you trained it at home, so I just paid the money here, it ran away that night, I don't know how it ran, now I think about it, I'm afraid you didn't come back at night to steal it." Zhao Si was dumbfounded, and said: "Heaven and earth conscience, that cow is not familiar with me, it is all my family feeding it, you have locked it up, how can you blame me after it is stolen?"Besides, if it was really me, would I dare to come to you today?When the butcher heard it, he felt that he was reasonable, but he didn't care so much, he couldn't let himself lose the money, so he still asked Zhao Si to return the money to him. Zhao Si was arrogant in the village, but he didn't dare to be arrogant outside, so he obediently returned the money to him and went back stupidly. 
On the way back, Zhao Si thought about the cow, and he was angry in his heart, if it weren't for it, how could he be so angry, but it didn't know where it went, and Zhao Lai's house didn't see it back, no matter how angry he was, there was no place to sprinkle, and he still owed Zhao Lai a debt in his heart. Soon after, Zhao Si went to the town to find a job, he was single anyway, he could live anywhere, looking at Zhao Lai's bitter gourd face in the village every day, he felt a little guilty in his heart, and he himself knew that Zhao Lai must also know what he was doing, because of face, or maybe his reputation as a scoundrel, so he didn't settle accounts with him. And after Zhao Lai lost his cattle, he was not as concerned about the crops as usual, and later, he simply turned his heart to the side and said to his father: "Dad, I still want to go out and find something to do, grow crops at home all day long, and I don't see how good my life is." Zhao Gousheng knew Zhao Lai's thoughts, the cow had long been a relative to him, and he had to let him stay at home, he would only think about the cow every day, and it would be a good thing to go out for a while, maybe when he came back, he would forget about the cow. After Zhao Gousheng agreed, Zhao Lai also went to the town, he had no other ability, only a strength, after arriving in the town, he directly found a place to sell coolies, and started coolies, he felt that this was also very good, let himself be tired every day, and he would not think about the cow anymore. 
A few months later, on the day he rested, he wanted to buy some things and go back to see the old and young at home, but when he saw a bunch of people on the street shouting and scolding something, he also squeezed through the crowd and got in, thinking that he should watch a joke and tell his father and wife and children when he went back, so that they could also have a long experience. Unexpectedly, it was Zhao Si who was being scolded by everyone, as if he had stolen a woman's money, and she happened to find out, so she dragged Zhao Si to scold, and the thieves were all rats crossing the street, and anyone who saw it wanted to scold a few words, so they soon surrounded many people, scolding him while throwing pebbles like him. Zhao Lai thought about his cow and didn't want to pay attention to him, but he didn't expect him to see Zhao Lai, and hurriedly begged: "Zhao Lai, we are from a village, save me quickly, otherwise I will be killed by this group of people." Hearing him say this, the women around him turned their eyes to Zhao Lai, and one by one they glared angrily, Zhao Lai hurriedly explained: "Don't get me wrong, I am indeed from the same village as him, but I am not in the same group as him, I sell coolies in the town to make money, and I will never do such a thing." Fortunately, one of the people in the crowd recognized him and knew that he was indeed working hard in the town, so everyone didn't spread their anger on him, and when Zhao Lai interrupted him like this, everyone's anger dissipated a lot, and they no longer beat and scolded Zhao Si, and they all scattered. After Zhao Si got up from the ground, his face was also a little dull, and he said: "Zhao Lai, you have to help me hide this matter, if the people in the village know, I will only ask." ”
Zhao Lai saw Zhao Si walking sideways in the village, and now he has become like this, and he has also embarrassed himself, and he no longer scares him, and said: "Zhao Si, I didn't want to cause trouble before, so I didn't resist you, but I'm not afraid of you, if you are still a thief in the town, see me in the future, don't tell people that I am in the same village as you, I can't afford to lose that face." Also, you stole my cow, right, this is the only time, not an example, otherwise I will beat you so that you can't find your way home, I will do what I say. Zhao Si saw that Zhao Lai suddenly became angry in front of him, and he was also a little afraid of him, he was a scoundrel, in fact, he didn't have any real skills, seeing this, he hurriedly said: "No." Seeing that Zhao Lai was leaving, he hurriedly caught up with him and said, "Why did you come to the town, work hard in **, or I'll follow you to make money by going to the coolie, this should always be okay, right?"Zhao Lai was silent, but when he returned to the town again, he still took Zhao Si to the place where he was doing things, and repeatedly told him, "Here, you have to take care of your own hands, everyone's money is hard-won, if you find that someone has lost money, I will be the first to settle accounts with you." "But Zhao Si** got the coolies, and after a few days, he couldn't bear it, he was still gray, and he ran away while Zhao was not paying attention. After a few days, Zhao Lai didn't hear that anyone had lost money, so he ignored him. 
After another period of time, Zhao Si suddenly came to Zhao Lai, and he didn't know what chance he had, as if he had suddenly made a fortune, not to mention the new clothes, and a beautiful little lady was accompanied by him. He said to Zhao Lai: "Brother, I did have a lot of things that I couldn't do with you before, but not in the future, I am going to open a shop in the town and do some small business, when the time comes, you can come to my shop as a buddy, I will definitely give you a high salary." After speaking, he pointed to the little lady beside him and said proudly: "This is my daughter-in-law, how about it?"Looks good, right?We want to have a wedding banquet in a few days, and some brothers will arrive, so you can come along, and we will get to know each other and work together in the future. Zhao Lai was puzzled, he was afraid that Zhao Si's money would come improperly, but he didn't want to ask here, lest Zhao Si think that he didn't give him face, thinking that Zhao Si could get married, which was also a good thing, so he nodded and agreed. At night, Zhao Lai fell asleep early, and in his dream, the cow suddenly appeared, and he said anxiously to Zhao Lai: "Master, tomorrow's wedding banquet, you must get drunk, the more drunk the better." Zhao Lai dreamed of it for the first time, and hurriedly asked, "Old Niu, where are you now?"”
The cow replied: "After I was sold by that Zhao Si, I originally wanted to come back, but I didn't expect to escape the butcher's poisonous hands, but I fell into the hands of a group of bandits, they are not like the butcher, they are going to raise me for a few days and then kill, they killed me on the spot and ate meat." Zhao Lai listened, his heart was very uncomfortable, thinking about its reminder, just wanted to ask the reason, the cow said: "Master don't ask the reason, the heavenly machine must not be revealed, knowing too much will not be good for you, anyway, you remember my words, you must get yourself drunk." The next day, Zhao Lai went to Zhao Si's wedding banquet as promised, Zhao Si actually bought a house in the town, although it was not big, but it looked quite exquisite, it seemed that he had made a windfall. Since he has come, Zhao Lai doesn't care so much, today is his big day again, and he doesn't want to touch his bad head, so after saying goodbye, he will wait for the banquet to start. Zhao Si's wedding banquet was very rich, the good wine and good food were non-stop, and his brothers were not informal, they couldn't enjoy sitting and eating one by one, so they stood on the stool and ate, looking at the pie, they didn't look like a good person. Zhao Lai didn't care so much, he only ate his own, suddenly he remembered the dream he had last night, and felt that the old cow would definitely not harm himself, it never appeared in his dream, but last night he deliberately appeared to warn himself, thinking that there must be a reason, so he took a big sip of wine.
He was not acquainted with those people, so he poured himself into himself, and before long he became confused, and soon became delirious with drunkenness, and fell asleep. Seeing him like that, Zhao Si laughed and said, "It's not a loss to be my good brother, it's really a face." After speaking, he asked people to help him to the house to rest, that person was not Zhao Si's subordinate, when he saw Zhao Si ordering him, as if he was giving an order, he was also a little uncomfortable, and after helping Zhao Lai into the house, he didn't send him to the bed, he just found a corner and threw him down. Unexpectedly, in the middle of the wedding banquet, a group of masked people suddenly appeared and went on a killing spree. It turned out that after Zhao Si left the place where Zhao came, he mixed up with a group of small bandits, and by luck, they robbed a few boxes of treasures, and they made a fortune, but the people who were robbed were not easy to mess with, they were also bandits, but compared to Zhao Si, they were more powerful, and after checking the situation, they killed them. Zhao Si and they were caught off guard, and were killed by that group of people, and when they went to check in the house, because Zhao Lai was in the corner, they didn't see it, so they escaped this catastrophe, and when Zhao Lai woke up, the house was already empty, and those bodies were all disposed of. Later, he learned that Zhao Si and his brothers had done some hurtful things, and if they were not killed, the Yamen would have to arrest them, and the other gang of bandits was also the target of the Yamen's full pursuit. Fortunately, he was drunk to death that day, otherwise his life would definitely not be saved, he didn't dare to tell the people outside about it, so he only went home and told Zhao Gousheng.
After hearing this, Zhao Gousheng said: "The old cow knows how to be grateful, although we didn't protect it, when it comes to the critical moment, it still wants to give you a dream, so we will pray for it in our hearts, hoping that it will have a good life in the next life." Many years later, when Zhao Lai went up the mountain to hunt again, he saw a calf again, but this time it was not bitten by any wild animals, but freely grazing in the mountains, and when he saw Zhao Lai, he still mooed and ......