During the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty, there was a husband and wife, surnamed Han, they originally had a child named Han Mingqi, but they didn't want to be ten years old when the child was ten years old, he unfortunately contracted malaria, although he invited a lot of doctors and took a lot of medicine, he still couldn't save his life. The Han couple was grief-stricken and lived a decadent life ever since, no longer paying attention to the outside world.
One day, it was getting late, and Mr. and Mrs. Han were about to close the door to sleep when they suddenly heard a knock on the door. Mr. and Mrs. Han opened the door and saw a young woman carrying a bag in her hand, her clothes were tattered, her face was pale, and she looked depressed. When the woman saw Mr. and Mrs. Han, she quickly knelt down.
The woman cried and said, "Husband and wife, have mercy on me, I have come from the north, and I came to the south with my husband to earn a living, but on the way I met a robber, and my husband was killed, and I was wounded, so I had to flee here, and now I have no home and nowhere to go, so I beg you to take me in for the night, and I will leave tomorrow, and I dare not disturb you again." ”
Mr. and Mrs. Han looked at the woman, and couldn't help but feel compassion in their hearts, remembering that they had also lost their son, and they also knew the suffering of the world, so they agreed to the woman's request, let her into the house, brought her food, let her eat and drink to her heart's content, and then made a bed for her to rest. The woman thanked her and thanked her, and when she had finished eating, she lay down on her bed and fell asleep.
Mr. and Mrs. Han also went back to their rooms and prepared for bed. However, as soon as they fell asleep, they heard a frightened cry from the woman's room, as if they were having a nightmare. Mr. and Mrs. Han hurriedly got up, ran to the woman's room, and saw the woman curled up on the bed, sweating profusely, and shouting: "Son, son, are you **?" How did you get to the mountains? Come back, come back, mom can't find you! ”
When Mr. and Mrs. Han heard this, they couldn't help but be shocked, and felt that the woman's words were very strange, how could they dream that their son was in the mountains? They quickly woke the woman up and asked her, "Woman, what dream did you just have?" Do you have a son? He's in **?
When the woman woke up and saw the concerned eyes of Mr. and Mrs. Han, she couldn't help but be moved, so she told them her story. It turned out that the woman also had a son named Li Debin, who was as old as Han Mingqi and was also the meat of her heart. She and her husband were originally farmers in the north, but because their family was poor, they took their son to the south to look for opportunities. However, shortly after they arrived in the south, they encountered a flood that flooded their village and washed away their houses.
They fled with their son to a nearby mountain in search of a place to take refuge. However, the road up the mountain was dangerous and difficult, and they walked for a day and a night without finding a safe place. The son was hungry and tired, so he fell asleep under a big tree. The woman and her husband stood by him until he woke up.
However, at this moment they heard the sound of horses' hooves, and it turned out that a gang of robbers was coming, and when they saw the woman and her husband, they tried to take their burden, and the woman and her husband tried desperately to resist, but they were outmatched, and the husband was slashed to death by the robbers, and the woman was also wounded, so she had to drag the wounds and flee. She wanted to go back to find her son, but the robbers had already taken him away, and she could only watch her son being taken away, her heart was like a knife, and she cried: "Son, son, don't be afraid, your mother will come to save you!".”
After the woman finished speaking, she burst into tears, and when the Han couple heard this, they couldn't help but feel sad, they remembered their son, who was once as lovely, as innocent, and suffered the same misfortune as this woman's son. They could not bear to see the woman grieve like this, so they comforted her and said, "Don't be sad, woman, maybe your son is alive, maybe he is saved, you have to have faith, you have to be strong, and we will help you find your son." ”
When the woman heard this, she looked at Mr. and Mrs. Han gratefully, and said, "Husband and wife, you are really good, you are willing to help me find my son, I am really grateful, but how do you know that my son is in **?"”
Mr. and Mrs. Han said: "We don't know, but when you dreamed just now, you said that your son was in the mountains, maybe this is a clue, maybe your son is really in the mountains, maybe your dream is a guide from God to you, let you go to your son." ”
The woman thought about it and thought it made sense, so she said, "Then let's go to the mountains to-morrow to look for him, and maybe we will find him." ”
Mr. and Mrs. Han said, "Okay, we will go tomorrow, we will definitely find him." ”
Early the next morning, Mr. and Mrs. Han took some dry food and water and set off. They came to the mountain where the woman and her husband had met the robbers, and they followed the route the woman remembered, all the way up, looking for traces of their son. However, the road on the mountain became steeper and more difficult, and they walked for a day without seeing a single figure. The woman became more and more anxious, worried about her son's safety, and the Han couple became more and more tired, worried about their physical strength, and they did not know if they could find their son.
Just as they were about to give up, they suddenly heard a burst of laughter coming from a hole in the mountain. They followed the sound and walked to the entrance of the cave and saw a scene that surprised them. It turned out that there was an old Taoist priest living in the cave, and he was playing with a little boy, and the little boy was the woman's son, Li Debin.
Li Debin saw the woman and shouted happily: "Mom! Then he ran and threw himself into the woman's arms. The woman hugged her son excitedly and cried, "Son, son, are you all right, your mother has been looking for you for a long time, why are you here?" ”
The old Taoist priest came over and said to the woman, "Woman, don't worry, your son is fine, he was saved by me." That day, I was collecting medicine in the mountains, and I saw a gang of robbers, and they took a little boy and wanted to sell it for money, so I scared them away with a spell, and then took the little boy back to the cave, and healed him, and raised him for a few days, and he was all right. He misses you all the time, but we didn't know you were a**, so we had to wait for you to come to him. ”
When the woman heard this, she said gratefully to the old Taoist, "Old Taoist, you are really my benefactor, you saved my son's life, how can I thank you?" ”
The old Taoist priest smiled and said, "Woman, you don't have to thank me, I just did what I should do, your son is a smart and sensible child, I like him very much, I originally wanted to take him as an apprentice and teach him some Taoism, but he said that he wanted to be with you and was unwilling to leave you, so I didn't force him." Now that you have met, you should live well and suffer no more. ”
The woman said, "Old Taoist, you are so good, you not only saved my son, but also respected his wishes, I am so grateful." But now that we have no home to go and nowhere to go, what should we do? ”
When Mr. and Mrs. Han heard this, their hearts moved, and they thought of their son, they felt that the woman and her son were very pitiful, and they also felt that they were very kind, just like their own relatives, and they thought, since their son is no longer there, why not take in the mother and son and let them become their own family? So Mr. and Mrs. Han said to the woman, "Woman, we have a suggestion, I don't know if you would like to hear it." ”
The woman said, "Husband and wife, please say, you have been gracious to me, and I will listen to you." ”
Mr. and Mrs. Han said: "We originally had a son, the same age as your son, but he died because of illness, we missed him very much, and we were very lonely, we thought, since you have no home, we have no son, why don't we live together and let you be our family?" We can treat your son as our son and you as our daughter-in-law, we can live together, take care of each other, and accompany each other, what do you think? ”
The woman and her son were moved to tears when they heard this, and they felt that the Han couple was so good that they were willing to accept their advice and become their family. They said to Mr. and Mrs. Han: "Husband and wife, you are really good, you are willing to take us in and let us have a home, we are really grateful, we are willing to live with you, let you be our parents, we will be filial to you, serve you, we will live happily together." ”
The Han couple listened to it and were very happy, they felt that they finally had a home, a son, and a daughter-in-law, and they felt that their lives had hope and meaning, and they said to the woman and son: "Woman, son, you don't have to be polite, you are our family, we should love each other, help each other, let's go home together, let's live every day together." ”
The old Taoist priest looked at them, he was also very pleased, he felt that they were a couple of destined couples, but also a pair of blessed parents, he blessed them, said: "Husband and wife, women, sons, you are all good people, you all deserve to be happy, you will be happy, I wish you eternal happiness, a hundred years of good togetherness, and a long life." ”
After saying that, the old Taoist priest sent them down the mountain, then returned to the cave and continued his practice. Mr. and Mrs. Han returned to the town and started a new life, they loved each other, lived in harmony, and lived happily ever after.