Tian Laohan's wife died of illness at an early age, leaving him and his only son to depend on each other, Tian Laohan worked hard to bring up his son, which was not easy.
In a flash, the son grew into a young man, and he was filial to Tian Laohan, in order to get rid of poverty as soon as possible and live a good life, so he learned the craft of carpenter.
Day after day, the son went out to do carpentry work every day, Tian Laohan washed and cooked at home, and went to work in the fields after the family cleaned up. In this way, the life of father and son is busy and fulfilling.
It was said that early this morning, Tian Laohan felt unwell, but he didn't take it seriously, but ate breakfast, and went to work in the fields as usual.
As a result, as soon as he walked to the field, Tian Laohan felt dizzy, and then fell to the ground with a "plop", unconscious.
Later, some villagers found out and hurriedly sent Tian Laohan to the hospital. Tian Laohan saved his life, but Lang Zhong said that he was suffering from a serious illness and must be treated quickly, otherwise it will become more and more serious, and he is afraid that he will not be saved.
The father and son have not had much savings over the years, so Tian Laohan doesn't plan to treat the disease, he doesn't want to drag his son down. But who knew that on this day, the son actually rushed back five taels of silver to treat Tian Laohan, he said that he did his job well, and his employer rewarded him.
Hearing his son say this, Tian Laohan was pleasantly surprised, and turned to cry with joy.
In this way, Tian Laohan used the silver to cure his illness, but later he gradually discovered that his son's left hand was always hidden behind his back, and he had been avoiding his gaze intentionally or unintentionally.
Tian Laohan faintly felt that something was wrong, and guessed that his son must have something to hide from him. So this old man took advantage of his son's inattention, and grabbed his left hand.
At this time, he only heard his son's exclamation of "oops", so he hurriedly wanted to retract his left hand, but he pulled and dragged it, and saw that the gauze wrapped around his son's left hand fell off at once, and Tian Laohan looked at it, and his son's left hand was missing two fingers.
For a while, Tian Laohan was really dumbfounded, and his whole heart suddenly hurt like a pinprick, and then he asked his son in a trembling voice: "Son! Your hand ......What's going on? ”
When the words fell, the son hesitated: "Oh, it's okay, Dad! This is something I accidentally injured while working, and it doesn't get in the way. ”
Hearing this, Tian Laohan burst into tears in distress. If you can exchange your life for your son's two fingers intact, then you will definitely die without hesitation. But the reality is always so helpless, for a while, Tian Laohan stroked his son's injured hand, and his heart seemed to be dripping blood.
Along the way, there have been ups and downs, and the life of the father and son has not been easy, but Tian Laohan never thought that a year later, his son would have a big accident.
On this day, the son came back from work and drove the carriage to the hillside to pull firewood, but when he was going down the hill, the brakes suddenly failed, and the carriage rushed down and rushed straight into the valley ......
His son died like this, and Tian Laohan was so grief-stricken that he cried and fainted several times at the funeral. Later, under the comfort of the villagers, he gradually cheered up, but in his mind, he missed his son all the time.
Unexpectedly, seven days after his son's death, Tian Laohan dreamed of his son at night. In the dream, his son walked up to him and said with a worried face: "Dad, you go to the house of Wang Agen in the neighboring village and give him five taels of silver." ”
After saying that, the son suddenly disappeared. Tian Laohan waved his two hands and tried to grab his son, but he woke up after grabbing it.
After Tian Laohan woke up, he found that his tears had already wet the pillow towel, recalling the scene in the dream, his heart could not be calm for a long time, and at the same time he was very curious, after all, he didn't know this Wang Agen, how could my son let me send him five taels of silver?
Tian Laohan couldn't figure it out, so he didn't think about it anymore, he didn't take it seriously, so he thought that what was in his dream could be taken seriously? But who knew that two days later, he had the same dream one after another.
Tian Laohan felt very surprised, but he still didn't do it after all, in his opinion, five taels of silver is not a small amount after all, how can it be unclear, say that you will give it away?
That's it, a few days later, but this day the old man of Hitian accidentally fell down when he went out, and he ended up with a whimper.
Let's say that after Tian Laohan died, he saw his son in the underworld, and after the father and son hugged each other and cried for a while, the son asked Tian Laohan with a bitter face: "Dad, why don't you do it when I give you a dream?" You've done me a lot of misery like this. Did you know? This is a debt I owe, and if I don't pay it off, I will pay it off by being a cow and a horse in the next life! ”
Hearing this, Tian Laohan was stunned for a moment, and then learned from his son that the money his son gave him for treatment a year ago was actually the compensation of five taels of silver that his son deliberately cut off two fingers when he was working for his employer's family.
The reason why the son wanted to do this was because he had no money to treat his father's illness, but he couldn't borrow it, so he had no choice but to think of such a trick.
In this way, although the father was cured, the son's behavior was a deception to the employer, so the five taels of silver needed to be returned to the employer. Therefore, after he died, he would give his father a dream one after another, let his father go to a neighboring village, and send five taels of silver to Wang Agen, this Wang Agen is the employer.
After learning the truth, Tian Laohan couldn't help but burst into tears and blamed himself again and again. Then he knelt on the ground and prayed to the king of Yama, hoping that the king of Yama would be merciful and not let his son be a cow and horse in the next life.
Later, King Yama thought twice, and for the sake of Tian Laohan's son's filial piety, he reduced the punishment for him, and he should have been reincarnated as a cow and horse to go to Wang Agen's house to pay off his debts, and finally let him be reincarnated as Wang Agen's son ......
To say that this Wang Agen and his wife have not given birth to a son and a half daughter for more than 20 years, and the wife is suddenly pregnant, which makes the couple very happy.
Later, Wang Agen's wife gave birth to a boy, who was well-behaved and sensible since he was a child, and when he grew up, he was filial to his parents, and the family lived happily and happily!