The drought will not last until July and a half.

The drought will not last until July and a half.

In a year, although the drought may last, due to strong sunshine and hot weather, the drought from plum blossom to high temperature in summer is the most serious. However, no matter how dry it is, it will rain lightly on the eve of the seventh day of the seventh lunar month, even if it doesn't rain cats and dogs. So, why can't the drought last longer than July and a half? According to legend, there is a story. ?

A long time ago, there was a thatched cottage at the foot of a mountain in Fuyang, Zhejiang. There lived a mother and son. The son named Sun Guishan is eighteen years old. The young man works hard and is ready to help others. The villagers all praise him. They rented three acres of paddy fields, which were expensive, but even if the weather was good, they could barely fill their stomachs. In the case of drought, floods and pests, they can only live on turf. ?

As soon as summer came this year, it began to dry. It hasn't rained for more than a month, the fields are cracked and the streams are cut off. The seedlings planted by the villagers were irrigated by the stream. When the stream disappeared, the seedlings slowly began to dry up. But there is also a spring in the village. It is said that this spring water is connected to the Longtan Mountain, and it will not dry up if it doesn't rain for a year. However, the spring water is occupied by money, and whoever uses water must pay him a water fee. After the drought, water is as expensive as oil, and money doubles water and money, and people complain. ?

The sky in Wan Li is still cloudless in Wan Li, and there is no sign of rain. The villagers will fast for three days, and after taking a bath, they will go barefoot to the Longwang Temple on the mountain to beg for rain. However, after burning incense for a month, it didn't rain a drop. ?

At this time, the old dragon is sleeping in the deep pool behind the temple. Speaking of this dragon, it was also saved by Qian's grandfather. In the early summer of that year, the dragon was idle and turned into a mountain eel playing in the stream, which was seen by fishermen. The fisherman quietly took out the hook, stepped over and hooked it quickly. It's really a shrimp scene in Longyou Shoal. At this point, the dragon can't escape, let alone show its talents. Later, after it was bought by Qian's grandfather, he knew that his time was up and he shed tears. Qian's grandfather saw that several beards on the eel's mouth looked like dragon whiskers. He is a good man, thinking, maybe it is really a dragon! I put it back in the stream. After the dragon entered the water, he nodded to the rescuer, as if it were a gift. Suddenly, it cleared the water and rose to the sky. The dragon appeared in the clouds. Qian's grandfather spat out his tongue in shock. Very close. He almost killed a dragon just now. Just then, the sky was overcast. Whoosh It began to rain. It took half an hour for the rain to stop, only to see a dark cloud fall into a deep pool on the mountain. Dragons should live in deep pools. With grandpa Qian's help, the whole village has money to pay and something to do, which is why the Longwang Temple was built in front of the pool. ?

Old Long Zhien repay kindness with kindness. The next year, there was another drought. It introduced a spring water from the deep pool into the canal of thousands of fields. From then on, there was no waterlogging in rainy days and no drought in dry days this spring. The Qian family naturally remembered the benefits of the old dragon, and from time to time went to the Longwang Temple to pay tribute and incense, and passed this tradition on from generation to generation. ?

In the early summer of this year, Lao Long drank too much wine and fell asleep drunk. Where can he remember this rain for the world? People are begging for rain, but it sleeps soundly. ?

Sun Guishan thought, Lao Long has no intention of hitting people when they are down. If this situation continues, the rice collected will not be enough to pay for the expensive water. How do villagers live? The urgent task is to let the old dragon distribute rainwater quickly. What do we do? I don't know whether it is thinking and dreaming day and night, or whether his spirit touched God. That night, Sun Guishan saw an old man with a white beard in his dream. The old man told Sun Guishan bluntly that Lao Long was sleeping soundly. To wake it up, he had to pick a three-foot-long purple bamboo and poke it in the deep pool behind the Longwang Temple a few times, and it got up. Sun Guishan woke up with a start, thinking, is it the fairy who came to dream?

The next day, Sun Guishan found out that Lujia Village, next to Fuyang County, was rich in purple bamboo and was going to visit. ?

There is no windtight wall in the world, and Qian knows that Sun Guishan is going to stab Longtan. He thought, if it rains, who will buy his water? He measured a bucket of rice, put it in a cloth bag and carried it back to Sun Guishan's house. He said in a strange voice, young man, dragons can't be stabbed to death. When it gets angry, it will fly sand and stones, and the rainstorm will wash away fertile fields and villages, and you will kill the whole village! Can you bear the consequences? I advise you not to go. You farm with water, and I won't charge you for water.

Sun Guishan is determined to return the bag of rice to the money. ?

Sun Guishan went out early this morning. He came to Lujia Village and was very happy to see purple bamboos planted in front of and behind every household. When he came closer, he was startled. Those purple bamboos are only one or two feet high. How can they be three feet long? Like a burning charcoal, he fell into the water, full of hope and suddenly turned into smoke, and sat down on the stone by the roadside in frustration. ?

When the villagers saw it, they went over and asked him what had happened. Sun Guishan told the truth about looking for Zizhu and trying to wake up the old dragon. ?

An old man said that he planted some purple bamboos in the foothills, which were much higher than those beside the yard. Let Sun Guishan and him have a look. ?

Sun Guishan was very happy. He took the old man to the mountain pier and saw that the purple bamboo here really grew very tall. He dug up a plant and cut off bamboo branches and bamboo tips, which were exactly three feet long. Sun Guishan was so happy that he took out money to pay bamboo. The old man refused to accept anything and invited Sun Guishan to his home for lunch. ?

After lunch, Sun Guishan said goodbye to the old man and went home with Zizhu on his back. ?

Sun Guishan didn't get home until evening. The villagers were very happy to see him pick such a long purple bamboo. The next morning, everyone followed Sun Guishan to the Longwang Temple. Because the purple bamboo is too long, at the corner of the village alley, the purple bamboo bid farewell to the corner, and the middle of the bamboo pole was broken. It is said that the bamboo pole will not be damaged by such a gentle parting. There must be a ghost inside. Sun Guishan put the purple bamboo on the ground and saw that the bamboo seam was sawed. ?

Now, Sun Guishan has to go to Lujia Village to ask the old man for one. Because the purple bamboo is too long, it can't fit in the room, so we have to still lean against the wall outside. ?

It was money that broke the previous Zizhu. When he saw that Sun Guishan had picked another one, he wanted to do the same. At midnight, the money slipped away again. He laid the bamboo pole gently on the ground and took out a small saw. He was about to start work when he heard it for a while? Catch a thief? Cry. Before the money could react, it was caught by Sun Guishan and several other young people who had been waiting for a long time. Those people didn't use fire to see who was coming, so they just punched. After a beating, they deliberately sold a loophole and let the money run away. It turned out that Sun Guishan thought that money wouldn't let him stab Longtan, so he guessed that he must have sawed purple bamboo, so he secretly hid and waited. Judging from his figure and walking posture, Sun Guishan knew Qian Gui. He is rich and powerful, and it's no use catching him and sending him to the government. Might as well beat him up. ?

It was the thief who bit the money who was beaten, but he couldn't say it after suffering. After returning home, he lay in bed for seven days and seven nights, and his foot was broken. He will have to go out on crutches in the future. ?

After the sun came out, Sun Guishan carried Zizhu on his back, followed by all the men, women and children in the village, and went to the Longwang Temple. ?

When he came to Longtan behind the temple, Sun Guishan saw a air billow rising on the water. Knowing that the old dragon was snoring in it, he said loudly to Shentan. As a fairy, you should take the happiness of the people as a blessing and the disaster of the people as a disaster. You don't care about people's lives. You just want to sleep. I'll wake you up today. ? With that, he lifted the bamboo pole and jumped into the deep pool. ?

The old dragon was sleeping soundly when he was stabbed in the head and suddenly woke up. Just remembered, I was stabbed twice, and several pieces of Long Lin were stabbed down. The old dragon was furious and jumped out of Longtan. ?

At this time, Sun Guishan had already pulled the bamboo pole out of the deep pool and held it tightly in his hand. ?

Lao Long found Sun Guishan and said with a smile. It turned out that you hit me in Longtan and hit my dragon body. Let me give you some color to see see. ? So, it steadied itself, stretched out its front paws and grabbed at Sun Guishan, but it shrank back before touching him, and then swept away at Sun Guishan with its tail, but it quickly escaped without close contact. ?

It turned out that the old man who gave Sun Guishan purple bamboo was changed by Guanyin Bodhisattva. This purple bamboo is stained with fairy spirit, and Sun Guishan holds it. The old dragon naturally knows nothing about him. ?

The old dragon surrendered and had to fly to the sky obediently. In a flash, dark clouds rolled and thunder rumbled, and the sky seemed to crack at once. Heavy rain? Whoosh It went underground. The arid land absorbed enough rain, and those dying seedlings turned green again. ?

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Sun Guishan stabbed Longtan, just on the seventh day of the seventh lunar month. After that, the old dragon has a good memory. In order to avoid being stabbed by a purple bamboo pole, he will wake up on the eve of July and a half every year, swim in the sky and have a rain. So, those people stayed? The drought is only July and a half? Allusions.