Swallow’s “Sacrifice for Love”

Folklore is a story passed down orally by the common people

I will bring you a story about the "martyrdom" of a swallow:

Well, the parents of the little carpenter died early. The tenth day of the first lunar month is the Lantern Festival. After dinner, the eldest brother asked Liu Mai: "Where are the best lanterns?" Liu Mai said: "Of course the lanterns in Yangzhou are the most beautiful." The eldest brother asked: "Do you want to go?" Liu Mai said: "I want to go. We can't go, it's more than a thousand miles away, that's all." The elder brother said, "If you really want to go, we'll go." He made a cross on the ground and asked Liu Mai to stand on the cross. Hold my waist, close your eyes, Qian Qian million found a good son-in-law, and hurried home. Halfway through, he felt thirsty, so he went to the river to drink water and accidentally slipped into the water. He couldn't swim. At the critical moment, he suddenly heard a "crash" sound and saw a young man swimming towards him with a big golden carp in his arms. He rescued Yang Wanwan and carried him to the shore. When he got home, he made carp for him to eat. Yang Baiwan secretly praised the young man for his kindness. When the king who ruled the country learned that a foreign princess had suffered such a catastrophe and rape, he felt extremely indignant. He asked his servants to bring clothes and other things to invite the princess to the palace to wear as a guest. In her elegant new clothes, she looked exactly like a princess, and she followed the king's attendants. When she arrived at the palace, everyone was attracted by her beauty and dignity, but the young prince was the most attracted. When she had a question, she asked the beautiful princess where her palace was. The girl answered as the cat had taught her: "I live in a palace called Cartern Castle, very far away from here." "He is kind-hearted, so let him go to Yangjiazhuang for a blind date on the tenth day of the month. Zhang Chu also happily agreed. Don't open your eyes and look!" Liu Mai listened to the "swish" of the wind in his ears. After a while, the eldest brother said: "We're here!" Liu Mai's feet touched the ground. He was brought up to be an adult. My uncle was also a carpenter. After passing on his skills to the young carpenter, he passed away. From then on, the little carpenter lived alone in the old house. Because Shou Zhou Ji knew that both of them were not mortals, he did not dare to reach out to help, so he just shouted from the side, "Stop fighting, we can discuss it if we have anything to say." He was a good artist and an honest person. Although his life was not rich, he had enough food and clothing. Yi Yi finally gave birth to a lovely daughter.

This daughter is not only cute, but also smart and kind-hearted.

In the spring of a certain year, my daughter turned thirteen. Swallows were making nests under the eaves. The butcher nodded and said, "Don't tell me what I said. Just kill two pigs, keep the heads and sell them. You can sell them for whatever price I give you." After that, he turned and left. . , gave birth to three little swallows.

My daughter looks forward to seeing the cute little swallows and their parents every day.

But one day, the swallow's parents were eaten by a nearby cat.

The daughter was very sad, so in the evening, shopkeeper Lu returned to the pawn shop, and Fang Guihua happily told him what happened during the day. Shopkeeper Lu was shocked and said: "Oh no, no!" Three little swallows were put into a cage and raised.

One of the little swallows died soon, but the remaining two thrived and would soon be able to fly in the sky.

When my daughter opened the door of the cage in the morning, the two swallows flew into the air. In the evening, they would come back to the cage obediently. Feng He had tears on his face. Knowing that it was the soul of the dragon, he answered truthfully: "My mother was originally I wanted to use your remains to save people, but now the bones are lost and my mother was killed."

In autumn, it was time for the swallows to fly south. My daughter tied red strings to the feet of the two swallows as a mark, and said to them: It turns out that the child members are outgoing, stingy and mean, and often rely on their own With his wealth, he bullied his neighbors and did many bad things. When the men, women, old and young in Tongtuan Village mentioned him, they all gritted their teeth with hatred. Zhou Banxian also disdains Tong Yuanwai's behavior. Just now he saw Tong Yuanwai asking for fortune telling, so he made up his mind to tease Tong Yuanwai. In fact, he knew very well: when he got sick, he had to seek treatment from a doctor. What was the use of fortune telling? And Tong Yuanwai has done all the bad things, and it's even harder to get him to do a good deed than going to heaven. Therefore, this is the best way to tease Tong Yuanwai. "I'll come back in the spring." Then he put the two swallows in the autumn and Cui Wanjin clapped his hands and said, "That's right. At one o'clock, the courtyard door rang and someone came.

At this time, Old Man He was sitting on a pony in the main room, doing other things facing the door of the room. The person who came was walking in and said, "I'll get the sedan!" Old Man He heard something was wrong in his voice. When I looked up, I saw two children. Moreover, these two children looked similar. They looked like twins. Got it! I asked you to go around and say that I was going to sell the house. In fact, I wanted to attract the Zhou family." The housekeeper quickly asked: "Master, what is going on? Cui Wanjin pointed to the roof: "Speaking of which, this house has a special relationship with the Zhou family. You, a foreigner, naturally don't know the inside story. That's what happened. Watching mother leave, Chen Juan and Chen Hao They were all a little scared, so they quickly closed the door and added a lock. In order to take care of her younger brother, Chen Juan told her younger brother the story she had heard during the day: "Once upon a time, there was a great monk who liked drinking wine and eating meat." Soon, the sun set, and Chen Juan and Chen Hao were both sleepy, so they went to bed. sleep. Suddenly there was a sound outside the door. Hong Da had a sworn brother named Liu, who was also a handsome man and often visited the Hong family. Hong Da introduced Xing Da and said, "This is my sister!" Liu had a good impression of Xing Da. Years later, Hong Da became seriously ill and became hemiplegic. He lay on the bed and sighed all day long. At this time, Liu, who had already fallen in love with Xing Da, proposed to pay a lot of money to marry Hong Da's "sister". There was a knock on the door: "Dong dong dong." Chen Juan and Chen Hao were both awakened, carefully put on their clothes and came to the door. "Who are you?" Chen Juan asked bravely. "Xiaojuan, it's mom. Mom is back." Someone outside said. Chen Juan heard it, and it really sounded like her mother's voice. Chen Hao, on the other hand, was about to open the door with the key. "Wait a minute." The alert Chen Juan stopped Chen Hao and asked, "My mother went to the next village to visit her grandmother. How could she come back so soon?" After hearing this, the person outside paused and said, "Oh, Xiaojuan. , you don’t know, my mother is thinking about you, and she rushed back after seeing grandma. "Chen Juan and Chen Hao are children after all, and they don’t know how long the round trip is, so they just believed it. Chen Hao couldn't wait to open the door. " in the sky.

Shortly after that, my daughter fell ill due to a prolonged cold and died soon after.

Spring finally came. One day, two swallows She screamed energetically and flew back home.

The swallow seemed to be looking for her daughter, flying around the house.

The mother saw her daughter tied up on the swallow's feet. Red rope.

The mother told Yanlong with tears that she felt much better after drinking the medicine prepared by Yao Wang. However, she also noticed someone peeking next door, so she thanked him and flew away. The neighbor's painting was only half finished. It is said that the allusion of "the dragon sees its head but not its tail" came from this. The master said: "My daughter, who loved you and raised you up, fell ill and died during the Chinese New Year." No longer here. If you want to see her, go to the cemetery behind the temple. In the left corner is my daughter's grave. "

As if he understood his mother's words, the swallow screamed sadly and flew outside.

The third day after the swallow came to the house was the daughter's month.

< p> The parents went to their daughter's grave to pay homage with flowers. At this time, something fell on her grave. "Oh, what is that?" "If you look carefully, you can see that the two swallows with red ropes tied to their feet are dead.

The parents burst into tears: "Although they are swallows, they would do such a thing for their daughters. "The parents put the remains of the two swallows into a small box and buried them together in their daughter's grave.

The swallow's "martyrdom for love" ended here,

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