The Great Flood of Gun-Yu

"Brother Dayu, do you want to go in?" Da Yu's best friend, who works with him in water conservancy, asked Qi. His face was dark and his voice was low, which made him calm.

Dayu, a tall man with strong hands and feet, was carrying a shovel, and there was a bag hanging on the handle of the shovel, which contained various measuring instruments such as standards, ropes, rules and regulations. His face was gloomy and he walked forward.

"Brother Yu, I haven't been home for eight years. This is the third time I've passed by the house. Go in! This time, the situation is not as tense as the previous two times, and the flood is almost over. Even if you go in, you won't be punished if you want to come to Shun Di. " Another of his friends, Hou Ji, said behind him.

Dayu looked back at him coldly, and strode forward without stopping. Deed and Hou Ji had to follow.

in the evening, the three of them rested in a temple in a neighboring village. The temple was divided into two rooms, inside and outside, and Dayu lived in the inner room. He lit oily pine branches and studied the river map painted on sheepskin.

Chee and Hou Ji are in the outer room. They can't sleep and are chatting in a low voice.

"Why doesn't Brother Dayu go home?"

"Remember how the master died?"

"Sir, that's the wrong way. The people were angry because of the flood, so they had to be scapegoats. Is the situation all right now? "

"who can tell?"

"Yes, God's will is unpredictable. What should we do if it rains again and floods? But how about going home for Brother Dayu? "

"there are other things."

"what is it?"

"isn't it tiring for you two to live lightly today? ! Why don't you stay up so late? ！” Dayu's deep voice came from the inner room.

both of them are silent. When the temple was quiet, Dayu lost himself in the river map and couldn't stand it. Of course, I must be a little scared when I think of passing by the house today. I think of my father, Gun, who worked so hard to control water, but he was finally killed because of poor water control.

He is now walking on the blade of a knife, and he is also managing water. Who knows if God will sell him this account? ! If there is a big flood one day, he will inevitably end up like Dad. Be diligent, or you may be spared.

Of course, there are other reasons. His wife, Joe, is his father's favorite. His lover is Shun Di's daughter, Danni. She likes to wear red clothes best, and she laughs recklessly. There is always endless fun with her. Today, you can dig earthworms and fish, and tomorrow, you can catch fireflies for lighting.

He likes the way she runs all over the mountains and likes her bright smile. His father disagreed, saying that there was a power dispute in the imperial family, and he might get into trouble one day. It is also said that Danni is too lively to be a good daughter-in-law who keeps house diligently.

His father has taken a fancy to Joe, and thinks she is gentle, virtuous and kind. He gave up Danielle and married Joe. He was fourteen years old that year, and he didn't know how to stand up to his father. The father is the absolute authority in the family, and he demands absolute obedience to both his son and his wife. When the family is a little disobedient, they will fly into a rage.

My father is very busy with water conservancy and often doesn't go home. My mother is busy at home and in the fields, which is enough. When my father came home, he never cherished and comforted his mother, but always blamed and complained.

When my father came home that day, he said that his mother was salty when cooking, and he threw the clay pot to the ground with all his strength. The piece of clay fell on his foot and made a cut, and he immediately bled profusely. It took a long time to stop the bleeding, leaving a crescent-shaped scar from then on. As soon as I looked down at the scar, I couldn't help thinking of my father's coldness and irritability.

He always felt that when his father came home, the clouds were overcast at home, but it was better not to be there.

On the fourth day of marriage, I remembered the dispute with my father about water control. My father insisted on the practice of the older generation and blocked the flood. He thinks that the river can be diverted from the land and introduced into the sea. If there is less water on the land, the flood problem will be solved.

My father disagreed. At that time, people only lived in their own places, never went far away, only saw the river at the head of the village, and never thought about the river so far away.

Father said, "How can you be sure that the river will lead to the sea? If the river flows everywhere, wouldn't more places be flooded? "

"no. According to the book, after the mountain was hit, the sky tilted northwest and the ground sank southeast. The East China Sea and the South China Sea are the lowest places, and the river can definitely flow there. "

"You don't have to read a few books to feel how amazing you are! Go out and talk about it. Ten out of ten people have to say that you are wrong. The people who control the water together eat more salt than you eat. Isn't it as much as you know? "

"A new generation is better than the old one. Maybe you are wrong, and I am right alone?"

"Don't stay here in daydreaming, it's serious to go out to work."

My father left angrily, and he was angry, so he didn't believe that water wouldn't flow to the East China Sea. The next day, I signed up with two friends and Hou Ji, left without saying goodbye, and made a long journey to the East China Sea.

When he came back, he found that his father had been killed. At this time, he was in a mixed mood, regretting that he had not met his father, blaming himself for not being with his parents at that time, and resenting that his father had not listened to him earlier, so he used the law of persuasion to solve the problem. He felt depressed again, and from then on, this family had to be pressed on his shoulders. That kind of burden made him unable to keep his waist straight. He suddenly understood why his father had been bent lightly since he could remember.

The next day after he got home, Shun Di appointed him to take over from his father to control the water. He feels that he can finally control water in his own way. He must do better than his father. There is another feeling that it seems that their father and son have the same fate.

He burned all his father's things, including water control tools and measuring instruments. His friends said, These can still be used, so stay. He barely left this river map, and he revised it and added a lot of new content until it was unrecognizable. He doesn't want to leave anything of his father, either destroy it or get rid of it.

but his wife, the wife that his father married, he can neither destroy nor change. He can only hide from her, get married for four days, go to the East China Sea, go out to control water conservancy one day after coming back, and never set foot in the house again. Stay away from her as if she were gone.

He also knows that she is really good and virtuous, and she works hard at home and in the fields. A few years ago, people who came back from vacation to send messages said that her mother was ill, thanks to his wife's service. However, he still refused to face her.

The next day, Dayu woke up and saw the sky was dim and the two outside were still asleep. He wanted to go out for a walk. When he looked at the door, he saw the girl Joe standing between two big burdens, which made her look thinner and thinner.

Dayu asked, "Why are you here?"

"Yesterday you passed by the door. I went to the field, and my neighbor told me when I came back. I came to send you something. The quilt you took was sent by Qi three years ago, and it is very old now. I made you a new set. "

"Oh ..."

"Besides, I brought my own luggage. You can't go home. I'll run around with you. Mother was gone last year, and I have nothing to worry about. "

Dayu bowed his head and said nothing.

When he walked out of Hou Ji from the temple, he knew his acquiescence when he didn't speak. He said, "Brother Dayu, let my sister-in-law stay! You haven't seen each other for a long time, and we can occasionally take a vacation to explore our home. Only you haven't been home for eight years. "

She picked up two parcels and went into the temple. Hou Ji said, The parcels are really heavy. It's hard for a weak woman, my sister-in-law, to carry them so far in the morning.

Since then, Joe has been running around with them, cooking for them, sewing clothes and sewing. It's not easy.

On this day, Dayu came back from a busy day, and the girl Joe served dinner. Dayu was eating, and Joe said, "I don't feel well recently." Dayu gave a "Oh" and went on eating. "I think there should be a body." Dayu turned his head and asked, "Really? ！” Female Joe nodded and Dayu's face lit up. Go and wash the dishes yourself after dinner.

Come back and say to the girl Joe, "You are a double body now. I'm afraid you can't travel around with us. Why don't I ask Qi to take you home tomorrow? " Female Joe said, "No, I think it's good to follow you."

One day, Dayu was digging a river on the mountain and didn't come back very late. Female Joe wanted to send food to him in the past, but she fell down when she didn't want to climb the mountain. Dayu came down the mountain and saw the fallen girl Joe. He quickly came to help her and asked, "What do you think? Will it be all right?" Female Joe replied: "I don't think so, there should be no problem." Dayu was a little angry: "You have a body, so you don't take care of yourself and run around. What if the child falls?" I have to ask Chee to take you home. " Female Joe said, "I don't want to go back. I just won't walk around in the future."

Dayu said, "That won't do. Moving around is not good for children." Insist on sending off the girl Joe. Female Joe was very angry and walked quickly in front. Dayu ran after him and shouted, Don't run so fast, be careful of the baby in your belly! Female Joe walked more urgently, and when she walked, she became a stone.

when Dayu arrived, he was shocked: how could it turn into stone?

Then he turned from shock to anger and shouted, "Girl Joe, if you turn to stone, you have to give my child back to me."

There was a bang, and the stone cracked, revealing a baby. Dayu was even more surprised with the baby in her arms.

At this moment, a middle-aged woman appeared in front of her, dressed in a skirt as blue as the sea. The woman said, "Dayu, take the children and go home. Good life brought him up. "

Dayu asked, "Where's the girl Joe?" The woman said, "It's too late to think of Joe. She told me that you only thought about the child, but never thought of her, which means that she has finished with you. She's gone and won't come back. "

"who are you? How can you know that she is not coming back? " Dayu then asked.

The woman replied, "I am the dragon mother of the Dragon Palace in the East China Sea, and Qiao is my daughter, and also the daughter of the Dragon King in the East China Sea, Yu Jiaolong. That year, you explored the waterway to the coast of the East China Sea and saved her life. She turned into a mortal and returned the favor and married you. "

"Don't you remember saving the dragon lady in the East China Sea?" Dayu is a little confused.

"that day, she was naughty and turned into a golden carp to play. I happened to meet a shark. In a crisis, you drove the shark away and saved her name. She appreciated your kindness and told me that she would marry you. When I said to her, you were cold-faced and cruel, and you might not be kind to her.

She said she would give you three chances, but you didn't enter the house after three times. I went to take her back to the Dragon Palace. She said that maybe you were too busy managing water and couldn't go home. Therefore, to actively follow you, I sent her to the temple where you live.

I haven't thought about these days. Even when I am with you, all you care about is water control. I saw just now that even if something happens to her, you only have children in your heart. She was really chilling and decided to go back with me. You don't have to go to her, and if you find her, you won't know you. She will drink the water of forgetting Sichuan and forget everything in the world. "

with that, he disappeared.

Dayu suddenly discovered something. He resented his father's harshness towards him and his mother's ruthlessness. And he is the same as his father, as ruthless as Joe.

It's just that maybe he can be different from his father in treating his children. He bowed his head and said to the child, "The stone is born. I will name you Kai. I hope you will open up a warm and harmonious era that neither your grandfather nor I have."

with that, he took the child in his arms and walked down the mountain.