Chinese Folklore - The River God

Chinese Folklore - The River God

The river God had always disliked the Dragon King.

Although as an employee of Tianting at the same time, was assigned to the same area on duty, one is in charge of rainfall, the other is in charge of drainage, it can be regarded as an old colleague, it is supposed to have some friendship.

But in the eyes of the river God, the dragon King is a real villain, who always cheated himself.

Originally, the river God is a god who treats his own work very carefully. At the beginning of each year, the work task will be prepared into a detailed schedule, accurate to which day and which time the river rises a few feet a few inches, how much flood discharge irrigation, are arranged clearly, to ensure that the local wind and rain, no drought and no flood.

But the dragon King, who is in charge of rain, has no rules.

Different from the River God, who was raised from the bottom through painstaking cultivation, the Dragon King's family had a solid foundation. He probably lived a willful and comfortable life since childhood, and did not follow the rules and regulations in his work. At the beginning of each year Tianting would propose a target for the amount of rain that would fall on the territory, but he did not bother to make even the most cursory plans. He let the water flow as he went along, more or less frequently, at most by season, and not at all accurate for each hour of the day.

In this way, the dragon king himself is relaxed and happy, but the work of collecting water and draining water is under the control of the river god, and the length, width and height of the river embankment are fixed, it is impossible to stretch and stretch like a golden stick. When there is a lot of rain, the flow goes up, where to find a place to arrange the water is a big question. In order to control the momentum of the flood, do not flood the local people's houses and fields, the river god of worry sleep uneasy.

So the river God was angry. Every time he saw the dragon King, he hated the skin and laughed.

Sometimes, he would secretly hold a grudge against me. It seems that this lost son of the Dragon clan has lived a peaceful life since childhood and everything goes well. He does not know how miserable it is for me to quarrel with the gods of the coastal land over the boundary of the submerged area.

In order to purify the workplace environment, the river god secretly to the above hit many times the report, denounce the dragon King of all kinds of unreliable, apply to let the dragon king transfer, don't follow his partner, but all were rejected.

"Is that guy great because he has a background? !" The river God clutched the report that he had been beaten again in his hand, and his ribs tickled. "Bastard Dragon King, let me be a little prick you one day."

Of course, the River God Lord did not disdain to do such a poor thing, but occasionally use his power to teach the dragon King a little lesson, he still can do it.

For example, this summer, because the Dragon King was in a hurry to ask for annual leave, he concentrated all the rain that should have been finished in one season in one month. As a result, every day in this month, lightning flashed and thunder poured down, and the water level in the river naturally rose slowly.

The river god had no choice but to take a group of fine fish and shrimp soldiers, day and night everywhere to dreg water, a moment on this side of the dike to be mended, a moment on the other side of the sluice collapse, sometimes even his crayfish soldiers were suddenly caught by the ignorant masses to make dishes, facing these conditions every day, even if ten hearts grow in his chest is not enough for him to handle.

The river god is breaking down.

Just as he was full of discontent, another man came down to report that a certain section of the embankment was about to be lost, and he came to ask the river god where to divert the water.

River God a look, yo, this dike is not just next to the dragon Temple!

According to the soldier who was present at the time, at that moment, the river God who is usually gentle and elegant actually smiled a little sombre.

No one knew exactly what the river God had done, but the result was that while the dragon King was humming a song and planning where to go on his annual vacation, his temple was washed away.

When the dragon King heard the news face Meng force, my temple is not on the hillside? How do you say it's flooded? What a state the low-lying villages must be in! Although I am a small god of precipitation drop casual, but also not to do so outrageous ridiculous things!

When the dragon King rushed to the scene in a hurry, he found that the hillside where the temple was built had somehow sunk, collapsed and sunken all the way, and it had turned into a long spillway. After a big circle, the flood was diverted back to the main river, but the nearby villages were dry and cool, without even splashing water.

The river God happened to be at the scene, the sympathy on his face was almost impossible to hang up: "Oh, dragon king, you say how so unfortunate, this slope happened to be soaked by the big water, I have not encountered such a situation for hundreds of years when the river God......"

The Dragon King watched the river God act without saying a word.

He wanted to be angry, but he was right about it. He had done his job wrong. The rain had gone a little over the line, and if the river God had not done it, the innocent people around him might have suffered, and that would have been a big responsibility.

So the dragon King can't tell the story to the top this time, only to suffer dumb.

The great revenge of the river God was avenged, and he changed his old behavior. Every time he had a working meeting, he did not hide from the Dragon King as usual. Instead, he held his head high and waved to the Dragon King in front of him with a feeling of complacency.

The dragon King did not have a fit, just a dry laugh.

Son thief, you wait the fuck for Grandpa!

To tell the truth, although the dragon King was a little capricious about the rain, at least he was not like some other dragon Kings who deliberately withhold the rain and don't release the water until they have given enough to him. Besides, the river God worked hard to clean up his mess. The local weather was generally good except for the occasional minor waterlogging. Therefore, the Dragon King Temple was maintained by the local people. Once the flood subsided, the people began to repair the broken Dragon King Temple.

In view of the temple was washed even the root of the beam did not leave, look at the progress, not for a while to build up. This is very frustrating for the dragon King.

Without the temple of the Dragon King, the Dragon King not only lost his residence and office, even the daily worship of incense can not accept. This fairy treatment is not the same as heaven, heaven regardless of welfare benefits, all expenses are on the temple incense worship, this food is broken, survival crisis to the whole out.

The river God's revenge is really bad enough.

The Dragon King, who had a straight temper and was quick to get angry in his heart, cancelled all his planned annual vacation and moved to the river God's house with his bedroll after swearing ungraciously.

Yes, he only cancelled the trip, but he could still take his annual leave, and had plenty of time to sleep in his bed and eat his food in this hot summer house.

In the face of such scoundrels, the river God, who has to go to work every day, is not concerned.

Can only gnash one's teeth to review again "Tie the little man basic principle".

The original river God received incense offerings although not too rich, but still enough to eat, but here came a good appetite of the dragon King, immediately strapped for money. In addition, the river God still had a lot of work to do every day, the physical consumption was large, and could not prevent the dragon King to steal surplus food at home every day, not long before he made himself malnutrition, increasingly thin.

The damage effect of the spirit body was soon reflected on the body of the river god. The river was gradually silted by sand and stone, and the water flow was limited. In addition, the dragon King had no rain for a while on vacation.

There was not enough water to irrigate the farmland, which made the people anxious. They were discussing whether to repair the Dragon King Temple as soon as possible and hold a rain ceremony.

He had heard from other members of his family that when the people asked for rain, they would offer the Dragon king a large pig's head with spiced pork. He and the river God had endured so much hardship together that they almost didn't chew the soil.

"Don't stare at me. I'm not mean." The dragon King jokingly waved in front of the jealous river God, "Don't worry, I will not waste your incense. When the pig's head arrives, I will share with you a spiced pig's ear, ha ha ha."

Before long, the people began a rain ceremony in the half-renovated Dragon King Temple.

Unlike what the Dragon King had imagined, there were no big pigs' heads, nor any other delicacies. In fact, there was no offering at all.

Instead, the head of the village led several strong men of the village to carry the statue of the dragon King out of the temple and put it in an open place. Under the watchful eyes of the whole village, the strongest man came out and swung his long whip at the statue.

Pop, pop, pop.

The dragon King to see the face pain, the heart of the terrible ten thousand horses pentium, just want to hit people.

Whoa, whoa, whoa. Why aren't these people doing what they do? What about the offer? ! Why are you even cracking the whip? ! What the hell is going on with this weird story? !

"Some people fall asleep in orientation classes without even basic common sense." The river God was gloating at one side, "Haven't you read the local Chronicles here? It says here that the custom of begging for rain is to beat the dragon King. The harder the beating, the more effective the effect of begging for rain."

The river god just finished saying, next to came Kuang Kuang sound.

It was the remorseful dragon King who ran against the wall.

"Hehe." The river God smiled very sincerely, "The crime deserves it."

After a period of time, the original arrogance of the dragon king was extinguished a lot, every day full of frustration, a pair of salt fish can not turn over the body of the bad luck.

I just lost faith in life.

In sharp contrast, is the river god swagger.

The local people saw the dragon King and begged for a long time without rain -- "They begged me for rain? They're just abusing me! Even if I was laughed to death by other gods and immortals and received no more offerings, I would never give them a drop of rain!" So said the traumatized Dragon King -- and turned to the river god to pray that the river would rise.

Although the river God himself could not make the river rise without the rain of the dragon God, this did not prevent him from eating the new offerings of the people in his conscience.

After so many years of suffering, he finally made it out. He could not only eat a full meal, but also run on the Dragon God and the river God's life every day.

Alas, this happiness will not last.

The people, seeing that a wave of offerings didn't work, got together and talked about it, and came to the conclusion that the river God didn't lack food, but also a wife.

But no one could do such a wicked thing as throw a golden-flowered girl into the river. While the villagers were discussing other options, a fat girl who lived at the entrance of the village grabbed the rune of prayer, picked up her skirt and volunteered to jump off the bridge.

The sad villagers hanging on the bridge crying is a heart-wrenching tragedy.

The river god was about to cry.

It's just that the people don't send food, but also send a fat girl who has an appetite no worse than the Dragon King. What a strange way to share what little food they have left!

Why do people keep trying to kill me?!

"Who am I, where am I and what am I going to do? Out of anger, the river God sat at the table, indifferent to the dragon King and the fat girl who grabbed the last bowl of dinner in front of him, but in a numb tone of voice to ask himself and answer philosophical questions. "Look at me this river god, what is the meaning of life?"

But the river God will not surrender to heaven so easily, he will struggle again.

The first thing to do is to persuade the fat girl with a good appetite to go back and not stay here and consume the precious grain.

But the fat girl refused to listen to the advice, but also particularly righteous said that she would not help the village to solve the problem of water shortage, she would never leave, would rather consume the last rice in this son, with two gods together.

The river God was a little frightened by her overwhelming power.

The fiery dragon King does not like this, especially when he has just been robbed of his last bowl of rice. Upon hearing such a threat, he breaks his hair and stands up, grabbing a hemp bag and covering the fat girl.

"You... What are you going to do?" The river God was alarmed to see the Dragon King struggling to hold down the still twisting hemp bag.

"Why are you still staring? Come and give me a hand." The Dragon King turned his head, his face fierce. "Together, we will solve this problem."

That's how it was when two gods, one in front of the other carrying a sack, sneaked into the village on a dark and windy night.

"How can it be so heavy? The river God, walking behind him, called feebly in a low voice, "Hey, dragon king, you walk slowly. I haven't had enough supper and I can't keep up."

"You are a weak chicken, don't you have a lot of power when you usually talk?" The Dragon King glanced back at him in disgust. "Hurry, you must send the fat girl back before daylight."

As the two gods approached the village, the big yellow dog heard the noise and began to bark.

The guilty men threw the hemp bag into the road at the entrance of the village, turned and ran away. When his hat flew away and his shoes fell off, the two fools remembered that they were gods and could fly and spell.

At this time the day is just bright, the early morning sun shines in the forest, so that the two gods can see each other's full of confusion, ashes. At first, they just stared at each other in a trance. Suddenly, they both laughed. The more they laughed, the happier they were.

"Ha ha ha, how on earth did we get ourselves into this." The Dragon King smiled quickly and sat down on the grass. "I never expected to have such a miserable day."

"Did you expect me to see that? I have always made my men cold." The river God also sat down beside the dragon King and sighed helplessly, "When the fat girl goes back and talks, my image will be ruined."

"You are so fake." The dragon King was about to throw pebbles at the river God when he heard two loud bangs. It was the bellies of two gods.

There was an awkward silence.

After a while, the dragon King first stood up from the grass, stared at the river God for a while, smiled and said: "Forget it."

"Forget what? The river god was at a loss.

"Anyway, my temple will be repaired soon and I will have a place to work." The dragon King held out his hand to the river God, who was still sitting on the ground. "We should stop fighting and go back to our respective work. It should rain and drain water, so that the people remember our good, and worship on time."

"Well, I can't do any more." The river God took hold of the dragon King's outstretched hand and stood up. "It's settled." By this time it was full daylight, and the two gods were walking in the wood, one foot deep and the other shallow, so that only the birds could hear them talking.

"River God, I want to talk to you about something."

"You tell me."

"Can you give me the churros I had yesterday?"

"No."

"The half?"

"No."

"Not even half of it? You are so stingy, I was thinking of giving you half a brined pig's head!"

"I think it's more likely that you stole half of my brined pig's head."

"You say so is not interesting ah, little Lord I am so unprincipled person?"

"Oh, you think I don't know that you secretly ate half of the churros last night?"

"Huh? Did you find out?"

"Nonsense, can I not notice you making so much noise?"

"Well, before you get angry, we just agreed not to be angry... Hey, hey, hey, river God, why are you down? Are you all right?"

"Stop, I have to rest."

'What's the matter?

"I'm so hungry."

"......"

Then, in accordance with the agreement between the river god and the dragon King, they concentrated on their work, ensuring that the land on this side had good weather for many years, neither drought nor flood. The people enjoyed a good harvest every year and had a good life. They did not forget to offer a lot to the two gods, and incense was very prosperous.

Despite the inevitable daily rivalry between the river God and the Dragon King, who has never been able to eat the marinated pig's head he craved, the two gods agree that today's sun is much more satisfying.

But there are always good days. Like the rain in the sky and the water in the river, the bottom comes when the water has leaked out.

One day, Heaven sent an urgent notice, saying that there was a king on earth who was not virtuous. He asked the river god and the Dragon King to rain rain, block the river, and let the flood rise to the sky. All the villages along the way were destroyed, to show Heaven's wrath and impose punishment.

The river God and the Dragon King stared at the instruction for a long time, but neither said anything.

This is the law of nature, no matter how innocent the local people may be. They're organized gods. They know everything.

However, they have eaten so many offerings from everyone over the years that they have not grown up with the boys and girls of each village along the coast.

They sat opposite each other in silence, from dawn till dark, and from dark till dawn again.

It was the dragon King who first said, "I'll take care of this, so don't get involved."

"On what grounds? The river God spoke against him again, as he used to, but the next sentence was softer and slightly bitter: "You have a great background, don't you?"

Then they both laughed.

That smile, with a little helpless, more is full of tacit understanding of determination.

Many years later, the local legend also spread about two gods, they are a pipe rain dragon king, one is a pipe drainage river god, usually where nowhere to deal with, but in heaven because of the emperor lost morality, punishment, heart Qi to come forward, forcibly the original should be swept by the flood boundaries to protect down, did not let half of the villagers thus affected.

"Those who disobey the orders of Heaven will naturally be punished. Both immortals have been stripped of their celestial records and sent to the world for reincarnation. I don't know where they have been banished to." In the sunset, a rich old woman sat in front of a ruined temple. She could not help but wipe her tears as she told the story to her grandchildren, who gathered around her. "Oh, I saw it with my own eyes, and though it was a little silly, they were really two good gods."

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The bell of the class will Xiaobai students woke up from the dream, he is still a little meng, only subconsciously wiped the mouth of the saliva, looking at the meteorology professional course teacher is still continuing to lecture, but some clouds in the mind, do not know what to think.

Until the teacher announced that the class was over, around the students are almost scattered, the white students suddenly came to mind, grabbed the bag on the run to learn two canteen.

Every Friday at noon, a whole marinated pig's head will be released at the window of Xuer 2 Canteen. The marinated pig's head is chewy and delicious, which is the treasure of Xuer 2 Canteen. Every time before the sale, there will be a long queue in front of the window, which are all students waiting to buy a portion of marinated pig's head.

Unfortunately, today after class dragged the hall, Xiao Bai students anxious panic, full of thought is, finished, I am afraid my braised pig head can not catch up.

Xiao Bai was right. By the time he was out of breath and ran to the marinated window of the school Hall, the long queue had already broken up, and the last piece of marinated pig head meat was successfully won by Xiao Feng, a student majoring in water conservancy.

Xiao Feng was holding a tray and was about to go to the next dining area when he was stopped by a strange student.

Is the light looking at marinated pig head meat greedy eyes shining, walking path of the little white students.

At the moment, he is taunts his thickest skin, has never met the Xiao Feng student with a bright smile: "This classmate, let's talk, you buy this brined pig head meat, I share half OK?