The Shocking and Extraordinary Romance of the Great Sage

(8) Wall Sculpture Fairy

Chapter 51: Baosanggen cleanses his heart by losing his family.

The poem says:

In good years, prepare food for disaster years. When you are full, don’t forget to be hungry and heartbroken.

When you are poor, you don't owe any debts to relatives and friends, and you are as light as a rich man.

Kindness must be helped by heaven and darkness. Beware of wolves everywhere in the world.

The wall sculpture fairy came from the clouds to help the great sage Tibetan in distress.

Bao Nan is a native of Luoyang, Henan. He is a merchant and has been doing business for five generations. His wife, Mrs. Lu, was a good wife and mother and gave birth to a son and a daughter. Bao Nan opened a restaurant, which grew from a small one to a large one. It was very popular among the people in the street. The business was booming and the family lived happily. This year, I bought a large building on the main road of East Street and opened the"People's Inn", which operated wine, food and tea, and attracted all the passers-by.

At the beginning of spring, Baonan suddenly fell ill and died. His wife, Lu, was deeply saddened. She suffered from a serious illness and had to take medicine for many months. Within a few years, all the money saved had been spent. The family fortune declined, the business was depressed, and the family was indifferent.

It's exactly this:

Man's calculation is not as good as God's calculation, and he doesn't know the end of defeat when he wins.

It's better to get copper coins than to spend a night full of gold.

Last year it was crowded, but today it is closed.

It is common for blessings to bring misfortune, so how can you move a rock to hit the sky?

His son Bosangen is an idler and does not care about running the family business. The daughter's name is Baosangye. She is a filial daughter who serves her sick mother all day long and vows not to marry. In order to treat his mother's illness, Mulberry Root and Mulberry Leaf together planned to sell the property in the compound, but his mother refused.

That night, three drums were played on the Qiao tower. A strong wind blew, the shadows of the trees swayed, and the wind blew a shrill sound. His son Baosangen thought there was a ghost and was so frightened that his scalp was numb and his hair stood on end. Suddenly a dark shadow flashed across his face, and he thought that monsters came from the underworld to catch him. After thinking about it, he regretted that he had evil intentions and often acted as a thief in the house, stealing business money and making his parents sick because of his anger. He also wanted to sell the inn and deduct half of the money from the inn for himself. Just when I was thinking of this, I suddenly saw a ghost rushing towards me, and I was frightened to death. His younger sister, Baosangye, was originally a daughter, timid, and stayed filial to her mother's bedside, never leaving her.

Early the next morning, Mrs. Lu learned that her son was dead. She couldn't breathe, so she was furious. There is only one daughter left, Baosangye, who wants to sell the property to prepare for the burial of her mother and brother. At this time, in the morgue, Bosangen woke up. He rolled over and got up and saw that his mother was dead, thinking he was dreaming. Knocking on his forehead, he looked closely through the gap in the curtain and saw that his sister was burning paper money. It turned out to be true in broad daylight. Then he cried loudly, fell down beside his mother's body, and kowtowed. The younger sister Baosangye was startled, and relatives and friends became emboldened and gathered around to see Baosanggen come back to life. The rumor of seeing a ghost in broad daylight spread throughout the streets and alleys.

My mother is buried and the funeral is over. When Sang Yemei saw her brother complaining about the world, his words were incoherent and sometimes he told nonsense. The next day, Sang Ye was worried about not being able to open the pot when he suddenly saw his brother coming, holding a bag of rice in one hand and saying that he had borrowed it from the rice shop on East Street. The younger sister was very happy, so she started cooking and the brother and sister had a full meal. Sang Ye felt that his brother had a great reputation and was able to get food on credit, and he admired him in his heart. That night, she was passing by her brother's bedroom and suddenly heard a strange noise coming from inside, thinking that something had happened to her brother. Not daring to knock on the door and let in, he licked the window paper, opened his eyes and took a look, and was so frightened that he just stuck out his tongue. She stared at her brother Sang Gen in the quaint house, with beads of sweat on his forehead and the bedroom filthy. He took out the heart from his chest with his left hand, and with a knife in his right hand, he cut out the fresh and bloody heart with a click. In front of him, there was a basin of steaming water, and he put down the ruler-length dagger. He held the still trembling red heart in his hands, put it in the hot water, and washed it. While washing his heart, he murmured:"It hurts, and it's worth dying of pain!" My father and mother asked me in a dream, and the two elders said in unison:"Wash your heart clean, and your business will be prosperous." Alas, the heart of the evil son has turned black, if it weren't for me I secretly stole coins and broken silver from the business cabinet, squandered my money on wine, and gambled away my money. How could my family be so ruined? I deserve to die! I really deserve to die. But if I die, how can my sister live? I can’t die, cleanse my heart, and install Let’s talk about recovery!"