The Shocking and Extraordinary Romance of the Great Sage

The poem says:

The world is in unspeakable poverty, but Hong'er respects his mother and is filial.

Since the water flooded the Jinshan Temple, there has been a severe drought and little rain, and the land has been dry.

The strange girl is really an elf, digging and picking wild vegetables to survive the bad years.

He knows everything about collecting herbs and planting fields, and pinching a centipede with your hands will keep your mother safe.

Hong'er, who is only eight years old, has been learning to crawl from her mother since she was a child, and is good at all kinds of farm work. Red Mother also taught her, step by step, and patiently taught her everything. Hong'er learned to dig the ground, plant the land, cut grass, cut wheat, plant grains, collect firewood, pull soybeans, burn wasteland, beat the maid, find pig grass, feed the chickens...

After eating the flowers of the locust tree, Hong'er went to beat the tree again. Money is used as food. Only when the wheat is harvested can we survive the famine. In recent years, since the water flooded Jinshan Temple, there has been drought and little rain, the ground has become dry and cracked, and the harvest has been low every year. There was not enough food to eat, so Hong'er and her mother went to pick gray strips and bittercress leaves. The steamed stuffed buns made with shepherd's purse and the picked ground are soft, which is quite satisfying and delicious. Wild vegetables skewered on linen cloth and sprouts can be used as cold dishes. After eating them, the mother and daughter felt that they were bitter yet sweet and fragrant.

There was no meat to eat, so Hong'er and her mother fed chickens, pigs and hunted wild animals. With no clothes to wear, Hong'er learned to spin and weave coarse cloth from her mother. Hong'er has no shoes to wear, so Hong'er learns to wear straw sandals. There were no bamboo stoves such as sieves, so Hong'er learned how to cook from her mother. Pickled cabbage and tofu are Hong'er's specialty. Hong'er is glad that she didn't lose her, and thought to herself:"Fortunately, I didn't lose this little elf. He is finally a human being... He was born as a snake child, and he transformed into a human being day by day, year by year." La. She is also handsome and cute... Well, there are always people who tell lies, which makes me so angry."

Mr. Hong is weak and sick. Once, I lay in bed for two months and couldn't get off the ground. I peed and pooped on the bed. Hong'er is responsible for picking up feces, lifting urine, washing clothes and cleaning up, and washes nine basins of dirty clothes a day. Every day, Hong'er cooked and worked in the fields. She also washed her mother's feet, wiped her body, and cut her toenails. Hong Mu cannot move and relies on Hong Er to feed her. Every day, Hong'er went to the mountains to collect herbs, boiled Chinese herbal medicine three times a day, and treated diseases with earth prescriptions. Hong'er's condition improved day by day.

In the hot summer, Hong Mu still couldn't get out of bed, she was so hot that she was sweating all over. Hong'er used a big fan to fan her mother on and off the floor to relieve the fever, and her few words chilled her heart. In the middle of the night, Mr. Hong exclaimed,"Ah - ah". Hong'er turned over and saw a big, bright yellow centipede,"squeaking - squeaking". Seeing that it was about to bite her mother, Hong'er hurriedly stretched out her hands to pinch the centipede, opened the door and latch it, and threw it into the yard. Hong said:"Oh, I can't live anymore... Even the centipede came to bully me, Hong'er... What crime have I committed? What have I done in my life? Oh my god.……"Hong'er held her mother's hand and said,"Mother, don't think nonsense. Mother is a good person in the world, and God has eyes. Tianmu Mountain, Tianmu Mountain, is the eye of God. God recognizes that mother is a good person, and it's too late to help you. How can I punish my mother?" Hong's mother smiled and said:"Oh, my dear daughter, you are only a baby under ten years old, and when you talk, you are sweeter than an eighteen-year-old girl. My mother really did not raise you in vain....Well, you are so brave, you pinched a centipede with your hands, a poisonous centipede that is more than half a foot long! What will you do if it bites you? I am scared to death, how come you are not scared?" Hong'er smiled and said:"Mom Hey, I'm a little baby. I often play with snakes, insects, centipedes and insects. They don't dare to bite the baby. I...I don't know why." Hong didn't say anything, but thought to himself:"This Hong'er can pinch it with his hands. Centipedes, without being bitten, can only be used as sticks for pinching firewood. Strange... Could it be that they are related to snakes and scorpions? Oh, no matter what, she is so sensible and filial to me in her junior year. There is no other little girl in the world than her. Honor your mother, it is rare in the world and hard to find in the world." Hong's body was still weak, as if her skeleton had been scattered. Hong'er helped her mother and walked around the yard, speaking sweetly and warmly, and said in a thick voice:"Mother, My daughter killed the chickens for your old man and stewed the two black-bone chickens to replenish the body." Hong said:"Mom is reluctant to eat! Hong'er, you are growing bones, I will leave them for you to eat." Hong'er said with a smile. :"Mom, you will recover quickly after eating. You are suffering from injuries and illnesses. You need to take some medicine for your tiredness." Hong was happy after hearing this. Hong'er first killed a black-bone chicken to make soup, served it to the table with her own hands, and helped her mother out of bed to eat the chicken soup. Hong ate two stewed black-bone chickens in a row, adding astragalus root, angelica root, and tonics that Hong'er dug up in the mountains. Apparently, his bones became stronger.