A long time ago, in a village, there lived an old man and an old woman. The two old people live in poverty, but they are both very kind people.
One day, the old man was collecting firewood in the street to sell. It was a cold winter with a cold wind. There is goose feather and heavy snow in the sky, and Shan Ye is covered with snowflakes, which makes it a silvery world. If firewood is not sold, there will be no food for a day. The old man thought of this, got up his courage and stepped on the snow. Suddenly, in the opposite field, it began to snow.
The old man thought: What is moving in the snow? So he went to the front and took a look. It turned out that a crane was trapped in a trap for catching birds and animals. The crane's feet are tied with rope, so it is struggling. But the more it struggles, the tighter it becomes. It seems absolutely impossible to escape. After seeing it, the old man felt very sorry. He said, "Wait a minute, wait a minute. Good thing I saw it. If anyone else sees it,
After that, the old man put down the firewood and untied the rope tied to the crane's foot. After the rope fell off, the crane spread its wings to the left and right and flew into the sky. How happy it is to be rescued from death! The croak rang through the sky, circled the old man's head three times, and then flew to the other side of the mountain.
The old man watched the crane's shadow fly to the other side of the mountain and gradually became smaller. After crossing the mountain, you can't see it. Watching the crane go, the old man said to himself, "I finally did a good thing." Today seems lucky! Thinking of this, the old man's mood became cheerful, and he provoked firewood and went to the market.
"Selling firewood! Sell firewood! Who wants to buy firewood? " The old man shouted as he crossed the street in the heavy snow. He thinks he saved the crane and did a good thing, which made him more energetic. Soon, the firewood was sold out and he went home. But as soon as he got home, he suddenly felt particularly cold.
"Oh, it's so cold, so cold!"
After that, he spread his legs and put his hand into the stove on the ground to keep warm. While warming up, he chatted with the old lady about what happened today.
"Wife, wife, I did a good thing today." He told the story of saving the crane.
The old lady listened and said, "Wow, you really did a good thing."
The old couple are very happy. At some point, it's already evening, and it's time to cook dinner.
The old lady said, "Oh, I have to cook dinner." Hardly had she stood up when she heard a knock at the door. Listen carefully, a delicate voice is calling, "Excuse me, are you at home?" "
The old woman doubted her ears. She thought, who will come with such heavy snow? She asked, "Who is it? When I opened the door, I saw a white man standing outside.
The old lady said, "Alas, it must be very cold with such a heavy snowfall!" " Come on, come in! "
"Well, thank you! So excuse me. " With the sound came a girl of seventeen or eighteen.
The old man asked with concern, "whose girl are you in such heavy snow?" What can I do for you? " "
The girl replied, "well, I have an acquaintance in the small town ahead." I came to see him. I didn't expect to catch up with such heavy snow. It's getting dark and I'm lost. Sorry, I don't know if I can stay at your house for one night and sleep in a corner of a hall or a bunch of houses. "
Hearing this, the old man discussed with the old woman: "This poor child should stay. What do you think, wife? " ? "
The old lady said, "It doesn't matter if she stays. It's just that our family is poor, there is no quilt cover, and there is nothing decent to eat. "
Before the old lady finished, the girl went on to say, "If you want me to stay for the night, I don't need to cover myself. I can eat anything."
Hearing this, the old lady said, "As long as you can understand, we will be fine. Come on, come up and make a fire. "
The girl was very happy, wiped her feet and went in. Without heating herself, she immediately took out a red cloth belt from her kimono long-sleeved pocket, rolled up her long sleeves and said, "Grandma, I'll help you cook dinner."
"No, no! Our poor family has nothing to help you. Please keep warm here! "
Although the old lady said so, the girl didn't listen and begged, "Please let me help you!" " "
Seeing the girl pleading again and again, the old lady let her do it. It turns out that girls can not only cook good food, but also fry delicious food. She was so diligent and careful that she didn't even take a grain of rice. She served the old man, ate by herself, and cleaned up after dinner. As soon as she settled down, she immediately went around the old man's back and said, "Old man, old man, it must be waist-high after running all day." Although I can't massage well, let me massage you. "
"No, no, you are tired. It's snowing heavily and it's cold tonight. Come closer. Good fire! "
She didn't listen to the old man, so she had to get a massage. She massaged very well, which made people feel very comfortable and almost fell asleep. After massaging the old man, she massaged the old woman again.
In this way, I slept here that night. The next day, at dawn, the girl got up earlier than the old man. She has made a fire in the stove on the ground, cleaned the room and prepared breakfast. Let the old woman not even touch a drop of water, and all the work is done for her. But it snowed again that day, and the door couldn't be pushed open, so she had to stay again. Then it was arranged one after another.
One day, the girl said to her parents, "Grandpa, Grandma, I have a favor to ask you ..." When I said this, I wanted to say it again and again, and it seemed difficult to speak. Grandparents like this girl very much, so they urged her to say, "Please speak out! No matter what you want, as long as we can do it, we will satisfy you ... "
"Then let me get this straight."
She said, "My parents died recently, and I'm only here because I want to go to a familiar family in the town ahead. But the so-called acquaintances are just my father's friends before his death, and I haven't met them yet. Therefore, I am always a little embarrassed to go like this, and I don't have the courage to want to go. Being here these days has brought a lot of trouble to my parents. Really, it's a thousand miles away. For the sake of long-term planning, I just want to ask two old people to treat me as a daughter. If,
The old man was very happy to hear that.
"Are you, are you? Oh, that's great. We just don't have children at home. So lonely.
If we can recognize a girl like you as our daughter, it's really a gift from God! "
After that, they regarded the girl as their own daughter. Since then, the girl has been working hard and filial to the elderly regardless of the wind and rain.
One day, the girl said to the old man, "old man, old man, I want to learn to weave." Please buy me a dotted line when you go to the street. "
The old man readily promised: "Good, good!" After the girl bought a thread from the street, she put the loom in the middle of the innermost room and surrounded it with a screen.
She said to the old man, "I will weave in the future." When I am knitting, no matter what happens, I can't look at the screen! " Please don't look in. "
The old man replied, "OK, OK. No matter what happens, never peek. Don't worry about weaving! " "
The girl entered the screen and soon began to weave. The old man and the old woman sat around the fire and heard the rhythmic sound of weaving: "Ding Dong, Bi, Bi; Eight, eight, Ji-knock! "
The old couple really admire her. On this day, the girl even forgot to eat and continued to knit. In the evening, she came out of the weaving place. The next day, the voice of weaving came from the screen "Ding Dong, Ba Da, Ba Da, Ding Dong, Ba Da, Ba Da". She knitted desperately again.
On the third night, I heard the sound of opening the loom and the girl came out of the screen window.
Holding a piece of cloth in her hand, she sent it to the old man and said, "Grandpa and grandma, have a look. I knitted this ... "
The old couple said in unison, "Ah, ah! When I received it, I saw it was a shiny and beautiful material with white patterns on it. The old couple were amazed and said, "What a beautiful material! We have never seen such a thing in our lives. "
"This is called brocade. Please always take it to the street to sell tomorrow, and then buy some thread. "
The next day, the old man took it to the street to sell:
"Brocade yo, who wants it? -beautiful material, brocade, to buy what you want-"
A duke happened to pass by when he was choking. He said, "Brocade, this is a rare thing. Hey! Show me. "
The old man handed it to him. The duke said, "What a beautiful brocade! I want it! "
So he gave the old man many gold coins. The old man was very surprised when he got many gold coins. He bought some thread, presents for girls and old women, and many other things to take home. Needless to say, the whole family is very happy.
After a night, the girl packed the loom again and began to weave. On the third day, she knitted a more beautiful brocade than last time. The old man took it to the street and gave it to the duke, so he got many gold coins. The old man was so happy that he thought: Our girl is really amazing, really good!
I bought a lot of thread and gifts to go home this time. So the girl began to weave for the third time.
However, on the third day, the old lady lost her mind and said, "How exquisite the brocade is woven by the girl. Let me have a sneak look ..."
The old man was surprised and quickly stopped the old woman. The girl has an appointment before. How can that be? However, the old lady stubbornly refused to listen to advice.
"Just look around."
Regardless of the obstruction, the grandmother rushed to the back room and quietly looked through the screen. It turned out that the girl was not in it, only a crane, spreading its big wings, plucking its feathers with its own mouth and weaving desperately in the thread.
At this time, more than half of the crane's hair has been pulled out, showing a pitiful bare appearance.
"Wife, wife!"
The old lady stumbled back and told the old man what she had seen.
That night, the girl came out with a woven brocade. She knelt down with her head in her hands and said to the two old people, "Grandparents, you have been in trouble for a long time. I am a crane that was rescued when it was snowing heavily. In order to repay your old love, I became a girl.
Today, however, the old lady saw through my truth and couldn't stay in the future. So, I have to leave. "
After repeated persuasion, the old lady still couldn't stay. I saw a crane flapping its wings from the eaves and flying into the air. The crane circled the roof three times, quacked and flew to the other side of the mountain.
It is said that the old man and grandma lived happily in their old age with the money earned by cranes.