There is a young man in the East Village. Everyone calls him "Silly Big Guy". He is not stupid, but he is tall and honest, so everyone calls him "Silly Big Guy". When the silly big man's parents passed away, he was only 10 years old. He grew up eating the food of hundreds of families, and he was also grateful. As long as there was anyone in the village who had to work hard, he was always there when called. The people in the village were very grateful for this. The honest young man also likes it very much.
Unknowingly, it was the day of ancestor worship during the Qingming Festival. The stupid man went to visit his deceased father and mother alone with a hoe and a bag of ghost coins. When the silly boy's parents passed away, the cemetery was planned collectively. People in the nearby area requested that they be buried together on a barren mountain. Therefore, people from one village were not buried together. People from other villages may also be buried next to them. As before, the silly guy first cleared the weeds on his parents' grave, and then started cleaning an old grave next door without a tombstone. "You silly man, why do you clean this grave without a tombstone every year? Is this your relative?" asked the person worshiping ancestors next to him.
"He used to have a small red stone tombstone. I don't know if it's rotten or not. It's gone. This is not a relative of mine, and I don't know who it belongs to." Silly guy He said with a naive smile. "Then why are you trying so hard? I see you are still burning money for him every year?" the man said. "I see that no one comes to pay homage to this old grave every year. It's strangely deserted. Besides, it's my parents' neighbor, so I just clean it up for him and burn some paper money. It doesn't cost much more." The stupid and stupid man Said with a silly smile. After hearing this, the man smiled and said nothing, thinking in his heart: This man is really stupid.
After the silly guy paid homage to his parents, he added some straw cakes to the tomb next door that had no tombstone, then put some incense in front of the tomb, and finally burned a lot of paper money. , said: "My parents are not in good health. You are their neighbor. When you are free, help me take care of them. I will burn more money for you next year." After hearing this, the people next to him laughed. Hehehe said: "You are so good to him, maybe he will bless you and make a fortune!" After that, everyone laughed. Knowing that no one had any ill intentions, the silly guy scratched his head and said with a naive smile: "I don't need to make a fortune. If only he could help me take care of my parents, my parents died early. I didn’t even have time to be filial.”
Although the people around me laughed at him for doing stupid things, he still had a good heart. If his parents were still alive, he would be a filial son.
Every time during the Qingming Festival to worship ancestors, the silly guy would do the same thing as in previous years. After worshiping his parents, he would clean up the old grave next door and pay homage. This went on for 10 years. . This year, it’s time to worship ancestors during the Qingming Festival again. The silly guy was carrying a hoe and paper money, preparing to worship his parents. Suddenly, a car stopped at the door. Look at the shiny car. The silly guy I think it looks very nice.
A trembling old woman got out of the car, and two young people, a man and a woman, walked over to the silly big man. The old man asked: "Young man, I heard from the villagers that you take care of the old grave next to your parents every year, right?" The stupid man scratched his head and asked: "You are talking about my parents. That neighbor? I clean it every year.” The old man excitedly grabbed the silly man’s hand and said, “Thank you very much. That old man in the grave is my wife. If you hadn’t helped me every year. Repair the tomb, maybe the tomb has been washed to the ground by the rain, and then it really can't be found." As he said this, the old man couldn't help but burst into tears.
The silly guy later learned that this old man’s name was Li Cui. Her husband died of illness early in her life. Her uncle was doing well in a foreign country, so he moved his family to live abroad. This trip lasted more than ten years. When the old man got older, he suddenly missed his deceased wife, so he took his son and daughter home to visit him. Relying on his memory, the old man found the place where his wife was buried. He thought it would be desolate and even be washed away by the rain, but he didn't expect that not only was the grave in good shape, but it seemed that people worshiped it every year. He asked the people next to him I found out that it was a young man named Silly Big Man from the East Village who took care of this lonely grave every year.
The old man held the silly big man's hand tightly and said: "I really don't know how to thank you. It happens that my family has a house in the county town, because our family members all live abroad and have never had a house. Thank you for taking care of my wife’s grave for so many years. I’ll give that house to you!”
“No, no, no.” The silly man shook his head like a rattle and said: “ The house is too expensive and I can’t have it. If you want to thank me, just give me the papyrus money. If you don’t have time, I will visit your wife’s grave every year.” The old man was determined to give the house to the stupid man. Said: "My wife entrusted me with a dream, and he said he owed it to you, and you must accept it."
Later, when people in the village learned about this, they all said that he was a fool and a fool. His blessing. The silly guy later relied on his good popularity to become rich and wealthy, but he still did not forget the villagers who raised him in the village and paid for many things for the villagers. The ancients said: If you have kind thoughts in your heart, blessings will follow. Good people will be rewarded.