Hu Zi has been running a shop called "Tao You Love" in Dongyang City, Xi'an for more than ten years. It is very interesting to exchange many old items from Guanzhong with his colleagues in Xi'an.

I have a friend, known as "Huzi" in the world. He is very interested in Guanzhong folk customs and antiques. Somehow, we became WeChat friends. He called me "Lao Wang" and I called him "Brother."

Hu Hu has been running a shop in Dongyang City, Xi'an for more than ten years, called "Tao You Love". It is very interesting to exchange many old items from Guanzhong with his colleagues in Xi'an. Suddenly one day, Huzi sent a WeChat message on WeChat Moments saying that he "won't do it"! Immediately, he began to clear out his hard work of more than ten years and prepare to close the store. I quickly said to Huzi through WeChat: "Then I'll come and see you!" I thought, if I don't go to see it, I won't be able to go to this fun place in the future.

Huzi is the master of Bailuyuan . whale ditch from the east to the plateau. Huzi’s hometown is in the easternmost village of Whale Valley, which belongs to the Qianwei Town.

The reason why Huzi became interested in Guanzhong folk customs, history, daily necessities and other old objects actually stems from his childhood life experience with his grandfather on the Bailu Plateau and beside the Whale Valley before he was ten years old. Huzi's father knew how to play and loved to play the tricks on the Guanzhong Road. He was influenced by it, which created Huzi's "fun-loving" character and also influenced his own path choice as an adult.

Old sparrows always have the past of little sparrows. This old sparrow living in the city of Xi'an prefers to be a little sparrow in Bailuyuan. You don’t need to remind or urge those people and things in the past on Bailu Plateau. Hu Hu’s mouth that drinks tea and smokes, his mouth full of old Shaanxi, and the smell of garlic that comes out all carry the Qin Feng and Qin Yun on the plateau.

Speaking of the various legends on Bailuyuan, there are really countless. Hu Zi said that these legends are neither recorded in historical books nor written down by scholars. They are all passed down by ancestors from generation to generation and are passed down orally. Huzi said, most of the stories I know about the original story were told to him casually by his father or other old people when they played with him in front of and behind the house.

Drinking tea and sipping cigarettes, your imagination runs wild.

Beard is exactly what the saying goes, so what? Suddenly, he had an idea and smiled. Tell me, "As the saying goes, as the saying goes, this is the current name in Xi'an."

I said, "In the past, the old saying in Xi'an was not called sú, but called xú, as the saying goes!"

His beard slapped the table. , "You're right! It's also a common (Xu) saying on Bailuyuan. Why is it said by Xu? There is also a legend on the plateau."

In the past, there was a Xujiayuan village on the plateau, and there was a young man in the village. His parents Both of his parents died, and he was raised on the family's food until he was half-grown. Then, through someone's introduction, he worked as a long-term laborer for a landlord in Shanxi, where he worked for more than ten years. This Xiao Xu is kind, hardworking, and loyal to his master. His old employer thought he had a good character and had worked hard for his family for so many years. With a kind heart, I paid him a salary and allowed him to return to his roots and return to the plateau. Before leaving, his old employer gave him a lot of money as a gift, which was enough for him to build a house, get married and support his family, as a reward and to educate his children and grandchildren to be a good person.

Xiao Xu returned to his hometown, bought a house with the money given by his old employer, then married a wife and lived a happy life. Soon, his wife gave birth to a big fat boy for him. After childbirth, people today still regard the afterbirth as a nutritional supplement and sell it at a high price. This is still a current thing. However, this was not the case in the past. According to the customs of the original people, this thing that wraps life and falls from a woman's body should be buried in the ground and returned to nature. So, Xiao Xu took a shovel and his afterbirth clothes, ran to the place next to his yard, dug a hole, and prepared to bury it.

Digging and digging, the shovel went down and hit a hard object with a clang. He picked it up and saw that it was a gap that had fallen off the edge of the water urn. Xiao Xu felt strange and continued digging, and unexpectedly found a large jar of silver. Xiao Xu thought: This house was bought, and the money may have belonged to the original owner. If it's not my money, then I can't take it. Maybe, one day the master comes back to look for the money, so he can pay it back!

So, he buried the money again and dug it again in another place. I don't want to dig out and find another jar of silver. Xiao Xu still had the same idea of ​​"the money is not mine", so he buried it and took no money.In this way, Xiao Xu dug four places and dug out four jars of silver, and Xiao Xu buried them all. It wasn't until the fifth place was chosen that the afterbirth was buried.

When he got home, Xiao Xu was worried about complications and accidents, but no one told anyone about it.

In a blink of an eye, the baby's full moon came. Xiao Xu felt that good times were hard to come by, so he decided to celebrate his baby's full moon while also thanking his parents and fellow villagers for their kindness. When Xiao Xu was welcoming guests outside the courtyard gate, he suddenly found his old boss coming in a hurry with a package under his arm. Xiao Xu was happy at first and surprised at the same time. He took his old boss's hand and said, "Uncle! How did you know that my baby is celebrating the full moon today?! It's such a great thing that you can come!"

Waiting for the guests of honor to take their seats. , the old boss just told the whole story.

It turns out that a month ago, on the night when Xiao Xu's child was born, his old boss fell asleep and had a dream. I dreamed of the urns storing silver in my cellar. Four of them suddenly rose into the air and wanted to fly away. The old boss quickly reached out and grabbed the edge of an urn. The old man grabbed hard and grabbed a corner of Weng Yan'er, but the four jars of silver still flew away. So, the old club woke up. I quickly went down to the cellar to check, and sure enough, four jars of silver were missing.

The more my old boss thought about it, the more something was wrong. He said to himself, these four jars of silver are not a small amount. I have worked hard to save them for most of my life. The money disappeared and was lost in an unknown manner. This won't work. I have to look for the money and find out what's going on. Just as he was told, he looked for it. His old boss took the food and transportation and followed the direction in which the money flew in the dream, and searched for it all the way. I searched for a month and found nothing. After asking about it, I actually walked to Bailuyuan. The old boss thought about it and realized that the original long-term worker in the family was not named Xu. He was in Bailuyuan! There was only one Xujiayuan on this plateau, so the old boss asked all the way and followed the guidance of the people on the plateau. They found Xiao Xu’s house without much effort, and happened to catch up with Xiao Xu’s Full Moon Wine. .

Xiao Xu was surprised when he heard this, and he probably understood a little bit of the matter. He quietly told his old boss: "Uncle! The money is already there, and I know where it is. People talk a lot during the day, so drink your grandson's full moon wine first, and I will tell you the details in the evening." In the evening, Xiao Xu will tell the old boss The boss brought it to the place where the urn of silver was buried and dug up the soil for his old boss to inspect. Sure enough, there was a gap in one of the four urns, which was exactly the same as the one he pulled off in the dream. The old boss was surprised and happy, and was full of emotions. He thought: "It seems that this is God's will!" He said to Xiao Xu: "Since the money has flown to you, it is yours." Xiao Xu refused to accept the offer. , but his old boss said, "It's enough for me to know the whereabouts of the silver. This is the reward for your good deeds and merit. You should accept it!" Xiao Xu gave up.

The next day, my old club will return to Shanxi. Xiao Xu felt bad, so he asked his wife to steam ten large steamed buns for his old employer to take as dry food on the road. Among these ten steamed buns, Xiao Xu deliberately put a silver coin in each to show his affection. The old boss took the buns, said goodbye to Xiao Xu's family, and prepared to go back to the plateau along the road. A few miles after walking out, I saw an old woman sitting under a tree by the roadside, crying. The old boss was very curious, so he approached and asked, "Sister-in-law, why are you crying here?"

The old lady wiped her tears and said, "Good old sir! My old lady's daughter got married and gave birth to a child. Big fat boy. I feel sorry for this lonely old woman. I felt sad just thinking about it." When

my old boss heard this, he gave him the ten big buns that Xiao Xu gave him. He killed the old woman, then turned around and walked down the plain. The old woman was grateful, took ten buns, and walked into Xujiazhuang and Xiao Xu's house. It turned out that this was the mother-in-law's visit to see her grandson. When the old mother-in-law took out these ten buns, Xiao Xu and his wife seemed to understand. Quickly break open the buns, there are ten buns, ten silver ingots , no less!

...

"What does this mean? Money is yours if it's yours. If it's not yours, it's not yours. There's no point in forcing things that are in your life." Huzi said slowly, and a cup of tea went into his stomach. .

But, what does this have to do with the common saying (Xu)! Don't worry, the story is not over yet!

This little Xu later became Lao Xu. He used the money to manage his family diligently and thriftily. He was virtuous and kind, helping the poor and rescuing people in need... He was prosperous and his family was well off. After several generations, he became famous far and wide. Squire and landowner. During festivals and festivals, Xu Dong's family would visit houses on the streets to express condolences to the poor and provide food for the family. In addition, they worked fairly and lived in harmony with their neighbors, thus accumulating a lot of good reputation and growing in reputation on the plateau. In this generation of the old Xu family, there is only one single child, who is about ten years old.

But the big tree attracts the wind, and if you don't want to, it almost leads to death.

In the same village as old Xu's family, there was a second-rate man. His family used to be very rich, but his family was drained of all their money by opium. When it was his turn, his family fell into decline. As for him, he sold opium. It's also interesting, I smoke it and my son sells it, it's really amazing! Once you get involved with opium, whether you are smoking or selling it, you will be idle and not doing your job for a long time, and your life will be even worse. Naturally, this second-rate son Xu coveted the family fortune of his fellow family member, the old Xu family.

So, he gathered a group of bandits, agreed to split the money 40-60, and planned to attack the old Xu family, kill people, rob goods, and become rich overnight.

In the middle of the dark and stormy night, Xu Erliuzi and the bandits masked their way into Old Xu's house. Lao Xu's family felt bad and had a premonition that a catastrophe was coming and there would be no escape. When they heard the noise, they put the single seedling in advance into a large urn filled with water in the middle of the stable. In order to survive, in the cool breeze of the cold night, I couldn't care so much.

The strong people entered the house and found the single seedling, so they looked around. He found the stable and stabbed and chopped the haystack with his knife and gun, threatening to kill the child and cut off the roots of the old Xu family to avoid future troubles. Fortunately, the old Xu family did have merit. The bandits didn't even look at the water urn placed in the middle of the stable, and the child escaped disaster.

Xu Erliuzi and the bandits beat all the old Xu family members half to death, and then swept away all the gold and silver in the old Xu family, and even drove away the cattle and horses in the stables. Xu Erliuzi covered his face the whole time and didn't say a word. He thought that everything he did was perfect and nothing would come out. It's a pity that God has eyes and will not miss anything. That night, when Xu Erliuzi drove the cows and horses out, the cows and foals also followed his mother into the field. Because they were not tied with reins like the big animals, the small animals scattered in all directions when they arrived in the wild. Xu Erliuzi was so greedy for money that he chased stray animals in the fields in the dark. Unexpectedly, he shouted out the instructions to drive the animals. It just so happened that in the middle of the night, someone from the same village came back from the plain after doing some errands in the dark. It just so happened that this person knew and was familiar with Xu Erliuzi's voice, and also heard Xu Erliuzi's few voices on the plateau. The next day, news of Lao Xu's house being robbed spread throughout the plain. After thinking about it for a while, the man felt that this matter had something to do with Xu Erliuzi, so he quietly told the old Xu family. The militia that maintained law and order on the plateau quickly captured Xu Erliuzi. After a beating and interrogation, the case came to light and the bandits all ran away.

In the past, there were no courts or yamen in the plains. All disputes and civil matters were decided by the clan. If the clan could not handle it, they would turn to the militia organizations that performed public security duties in the plains. The old Xu family knew that the matter was beyond the clan's ability to handle, so they decided through the militia. In the past, militia groups did not rely solely on force to make ends meet. They also operated in accordance with township rules and regulations. The old Xu family discussed with the militia and did not want to kill them all, nor did they want to repay evil with evil. So, they invited the famous people and squires on the plateau to make a settlement: first, let the bandits and Xu Erliu return all the robbed properties; second, let the bandits and Xu Erliu spend money on the best restaurant in the plateau. The banquet was held for three days, and anyone who passed by could eat and drink for free; the third was to apologize in person and set a warning to others. After

completes these three things, the matter is over. From now on, we will neither invade nor owe each other! What he did was absolutely amazing. From then on, the reputation of the old Xu family reached its peak. The old Xu family also cherishes this hard-won good reputation and prestige, and takes more care and love for the neighbors and villagers. The old Xu family also produced some scholars who worked hard to pass down the family tradition and kept their word.

When the original master encountered any problems or disputes, he would handle them according to the words and deeds of the old Xu family. You often hear the Xu family’s catchphrase. Therefore, there is "Xu Hua". The common words on Guanzhong Road are also pronounced as Xu. Over time, the customs and slang changed and became common sayings. But the original people, including the people in Xi'an City, still use Xu's old sayings.