During the Qing Dynasty, there was a remote mountain village near Shanhaiguan. There was an old hunter named Huang in the village. Everyone liked to call him Lao Huangtou. Old Huangtou has been hunting all his life and is experienced. He can return home with a full load almost every time he goes up the mountain.
Lao Huangtou and his wife Zhao have a granddaughter, called Xiaohong. Xiaohong is blessed. Not only does her parents die early, she is in poor health since childhood and often gets sick. Lao Huangtou is hunting every day, but she goes up the mountain to collect herbs and treats her granddaughter. However, there are many rumors about her life experience in the village.
Xiaohong once heard from the neighbor aunt that her parents were both killed by one vixen . In order to avenge, Lao Huangtou had wandered around the forest for three days and killed nearly a hundred fox , almost red-eyed. If the villagers had not persuaded him to go home together, they would not know what would have happened. What's more, it was said that Xiaohong's mother was a vixen. Her father was deceived by her and took her home, but was discovered by Lao Huangtou and drove him away. In short, there were many versions.
Xiaohong didn't believe it, so she went to ask her grandparents, but for some reason, when she mentioned her dead son and daughter-in-law, Lao Huangtou looked lonely and refused to say a word. Xiaohong thought the rumors were true and that her mother was a vixen. However, Lao Huangtou was furious after hearing this. He immediately beat Xiaohong up and scolded him, "That's your mother, you are trying your best to save your mother! If you dare to talk nonsense, I will throw you into the mountains!"
That was the first time Lao Huangtou beat Xiaohong. Since then, Xiaohong has never asked about her parents again. But God obviously did not let their family go. An accident happened this winter.
When winter arrived, the whole village was very cold, and it was snowing heavily, and the entire mountain turned white. Early this morning, Lao Huangtou carried the bow and arrow and was about to go up the mountain. Grandma wanted to persuade him to rest for a day, but Lao Huangtou insisted on entering the mountain. As a result, before noon, Lao Huangtou came back. As soon as he entered the door, he cursed, "Beast, he actually let him run away!"
It turned out that after Lao Huangtou entered the mountain, the snow was too heavy and he couldn't see anything clearly. Just as he was about to give up going down the mountain, he suddenly saw something white not far ahead. He thought it was a rabbit, so he immediately pulled the bow and shot, which just hit the guy's hind legs. Old Huangtou rushed forward immediately and realized that the one he shot was actually a snow-white fox.
The old yellow head was stunned at first, then rushed up suddenly, but the white fox ran away and the old yellow head, who had nothing to find, had to go down the mountain temporarily.
Zhao knew that her husband had injured the white fox, and his face changed slightly: "Old man, we can't afford to offend this white fox, so let's find someone to talk to him!"
Old Huangtou was angry when he heard this and scolded loudly: "What did you say? You forgot what did our son and daughter-in-law back then..."
1 The words came to his mouth. Old Huangtou saw Xiaohong, who was hiding beside him, and then closed his mouth. After a few days, we stayed peacefully until the third day.
That morning, grandma Zhao went to the chicken coop to make a few eggs, but found that the five hens in the chicken coop were all dead, and their necks were bitten off, and blood spilled all over the floor, which was very miserable. The careful Zhao found a tuft of white hair while cleaning up, and she immediately realized that it was probably the white fox who came to take revenge.
Zhao told Lao Huangtou about this, but Lao Huangtou didn't believe it, so he drew out his bow and arrow and sat at the door of his house, saying that he would wait for it to come and personally send it to the west.
But at night, Lao Huangtou did not wait for the white fox, but instead waited for his own granddaughter. In the middle of the night, Xiaohong ran to the yard with barefoot and jumped on the snow. What was strange was that there seemed to be something wrong with her legs and she limped, but she was very fast.
Old Huangtou was shocked when he saw this and hurriedly stepped forward to stop him, trying to carry him back to the house. However, when he approached his granddaughter, she found that her eyes turned pale and a strange smile on her face. She stared at Old Huangtou straight, which scared him to the point.
After dawn, Xiaohong woke up in a daze, but she couldn't remember what happened last night. When she got out of bed, she found that one of her legs was out of control. One night, Xiaohong became a cripple.
Zhao looked at the changes in his granddaughter and cried heartbrokenly. Only then did Lao Huang realize the seriousness of the problem and took his granddaughter to the home of a witch in the village.
This witch's surname is Li, and everyone likes to call her Grandma Li. Grandma Li's house enshrines the Baojia Immortal, which is the local rumored Five Immortals , and the white fox is the "fox fairy" among them.
After learning about the whole story, Grandma Li brought everyone to a house. There was a clay statue in front of the house, which was a green snake, which was the "Changxian" worshipped by Grandma Li. She told everyone that she wanted to ask the immortals to help them answer their questions.
After saying that, Grandma Li lit the candle for incense and stood in front of the statue, stomping her feet while singing. Old Huangtou and his wife couldn't hear what she was singing. After about a cup of tea, Grandma Li suddenly twitched all over, then suddenly stood at attention, her eyes staring like copper bells, and her voice became low and hoarse. Old Huangtou knew that it was Changxian's upper body.
Changxian said that they did offend the white fox, and said that they misunderstood the white fox. Both sides needed to talk calmly about what happened many years ago. As for Xiaohong, Changxian turned his head to look at her, then said, "The white fox is destined to be with her. If you want to calm down, you will be ready to send her to get married!"
Lao Huangtou was shocked after hearing this and asked his granddaughter to marry a fox. How could this work? Changxian was not in a hurry, but just told everyone that he would help call the fox tomorrow night and they could confront him in front of him.
Changxian is very efficient in doing things. The next night, the white fox with his leg injured actually appeared at their home. At the same time, it transformed into a handsome and handsome man. As a result, when Lao Huangtou saw him, his temper lost control. He picked up the broom beside him and wanted to beat him. Fortunately, he was stopped by the witch and Zhao.
Only then did Xiaohong realize that the man in front of him turned out to be his father's best friend during his lifetime. After calming down, the two sides sat together and talked, and the fox demon in front of them finally told the truth.
It turned out that Xiaohong's mother had difficulty giving birth. As a friend, the fox demon naturally did not want to stand by and cast a spell to help her give birth to Xiaohong. Unfortunately, Xiaohong's mother had exhausted her energy and could not live long. Xiaohong also had a difficult childbirth and walked in the gate of hell. Half of her soul had been hooked away. Even if she could survive, she would not be able to survive for three years.
He told Xiaohong's parents truthfully about the situation, and there is only one way to save her, that is, to use Xiaohong's close relatives, that is, his parents' soul power to reshape his soul, but this will also lead to the direct death of his parents.
For their children, the couple agreed without thinking. The fox demon had no choice but to help them, and then saved Xiaohong. However, due to excessive use of magic power, he changed back to his original form. As a result, as soon as Lao Huangtou entered the house, he saw his son and daughter-in-law die, he thought it was the fox demon who did it, and then the two sides formed a grudge.
After learning the truth, Lao Huang's head was shocked and tears couldn't stop flowing down. Later, the fox demon said that he had a fate with Xiaohong and was willing to become a husband and wife with him. However, in a strict sense, it was just a contract with her by getting married and stayed by her side to protect her. In the future, Xiaohong would still be able to get married and have children.
After everything was said, both parties finally settled their grudges and agreed to the "marriage" between Baihu and Xiaohong.Soon, with the help of Grandma Li, the two became "husband and wife", and Xiaohong's health recovered completely and she never got sick again.
