During the Qing Dynasty, there was a family named Ding in Jizhou. Old Master Ding was originally a farmer, but later a snake accident occurred in the village, so he became a snake catcher. At that time, someone in the town collected snakes, and the price was not low, so he made a lot of money by catching snakes.
Old man Ding was widowed in his early years and had a son called Dingwu. Ding Wu had studied and did business when he was young. He was doing well. He also married a beautiful wife and his life was quite enjoyable.
Dingwu's wife is named Bai Die. She is gentle and virtuous, and she is also very filial to Mr. Ding. But there was an unexpected situation in the world. Ding Wu accidentally broke his leg while going out to buy goods, and his business plummeted. After that, he was idle all day long. Master Ding had no choice, so he went up the mountain and grabbed the snake again.
Every time a snake is caught, Old Master Ding will squat at the door of his house to deal with it, peel off the snake's skin and take the snake's gallbladder. Bai Die was timid and couldn't see this the most. She thought that snakes were also a life. Her father-in-law caught snakes every day, and was completely committing murder. She advised him not to do this business again.
Old man Ding was displeased when he heard this. His son's legs had not been well maintained and his family had no income. If it weren't for his hard work to catch snakes every day to support the family, the couple would have probably drunk the northwest wind. The words were rough but not rough, Bai Die stopped saying anything after hearing this, but every time Mr. Ding killed a snake, he would hide far away.
Half has passed another half a year, and Bai Die is pregnant. Now the family’s expenses have increased again, and Mr. Ding has gone up the mountain more times. Because of pregnancy, Bai Die often felt nauseous and had a bad appetite. Ding Wu told her to go out for a walk and get some breath.
On this day, Bai Die was idle and went to the nearby forest to stroll around. But just as she passed by a crooked tree, she suddenly saw a pool of blood on the ground. When she approached, she found that it turned out that a big snake was hooked by a snake hook.
The big snake is as thick as the white butterfly's thighs, and looks very creepy, but the snake hook pierced its tail, restricting its movement. Looking at the blood on the ground, it should have struggled for a long time, but it has no strength at this moment and has hung its head weakly.
Baidie recognized at a glance that the snake hook was made by her father-in-law, Mr. Ding. She didn't want to care too much, but she suddenly noticed that the snake's belly was very big and that her father-in-law often caught snakes, so she naturally understood that the snake was pregnant. Bai Die looked down at her abdomen that was becoming increasingly masturbating. For a moment, her motherly nature was so strong that she slowly stepped forward and helped the snake remove the snake hook from its tail.
After the snake got rid of the shackles, it immediately regained its vitality and slowly crawled into the grass. A second before entering the grass, it slowly turned its head, spitting out a letter and staring at Baidie for a long time, as if it wanted to remember her appearance in its heart.
After doing all this, Bai Die returned home happily. After a while, his father-in-law, Mr. Ding, came back, but he was very angry and cursed, saying that he could have caught a big snake, but he let it run away. Bai Die felt a little guilty after hearing this and did not dare to tell it.
1 A few months later, Bai Die successfully gave birth to a baby girl. The whole family was very happy. Ding Wu also raised his body and started a business again. However, Mr. Ding still did not give up catching snakes, and he often made snake soup for his granddaughter to drink. However, Bai Die always felt a little uncomfortable and didn't let her daughter drink anything. Mr. Ding was dissatisfied, but he didn't want to say much.
Seven years have passed in the blink of an eye. My daughter has grown up healthily and her family’s life is getting better and better, but an accident still happened.
In the afternoon, Mr. Ding and his son were not at home. Bai Die went back to the house to rest after dinner, but his daughter couldn't sleep, so she secretly ran out of the house to play. When Bai Die woke up, she saw that her daughter was not here and thought she had just gone to the neighbor's house to play, but after searching around, she couldn't see her daughter, so she panicked.
It was getting dark, and Mr. Ding and Ding Wu also came back one after another. When they heard that their daughter was missing, they were anxious and immediately went out to look for it.Everyone found their daughter late at night before finally finding her daughter in the well at the entrance of the village.
It turned out that after a person in front of the well, he did not cover the lid, but his daughter ran out to play and fell into it in a daze. Dingwu and others took a lot of effort to fish out their daughter. What's amazing is that the child was soaked in the water for most of the day, and not only did he have nothing to do, but his body was still warm.
Dingwu was worried about his daughter, so he hired a doctor overnight, but after checking, the doctor said that she had no problems at all. At this moment, Mr. Ding cooked a bowl of ginger soup and brought it over, wanting his granddaughter to drink it. However, when his granddaughter saw him, his face changed drastically and he started cursing, not even allowing him to get close.
Mr. Ding was stunned, but he still left the room obediently and lay down on the window and looked in. The child calmed down when he saw his grandfather walk out of the room. Ding Wu and Bai Die looked at each other, and were at a loss for a moment. After all, the relationship between the grandfather and the grandson was very good before, so why did it only take a long time to be like enemies?
In order to find out the reason, Ding Wu asked someone to invite a witch to his house early the next morning. The witch only glanced at the child and quickly pulled the couple out of the room, saying with a serious look on her face, "It's not simple, it's not simple, there is a fairy guarding her around her!"
The couple was shocked after hearing this and wanted to ask what was going on, but the witch didn't want to reveal too much, so she turned around and left. She also told the two to tell Mr. Ding not to catch snakes anymore and not to get close to the child in the near future. After hearing this, Mr. Ding had to obey. After more than half a month, Bai Die suddenly had a strange dream. In the dream, she saw a woman, and four children were following her. As soon as she met, the woman knelt in front of her with her children, and said that on the day Bai Die's daughter fell into the water, she and several children kept holding her under the water to save her life. Now the child is fine, and they should leave, and the reason they did this was to repay their kindness.
After saying that, the woman led a few children away, but the careful Baidie still noticed that behind them, there was a very long snake tail . Bai Die then realized that the woman should be the big snake she saved back then.
As expected, since then, the daughter has returned to normal and got close to her grandfather again. Bai Die told Mr. Ding about the situation. Mr. Ding was shocked after hearing this, and immediately threw away all his tools and never caught snakes again.
