In the 16th year of the Republic of China, there was a small mountain village by the Yellow River. The village was not big, with only more than 30 families. The villagers made a living by fishing for generations. But I don’t know when it started, a rumor about “Chixian” circulated in the village, and most of the villagers made their fortunes with this Chixian.
The story starts with a young man named Yuan. This person's parents died early and grew up by eating Baijia Food and and wearing Baijia Clothes . Due to lack of discipline, he met many friends and followed them to cheat and drink everywhere. Over time, everyone called him Yuan Laolai, but he was not bad by nature. When he saw people in trouble, he would definitely help him, and no one would reject him.
One morning, there was a lot of fog in the village. I couldn’t go out to fish on the boat that day, so everyone was idle at home. But Yuan Lao Lai was idle and ran to the river, thinking about fishing for a few fish to beat tooth sacrificial .
At this moment, he suddenly saw a white shadow appearing not far ahead. The man was very tall, his legs were thin like a bamboo pole, standing blankly on the river bank, not knowing what he was doing. Seeing this, Yuan Laolai thought he was from the village and went up to say hello.
The closer you get, the more you feel something is wrong. When you are far away, you look like a person, but when you get closer, this person looks like a bird. But the fog was too big at that time, and he couldn't see clearly at all, so he walked up and patted the man on the shoulder. As a result, the man turned around and almost scared Yuan Lao Lai.
I saw that the man had a pair of bright green eyes, shining in the fog, a bird's face, a very long beak, but his head was very small, it was just an white crane . What's strange is that it has a human body, no wings, but has two arms, but its legs are normal crane legs.
Yuan Lao Lai was frightened and sat on the ground. Fortunately, the monster had no intention of hurting him. Instead, he opened his mouth and said, "I'm hungry, hungry!"
After hearing this, Yuan Lao Lai hurriedly threw the few fish he had just caught to it. After the monster took the fish, it wiped out everything in a few seconds. However, he did not mean to leave, but instead spoke again, "Question, can you ask a question!"
Yuan Lao Lai saw that the monster in front of him had no intention of harming others, so he slowly calmed down. Seeing that it asked him to ask questions, he could not think of anything else for a moment, so he spoke, "I, can I catch more fish?"
After hearing this, the monster thought for a while, pointed a direction to Yuan Lao Lai and nodded. After that, it disappeared into the fog, and not long after the monster disappeared, the fog in the village also dissipated. Afterwards, Yuan Laolai rented a boat and searched for it according to the direction guided by the monster, but he actually caught many fish.
Since then, he has become a big fisherman in the village and earned a lot of money. His temperament has changed drastically. He cut off contact with the group of friends, remembered the bitterness and thought about sweetness, helped many poor people in the village, paved bridges and built roads, and did many good things.
Later, he called the monster "Crane Xian" and told others about his experience. The villagers were shocked after hearing this, and they all thought that they could meet Hexian and let him help him solve the problem.
As the saying goes, there will be a resounding moment when you never forget it. In the following period, many people in the village met Hexian. They also found that Hexian does not only eat fish, it eats everything, but it must ask related questions about what it eats. For example, after eating money, you can ask questions about money, and for example, after eating red lines, you can ask questions about your own marriage. Many people have received help from Hexian and have sought their own happiness.
At that time, there was a young man named Du Lei in the village. He went out to do business several times in his early years, but all of them had failed. It’s not that he is not capable, it’s because he is lazy and always thinks about the good things that pies fall from the sky. After hearing the rumors about Hexian, he wanted to ask Hexian when he would become rich.
But he couldn't bear to feed the money to Hexian, so he thought of a way to tie the copper coins with a silk thread, so that even if Hexian eats it, he can pull it out after asking the question. Unfortunately, he was walking by the river all day and could not meet Hexian.
Until that evening, Du Lei wandered around the river for a while and was about to go home, when a thick fog suddenly rose around. He was ecstatic because he heard that when the villagers met the crane, they would fog. Sure enough, within a while, a white shadow appeared by the river. Du Lei hurriedly ran over, and it was indeed the rumored crane fairy.
Du Lei threw the prepared copper coins to it. Hexian was not polite and opened his mouth and ate it, but he didn't know Du Lei's hands and feet on the copper coins. After
, Du Lei asked Hexian if he could make money and when he could make money. As a result, Hexian shook his head after pondering for a moment. Seeing this, Du Lei was furious and then pulled out the copper coins that Hexian had eaten into his stomach. Seeing this, Hexian roared at Du Lei, and then turned into a whirlwind and disappeared into the fog. After this incident, Du Lei brags when he sees someone and tricks Hexian. As a result, Du Lei died at home half a month later, without any wounds on his body, and no one knew the cause of his death. Everyone in the village said that he took away the copper coins he should have given to Hexian. Hexian didn't eat anything and ate his soul. But this is just a rumor, no one knows the truth or falsehood. Since then, the crane immortal has disappeared and no one has seen it again.
