The night was hazy. Madam Ma had finished dinner and sat under the big pagoda tree in front of the door, waving a big cattail leaf fan in her hand. She heard the footsteps coming from afar and knew that Jiang Ziya had returned. Jiang Ziya walked past her. She glanced at the listless Jiang Ziya. He didn't look happy at all, but the two baskets of noodles were empty. The noodles were sold out. Why would she be unhappy? Madam Ma was puzzled, but they had been in a cold war for many days. She would not speak to Jiang Ziya first.
Jiang Ziya's hand was so swollen that he couldn't move. He wanted Madam Ma to help him cook a bowl of rice, so he told Madam Ma the whole story of his hand being stung by the scorpion. Madam Ma was even angrier and completely disappointed when she heard this. This series of events fully proved that Jiang Ziya was a complete waste. Only a fool would live with him. Madam Ma was determined to divorce Jiang Ziya. She said coldly,""Divorce me."
At that time, only the husband could divorce his wife, not the wife. Although Ma wanted to get rid of Jiang Ziya, Jiang Ziya had to write the divorce letter. Without the divorce letter, the government would determine that they were not divorced. Jiang Ziya felt wronged and said,"I didn't want to divorce you."”
"But I'm not going to live with you anymore."
"If I don't write a divorce letter, I won't get it?"
"No."
"Don't be like this. Don't look at me as poor now. I'll definitely become rich in the future. By then, you can have whatever you want. You won't be able to enjoy all the glory and wealth. Please believe me, I have absolute confidence in myself.”
"If you can be rich, then even a rooster will lay eggs. The sun will rise from the west. You have to write this divorce letter today no matter what! If you don't write a letter of divorce, you won't be able to hit the sun even if you tie it to the sun.”Madam Ma glared at Jiang Ziya and forced him to write a divorce letter.
Jiang Ziya knew that he had to write the divorce letter, so he dilly-dallied and reluctantly wrote it.
The next day, Madam Ma went back to her mother's house and did not even have a farewell dinner with Jiang Ziya.
Not only did Madam Ma have no confidence in Jiang Ziya, but Jiang Ziya himself also had no confidence in doing business. He concluded that bad luck was one of the reasons for failure, and information imbalance was the main reason. However, he had no one in the officialdom, so it was impossible for him to get more business information. He should retreat as soon as possible and plant the land well. When Madam Ma left, she did not let him send her off, so he picked up his hoe and went to plant vegetables.
The weather was very hot. Jiang Ziya finished hoeing the grass in the vegetable field and watered it. After watering it, the sun set. Jiang Ziya remembered that he had been busy with business these days and did not visit his mother. He picked eight fresh cucumbers and a handful of long beans and sent them to his mother.
Jiang Ziya's father had been dead for 11 years. Jiang Ziya's mother used to live with Jiang Ziya and his wife. Ma didn't look good, so Jiang Ziya's mother said,""Living alone is free. Cooking and eating according to your own taste is good for your health.”Jiang Ziya didn't want his mother to live alone, but seeing that his mother was determined to leave, he had to agree. After her mother lived alone, Jiang Ziya visited her every day to check on her health and whether she lacked daily necessities. He also gave her some fruits and vegetables.
As usual, Jiang Ziya called out to his mother before entering the house,""Mom, I'm here." However, her mother did not happily agree to welcome her as usual. Jiang Ziya quickly walked into the house. The light in the house was already dim. Seeing his mother sitting against the wall with her head raised, he shouted again,""Mom." His mother still didn't respond. He threw away the cucumber and beans in his hand and quickly took out a flint to light the fire. However, he couldn't make a spark. He rushed to his mother and saw that her eyes were closed. No matter how he shouted, there was no response. He instantly felt as if the sky had collapsed. He cried anxiously and called his brother over, saying,"You stay with Mom. I'll call the doctor to treat her.”The elder brother looked at his mother and said,"Mom's lifespan is up. Don't waste money."”She turned around and left.
Jiang Ziya called out to his brother,"Mom needs treatment as long as she has one breath left."”But her brother left without looking back.
Jiang Ziya called for a doctor. The doctor said,""She has cerebral hemorrhage. The amount of bleeding is very large. The possibility of saving her is very small. Even if she is saved, she will be in a vegetative state.”
"Even a vegetable needs to be saved."
"It will cost a lot of money."
"As long as we can save her, I'll sell my house and land. I'll borrow money. You just have to do your best to save her.”
Jiang Ziya knelt in front of the doctor and begged him to save his mother. "I'll try," said the doctor. He had to do everything he could to save Jiang Ziya's mother.
Jiang Ziya stayed by his mother's side and was extremely sad. He couldn't eat for three days and three nights. It was so hot that he was so cold that he had to wear a cotton jacket."If I die, who will accompany my mother?”Forcefully enduring the pain, he forced himself to eat. At night, Jiang Ziya laid a reed mat beside his mother's bed and prayed to the Holy Spirit."Save my mother, save my mother, give my life to my mother.”
The doctor said,"We need to use cold water to cool her head.”Jiang Ziya quickly fetched the coldest water from the deepest well, put it in a bag, and gently placed it beside his mother's head. He touched it from time to time and felt that the cold air had gone down. He quickly went to get new cold water.
Jiang Ziya guarded his mother for 10 days and 10 nights, hoping that his mother would come back to life, but his mother's illness became more and more serious. The doctor advised,""There's no hope. Let's make arrangements for the funeral."
Jiang Ziya was heartbroken and buried his mother with tears in his eyes. The villagers came to mourn and send some gifts to express their condolences."I used to do favors for my neighbors, so the things they sent should belong to me.”He took the items sent by the villagers back to his house. Jiang Ziya didn't say anything. He thought to himself," My brother didn't pay a single cent to bury his own mother. He only stared at the items sent by the villagers and racked his brains to get some money from his mother's funeral. How can there be any kinship?"”His brother's behavior stabbed Jiang Ziya's extremely sorrowful heart again.
Jiang Ziya buried his mother and paid off her medical expenses. He observed filial piety for his mother for three years. Every Qingming Festival, October 1st of the twelfth lunar month, and the Spring Festival, he would solemnly pay homage to his mother.
His mother had passed away, and Jiang Ziya had lost his only family member. He had no nostalgia. He learned from books that the Heavenly Lord of the Origin was cultivating in the Jade Palace of Kunlun Mountain, so he wanted to go to the Jade Palace of Kunlun Mountain to worship the Heavenly Lord of the Origin as his master and become an immortal. His life could be considered to have a good home. On the third year of mourning for his mother, Jiang Ziya burned hundreds of millions of paper money, clothes, shoes, and other items for his mother. He knelt beside his mother's grave and begged her,""Mother, please forgive me for being unfilial. I can't stay by your side anymore. I'm going to Kunlun Mountain's Jade Mirage Palace to cultivate. If I can cultivate and become an immortal, the first thing I want to do is to build a temple for mother and mold a golden body to serve her day and night.”
After Jiang Ziya finished his mourning, he still couldn't bear to leave. He sat quietly beside his mother's grave for a long time. It was almost noon. He bowed to his mother and said,""Mom, I'm leaving." He turned his head back three times with every step he took and walked in the direction of Kunlun Mountain's Jade Mirage Palace. His hometown was getting farther and farther away.
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