Quincy's Quiet Contemplation Chapter 33

After leaving Liu Bazi's yard, Ma Sheng went to Gong Yunshan's house and asked Gong Yunshan to lead two cows. On the way, he met Bai Tu again. Bai Tu was also going to the field. Ma Sheng said: When the beginning of spring comes, you will plow for us! Bai Tu said: Okay, okay, I will plow the whole field for you! Ma Sheng said: This sounds like what a poor peasant would say! But he took out two boiled eggs from his pocket and asked: Do you want to eat? Bai Tu said: I'm not hungry. Ma Sheng said: Isn't it because you want to eat? He gave Bai Tu one and Bai Tu ate it. Ma Sheng said: Do you know why I gave you eggs? Bai Tu said: Do you have two? Ma Sheng said: Today is my birthday! Bai Tu shouted: Is it your birthday? ! He called Xing Gulu in the yard in front: Do you want to eat eggs? Director Ma's birthday is today! Ma Sheng said: Don't tell anyone, keep it a secret. Shuanlao passed by the alley, carrying a drum on his back, and his adopted daughter followed behind, holding a pair of hammers, and knocked on the drum surface every few steps. Baihe was saying: Cuicui, don't dare to knock, you are asking your father to carry the drumstick on his back! Shuanlao's wife and a group of women were already at the east city gate. When they saw Cuicui, their faces turned black and they said: I asked you to chop grass for the pigs, why did you run out? Take the drumstick away.

Almost every household has arrived, and the Spring Festival has begun. Xing Zulu was playing the drums, Gong Renyou was playing the gongs, and the man in Baicai was very strong, swinging his hands up and down to clap the cymbals, and Shuan Lao appeared on the stage with a clanking sound. Shuan Lao dug a hole in the middle of the ground, about three feet deep, inserted a bamboo tube into it, and packed the surrounding area with soil. Ma Sheng shouted: "Baicai, come to the front!" Baicai hugged a big white rooster. Ma Sheng wanted to take the rooster, but Baicai didn't give it to him. He pulled out a piece of down from the chicken and gave it to Shuanlao. Shuanlao put the down in a bamboo tube and said: Stop! The sound of gongs and drums stopped, and everyone remained silent, waiting for the moment of the beginning of spring to arrive. However, after watching for a long time, there was no movement of the chicken feathers in the bamboo tube. Ma Sheng said: The beginning of spring should be early this year! You put the bamboo tube in again! Shuanlao said: "Stand far away, the sound of your breath is so loud, how can the fluff come out!" Ma Sheng couldn't hold in his urine, so he stood up and shouted to Xing Zulu: "Bang the drum!" Drum roll! Didn't you eat in the morning? Knock hard! He went behind the weir to relieve himself. He was peeing, scolding Shuanlao and cabbage in a low voice, when he heard a plop, and Xing Gulu was shouting: The cowhide is broken! He collected the urine and came over. Sure enough, the drum was broken. He scolded Xing Xinglun for playing the drum unevenly. How could it not break if the hammer kept hitting in one place? ! But at this moment, the chicken feathers were floating at the mouth of the bamboo tube, floating, and suddenly like a breath of air, it came out of the bamboo tube and slowly went up to the sky. Shuan Lao shouted: "Crack the whip!" The whip was held by Bai He. It was a leather whip two feet long. In order to swing it louder, he specially tied a piece of hemp rope on the tip of the whip and dipped it in water. Bai He raised his whip pole and said: Get out of the way! But Bai Tu said: Brother, brother, let Ma Sheng ring, Ma Sheng's birthday is today! Everyone said: Oh, is Ma Sheng’s birthday today? ! Shuanlao said: Whose birthday is it? Isn’t this nonsense? Ma Sheng was born on the fifth day of the twelfth lunar month. Five beans and five poisons were fried on the fifth day of the twelfth lunar month. How could it be today’s birthday? ! The beginning of spring is a good day, just to celebrate the birthday of our old city and village, crack the whip, crack the whip! Bai He whipped his whip ten times into the sky, and everyone cheered, and Bai Tu harnessed the oxen and started plowing.

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The head of Huashan Mountain in the West Mountain is called Qianlai Mountain. There are many pines on it and many washed stones below. There is a beast, which looks like a sheep and has a horse's tail. It is called a sheep, and its fat can be waxy. Forty-five miles to the west is called Pinecone Mountain. The Yi River flows out of Yan, and the northern stream flows into the Wei River. There is a lot of copper in it. There is a bird, and its name is Qu. It looks like a pheasant, with a black body and bare feet. It's OK. Sixty miles to the west, there is a mountain called Taihua. It is cut into four directions. It is five thousand feet high and ten miles wide. No birds or beasts can live there. There is a snake named Fei, with six legs and four wings. If you see it, there will be a severe drought in the world. Eighty miles to the west is the mountain called Xiaohua. Its trees are many thorns and berries, its animals are many cattle, its yin is many chime-stones, its yang is many jade, and its birds are many red, which can resist fire. The grass there is Pili, which looks like a black leek. It grows on rocks and also grows on trees. Eating it makes one's heartache. Eighty miles to the west, there is a mountain called Fuyu. Its yang is made of copper and its yin is made of iron. There is a tree on it called wenjian, which is actually like a jujube. It can be deafened. Its grass has many strips, its shape is like sunflower, and its red flower and yellow fruit are like a baby's tongue. Eating it makes people not confused. The water from Fuyu flows out from Yan, while the water from Beiliu pours into Wei. Many of its beasts are green and deaf, and they look like sheep with red hyenas. There are many birds, and their shapes are like green and have red beaks, which can resist fire. Sixty miles to the west, there is a mountain called Crispy Rock. Its trees are many palm trees and its grasses are many strips. Its shape is like a leek, with white flowers and black solids. People who eat it have scabies. Its yang is mostly jade, and its yin is mostly copper. The irrigation water comes out of Yan, and the Beiliu flows into Yu water. There is ocher in it, which can be used to coat cattle and horses without disease. Seventy miles to the west is called Yingshan Mountain. There are many 杻橿 on it, many irons on its yin, and many red gold on its yang. The Yu water comes out, and the Beiliu flows into the Zhao water. There are many fish in it, their shapes are like turtles, and their sounds are like sheep. Its yang has many arrows, and its beasts have many oxen and sheep. There is a bird, which looks like a quail, with a yellow body and a red beak. Its name is called Fatty. It eats the sick and can kill insects. Fifty-two miles west and west is called Zhushan, with many trees on it and many iron shades on it. There is Cao Yan, its name is Huang Jue, its shape is like acanthus, its leaves are like hemp, white and red, its shape is like ocher, it can be scabies after bathing, or it can be scabies. The bamboo water comes out of Yan, and the northern flow flows into Wei. Its sun has many bamboo arrows and many green jade. Dan water comes out of Yan and flows to the Luoshui in the southeast. There are many jade in it, many fishes, and there are beasts in Yan. It looks like a dolphin with white hair, and the hair is as big as a hairpin with black ends. It is called Hao pig. Another hundred and twenty miles to the west, called Fushan, there are many trees with many leaves, but no damage, and woodworms live there. There is a grass named Lavender. It has hemp leaves and a square stem. It is red and has black seeds. It smells like grass. If you wear it, you can get rid of scabies. Seventy miles further to the west is the mountain called Xianci, where the Qishui River flows out and flows northward into the Wei River. There are many pillars on it, many bamboo arrows on its bottom, many red copper on its yin, and many jade from Yingyuan on its yang. There is a beast, it looks like a tree with long arms and is good at throwing. Its name is Xiao. There is a bird, its shape is like an owl, it has a human face and one foot, and it is called a crow. It can be seen in winter and hibernating in summer, but it is not afraid of thunder when it is fed. Another hundred and fifty miles to the west, there is a mountain called Shi, with no vegetation. The water flows out of Yan, and the northern flow flows into Wei. There is a lot of water and jade in it. Another hundred and seventy miles to the west is called Nanshan, with many red millets on it. The Dan water comes out from Yan, and the northern flow flows into Wei. There are many beasts, leopards, and many birds, corpse doves. One hundred and eighty miles to the west, there is a mountain called Dashi. There are many oak trees on the top and many 杻橿 on the bottom. There is a lot of silver in the yin and white jade in the yang. The water flows out from the Yan River, and the northern stream flows into the Wei River. The clear water flows out of Yan, and the south flows into Han River. Three hundred and twenty miles to the west, at the mountain called Jizhong, the Han River flows out of Yan, and the southeast flow flows into Mian; the Huo River flows out of Yan, and the north flow flows into Tang Shui. There are many peach branches with hooked ends, many animals are rhinoceros, Si, bear, and crab, and many birds are white, white, and red. There is a grass, its leaves are like locusts, its roots are like platycodon, it is black and flashy but not real, it is called rong rong, and if you hold it, you will have no children. Three hundred and fifty miles to the west, there is a mountain called the Emperor of Heaven. There are many palm trees on the top and many cypress trees on the bottom. There is a beast, which looks like a dog. It is called the streamside. Anyone who feeds on its skin will not be poisonous. There is a bird, its shape is like a quail, it is black and red, its name is Quercus, and it has caused hemorrhoids after eating it. There is a grass, its shape is like sunflower, its smell is like wormwood, its name is Du Heng, it can run a horse, but it has become gall after eating. Three hundred and eighty miles to the southwest is the mountain called Gaotu. The rose water flows out of Yan, and the west flow pours into Zhuzi water; the Tu water flows out of Yan, and the south flow pours into Jihuo water. Its yang is mostly red millet, its yin is mostly silver and gold, and its top is mostly osmanthus wood. There is a white stone named Yan, which can poison rats. There is a grass, whose shape is like a stalk, with leaves like sunflowers and a red back. It is called Wujiao, and it can poison rats. There is a beast, which looks like a deer with a white tail, a horse with human legs and four horns, and its name is Jiru. There is a bird, which looks like an owl but has human feet. It is called Shusi. It has become gall after eating it. Another hundred and eighty miles to the west is called Huangshan Mountain. There is no vegetation but many bamboos and arrows. Looking forward to the water coming out, the west flow flows into Chishui, which contains many jade. There is a beast, its shape is like an ox, and its color is black and large, and its name is. There is a bird, which looks like an owl, has green feathers and a red beak, and has a human tongue that can speak. It is called a parrot. Two hundred miles to the west, there is Cuishan. There are many palm trees on the top, many bamboo arrows on the bottom, many gold and jade on the yang, oxen, minnows, and musk deer on the yin. There are many birds on it, like magpies, red and black. And two heads, four legs, can control fire. Two hundred and fifty miles to the west is called Shan, which is located in the West Sea. There is no vegetation and a lot of jade. Qishui flows out of Yan and flows westward into the sea. There are many quarried stones, gold, and millet in it. From the top of Fanxi Mountain to the top of Qianlai Mountain, there are nineteen mountains, 2957 miles away. In Huashan, there is a tomb, and the ceremony of its temple is: Tai Lao. Mount Xi is a god. There are candles for the temple, hundreds of sacrifices for fasting, hundreds of jade for the emperor, hundreds of bottles of wine for soup, and hundreds of gems for babies. The rest of the seventeen mountains are all worshiped with wool and a goat. Candles, the grass is not ashes, and the white mat is pure.