放生故事之八:玉柱汤
In wenzhou in zhejiang, there lived a boy called xiao zhen. one night a god in golden armor appeared in a dream and said, "son, you can only live to be 18 years old." when xiao zhen woke up, he was scared. he felt very sad that he would die so young.
xiao zhen's father was a government official. he was very honest, so he got promoted and sent to sichuan, another province far away. xiao zhen did not want to leave home, because he knew he couldn't live very long. his father didn't know about chen's dream, and insisted on taking him with him.
the day after his father got to his new post, the officials there prepared a party to welcome him, and of course xiao zhen was invited. for very special parties in sichuan, after three courses comes the main dish, called jade chopstick soup.
the way they made jade chopstick soup was very cruel. they heated an iron chopstick until it was red hot, and then pushed that into a cow's udder. the milk in the udder would stick to the chopstick, so when they pulled out the chopstick, it looked like jade, and some people thought it was delicious.
while xiao zhen was waiting for the dinner to begin, he happened to go into the kitchen. he saw a cow fled to a stake, and an iron chopstick roasting on hot coals. he asked the cook what was happening, and the cook told him just what they were going to do. when xiao zhen heard that, he ran back to his father and begged his father to stop them. he said, "they are going to stick a red hot chopstick into a cow's udder just to make a tasty dish, but think how much the cow will suffer! please, father, make them stop! don't let them make this horrible dish!"
his father was a kind man, so he immediately ordered them to change the menu and release the cow.
a few nights later, the god in golden armor again appeared to xiao zhen in a dream. this time, he said, "son, you have done a good deed. you will not die young, what's more, you will be so successful that one day you will be-come one of the highest officials in all of china. this is because you have a kind heart."
xiao zhen did grow up to win a very high post in the imperial government, and he lived to be more than ninety years old.
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他父亲赴任后第二天,当地官员准备了筵席为他接风洗尘,萧振也被邀请同去。 在四川,每当举办非常特殊的筵席,三道菜后,都会上一道叫做玉柱汤的主菜。
制作玉柱汤的方法非常残忍。他们先把一根铁条烧红,然后把它插到一只母牛的乳房里。乳房里的牛奶就粘到铁条上,当铁条被拔出来时,看起来就像是白玉一样。有些人认为这就是美味。
当萧振等着吃饭时,碰巧走进了厨房。他看到一头母牛被绑在一个桩子上,一根铁条正在火炭上烧着。他问厨子这是在干什么,厨子如实告诉了他。他听后,马上跑回去请求他的父亲阻止他们。他说:鈥溗且岩桓蘸斓奶醮两概5娜榉坷铮饨鼋鍪俏俗鲆坏烂牢丁5胂肟矗峭纺概8没岫嗝赐纯喟。∏竽懔耍盖祝柚顾前桑”鹑盟亲稣獾揽植赖牟肆耍♀
他父亲是个仁慈的人,所以他马上让他们改做其它菜,并且放了那头牛。
几天后,萧振又梦到了那个金甲神人。这次,他说:鈥満⒆樱阕隽艘患檬隆D悴换嵩缲玻夷慊够峁Τ擅停僦良唬舛际且蛭阌锌湃蚀鹊男摹b
萧振长大后,果然在朝廷身居高职,活到了九十多岁。
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