Chapter 369 Chapter Seven: The Three Strange Dreams

Grandpa was silent, only the cigarette butt in his hand dimmed and brightened with the breeze after another. Ma Juhe said anxiously: "The child said that he would pay for it with my wife's milk. Will it harm my newborn child? Will he encounter unlucky things like the horse butcher?" That night, Ma Juhe was also a member of the group carrying a new hoe wearing a red cloth strip. Grandpa shook his head and said: "Since it wants to harm you, it won't tell you in advance in your daughter-in-law's dream. I guess it can remind your daughter-in-law's dream." Ma Juhe asked, "What do you remind us of?"

Grandpa asked: "Has anything unusual happened in your family recently? Something worthy of your attention?" Grandpa picked up the cigarette and took a deep breath. After being instructed by his grandfather, Ma Juhe immediately waved his hands excitedly and said: "Oh, I see. Our pig woman gave birth to a few piglets this morning, but one of the piglets with black background and white spots was very fierce. This little piggy was killed! I was about to sell such a rough piggy. My wife said that it might be the incarnation of that little kid, and asked me to ask you first."

"Your wife is right." Grandpa nodded. "You mean, that little piggy is indeed the incarnation of a child? He came to beg for milk?" Ma Juhe doubted.Although he was still waving his hands non-stop, his movements seemed stiff. Grandpa said: "Don't worry, I'll go and have a look with you and you'll find out." After finishing speaking, Grandpa put out the cigarette butt on the stone pier at the door.The original square and flat stone pier had some unsightly gaps, and a thick layer of moss grew on the side near the ground.These two stone piers are growing old together with the old house.I don't know when it started, but Grandpa's steps are not as strong as before.

Ma Juhe hurried forward, "Father Yue, do you want me to help you?" The grandma next to her said angrily: "It's not because I helped your daughter-in-law last time, and my body has not fully recovered. This way, I look even older." Ma Juhe smiled awkwardly. Grandpa waved his hands as if nothing had happened, comforting Ma Juhe and said, "It's okay. People are always like this. Time doesn't forgive people, even a long-lived emperor can't resist age." Grandma obstructed again: "Ma Juhe's daughter-in-law's dream is illusory, how can you two men believe it to be true?"

Uncle also persuaded: "That's right. How can you believe in dreams?" Grandpa stood still and argued, "You can't say that. There was a great poet named Bai Juyi in ancient times. Those of you who have studied ancient poetry know that, right?" Several people present nodded. Grandpa said again: "He has a younger brother named Bai Xingjian. Few people know about him." Uncle and Ma Juhe said in unison: "I really haven't heard of it." Grandpa said: "Bai Xingjian wrote a book called "Three Dreams", in which he wrote the three dreams he had. They were all very strange, but they were all dreams he experienced personally. He wrote in the book The opening chapter said that there are three kinds of unusual dreams in people: one is that one person's dream happened to another person, the other is that what happened to one person is fulfilled in another person's dream, and the third is that The dreams of two people communicate with each other."

"What else?" Grandma's curiosity was aroused by grandpa. Grandpa shared the three dreams of Bai Juyi's younger brother: "When Wu Zetian was in power, Liu Youqiu was the deputy of the capital. He was sent on an envoy, and when he came back at night, he walked to a place more than ten miles away from home. I happened to meet a temple, and heard laughter and laughter in the temple. The wall of the temple was broken, and the scene inside could be seen from the gap. Liu Youqiu leaned over to peek out of curiosity, and saw a dozen men and women sitting together, There were glasses and plates on the table, and they were eating and drinking in a circle. To his surprise, he also saw his wife sitting among them, talking and laughing. He was very surprised. He didn't expect his wife to be here at such a late hour, and to do so. He suspected that he had read it wrong, so he paid more attention to the person's appearance, behavior, talking and laughing. It was indeed his wife. Liu Youqiu wanted to go in to confirm, but the gate of the temple was locked and he couldn't get in. So he picked up the woman on the ground. The tiles hit them, and they just hit the washbasin, and the water in the basin splashed everywhere. The people inside were frightened and scattered. After the people inside were gone, Liu You begged to climb over the wall and go in to check with his entourage. I found that there was no one in the main hall and the East and West Wings, and the gate of the temple was still locked outside. Liu Youqiu was even more surprised, and hurried back home."

"When I got home, I found that his wife had just woken up from a dream. When his wife saw him coming back, she chatted with him and asked him how he was. His wife smiled and said, "I just dreamed that I was playing in a monastery with dozens of people. Those who I didn’t know anyone, but I was sitting in the hall to eat. At this time, someone threw stones in from outside, so I woke up when I was frightened.’ Liu Youqiu also told what happened to him on the road. It's one person's dream happening to another person." Several people present were amazed. "The second thing happened in the fourth year of Tang Xianzong Yuanhe," Grandpa continued, "Yuan Zhen, another poet who was good with Bai Juyi and Bai Xingjian, was ordered to work in the area south of Jiange in Sichuan."

The uncle interjected: "I have heard of Yuan Zhen, a poet. Once the sea was too difficult for water, except for Wushan, which is not a cloud. This poem was written by him." When my uncle was studying, his grades were very good. Later, due to an illness that affected his studies, he had to Dropped out of school. Grandpa glanced at his uncle, nodded and said, "A few days after Yuan Zhen went to Sichuan, Bai Xingjian, Bai Juyi, and Li Piaozhi from Longxi traveled together in Qujiang. They came to Ci'en Temple together, and in the temple Visited and stayed for a long time. In the evening, we went to Li Piaozhi's house together again. He entertained Bai Xingjian and Bai Juyi with wine, and drank very happily. Bai Juyi stopped drinking for a long time, and then said: "Yuan Zhen should arrive in Liangzhou Let’s go.” After finishing speaking, he wrote a poem on the wall. The poem reads: “When spring comes, there is no plan to overcome the sorrow of spring. When I am drunk, I break off flowers and branches to make wine. I suddenly recalled my old friend Tianji, and planned to go to Liangzhou today.” One day was the 21st. After more than ten days, someone came from Liangzhou and brought a letter from Yuan Zhen. At the end of the letter was a "Ji Meng Poem", which read: "Brother Mengjun At the head of Qujiang River, I also entered the Ci’en Courtyard. The subordinate officials ordered people to line up the horses, and felt that they were in the ancient Liangzhou. The date is the same day as Bai Xingjian’s visit to the temple and writing poems.”

"These two poems are still circulating, and you can find them if you want to." Grandpa added, "This means that what happened to one person is fulfilled in another person's dream." Uncle and Ma Juhe couldn't wait, and asked anxiously, "Then what about the third dream?"