Japanese folk story: The story of old and old

this happened in ancient times.

the grand duke of the principality of sinaloa is very healthy and is at a very young age, and he has a strange temper, and particularly does not like the elderly.

“they are dreary and useless to our principality.” that's what he always said.

every person over 70 years of age is expelled by him, without exception, to a remote and deserted island.

the site was extremely difficult, the elderly were left without food and clothing, and died very soon.

the people of sinalo are filled with pain and are dissatisfied with the tyranny of the grand duke, but they are unable to confront it.

in the principality of sinaloa there is a place called salasina, where a farmer lives with his elderly mother.

the old mother was 70 years old and was about to come and take her away from the grand duke's service.

how could a mother be able to live a long exile like that? how can he survive the torment there? he has made a determination, after all, to send his mother to a remote place, rather than to drive her to that barren place by cold-blooded labour.

by the night of mid-autumn in august, the moon will be full of fields and mountains, and the farmers will hide the truth, saying only to their mothers: “the moon tonight is so beautiful, isn't it? let's go to the mountains and enjoy the moon.” he went on the road behind his mother ' s back, and he started walking along a desert trail in the grass, and then into the forest.

and when she entered the woods, she threw some of the branches on both sides of the road to the ground.

the cropman was weird, and he said, "mom, what are you doing?" the old lady only smiled a little, and she didn't say a word.

the cropman went further towards the mountains, passing through the forest, over the canyon and reaching the top of the hill.

there's a dead silence, and even birds don't fly from here.

the light of the moon shines as the day, and even the squeaky crickets in the grass see clearly.

the crops let their mother sit on the grass, staring at her, and tears came out.

"what's wrong with you?" the old lady asked him.

the son sat in front of his mother and honestly admitted, "mom, listen to me.

i didn't mean to ask you to come.

i brought you to this empty place because you were 71 years old.

i'm afraid you're going to be exiled to a remote desert island.

i don't think you're going to be left in the hands of that horrid army.

i'm sure you'll understand my bitterness." his words did not surprise the old lady.

“i knew it, and i was at the mercy of my destiny.

go home and do your job.

don't get lost." she said.

having listened to this, the cropman was even more concerned, and he couldn't bear to leave his old mother, who was trying to persuade him and finally struggled to walk back.

the branch that was thrown on the ground showed him the path, and he had never gone wrong.

"how muchMother with a mind, she folded the branch to make me find my way home!" He thought that there was gratitude in his heart.

When he returned to his home, he was sitting alone outside the door, staring at the moon above the top of the mountain, and a wave of unsolved sorrow struck his heart, with tears flowing like springs.

"I don't know what's going on in the mountains right now." This idea is increasingly painful for him, and he set himself up again and again on the familiar path.

Then it was the middle of the night, and he turned his back, and went up to the mountains in a single breath.

The mother, as he did when he left, sat in the same place with her eyes closed and she did not move one step.

“I was wrong to abandon my mother.

Now I can't leave you here alone anyway.

I will take care of you as much as I can." The crop says.

The mother and the son went home again.

But they can't live as usual.

Or, sooner or later, the old ladies will be found by those men.

One day, the monarch of a neighbouring Principality sent an envoy with a letter to the Grand Duke.

It says, “I want a line made of ash.

If you fail, I will declare war on you and destroy you.” The monarchy of the Principality had great military power, and it was impossible to hope for a victory.

The Grand Duke had no choice but to summon his scribes, his right and his right confidants to negotiate, but no one knew how to find such a rope.

So the Grand Duke declared to the nation, "Whoever can wrest a rope out of ashes, he will be rewarded." There was a great deal of talk, and there was a fear that the enemy would go ahead if it failed to make the grey rope, when the land fell and homes were destroyed and everything was over.

"Maybe no one can make this kind of rope." People are disappointed to guess.

No one can really think of a way.

And that's when the cropman thought, "Maybe Mom will know." When he thought of it, he went down to the cellar and told his mother what everyone was worried about.

The old lady smiled, and said, "This is a great thing.

Let's get the rope in the salt water for a while and then light it." "It's true that people are wise." The crops are happy to think.

He immediately went to the palace and reported what should be done to make the grey rope.

The Grand Duke, having heard the great joy, has given the crops a lot of money.

The grey rope, which was considered impossible, was thus handed over to the Messenger.

Then he hastened back to life.

Soon after, a messenger was sent from the neighbouring Principality.

This time, besides a letter, a gem.

The Messenger stated: “Take a thread through this gem, and if it fails, it will wage war against you and destroy you.” The Grand Duke looked over and over, and there was a small hole in the gem, but the eye was not small, it was crooked, and it seemed impossible to get the silk through。