Li Siguang (1889-1971), named Zhonggong, formerly known as Li Zhongkui, was born in 1889 to a poor family in Huanggang County, Hubei Province. He attended a private school taught by his father Li Zhuohou since he was a child. When he was 14 years old, he said goodbye to his parents and came to Wuchang alone to apply for a higher primary school. When filling out the registration form, he mistakenly mistook the name column for the age column and wrote the word "fourteen". Then he had an idea and changed "ten" to "Li", followed by the word "光". He became famous as "Li Siguang".
◆The son of a poor teacher
Li Siguang is the son of a poor teacher in the countryside.
His grandparents were even poorer. They are Mongolians. For some unknown reason, during the Guangxu period of the Qing Dynasty, they begged along the way and ended up near Huilong Mountain in Huanggang, Hubei.
Huilong Mountain is winding and undulating, with an extraordinary atmosphere. People say that there were originally nine dragons dormant here in Huilong Mountain, and later they all returned to the Dragon Palace on clouds and rain. Only the ninth little dragon could not bear to leave this place, so it came back again, and later became Huilong Mountain. It is indeed a good place with beautiful mountains and clear waters.
Li Siguang’s grandfather saw that this place had mountains and rivers, and he didn’t want to wander around anymore, so he took his wife and children to live in a dilapidated temple.
During the day, he took his son Li Zhuohou up the mountain to cut firewood and collect grass in exchange for some grain and change to support his family. At night, he took his son to read the Four Books and Five Classics under the light.
In the Qing Dynasty, there was an imperial examination. Under the guidance of his father, Li Zhuohou entered the government to take the examination, but he was admitted as a scholar. He could only use the fact that his family had no money and power, so he did not find any way out. He had to study in another dilapidated temple far away from home. He set up a library and made a living by teaching a few students from rural areas.
On October 26, 1889, Li Siguang was born in Xia Zhangwan at the foot of Longshan Mountain. Because he was the second son of his father Li Zhuohou, his father named him Zhongkui.
At the age of six, Xiao Zhongkui became enlightened with an old man named Chen Er’s father. He studied very hard and was often praised by Chen’s father.
His father asked him to study at such an early age in the hope of "getting enlightened early and achieving success early". Although the family was poor, he told Xiao Zhongkui's mother that the family would rather eat less oil and give the children a lamp of lamp oil every night so that they could read some books at night.
At that time, there were already kerosene lamps in the countryside, but they did not have lampshades. There was only a lamp tube inserted into the cover of an iron pipe, which burned with the kerosene in the bottle. The flames of this kind of lamp are red, and there is a black and unpleasant soot; its sparks are flickering and erratic. If it lasts a little longer, it will leave a layer of black in the nostrils and on the teeth, making the head hurt and the eyes tired. The father was afraid of poisoning his son, so he specially asked him to light a clear oil lamp.
The advantages of clear oil lamps are much stronger than kerosene gun lamps. They have clear light, no smoke, and no strange smell.
In the evening, Xiao Zhongkui and his brother sat face to face at a table. He did not rush to open his schoolbag, but first looked at the wick in the oil lamp. Mom put two wicks inside, and Xiao Zhongkui used a dimmer to gently remove one wick, leaving only one.
"Just light two wicks, child." Mom said lovingly, "This is what your father has taken care of. Don't save this little oil."
"No. This means, mom, if you light a wick, I can study twice as long. Brother, right?" Xiao Zhongkui said and looked up at his brother.
"It's pretty good. In fact, it's almost as bright." My brother agreed.
My mother stopped forcing me. Xiao Zhongkui and his brother just read and wrote silently, without disturbing anyone, until the oil in the lamp was burned out.
Mother sat beside their table, spinning her spinning wheel in the light of this wick. I could spin some yarn at night and get some change, so I could buy some matches, oil and salt, and some pens, ink, and paper for the children to study with.
◆Scheming children
Xiao Zhongkui has 7 brothers and sisters, and an old and bedridden grandfather. They all rely on his father to teach him. He can live on the little income he earns from the museum. In rural areas, when there is no male worker in the family and the income is not generous, life is very difficult.
Who goes to Spring Valley for dinner? Who will carry the water to wash the rice? Who will chop the firewood for the pot?
All this depends on Xiao Zhongkui’s mother.
Little Zhongkui grew up and became a good helper for his mother. He used a small bucket to help his mother carry water, so that the water in the water tank was always full; he took a spatula up the mountain to pick up leaves, so that the firewood under the stove was always piled high...
Another laborious task is pounding rice. That is to step on the pedal with your feet and pound it down into the stone bucket one by one, so that the brightness of the rice fades little by little and becomes white rice.
Xiao Zhongkui saw that his mother was very tired from pounding rice, so he said: "Mom, let me help you pound rice."
He was less than 10 years old, light in weight and weak in strength. How can you step on that thick, clumsy pedal with a big stone pestle attached to it?
Xiao Zhongkui was not discouraged. He found a rope and tied it to the pedal at the end of the stone pestle. When he stepped down on the pedal, he pulled the rope hard with his hand. This way you can step on the stone pestle.
The mother felt distressed when she saw her child working so hard, so she said, "Zhongkui, stop pounding. This is not a job for a child as young as you.
Little Zhongkui Que Yue: "Mom, I want to eat, and I also want to help you pound rice.
In this way, Xiao Zhongkui stepped and pulled, and worked hard with his hands and feet. Although the speed was not fast, he helped his mother pound the rice into white rice. Eating vegetables is also difficult. Sometimes my mother would say: "Hey, there is no food to eat today."
Xiao Zhong would silently pick up a small basket and a small iron box and dig it out from the vegetable field. He put a few earthworms in it, picked up a fishing rod, walked to the pond in front of the house, put down the fishing rod, and waited quietly for the fish to take the bait.
Xiao Zhongkui’s hands are very nimble. The fishing rod is made of a piece of bamboo I cut from the bamboo garden, the float is made of a garlic stalk, and a hook is made of a sewing needle.
Next to this small pond. There were also children from the neighbors standing by the pond fishing with fishing rods in their hands. However, Xiao Zhongkui would lift the fishing rod and put it down. In a short time, he could carry a small half bucket to his mother. crucian carp claws, while other children have not gained much yet.
When the children saw Xiao Zhongkui walking home with a small bucket filled with fish, they couldn't help but ask with envy. He:
“Hey, Li Zhongkui, how can you catch so many fish?
Xiao Zhonglou felt that the question was strange and asked them:
"Where are you looking at when you are fishing? You have to keep an eye on that 'buoy', and when it moves you We had to lift the pole quickly, we couldn’t wait until it had sunk into the water for a long time before lifting it up. By then the fish had eaten all the food and ran away.
The children gathered around Xiao Zhongkui! They laughed because when they were fishing, they looked around and looked around, but did not seriously consider it as a thing to do, let alone use their brains to think about how to catch more and faster- —Who would waste so much brains on such a trivial matter as fishing?
After autumn, a few children formed a group, and Xiao Zhongkui followed them to a public pond far away from home. Stepping on the lotus root.
Underneath the withered lotus leaves, buried in the deep mud, are white and tender lotus roots. It is strange to say that such white and tender lotus roots always appear one by one. Xiao Zhongkui stepped out of the mud with all the knots intact; while other children were often splashed with mud, laughing and joking around in the pond for a long time, and could only carry home a section and a half of broken lotus root stubble. .
“It’s weird, Li Zhongkui, why are you touching all the lotus roots in the pond? How come you are so good at stepping on them? "On the way home, the friends couldn't help but ask him enviously.
Xiao Zhongkui asked them again strangely: "How did you step on it? I first stepped on the lotus root along the lotus leaf, and then carefully separated the path of the lotus root with my feet. Following the direction of its growth, I stepped on the mud bit by bit to expose the lotus root. Be careful not to Trample the lotus roots at the joints, which will make it difficult to find them again.
The children laughed again: "Who knows how lotus roots grow in the mud?" Invisible and intangible.
We just used our feet to step in the mud, and we kicked it here and there. Sometimes we seemed to have stepped on it, and then we stepped on it again, and we couldn’t find it again..."
The adults in the neighborhood Looking at all this, they all know whose children are diligent and whose children are clever and clever. No wonder the neighbors around them praised Xiao Zhongkui's mother: "Zhuo." Mr. Hou, Madam, despite his young age, Zhong Kui is so thoughtful! ”
Who among the children is not looking forward to the Chinese New Year? It’s just that children from rich families look forward to adults buying this and that and giving them lucky money during the Chinese New Year; while children from poor families have to rely on themselves to celebrate the Chinese New Year. Just think of ways to play.
That's what happened to Xiao Zhongkui. In winter, when there was less work in the field, he was busy preparing New Year gifts for his younger brothers and sisters.
Someone. He was given two large incense sticks, which are fruits like mandarin oranges that fill the house with fragrance. People usually put them in the room to smell the fragrance, but Li Zhongkui used them carefully. Cut it in half with a knife, peel off the skin, put them on a small bowl to dry, then use the knife to carve beautiful patterns on the skin, peel them off, and put them together to make a piece. For the beautiful and fragrant little jar, he gave it to his little sister to decorate with small bits and pieces.
He went to the bamboo garden and cut two moso bamboos, cut them into thin strips, and tied them in seven twists and turns. There was a renovated lantern - Sun Wukong played on the swing. At night, he lit a candle in the lantern, which was transparent inside and outside. The monkey making trouble in the heaven flipped over on the swing and couldn't get up, looking funny and naughty. Son, people are not happy to see this. This is a gift from Xiao Zhongkui to his younger brother.
He also helps his mother make rice krispie treats - first fry them with dried glutinous rice, and then make them into fried rice. Heat the sugar over low heat, then mix the fried rice into it and knead it into fried rice balls. Let it cool and cut into thin slices.
Xiao Zhongkui folded the rice cakes quietly. Everything was done, and my mother was watching, and she couldn't help but feel surprised. Who did he learn all this from? She asked: "Son, who taught you how to carve letters? Flowers?
"I was at the market, looking at the carvings made by the craftsmen."
"Who taught you how to tie the lanterns?
"I saw the lanterns being sold on the market. People putting up lanterns put up lanterns.
"Then, where did you learn how to make fried rice krispie treats?
"I saw the old woman selling rice krispie treats, she made it like this! ”
My mother stopped asking. It turns out that he is really a good boy with a careful mind.
◆A big rock stands out from the sky
Under the moonlight, Li Zhongkui is always there Play a hide-and-seek game with your friends on a large lawn. Blindfold a child and shout "One, two, three!" "The other children quickly ran away and hid. Some hid behind haystacks, some hid behind big trees, and Xiao Zhongkui liked to hide behind a big rock.
Finished During the game, Xiao Zhongkui suddenly became interested in this big stone on the flat ground. It stood abruptly and looked very out of place. He asked his friends: "Hey, tell me, why is this big stone on the flat ground?" What about such a big stone?
"Hahaha!" The friends burst into laughter. They thought this question was too ridiculous and strange! "Where did the stone come from? It was already there!"
The friends went home. Li Zhongkui went to ask Chen Er's father again. Chen Er's father was a well-known and well-informed old man in the village.
"Dad Chen, where did that stone on the ground come from?"
"Ah! Are you talking about that strange stone?" Chen The second father said, "Other people said that it fell from the sky."
At this time, Xiao Zhongkui was even more confused. He asked his father again: "Dad, Chen Er's father said, Ping The stone on top fell from the sky. Can it be true?"
"A stone fell from the sky?" The father thought for a moment and said, "That would happen. Meteors from the sky turn into stones when they fall to the ground. They are called meteorites. "Did that stone fall from the sky?" Xiao Zhongkui had to break the casserole to ask.
"As for whether such a big rock can fall from the sky," my father thought for a while and said, "I don't know."
"No one can tell. "Li Zhongkui felt dissatisfied.
"Anyway, from my perspective, it wasn't originally here. I just can't figure out where it came from."
Throughout Li Zhongkui's boyhood, until he later left his hometown and returned to Longshan, he Never found an answer to this question.
Later, Li Siguang went to England to study geology, and then went to the European Alps to inspect the glaciers there. After returning to China, Li Siguang discovered for the first time the remains of Quaternary glaciers in China during a geological survey in the foothills of the Taihang Mountains in 1922. At this time, Li Siguang began to realize that the abrupt boulder in his hometown might be a large boulder moved by the glacier.
However, conjecture still cannot replace reality. It was not until 1933 that Li Siguang returned to his hometown again and conducted an inspection of this abrupt large stone. Although it had become mottled due to years of weathering and erosion, he still identified it as gneiss. It shows that it is not a meteorite falling from the sky. There is no such gneiss in the strata in that area, indicating that it is not a stone that originally existed here. So where are the gneiss rocks? Qinling! It turns out that this huge rock may come from the Qinling Mountains.
If this is true, then what is the force that moves such a huge rock to such a distance?
Glacier! Only the glacier could have pushed it here. It is a huge glacial boulder. Upon further investigation, Li Siguang also discovered that gravel and clay deposits brought by glaciers are widely distributed in this area. Li Siguang discovered that the remains of Quaternary glaciers widely exist in the Yangtze River Basin in my country. He wrote a special paper on "The Quaternary Ice Age in the Yangtze River Basin". At this time, Li Siguang had entered middle age. In this paper, Li Siguang specifically mentioned the big stone he hid behind and played hide and seek when he was reciting the Four Books in his childhood. He also expressed his relief that he had finally found a satisfactory explanation and scientific answer to this problem that "puzzled him for a quarter of a century."
Of course, this is all a story for another day. This shows the charm of some mysteries in childhood for a scientist.
◆I also want to build an iron ship
Children in the mountains and valleys rarely have the opportunity to go to the city to play. One day, Xiao Zhongkui followed his father out of Huilongshan and came to Tuanfeng Town.
It was a small town, neither prosperous nor particularly attractive. However, the surging Yangtze River flowing through the town surprised Xiao Zhongkui.
The Yangtze River flows endlessly, and various ships sail in the Yangtze River. There are small wooden boats that move slowly with oars, and there are large wooden boats that move faster with sails spread out. The most admirable thing is the tall, big and long ship. It is like a building on the river. Go sailing, run fast, have many clothes, and there are colorful flags hanging on it, it is very beautiful.
"Dad, what kind of boat is that?" Xiao Zhongkui pulled his father's lapel and asked.
"Child, that is a ship.
"What is it made of? So big.
“Made of steel.
“Steel? "Xiao Zhongkui asked,
"Steel is so heavy, how can it float on water?
“Because the inside of the cabin is hollow,” Dad replied, “the boat will not sink.
“It doesn’t need people to rock the oars, and it has no sails, so how can it run so fast? Soon? ”
“It is a ship, driven by machinery. "
"How can a machine have the power to drive such a big ship? "
"See that big chimney? Look, it is emitting black smoke, and there is coal burning underneath. The coal boils the water in the machine, and the water turns into steam, which can push the machine forward. ”
“Can you drive a machine by burning coal? "Xiao Zhongkui opened his curious eyes again and stared at the big ship sailing into the distance. He felt that everything was so new.
"Woo——! "The ship blew a long whistle, which scared Xiao Zhongkui and quickly covered his ears with both hands. At the same time, he excitedly said loudly to his father: "Dad, I heard its cry. It is so strong! The screams are so scary! "
My father also laughed.
On the way back, Xiao Zhongkui kept excitedly talking to his father about this kind of big ship. This kind of ship is really interesting.
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Suddenly, Xiao Zhongkui said: "Dad, I also want to make an iron boat.
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"Can you? child. ”
“I’ll try. "
After returning home, Xiao Zhongkui was really busy. He asked his father who was repairing pots for some "ice" iron sheet (that is, "tinplate") from the street. When he came back, he first drew the pattern on the paper. , then use scissors to cut it out of the iron sheet, and then use a small hammer to knock it, and a small iron sheet boat with two tilted ends, a cabin in the middle, a small flag hanging on it, and a big chimney is made.
Xiao Zhongkui took it to the pond and carefully put it into the water.
“It really floated on the water! "Xiao Zhongkui shouted happily. He paddled the water a few times with his hands, and the boat was still able to move forward along the current for a certain distance.
"It's a small boat made by me! "Xiao Zhongkui shouted happily, "Woo--it screamed. ”
At that time, there were no activities such as ship modeling and ship modeling among children at all. This new gadget made by Xiao Zhongkui attracted the neighbors next door to watch the fun.
< p>It was Xiao Zhongkui’s teacher Chen Er’s father who was very knowledgeable. He praised Xiao Zhongkui for making the “ship” that was really “like” the big ships sailing on the Yangtze River, and encouraged him by saying, “Zhong Kui, this kid If you are ambitious, build small boats now and big ships in the future!◆Remember the shame of the nation
When Xiao Zhongkui reached the age of twelve or thirteen, he already had the ability to live independently. In order to let him read the book more deeply, this year he left Chen Er's father, who inspired him, and went to his father's library to study with him.
That day, Xiao Zhongkui walked gently into his father's study and found that his father was covering the articles on the table.
"Dad, what are you writing?" Xiao Zhongkui couldn't help but feel a little mysterious.
Dad took out the article hidden underneath. Xiao Zhongkui took a look and found that the title above was: "The Heart and Heart of Confucius and Mencius".
It was one of some warning articles circulating among the people who were dissatisfied with the rule of the Qing Dynasty at that time. Someone is asking Mr. Li Zhuohou to revise and polish it. But Xiao Zhongkui didn’t understand it at that time. He asked: "Dad, what does "The Heart and Heart of Confucius and Mencius" mean?"
My father said: "This article mainly explains some of Confucius and Mencius' thoughts on the people and the country."
p>"What did they say?"
"Mencius once said that the people are the most valuable, the king is the most important, and the country is the second best. But now, the people are like grass and grass, and the country is given away. , What kind of world is this?
“How can we put the people first? dad. "
The father did not answer, but only wrote a few words on the paper: "Democracy *** and".
Xiao Zhongkui nodded sensibly, indicating that he understood what his father meant.
My father pondered for a while, and then recited two lines of poetry with emotion:
I am sad and afraid of looking at the moon in Penghu, and it is difficult for my master to return to Dachun.
" What does Penghu Moon mean? dad. ”
“Child, the Qing government was incompetent. In the Sino-Japanese War of 1898, the Chinese navy could not defeat the Japanese navy. The Sino-Japanese Treaty of Shimonoseki was signed. China admitted defeat and ceded Taiwan, Penghu and the Liaodong Peninsula to Japan. , and also paid compensation of 20,000 taels of silver. "
"What does Ludachun mean? ”
“A few years after the Sino-Japanese War, Tsarist Russia forced China to sign the “Sino-Russian Treaty” and leased our country’s seaports of Port Arthur and Dalian to them. "
"Dad, why can't China defeat them? Are Chinese people afraid of death? "
"Chinese people are not afraid of death, China is too backward! "Li Zhuohou said angrily, "Just say that in the Sino-Japanese War of 1894, Deng Shichang, the commander-in-chief of the Navy and the commander of the Zhiyuan, fought so bravely! He originally won the battle, but then he ran out of cannonballs. He wanted to increase his power and use the Zhiyuan to ram and sink the Japanese warship Yoshino. Who knew that the Zhiyuan warship was bought from a foreign country and its speed could not be matched? Instead of boarding the Yoshino, he was hit by a torpedo fired by the Yoshino. Deng Shichang and more than 250 officers and soldiers on the ship all died heroically!
"What a shame to the nation!" The young Li Zhongkui suddenly said something that was very inappropriate for his age.
"Remember the lessons of the Sino-Japanese War of 1898, my son. What we need now is to study hard." Li Zhuohou encouraged his son.
One afternoon, my father left the school to do some errands. Without the teacher in the school, the students were like wild horses that had escaped the reins, causing a quarrel. They set up tables to make a stage, and performed on stage one by one. Some sang Hubei opera, some sang Hubei fishing drums, and some sang Hubei folk songs.
Some of the more naughty children secretly went to nearby farmers’ fields to dig up some potatoes and peanuts, or secretly picked some beans, and then BBQed a delicious meal over a lit wildfire. .
When it was getting dark, Mr. Li Zhuohou came back to the library, and the students hurried back to their rooms one by one without saying a word. The monk then scolded Mr. Li for these disobedient students.
Mr. Li heard that the old monk said many things about the children, but did not mention his own children, so he asked: "Teacher, where is Zhong Kui? Don't be polite, tell me the truth. This afternoon he What are you doing?"
"I am not flattering you in person, Mr. Li." The old monk said with a smile: "Your son will definitely have a future after you left. He was told to read and write there! There was a lot of noise in the classroom, so he hid in the courtyard. Look, he was still reading!"
Li Zhuohou followed. Looking in the direction of the monk's finger, his son Zhongkui was sitting on a small stool in the patio, holding a book in his hand and reading attentively.
"Zhongkui, it's almost dark, come in and take a look!"
Xiao Zhongkui then closed the book and said with a smile: "Dad, you are back. I only had a short section left, so I came here to look at it for a while while there was still some light in the patio."
"I just went home and took a look, and your mother brought it to you. Here are some cooked eggs."
Li Zhongkui took a few eggs that were still a little hot from his father, smiled cheerfully, gave another one to his father, and said, "Dad, this is just for you. You eat.”
◆Do more good deeds
I had just finished a lively Lantern Festival and slept until midnight when I suddenly heard the neighbor next door exclaiming:
p>"It's on fire, it's on fire! Come and put out the fire!
Xiao Zhongkui's family hurriedly got up to put out the fire. It turned out that the fire broke through the roof of the house of the Henan grandmother next door - her grandson was playing during the day Firecrackers, a firecracker fell into the firewood pile, I didn't pay attention at the time, but it caught fire in the middle of the night.
The smoke and fire happened next door. Whose house in the countryside is not on the roof of the wooden frame thatched shed? Don't panic! Everyone was in a hurry, some were moving things out, and some were rushing to carry water to put out the fire.
In the panic, Xiao Zhongkui suddenly disappeared, and the mother was confused: "This child, he ran away. Where have you gone? After many rescue efforts, the fire was extinguished, people gradually dispersed, and the mood gradually stabilized. Only then did my mother see that Xiao Zhongkui had also come out. I saw a patch of black dust on the left and right sides of his face, his shoes were all wet, and his clothes were stained with mud. He was holding a small bucket in his hand, with a ladle in the bucket. "My child, where have you been - have you gone to put out the fire too?" the mother exclaimed. Xiao Zhongkui nodded silently.
The mother quickly pulled him to her side, stroked the hair on his forehead that was scorched by the flames, and said distressedly: "My child, you are not even 10 years old, and you are not much taller than a bucket. How can we put out the fire!
“I picked up half a bucket of water from the pond, climbed up the ladder behind the house, and poured water on it with ladle after ladle. After splashing, I'll pick up another bucket of water.
"Hey! It's really hard for this kid, how can he lift such a bucket of water!
"How can he climb such a high ladder!
While the adults in the neighborhood were praising Xiao Zhongkui, he slipped away to see how the family of the unfortunate Henan grandmother was doing.
He saw that when the Henan grandmother was hurriedly rescued from the fire, she did not have time to put on cotton-padded clothes. At this time, she was sitting around a burnt old quilt, freezing. Shivering.
Xiao Zhongkui walked up to his grandma and said softly to her: "Mother-in-law, the old lady from Henan doesn't wear cotton-padded clothes. Please give her some clothes!"
Grandma looked at it After looking at this sensible child, he walked to the baggage he had just rescued. From the few clothes, he found a few clothes that could keep out the cold and handed them to Xiao Zhongkui.
Holding these clothes in his arms, he hurried to the old lady in Henan.
This is in the academy. One night, after falling asleep, Zhong Kui felt as if someone was tugging at the clothes on his pillow, but he didn't pay attention. But the classmates sleeping next to him were awakened. It turned out that a thief had come to steal the clothes covering their quilts.
The classmate with quick hands and feet quickly got up and went to catch the thief. After a while, the thief was caught back. He was in ragged clothes, his hands were twisted behind his back, and he had obviously been beaten, with a bruised nose and a swollen face. Soon, everyone hung the thief up the tree in a hurry. Someone was still shouting: "I have to beat him!"
Li Zhongkui turned around and walked into the classroom amidst the noise, and saw him bringing out a stool.
"What does he want to do?" Some students were talking quietly.
Li Zhongkui quietly placed the stool at the feet of the thief who was hanging from the tree, so that he would not be dangling in the air.
At this time, those who called for being tied up and beaten were discouraged, and the crowd gradually dispersed.
Li Zhongkui untied the rope that tied the thief, let him go free, and then said to him sincerely and seriously:
"Don't do bad things. Don't do bad things." , people will beat you; you have to do more good deeds, and others will treat you well."
The thief's eyes burst into tears, and he bowed to Li Zhongkui and ran away.
Those students who loved to fight were very disappointed. They complained about Li Zhongkui and said:
“He steals other people’s things, and he also wants to steal your things, and you still go to help him. ”
Zhong Kui did not defend himself.
Some people also curiously asked Li Zhongkui: "Why did you do that then?"
"I saw him wearing so shabby clothes and being so thin. He was hung upside down. It's so pitiful that you are still being beaten, and I can't bear it," Xiao Zhongkui answered innocently.
"If you let him go, he will continue to steal elsewhere. If you don't teach him a lesson, he will never be able to change again.
"I think," Li Zhongkui said kindly He replied, “People always want to live like human beings. If life hadn't forced me, I might not have taken this path. I hope he will be a good person in the future.