In the depths of Weishan Lake, there is a legendary story revolving around the hunter Hu Daoqiang. Hu Daoqiang is renowned in the village for his precise marksmanship, known as’ one shot, one accuracy ‘.
One morning, Hu Daoqiang was riding a boat in the middle of the lake. Exhaustion hit him, and he leaned on the boat to sleep. In my dream, I suddenly heard an urgent call for help: “Brother Hu, wake up quickly and save me!” As I opened my eyes, I saw two snakes, one black and one white. The big black snake was fiercely pursuing the small white snake. Without hesitation, Hu Daoqiang picked up his hunting rifle. With two gunshots, the big black snake fell down and the small white snake fled into the grass, escaping danger.
The next day, Hu Da returned with a full load of guns and passed by the place where the incident occurred last night. He encountered a beautiful woman standing on another small boat. The woman pleaded to accompany her, with sincere words, expressing her desire to be alone and spend the rest of her life with Hu. Hu Daoqiang saw his genuine feelings and felt pity for him, so he took him home and tied the knot together.
This matter quickly spread and even alarmed the greedy and lecherous county officials. The county official heard that Hu had captured a stunning beauty with a gun, and he coveted her. He then set up numerous obstacles under the pretext of donating money, attempting to force Hu to surrender his wife with a gun. Faced with heavy taxes and levies, Hu Daoqiang was worried. Fortunately, his wife came up with a clever plan to break a thousand ducks with paper, turning the void into reality and solving the urgent problem. However, the county official did not give up. When he searched for the “real monster” again, Hu’s wife used her skillful hands to make the peach wood monster to respond. Unexpectedly, this’ real monster ‘was able to spew flames and turn the county government into ashes, causing the county officials to flee in embarrassment.
The county official was furious and vowed to arrest Hu Daoqiang and his wife. Hu’s wife was well aware of the seriousness of the situation and informed Hu of the method of shooting and taking refuge, and agreed to meet at the west end of Weishan Island three days later. Subsequently, she transformed into a white snake, triggering wind, rain, lightning, and drowning all the pursuing officers and soldiers in the lake.
At the end of the three-day appointment, Hu Daoqiang arrived as scheduled, but only saw lotus flowers blooming all over the lake, with red, white, and green complementing each other, beautiful beyond measure. A gentle voice came from among the lotus flowers: ‘Hu Xianggong, fate is hard to disobey, our fate ends here. I have transformed into a lotus flower, with green leaves as my skirt, red flowers as my skirt, and white flowers as my face. I hope you will remember it often.’ After speaking, there was no news.
Hu Daoqiang was heartbroken, but he could only accept this cruel reality. From then on, he rowed on the lake and made the four seas his home. Whenever he missed his wife, he would come to the lakeside where lotus flowers bloomed, silently gazing, as if he could see her former smile from it.
