It is said that at the end of the Qing Dynasty, the Qing soldiers wearing red tassel hats burned and looted, the foreign devils made trouble everywhere with foreign guns, coupled with the Boxer Regiment and local bandits, the people were really struggling to make a living, and there were refugees everywhere who were starving and cold. Although there was chaos outside, in the middle of the mountains in the small fence village, it was this poor place where birds did not shit, and the people lived a clean life.

That day, Elder Liu and his wife were going to give birth to a child. It was noon when the midwife entered the house. The sun was shining outside, but after the child came out, it was time for the Tengu eclipse (total solar eclipse), and the house was dark and no one could be seen.

The midwife picked up the newborn child and looked at her face for a long time, saying, "It looked pretty good just now, why is it getting darker and darker now?" When the midwife came to her senses, she realized that the room was so dark that she couldn't see anything. She was so scared that the midwife almost threw the child away. She thought she was blind!

Old Liu didn't have much ability. He just relied on the wasteland on the slope to grow food to make a living. Life at home was already tight.

It was hard to live without a woman. A big man had to bring a child under the age of one, and he couldn't do any work, so he had no income.

Just when Elder Liu was at a loss, he woke up early that morning and opened the door to find a steamed bun at the door. He was very puzzled. If others took pity on me, at least they would tell me when they sent the steamed bun!

From then on, every day when Elder Liu woke up, he would find a steamed bun or a few snacks at his door. Sometimes, when Elder Liu opened the door, he found a pheasant that had been bitten to death.

Having food is naturally a good thing, but where did these things come from? I haven't heard of anyone losing things! Later, the child grew up, and sometimes Elder Liu would lock the child at home and go out to the landlord to do some odd jobs, so that he could make up for the family.

On that day, Elder Liu finished his work and was ready to go home. The landlord was also a kind person. Knowing that it was not easy for him to bring a child, he gave him a few corn flour cakes.

When he got home with the corn cake, he suddenly heard the child in the house let out a "giggle..." laughter. Is this the kind neighbor helping me take care of the child? Look at the lock on the door, it's well locked! What's going on? Old Liu crept to the windowsill and looked into the room through a hole in the window paper. It turned out to be a flower tanuki cat (although this animal is now called a red panda, but the locals at that time called it a flower tanuki cat) playing with the child. Now Old Liu understood that steamed buns, snacks and pheasants in the past were probably brought by this flower tanuki cat. Seeing this scene, Old Liu's eyes were wet and he remembered the past…

About three years ago, not long after her daughter-in-law gave birth to a child, she could barely take care of herself despite her weakness. It was wheat harvest season, and Elder Liu went to the landlord's house to do a short-term job cutting wheat on the hillside. When he cut the ridge of the field, he found a flower tanuki on the ridge, and it did not run away, looking at itself with begging eyes. Elder Liu walked over and took a look, and it turned out that one leg of the flower tanuki was caught by the hunting clip.

The daughter-in-law had just given birth, so she needed nutrition at this time! However, this thought flashed in Elder Liu's mind for a while, and then he said with a bitter smile, "Alas, my daughter-in-law has just given birth to a child, Elder Liu. I want to accumulate some virtue and bless their mother and son. I will let you go!" Saying that, he stretched out his hand and broke the hunting clip.

Ever since the death of Elder Liu's widow, the civet cat had quietly brought the pheasant over. If he couldn't catch it, it went to the mountain temple to fetch offerings. When the child was older and Elder Liu went to work for the landlord's house, the civet cat would come to play with the child.

I really didn't expect that this civet cat would repay kindness for a small act of kindness by Elder Liu!