[07] 鹿乳奉亲 (Nursing Parents with Doe's Milk)

Lu Rufeng's period The Period of the Twenty-Four Filial Exemplars The Zhou Dynasty Filial Son Tanzi In the Zhou Dynasty there was a very filial person named Tan whom later generations honored as Master Tan His parents were old and often suffered from eye diseases Tan felt their pain deeply and comforted them with concern Father and Mother please don't worry Tan'er will definitely find a way to cure your illness Mother said Tan'er your father and I are old and don't have much time left but we just want to have a little dew milk Trying to obtain the dew of the breast is no easy task One misstep could result in not only failing to obtain the dew but also losing one's life However looking at his aging parents Tanzi decided that no matter how difficult it might be he would find a way to obtain the dew of the breast To fulfill his parents ' wishes to repay their nurturing kindness one day heard that the Beishan forest was dense and often had deer he decided to go to Beishan he ran to the marke He bought a deerskin put it on his body mixed himself into the shape of a deer and went into the mountains He wandered around in the mountains searching everywhere As the sky gradually darkened No sign of the deer yet he felt very strange suddenly heard a cry " Oh no " he thought "I' ve encountered a wild animal " he quickly hid and didn't move a muscle but after a long time There was no beast coming out the heart was curious so he stuck his head out and looked around hey it was a group of young deer they must be hungry the call was telling the mother deer to bring food back as soon as possible The blanket suddenly had an idea and wrapped itself in the deer skin and quietly approached the baby deer and lay among them waiting for the mother deer to return As expected just after lying down for a while The doe returned The blanket was excited It imitated the baby deer And started to suck the doe's milk Then It was put into a bottle Taken home to be drunk by the parents From then on He used this method every day to catch the deer Once he was just catching the deer when he suddenly noticed a group of hunters with bows and arrows quietly approaching The doe also noticed them A loud cry The deer fled in all directions Only the blanket was at a loss standing there frozen as the hunter had already drawn his bow the blanket quickly took off the deer skin and shouted "Wait have mercy " The hunter was terrified wondering why this deer had suddenly turned into a big living person who could speak Upon seeing this the blanket told the hunter the detailed situation The hunter kissed her forehead and gave her a thumbs -up with admiration He said "You're a filial son " "I've lived this long and it's the first time I've met someone like you " "I also have some deer here " Take it home with you The blanket looked at the hunter with gratitude Her eyes were wet with tears She bowed deeply And took the deer home Do not disgrace oneself Do not shame one's wife