A short story about solar terms

The day before beginning of spring, a well-dressed man came to a village. He was very surprised to see that the village was too quiet to hear the crowing of chickens and dogs, not to mention that no one was walking around. He came to a house near the village and knocked on the door. The Taoist priest called several times, but no one answered. Later, when he saw a middle-aged man, he hurried forward to ask. The middle-aged man raised his eyelids, closed his eyes and said intermittently in a weak voice, "Everyone in the village has my disease."

Taoist priests ran into several houses in a row, and the situation was the same. Road flyover also puzzling. So he came to an old tree in the east of the village, sat facing south, stirred up a palm, closed his eyes and sat quietly, muttering something. It turned out that he prayed to Guanyin Bodhisattva for the treatment of the plague in the South China Sea. About three hours later, the Taoist priest gave a long hiss and suddenly stood up and ran back to the yard. He picked up a bag of stored radishes and ran quickly to the village. At this time, it was early the next morning. The Taoist priest found a big cock with a reed flower from a village, tore off a few chicken feathers and tied it to the ground.

The Taoist priest closed his eyes and prayed, and the scene of dialogue with Guanyin Bodhisattva appeared in his mind: Guanyin Bodhisattva told him that the plague would be solved automatically when the atmosphere was clear and the villagers ate a few radishes. About a pack of cigarettes later, the chicken feathers tied to the ground suddenly moved, and the Taoist was extremely surprised. He shouted, "The earth is ventilated, the earth is ventilated." Rush to every household in the village and let people eat radishes. As a result, it really works. After eating radish, people are all better.

People knelt down to the Taoist priest and thanked him for saving his life. The Taoist said, "Please get up. Don't thank me. You should thank Guanyin Bodhisattva. But now everyone should save others. There are many radishes in my yard. Let's take them to the neighboring village to save people! " Hearing this, the villagers rushed to Shiliba Village with radishes.

After the plague was solved, people lived a quiet and happy life again. But people will never forget the Taoist priest, let alone the radish that freed them from suffering. Since then, the villagers will eat some radishes at the beginning of spring to pray for peace. The custom of "biting spring" was thus formed and continues to this day.