Kwan, Chihli, is only another name for the River Wu Ssu. It gets dried up when there is a drought, and overflows if it rains for a few days, so it is a continual nuisance to those who have to ford it.
My uncle said: One day during the latter part of the reign of Yuncheng, a beggar woman was wending across this same river. She had a baby in one arm, and with the other she was supporting an old mother-in-law. Midway across the stream, the latter slipped and fell down. hereupon, the wouian threw down her baby into the water, and dragging the old woman with all her strength, carried her across on her back.
The mother-in-law at once began to give her a big scolding, saying: "Tam an old woman of 70, what though if I die! But all the past generations of our Chang family had depended on that child to keep up the family altar fire Why have
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