放生故事之九：玉柱汤
9. 玉柱汤
jade chopstick soup
从前，在浙江温州，有个名叫萧振的男孩。有一天，他梦到一个身穿金甲的神对他说：“孩子，你只能活到18岁。”他醒来后，觉得很害怕。他非常难过自己那么年轻就要死去。
in wenzhou in zhejiang, there lived a boy called xiao zhen. one night a god in golden armor appeared in a dream and said, "son, you can only live to be 18 years old." when xiao zhen woke up, he was scared. he felt very sad that he would die so young.
萧振的父亲是一名官员，他很诚实，因此被提升并派去四川——一个较远的省份任职。萧振不想离开家乡，因为他知道自己活不了很久。父亲并不知道萧振做的梦，坚持要带他去。
xiao zhen's father was a government official. he was very honest, so he got promoted and sent to sichuan, another province far away. xiao zhen did not want to leave home, because he knew he couldn't live very long. his father didn't know about chen's dream, and insisted on taking him with him.
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