Truyện 2. Sự tích trái sầu riêng

Ngày ấy, vào thời Tây Sơn, có một chàng trẻ tuổi người vùng Đồng Nai. Chàng là người tài kiêm văn võ, đã từng vung gươm hưởng ứng cái bất bình của mọi người. Chàng từng cầm quân mấy lần làm cho tớ thầy chúa Nguyễn chạy dài.

Nhà Tây Sơn mất, chàng lui về quê nhà mượn nghề dạy trẻ để náu hình ẩn tích. Đột nhiên có tin dữ truyền đến làm cho mọi người xao xuyến. Gia Long vừa thắng thế trên đất nước Việt thì cũng bắt đầu giết hại những người đã từng làm quan cho nhà Tây Sơn. Nhà vua cứ dựa vào chức tước lớn hay nhỏ của họ mà gia hình: tư mã, quận công thì lăng trì, tùng xẻo; vệ úy, phân suất thì đánh gậy, phạt roi, v.v... Dân trong xóm sẵn lòng quý mến, khuyên chàng trốn đi thật xa. Họ giúp tiền gạo và mọi thứ cần dùng, trong đó có cả một chiếc thuyền nhỏ mui lồng để tiện đi lại. Vì không muốn để rơi vào tay quân địch, chàng ra đi. Ngược dòng sông Cửu long, chàng tiến sâu vào nước Chân lạp.

Một hôm chàng cắm sào lên bộ mua thức ăn. Chàng bước vào một cái quán bên đường. Trong quán có một bà mẹ ngồi ủ rũ bên cạnh một cô gái nằm mê man bất tỉnh. Đó là hai mẹ con đi dâng hương trên núi, về đến đây thì con bị ốm nặng. Vốn có biệt tài về nghề thuốc, chàng hết sức chạy chữa, cuối cùng cũng giúp cô gái lấy lại sức khỏe. Và sẵn có thuyền riêng, chàng chở họ về tận nhà.

Nàng là con gái chưa chồng, đã đến tuổi quay xa đạp cửi. Nàng có vẻ đẹp thùy mị. Tự nhiên có anh chàng trai người Việt ở đâu tận xa xôi đến trú ngụ tại nhà làm cho nàng quyến luyến. Sau một tuần chay tạ ơn Trời Phật, mẹ nàng cho biết là Phật đã báo mộng cho hai người lấy nhau. Chàng vui vẻ nhận lấy cuộc sống mới cho qua ngày. Từ đây chàng có chỗ ở nhất định. Nhà nàng là nhà làm ruộng nuôi tằm. Những việc đó chàng đều làm được cả.

Mười năm thoảng qua như một giấc mộng. Hai vợ chồng quấn quýt với nhau như đôi chim câu. Trong vườn nhà vợ có một cây ăn quả gọi là cây "tu rên" mà ở xứ sở chồng không có. Lần ấy gặp kỳ quả chín đầu mùa, vợ trèo lên cây trẩy xuống một quả, xẻ đưa cho chồng ăn. Quả "tu rên" vốn có một mùi hôi đặc biệt. Thấy chồng nhăn mặt vợ bảo: "Anh cứ ăn sẽ biết nó đậm đà như lòng em đây."

Không ngờ một năm kia, vợ đi dâng hương về thì ngộ cảm. Chồng cố công chạy chữa nhưng không sao cứu kịp. Cái chết chia rẽ cặp vợ chồng một cách đột ngột. Không thể nói hết cảnh tượng đau khổ của người chồng. Nhưng hai người vẫn gặp nhau trong mộng. Chồng hứa trọn đời sẽ không lấy một ai nữa. Còn hồn vợ thì hứa không lúc nào xa chồng.

Nghe tin Gia Long đã thôi truy nã những người thù cũ, bà con chàng ở quê hương nhắn tin lên bảo về. Những người trong xóm cũng khuyên chàng nên đi đâu cho khuây khỏa. Chàng đành từ giã quê hương thứ hai của mình. Trước ngày lên đường, vợ báo mộng cho chồng biết là mình sẽ theo chàng cho đến sơn cùng thủy tận. Năm ấy cây "tu rên" tự nhiên chỉ hiện ra có mỗi một quả. Và quả "tu rên" đó tự nhiên rơi vào vạt áo giữa lúc chàng ra thăm cây kỷ niệm của vợ. Chàng mừng rỡ quyết đưa nó cùng mình về xứ sở. Chàng lại trở về nghề cũ. Nhưng nỗi riêng canh cánh không bao giờ nguôi. Chàng đã ương hạt "tu rên" thành cây đem trồng trong vườn ngoài ngõ. Từ đây, ngoài công việc dạy học còn có công việc chăm nom cây quý.

Những cây "tu rên" của chàng ngày một lớn khỏe. Lại mười năm nữa sắp trôi qua. Chàng trai ngày xưa bây giờ tóc đã đốm bạc. Nhưng ông già ấy lòng bỗng trẻ lại khi thấy những hàng cây mà mình bấy lâu chăm chút nay đã bắt đầu khai hoa kết quả. Ông sung sướng mời họ hàng làng xóm tới dự đám giỗ của vợ và nhân thể thưởng thức một thứ quả lạ đầu tiên có ở trong vùng. Khi những quả "tu rên" bưng ra đặt lên bàn, mọi người thoáng ngửi thấy một mùi khó chịu. Nhưng chủ nhân biết ý đã nói đón: - "... Nó xấu xí nó hôi, nhưng múi của nó ở trong lại đẹp đẽ thơm tho như mối tình đậm đà của đôi vợ chồng son trẻ...". Ông vừa nói vừa xẻ những quả "tu rên" chia từng múi cho mọi người cùng nếm. Múi "tu rên" nuốt vào đến cổ quả có một vị ngon ngọt lạ thường. Đoạn, ông kể hết đoạn tình duyên xưa mà từ lúc về đến nay ông đã cố ý giấu kín trong lòng. Ông kể mãi, kể mãi. Và khi kể xong, ở khóe mắt con người chung tình ấy long lanh hai giọt lệ nhỏ đúng vào múi "tu rên" đang cầm ở tay. Tự nhiên hai giọt nước mắt ấy sôi lên sùng sục trên múi "tu rên" như vôi gặp nước và cuối cùng thấm vào múi như giọt nước thấm vào lòng gạch.

Sau đám giỗ ba ngày, người đàn ông ấy bỗng không bệnh mà chết. Từ đấy dân làng mỗi lần ăn thứ quả đó đều nhớ đến người gây giống, nhớ đến chuyện người đàn ông chung tình. Họ gọi "tu rên" bằng hai tiếng "sầu riêng" để nhớ mối tình chung thủy của chàng và nàng. Người ta còn nói những cây sầu riêng nào thuộc dòng dõi loại hạt có hai giọt nước mắt của anh chàng nhỏ vào thì mới là giống sầu riêng ngon.

Xem thêm các truyện khác tại đây:

Truyện 1. Lê Như Hổ

Truyện 3. Sự tích chim Hít-cô

Truyện 4. Năm trâu sáu cột

Truyện 5. Sự tích chim Đa Đa

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List of Vietnamese fairy tales

Vietnamese fairy tales includes many stories as Tam and Cam; So Dua; Hundred – knot- bamboo tree... which were spread in folk. Each stories has its own meaning. I think I can not translate exactly each word into english but I will try my best to convey its meaning to you. Hope you like them!

Wishing pearl

De was a young boy. His parent was servants of a landlord. Every morning, De led landlord’s cattle to meadow and brought them back at nightfall. De used to be excited in playing with his fellows and when he was in his game he didn’t care anything. Many times the cattle he herded ate rice on field and the owners used to beat him pained but he still left cattle and joined in his fellows. One normal day, he and his fellows had a swimming competition. An award was given to the winner that he couldn’t refuse. Therefore, he participated in the competition and left his cattle on a wild hill. They swam and dived in water until noon and when they walked on ground, a cow had disappeared. The cow belonged to no one but his master. Children separated to find the cow but the cow seemed to vanish they couldn’t find it. Sun was going to down, children made their ways to home they left De staying at there. Day stayed at there alone crying. After that, he fell in sleep. Latter, he was woken up b...

God of blacksmiths and blacksmith

Khong Lo, the god of blacksmiths, was the god who had taught people casting and also the go who governed blacksmiths. Khong Lo early realized that not all blacksmiths were good guy so he used to appear on ground and challenge blacksmiths. A street blacksmith who used to shoulder tools wander on street and helped people remold metal things. “Mold pots, mold jars, mold tray, remold metal things”, he cried to let others know he was a blacksmith. The blacksmith was great so he could mold and remold all things people needed in short time. In the time he worked he stayed in house of people who needed him to mold things. When things were molded, he got his money and set off. That was his work. One day, the blacksmith made his way to a fair. He went cross a forest and met a boy who was shouldering tools as he was. As he saw the blacksmith, the stood and bowed his head politely. “Do you see anybody go cross the direction you have passed, sir?”, said the boy. “Who do you find?”...

Thanh Giong

Once upon a time, a woman was old but she had not given birth a child. One day, when she went to her field, she saw a stranger footsore on the ground. The big footsore made her surprise and said: “omg, this footsore is so big” the she put her foot into the footsore. More 9 months later, she gave birth to a little boy named Giong. The boy was extraordinary that he was over three years old but had not spoken. He only knew lying and smiling. vietnamesefairytales.blogspot.com That year, the enemies they were known An planed to attack the country of the boy. They were merciless. Wherever they had gone, houses were ruined, fields were fired, people were killed. The sight behind them is mess of corpse and blood and ashes.The King was worry he forced his servants to look for person who could fight against the enemies. One day, a servent went to Giong’s village while the woman was holding the boy in her arms, she said sadly that: “Giong, I wonder that when you hav...

The Tale of the Hundred - knot Bamboo tree

Once upon a time, there had a boy who was poor, had no field. Therefore, he found the way to work for a landlord. He was healthy, worked hard and great in working so the landlord wanted him to work for him long time without any pay. One day, he called the boy to come. "You are honest and healthy. If you agree to work for me in three years without pay, I will let you marry with my only daughter after that." The boy agreed. He believed completely. He worked very hard, help the landlord turn richer that he could build more houses, buy more fields and cattles. Then, time passed. Three years nearly crossed, the boy always remembered his master's promise while his master, the landlord didn't want to do his promise. He in secret had found another boy for his daughter, a son of another landlord in that area. Therefore, what he need was a reason to refuse the boy. One day, he called the boy to come. "You have worked very hard for three years, waken early, slept late....

Thi Kinh Bodhisattva

A person had been born times, lived other lives. Each time being born, the person was always a monk or a nut, lived with strong religious belief. She or he had passed nine lives but still didn’t reach Nirvana. At the tenth, the person was reborn in the form of a girl. She was daughter of a normal family who lived in Cao Ly and her name was Thi Kinh. Thi Kinh was a calm, kind-hearted girl. She was the person who loved her mother and father, using to help them homework. When she grew up, he parent let her married with a student whose name’s Thien Si. Thien Si was born in normal family, not richer than her family but he was very hard in studying. Therefore, Thi Kinh had nothing more pleased than undertaking all homework for her husband to have time to study. One normal night, Thien Si sat on floor reading book while his wife, Thi Kinh, was staying by sewing. Front their face was only an oil lamp. Later, Thien Si felt tired, he laid down his head was on his wif...

So dua - Coconut boy

Once upon a time, there in a village had a couple who worked as servants for a landlord. Although they were over fifty years old, they had ever not had a child. They were sad about that, but they had never given up to dream about a child. One day, it's a very hot day, when the wife was working in the field and felt very thirsty. She seeked for water, but she didn't see any but a little water in a skull which was in a hole beside an ancient tree. She had no choice but to drink it. Right the moment she drank, the feeling of cold water running from her throat to her stomach made her felt very comfortable. As a magic, she was pregnant after that short time. Then, the husband died before he got the happiness looking his child be born. After nine months and ten days, the wife gave birth a son but he didn't look like any child on the world. He had no feet, no leg, and even no body. He just had a head with full of eyes, nose, ear, hair and mouth on it. He didn't ugly but was ...

Tale of sandcrab

Once upon a time, a farm couple had a garden having a cave in where a snake couple lived. The man’s name was Da Trang (name of a kind of crabs) he used to work next to the cave and had known a snake couples were living in. Vietnamesefairytales.blogspot.com One day, he saw male snake swept out of the cave alone while the female was curling inside the cave, it had just shed. A short time later, the male came back to cave, brought a fog and gave it to female. Weeks later, he saw the female went out alone. That time, the male shed it was lying silently in the cave. Long time later, the female came back with another male. They had stood front of cave for few minutes then the other male swept alone to cave. The man realized what that male wants to do and he felt sorry to the male was lying in cave so he grabbed his archery and shot to the other male but the arrow lost its way and shot into the female head. The female was died. He came home and had never gone back ...

Fairy Lieu Hanh

Ngoc Hoang, the king of gods in heaven, had a daughter, named Lieu Hanh. Lieu Hanh was fairy who was headstrong and usually didn’t obey rules in heaven. Ngoc Hoang had advised her many times but he still did what she wanted. Therefore, Ngoc Hoang decided to punish his daughter to teach her a lesson. One time, Lieu Hanh made a mistake, his father forced her to get down and lived on ground three years. Lieu Hanh transformed into a beautiful girl and built a hut, sold tea under Ngang pass after she landed on ground. The place was wild trees that grew up luxuriantly but the road leading from north to south crossed there so many travelers crossed there everyday. Besides, there had only a tea shop because others feared robbers and beasts around the place. Consequently, her tea shop was always crowded. Though Lieu Hanh was punishing, she was still arrogant and didn’t respect any rules. Therefore, people went in her hut, drank tea then went away without trouble, would have no harm...

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