淮南禹迹山,林木幽深,人烟稀少。山间村落有位书生陈绮,铭记母亲临终前的嘱咐,到广西投奔舅父黄海容。陈生跋山涉水,餐风宿露,历时将近半载,行至广西已身无分文,可舅父仍未找到。他走村串乡,乞讨度日。一天,陈生行乞来到一村庄,见一家柴门掩映的槟榔树中,走出一位短髯赤面的白发老者。老者看到陈生站在门外,奇怪地问:“小乞儿,看你相貌斯文怎么一副愁苦样子呢?”陈生说:“我熟读诗书,怎么不斯文;走投无路,又怎能不愁苦?”于是将自己外出寻舅之事说了一遍。老者一看便道:“你舅父是不是 Huainan Yu trace Hill, deep forests, sparsely populated. There is a scholar in the mountain village Chen Qi, bearing in mind his mother’s death before expedition, to defection to Guangxi Huanghai Rong uncle. Chen Sheng hell and wading, meals and accommodation Lu, lasted nearly half a dozen, went to Guangxi has no penny, can uncle still not found. He went to the village village, begging for a date. One day, Chen Sheng begging to a village begging to see a beleaguered tree nestled out of a short-haired red-haired white-haired old man. The old man saw Chen Sheng standing outside, strangely asked: ”Little beggar, look at your appearance Sven how a bitter look like?“ ”Chen Sheng said: “ I am familiar with poetry, how not Esprit; , How can we not worry about suffering? ”So I went out to find Uncle things say it again. The old man said: "Your uncle is not