There was a man named Li Si who was very unfilial to his mother. But he was also afraid that people would say he was unfilial, so in order to hide himself from outsiders, he bought three sesame seed cakes for his mother when he went to the market.
Li Si was holding three sesame seed cakes in the market, and would say to everyone he met: "I bought these for my mother." Just after he came out of the market, he looked at the golden sesame seeds on the sesame cakes, and his mouth watered with greed. I thought: If I eat one, it would be enough to leave two for my mother, so I ate one.
Walking halfway, the more you taste the sesame cakes, the more fragrant they become. I couldn't help but glance at the sesame cakes again, thinking: An old woman can eat as much as she wants, and even one of them will be enough for her. I ate another one. Unexpectedly, the more he ate, the more greedy he became. Looking at the only sesame seed cake left in his hand, he felt troubled: This is the only one. If I eat it again, won't others say anything about me? Then he had an idea, I might as well put the sesame seed cake away. Throw it up. If it falls down and stands upright, it is for the old woman to eat. If it lies down flat, I will eat it.
Li Si threw the sesame biscuits up, but it happened that it had just rained, and the ground was rutted by a car, and the sesame biscuits happened to be standing in the rut. Li Siyi was annoyed. Pointing at the sesame seed cake with his finger, he said, "You are so stubborn, I have to eat you too." Then he swallowed the last sesame seed cake into his stomach.
