A poor boy from the countryside went out to work and worked hard for 16 years. After getting a piece of jade, he returned to his hometown. The whole village was ready to beat gongs and drums, but when they were waiting to see the jade, the jade suddenly disappeared. In a remote m

A poor young man from the countryside went out to work and worked hard for 16 years to mine ore. After getting a piece of jade, he returned to his hometown. The whole village was ready to beat gongs and drums, but when they were waiting to see the jade, the jade suddenly disappeared.

In a remote mountainous area, there lives a poor mountainous family. The father and son depend on each other and make a living by growing and selling pineapples. One day, the father told his son that his ancestors drove past the caravan and went to the north to sell groceries. On the way back to his hometown, in order to balance the weight of the two ends of the horse's back, the ancestor picked a stone on the spot and placed it on the basket on the horse's back.

When they returned to their hometown, knowledgeable people told them that the stone was a piece of jade. After selling a lot of money, the grandfather married the grandmother and had descendants.

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The son was very moved after hearing this, and said to his father, I want to go to the north to find jade.

The father told his son that many people had looked for jade and returned empty-handed by luck, while countless people died on the road.

The son said, Dad, don't worry, I won't come back to see you if I can't find the jade.

The young man crossed countless mountains and crossed countless rivers, and finally found a mountain. The owner said, young man, the ore in the cave is wrapped in a layer of sand. No one can know what is hidden inside. There may be jade, or there may not be any. It all depends on your luck. If you look for ore for me and you do a good job, I will give you a piece of ore as wages at the end of the year. There are long lines of people digging for ore. If you don't want to work, go back.

The young man stayed. The mine is small and narrow, like a snake cave, and is extremely difficult and dangerous. After a year of work, the master said, I keep my word, you can take a piece of ore.

The young man picked a palm-sized oval ore. Originally, he wanted to take the ore home, but he rushed back all the way to open the ore. What a disappointment to his father if it turned out to be ordinary stones inside. The young man stayed and got another piece of ore the next year.

The chance that the ore contains jade is very slim, maybe only one in 10,000. The young man was worried about returning empty-handed, so he worked hard and worked hard for 16 years.

The young man put the heavy ore into a sack and decided to go home. The master said that it is a long journey and it is inconvenient for you to carry such a heavy stone. I will help you unpack the ore. If it is a stone, you throw it away; if it is an emerald, you take it away.

The young man agreed.

The master knocked the ore apart piece by piece. The first piece is a stone, the second piece is a stone, the third piece is also a stone...knocked until the fourteenth piece, the ground is full of gravel. The owner of

said, you are so unlucky. Forget the remaining two pieces of ore and sell them to me. The price of one stone will be used as your travel expenses. For the money of another stone, I can build a thatched house for you back home.

The young man thanked the host for his kindness. He said that he would only sell one piece of ore and he would take the other piece home to show his father.

The owner gave the young man money for one piece of ore, and then unlocked the other piece of ore.

A piece of blue-green oval jade gradually appeared with the sound of tools and the peeling off of sand. Everyone was amazed and regretful, and the young man took the jade and started on the road back home.

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When he arrived at the market, the young man saw a huge lizard being hawked for sale. He said, why don't you let it go back to the bamboo forest?

The lizard seller said, if you buy it, just put it back into the bamboo forest. If you don't want to let it go, it's also good to stew it and make soup.

The young man saw the sad look in the lizard's eyes and felt pity and compassion. I took out all the money I had and bought giant lizard .

found a bamboo forest. He let the monitor lizard go and ate the wild fruits on the mountain. The bulky monitor lizard crawls quickly in the mountain forest like flying on grass. However, the monitor lizard refused to leave and always followed him, surrounding him at night to protect him from other beasts.

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When he returned to his hometown, his father was already covered with silver frost. The young man said: "Dad, like our ancestors, I brought back a stone that is likely to be jade.Tomorrow, let's crack it open in front of our fellow villagers. If it is jade, everyone in the village will get a share.

The father touched the stone and said to the young man lovingly: "Just come back. This is more valuable than any jade jewelry." "

The next day, the whole village prepared their gongs and drums to prepare for the appearance of the jadeite, and they started beating gongs and drums to celebrate. Who knows, everything was ready, but the ore suddenly disappeared.

At this time, someone said, what kind of ore Ah, I must have been fooling around for more than ten years. Although my father kept explaining to the villagers that he had indeed seen the jadeite, no one believed him.

The young man thought for a long time and finally found the answer. He didn't say anything.

Because of the long journey, the young man became ill. He was very filial and worked harder to make up for the lack of care he gave to his father when he was not at home. Someone advised him that his health was getting worse. , killed the monitor lizard and drank it to make soup to nourish his body. The young man was unwilling to say anything.

Before he died, he told his father that if the monitor lizard refused to leave, he would wait until it died naturally. It was cut open and buried next to me.

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After the young man passed away, the monitor lizard quietly waited at his grave. A few years later, the monitor lizard died quietly.

The father cut the monitor lizard open and found it in its belly. Due to the corrosion of body fluids, all the mineral sand on the outside of a large piece of jadeite has fallen off, revealing the crystal clear texture. The peristalsis of the intestines and stomach divides the jadeite into the auspicious shape of bodhi leaves.

In the end, the monitor lizard stopped eating and drinking. The internal organs were exhausted, and the jade was tightly wrapped and carved into delicate patterns that resembled the veins of bodhi leaves.

After the king found out about this, he distributed a lot of food and cloth to the whole village in exchange for his father's jade. Then they all moved to the city. In the empty village, only a lonely old man was left, accompanied by a big tomb and a small tomb, facing each other forever in the pineapple field.

Later, this beautiful bodhi leaf. The jadeite was placed in a royal palace in South Asia. It was crystal clear, as green as a pool of water, without any impurities. Miraculously, there was no difference between the bodhi leaves and the real leaves. The veins were very clear and penetrated into the heart of the leaf. Under the sun, the gleaming green light pours in, turning the shade of the trees green.

Summary

After seeing this young man’s treasure hunting journey, I can’t help but sigh, isn’t this a condensed version of the essence of life?

Life is a treasure hunt. Process, these treasures may not be very valuable to oneself, but they are very valuable to others. Mencius more than 2000 years ago said: "If you are poor, you can benefit yourself; if you are rich, you can benefit the world." " The young man did it. When he was poor, he practiced meditation and worked hard; when he was rich, he benefited others and gave to the world.

What is commendable is that the young man's heart is solid and determined. He would rather eat wild fruits himself than accumulate 16 years of hard work. Used to buy monitor lizards and release them, is difficult but can be done, treat everything well, and there will be wonderful results