The story takes place during the Zhiping period of the Northern Song Dynasty. There was a wealthy businessman named Kou Youtai in Longde Mansion. Kou Youtai was wealthy and well-fed, but his only flaw was that he still had no heirs even after reaching forty.

The story takes place in the Northern Song Dynasty During the Zhiping Period, there was a wealthy businessman named Kou Youtai in Longde Mansion. Kou Youtai was wealthy and well-fed, but his only flaw was that he still had no heirs even after reaching forty. Kou Youtai invited many doctors, but it didn't help. Later, Kou Youtai learned that there was a Tianqing Temple thirty miles outside Longde Mansion, and the incense was very effective. Kou Youtai took his wife Ding to go there to offer incense.

After offering incense, the abbot of the temple, Elder Fakong, hosted a tea treat, and Kou Youtai expressed his desire to have children. Elder Fakong said: "When I go back, I will do good deeds, eat less meat and more vegetables, abstain from sex, and bathe and change clothes before having sex. After a year and a half, there will be good news." Kou Youtai and his wife were very happy after hearing this. I made a great wish in front of the Buddha. If I could have a son and a half, I would definitely add bricks and tiles to the temple and build a golden body!

After returning home, Kou Youtai and his wife followed the old abbot's instructions and did more good deeds. Not only did they reduce or reduce the rent of many poor tenant farmers, they also set up many charity porridge sheds to help the poor people nearby. In the past, Kou Youtai often stayed up at night in brothels. In order to abstain from sex and protect himself, Kou Youtai never went there again. After about half a year like this, Ding began to retching from time to time. She invited a doctor for diagnosis and treatment, and found out that Ding was pregnant.

Kou Youtai was so happy that he held a banquet in front of his house and invited a theater troupe to sing for three days and three nights. Ding reminded Kou Youtai: "We made a great wish at Tianqing Temple before. If our Kou family can continue to have incense, it must be the blessing of the gods from all over the world. Why don't we go and fulfill our wish now, so that the gods can keep our mother and son safe." Kou Youtai Said: "My lady is right, I was so excited that I almost forgot about it."

Kou Youtai prepared three thousand taels of silver, of which two thousand taels of silver were used to build a new monk's house in Tianqing Temple, and the other one thousand taels of silver Reshape the golden body of the Buddha statue. Kou Youtai knew that Elder Fakong had profound Buddhist teachings, so he asked: "Elder, is my wife carrying a boy or a girl in her belly?" The elder said: "Heaven has the latest regulations and does not allow private identification of boys and girls." Kou Youtai nodded knowingly. He nodded and said: "I understand, I understand. I bought a hundred acres of fertile land and planned to give it to your temple as temple land." Elder Fakong lowered his voice and said, "I can only tell you that they are twins."

Kou Youtai smiled brightly, He took out the land deed from his pocket and handed it to Elder Fakong and said, "Thank you very much, elder, thank you very much, elder!" After that, Kou Youtai left with his wife proudly. After Kou Youtai left, Elder Fakong sighed and said: "One of the fetuses in the belly is here to repay kindness, and the other is here to take revenge. People in the world only care about the happiness in front of them, and don't know the cycle of cause and effect."

After Kou Youtai returned, several months passed. As expected, his wife Ding gave birth to a son and a daughter. Kou Youtai named his son Kou Jin and his daughter Kou Yu, which means a house full of gold and jade. Since ancient times, people have favored sons over daughters, and Kou Youtai is no exception. He dotes on his son Kou Jin extremely. Kou Yu has been frail and sick since he was born, and did not learn to speak until he was three or four years old. Kou Youtai is not very concerned about his daughter.

When Kou Jin grew up to five or six years old, he began to show his destructive ability. Once Kou Jin played with fire in the house and burned all the famous calligraphy and paintings collected by Kou Youtai. Kou Youtai was so angry that he was furious, but his son was reluctant to fight, so he finally let it go. Another time, Kou Jin tied firecrackers to the donkey's tail. The donkey was frightened and rushed into the house, knocking Kou Youtai so hard that his bones and tendons were broken. Kou Youtai stayed in bed for half a year before he recovered.

Another ten years passed like this, and Kou Jin grew up into a handsome young man. Although he kept getting into trouble, he was deeply liked by Kou Youtai. Kou Yu, on the other hand, was ordinary-looking and introverted. At the age of seventeen, he married a poor local scholar named Fan Jin. Kou Youtai was used to being stingy. He didn't even prepare a decent dowry when his daughter got married. Moreover, Kou Youtai told his daughter that if his son-in-law didn't behave well, he shouldn't go back to his parents' home. It would be a shame.

When Kou Youtai saw that his son was growing up, he deliberately exercised his son and took the opportunity to test him.One day, Kou Youtai was about to go on a long trip. Before leaving, he told Kou Jin: "Dad is going to the south to look at new business, and I will leave all the business at home to you." Kou Jin nodded. In fact, Kou Youtai did not go to the south, but stayed in an inn on the outskirts of the county for more than ten days. More than ten days later, Kou Youtai changed into a beggar's clothes and smeared a lot of mud on his face and body before returning home.

When he arrived at the door of his house, Kou Youtai cried when he saw his son Kou Jin: "Dad was robbed by robbers on his way to the south. All the gold and silver on his body was robbed, and his legs were also injured by the gangsters. My son, please go and help me." Dad asked the doctor." Kou Jin spat on Kou Youtai's face and said, "How dare you pretend to be my father? I have a rich father, and I don't have a beggar father!" Beat me hard!"

Kou Youtai was pretending to be lame, but now he saw that the servant was chasing him and he was so frightened that he ran away. Now Kou Jin became even more enthusiastic and said: "This old boy said he was lame just now, and now he is no longer lame. He is clearly a liar. Beat him to death and make him a real lame. Look at him." How dare you lie to me again!" In this way, Kou Youtai was beaten to death by his own son.

Just when Kou Youtai thought he was going to die on the street, Kou Yu came to him crying. Kou Yu said, "Dad, my daughter is taking you home to recuperate." Kou Youtai said, "Now that dad is in such a state of desolation, before. Don't you blame me for treating you like that? Are you still willing to recognize this father?" Kou Yu said: "Once I am a father, I will always be a father. No matter what you are, no matter how you treat me, you are my father!" After that, Kou Yu took Kou Youtai home to recover from his injuries.

Kou Youtai enjoyed the rare affection between father and daughter in Kou Yu's home. Kou Youtai felt guilty and felt that he had wronged his daughter for so many years. He was determined to wait until he recovered from his injuries and go to the county government to sue his son for being disobedient and unfilial and beating his biological father. Give all the family property to your daughter. Unexpectedly, a few days later, Kou Jin brought a group of domestic slaves to Kou Yu's home, dragged Kou Youtai off the bed and beat him. Kou Yu hurriedly stopped him and said, "Brother, are you crazy? This is our father!"

Kou Jin said: "How can I not recognize our father? Our father has gone to the south to do business. This man is obviously a swindler. Don't be deceived by his smooth tongue." They and their group Kou Youtai was dragged out and beaten to death. It turned out that when Kou Youtai came home pretending to be a beggar, Kou Jin recognized him at a glance as his biological father. Kou Jin has been vicious since he was a child. He thought to himself, since you don't believe me and want to test me, I might as well use your trick and beat you to death as a liar, so that you can no longer be disciplined and can do whatever you want.

Kou Jin beat Kou Youtai to death in the street. The neighbors were horrified and jointly filed a petition with the government, demanding that the local bullies be eradicated. Kou Jin was soon imprisoned and was finally sentenced to death by beheading for killing his father. After Kou Jin died, all the land of the Kou family belonged to Kou Yu, and Kou Yu buried his father and brother. In the autumn of that year, Kou Yu's husband Fan Jin passed the imperial examination. Kou Yu gave birth to two sons for Fan Jin. Kou Yu gave the two sons the surnames of Fan and Kou to continue the family relationship.

Later someone told the matter to Elder Fakong of Tianqing Temple. Elder Fakong said: "Kou Youtai's road to fortune was not clean. At that time, he and his friend Ma Shou went into business together, because Ma Shou saw the business opportunities and made a lot of money. A large sum of money, but Kou Youtai was notorious for his cheating and cheating, and finally lost all his money. On the way back, Kou Youtai brutally killed Ma Shou and embezzled his silver. From then on, Ma Shou became rich. He was reborn as Kou Jin, Kou Youtai's son, so in this life he came to seek revenge against Kou Youtai."

The man then asked: "What about Kou Youtai's daughter Kou Yu?" Elder Fakong said: "Kou Youtai was a carpenter before he started business. At that time, he was quite kind-hearted. Once when he was passing through a barren mountain, he saw an exposed coffin in a barren tomb. Out of kindness, he repaired the coffin and then filled it with new soil. Let the deceased in the coffin be protected from the wind and sun.Later, the heroine in the coffin was reincarnated as Kou Youtai's daughter Kou Yu, so in this life she came to Kou Youtai to repay her kindness. "

In the end, Elder Fakong seemed to be talking to himself: "Heirs are not asked for, they will not come without kindness, and they will not come without debts. Good and evil will be rewarded in the end, and the right path in the world is full of vicissitudes! "

[Solemn statement]

This story is a folk tale, purely a literary creation. The plot and characters are fictitious. It is intended to enrich readers' spare time. Please do not contradict feudal superstition.