A long time ago, there was an old man named Wu and Runwen in a village in Laizhou, Shandong. He had a gentle temper and treated others sincerely and kindly. Mr. Wu has always embraced the way of dealing with the world that "harmony is the most important" throughout his life and got along well with his neighbors. To this end, when he was old, Mr. Wu hung a plaque with "Nothing" in front of his home to show his neighbors his knowledge of life.
However, it was this plaque hanging on the door of his house that actually caused a headache for Mr. Wu. If he hadn't had a smart and agile daughter-in-law, he might have to sue and have to pay 2,500 taels of silver.
One day, Zhang Hulai, the rich man in the village, was idle and saw this "nothing card" when he slipped to the door of Mr. Wu's house. He always had good things and often bullied the poor, and laughed and said, "No one is good for a thousand days, no flowers are red for a hundred days; little country bumpkin, dare to hang the 'nothing card'? It seems that I'm calling you something wrong!"
So, Zhang Hu scratched his head and came up with a solution. Then he swayed his long gown and broke into Wu Laoweng's home with a swagger.
Wu Old Man saw that the rich man from the village came, and quickly stood up to greet him and asked, "The official is here to visit my house, don't know what's the price?"
"Haha! What's the price? As the saying goes, don't go to the Three Treasures Hall without any trouble. I'm here to get my black cat that was beaten to death by your ancestors. Your family must return it to me today!" Zhang Hulai's face was shaking and shouting arrogantly.
"What? Is there something wrong with this? Why have I never heard of it?" Old Man Wu muttered to Zhang Hu when he was cheated. But when he thought that he was a person who valued peace, he immediately changed his mind and took the sentence and said, "Since there is such a thing, I will buy a black cat on the market tomorrow and return it to you."
However, Zhang Hulai, who was specially looking for trouble, said, "This black cat has a white belly and can be worth 2,500 taels of silver." When he said this, Zhang Hulai deliberately bit the "2,500 taels" very seriously.
Old Man Wu heard this and was like five thunders thunders rushing to the top, and I don’t know what to do now. When Zhang Hu came to see that Mr. Wu was bullied by him, he immediately pressed him down and said, "Let's do this, we have the same feelings as a fellow countryman. I will give you another three days. If I can't pay it back in three days, I will definitely sue the official for compensation." After Zhang Hu finished speaking, he threw his long gown and left.
Unreasonable to Zhang Hulai, Lao Weng really couldn't stand this injustice, and then he fell on the bed. After the family learned the reason for Mr. Wu's anger, they all came to comfort him, but they had no choice but to solve the problem that Zhang Hu came, and just sighed.
However, while Wu's third daughter-in-law Lu was comforting her father-in-law, she was secretly thinking about how to deal with Zhang Hu. A day later, Lü had an idea.
Zhang Hulai left the three days of giving compensation to Mr. Wu to Mr. Wu soon passed. A few days later, the county government sent a service to call Mr. Wu to come to the court, but Mr. Wu was ill in bed and could not come to the court. His daughter-in-law, Lu, volunteered to fight the lawsuit for his father-in-law.
When the Lü family arrived in the court, the county magistrate asked what Zhang Hu had told him. Zhang Hulai said shamelessly: "Master, my ancestors originally had a good cat. The black fur is extremely smooth, but the belly is snow-white. This cat is very strong, very spiritual, and very fierce. Because of this cat, there are no mice in our family. There is a saying that 'a black cat's white belly is worth 2,500'. However, unfortunately, it was beaten to death by the Wu family. Please make the decision for the common people!"
Zhang Hu said miserably, and the county magistrate asked, "Is this really the case?"
"Master, is it true or false, please make a decision!" Wu's daughter-in-law said calmly, "Master, but the Lin family's ancestors also owed my family a spoon.According to villains, it is better to use a spoon to fight against the black cat. "
When the county magistrate heard this, he smiled and said, "Can a small spoon in your house be worth 2,500 taels of silver? Is this unreasonable? "
" Haha! "Lu also smiled, "Master, this little spoon is not simple. Please listen to me after I finish it. ”
Lu's face turned serious and said, "Master, my great-grandfather of my Wu family went to Luzon to do business and retrieved a piece of black wood from the deep mountains. This black wood has a smell like fragrance and will not dissipate for a long time. My great-grandfather spent a lot of money to hire a famous carpenter to make this soup spoon. There is a picture of dragons flying and phoenix dancing inside. There is a natural white bead pattern in the middle of the spoon, and this white bead is glittering. A spoon is used to serve the soup. Pour half a spoon of soup into a bowl and fill it with a bowl. It is a priceless treasure. People say, 'Black wood and white eyes are worth 2,600.' In this way, the Zhang family has to pay our Wu family another 100 taels of silver, which is all that is considered. "
" What, how is it possible? "When Zhang Hulai heard what Lu said, he was stunned and couldn't say a word. At this moment, the stunned county master was also seriously thinking about how to deal with this matter.
After a long time, the county master in the hall picked up a pen and wrote a few big words, then patted Gaotang and shouted, "The vouchers of both families cannot be verified, so they matched the cat and the spoon. The matter is settled and both sides are not allowed to engage in any more entanglement. "
From then on, the story of "taking a spoon to fight a cat" has been spread in the rural areas of Laizhou , and the smart daughter-in-law of the Wu family, Lu, also gained the reputation of people's mouth.
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