It is said that in ancient times, Old Man Wang lived in Jiapigou Village outside Nanjing. Old Man Wang and his wife raised three sons in total. It stands to reason that raising children to protect them from old age would lead to a happy life for the old couple with more sons. But Old Man Wang's three sons are each more bad than the other, and they are obsessed with extorting money from the old couple, making Old Man Wang and his wife miserable. Seeing the family living next door living in harmony and happiness, Old Man Wang often sighed.
Old Man Wang was busy reclaiming wasteland that day, and suddenly he dug a jar from the ground. The jar was smashed to reveal many pieces of gold. Seeing that there was no one around, Old Man Wang quickly covered the gold with soil, and only took a small piece and hid it in his arms. Now I had no intention of doing anything on the ground and ran home quickly.
My wife saw that Old Man Wang had gone home so early today, and asked him: "Why is it so early today?"
Old Man Wang didn’t say anything, and just asked his wife to go back to the house quickly. The two returned home and closed the door. When Old Man Wang took out the piece of gold in his arms and told his wife that there was still a lot of gold in the field, his wife’s eyes widened in shock.
But when he thought of his three unfilial sons, his heart became cold. If he told his three sons about the discovery of gold, they would definitely fight. By then, there was no telling whether Old Man Wang would still be alive.
At night, Old Man Wang took advantage of the darkness to move all the remaining gold back home, dug a hole and buried it. Early in the morning, the eldest son came and looked around the family's bare house. He found that there was still half a bag of corn in the house, so he picked it up and left. Old Man Wang and his wife quickly stopped him: Son, this is the only food left at home. If you take it away, your father and I will starve to death. The eldest son pushed his mother away and said, "I won't take it. My two younger brothers will definitely take it away when they get home later." After saying that, he walked away.
Old man Wang's wife looked at her eldest son walking away and cried bitterly on the ground. Old man Wang fell into deep thought, and finally made up his mind and told his wife: We are all raising white-eyed wolves. Now that we have so much gold, it is better for us to leave here and change places to make a living than to suffer here every day.
In this way, Old Man Wang set out on the road with his wife and gold, eating and sleeping in the open air all the way. It was so hard, but Old Man Wang's wife fell ill.
Old man Wang met a young man on the road and wanted his help to ask where there was a doctor. The young man said to Old Man Wang: "His neighbor is the doctor, I will take you there." Thank you very much, Old Man Wang. After talking on the road, we learned that this young man's name was Cui Dake. He fled here and met his wife who was fleeing the famine together. The two settled here and made a living by working part-time jobs every day. Cui Dake took Old Man Wang and his wife back home. Cui Dake's wife also warmly entertained them and asked them to treat this as their own home. The doctor's neighbor saw the condition of Old Man Wang's wife and said to Old Man Wang: "I just have a little bit of wind and cold. I will be fine after taking a few medicines." In this way, Mr. and Mrs. Wang settled in Cui Dake's house. They found that the young couple were polite and respected them very much.
One night, everyone was chatting together after dinner. Old Man Wang told the story of how he was abused by his three sons at home. Cui Dake heard what happened to Old Man Wang, his teeth gritted and he cursed: You beasts, those who don’t have parents can’t be filial even if they want to, and those who have parents still despise them in every possible way. If the two old men don’t despise you, don’t leave. I will stay and be filial to you.
In this way, Mr. and Mrs. Wang stayed at Cui Dake’s house. The next year, Mr. and Mrs. Cui Dake gave birth to a son. The family lived happily. Mr. and Mrs. Cui Dake were as good to Mr. and Mrs. Wang as their biological parents.
Days passed day by day, and more than ten years passed in a flash. Old Man Wang’s wife was also gone, and Old Man Wang was lying on the bed dying, fearing that he would die soon.
Old man Wang looked at Cui Dake, who had been kneeling in front of the bed for more than ten years and served Cui Dake, who was more like his own son than his son, and told him that he actually carried gold with him because he didn't want to leave it to his three unfilial sons and go away. Fortunately, he met Cui Dake and his wife, and they lived a stable life for more than ten years, so he wanted to leave the money to them as a souvenir.
Cui Dake started a small business with the money. He was an innocent child, and his business gradually grew bigger and bigger. He bought a house and land, and within a few years he became Cui Yuanwai.
