Once upon a time, there was an old man Pan living in a village at the foot of Qingcheng Mountain. He never married and had children, so he worked as a long-term worker for the village's rich man.
Chapter 0 This Liu Dacaizhu is in his fifties. Although he is not tall, he has fat heads and ears, big belly, and it is difficult to walk. Not only is he stingy, but he is also sarcastic, greedy and lustful.
His family has 100 acres of fertile land, but it still doesn’t seem to be enough. On a slack day, he saw Old Man Pan walking in and out of the courtyard with his hands on his back, and he had nothing to do. He was afraid that he would get cheaper, so he sucked dry tobacco while instructing: I said Pan Erlangzi, you are idle anyway, and you are wasting your energy. It would be better to go deep in the mountains and reclaim a few acres of wasteland, so that you can plant potatoes and sweet potatoes in the spring of the next year.
Old Man Pan stopped and looked at him blankly and said: Boss, what did you say just now? I heard it right?
Liu Caizhu said: What, is there any problem?
Old Man Pan said: There is no problem, but this wasteland is not as good as planting crops, so it takes several times more energy and physical strength. If you have to open it, you have to process it.
Liu Qianzhu frowned, took a sip of cigarette slowly, and said dissatisfiedly: The wage I give you is calculated based on the year. You can't be idle at home, and you're also a waste of my salary, right? I asked you to open a waste, and I would be embarrassed to process money for me.
Old Man Pan said: Boss, look at what you said. I came to plant crops for you, not to reclaim wasteland. Of course, the extra work needs to be processed. Besides, planting crops is like this. When you are busy, you will naturally be idle when you are free.
Seeing that he was not in control, Liu used his trump card and threatened: If you want to do it, you can leave as soon as possible. Don’t occupy the pit and don’t poop. I won’t keep idle people.
When Old Man Pan saw that he used this move again, his confidence instantly became much weaker. In this era of chaos and people's life is in turmoil, if he is really driven out, his future livelihood will probably be a problem, so he had to swallow his anger and say: Since the boss has insisted repeatedly, I will go, why bother to get angry like this?
Liu Qianzhu knocked the cigarette jungle to the sole of his shoe and said: It's really . If you don't eat toast, you'll be fined for . Isn't that okay? I have to force me to be angry. You go to bed early tonight and go up the mountain at dawn tomorrow morning.
It is not that easy to reclaim wasteland. Not only is the soil hard, but it is covered with stones of all sizes everywhere. Whenever each pickaxe is smashed, your wrist will be numb. At the end of the day, the barren mountains have not been cultivated much, but my body is so tired that it is broken. At night, I feel weak in my limbs and soreness in my waist and back pain. But due to the tyranny of the rich man Liu, he had to bite the bullet and continue working the next day.
One morning a few days later, when he tried hard to pry a big stone with his pickaxe, he suddenly found a colorful pottery urn buried underneath.
He took the shovel, carefully stripped away the red clay and stones around it, then held it up with both hands, and looked left and right. I saw it as high as two feet and more than one foot wide. Old Man Pan thought it was quite exquisite, so he happily took it home.
After some washing, the pottery jar looks even more gorgeous and eye-catching.
Old Man Pan thought about it and thought, what should I put on such a beautiful pottery jar?
He suddenly remembered that the rice jar at home had been used for many years and looked broken and old, and it was long time to change it to a new one. So he poured all the rice in the rice jar into the pottery jar.
But what happened next surprised and delighted Old Man Pan, completely beyond his imagination.
A few days later, he went to the pottery jar to scoop rice and prepared to cook as usual. Suddenly, he found that the rice in the ceramics did not decrease, but increased.
Old Man Pan felt very strange, so he found a wooden basin and scooped the rice in the jar into the basin. As a result, the basin was full, but the rice in the jar was not missing at all, and it seemed that it was scooping more and more.
Old Man Pan was very excited, happy and happy: Is this the legendary treasure urn? There are always so many things you need.
But I can’t eat so much if I am alone.He suddenly had an idea and remembered that there were several poor people in the village who had eaten the first meal but not the second meal. So he found a few more bags, filled them one by one, and then sent them to them separately.
The next day, he simply went door to door and sent a bag to each family so that they no longer had to worry about not having enough food.
result, one transmission is spreading ten times a hundred times. The news that Old Man Pan picked up a treasure urn quickly spread in the village.
When Liu Qianzhu heard this, he was so envious that he felt itchy in his heart and thought to himself: As for his poor man, he is not worthy of having that treasure urn no matter what aspect he is. If it belongs to me, I will do nothing in the future. Just selling the inexhaustible rice can make a fortune.
Thinking of this, he waved his hand, took the butler Liu Liu and a few servants, and walked with his big belly, walked around in all directions, and came to Old Man Pan's home with great momentum.
Old Man Pan saw that the other party was not kind, so he quickly wanted to get up and let him sit. He saw the rich man Liu put his hands on his hips and accused him arrogantly: You bold Pan Erlang, you dare to secretly steal the treasure urn of my Liu family’s ancestors while I was not at home yesterday. Are you tired of living? For our master's employment for many years, if you give it back to me now, I will spare you and never investigate it. Otherwise, you will be unable to eat.
From the first step Liu Qianzhu took to the house, Old Man Pan had already expected his purpose of coming, so he was mentally prepared and said calmly: If you want to frame others, you must have a basis and cannot speak nonsense. You said that the treasure urn was stolen from your house, who can prove it?
Liu Caizhu said: This is outrageous. If you stole my things, you still want me to prove it. Where is the logic?
Old Man Pan said: People need shame, trees need bark. If a person is so shameless that he doesn’t even want to be shameless, then what’s the point of living?
Liu Qianzhu was furious and shouted: Good, Pan Erlangzi, you...you dare to scold me.
Old Man Pan ignored him and continued: This was clearly dug out by me on Qingcheng Mountain, and the soil pit where the treasure urn was buried is still there. You can't say that the entire Qingcheng Mountain belongs to your Liu family, right?
Haha, how dare you, how dare you. Seeing that he could not be scared, Liu knew that he was inappropriate, so he immediately changed his face and said with a smile: Brother Pan, you misunderstood. I just made a small joke with you just now. I don’t think so. You worked hard for a long-term worker in my house for one year, and only five taels of silver. I will give you fifty taels now, which is enough for you to work for ten years. If you sell it to me, how about it?
Old Man Pan sneered and said: Boss, can you be a fool? Not to mention fifty taels, I won’t sell them even if they are five hundred taels.
When Liu saw that he was not good at it, he was furious and scolded the servants next to him: Why are you still standing there? Do we just want to rob him secretly and not to rob him openly?
The servants understand and rushed forward.
Old Man Pan quickly grabbed the treasure urn beside him, raised his hands above his head, and angrily shouted: You dare to take a step forward, I will smash it so that you will never get it.
Liu Qianzhu was panicked and hurriedly shouted to his servants: Go away, go away, get out quickly.
Then he glared at Old Man Pan fiercely, pointed at him with the pure copper blaster in his hand and said with gritted teeth: The surname Pan, you are ruthless. But the future is long, so I don’t believe that I can’t deal with you.
After saying that, he waved his hand and took the servants with anger and left in shame.
When Liu Qianzhu returned home, he became more and more angry as he thought about it. He felt like a fire was buried in his heart, and he couldn't calm down. He paced back and forth in the room with his hands behind his back, thinking about how to get the treasure jar.
The butler Liu Liu put on a soap of tobacco , handed it to the rich man Liu with both hands, nodded and bowed, "Master, there is a way for the young man to ask the old man Pan to hand out the treasure jar unconditionally."
When Liu heard this, his eyes lit up suddenly and he hurriedly said: Is it ＿? Tell me quickly and listen.
The butler took a step forward and said in a low voice: Master, aren’t you very familiar with the magistrate He? He is a man who only recognizes money and refuses to accept money.As the saying goes, money can make the devil push the mill, so you might as well give him more silver in private. That is to say, the long-term worker, Old Man Pan, secretly stole your ancestral treasure urn while you were out to collect rent. Since County He Zhidao has collected your money, he will naturally speak to you. I guess Old Man Pan dared not hand over the treasure urn under the stick, right?
Liu Caizhu said: OK, okay, this idea is good. After things are done, I will definitely be rewarded with great rewards.
The next morning, just after Mr. Pan finished his meal, Captain Li from the county government came to his house with two constables seriously. After seeing Old Man Pan, he stopped him and walked out without saying a word.
Old Man Pan was in a daze and struggled desperately, calling out: Master, what did I do? Why do you want to arrest me?
Catcher Li said coldly: Don’t be excited for now, there is a reason to arrest you. When you arrive at the yamen, you will know. Where is your treasure jar? Bring it with you, that is evidence of your crime.
When he arrived at the lobby of the county government, He Zhixian squinted his eyes and circled the treasure urn twice. He was very puzzled: There was nothing special about this pottery jar on the surface, so why can't the rice inside be finished forever?
He decided to verify it on the spot, so he ordered a yamen runner to find a rice bag and asked him to dig it out with all his might. As a result, the rice inside did not decrease at all. It took a lot of money and immediately grew more.
He Zhixian was so happy that he couldn't stop talking about his ears, thinking to himself: It's so hard to grow rice alone, and if he could directly produce silver, it would be easier.
So, he ordered his master to bring a small ingot of five taels and put it into the treasure jar.
It’s strange to say that the urn doubled in an instant, and the rice inside turned into white silver.
He Zhixian was ecstatic and regardless of his identity, he lay on the treasure urn and kept drawing out the ingots. But the more money the money was paid in, he raised his head and excitedly shouted to the yamen runners in the hall: Hurry, hurry up, you all go find me bags and everything that can hold the money, the more the better.
Suddenly, there was chaos in the lobby, and everyone rushed to find various containers. County Magistrate He didn't care about the rich man Liu and Old Man Pan who were kneeling beside him, waiting for him to decide the case.
: He Zhixian County has a nine-year-old son named He Kun, who is studying in a private school. Maybe it's not a piece of material for studying, but he is active and playful. He goes to school for three days to fish and two days to dry the net.
That day, he skipped school and returned home. Suddenly he had to pester grandma to take him to the lobby to see how his father tried the case.
Grandma said kindly: Good grandson, grandma has difficulty in legs and feet, so let your mother take you there!
He knew that his mother had always been afraid of her father's majesty and never dared to speak loudly. Besides, family members cannot go to court easily. If the father blames him and his grandmother is holding him back, I believe his father will not dare to pursue him.
So, he acted coquettishly and shook his grandmother's arm and said: I'm not, I want grandmother to go.
Grandma was so entangled by him that she had no choice but to agree.
When He Kun saw his father rushing to take out the silver from the pottery jar, he found a small stool under his feet, climbed onto the pottery jar, and wanted to help his father. But I didn't know that I just fell in and fell in.
When grandma saw that her baby grandson had fallen in, she was panicked and quickly climbed up on the stool, but accidentally fell in.
He Zhixian was working hard. Seeing that his son and mother fell in one after another, he couldn't help but complain: Are you causing trouble? Then they were taken out one by one.
When he turned around and wanted to pay the money, he suddenly realized that all the money inside was gone, and his mother and son were replaced by him.
He Zhixian was stunned in an instant. Didn’t he just retrieved it? Why is there any inside?
He looked back at his mother and son standing behind him, and then looked inside. For a moment, he didn't know who was true or who was fake, so he had to catch them out. However, there was still inside, and he had to continue to make money. I frantically caught ten mothers and ten sons, and when I looked inside, I couldn't get them all.
The ten sons were particularly fussy and played, running around the ground, playing with the things they should play with and the things they should not move, and the whole lobby was in chaos.
Look at the ten mothers again, each of them was not convinced, and they were making noises, pointing at each other and shouting: I am the real one, you are all fake.
He Zhixian was stunned. Isn’t this too ridiculous? How could this happen? If this is spread, you won’t be laughed at by others.
He Zhimai was furious and ordered the yamen runners to smash it.
With a "bang", the treasure urn suddenly split. Strangely, the grandparents and grandchildren inside were gone.
What's even stranger is that the silver that just made the pot disappeared, and there was not even a single ingot left. As a result, he was happy and only ten mothers and sons were left for him on the scene.
He Zhixian was so angry that he almost went crazy. When he saw the rich man Liu kneeling beside him, he was even more angry and shouted at him: It was all good things you caused, what should we do now?
Liu Qianzhu was so scared that he trembled all over and hurriedly said: Please calm down, sir, how did I know that this would be the result? Old Man Pan next to
said: Sir, I am a treasure, everyone present can see it. You can't be smashed in vain, right?
He Zhixian threatened: Then what do you want?
Old Man Pan said: All this was caused by the rich man Liu. It not only harmed you, but also caused me to lose my treasure urn. He deserves to compensate.
County Zhizhi said: How much should we pay?
Old Man Pan said: At least... it will cost at least five hundred taels.
County Magistrate He glared at the rich man Liu and asked: Do you hear what Old Man Pan said clearly?
Liu Caizhu said: Listen... I heard clearly, the young man is willing to accept compensation.
Old Man Pan thanked the magistrate, took the silver note , glanced at the rich man Liu contemptuously, and went home happily.
He Zhixian was still not satisfied when he thought about it. This was too cheap. Liu Qianzhu, so he ordered the yamen runners to say: drag this greedy and profiteering down and beat the fifty big boards again.
As a result, the rich man Liu failed to steal the chicken and lost the rice. He not only lost the money, but also got beaten to pieces, and his flesh was blurred. Not to mention walking, he couldn't even climb. In the end, the housekeeper hired the sedan chair and carried him back.
He Zhixian looked at the eyes in front of him with a numb look. The nine mothers and sons suddenly appeared suddenly, and they didn't know how to resettle them for a while, and they even thought about not knowing how to face them in the future.
The nine extra mothers who need to support them and be responsible for starting a family and starting a business with nine sons. His head hurts so much that he frowned with sorrow. He was so angry that he paused his feet and beat his chest, and kept shouting: "It's a sin, it's a sin." Finally, he was furious and didn't breathe, but died on the spot.
From then on, the topic of He Zhixian County, ten mothers and ten sons became a laughing stock for ordinary people to talk about after dinner.
▲This story is an original folk story of [Sister Taozi]. The material is taken from folk legends and original fiction. It aims to enrich readers' spare time, educate and entertain, and has nothing to do with feudal superstition!
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