Kaifeng PrefectureChenliu County There is a farmer named Chen Dagui who makes a living by farming all year round. He also goes to the mountains to pick herbs during the slack farming period, and then takes it to the market to exchange money to make a living.
On this day, Chen Dagui went to the mountains to pick herbs while farming. After breakfast, he carried the medicine basket up the mountain. Before noon, his medicine basket was filled with herbs. He thought to go directly to the city pharmacy shop and go home, and he could buy some meat for the children to improve and improve at night, so he went down the mountain to the city.
Soon he came to the pharmacy. Since he usually came to this pharmacy, he quickly reached an agreement with the boss. The boss took his medicine and gave him five taels of silver. He took the money and left happily.
When he was about to arrive at the butcher shop, he saw a group of people surrounding him. Out of curiosity, he squeezed into the crowd to see what happened. It turned out that people were surrounded by a scalper. There was a bearded uncle standing next to him, who was sharpening his knife to slaughter the scalper. The scalper was tied with four legs and whimpering.
Chen Dagui felt pitiful when he saw the scalper, but he was not his cow, so he had no choice. Just as he was about to leave, he heard a man say: The owner of this cow is helpless. The cow is sick and he will die after all. "
Chen Dagui looked back at the poor scalper, but although the scalper was wilted, he didn't look like a sick cow. He could no longer help it and stepped forward and said to the bearded uncle: "How about I buy your cow? Don't kill it! "
The bearded uncle looked up and down Chen Dagui and said, "Okay! If you are so kind, if you give five taels of silver, this cow will belong to you! "
Chen Dagui hesitated for a moment, took out five taels of silver that had not been heated and handed it to the bearded uncle, then untied the rope of the scalper and took it away.
When he returned home, he took a bath for the scalper, and then gave the scalper some forage. In this way, the scalper lived in Chen Dagui's home.
Ten years have passed in a flash. This year, the drought was severe, the rivers and lakes were dry, the fields were cracked, the crops were not harvested, and the people had no food, so they could only eat grass, roots, and skins. People got sick because of this.
Chen Dagui's parents died early, but there was a pair of children under his knees. Seeing the two children eating grass roots every day, they always shouted that their stomachache was hurt, and they cried every night when they hungry, and their wife lost a lot of weight. Chen Dagui had no choice but to kill the scalpers that had been raised at home for ten years with tears in his eyes, then peeled off the cow skin, cooked the cow with half a bucket of water left at home, and let his wife and children eat the cows separately.
That night, the wife and children finally got full. After eating and drinking, they fell asleep satisfied, but Chen Dagui couldn't sleep. He kept thinking about why he killed the scalpers. The scalpers were very warm. Shun, he didn't resist at all. He felt sorry for the scalpers and lay on the bed tossing and turning and unable to sleep. When it was almost dawn, Chen Dagui fell asleep in his eyes. Unexpectedly, he dreamed of the scalpers.
In Chen Dagui's dream, the scalpers actually spoke. It repeatedly reminded Chen Dagui: "After you wake up, bury my skin under the big locust tree at home, and dig it out in ten days. You must remember what I said to you. "
Dagui woke up from his dream and remembered the advice of the scalper in the dream. He was puzzled. He didn't know why the scalper asked him to bury the cow skin under the tree. He also wanted to know what the scalper was doing, so he buried the cow skin under the tree. Ten days later, Chen Dagui dug out the cow skin. When he dug out, he saw a scene that shocked him.
What Chen Dagui didn't expect was that after he dug out the soil on it, he found that the yellow dog skin was missing, replaced by five fists-sized gold bumps.
Chen Dagui's wife Wang was very happy to see the five golden bumps, and immediately raised his eyebrows and said to Chen Dagui, "The scalper has turned into golden bumps. The father of the child, we are going to make a fortune! With these golden lumps, we can buy them for food and clothing, so we will have no worries about food and clothing in the future! "
Chen Dagui was also very happy to see five golden lumps, but after being happy, he became more and more confused as he thought about it.
Chen Dagui believed that the origin of golden lumps is unknown. Even if his wife asked him to exchange gold lumps for money for food many times, he did not dare to exchange gold lumps for money. Until one night, he dreamed of a scalper again.
Scalpers knew that Chen Dagui was timid, so he said to Chen Dagui with caution, "These golden lumps are my reward for you. Don't worry, you have raised me for so many years and have never made me hungry. Even if you kill me and eat meat, I know you have no choice, so I have no regrets."
After Chen Dagui woke up from his sleep, he remembered what the scalpers said to him in his dream, and couldn't help but burst into tears. He killed the scalpers and ate meat. The scalpers had no complaints, and even turned the scalpers into gold to help his family overcome the difficulties.
The scalper was about to be killed, but Chen Dagui bought it for money. It was Chen Dagui who saved it and gave it a place to shelter from the wind and rain. The scalper has always remembered the kindness of Chen Dagui's family and always wanted to repay the kindness. It understands that Chen Dagui's family can't survive without eating, so when Chen Dagui killed it, it did not resist.
Scalpers knew that Chen Dagui's family had no money, so they gave Chen Dagui a dream, asking him to bury the cow's skin under the tree, and then turn the cow's skin into a golden lump to help Chen Dagui's family overcome the difficulties.
Later, Chen Dagui replaced the gold lump with silver and fled to another place with his wife and children. They came all the way to the south and used the money to do some small businesses. With the help of scalpers, Chen Dagui's family survived many difficulties. Chen Dagui used his own efforts to make his life better and better.
Chen Dagui's family did not forget the kindness of the scalper. They set up a tablet for the scalper, and they worshiped the scalper every holiday. The story of
comes from the full text of "Folk Stories" explains worldly principles and encourages sentient beings to be good, which has nothing to do with feudal superstition.
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