In ancient times, there was a young man named Shi Sheng in the Dong village. He was smart and bold, and he loved to play tricks on those rich and powerful people who extorted money from the poor.
One year, Shi Sheng raised a piglet. He would put the piglets' excrement in a wooden ladle and take it to the river to wash it. He did this every day and people thought he was crazy.
Shi Sheng's "madness" was discovered by an old rich man from his neighbor. He was very surprised: "Why is there gold in Shisheng's pig manure? Yes, why don't I scrape and wash my own pig manure, maybe…" The old rich man thought of this and immediately put the manure into a basket. If you pick it up, go to the river to hunt for it. The pig manure was panned out, but not a single grain of gold was found. The old rich man was so angry that he ran home and wanted to kill all the pigs that couldn't get "gold". But then he thought: "Why don't I trade these pigs for Shi Sheng's little pig? He will definitely be willing to trade." After thinking about it, he decided to make a wine and meat ploy first, and made him drunk with wine, and worried about doing business. Can't?
One day, Lao Cai hosted a sumptuous banquet and invited Shi Sheng to his home. At the banquet, the rich man chatted with Shi Sheng about his daily life, while he served warm wine and hot dishes. After three rounds of drinking, Shi Sheng was already a little drowsy. When the rich man saw that the time had come, he showed a proud look on his face. He talked about the exchange of pigs in sweet words. Unexpectedly, Shi Sheng refused to work, saying that he would not work unless he received another five hundred taels of silver. The rich man felt as if he had been slapped in the face when he heard the rural river ghost story , his eyes were spinning: "Five hundred taels of silver is not a small amount, plus a few big fat pigs, it took away almost half of the family property. !" He couldn't help but stick out his tongue and took a breath of cold air. But then I thought: "If that little pig makes gold every day, and if you raise it for three to five years, wouldn't the golden gold be able to pile up into a hill? By then, what will these hundreds of taels of silver be?" Thinking of this, he felt happy again, but he deliberately said: "Brother Shi, this is easy to say. Distant relatives are not as good as close neighbors . It is true that I don't have enough money at the moment. Do you think these five hundred taels of silver are…" Shi Sheng He was a straightforward person and said without thinking at all: "For the sake of the neighbors, let's take a reduction of one hundred taels!" At that time, the deal between the two was concluded. The old rich man was afraid that Shi Sheng would cause trouble and change his mind midway, so he and Shi Sheng went to the county government office to sign a document, and his hanging heart was finally settled.
The next day, Shi Sheng bought two large barrels of good wine from the city, invited all the poor people in the village, and killed all the big pigs. The poor people who had eaten all their meager meals had a good meal for three days and three nights.
The old rich man usually refused to let the poor people borrow anything from him. Now when he saw his pig being eaten by the poor people, he felt an indescribable feeling in his heart. He was anxious that the little pig would make gold soon, and he wished he could put his hand into the pig's butt to dig it out. On the first day, he got a grain of gold as big as a corn, and he danced with joy. But by the next day, my eyes almost popped out of my head, and I didn't see any gold coming out of the pig's butthole. After not getting any gold for several days, he was so angry that he didn't have time to lecture. He grabbed the piggy and threw it to the ground. Piggy's head was broken and bleeding, and he died. The old rich man also sat down on the Taishi chair and breathed heavily.
It turned out that Shi Sheng had long hated this guy who had devoured the blood and sweat of the people, so he came up with this wonderful method. When he was feeding the pigs, he deliberately mixed in a grain of gold, and the grain of gold kept spinning around, which deceived the old rich man. Take it out on the poor.