Since ancient times, Hubei has produced "talents", and as soon as the dust enters Hubei, he will encounter "talents". Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

Going down the river from Sichuan, we arrived in Yichang, Hubei. Because you have to collect lights along the way. Lichen got off the boat early, put on a half-new Taoist robe, wore a mixed yuan scarf on his head, and walked all the way to Wudang Mountain along the official road.

Wangjiawan is just an ordinary small village, the place is not big, the population is not large, not very poor, not very rich. Because most of them are farmers who work in the fields, reading is not very popular. In the words of local officials, the people here are pure, and the people are happy to live in poverty, but they don't like to study. It is a "model" place in the eyes of officials. Because the place is good, if you are not very poor, you can't starve to death, and if no one reads, you are all mud legs, you can be bullied, just don't go overboard. But no matter how neatly the eggs are laid in a nest, there will always be a few bad "eggs" after a long time.

Wang Rencai is the "bad guy" in a group of good eggs. At least that's what the villagers say privately. If one person says anything, it must be a feud, ten people say so. Maybe it's because of a misunderstanding, but if everyone says that, it's time for them to reflect on themselves. But Wang Rencai doesn't think so, he doesn't have the courage of the famous fellow sect hundreds of years later, "you can't kill a poor man, you can't be a rich man". Because he didn't have a "county magistrate" friend. But Master Wang is famous for his shoddy things on weekdays. And he is simply stingy to the extreme, his daughter received a lot of dowry, and the dowry was not even one-tenth of the dowry. For a while, the countryside was despised. Master Wang said with a heartfelt voice: "The daughter who married out belongs to someone else's family, how can she move her own things to someone else's house?" Later, it was heard by her daughter and son-in-law. The daughter was so angry that she almost cried to death. Since then, I have never had any contact with my mother's family. Master Wang was still cheeky enough to come to the door to ask for some money for the gifts, but his daughter was kicked out with a broom, and he lost his face. Master Wang's reputation is completely stinky. Neither the mud legs in the township nor the other landlords were willing to deal with him. After a long time, Master Wang finally felt that he had to reflect on himself. So I decided to be generous.

And just when it was just dark on this day, Lichen borrowed the lights all the way to Wangjiawan. The houses in Wangjiawan are very neat, and they are all earthen and wooden houses, so the only blue brick and tile house is very eye-catching. Lichen didn't think much about it, walked forward and knocked on the door of the Wang family. The one who opened the door was Wang Rencai's wife, a gas-stricken bag with little status. Because of her daughter's affairs, it is rare to have a quarrel with Wang Rencai, and she still can't change her soft temper. Wang Rencai's wife opened the door and saw that it was a Taoist who knocked on the door, and hurriedly greeted: "Daoist, is there anything wrong?" ”

The dust inspector saluted and said: "Fusheng Immeasurable Heavenly Venerable, the poor Dao came to ask for half a tael of lamp oil, and a beam of lamplight." ”

"Uh~" Wang Rencai's wife was embarrassed all of a sudden, the lamp is easy to say, this lamp oil is indeed precious, I don't know what this person wants to do? I don't know if my master is reluctant?

"I don't know if this good fortune is shou, but is it difficult?" Lichen asked, feeling strange in his heart. Isn't it just half a tael of lamp oil? What's there to be embarrassed about?

"No, no, the Taoist chief will wait a minute, I'll take a look." Wang Rencai's wife is still willing to give to her family, and it is always good to be extremely virtuous. But I'm worried about my master. It's not easy to export! I can't tell others: "My lord is stingy, I don't know if I am willing to give up the half of the lamp oil!" "It's good to say, but it's not good to say, my family still has to go out to meet people. I can only bite the bullet and discuss it with my master.

At this time, Master Wang was really reflecting at home! Seeing his wife coming over, he was stunned, and his mother-in-law spoke: "There is a Taoist chief outside the door, who wants to turn half a tael of lamp oil and a beam of lamplight." Wang Rencai's wife said hesitantly.

"Oh, it should, it should". Wang Rencai jumped up, his family was worried about his bad reputation, so he came to become a monk, and this was a good opportunity to break its reputation of being stingy. So in the eyes of his mother-in-law, he really poured out about half a tael of lamp oil to prepare for almsgiving. But just a few steps out of the room, Master Wang felt distressed again. So he turned back again. Pour the oil back halfway. After thinking about it, I still feel distressed. So he carefully poured another half out of the remaining half, and then poured some water into the lamp oil. The oil floats on the water, but you can't see anything. Wang Rencai walked out in the eyes of his wife who was so surprised that he couldn't believe that there were still such people in the world.

At the door, he saw a typical man who looked like a rich man, but a man wearing old clothes walked out, holding half a tael of "lamp oil" in one hand and an old oil lamp in the other, and walked over with a smile on his face and said, "Dao Chang'an is good." I have always been kind to the villagers. Especially for the monks, he has always been generous, and the Taoist chief should help the contemptible people with more kindness! “

Lichen almost fainted. How could Master Wang's tricks be hidden from his eyes, thinking that he had seen a lot of people in the north and south, and he really encountered such a unique one. But he didn't say anything, and said: "Master Wang is kind, and there will be something to repay in the future." Master Wang didn't hear Chen's pun. I also promised to help me publicize, and I was very happy. I diligently helped add oil to the dust bar, and then lit it with my own lamp. (In fact, I was afraid of the dust and found the water in the lamp oil by myself). Lichen did not object. smiled and watched Master Wang finish his work. Pick up the lit oil lamp and say goodbye and leave. Master Wang has been watching, and he was worried that the lamp oil that was soaked with water would not be very bright, but when he saw that the oil lamp in Chen's hand was not affected at all. Only then did he put his mind at ease, but he muttered to himself: "Strange, how can the lamp oil be so bright with water?" Could it be that there isn't enough water? “。 So, I ran back into the house and poured out a little oil, trying to see how much water could be carried out by one or two lamp oils, but it would not affect the lighting of the oil lamp - this is a way to make a fortune!

"Ahh There was a scream from Mr. Wang's house. The family rushed over. only to find that Master Wang ran out in the black. It turns out that the water in the lamp oil will make the lamp oil explode. Master Xin Qi Wang was next to him, and he didn't care about the hot bubbles on his body. Quickly extinguished the fire. It was only then that a disaster of Zhurong was avoided. But he also paid the price of blisters on his hands and the burning of the beard on his face, and what made Master Wang feel even more distressed was the burnt house.

And after Lichen left with the oil lamp, he couldn't help but sigh: "Other profiteers have water in the oil at most, and today I went to touch the oil in the water." If you don't teach you a lesson, how can you get it". made up his mind, but continued to borrow oil and lights in Wangjiawan quietly. It wasn't until late at night that I happily glanced at the Wang's house at the head of the village. Thinking about how to help Master Wang cure the problem of greed and miserliness. If you don't change it, you can't do it! The charity of the monks is also a ghost, which is the most unbearable!