Chapter 83: Zhang Yan
The second origin of Shen Wansan's cornucopia:
Shen Wansan's father, Shen You, made a living by kneading flour toys in the early days, picking a small head to walk through the streets and alleys, usually saving money and saving money, buying a few houses and a few acres of land in Huzhou, farming and doing business.
There was a lack of manpower in the family, so the witty and intelligent Shen Wansan stopped school to help his father look after the store, planned to keep accounts, and debuted early at a young age and became a businessman who was very good at managing money.
One year, when the new cocoon was listed, Shen You bought dozens of new cocoons, so he sent Shen Wansan to Shengze to resell it, wanting to make a lot of money.
Shengze is a famous silk producing area, with a large population and a bustling bazaar. There are several brothels in the town, and at night they open a series of colorful boats with colorful lights, which provide convenience for those who buy cocoons to have fun at night, and get on the boats to eat flower wine, listen to music, roll dice, or hug the prostitutes who are showing flowers, and sleep in the willows in the inner cabin.
Shen Wansan, who was not deeply involved in the world, was dragged by the turtle slave to the color boat to eat wine and gamble, and worked all night, and lost all the silver obtained from selling cocoons.
Shen Wansan returned to Huzhou penniless, and as soon as the guy saw Shen You, he explained the reason in 1510.
Shen You was so angry that his beard stood on end, tied up Shen Wansan, beat him, and expelled him from the house.
Shen Wansan was in trouble, wandering everywhere and begging to survive.
Approaching the end of the year, he came to a place called Qiandeng Town, when every family was slaughtering chickens and sheep and was busy celebrating the New Year.
He approached a house, and before he could ask for food, suddenly the door opened, and a pile of chicken feathers was thrown out of it, and it landed in front of his heels.
Shen Wansan saw that he couldn't eat or sell it, and he was so angry.
However, he was attracted by the large handful of brightly colored rooster feathers on the ground, and he suddenly remembered his father's earlier trade, which could also be used to make toys.
So he gathered up the chicken feathers, used clay instead of flour, and made a few birds and clay figurines by hand, which were all bought by the children at once.
Shen Wansan had a way to survive, so he made and sold clay toys in Qiandeng Town to survive.
One day in Sanchun, Shen Wansan went to dig at a mud pond outside the town, which was very large and deep, and found a farmer catching frogs, and he already had several fat and huge frogs in his bamboo basket.
He stepped forward to dissuade him and said, "Frogs are sacred creatures that eat insects to protect crops, and they should not be killed at will, so let them go quickly." ”
The peasant glared at him and said, "I know this!" But now there is no catch, the family is cut off from food and drink, and they are about to starve to death, so they have to catch frogs and sell them for a living. ”
Shen Wansan took out a handful of copper coins from selling clay toys, handed them to the farmer and said, "Sell these frogs to me!" ”
The farmer took the money and handed over the frogs in the basket to Shen Wansan, who immediately put them all back into the pond.
That night, Shen Wansan dreamed that several people in Tsing Yi were talking to him and said, "Thank you for saving our lives, and I will repay my great kindness in the future." ”
A few days later, Shen Wansan went to this pond to dig mud again, there was a big tree on the shore, more than ten meters into the pond, and there was an old fisherman standing on it at the front of the tree to cast a net.
From Shen Wansan to the time when he started digging the soil and was ready to leave, the old fisherman had cast his net dozens of times, but every time he failed, and he didn't even hit a loach.
Shen Wansan was a little strange, so he walked over from the tree and said, "Old man, I'll try to cast a net." ”
The old fisherman stuffed the net to him, but Shen Wansan went down the net, but he couldn't drag it back, and he felt very heavy.
The old fisherman and Shen Wansan worked together to drag the fishing net back to the edge of the pond, only to see a large black iron basin in the net.
The heads of several big frogs showed out on the edge of the pond, and they croaked at Shen Wansan a few times, as if thanking them, and then returned to the water.
Shen Wansan and the old fisherman were a little frustrated, and after spending so much effort, they hit such a broken thing, they couldn't eat it, and it was worthless to sell.
There was a small stone in the basin, Shen Wansan leaned over and held it in his hand, and threw it into the pond angrily.
Who knew that after a while, an identical stone appeared in the basin, and the old fisherman and Shen Wansan were stunned, but no stone appeared after taking out the stone.
The two waited until it was dark and no one came, and carried the iron basin to the old fisherman's house.
The old fisherman's son died in the war, and his daughter-in-law remarried, and only an eighteen-year-old granddaughter lived with him.
Under the dim oil lamp, Shen Wansan tried to throw in a copper coin, and after waiting for a while to take it out, another one appeared in the basin, which stunned the old fisherman and his granddaughter, and Shen Wansan said with great joy: "Oh my God, this is really a cornucopia." ”
This treasure was caught by Shen Wansan and the old fisherman, how to divide it, and it can't be broken in half, no one wants to monopolize it.
In the end, the old fisherman saw that Shen Wansan was clear-eyed, smart, and had a good heart, so he married his granddaughter to him, and now they became a family, and this problem was solved.
From then on, the family kept their mouths shut, and put gold and silver in a cornucopia, and there was nowhere to hide gold and silver.
There is a saying: the family has gold and scales, and he can hide it from the first day of junior high school, but he can't hide it from the fifteenth, and it is not peaceful to spread out, and many people have already become angry about his sudden wealth.
After discussion, the family moved out of this place of right and wrong with a cornucopia and gold and silver, and came to Kunshan, Jiangsu Province to settle down.
In addition, there is a treasure pot in business, and the daily wealth rolls in like flowing water, and the Shen family becomes stronger and stronger day by day, until it becomes rich in the world.
This is the second origin legend of Shen Wansan's cornucopia.
Ye Hanqing stayed for a long time before muttering: "Hongfei, even if what you said about the Pisces jade pendant is true, but Shen Wansan's cornucopia is a legend after all, and it has been two hundred years since then, and it is unknown whether this cornucopia still exists." ”
Ren Hongfei said lightly: "But the characteristics of the cornucopia are too similar to the Pisces jade pendant, there is no wind and no waves, I don't believe that this is all made up by people hundreds of years ago, not to mention that before I told you, don't you think that the Pisces jade pendant is also a legend." ”
A hint of loneliness appeared in Ren Hongfei's eyes: "You'd better hope that the cornucopia is real, this is our only hope to go back, otherwise, we will have to let fate arrange it." ”
Ye Hanqing immediately stood up: "Okay, I'll go find Han Ben right away." He opened the door and walked away.
Half an hour later, Han Benyong followed Ye Hanqing in a hurry, and Han Benyong hurriedly bowed over and saluted: "The villain Han Benyong is the fifth prince." ”
After Ye Hanqing closed the door, Ren Hongfei smiled: "It's supposed to be used, it's good lately." ”
Han Benyong said: "Thanks to the promotion of the five princes, there is a villain today." ”
Ren Hongfei nodded and said, "Now I have something for you to do, how about it?" ”
Han Ben arched his hand and said: "The fifth prince can rest assured, even if he goes to the soup, the villain will not give up." ”
Ren Hongfei smiled: "It's not that serious, you immediately go to check Shen Wansan's file back then, you must find the whereabouts of his descendants, you must do it yourself, and tell me as soon as there is news." ”
Han Ben breathed a sigh of relief from the bottom of his heart, thinking that it was a big deal, but it turned out that he was just looking for someone, and Han Ben said busily: "If the villain can't do this thing, he will apologize for himself." ”