The old patriarch trembled to us, kept saying New Year's greetings, invited us back, we went back to the old patriarch's house, the old patriarch ordered people to get wine and food, and lived after eating, the next day the old patriarch wrapped some oceans in red paper and gave it to us, for these rich households, the money given to us, we have always been the one who came, said goodbye to the old patriarch and we went to Heiya's house, as soon as we asked about this matter, Heiya's family returned some four-color gifts, wrote us a three-character post, let us send lambs, gave the eight-character post, which means that the lamb brother can choose a date to get married at any time.

We carried the sieve home, and the long-mouthed matchmaker went back yesterday. We went back to the lamb's house, and the lamb said, he was very happy, I took out a piece of the ocean and said to the lamb, "Brother lamb, I know that you need money to get married, this piece of the ocean, it is regarded as a gift for the three of our brothers, it is considered the wine bought in advance, and when it is time to drink the wedding wine, you can't help but invite us." ”

The lamb was very happy, took a piece of the ocean, and then we took our leave and returned to the Three Jewels. Spring is coming, the river is thawing, the land has a little vitality, under the withered yellow grass, revealing a grass sprout, and then in a few days the villagers should be busy with the work in the field, this day we are sitting outside basking in the sun, see the second egg coming towards us, only to see him put two hands in the sleeves of the jacket, from time to time with the sleeves to wipe the nose.

If you want to say that this second egg is unlucky enough, after the elder mouth, the matchmaker told the second egg a daughter-in-law, I heard that the girl is well-behaved, just because the second egg has a few acres of good land at home, some savings, and people agreed to the marriage of the second egg. When it comes to the New Year, the second egg is a gift gift, we have a custom here, that is, a gift gift, the woman has to find someone who can drink and talk to accompany her, and the new son-in-law comes to the door, but it is a serious guest.

So Erdan's daughter-in-law's family, I found a few brothers who could talk to their own family to accompany Erdan, since ancient times, there was no wine and no banquet, and everyone began to drink, Erdan had a problem, that is, he was drunk when he was drunk, and he was drunk. The second egg who came and went was really drunk, and his mother-in-law felt sorry for her son-in-law, so she came over to persuade her, don't let the second egg drink again, but I didn't expect the second egg to drink wine, and the eyes were already mixed, holding the mother-in-law and calling the daughter-in-law, his mother-in-law pushed him away, saying that he was drunk, but he didn't expect the second egg to be dry, and spread the drunkardy at the mother-in-law's house, and was beaten by several brothers, and finally threw the four-color ceremony on the street.

Since Erdan came back, he secretly swore that he must learn to drink, so he often drank with his friend Long Hair in the tavern on the village, in order to practice the amount of alcohol and not be ashamed anymore. But this amount of alcohol does not mean that you can practice well, every time you are drunk, and once you smashed the tavern on the village. Later, I don't know what's going on, Erdan's alcohol consumption suddenly increased greatly, no matter how much he drank, he couldn't get drunk, everyone was very surprised for a while, and asked Erdan how to practice, Erdan just smiled and never said much.

A few days ago, I saw Erdan white and chubby, and I made a few jokes with him, but today I saw that Erdan was a little wrong, Erdan got closer and closer, and saw Erdan's hair curled, his face was black, it seemed that he hadn't washed it for several days, and his eyes were red, like the kind of eyes that people are drunk.

Erdan came to me, knelt down at me, and said, "Bold, bold, you must save me." ”

I was stunned by Erdan's behavior, so I quickly got up and helped Erdan up and said, "Brother Erdan, what are you doing here?" ”

Erdan said: "Be bold, you must save me, it's all because I'm not a human being, I did something immoral, and I caused a big disaster." ”

As soon as I heard it, I said, "Brother Erdan, you can tell me slowly,"

Erdan said: "Bold now, I feel that if I continue like this, I will have to be tossed to death." ”

I said, "Brother Erdan, if you have anything, you can tell me." ”

Erdan looked at these people basking in the sun, and then said, "This is not the place to talk, let's go inside and talk." ”

I said, "Okay, then go to the house and say." ”

Then Erdan and I went to the house, and even the junior brothers Baoguo and Tianning did not let them follow, and when they arrived at the house, Erdan looked around at the door, and then closed the door. I looked at Erdan and said, "If there's anything, you can tell it now." ”

Erdan said: "This matter is a big deal, you know boldly, after the New Year, our long-mouthed aunt mentioned a family matter to me, but I went to give a festival, but I got drunk there, and I lost the old nose man, and then I swore that I must practice the amount of alcohol, but this amount of alcohol, but I don't want to practice to achieve practice, I just drink the cat urine to get drunk, and after drinking for several days, not only did the amount of alcohol not rise, but I was scared when I saw the cat urine."

I was worried in my heart, and then once I went to the temple fair, when I came back, it was a little late, and I passed through a small forest, and saw a Taoist priest in the grove, and I saw that Taoist priest, sitting there drinking wine, and eating clods of soil with relish. I felt very strange, so I ran to the Taoist priest, and saw that what he was eating was indeed clods of soil, and the Taoist priest picked up clods of soil on the ground, and stuffed them into his mouth, ate a mouthful of clods, drank a sip of wine, and looked at the old Taoist, and felt that he was very comfortable.

When I saw this, I asked Lao Dao, "Daoist, what are you doing here?" How did you eat clods? ”

Lao Dao looked at me and smiled, and said, "I'm raising wine bugs." ”

As soon as I heard it very strangely, I asked the Taoist priest what a wine worm is, and the Taoist priest said to me: "This wine worm, that is, the wine worm, this wine worm is a person who loves alcohol, and after a long time, a wine worm is born, and I raised this wine worm." ”

I said, "What's so good about this wine bug?" ”

The Taoist priest said, "Where do you know the benefits of this wine worm, if anyone has this worm in his belly, he will not be drunk in a thousand cups." If you get this worm, put it in the wine, the wine tastes strange; Put it in water, and the water will turn into wine. If you develop wine worms in life, you will not be short of wine to drink. I'm an old man who is born with good wine, but I don't have the money to buy it, so I can only raise a wine bug, and I won't be short of wine to drink in the future. ”

As soon as I heard the words of the Taoist priest, I was in my arms, didn't I want to sleep, so someone sent a pillow? I'm worried that I don't have enough to drink, so I'm just asking for this master. ”

Erdan said that I remembered one thing here, which was a wine bug written on Liao Zhai Zhiyi, saying that Liu from Changshan, Shandong, was obese and loved to drink, and whenever he drank alone, he always had to drink an urn. He had three hundred acres of good land near the city, and often planted only half of the crop; And the family is very wealthy, and it has not been affected by the love of drinking.

A monk from the Western Regions saw Liu and said that he was suffering from a strange illness. Liu replied, "No." The monk asked him, "Have you ever been drunk?" ”

Liu said, "Yes." ”

The monk said, "This is a wine worm in the belly." ”

Liu was very surprised and begged him to heal. The monk said, "It's easy. ”

Liu asked, "What kind of medicine do you need?" ”

The monk said that he didn't need any medicine, just told him to lie prone in the sun and tie his hands and feet; More than half a foot from the head, place a pot of good wine. After a while, Liu felt hot and thirsty, and wanted to drink very much. The nose smells the aroma of wine, and the craving fire burns up, but suffers from not being able to drink the wine. Suddenly, I felt an itch in my throat, and I spit out something and fell straight into the wine basin. Untie your hands and feet, and see that a piece of red meat is more than three inches long, squirming like a swimming fish, with a mouth and eyes. Liu thanked the monk in horror and repaid him with silver, but the monk did not accept it, but just asked for this wine worm. Liu asked him, "What is it for?" ”

The monk replied, "It is the essence of wine, and if you put water in an urn and stir the worms, it will become a good wine." Liu asked the monk to experiment, and sure enough, it was so.

Yi Shi said: Drinking one stone of wine a day will not lose his wealth; He does not drink even a bucket of wine every day, but is even poorer: is there a fixed amount of food and drink for men? Some people say: This wine worm is Liu's lucky star and not Liu's root cause, and the monk just wanted to get the wine worm and deceived him. Is that so? Isn't that so?

This incident was recorded by Pu Songling, but many times, everyone will think that this is just a story of Pu Songling, a story passed down by word of mouth.