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Mrs. Chang told the villagers such a story, which was about seventy or eighty years ago, before liberation, there were hundreds of households in Liujiagou, and there was a big landlord named Liu Gouzi in Liujiagou at that time, and hundreds of households in the village were tenants of Liu's rich man, renting the fields of Liu's rich man's family.

It is said that this Liu Gouzi, when he was a child, was also a poor person, his parents died early, he was a fatherless and motherless lonely and hard-working man, and he made a living by herding cattle for the landlord of the neighboring village since he was a child.

One winter, it was a cold winter, with heavy snow and a blowing north wind, and even the small river in the village froze. On this day, when Liu Gouzi came home, he accidentally found an injured baby snake, frozen on the side of the road, dying.

At that time, Liu Gouzi was extremely kind-hearted, and when he saw that the injured little snake was dying, he showed sympathy, so he took the little snake home. Bandage its wounds, and at night put the baby snake in the bed to sleep with him.

In this way, under Liu Gouzi's careful care, the little snake was really revived by him. But in the cold winter outside, the snow is falling, and it is impossible to put the little snake outside like this, so this winter, the little snakes are raised in Liu Gouzi's house, playing together during the day, and sleeping in the bed at night, not treating this little snake as a poisonous snake at all.

Anyway, the little snake somehow really didn't hurt Liu Gouzi. It wasn't until spring came that Liu Gouzi sent the little snake away.

Not long after, a beggar woman found Liu Gouzi and persuaded him not to go to the landlord's house to herd cattle anymore, and should read more books to learn knowledge, and take a reputation in the future.

Liu Gouzi said, my family is poor, how can I have money to study, if I don't herd cattle for the landlord's family, I will only starve to death.

Then the beggar woman told him, "Your grandfather used to bury a hundred taels of silver in your yard, and if you dig it out, you will have money."

When Liu Gouzi heard this, he was suspicious, so he went to the yard to dig according to the woman's words, and it turned out that he really dug out a small wooden box with hundreds of taels of silver hidden in it.

The beggar woman said to Liu Gouzi, now that you have money, you don't have to worry about money, as long as he studies hard, I will be your maid and take care of your life every day.

In this way, Liu Gouzi became rich, and he also took the beggar woman at home and read the sages every day. A few years have passed, and Liu Gouzi has also grown up, and he has really been tested by him for a meritorious name. Suddenly, the former cattle herding baby became a big man, not only that, but also married the daughter of a rich man in Liujiagou, and he was also a figure with a face in the local area.

Later, the rich man died, and the rich man's family business naturally became Liu Gouzi's. It is said that Liu Gouzi has a family and a business, and the former beggar woman has been following him, managing the family business for Liu Gouzi, and she is really conscientious, very diligent before and after running, and she has contributed a lot to accompany Liu Gouzi to the village, and the family business of the Liu family is getting richer and richer under her management. Within a few years, Liu Gouzi became a large local landowner and was known as Liu Da Rich Man.

Liu Gouzi also likes this beggar woman very much, because without her, Liu Gouzi would not be where he is today, so he has always regarded her as a confidant.

Originally, life was very peaceful, until this day, Liu Gouzi went into the town to visit the market and had a strange life.

It turned out that a wandering Taoist who didn't know where to come from stopped Liu Gouzi in the town and insisted that his family had recruited ghosts.

Liu Gouzi was startled at first, and hurriedly asked why the ghost of the Taoist entered his home?

The Taoist said, "The ghost of your house is the housekeeper who has been in your house." The housekeeper mentioned by this person naturally refers to the beggar woman at the beginning.

Of course Liu Gouzi didn't believe it, you must know that if it wasn't for the help of the housekeeper that day, he wouldn't have the scenery he has today. So he quarreled with this man.

The Taoist questioned Liu Gouzi, you said that she is not a ghost, then let me ask you, how can she know that there is silver buried in your backyard as a beggar woman?

Liu Gouzi was stunned by this, because he had asked her this question, but she just wouldn't say it.

The Taoist said: "The silver was not buried by your grandfather at all, but the ghost came from elsewhere and deliberately buried it in your backyard, in fact, the housekeeper of your family is not a person, but a snake spirit." ”

As soon as Liu Gouzi heard that his housekeeper was a snake spirit, he naturally refused. If she is a snake spirit, how can she have her own life, how can she help herself?

The Taoist put down his words in a fit of anger, handed out a packet of yellow powder, and said, "If you don't believe it, you have the ability to put this thing in the dish for that girl to eat, and you can go and see for yourself, just look at the housekeeper of your family, and see what he is!" When you're done, come back to me, my hexagram stall is here."

After the Taoist priest finished speaking, he gave Liu Gouzi a small packet of powder, turned around and went back to the stall, and added to the rich man angrily: "Don't let her see this package of powder when you get rid of it, otherwise you will lose your life!" ”

Although Liu Gouzi was angry with the Taoist priest, the knots in his heart were also settled, and he secretly planned on the way home, so let's take a look and talk about it, I would rather believe it.

Anyway, the package of yellow powder that the Taoist gave him, Liu Gouzi also recognized, wasn't it just a bag of sulfur?

After Liu Gouzi went home, he looked at the housekeeper who was busy at home, and his heart was beating the drum. Although I didn't want to believe that she would be a snake spirit, because I listened to that person's words, I also had a knot in my heart. Especially thinking that this woman came from a strange way, she came inexplicably wonderful, and she also knew that there was silver buried in his backyard, so she also felt that the words of the Taoist were somewhat reasonable.

More than half a month has passed like this, and the more Liu Gouzi, who is hiding his thoughts, the more uneasy he becomes, and the more he thinks about it, the more worried he becomes. On this day, he obeyed the words of the Taoist priest, specially asked the cook to kill an old hen, stew the chicken soup, and secretly put the bag of sulfur that the Taoist gave him into the chicken soup, and then served it to the housekeeper in the west wing, that is, the former beggar woman.

Liu Gouzi said to the housekeeper: "After you are busy with my Liu family, you have worried a lot, I asked the kitchen to stew a chicken, and specially brought it to you to make up for it." ”

When the woman heard this, she was very moved, and couldn't help crying, and said gratefully: "The owner is very kind to me, and the villain can't repay it, and he specially stewed chicken for me to eat today, so troublesome, the villain is really moved." In the future, if the owner has anything to do, even if he tells me to do it, no matter how hard and tired he is, the villain will never have any complaints. After speaking, he took the chicken soup with tears in his eyes.

Seeing that the housekeeper was so emotional, Liu Gouzi also blamed himself for what he had done, and felt that he should not suspect others. But although he thought so in his heart, he still handed her the chicken soup, and he made an excuse to say that something was wrong, so he quickly slipped out of the west wing.

After leaving the housekeeper's room, Liu Gouzi waited in the hall, probably until late at night, he thought that the housekeeper should also sleep, so he left the hall and returned to the west wing of the housekeeper.

Standing outside the window of the housekeeper, he called the name of the housekeeper, and saw that she was really asleep, so he secretly poked a small hole in the window paper to see what was going on.

However, it didn't matter, it almost scared him to death. What I saw in the housekeeper's house wasn't a ghost or something? At this time, where the housekeeper is asleep on the bed is still the housekeeper, it is clearly a big snake!

I saw the big snake, with a triangular head, the size of a basin, and a body as thick as a bucket, coiled on the bed motionless.

Even if Liu Gouzi was well-informed, he was frightened and couldn't feel comfortable, he was stunned on the spot, and after a long time, he recovered his strength, crawled back into the room and didn't sleep all night, and ran to the town to find a life-saving old way as soon as the chicken reported the dawn.

When he saw the Taoist, Liu Gouzi told the Taoist what he saw, and when the Taoist heard it, he said that his housekeeper was a snake spirit early in the morning, and you didn't believe it yet, but now you believe it, right?

Liu Gouzi said, since he is a snake spirit, why has he never hurt himself for more than ten years?

The Taoist said, the snake spirit is here to repay the kindness, because you saved her life more than 20 years ago, so she came to help you, and did not harm your life.

Liu Gouzi thought about it, and then remembered that more than 20 years ago, he had saved an injured little snake in a cold winter, and thought to himself that the little snake could it be the housekeeper today?

The Taoist said that it was her