A young girl faces a rich man in his seventies and eighties...... The same eyes shine...... Desperately pounced...... Lest this step be late, there will be no chance for this part of people's own theories...... Realism is money worship.

One of the most classic theories in money worship is that "money can make ghosts grind".

Money can make ghosts grind, as the saying goes. In the old days, money was described as everything. From Ming Feng Menglong's "Yu Shi Mingyan": "It is 'the official is not three days tight', and it is said that money can make ghosts grind." In the Hakka area, it is intuitively understood as "as long as you are willing to spend money, someone will do everything for you".

In my country, there are many wonderful stories about "money can make ghosts grind".

Money can make ghosts grind" story 1, from Liu Yiqing's "Youminglu? New Ghosts" in the Southern Dynasty.

There was a new ghost in Hell, who was very thin, and in Hell he met a fat ghost, and he was very envious, so he asked him how he could become rich. The demon told him that if he went to the world and made some noise, when people were afraid, they would offer him something to eat. The thin ghost then came to the world happily, but he did not investigate and broke into a house recklessly. Seeing a grinding ground in the kitchen, he stepped forward and pushed it up. When the master heard the noise, he went to the kitchen to check that there was no one around, and he sighed: "The heavens have mercy on me, and they have sent ghosts to help me grind." As a result, the thin ghost pushed for a long time, not only did he not get half a bite to eat, but he was also half tired to death.

This story is about a skinny ghost who is reckless and reckless. But his original meaning was to "forage for food". From another point of view, as long as a certain benefit is given, it can also drive the ghost to grind for others.

In the Hakka region, there are other versions of the story of "money can make ghosts grind".

"Money can make ghosts grind" is a well-known "mantra" that is well known to women and children. But most people only know that it intuitively understands: "As long as you are willing to spend money, there are people who will do it for you", but they may not know that it has a history!

Let's start with a mountain song: "The papermaking master is Cai Lun, and he is famous in the world." The banknotes seem to be thin, and they can be worth a lot of gold and silver." This is our ancestors' praise for the infinite wealth created by the ancient papermaking masters to human material civilization.

However, it is said that Cai Lun invented papermaking back then, which caused a sensation and suddenly became rich. People who came to do business and asked to learn the art of art poured in like a tidal wave. But Cai Lun only does business, for fear that others will learn the arts. robbed himself of his job. squeezed out his own financial resources, and refused all those who came to ask for skills, leaving only his brother alone.

His younger brother is anxious for money. Kung Fu has not yet learned home. I was in a hurry to set up a workshop at home with my wife. Working day and night, it is a pity that the paper produced is of poor quality and cannot be sold, and it seems to be piled up. The couple was worried about the pile of papers, not knowing what to do...... Thinking about it, my wife's brain is easy to use, and I think about it all of a sudden. As soon as she said it, her husband even said that it was wonderful!

Just do it. That night, they secretly got a coffin, and as soon as the sky was revealed, the wife held the coffin and cried: ———

A burn of straw paper and cry Yafu, because the paper takes his life,

Isn't Yafu a short-lived species, like the king of Hades?

Second, burn straw paper and cry Yafu, why did Cambodia repair in the previous life?

Leave your life behind to be a widow and bring you up as an orphan?

Three burns of straw paper crying Yafu, today's husband face Wuwu,

Orphans and widows are difficult days, and they are willing to stay with their husbands!

cried so much that the sky was dark, and the neighbors were alarmed for a while, some came to persuade and some came to mourn, all of them shed tears for her poignant crying. But at this moment, only a knock was heard, the lid of the coffin rushed open, and her husband came out: "Don't cry for your wife, don't cry for your wife...... When she came back to her senses and asked what was going on, she heard her husband cry and reply, "———

You don't know how many relatives and neighbors in Cambodia are, because papermaking kills,

Go to the palace of Hades in the underworld,......

When Hades saw that I was empty-handed, his face immediately changed color, and he shouted, "Do you want to be a ghost or do you want to be a 'chirp' (note)? If you want to be a ghost, why don't you bring a greeting courtesy?!"

After that, he drank the order: "Quickly put the new customer in prison and punish him as a coolie pulling a big stone mill!"

Today is so good that there is a good wife, and the fire burns straw paper flying all over the sky,

The pieces of paper ash turned into money and flew to the palace of Yan Jun.

The king of Hades was overjoyed when he saw it, and opened his mouth to smile toothedly,

Seeing that the new guests paid more tribute, how many times did I wake up with a smile in my dreams.

The next day, he came to the prison, and when he saw that I was sweating profusely and my shoulders were swollen, he shouted, "Xiao Cai, now you can go back to the yang world!"

I couldn't believe my ears for a while, and when I looked up, I saw that it was Lord Hades, and immediately knelt down and said, "Master, you are ......"

"I checked the longevity book, and saw that you are not exhausted, you shouldn't come down as soon as possible, it is the person in charge who has wronged you by misleading the information, and today I will give you a reunion with your husband and wife, and have children. ”

"This ,...... I haven't finished my mill yet?"

"It doesn't matter, I'll arrange for the dead poor ghost to push it!"

As soon as this matter was spread ten, ten by hundreds, Xiao Cai's papyrus was sold out at once. "Money can make ghosts grind" has become a common saying that has been passed down from generation to generation.

Note: "chirp" is read out of voice. Hakka dialect, legend has it that it is the ugliest and lowest of the ghosts.

Money can make ghosts grind" story three, made up by a master, the author saw the wonderful, so he took the situation [should be the situation, in order to adapt to the current situation and do something. The sixty-second episode of "Dream of Red Mansions": "It's time for Baoyu's birthday again...... The sisters are all casual - there is a fan, or a word, or a painting, or a poem, and the conversation is just for the occasion. The second and third chapters of "The Strange Status Quo Witnessed in Twenty Years": "This is a strange thing...... However, it doesn't make much sense to ask you to have a scene after two days of hanging and funeral. ”】。

Once upon a time, there was a man named Yumiao in Yu Village. When he was forty years old, he was taken away by a ghost, and on the way to the netherworld, Yu Miao said to the ghost: "I will give you 50,000 yuan every year, and you can let me go." "When the imp heard that it was profitable, he took away an old man named Elm.

The king of Hades looked at it and said to the little ghost, "I told you to hook the elm seedling, why did you hook the elm tree?" The little ghost defended: "This person is an elm seedling, and he only became an elm tree when he became an elm." When the king of Hades heard the little ghost's nonsense, he shouted angrily: "Go and go to Gou Yumiao!"

The little ghost thought to himself, Yu Miao gave so much money, and he could still hook him, so he hooked a guy named Yu Dunzi. He also reported to Hades: "The elm tree was cut down when it died, and now only the elm mound remains." The king of Hades couldn't laugh when he heard this, and thought to himself: The little ghost must have accepted a bribe, and decided to go to Gou Yumiao himself, and when he came back, he would ask the little ghost again.

The king of Hades came to Yu Miao's house and saw Yu Miao grinding. When Yu Miao saw the king of Hades coming, she begged bitterly: "Lord Hades, there are seventy old mothers in my family, you let me finish this grinding and then go with you, otherwise what will my mother eat in the future?" Seeing that the king of Hades shook his head, he said again: "I will give you 500,000 silver every year in the future." "Seeing that the king of Hades was indifferent, he said to you a million silver. When Hades heard this, he was overjoyed and said, "Okay, seeing that you are so filial, I'll help you push a few laps of grinding!" Yu Shu looked at it, and secretly rejoiced in his heart and said: "Lord Yama, I will give you 10 million silver every year in the future, and you will let me live for a hundred years." Let's send the old lady to the end. When the king of Hades heard about the ten million silver, his heart was ecstatic, and he said, "Okay, I will fulfill your filial piety." After saying that, he hooked up a man named Yugen in the village and left.

The little ghost saw that the king of Hades was not hooked back by Yu Miao, so he asked: "Lord Hades, why did you hook the wrong person?" Hades glared at the little ghost and said, "If you are allowed to hook an elm tree and an elm pier, will you not be allowed to hook back the elm root?" (To be continued......)