The human heart is not enough to swallow the elephant, and if it is too greedy, it will suffer.

A long, long time ago, in a place called Taiping Mountain, there lived a family surnamed Zhang, the owner of the Zhang family was called Zhang Xiaokai, a hunter, who made a living from hunting.

On this day, Zhang Xiaokai went into the mountains to hunt, but unfortunately was eaten by a big python. Only Xiaokai's wife Qiu Yuxin and three flower-like daughters were left.

The three daughters are called Hammer, Iron Egg and Shovel, the eldest daughter Hammer is delicious, the second daughter is easy to wear, and the third daughter Shovel is hardworking and kind, she is a very good girl.

One evening, Yuxin went up the mountain to collect firewood and came back, but accidentally fell into a deep hole on the way and broke his leg. She kept shouting for help in the cave, but no one from the deep mountains and old forests came to save her. It can really be said that the heavens should not be used, and the earth is not spiritual. It was getting dark, Yuxin was very anxious, she was thirsty and hungry, and soon passed out.

In a daze, she heard a voice: "Old man, why are you lying alone in the cave?"

Yuxin looked around, it was dark and she couldn't see anything, she was very scared, her whole body kept trembling, thinking that she had met a ghost, she had the courage to ask: "You~ Are you a human or a ghost?"

"I'm neither a human nor a ghost, I'm a python" As soon as the words fell, I heard a "rustling" sound, and then a big python as thick as a bucket hung down from the hole, which scared Yuxin a lot.

"Don't be afraid, old man, I'm here to save you, and I won't eat you. ”

"Then what do you want to do?" Yuxin asked with a trembling face and a trembling voice.

"I want to marry your daughters, and if you promise to marry me one of them, I will heal your leg and send you home. ”

Rain thought to herself, "How can humans and snakes be together, maybe the old man was eaten by this python?" so she refused the python's request.

Unexpectedly, the python did not get angry, but found some herbs, chewed them and applied them to Yuxin's leg, and after a while, her leg stopped bleeding and did not hurt. The python took Yuxin out of the hole, told her to ride on him, and sent her home.

"Old man, you'd better give me one of your daughters! If you don't agree, don't blame me for being rude!" said the python who looked at Yuxin motionlessly.

Yuxin looked at the terrible python and the old man's letter, and thought of its life-saving grace to herself, so she had to say: "Please avoid it first, let me call my daughter out and ask, to see who is willing to marry you." ”

Yuxin called the three daughters out, told them what had happened, and then said: "Daughters, it's not that your mother is ruthless to let you jump into this fire pit, and your mother can't help it!

As soon as Yuxin's words were finished, the eldest daughter shouted first: "Don't go, don't go! Who wants to marry a python! "After that, he entered the house.

The second daughter also shouted, "Don't go, don't go, who would dare to marry that ugly and scary thing!" After saying that, she also entered the house. 3800

The third daughter saw that the two sisters were reluctant to go, and when she saw the poor mother, she was worried that her family would be retaliated by the python, so she pondered for a moment and said, "Mother, for you and your two sisters to live in peace and stability, I am willing to marry the python." After speaking, she shed sad tears, in fact, she was also a hundred unwilling, but for the safety of her family, she had to wronged herself.

Yuxin called the python out and replied to the python. That night, the python picked up the third daughter and left. The python took the third daughter into the deep mountains and old forests, the third daughter was scared to death at first, and then took her into a cave, the third daughter followed the python in the cave of the black hole hole, walked, anxious and afraid, tears couldn't help but flow down.

Suddenly, the cave suddenly lit up, and a golden palace appeared in front of him. When she turned around, the terrible python was gone, and behind her stood a richly dressed, handsome young man.

The third daughter was amazed and asked:

"This~ What the hell is going on?"

The young man replied, "Beautiful and kind wife, I am the serpent king of this area, and I have heard of the beauty of your three sisters, so I am determined to marry one of you." Now, my wish has finally come true. There are countless gold and silver, endless silk and satin, and endless rice and noodles in my palace, let us love each other, share the glory, and grow old together!"

Listening to the words of the snake king, a warm current surged into the heart of the third daughter, and with a sweet smile, she took the hand of the snake king and walked towards the golden palace.

The third daughter and the snake king lived a happy life, three years have passed, Yuxin and the snake king love each other together, although they are very happy, but after a long time, Yuxin can't help but miss their family, they live here in fine clothes and food, I don't know how their days are.

So on this day, Yuxin said goodbye to her husband, went back to her parents' house to visit her mother and sister, and told her mother and sister about the happy life after marrying a python.

After hearing this, the two sisters were very envious of their younger sister, especially the eldest sister, who regretted it even more: "Alas, I blame myself for being too stupid, if I had promised to marry a python, wouldn't the glory and wealth of the third sister's family be my own today?"

Therefore, both sisters hope that they will meet the python again. One day, a big python really came to the door of the house, and the two sisters were no longer afraid, but they didn't expect the python to turn over and turn into a beautiful young man, and the two sisters competed for courtesy, in fact, this python was the big python that ate their father.

At night, the eldest daughter and the second daughter competed to drill into the python spirit's house, and Yuxin couldn't stop it. In the end, it was the eldest daughter who took the lead. I stayed with the boy that night.

At night, Yuxin lived with her second daughter, and the second daughter kept complaining that she didn't grab the young man.

After a while, when they heard the exclamation of their eldest daughter, they didn't care, thinking that it was a newlywed couple having fun. Later, the screams became more and more poignant, and Yuxin and the second daughter felt that something was wrong, so they lit a torch and looked over, only to see that the big python had swallowed the eldest daughter, and only the head was still outside.

Yuxin and the second daughter were scared to death, and at this moment, the third daughter and the snake king arrived. The snake king bit on the python's seven inches, the python struggled a few times and then lost its breath, they hurriedly dragged the eldest daughter out of the python's mouth, although her life was saved, but the eldest daughter became an ugly monster due to venom corrosion, and the second daughter became a madman due to excessive fright.

Only the third daughter and the snake king lived happily ever after.

Yuxin often murmured to her eldest daughter who became ugly and the second daughter who became a fool: "It's only because you are too greedy that you will become like this~!".