At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, such a story circulated in Shaanxi.
There is a woodcutter in the local area, because his parents died early, and his life is very hard.
One day, the woodcutter went to chop wood, and on his way back he passed a ruined temple. I don't know if it was dazzled or if he saw it clearly, he actually saw a tiger lying in front of the temple.
Suddenly, the tiger lost its skin and turned into a young girl, rushing into the ruined temple like a bolt of lightning.
The woodcutter had sharp eyes, and at a glance he saw that this tiger skin was shiny and shiny, and it should be worth a lot of money. He was overjoyed, and hurriedly ran over to hold the tiger skin tightly in his arms, picked up a load of firewood and rushed home.
When he got home, the woodcutter thought about hiding the tiger skin as soon as possible. He walked around the house and finally decided to bury the tiger skin in a dry well in the backyard. After finishing his work, the woodcutter didn't know why, and his mind was full of the shadow of the young girl that the tiger had turned into.
When he returned to the temple, he heard a woman crying from afar.
The woman told the woodcutter that she had no tiger skin and could not change it back, and asked if the tiger skin had been taken by the woodcutter.
The woodcutter insisted that he didn't know what tiger skin was.
When the woman heard this, she cried so much that she was helpless and didn't know where to go in the future.
The woodcutter was overjoyed and said that he was lacking a daughter-in-law.
The woman let out a long sigh, her face full of helplessness, and finally she had to nod her head and agree to marry the woodcutter.
Soon after, the woodcutter married a woman, and the people in the village were envious, saying that the woodcutter's ancestor had appeared to him.
After marriage, the couple is also in love, and the little days are very sweet.
One day, the woman secretly asked the woodcutter if you had taken the tiger skin. The woodcutter still shook his head, saying that he had never seen a tiger skin. After hearing this, the woman's beautiful eyes filled with tears, and she turned around and left.
Soon after, the woman gave birth to twins to the woodcutter, and a son and a daughter were all together. The woodcutter hugged the two chubby children, and wondered how happy he was.
When the child was two or three years old, the woman couldn't help but ask the woodcutter again if he had taken the tiger skin.
After the woodcutter hesitated, his heart softened, and finally he told the truth. Then the woodcutter added, saying that a few years had passed, and that the tiger skin might have rotted long ago.
The woman burst into tears, but she did not give up and plowed the soil with her hands.
The woodcutter couldn't bear it, so he brought a hoe to help.
After a while, the couple found the tiger skin. As the woodcutter said, the tiger skin was rotten.
The woman didn't give up and dropped a little tear on the tiger skin.
A miracle happened, after the tiger skin was soaked in tears, it was automatically repaired little by little, and the woodcutter on the side was stunned.
I don't know how long it took for the tiger skin to finally recover. The woman was overjoyed, wrapped the tiger skin around her body, and rolled on the spot to become a majestic tiger.
The woodcutter was frightened and hurriedly took a few steps back.
The tiger spat out, "Despicable human beings, if you don't think of a pair of children, I will eat you." Remember, be sure to raise your children**.
After saying that, the tiger jumped out of thin air, and disappeared in the blink of an eye.
The wife left, and the woodcutter looked lost. Thinking of his wife's advice when he left, he had to pull himself together and continue to chop wood.
Soon after, the world was in turmoil, and the woodcutter fled with his children. On the way to escape, he unfortunately fell ill and died.
According to local legends, his two sons and daughters are all influential figures in the world when they grow up. The male is heroic and extraordinary, called Lu Bu, and the female is as beautiful as a flower, called Diao Chan.