Chapter 4 Know-it-all
Once upon a time there was a farmer named Crab who lived in poverty. One day, he drove two oxen to pull a cart of wood into the city to prepare for the bazaar**. When he came to the city, he met a doctor who was sitting at a table and eating with relish, and the fragrant food made the farmer's mouth water, and he thought to himself, "How good it would be to be a doctor!"I must be able to make a lot of money, so that I can eat such delicious food every day. The farmer couldn't help it, so he asked, "My dear sir, I am so envious of your life, do you think I can become a doctor too?"”
The doctor looked at him and said, "Of course!."”
So what do I do?The farmer asked, a little excited.
When the doctor saw that the farmer was so interested, he told him, "You must first buy a book with a rooster on the frontispiece that will serve as your primer;."Then you have to sell your oxen and bullock cart so that you can buy some decent clothes and some medical supplies;Finally, you want to make a sign that says 'I'm a jack of all trades' and hang the sign on the door. ”
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When the farmer returned, he did as the doctor had told him, and soon began to treat people. It wasn't long before a burglar fell into the house of a wealthy man in the village. Just when the rich man was in a hurry, he heard that there was a know-it-all doctor nearby, and he thought he must know where the stolen money was.
The rich man immediately prepared a carriage and went to the house of the so-called master of all trades, and when he reached the door, he saw a farmer dressed as a doctor sitting there checking the pulse of the sick, and the rich man told the farmer what had happened and asked him to go with him in search of the stolen money. The farmer readily agreed, but he wanted to take his wife with him. The rich man agreed, and prepared a sumptuous meal for them in his mansion.
The first servant carefully brought a plate of delicious food, and when the farmer saw it, he tugged at the corner of his wife's garment and whispered, "Wife, this is the first." He wanted to make it clear that this was the first course, but the servant was startled when he heard it, for he thought that the farmer had said, "This is the first thief," and that he was indeed a thief, so he hurried out. After going out, the thief quickly told the other accomplices, "No, that know-it-all doctor really knows everything, he knows everything about us, and he said that I was the first thief." Saying this, the other thieves did not dare to bring food in, but if they did not enter, it would arouse the suspicion of others, and the second thief had to dare to enter. As soon as he entered, the farmer said to his wife, "This is the second one!"When the servant heard this, he put the plate on the table and ran out, and the farmer and the rich man at the table were a little baffled. And so it was not until the fourth servant went in that he carried a plate with a lid, and the rich man, wishing to see what the farmer was capable of, asked, "Honorable doctor, what kind of food is in this plate?"When the farmer heard this, he did not know what to do, but he sighed and said to himself, "Alas, poor crab!""Luckily, there was a crab on the plate. When the rich man saw that the farmer was really good, he cried out, "Great!"The doctor is really proficient in everything!”
At this time, the servants who were standing by were a little panicked, and they suggested that the farmer go out for a private talk. The servants confessed to the farmer that they were thieves who had stolen the money, and begged him not to tell the rich man the truth, and that they were willing to return the money to their rightful owners if they did not reveal it. The farmer was fortunate enough to learn from the servants where the money was hidden, so he came to the rich man confidently and said, "Now I will find out in the book the whereabouts of your money." So the farmer pretended to be thoughtful as he flipped through the book, and while the fifth servant was hiding in the fireplace and eavesdropping on what the farmer was saying, suddenly the farmer turned over to the side of the rooster and cried out, "So here you are!"Come out of here!I know it all!The servant thought that the farmer was talking about him, and he was so frightened that he immediately crawled out and cried out, "The doctor is really clever and clever!"”
Subsequently, the so-called know-it-all doctor told the rich man where he had hidden the money, and the rich man thanked him and gave him a large honorariumAnd the farmer kept his promise to the thieves and did not expose them, and the thieves were grateful to the farmer and gave him some honorarium. In this way, the farmer not only became a celebrity in the village, but also lived a prosperous life.
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