During the Southern Song Dynasty, there was a farmer named Lu Tong in Shaanxi, and he had a friend named Chen Shu, both of whom were fans.
One day, the two made an appointment to go to the town to watch a play.
Halfway through, a magpie was "chirping" on a rock.
When the magpie saw the two approaching, he was not afraid, but he got into the crack in the stone and disappeared, and the two of them were curious, so they strode forward.
Who knows, there is a jar hidden under the crack in the stone.
Lu Tong hurriedly took out the jar and found that the weight of the jar was not light, presumably there was something hidden in it.
Chen Shu looked anxious, "Brother Lu, hurry up and open it and take a look." ”
Lu Tong nodded, and when he opened the jar, both of them were stunned for a moment, and then there was a burst of ecstasy in their hearts.
Unexpectedly, the jar contained silver that turned out to be white flowers.
Brother Lu, now we send it. Chen Shu couldn't hold back the excitement in his heart and said loudly.
Lu Tong was also very happy, the silver in this jar was enough for them to eat and drink for several years. After some discussion, the two decided to divide the silver when they came back after watching the play.
So, Lu Tong put the jar back in its place, and in order to prevent others from discovering it, he also put some dry grass nearby to cover it up.
Chen Shu is greedy for money, and usually likes to be greedy, he said in his heart: "There is a lot of silver, if I Chen someone monopolizes it, I can have no worries about food and clothing in this life." ”
was thinking in his heart, he was careless for a while, was knocked by a stone, and fell hard.
Lu Tong hurriedly helped him up, and asked him if he was okay with a concerned face.
This fall was just right, Chen Shu had an idea in his heart, he pretended to be in pain, and said: "Brother Lu, this is troublesome, Chen's lumbar spine is not good, and now it seems to be an old disease**."
Lu Tong didn't say a word, and he had to help him go to a nearby medical center.
Chen Shu shook his head, "Brother Lu, Chen has medicine at home, just go home and rest for two days, but I heard that today's scene is very exciting, you should go quickly." ”
It's ......Lu Tong hesitated.
Chen Shu was anxious and pushed him hard, "Brother Lu, Chen is really fine, you better go to the play." If you go late, you will be delayed. ”
Lu Tong was helpless, and after telling him a few words, he had to leave first.
Looking at the back of Lu Tong leaving, Chen Shu snorted coldly: "What a fool." ”
When Lu Tong walked away, Chen Shu cautiously returned and came to the stone crack where the jar was hidden.
He couldn't wait to open the jar, looked at it fixedly, and was dumbfounded.
The silver was gone, and there was only cold spring water in the jar.
It's ......Chen Shu was speechless in astonishment.
He had just walked in a hurry, and he was thirsty, so he picked up the jar, tilted his neck and drank it in a big gulp.
The spring water is sweet and thirst-quenching, but Chen Shu is full of doubts, how can the silver disappear for no reason?It's so weird.
After drinking the water, it was too late to rush back to the show, so he had to go home.
Who knows, after only walking a few steps, he has unbearable abdominal pain.
Gritting his teeth, beads of sweat the size of beans appeared on his forehead, and when he walked to the door of Lu Tong's house, he was exhausted, and he really had no strength, so he thought about going to Lu Tong's house for a night before going back.
So, he went up and knocked on the door.
It was Lu Tong's wife Pan who opened the door.
Sister-in-law, it's me. Chen Shu said with a weak face.
Pan naturally knew that her husband and Chen Shu had gone to the play, so she asked with a confused face: "What about your brother Lu Tong, why hasn't he come back yet?"”
Chen Shu was so weak that he couldn't speak, he lied and continued to whisper: "Sister-in-law, I really don't have the strength anymore, you let me go into the house to rest first." ”
Pan's attitude was very resolute, she shook her head, "How can it be done, it is easy for people to gossip when lonely men and widows are in the same room!."”
Chen Shu was anxious, "Sister-in-law, my brother kowtowed to you, for the sake of my good relationship with Brother Lu Tong, then let me enter the house, as long as there is a place to sleep, I really can't hold it." ”
Pan Shi saw that his lips were white and his speech was soft, as if he was sick, so he nodded and agreed.
However, after Pan invited Chen Shu into the house, she immediately found her neighbor Aunt Wang and asked her to sleep with her, so that people would not gossip when it was passed out.
Chen Shu consciously went to the second floor, and when he was about to find a spacious place to sleep, his stomach hurt again.
He wanted to go downstairs for convenience, but who would have thought that he couldn't hold back after only a few steps, so he had to pull the ground upstairs.
Strangely, after the convenience was over, he suddenly felt relaxed and regained his strength.
He knew that he had soiled other people's houses, and he felt guilty, and he was about to say hello to his sister-in-law before leaving, but after thinking about it, it was inconvenient to enter his sister-in-law's bedroom rashly, so he decided to leave quietly.
When he got out of the house, Chen Shutou ran in the direction of his home without looking back.
When he returned home, Chen Shu felt uneasy, and he always felt sorry for Lu Tong.
Early the next morning, Lu Tong went home after watching the play. Last night's scene was indeed very exciting, which made him have endless memories, thinking that Chen Shu missed it because of physical reasons, he felt a pity.
When she first walked to the door, her wife was upstairs cleaning up, and when she saw a large pile of white silver left upstairs, she was stunned.
His wife Pan Shi knew that the matter was serious, and hurriedly told Chen Shu in detail about the stay last night, Lu Tong nodded after hearing it, he said that Chen Shu must be worried that the silver would be stolen, so he took the silver home first without telling him.
Pan Shi nodded when he heard this, and said Husband, we can't take advantage of others, you can divide half of the silver and send it over later.
After a while, Lu Tong took out half of the silver and rushed to Chen Shu's house.
At this time, Chen Shu was eating. Since he got home last night, he has been nervous, worried that Lu Tong will come to him to ask for silver.
Because of the matter of the silver, only he and Lu informed that now that the silver is gone, Lu Tong will definitely say that the silver was swallowed by him alone.
When Lu Tong came to knock on the door, Chen Shu's heart "fluttered" and he sighed slightly, "Now there is no other way but to explain honestly." ”
Brother Lu, I'm ......”
Brother Chen, you're too uninteresting. Without waiting for Chen Shu to finish speaking, Lu Tong interrupted him, "Brother Lu, this is your fault, the matter of silver, didn't we say okay, half of one person, you are good, give all the silver to Lu, isn't this making Lu someone unkind and unjust!."”
After speaking, Lu Tong threw the silver on the table and left without looking back.
When Chen Shu heard this, he was so moved that he almost cried.
He suddenly remembered that what he drank last night was not water, but silver from white flowers, and it was also silver that was pulled upstairs.
There were no lights upstairs, he couldn't see clearly, and he didn't smell the stench.
Since then, Chen Shu has changed his ways, no longer greedy for small gains, and has become a good friend with Lu Tong.