The title of Magical Story The man fills the pit by himself, and Lang Zhong said that he resolutely can't make up for it
During the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty, Guo Village, Gaoliang Mansion in western Guangdong, relying on the winding mountains, and when land was scarce, the ground of the hall of the villager Guo Shuiji's house was instantly cracked, and then a rapid and turbid spring water gushed out, and the water was filled with a strong smell of sulfur, which quickly swallowed the hall and the patio completely.
Guo Shuiji mistakenly thought that it was unlucky, and wanted to fill the spring with earth and stones.
Among the crowd of onlookers, there was a Tulangzhong Guo Yongshan who immediately stopped it after smelling the sulfur smell emitted by the spring water, and said that the pit could not be filled, because this is a hot spring, which is a good hot spring used to ** diseases and rescue people.
Guo Shuiji was indifferent, took his family with him, and continued to carry soil and stones, compacting the spring mouth.
Guo Shuiji is known for his reputation for being afraid and loving his wife.
Every time the water chicken sister-in-law spoke, he would stop and question the effectiveness of the hot springs.
Guo Yongshan saw the business opportunity and quickly stood in front of the hot spring, telling him that the hot spring can cure diseases, and the patient is money.
With this hot spring, not only can you buy a house, but you can even buy a big house and shops in Fucheng, and everything is not a problem.
Only then did Guo Shuiji understand that the hot springs represented endless wealth, he jumped up with joy, hugged Guo Yongshan tightly, kissed him twice, and praised him as his god of wealth and brother.
He vowed to give him half of the money he earned in the future.
When the other villagers heard the news, they were envious and praised Guo Shuiji for accumulating virtue, and the sky suddenly gave him a hot spring.
A few jealous villagers immediately went home and picked up their hoes and started digging, but no matter how they dug up, they even dug up the kitchen, but they didn't dig out the hot springs.
Under the command of Guo Yongshan, Guo Shuiji's home was demolished, the whole family moved to the old house that had been abandoned for many years, and the hot spring pool and hot spring courtyard were soon built.
Guo Shuiji's family smiled from ear to ear, just waiting for the money to enter the house like a surging river.
His wife, Sister-in-law Shuiji, wanted to wear copper earrings and buy gold rings and gold earrings, which were so golden that the women of the whole village were envious.
His daughter, Shuijimei, plans to buy four beautiful new dresses and four new quilts of silk and cotton to look decent as a dowry.
And his son Water Chicken Boy dreams of building three big brick houses, and also builds a clean and windless cowshed for his old cow.
However, after waiting for a few days, except for the villagers who came to the hot spring every day to see the excitement, no patients came.
Guo Shuiji began to regret that he had impulsively demolished the house, and began to wonder if Guo Yongshan was lying to himself.
He still remembers that a few years ago, Guo Yongshan borrowed a tael of silver from the third aunt to help catch the snake under the pretext that there was a snake hole in the third aunt's house, but later when he was drunk, he said that he leaked his mouth, but in fact, it was just a mouse hole.
Last year, Guo Yongshan told him that Sigong's forehead was seriously ill and died soon, and then took away 20 taels of silver and allocated some precious medicinal materials for Sigong, but in fact they were just ordinary herbs that cleared away heat and detoxified, and were not worth 20 yuan at all.
He felt that things were getting more and more wrong, and felt that he had fallen for Guo Yongshan, so he decided to settle accounts with Guo Yongshan.
However, it turned out that Guo Yongshan took the initiative to come to the door.
He said that the aroma of wine is not afraid of deep alleys, but there must be people in the alleys.
Now Guo Shuiji's hot spring is in the deep mountains and remote wilderness, who knows the dignitaries in the city?He has to publicize it before anyone knows about it and someone comes.
So he was going to go to Fucheng and make a big splash.
It's just that the expenses have been very large recently, and the money is very tight, so the money has to be paid by Guo Shuiji first and returned later.
Guo Shuiji has no other choice, the hot spring pools have already been built, and he can't just waste the early investment in vain.
He took out a string of copper coins, and Guo Yongshan said that this was not enough, at least fifty taels.
Guo Shuiji jumped up like a cat with its tail cut off: "Fifty taels?."Why don't you grab it!"Alas, your vision is too low.
If you think about how noble the dignitaries in the city are, how can they sit on a street stall and eat a bowl of noodles for three cents like us?When people go to a restaurant to eat, how can the food in the restaurant be cheap?If I don't go into the restaurant, how can I reach them?Guo Shuiji thought about it, although his family was slightly better than Guo Yongshan, even if he sold the family's property, he would not be able to make up fifty taels of silver.
So he went to discuss with his wife, and even dug up his wife's dowry and private money, and made up a total of seven taels of silver.
Guo Yongshan couldn't stop laughing in his heart, he bought a bamboo tube filled with hot spring water, ran to Fucheng with this bamboo tube, had a big meal, and then found his former wine and meat friend Huozui Lao Si, gave him two corners of loose wine and half a catty of meat, and asked him if there were any rich people who had ** diseases recently.
The fourth child took the wine and meat, laughed and drooled, and said yes, the third lady of Deng Yuanwai's family at the head of the big water well in the back street was about to get married, and somehow, there was a rash on her body, which was just a small patch at first, and then spread to the whole body, and even her cheeks were red, which was very scary.
Their family secretly hired more than a dozen doctors, but to no avail.
I was drinking yesterday with the doctor at the backstreet security hall, he told me. ”
Guo Yongshan was very happy, took the bamboo tube, went to the back street Deng's house and knocked on the door, saying that he could cure the strange illness of the third lady.
The Deng family was anxious because of the young lady's condition, so they immediately let him in and asked him what he was capable of and which clinic recommended him.
Guo Yongshan said that he was in a strange place, he could only rely on his ability to speak, he happened to hear that Miss Guifu was sick, and he came to the rescue, if it was not cured, he would not charge a penny, if he was cured, he only needed to say a word from the master of Guifu.
Deng Yuanwai saw that he was very eloquent and seemed to have some real skills, so in order to prevent accidents, he asked, "What do you want me to say?"If it damages the reputation of my Deng family, I can't agree. ”
Guo Yongshan replied, it is very simple, as long as Miss Deng San's recovery is all due to him.
Deng Yuanwai immediately put his mind at ease, guessing that he was a famous doctor from other places and specially came to make a reputation, so he nodded and agreed.
However, Guo Yongshan was actually not sure in his heart, if he was cured, he would take advantage of it, and if he couldn't cure it, so many doctors couldn't cure it, and Deng Yuanwai wouldn't want his life.
Deng Yuanwai instructed the maid to pour the water in the bamboo tube into a ten-year clay basin and let the young lady soak the water by hand for fifteen minutes three times a day.
If the situation improves, then go to the Yuan Ji Inn in the back street to find Dr. Guo.
Early the next morning, before Guo Yongshan woke up, there was a loud knock on the door, and the housekeeper of the Deng family came to give a generous gift in person, saying that Miss's hand ** had improved, and asked Dr. Guo to continue to be Miss **.
Guo Yongshan didn't expect that he really took the peach blossom luck, and he was very happy, but on the surface, he said that it was difficult for him to find medicinal materials, and he had to go out of the city to collect medicine in person.
He quickly returned to Guo Village, loaded two large buckets of hot spring water, and pulled them in an ox cart to leave, but was stopped by Guo Shuiji.
Guo Shuiji asked him how he was preaching.
Look, I broke my leg in order to publicize the results of more runs, you wait, in three days, the guests will come!Guo Yongshan raised his horsewhip and drove away the oxen.
No, he and I are brothers, and he won't cheat on his own brothers!Guo Shuiji said, comforting his son and himself.
In the next two days, Guo Shuiji lived a very long time, full of nightmares, as soon as he closed his eyes, he dreamed that Guo Yongshan brought a large group of rich people to the house to soak in the hot springs, but after soaking, he did not give a penny, saying that the money had already been handed over to Guo Yongshan, and asked Guo Yongshan, but he answered that there was no money without hot springs, and the income of the first three years was his.
He was nervous, like a first-time bride, afraid that Guo Yongshan would come back, but also afraid that he would not come back.
Before lunch on the third day, the water chickens who were grazing the cattle on the hillside hurried back, saying that Uncle Yongshan had returned with a large and gorgeous carriage, which was bigger and more beautiful than the carriage of the richest man in the village, Mr. Guo's horse.
Guo Yongshan brought more than a dozen rich people to soak in the hot springs this time.
A wealthy businessman Deng Yuanwai personally publicized it, and the rich people in Fucheng who suffered from ** disease instantly became excited, and they ran to Yuan Ji Inn to find Guo Yongshan.
Guo Yongshan kept pushing and saying that he was going to look for medicinal materials, pushing back and forth, until he met them last night, and agreed on a ** of fifty taels of silver per person, and took them to Guo Village to soak in hot springs.
Among the patients who came to Guo Village, some of them were very happy, smooth and tidy, and paid the silver unequivocally.
Guo Yongshan and Guo Shuiji looked at the silver with white flowers in their eyes, and smiled from ear to ear.
Guo Yongshan said that four or six are divided, Guo Shuiji is divided into forty percent, and he is divided into sixty percent, and there are still a group of doctors and wealthy businessmen in the city who need to be taken care of comprehensively.
If there were only fifty taels of silver, Guo Shuiji would definitely not agree, but looking at the situation in the past few days, the guests kept coming, and the silver was also endless, and he suffered a small loss, and in the long run, he still took a big advantage.
Guo Shuiji nodded and agreed.
The rest of the village was very happy, there were more and more guests, there were more and more servants, they all needed food and lodging, Guo Shuiji and Guo Yongshan enjoyed the meat, and they drank some soup, and the whole village benefited from it.
The news spread ten, ten spread hundreds, Guo Shuiji's hot springs gradually became famous, those who are sick are cured, and those who are not sick also come to beathe and maintain their youth.
Under the propaganda of Guo Yongshan and the doctors he bribed, the hot springs of Guo Shuiji's house have the same water quality as the Huaqing Pond where Yang Guifei bathed back then.
Yang Guifei was already in her thirties back then, why could Tang Xuanzong still be obsessed with it?They all depend on hot springs, and we can hear how the great poet Bai Lotian praised the hot springs - "hot spring water slippery washing cream", soaking in the hot springs, the skin is as beautiful as the concubine.
Everyone in Guocun began to sell concubine tea, and even began to sell concubine chicken and concubine duck, claiming that these poultry meat had drunk hot spring water when they grew up, and eating concubine chicken and concubine duck was equivalent to soaking in the hot spring for more than three months, but in fact, it was just a small spoonful of hot spring water poured during cooking.
Water is used to soak in the hot springs, and hot spring water is added to make tea and boil chickens and ducks.
Although the hot springs of Guo Shuiji's house are gushing out continuously, they are overwhelmed by such use.
After the spring water decreased, Guo Shuiji was very anxious, so he asked Guo Yongshan what to do.
Guo Yongshan replied that he would follow the method of adding water to the spring, and since it can be mixed with hot spring water, then the hot spring water can naturally be mixed with water.
So, a well was dug next to the hot spring and heated water was continuously poured into the hot spring through a hidden bamboo tube.
Guo Shuiji was scared in his heart, but Guo Yongshan said that it didn't matter, many hot springs were like this.
No matter what he said, the timid Guo Shuiji still didn't dare to agree.
He said that it doesn't matter if the hot spring is a little expensive, but it must be real, what if someone else finds out?A year has passed, Guo Yongshan built the most magnificent blue brick mansion in the village, bought a mansion in Fucheng, and married a beautiful woman like flowers and jade.
Although Guo Shuiji was not as wealthy as him, he also drank wine and ate meat every day, built a new mansion, married a daughter-in-law, married his daughter and married four kinds of gold jewelry and one hundred and twenty taels of silver, and everyone said that he lived a decent life.
His wife, Sister-in-law, began to wear gold and silver, commanding her slaves, and looking like a rich man's wife.
That night, Guo Shuiji and his wife ate together, and after drinking a few more glasses, Guo Shuiji talked about Guo Yongshan's newlywed wife, and kept admiring her ** fair skin and soft waist, saying that it was difficult for any man to resist.
Sister-in-law Shuiji felt uncomfortable when she heard this, dropped her chopsticks, and asked him if he disliked her for being old, and he wanted to find a white and tender girl.
Guo Shuiji's family was poor and short in stature, so he got the nickname "Shuiji", but fortunately, his sister-in-law took a fancy to his diligence and married him.
Since they got married, the couple respected each other and worked hard to raise their two children.
Guo Shuiji has always felt that his wife is the baby of the family, and he respects her very much, how dare he do anything to hurt her.
He hurriedly said that he didn't have the heart of a thief, let alone the courage of a thief.
The sister-in-law of the water chicken immediately became angry: "You have a thief's heart?."If you have a thief's heart, you almost have the courage of a thief!Guo Shuiji wanted to explain that he was just a slip of the tongue, but he couldn't explain it clearly.
The sister-in-law of the water chicken howled and cried, saying that the more money and the bigger the house, the more scattered her heart became, and the family was not as happy as before.
Guo Shuiji wanted to say that it was wrong, after all, she was quite happy to be a "rich man's wife" every day, but his wife was very angry at the moment, saying more wrong, it would be better to say less.
The next day, Guo Yongshan came to him, and as soon as he entered the door, he affectionately called him "Brother Water Chicken" and "Sister Water Chicken".
Guo Shuiji wondered if he was going to change the agreement of four or six points, so he asked him what he was doing.
Guo Yongshan said he wanted to talk to him about buying a hot spring.
Guo Shuiji immediately got angry, feeling that he had agreed to divide the four or six shares, and now he even wanted to swallow the hot springs alone and kicked himself outHe shook his head and said that he would not sell it, while the water chicken sister-in-law said that he was willing to sell it, as long as it was suitable.
Guo Yongshan proposed eight hundred taels.
Guo Shuiji disagreed, after all, his share last year was more than 800 taels, and he bought out the hot springs for 800 taels, and his heart was too dark.
The water chicken sister-in-law said a thousand taels, and a thousand taels were sold.
Sister-in-law Shuiji didn't expect Guo Shuiji to agree to sell the hot springs, even including the hot spring pools and hot spring hospitals.
The sister-in-law couldn't help but feel painful in her heart, she felt that she had worked hard to marry for so many years, but she had never heard him say a word to herself, and now for the sake of that broken hot spring, she was still thinking about the little girl, and she was snorting and drinking in front of her.
She was afraid that if she continued like this, she was afraid that she would be kicked out of the house.
Seeing his wife crying, Guo Shuiji felt sad in his heart.
After so many years of marriage, no matter how hard she worked, she never shed a single tear.
Thinking that the nearly two thousand taels of silver was also an opportunity to fall from the sky, he decided to give up.
After all, it would be nice if the Zhuang family could have nearly a hundred taels of silver.
He agreed to sell the hot springs, along with the hot spring pools and hot spring courtyards.
In order to ensure that he would not regret it, Guo Shuiji invited the patriarch and Li Zheng and others to testify, and signed and pressed his handprint.
After the news spread, the people in the village thought that Guo Shuiji was stupid and gave away so much silver.
The water chicken received the money and bought more than 120 acres of land.
Because hot springs are easy to make money, many villagers don't like to go out to bask in the sun and plow the fields.
It is precisely because they feel that the land is a burden that Guo Shuiji will buy it.
The villagers laughed in their hearts that their family couldn't shake off the dirt and couldn't climb the gatehouse, and laughed at them in their hearts.
In addition to the new daughter-in-law, the whole family of three began to work in the fields again with four or five subordinates.
The water chicken boy was very happy, he worked in the fields with his old ox, and whenever the old ox mooed, he also mooed.
Although the field is very large, seven or eight people are too busy to be busy, so Guo Shuiji hired people from a neighboring village to help.
Seeing this large group of people busy in the fields, the people in the village thought that they were stupid, and that they were not happy when they had money, but they were busy with farm work every day, and everyone said that they could not enjoy happiness if they could suffer.
Guo Shuiji's family is an example.
Guo Yongshan also thinks Guo Shuiji is stupid, but he also appreciates his stupidity.
Without him, he can work hard and make more money, and maybe he will become the richest man in Gaoliang Mansion by thenThe water in the hot springs became scarce, so he bought the yard next door as planned, drilled a well, and secretly poured heated well water into the spring.
The guests didn't notice it at all, and they were still happily soaking in the hot springs.
Especially those ladies and daughters, they come to Guocun to soak in a hot spring in a few days, drink some exquisite flower tea, eat some country dishes, enjoy a leisurely time, **smooth, comfortable mood, and feel that the money spent is very worthwhile.
After the Chinese New Year's Eve dinner, Guo Yongshan began to count the silver, but the sound of fireworks interrupted his thoughts.
He put down the coins in his hand and began to plan for the new year, how to make better money.
In addition to hot spring pools, hot spring courtyards, and simple refreshments, he can build inns and restaurants to earn back all the money stolen by other villagers.
The other villagers will either work for him or get out.
With money, it's much easier to do things.
So, Guo Yongshan soon built an inn and a restaurant.
The inn is spacious and comfortable, and the young men and girls are dressed in new clothes and are full of energy to serve the guests;The restaurant is elegantly decorated and has a wide variety of dishes, whether it is a delicacy or a wild taste, it can meet the needs of customers.
Soon, there was an endless stream of guests, who would want to live in a villager's thatched hut and eat home-cooked food?Although the villagers were reluctant, Guo Yongshan also wanted to let them have a share.
He uses the money he earns from these little people to make a good living for them.
In short, Guo Yongshan caught all the big fish and small shrimp cleanly.
How do other people live?Why is he the only one who eats meat?This is a question that everyone wonders about.
Guo Yongshan didn't think so, and said with a sneer: "How to live?."The hot springs are not yours, it was already a big bargain for you to eat and drink a year ago, and many of your children also helped in my hot spring hospitals, inns, and restaurants, and I want to raise you for a lifetime"Someone didn't give up and reasoned with him, but Guo Yongshan didn't listen and ordered to send off guests.
The people in the village scolded non-stop, Guo Yongshan ordered the guards to kick them out, and don't let these irrelevant people go into the hot spring to mess around in the future, so as not to affect the guests.
Many people in the village hated and encouraged Guo Shuiji to get the hot springs back.
Guo Shuiji said that if the hot spring is sold, it will be sold, and it has nothing to do with himself, as evidenced by the evidence.
Guo Yongshan's business is even more prosperous, and the people in the village look at him like a guest, but they have nothing to do with him, and they are jealous.
Someone wanted to expose him for using well water to pretend to be hot spring water, but before it could be done, he was sued by others to Guo Yongshan.
Although they didn't have to sell concubine chickens and concubines and ducks to make a lot of money, the children helped in hot springs, inns, and restaurants, and they didn't want to offend Guo Yongshan.
Guo Yongshan ordered the man to break his leg, threw down a handful of broken silver, and said that there would be a next time, and the legs of their whole family would be discounted.
Guo Yongshan also has his own troubles, seeing that the amount of water at the mouth of the hot spring is getting smaller and smaller, even if it is mixed with well water, it will not helpHe thought about it again and again, doesn't the hot spring smell of sulfur?Without consulting with the other doctors, he bought sulfur and mixed it with boiling water.
At first, he was afraid that something would happen, so he only put a little sulfur, because he heard that some regular customers reported that the hot spring water didn't seem to taste as good as before, so he drank more.
For powerful guests, he used real hot spring water.
For ordinary guests, he uses concocted hot spring water.
A Chen Yuanwai in Fucheng has been itching for many years, and he heard the name of Guocun Hot Spring, and rushed to soak for two days, not only was it not good, but it was red and swollen and ulcerating, and he asked Guo Yongshan to settle the account, saying that the hot spring water was wrong.
At that time, there were many customers in the hot spring courtyard, and many people rushed to hear the news.
Guo Yongshan secretly complained, but in front of everyone, he must not bow his head and give in, he had a tough attitude, saying that so many people have no problem soaking in the hot spring water, it is not the problem of his own hot spring, but Chen Yuanwai's own problem.
The two had a big quarrel, and under the persuasion of other regular customers, they finally refunded Guo Yongshan at the original price.
Before leaving, Chen Yuanwai said fiercely that he would never give up on this matter, and he would definitely make Guo Yongshan pay the price.
Guo Yongshan was afraid, so he secretly transported the gold and silver to the Fucheng Mansion for collection, and bribed several doctors with a lot of money to wave the flag and shout for himself, proving that the hot spring is a good hot spring and is good for the human body.
Chen Yuan went to the county office, and the county magistrate had already accepted Guo Yongshan's stack of silver tickets, reprimanded him for causing trouble, and drove him out of the door.
Who knows that people are not as good as heaven, the county lord is busy with political affairs, and his wife heard about the name of Guojia Hot Spring, so she secretly brought her children to see and understand.
Because they were afraid of affecting the reputation of the magistrate, they did not use the name of the magistrate and were arranged in the pool of fake spring water.
Zhixian's baby son was soaking in the hot spring, and suddenly fell headlong, and when he picked it up, he had fainted to death, and Mrs. Zhixian cried.
Other people rushed over, and acquaintances found out, oops, isn't this the wife and son's daughter of the county magistrate?Guo Yongshan was stupid when he heard this, and knew that he had caused a big disaster, so he hurriedly asked the doctors to treat him, and finally saved half his life by using various means.
The magistrate was very angry when he heard the news, so he invited a doctor to check the pulse of his son.
The doctor said that Childe was poisoned and could go blind in both eyes.
Guo Yongshan took out a large amount of silver and piled it up in front of the magistrate, but the magistrate said contemptuously: "No matter how much silver you have, can you exchange it for a pair of eyes for my son?"Prompted by the crowd, residents and doctors in Guo Village testified that Guo Yongshan used sulfur to pretend to be a hot spring and commit various crimes.
In the end, the magistrate sentenced Guo Yongshan to confiscate all his property and exile him to the northwest for life.
Hot spring pools and hot spring courtyards were demolished, inns and restaurants were closed, and Guo Yongshan's house was demolished into ruins.
After the turmoil passed, Guo Shuiji's family continued to hire workers to work in the fields as if nothing had happened.
Many people sighed that Guo Shuiji saw it very thoroughly and left the stage early.
Some people also say that even if Guo Shuiji continues to operate the hot springs, he will do business honestly and dutifully, how can he incur a catastrophe that will lead to the destruction of his family?