At the head of the village, there lived the Zhang family and the Li family. The Zhang family is very prosperous, the Li family learns from the Zhang family in everything, the old Zhang family builds a house, and the old Li family also builds it; The old Zhang family is married, and the old Li family is also married; The old Zhang family welcomes the family, and the old Li family also follows the family. As a result, the daughter-in-law of the old Zhang family gave birth to a big fat boy, but the daughter-in-law of the old Li family gave birth to an egg.
The daughter-in-law of the Li family hid the egg in the box, and she didn't dare to say anything, for fear that others would know about the joke, thinking that she couldn't let others know about it, and felt ashamed of it.
One day, the man suddenly spoke, and said, "Mother, tomorrow you invite my uncle to come over and ask him to take me out on business." The daughter-in-law of the Li family was startled, this egg could actually speak, but she still told the Li family man about it. When the man of the Li family heard this, he was angry: "I gave birth to an egg and can talk, isn't this a monster?" So saying, he put the egg in the basket and threw it away. The daughter-in-law of the Li family hurriedly stopped him and said, "After all, this is my birth, it's a life, you just throw him under the banana tree in our backyard." ”
The man of the Li family had no choice but to throw the egg under the banana tree, and the egg rolled twice on the ground without saying a word. The man of the Li family waited for a while, and when he walked to the hall, he said to the daughter-in-law of the Li family: "Hey, sister, you gave birth to an egg, and you still made fun of me, and lied to me that eggs can talk, really." As soon as the daughter-in-law of the Li family heard this, she hurriedly went into the room to ask, but the egg really didn't speak. The daughter-in-law of the Li family was in a hurry, boiling water to bathe her uncle, and the man of the Li family ran into the room wearing big straw sandals and shouted: "Where is the nephew?" But he didn't speak.
The daughter-in-law of the Li family waited for a while, and when she walked to the hall, she said to the man of the Li family: "You are wearing a pair of big straw sandals, and you smell of sweat, I can't talk to you about it, you go to boil water first, wash it, and then I will talk to you about it." When the man of the Li family heard this, he had no choice but to boil water.
The man of the Li family walked into the room neatly dressed after taking a bath, but then he said, "Uncle, I want to ask you to take me to do business." The man of the Li family became even more angry when he heard this: "Oh, nephew, you are an egg, how can you do business?" The man of the Li family didn't take this nephew's words seriously, thinking that the daughter-in-law of the Li family must be crazy for his son, but he also listened to the nephew's words, boiled hot water and let his uncle wash it clean, and walked into the room in a well-dressed manner, but then he said: "Uncle, I want to ask you to take me to Nanjing to do business." When the man of the Li family heard this, this would cost a lot of money, how could the Li family have so much money?
The daughter-in-law of the Li family also made a difficulty, and said: "Although our family has no money, but also has some savings, you take a hoe to my back garden, under the roots of the banana tree in the back garden, you dig down, there is a small jar of snowflake silver, enough for you to go to Nanjing." The man of the Li family dug there with a hoe in disbelief, and really dug out a jar of silver. The man of the Li family was overjoyed, and the daughter-in-law of the Li family told again: "You take this jar of silver, take your nephew to Nanjing, and when you arrive in Nanjing, you will go to the Qinhuai River, and when you see someone sifting over with broken rice, you will buy this jar of silver." "The man of the Li family thinks that this daughter-in-law of the Li family is really crazy, what is the use of this broken rice sieve? Is it worth buying for a jar of silver? But he didn't ask much, and took his nephew to Nanjing.
After arriving in Nanjing, the man of the Li family asked: "Nephew, what kind of business can we make to make money?" The egg said: "Uncle, don't worry, you can buy whatever I say, I didn't open my mouth, you should watch the excitement and relax." "The man of the Li family is even happier, okay, then I don't have to worry about it, I take my nephew to watch the scenery in Nanjing every day.
It is said that one day, the two of them were strolling by the Qinhuai River and saw a person coming over with a broken rice sieve, and the man of the Li family remembered the words of the daughter-in-law of the Li family, so he hurriedly ran over and asked, "Do you sell this rice sieve?" "Sell, if you can afford it, I'll sell it." "I'll give you a hundred taels of silver." As soon as the man of the Li family gritted his teeth, he gave the jar of silver to the man and bought this broken rice sieve.
The man of the Li family was distressed, so he said: "Uncle, you buy this rice sieve, tomorrow we will go to the Qinhuai River, and you will take the rice sieve and fish for me by the river." The man of the Li family was not happy: "I spent a hundred taels of silver, so I bought a broken rice sieve, and let me catch fish?" But he didn't say much, and the next day he took the rice sieve to the Qinhuai River to catch fish. This fishing, I really fished out a carp, this carp is golden, and can speak: "Benefactor, thank you for saving me, I was the third prince of the Dragon King, because I was naughty and made a mistake, I was punished by my father for becoming a carp and locked up at the bottom of the river." You scoop me up with a rice sieve, and I can change back to my original form. Benefactor, I will repay you. When the man of the Li family heard it, this was great.
In order to repay the kindness, the third prince gave the man of the Li family a jewel and said, "Benefactor, you take this jewel home and put it in your mouth, so that you can understand the animal." The man of the Li family was overjoyed, and went home with Baozhu and his nephew. When he got home, the man of the Li family told the daughter-in-law of the Li family about the jewel, and the daughter-in-law of the Li family hurriedly asked the man of the Li family to take the jewel in his mouth and listen to what the old hen of the family was saying. When the man of the Li family heard this, the old hen said: "Cluck, cluck, tomorrow the host will come to the guest, and he will kill me to entertain the guest." When the daughter-in-law of the Li family heard this, she quickly killed the old hen and stewed a pot of chicken soup.
The next day, the Li family really came to the guests, and the daughter-in-law of the Li family brought out a pot of fragrant old hen soup to entertain the guests. The guest was very happy and said, "Your chicken is so fragrant, where did you buy it?" The daughter-in-law of the Li family said: "This is the old hen that our family raises ourselves, and we just killed it yesterday." When the guest heard this, he was even more happy, and said, "Oh, your family really has a vision, this old hen is fattened, and it is delicious to kill and eat." The daughter-in-law of the Li family and the man of the Li family looked at each other and smiled, thinking that this jewel was really a treasure.
The man of the Li family has a treasure bead and can understand the speech of animals, and his business is getting smoother and smoother, and his life is getting better and better.