A long time ago, in Duanzhuang Village, next to Linhaoguan Town, Handan, there lived a poor young man named Xue Yi.
On the evening of Chinese New Year's Eve this year, Xue Yi came home from outside, and on the way he met a ragged beggar shivering in the cold wind. Xue Yi looked at him pitifully, approached him and said, "If you have nowhere to go, why don't you come to my house for a drink?" ”。The beggar nodded happily and returned home with Xue Yi. Xue Yi brought two vegetarian dishes, a pot of scalded turbid wine, and the two of them ate and drank. The beggar only bowed his head to eat and drink, and seemed to be really hungry.
After eating, Xue Yi said, "You will stay at my house for the night." I'm going out for a trip. ”
The beggar asked, "Why are you going?" ”
Xue Yi pointed to the old cotton hat on the top of his head and said, "Throw the worry hat." If you are a local, you know that we have a custom here: on Chinese New Year's Eve, you should throw the hat that you have worn for most of the year on the side of the road, and the old hat will be piled up in a pile and burned on the sixteenth day of the first month. The old man said that if he did this, the sorrows of the past years would be lost. New Year, New Hat, Days Prosperous. ”
The beggar said, "If you know this custom, go ahead." ”
Xue Yi looked at the broken hat on the beggar's head that was leaking on all sides, and said, "Why don't you go with you?" I'll buy you a new one. ”
The beggar shook his head and said with a smile: "I don't throw away this hat, but give it to those who need it later." ”
Xue Yi went out, walked to a deserted intersection, took off his old hat, slammed it on the ground, and then prepared to go home. Xue Yi came out late, old hats were all over the ground, and the streets were deserted. Xue Yi turned his head and saw a person not far away, bending down to pick up a hat on the ground, when the person got up, the light emitted by the red lanterns on the street shone on his face, it was a rich man who had moved to the village for a few years, and the money was big-eyed. Qian Dayan held a large stack of hats, put them in the canopy next to him, and bent down to ...... again
Xue Yi couldn't believe his eyes, how could this person pick up the sad hat that others had thrown away? For the locals, this is a taboo!
According to the rules, when you go out to throw your hat, you can't talk when you see an acquaintance, you can't look back when you go back, and you can't step on the hat that others have thrown away. Xue Yi was full of doubts and trotted all the way home. When he arrived at the door, he stretched out his hands and slapped his body vigorously from top to bottom a few times. When he entered the house, he knelt down in front of the idol and muttered, "There are no more troubles from the old years." ”
The beggar watched from the side and said, "Was someone picking up a hat just now?" ”
Xue Yi was stunned when he heard this, and said in his heart that the beggar didn't go out, how could he know what happened just now? So he said, "How do you know?" Just now I did see the rich man Qian Dayan picking up his hat. ”
The beggar smiled and said, "Qian Dayan is a foreigner, and he doesn't believe in the customs here, he only believes in money." Early in the morning of the sixth day of the first lunar month, see you at the door of Wanfa hat store in Linhaoguan Town. "Well, beggars, don't go out. Xue Yi couldn't stay, and watched the beggar disappear into the night.
In the blink of an eye, "breaking five", early in the morning of the sixth day of the new year, Xue Yi came to Linhaoguan Town and inquired about the Wanfa hat shop everywhere. After searching for a long time, I found a hat shop at the other end of the town, and sure enough, I saw a beggar waiting at the door. When the beggar saw Xue Yi arrive, he took Xue Yi around to the backyard of the hat shop. The beggar pulled out a brick from the wall and said, "Look inside." ”
Xue Yi stretched his neck to take a closer look, and saw a few guys handling hats in the courtyard, and a pile of old hats was piled up. Two people washed, and the washed hat was left to dry; The hat was dried, and two more people were applying dye, and the hat with dye was slightly dried, and it was like new.
The beggar said, "This hat shop is a big money-eyed shop." Let's go and check out the storefront. ”
Xue Yi was so angry that he entered the hat shop, and sure enough, he saw Qian Dayan. He was wearing a mink hat and was directing two men behind the counter to do their work, and when he looked up, he saw a beggar and a poor countryman. He didn't look at Xue Yi, and slapped his hand at the beggar and said, "You are a person who wants food, what are you doing in the hat shop?" Go, go, go! Xue Yi, you are all the way to buy hats? ”
Xue Yi pulled the beggar, pointed to the hat rack, and said, "Money is big-eyed, these are all worried hats, you dare to pick them up and sell them again." You're making all the money! ”
Qian Dayan also saw Xue Yi on Chinese New Year's Eve, but he didn't expect Xue Yi to see through his means. Seeing that there were no other customers in the shop, he winked at the man, who went to the door and closed the door.
Qian Dayan sneered and said: "No matter how much the poor family throws away the hat, they are also poor." I went to pick up the hats, and with a little processing, I could sell them for a year and a half, and the silver flowed in ......I made a deal with you both, you might as well stay in my hat shop as a buddy, go out to pick up hats every Chinese New Year's Eve, and make money together, how about it? No one can say this, dare to say half a word, don't blame me for being ruthless. ”
Qian Dayan thought that these two poor people could agree, but he didn't think that Xue Yi sternly refused: "I can't do something like you that has no conscience." ”
At this time, the beggar said, "Since Qian Dayan likes to be sad so much, he must also like the taste of sorrow." Though you have washed your hat, you will not wash away your sorrows. With that, the beggar took off the torn hat from his head and threw it at the money. The broken hat flew above Qian Dayan's head and spun quickly. All the hats in the hat row emitted a black gas, and ants swarmed into the broken hats.
Then, the broken hat stopped in mid-air and buckled it on Qian Dayan's head. Qian Dayan was already dumbfounded when he saw the hat spinning, and when he reacted, he covered his head and hid, while shouting at the guy: "What are you doing in a daze, hurry up and catch that broken hat!" ”
The two men moved at the sound and stepped forward to slam the broken hat in the air. The broken hat shuttled nimbly between the arms and thighs of the two guys, chasing after Qian Dayan. Qian Dayan was careless, and the broken hat was aimed at his brain, and the mink hat was knocked to the ground, and the broken hat was replaced. Qian Dayan grabbed the broken hat and dragged it hard, but the broken hat was like a golden hoop, and it was hooped around his head, and he couldn't take it off.
For a while, Qian Dayan had all kinds of worries in his heart: worried that his daughter-in-law would abandon him, worried that his children would be sick, worried that the next meal would not be settled, and worried that the business would not be able to do ......Qian Dayan instantly comprehended all kinds of sorrows in the world. He had a splitting headache, tears streaming down his face, and he had nothing to love.
Xue Yi was stunned when he saw that the beggar had such a skill. The beggar looked at him coldly and asked, "Money, how does it feel like to be sorrowful?" ”
Qian Dayan woke up, and he hurriedly stepped forward and kowtowed like pounding garlic: "May I ask which way you are an immortal?" Wan Wang's magic power again, take off this sorrowful hat! ”
The beggar said angrily, "Do you know repentance? ”
Qian Dayan hurriedly said: "I know, I will burn all the hats immediately, leave Handan tomorrow, and never do this kind of business again." ”
The beggar nodded, flicked his finger at the top of Qian Dayan's head, and the broken hat flew back and fell back on the beggar's head.
Qian Dayan hurriedly greeted the man, bagged all the hats in the hat shop, and then carried them to the backyard. After a while, Xue Yi smelled a strong smell of burning, which was Qian Dayan who had piled up all his hats and burned them.
After a while, Xue Yi saw that Qian Dayan still didn't come out, and said, "Why did Qian Dayan go, I'll take a look." ”
The beggar grabbed Xue Yi, stuffed a package into his hand, and said, "Don't look at it, Qian Dayan has already run away from the back door and won't come back in the future." You are an upright and kind-hearted person, you can take down this hat shop and do a good hat business, so that people in this area can forget the sorrows of the past years. ”
Xue Yi nodded heavily, he opened the package and saw that it was a pile of silver. When I looked up, the beggar was gone.
Xue Yi found the landlord to renew the lease of the hat shop and started the hat business wholeheartedly.
Later, Xue Yi went to Handan to get a new hat, and when he passed by the hat temple, he admired the true face of the hat god, which was exactly the same as the beggar. He suddenly realized that the one who punished Qian Dayan and helped him start a hat business was the hat god!