During the Ming Dynasty, there was an opera troupe in Yongchang County, and the class owner Wang Tianhao. Be kind and treat small animals without beating or scolding. Due to poor management, the troupe was on the verge of disbandment.
On this day, Wang Tianhao went out to buy small animals and prepared to come back for training. Walk to the town's bazaar and see a cage containing a pair of mother and child monkeys.
The little monkey seemed to be frightened and kept burrowing into its mother's arms. The vendors next to it kept hawking.
Ten cents for one, fifteen cents for a pair. If you can't buy it, you can't lose money, and you can't be fooled. ”
Wang Tianhao saw that the little monkey was pitiful, and decided to pay for it. When you return to the circus, take care of it.
Can it be cheaper? Wang Tianhao bargained with the hawker, and finally thirteen pieces were sold.
The peddler secretly breathed a sigh of relief and finally made a move. Normally, a pair of mother and child monkeys can be sold for thirty wen, but he wants to get rid of it as soon as possible. It turned out that the mother and child monkeys were found by the hawker from a cave deep in the mountain, and the cave was full of tables, chairs and benches, not like a place for monkeys to live.
At that time, the mother and child monkeys were sleeping in bed, and the hawker used a large net to catch them.
The peddler thought that this was something to say to the monkeys, because he got lost when he entered the cave and finally found his way in.
After buying the mother and child monkeys, Wang Tianhao turned around, and then hurried back. Wang Tianhao took them and said, I am the head of the drama troupe, if you want to go back with me, just follow me. If you don't want to follow me, I'll let you go now.
The baby monkey squeaked at the mother, but the mother monkey did not answer. When he went back, it was late, Wang Tianhao missed the stay, and decided to find a place to rest and rest, and then hurry at dawn.
Wang Tianhao was tired of walking, and when he saw the light in front of him, he was overjoyed.
When I got closer, it turned out to be a small courtyard, and the surroundings were unusually quiet.
Knocking on the door explained the intention, the owner is an old man, and he is very happy that Wang Tianhao is staying in. In the evening, he cooked a few dishes, the old man scalded a pot of wine, and the two of them chatted until late at night.
At dawn, Wang Haotian was about to hurry back, and when he looked again, the mother and child monkeys were gone.
Wang Tianhao sighed and didn't take it to heart. said to the old man: "The troupe is going to be yellow, and after going back, the mother and child monkeys will be able to eat enough, and it may not be a good thing to return to the mountains and forests." ”
The old man gave Wang Haotian a silver ingot, and said cryptically: Thank you for your kindness, go all the way.
Wang Tianhao did not shirk, and hugged his fists to thank him.
After a year, Wang Haotian really couldn't hold on, so he immediately divided the money into more than a dozen points, and each person received a share to go home to farm.
Wang Haotian is alone, borrowing wine every day to kill his sorrows, feeling that he has achieved nothing. Thinking about making a comeback, but I don't have the capital in my hand, except for the drama team, I don't know what to do.
Suddenly, one day, a woman entered the gate and saw Wang Tianhao.
Engong, here's some silver taels, you take it. ”
Wang Tianhao was confused, "This, why is this?" ”
The woman said that she was a monkey demon, and because her father was out of the house, he was afraid that the children would make too much trouble, so he cast a spell on them, and then a stranger entered the cave and arrested her and the child. The one who invited him to drink that day was the old monkey demon. After a year of hard work, the woman finally took on a human form.
In order to thank Wang Tianhao for his kindness, he specially took some silver taels and gave them to him.
Knowing what happened, Wang Tianhao accepted these silver taels.
Your old man is okay. Wang Tianhao felt that he had a very happy conversation with the old man that day, and he was very temperamental.
When she heard the mention of her father, the woman wept secretly.
The father was angry that the peddler had caught him, so he troubled the peddler. In the end, the peddler fell ill and died, and his father was also punished by heaven and died. ”
Wang Tianhao sighed.
Why bother, when is the time for retribution, contentment and happiness should be true. ”
changed his mind, Wang Tianhao loved life even more. Using the silver taels given by the woman, the troupe was rebuilt, and the woman sent the little monkey over, and the troupe became prosperous.