Dongshan Village and Xishan Village were only separated by mountains. There was a male in-law in Dongshan Village named Alley. Alley once went to the street and saw a beautiful paper umbrella in the umbrella shop.
When it rained, sometimes his neighbors would borrow an umbrella from him, and Alley would always say, "Alas, it's not easy to buy a piece of property, how much property can one buy in a lifetime?" Just like that, they refused to borrow it. The villagers all said he was stingy, and gave him the nickname "The Smarty Killer."
There is a female in-law in Xishan Village, whose name is Luo Dao. Luo Dao is kind and treats people well. Everyone in the village respects her.
One day in the first month of the month, the fog cleared and the sky cleared. Luo Dao, the female in-law, saw that the weather was good and went to the male in-law's house in Dongshan Village as a guest. After lunch, the weather suddenly changed and it began to rain. The male in-law saw the rain and was anxious, thinking to himself: The female in-law's house came to visit today without an umbrella. If he went back, he would have to prepare an umbrella for her. Sure enough, the female in-law got up and said goodbye. The male in-law had no way, so he bravely lent his beloved umbrella to the female in-law's house. After the female in-law got home, she knew that the male in-law loved the umbrella very much, and hurriedly propped up the umbrella and put it in front of the hall to dry.
After the female in-law left, the male in-law's family kept thinking about the umbrella. After dinner, he put on his coat and stepped on the muddy road to visit the female in-law's house in the dark. When he arrived in front of the female in-law's house, the door had been closed, and only a light was shining through the crack of the door. He tiptoed to the door and looked in through the crack of the door, only to see his beloved umbrella stretched open and placed in front of the hall. The male in-law's family saw it, and his heart was full of fire: "You, a black-hearted woman, lent you an umbrella during the day for the sake of your in-laws, but you don't know what to do, but you still support it at night! Push the door, the new relatives are embarrassed; if you don't push the door, it will be distressing to hold on until dawn!
The man-in-law endured the heartache and dragged his heavy steps back home. That night, he couldn't sleep, and he kept thinking to himself; Bad woman, I'm going to get some spicy food for her to taste. After thinking about it, I remembered that the man in the female-in-law's family had a pair of spiked boots, which she loved very much. I also want to borrow enough of her beloved things so that she can taste the heartache. Thinking of this, I felt better and fell asleep.
The next morning, the male in-law's family came to the female in-law's house. The female in law quickly ordered them to serve dim sum. The male in law didn't want to delay time, so he hurriedly said, "In law, I don't have a pair of fashionable nail boots, and I can't walk away when it rains in the first month. Today, I want to borrow a pair of nail boots from you." The female in-law agreed when she heard it. The male in-law borrowed the nail boots, declined the hospitality of the female in-law, and went home happily.
When he got home, he took off his cloth shoes and replaced them with spiked boots. He thought to himself: If you don't damage the spiked boots today, you will have to wear them. He didn't care about eating lunch, so he walked back and forth along the mountain village. The spiked boots are heavy, and there are many walks, and people are tired. At dinner, he thought while eating: "The in-law's house supports my umbrella day and night, and I will wear her boots day and night. After dinner, he put on the spiked boots and clothes and got into the quilt. His feet were still stretched and retracted in the quilt, so he wore spiked boots and spent the night in the quilt.
The next morning, the man's in-laws got up and saw that a brand new quilt had been pushed to pieces, and even the cotton wool had been kicked out. He did not feel a pity at all that the new one was broken, but he saw that the teeth of the spikes were polished and the boots looked shiny. He pursed his lips and smiled happily.