It is said that in ancient times, there was a village under Baizhang Mountain. There was a rich man in the village, whose surname was Hu. Because he was stingy and stingy, common people called him "Hu Pei Skin."

Hu Pei Skin had a buddy named Shi. The young man was honest and diligent, but because his family was poor, he was already twenty-six years old and had not married a daughter-in-law.

In order to earn money and marry a daughter-in-law, the stone comes and goes in the wind and rain all day long, mixed in the mud and boiling water, busy all year round, and does not do a lot of work, but the hard work of the year ends, and when the twelfth lunar month is the 23rd Little New Year, when calculating the salary, Hu peeled the skin abacus beads for a long time, buckled this and that, but only gave him a penny.

Holding this penny, the more Shi thought about it, the more sad he became. He thought about his dead parents, and even more about how he had worked for Hu Pei for more than ten years, and the 20 warehouses that he had beaten down could not hold grain, but he still ended up single, and no one even made a pair of shoes.

Stone was very sad, and tears fell down.

The old scalper who was eating grass suddenly raised his head, looked at the stone and said, "Stone, why are you crying?" 🥰

Shi Shi poured out the grievances in his heart at once. After the scalper heard this, he opened his mouth and spit out a gourd seed and said to Shi Shi, "Shi Shi, take this seed and plant it at the foot of Baizhang Mountain. In less than one night, the gourd seedlings will climb to the top of the mountain."

"You climb up the gourd seedlings to the top of the mountain, and when the fairies go down the river, you pick up any fairy's clothes and come down, and that fairy will naturally live with you. But you have to remember, be honest and don't be greedy, otherwise the gourd seedlings will wither, and you won't be able to come down at that time."

Hearing this, Shi Shi thanked the scalper and immediately ran towards the Baizhang Mountain.

At the foot of the mountain, he dug a big hole with his hands and planted the gourd seeds.

Sure enough, after a while, two small shoots came out of the soil, and then two large leaves grew, and the seedlings also stretched out.

The more and more gourd leaves grew, the longer longer the gourd seedlings grew, and it didn't take long to climb along the mountain wall to the top of the mountain.

Stone grabbed the gourd seedlings and tried to climb up. He climbed and climbed, his hands were sore, his legs hurt, and he couldn't catch his breath.

After an unknown amount of time, the stone finally climbed to the top of the mountain. At this time, the sun had come out, and there were colorful flowers blooming on the mountain. There was white water in the center of the flowers, and the water inside was crystal clear.

The stone sat among the flowers and waited for the fairy.

After a while, he suddenly heard a melodious singing, and when he looked up, a group of fairies drifted towards him like clouds.

The fairies came to the lake, laughing and playing in the water. Stone took advantage of this moment to pick up a piece of clothing, turn around and leave.

One of the fairies shouted, "Give me back my clothes!"

Stone stopped, turned around, and his heart beat non-stop. He said, "If you marry me, I will return the clothes to you."

When the fairy heard that, her face immediately turned red and she nodded shyly.

The fairy put on her clothes and followed the stone back. The stone was overjoyed, sweeter than drinking honey, and happier than getting treasure.

The stone and the fairy stepped on the gourd seedlings and went down the mountain. As soon as they got down the mountain, the gourd seedlings withered. The broken gourd bones rolled in front of them one by one, and automatically cracked open, with golden beads inside. The stone did not even look at it, and stepped over the golden beads.

After the stone went back, he quit his job to peel the skin to Hu, opened a small wasteland on the south hillside, and lived a happy little life with the fairies.

Not long after, everyone in the village knew about it, even Hu Pei Skin.

Hu Pei Skin is a pervert. He thought to himself that his mother-in-law had a pockmarked face. If only he could find a fairy too!

In the evening, Hu peeled his skin into the cattle pen, added some fodder to the scalper, and pretended to wipe his tears with his hands.

Yellow Ox raised his head and said to Hu Pei Pi, "I plow your land and pull your cart every day. I have never seen you add a handful of ingredients to me. Why are you crying today?"

Hu Pei Skin howled and said, "Old cow, my daughter-in-law is not good to me, how can I live in the future?"

When Yellow Ox heard this, he also spat out a gourd seed from his mouth and said, "I know you are a greedy person. You have a better life than everyone else, so why are you lying? Well, if you want a fairy, take this gourd seed and plant it at the foot of Baizhang Mountain. When the group of fairies go down the river, take a fairy dress and come down quickly!"

Hu Pei Skin heard this and said nothing. He lifted his leg and ran out, thinking about how to get those fairies.

Hu peeled his skin and stumbled to the foot of the mountain, ignoring the pain in his back and legs. He dug a pit and buried the gourd seeds in it. After a while, the seedlings grew and reached the top of the mountain.

He clung to the gourd seedlings and used all his strength to think only of fairies, unable to care about anything.

When the sun came out, Hu Pei Pi climbed to the top of the mountain. Panting with his mouth open, he heard singing of the fairies and found that they had reached the river.

Hu Pei Skin quickly ran to pick up clothes, picking them up one after another, and finally picked up all the clothes, tied them up with a belt, and carried them on his shoulders.

Hu Pei Skin said complacently, "How many fairy wives should I have this time!"

When the fairies saw someone take their clothes, they all shouted in unison. Hearing that, the big chimney hurried down the gourd seedlings. The gourd seedlings were originally soft, and with the heavy clothes, they could not bear the peeling of the beard at all, and broke into two pieces from the middle.

Hu Pei Pei shouted and fell down the mountainside, falling to his death.