During the Qing Dynasty, there was a man named Wu Xiaomao in Henanzhuang who loved to read, but every year he took exams, he was famous in Sunshan, and his reputation did not dampen his enthusiasm for reading. He still lives with his hands on books.

His parents had passed away that year, and he was also the father of three children. He went to the capital for the exam year. He said to his daughter-in-law, "You take care of the children at home, and I will go to the exam."

The daughter-in-law said in tears, "Go, I will definitely take care of the child. I hope you can be nominated for the Golden List."

Wu Xiaomao came to the capital with little savings from his family.

In ancient times, there was no modern road. If you had money, you could ride a horse. If you had less money, you could buy a little donkey as a mount. Wu Xiaomao had no money and had to rely on his two feet.

For him, who usually did little work and rarely traveled far, the first two days on the road were fine, but after three days, there were blisters on his feet, and every time he walked, he felt pain, and his speed slowed down significantly.

After walking for more than 20 days, he came to the Hebei border. At his speed, when he arrived in the capital, the exam time had long passed. So he decided to leave at night and must arrive in the capital before the exam started. He bought some dry food, ate when he was hungry, slept when he was sleepy, and left when he woke up.

One night, he couldn't walk anymore, so he sat on the side of the road to rest.

Just as he was about to sit down, he saw a bird on the ground. He picked it up and saw that the bird was still alive. He looked and saw a hole in the tree pole, thinking that the bird in the hole must have fallen, so he climbed up the tree and put the bird inside.

As soon as he reached the tree root, he was already tired. He squatted on the ground and fell asleep on a tree root.

Just as he was about to fall asleep, he saw an old man from the south. When he came to him, he pressed against him with the cane in his hand and said, "This little brother, why are you sleeping here?"

Wu Xiaomao wanted to open his eyes, but couldn't, so he said in a daze that he was rushing to the exam. He was really tired when he walked here, so he took a break and left.

When the old man heard that, he sat next to him and said, "Little brother is still a fool, I'm disrespectful. However, it will take another month for you to walk and sleep like this, and the exam will be over in this month."

When Wu Xiaomao heard that, he woke up and woke up. He sat up and said, "What the old man said is reasonable, I can't sleep yet."

When he opened his eyes, there was no one around him. In the moonlight, he saw a big bird flying over his head.

Could it be that big bird that reminded me? It seems that I have to thank this big bird. So I bowed in the direction where the big bird flew and said, "Thank you big bird for your reminder."

Wu Xiaomao stood up, saw the direction clearly, and started to come to the capital again. Just after walking more than ten meters, he heard an "ah..." sound, and the big bird flew back and landed in front of him. With a stick in his mouth, he nodded at him, put it down, and then flew away.

Wu Xiaomao picked it up in front of him, and by the moonlight, he carefully recognized that it turned out to be a Ganoderma lucidum!

Wu Xiaomao was stunned, why did that big bird send me Ganoderma lucidum? He bowed in the direction of the big bird flying away again. Carefully plucked a small leaf of Ganoderma lucidum and put it into his mouth, a burst of fragrance, his mouth full of water, swallowed it, and suddenly felt hot all over, and his limbs were strong. The soles of his feet no longer hurt, and he walked towards the capital.

The day before the start of the exam, I arrived in the capital and registered for reference as I wished. Who knew it was Sun Shan's name again.

Wu Xiaomao was disheartened and went outside the city gate to prepare to go home. Suddenly, he saw the imperial list posted on the city gate. He stepped forward and saw that the royal princess had a strange disease.

Wu Xiaomao thought to himself, with this Ganoderma lucidum on his body, it has the effect of bringing back the dead, it is better try it!

So he went forward and opened the Imperial List. Offer Ganoderma lucidum. It really saved the princess and cured her.

The emperor was about to recruit him as his consort. Wu Xiaomao told the emperor that he had a wife and three children in his family. The emperor had to take back his order and let him be a small official in the capital.