During the Jiajing period of the Ming Dynasty, there was a member of Tongtuan Village in the south of the Yangtze River whose surname was Tong, and he was rich. On this day, just after eating breakfast, he suddenly coughed. After a while, his coughing finally subsided.

Half a year ago, he contracted a cold and has been coughing every day since then. Although he has been treated by many famous doctors, spent a lot of money, and drank a lot of bitter medicine soup, his cough has never been cured.

As he walked out the door, he looked aimlessly around, thinking where to find a famous doctor, and couldn't help but shake his head and sigh. At this time, a man in his fifties walked into the village and his eyes lit up.

His surname was Zhou, and he was a fortune-teller. He was quite famous, known as "Zhou Banxian", and he went around telling people's fortunes for a living.

Thinking of this, he quickly waved his hand. Zhou Banxian walked over, and he told him his thoughts. Zhou Banxian narrowed his eyes, pinched his fingers, and pondered.

After a while, Zhou Banxian opened his eyes and asked for the result. Zhou Banxian said, "You must do a good deed to get better."

Hearing Zhou Banxian's words, he couldn't help but frown. Zhou Banxian took the fortune telling money and walked out of the village. As he walked, he couldn't help but grin and thought to himself, Mr. Tong, I finally had this opportunity today.

It turned out that Tong Yuanwai had always been stingy and mean, often relying on his own wealth to bully his neighbors and do a lot of bad things. When the men, women and children of Tong Tuan Village mentioned him, they all gritted their teeth with hatred. Zhou Banxian also disdained Tong Yuanwai's person. Just now, when he saw that Tong Yuanwai was going to tell his fortune, he made up his mind to play tricks on Tong Yuanwai. In fact, he knew very well in his heart that if he was sick, he had to find Lang Traditional Chinese Medicine to treat him. What's the use of fortune telling? And Tong Yuanwai had done all the bad things, and it was more difficult for him to do a good thing than to go to the sky. Therefore, this was the best way to play tricks on Tong Yuanwai.

Student Tong took Zhou Banxian's words seriously, and couldn't help but feel both happy and embarrassed. Happily, Zhou Banxian had figured out a cure for him; the dilemma was that doing good deeds cost money.

This morning, Tong Yuanwai was thinking hard about what kind of good deeds he should do at home when suddenly a shout came into the house. He walked to the gate and saw that the servant was driving a beggar away. Although Tong Yuanwai was wealthy, beggars came to beg, and he never refused to give a bite of rice.

Looking at the beggar leaving in a panic, an idea suddenly popped up in Tong Yuanwai's heart: I might as well give some money to this beggar, spend the least amount of money, and do a good deed, then my illness will be cured.

He hurriedly took a few steps, stopped the beggar, took out a copper coin and handed it to the beggar.

The beggar left with great gratitude, and as if he had completed a great thing, he let out a long sigh of relief.

However, instead of getting better, the cough outside Tong Yuan became more and more serious.

One day, half a month later, he stood at the entrance of the village and finally stopped coughing. He was breathing heavily when he suddenly saw a person walking over. He pointed at the person's nose and asked loudly.

Tongyuan asked Zhou Banxian why his cough did not improve at all after he gave the beggar a copper coin.

Zhou Banxian hurriedly said that the reason why Student Tong's illness did not recover was because he did not do good deeds. Because giving a little alms to beggars is a natural thing and cannot be regarded as doing good deeds.

When he got home, he remembered that there was a tenant in the village who rented a few acres of his family's land. These acres of land were close to the big river in front of the village. Not long ago, the river had swollen and washed away the crops in those acres of land.

The tenant immediately rushed to the tenant's house and told him that he didn't have to pay the rent this year. The tenant was stunned: Why did the tenant, who always regarded money as his life and bullied his neighbors, suddenly initiate kindness?

The tenant's rent is more than two taels of silver. Today, I have forgiven his rent. This good deed is big enough.

Unexpectedly, another half a month had passed, and the illness outside of Member Tong was getting worse and worse. He couldn't help but suspect again: Did Zhou Banxian make a mistake? Why did I do a great good deed, but I became even more sick? No, next time I see Zhou Banxian, I must ask!

After thinking about it, he went to the village entrance every day to wait for Zhou Banxian. After waiting for more than ten days, he finally arrived at Zhou Banxian. As soon as Zhou Banxian walked into the village entrance, he grabbed his collar and coughed violently while cursing.

Zhou Banxian looked at Elder Tong carefully, and saw that Elder Tong's face was sallow, his eyes were dull, and his whole body was skinny, and his heart couldn't help but tighten: Elder Tong is so sick, it seems that he won't live long. No, I can't be entangled by him anymore. I have to get out quickly.

Thinking of this, Zhou Banxian hurriedly said that the reason for the aggravation of his condition was because he did not do good deeds. The tenant was in a disaster, and it was not a good thing at all for the tenant to be exempted from his rent. Right now, he should do a good deed to save his life!

Seeing Zhou Banxian's plausible words, he couldn't help but dispel his suspicions. He quickly asked, what kind of good deed does he have to do to save his life?

Zhou Banxian pointed at the river in front of the village and said, "Apart from Tong Yuan, as long as you build a stone bridge on this river, it will be considered a good deed and will definitely save your life!"

Tong Yuanwai was stunned for a moment, then slowly let go of his hand. Zhou Banxian got away and hurriedly walked into the village. After pretending to walk around the village, he quickly left Tongtuan Village. Walking along the road, he kept thinking: Forget it, forget it! After Tong Yuanwai passes away, I will come back to Tongtuan Village! Tong Yuanwai regards money as his life, and he will never build a bridge over the river. At that time, the Tong family couldn't blame me!

More than half a year later, Zhou Banxian estimated that the Tongtuan member should no longer be alive, so he wanted to go to Tongtuan Village again to see if anyone asked him to tell his fortune. When he came to the big river in front of Tongtuan Village and was about to find a ferry to cross the river, he suddenly froze. He saw a long stone bridge built on the river!

Who built this bridge? Could it be that the children went out to build it with money? Zhou Banxian thought for a moment and shook his head.

Zhou Banxian was puzzled when suddenly, someone rushed over, grabbed his hand, and said, "Zhou Banxian, you are really a living fairy! My life can be regarded as being saved by you!"

Zhou Banxian was startled, and he took a closer look, and saw that the man was actually a member of the Tong Party! He saw that the outside of the Tong Party was ruddy, his eyes were full of energy, and his body was a little fat, as if he had never been sick at all. Zhou Banxian was so surprised that he opened his mouth wide, and couldn't close it: "Tong... outside of the Tong Party, you... you are?"

"Zhou Banxian, I heard you say that as long as I built a stone bridge over this river, my illness would be cured, so I invited craftsmen and bought materials to build the stone bridge.

Zhou Banxian was puzzled: After building a stone bridge, the illness outside the Tongyuan will be cured? What the hell is going on?

Member Tong invited Zhou Banxian to his home and set up a sumptuous banquet. Zhou Banxian was about to move his chopsticks, but Member Tong said, "Wait a moment, there is another person. I sent my servant to invite him. Today, let's get drunk and rest!"

As soon as he finished speaking, a man walked in. Zhou Banxian looked up and saw that he knew the man. The man's surname was Lu, and he lived in Tongtuan Village.

Staff member Tong hurriedly invited Lu Langzhong to take a seat and said to Zhou Banxian, "After I paid money to repair the bridge, Lu Langzhong cured my illness. My illness is sooner or later, but it will be cured as soon as the bridge is repaired. Zhou Banxian, thank you for your guidance!"

After the wine was half full, Officer Tong personally went to the kitchen to urge the dishes. Taking this opportunity, Zhou Banxian asked Lu Langzhong how to cure Officer Tong's illness. Lu Langzhong put down his chopsticks and said something.

Because Tong Yuanwai has always been bullying the villagers, Lu Langzhong was originally unwilling to treat him, and wished he had died sooner, so that Tong Tuan Village would be less of a scourge. Tong Yuanwai went out to silver and built the stone bridge to facilitate the entry and exit of the villagers. Lu Langzhong felt that Tong Yuanwai was not so bad, and it was also a big good deed. So he took out the ancestral remedy for coughing and treated Tong Yuanwai. After Tong Yuanwai used that remedy, his illness gradually improved. Tong Yuanwai was convinced that doing good deeds could indeed save lives. From then on, he never bullied the villagers again, and he often did good deeds...

Zhou Banxian suddenly realized that Officer Tong had saved his life by doing a good deed. Although this seemed unexpected, it was actually reasonable when he thought about it carefully.