During the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty, there was a man named Huang Danian in Dapu, Meizhou, Guangdong. His parents died as children, and his family was poor but upright and proud. He never flattered the rich and powerful, and supported himself with hard work.

Huang Danian was a kind-hearted man. When he was twenty years old, he once made a volunteer to bury exposed corpses and bones in his life. Someone asked him why he would do such a thankless thing, do something else to earn some money, or simply rest for a while, isn't that okay?

"When a person dies, whether he is poor or rich, good or evil, he deserves pity," Mr. Wong explained. "Why? Because he is unconscious after death. Besides, corpses are perishable, which can cause pollution and affect people's normal lives. If they are often exposed, they will be swallowed by animals such as wild dogs, and they will die without a whole body. I can't see such a tragic situation, so I swear to do it."

Everyone listened to Huang Danian's words, some praised his noble character, some laughed at his pedantic stubbornness. In the face of everyone's puzzlement, Huang Danian laughed it off and still insisted on doing his own thing. In this way, Huang Danian persisted for more than 30 years, and buried countless unowned corpses.

At this time, Huang Danian was also over 50 years old. Because he often buried dead bodies, he was treated like a monster, and because he was poor and down, no woman was willing to marry him. One day, Huang Danian couldn't help crying when he thought he was over 50 years old but had no daughter-in-law.

He mumbled to himself, "I have buried unnamed corpses all my life. After I die, who will bury me?" Although he was in such a situation, Huang Danian still did not blame the world, but his heart ached for himself and could not carry on the family line for his parents. It was unfilial. Later, he figured out that no matter what happened to him in the future, just don't let down his original intention of covering up and bury him.

On this day, Huang Danian came back from work in other places and felt a little pain in his stomach, so he went to the woods by the roadside to relieve his hands. After going to the toilet, he was about to leave when he suddenly saw a large earth hole collapse not far from the roadside.

Huang Danian walked over and leaned over to check. He saw a vat in the hole. The vat had no lid, and inside was a vat full of bones. Seeing this, Huang Danian immediately felt compassion and wanted to bury the bones properly, but there was no hoe by his side, so he had to grab some weeds and floating soil with his hands, cover the vat of grass, and then go home.

That night, Huang Danian was worried that the bones would be eaten by wild dogs, so he tossed and turned, and stayed up all night. The next day, he hurried to the place yesterday with his hoe, pole, bamboo basket and other utensils, intending to bury the cylinder of bones properly. At this moment, a flash of fire suddenly rushed out of the hole and rushed towards Huang Danian.

Huang Danian was caught off guard and sat on the ground in fright. After coming back to his senses, he used a hoe to remove weeds and floating soil, and looked into the vat again. There were no bones in the vat, but a large vat full of yellow gold.

Huang Danian immediately understood that this was God's reward for his thirty years of good deeds. He knelt down on the ground with tears streaming down his face, bowed to God twice, and then carried the gold with a pole and bamboo basket. Because there was too much gold in the vat, Huang Danian walked seven or eight times back and forth before transporting all the gold away.

From then on, the penniless Huang Danian made a fortune and was worth a fortune. With money, Huang Danian bought a house and land, married a wife and had children, and became a local millionaire. After rising to fame, Huang Danian did not get carried away, but was more charitable than before, and lived until he died peacefully at the age of 89.

Although Huang Danian did not marry a wife until he was in his fifties, he had many descendants, including three sons and eight grandchildren. Before he died, his eldest grandson had already passed the entrance examination in the township examination, truly shining on the lintel of the Huang family. People say that this is the best reward from God for Huang Danian's accumulated virtue and good deeds.