In this place there is a member who is very rich, with houses in pieces, mules and horses in groups, thousands of acres of land, and countless gold and silver treasures. It's just that the member's family is not prosperous enough, and there is only one daughter under the member's knees, named Xiaoyu. Xiaoyu is very beautiful and intelligent, which is very popular with her parents.
Xiaoyu grew up to be fifteen or sixteen years old and fell ill. Xiaoyu's illness is a strange disease that cannot be named. People are getting thinner and thinner, and their spirits are more and more in trance. Outside the staff, many lungs were hired, and the daughter drank a lot of bitter medicine, but not only did her condition not improve, but it seemed to get worse and worse.
Seeing his daughter crying, the member was distressed. Helpless, he had to write a poster and post it on the street. This method was similar to the current invitation to tender. The poster said that no matter who could cure his daughter's illness, he would marry her to whoever he wanted. Of course, the things in the family outside the members were also left to the future son-in-law to choose at will.
The poster was posted for three days, but no one dared reveal it.
The words are divided into two ends. There is a poor man in the local area named Wang Hai. Wang Haitian has no ridges and relies on going up the mountain to collect firewood to make a living all year round. His axe cuts through dead trees very well, and his family is very poor. With a family like Wang Hai, it is impossible to talk about finding a wife.
Wang Hai heard what people were saying, and the staff posted tricks on the street. He didn't even look at it. He knew that the axe in his hand was only suitable for chopping firewood and could not cure diseases. He looked at it for nothing. That evening, Wang Hai was tired of collecting firewood in Xishan and sat next to a stone to rest. Looking at his lonely figure stretched out by the setting sun, he felt sad and couldn't help but cry. He didn't even have a hand towel to wipe his tears, so he had to wipe his tears on the stone next to him.
This stone is different from other stones, it is a little prominent, and the top is slippery, like a boundary monument. At this time, the stone spoke, and he wanted Wang Hai not to be sad, but to take off the tricks outside the yuan.
Wang Hai said that it was easy to uncover tricks, and he couldn't cure the disease. Stone said it has its own reason. Stone told Wang Hai that there is a back garden in the Yuanwai family, and there is a watering well in the garden. There is an old turtle in the well, who has lived for tens of thousands of years. The old turtle who has become a spirit has a crush on Xiaoyu, the daughter of the yuan. Every night when the night is quiet, the old turtle spirit will become a handsome little student, go to have a tryst with Xiaoyu, and be gentle with her in every way. Xiaoyu can't rest at night, and the essence has been absorbed by the old turtle spirit. It is strange that she is not sick.
The stone asked Wang Hai to wash away the well water, catch the old turtle, cut off the head of the old turtle, roast it on the fire gripper, then grind it into powder, and take Xiaoyu with warm water. Keep her sick and recover soon.
Why does the stone care so much about Wang Hai? It turns out that this stone has been practising under the sun and rain for thousands of years, but because it cannot be enlightened by the blood of the world, it has been unable to channel spirits. Once, Wang Hai injured his hand with firewood, and smeared a drop of blood on it, so that it could become a spirit. Probably to repay him, it gave Wang Hai such a good idea.
Wang Hai acted according to Shi Shi's idea. Sure enough, he caught an old turtle in the watering well in the back garden of Yuanwai's house. It was lying quietly in the mud at the bottom of the well. Wang Hai stepped on the bottom of the well with his feet before stepping on it.
Wang Hai grabbed the old turtle in his hand, it was calm and did not struggle at all. The old turtle can also talk. He said it should be unlucky, let Wang Hai just take it for credit and receive the reward.
But the old turtle sighed again and said, "What a pity, what a pity!"
Wang Hai asked him what pity he had, and he said that although Wang Hai could marry Xiaoyu as his wife and enjoy the wealth of the Yuanwai family, Xiaoyu would eventually grow old, and the wealth of the Wanguan family would be scattered.
Wang Hai asked what to do, and the old turtle said that he had a way to let Wang Hai enjoy wealth and prosperity for generations to come.
Wang Hai asked the old turtle to talk about it, but the old turtle wanted to stop talking. It was fine if he said it or not, and Wang Hai might not necessarily do it.
Wang Hai said that was not true, and the old turtle said that he saw that Wang Hai was a loyal person, so he told the secret hidden in his heart for a long time.
Old turtle told Wang Hai, there is a stone like a boundary monument in Xishan, there is a huge orb in the belly of the stone, take out the orb, put it at home, what you want, beautiful woman to beautiful woman, gold to gold, want to sit in the country, you can also ask for a dragon robe, so when Wang Hai cured Xiaoyu's illness, he should neither marry Xiaoyu as his wife, nor do he want the gold and silver treasures and real estate fields of Yuanwai's family. Yuanwai's family has a hut where sundries are placed. There is an oil hammer in the hut. Wang Hai only asked for the oil hammer. The oil hammer is like the key to the treasure house. Only with it can you break open the stone and take out the orb.
The old turtle especially instructed Wang Hai: "The stone will not admit that it has a pearl in its stomach. Don't listen to the stone's words, and don't be softhearted. Just smash the stone with an oil hammer."
After Wang Hai cured Xiaoyu's illness, he did not break his promise. He treated Wang Hai as a guest and began planning his daughter's marriage.
Wang Hai refused to marry the daughter of Yuanwai, nor did he want anything valuable from Yuanwai.
Wang Hai said, "Don't you have a idle oil hammer at home? Just give it to me. As for what I want the oil hammer for, you don't need to worry about it."
The member said, "This is easy to handle." He immediately ordered someone to take the rusty iron pimple oil hammer and hand it over to Wang Hai. He asked Wang Hai not to go back, and Wang Hai said he would never go back.
After all, he was an experienced person. He invited witnesses and made a document with Wang Hai. After a delicious meal, he sent Wang Hai away.
Wang Hai came to the place where he sat and rested that evening and saw the stone as a boundary monument. When the stone saw Wang Hai coming, it was about to congratulate him and was surprised to see him holding an oil hammer.
Wang Hai said to the stone, "I'm sorry, I want to take the orb out of your stomach."
Stone said, "You've been fooled, how can I have any orbs in my stomach!"
Wang Hai couldn't help but say it, swung the sledgehammer and smashed it in the waist. The sledgehammer, where it fell, the stone broke to the ground in time. Wang Hai looked down eagerly, there was no pearl in the gravel, only a drop of splashed blood.
Wang Hai thought about it and understood what was going on, but it was too late to regret it.