Chapter 326 Flower Basket Remembers One or Three Rice Balls
She had to wait in the wild all day, and she was worried that her husband would be hungry, so my wife made a big rice ball and put it in a bamboo basket.
When he arrived at Wumei Lake, Xu Shan was preoccupied and focused on whether anyone was looking for something in the woods. The fish bit the hook several times, but it was decoupled because it was too late to close the rod. After two hours, the sun
It was almost noon, and I saw a person coming. She was wearing blue clothes and a wrinkled skirt underneath. She was dressed in women's clothing. From a distance, she looked like a lady, but her steps were very long. Instead of growing lotuses with each step, she grew flowers with each step.
The wind has a rather manly demeanor, as if it is looking for something in the woods.
Could it be that he was looking for the bamboo basket? Xu Shan felt nervous and was about to go forward to ask, but found that this man was walking in his direction, wearing a wooden belt more than three inches wide around his waist and wearing boots.
, walking barefoot. It is summer now, but he is wearing cotton clothes, and he is singing drunkenly, as if he is crazy but not crazy. It does not seem like he is looking for something.
He was just a madman. Xu Shan let out a long breath and glanced secretly in the direction of the bamboo basket. The madman stretched out his nose and sniffed, and repeatedly praised: "It smells so good. Did you bring the rice dumplings?"
His eyes glanced at the basket, but his attention was focused on the rice balls in the basket. Xu Shan was relieved that the basket was not his. Feeling comfortable, he took out the rice balls and planned to give half to him.
"It doesn't matter if it's dirty." After the madman finished speaking, he snatched the rice ball from him and said, "You have three rice balls, so giving me one is not too much."
Of the three rice balls that came there, my wife only put one in in the morning. He turned around and looked into the basket, and sure enough, there were two more. The madman in blue clapped his hands and laughed, pointing at the bamboo basket and said, aren't these three?
As he spoke, he took the other two rice balls and sang:
"Three Rice Balls"
Three rice balls, rent a bamboo basket,
One rice ball counts for one year,
Money is an external possession,
No one in ancient or modern times can let go.
White rice balls can satisfy your hunger,
But he gave it in exchange for copper coins.
Leave the food on your plate to others,
Looking for the moon in the water.
Three rice balls were taken away, wouldn't he be hungry? Xu Shan wanted to ask him to leave one rice ball, but after listening to his song, the meaning of the song seemed to be that the basket belonged to him, and one rice ball counted.
One year, give yourself three years. I didn’t understand the meaning of what was sung at the end. My head suddenly felt empty, and I stopped talking about what I was about to say. I looked at the basket and felt happy in my heart.
.Looking back again, I saw this man who seemed crazy but not crazy floating on the water and walked away on the waves, and I knew I had met a god.
I knelt down and thanked him and started fishing. But because of my excitement, I only caught one general fish from noon to evening. I put it in a bamboo basket and took it to Wu Yuanwai's house, thinking that one fish would become three fish just like last time.
However, after handing it to the butler, the butler looked puzzled and said: "If you don't play with me like this, there is only one fish in the basket. How come there are three fish? You can't falsely report the number of fish again and again."
Could it be that the bamboo basket had been replaced by a god and could no longer produce fish? From the moment he took the rice balls, his eyes had never left the bamboo basket. Or was it that the gods had taken away the magic power of the bamboo basket? But at that time, he
The song said, "You can lend it to me for three years. Gods never fail to keep their promises." He returned home hungry and quietly talked about it with his wife.
"It's okay, the basket is still there. Let's try again tomorrow. The worst we can do is pretend that we didn't pick it up." The daughter-in-law comforted her, "But what happened to the rice balls today? I remember it clearly. We don't have much rice at home. I
I only made one this morning."
"Maybe it's a bamboo basket that changes from one to three, but this basket can only change once a day?" Xu Shan told his wife this idea. Although he thought so in his heart, he didn't dare to take the risk.
If it fails, even the fish can't be changed. The daughter-in-law is thinking tolerantly and says: "You can't be too greedy. It's very good to have three times the fish every day."
When lunch time came, the guests jokingly said: "Since the general fish can't be cooked, let's have a vegetarian one, and write the same lyrics as yesterday."
Jin Huabin wrote a poem:
"Huanxisha·Shangqing Lotus Root"
The cold winter has arrived,
It’s the right time to eat lotus root for nourishment.
Clear away heat, cool blood and nourish the face.
White as jade soaked in rice vinegar,
Green and red peppers add color.
Crisp, tender and starchy hook.
Why is it named Shangqing? Because the lotus comes out of the mud without being stained, and is one of the purest substances in all things. The water quality in Xiaye Village is the spring water from Weiqiang River, and the lotus roots grown are less than those in other places.
It smelled like mud. After hearing this explanation, the guests stretched out their chopsticks to express that it tasted really good.
Jin Huabin continued the story: "Next, Xushan had a bumper harvest for several days. Every day, three or four fish were caught. After the bamboo basket was transformed, there were more than a dozen fish. The housekeeper of the Wu Mansion was surprised: "Boy
, what secret method do you have, can you teach me, General fish is very difficult to catch."
Xu Shan smiled and didn't answer. The housekeeper didn't need these few coins, he just asked casually, but the boys in the house were different. They all came from a miserable background and earned five or six hundred yuan a day. This was very important to them.
It was an incredible amount of money. So we agreed to follow him secretly to see how he did it. After following him all day, we saw from a distance that he only caught four fish, but when he brought them to his house, he caught only four fish.
Twelve items were poured out. Could it be that he was dazzled? The boy rubbed his eyes. Yes, there were twelve items.
Although they did not discover the secret of the bamboo basket, there were many general fish in Wumei Lake, but the secret was spread by the boys. Starting from the third day, many people came here to fish every day.
The general fish likes to be quiet. As long as it hears the slightest movement, it will hide in the deep pool and refuse to eat any more food. With people talking too much, the secret of the bamboo basket may be discovered. Xu Shan shook his head and had to find another way to hide it.
The news spread about Xu Shan's fishing spots in Gaoqian, where he could catch big fish. Wherever he went fishing, others would follow him, which made him so annoying that he couldn't avoid it.
After a quarrel, the fish stopped biting the hook. Everyone thought he was conservative and just wanted to secretly make a fortune by himself, so he deliberately took everyone to fish in a fishless place. How long can you last? A few fishermen who are not willing to give up are still watching him every day.
Hold him.
"Follower"
Pick up the fishing rod and go to the pool,
Sneaky, followed by someone,
Behind him are ten followers.
Follow Xu Shan and swing the pole,
When there are many people making noise, fish hide,
Everyone faces the sunset empty-handed.
I blame Xu Shan for being small.
Reluctant to bring his own wealth.
Being followed every day, I couldn't find a suitable fishing spot for many days in a row. I didn't make any money these days, so I took back the money I earned from putting fish in baskets a few days ago. Xu Shan simply went out of business and stayed home.
, no longer go fishing.
Next is the rainy season, with continuous rain. In such horrible weather, no fish will come out of their nests to bite the hook, and of course they can't go out to do farm work. It's really boring. Xu Shan took a bunch of copper plates and counted them away.