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The mason kindly invited the beggar to eat a wedding banquet, the old beggar: tonight I want to sleep in the cave

A person with a good heart gets good results

By WinstanleyPublished 2 years ago 4 min read
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During the Northern Song Dynasty, there was a mason in Xuzhou called Wan Anshan. Wan Anshan was orphaned as a child and abandoned by his parents. Fortunately, he met a kind-hearted mason who brought him home and taught him his craft.

When Wan Anshan was twenty years old, the old mason died of illness. Wan Anshan, a filial child, built a hut in front of his adoptive father's grave and volunteered to go and pay his respects for three years. The villagers nearby were touched by Wan Anshan's filial piety and praised him. In the blink of an eye, Wan Anshan's three years of filial piety have expired, and the matchmaker proposes marriage. It turns out that the old man Yue, who was retreating from the battlefield, saw Wan Anshan's character and promised his daughter to him.

I heard that Wan Anshan was born beautiful, bookish, gentle, and kind, and I readily agreed. Wan Ansan usually has a good reputation and is a filial child. The neighbors learned that he had a happy event and came to help. Everything is ready, Uncle three thousand sitting on the bed thinking about what is missing, he does not want to leave a bad impression on his new wife. Suddenly, he noticed that the bedboard was in disrepair and began to crack.

Wan Anshan felt that other furniture could be made to fit, but this bed could not be made. He had studied carpentry for several years, so it was not difficult to make a bed. The next day, he ran to the mountain, sawed off a tree to make the bed board, and found four stakes to make sturdy legs, which looked very durable and sturdy. In the blink of an eye, he fell in love and arrived on the wedding day. The small yard is full of excitement and happiness.

A beggar passed by, the beggar took out a handful of peanuts, and said: "I am here to congratulate you. Here is a handful of peanuts, wish the bride and groom to be born soon." Wan Anshan would have been a happy man. Seeing the beggar's hair white, feeling alive is not easy, but also happy, and not easy to drive people out, said: "Boss, come in to set up a banquet, feel happy. We accept your gift."

Wan Anshan's generosity left a deep impression on them. Who could compare with such a generous heart? After everyone was seated, they began to eat. The local wedding banquets were mobile seating to celebrate the day. Around the time of the Lantern Festival, the wedding banquet ended and everyone left, leaving only the old beggar in the courtyard. Wan An asked in front of the mountain: "Old man, you have no place to live? I have a compartment at home, you can live there if you don't mind."

The old beggar suddenly said seriously: "tonight I will sleep in the cave. You and your wife can not sleep in that cave?" Wan Anshan is very confused, asked: "This is why?" The old beggar said: "The wood you sit on the bed is not ordinary, but a large tree that grew in the tomb pit during the Warring States period. This tree has absorbed too much resentment. I'm afraid you will not sleep well in the cave tonight!"

The old beggar continued: "You two will sleep in the kitchen tonight, the sun will be very strong, and the ghosts will not invade. I sleep in the cave, see you on the third night." For the comfort of his wife, Wan Anshan took his wife to the kitchen and hit the floor. Around 10:00 in the middle of the night, Wan Ansan heard a rustling sound in the yard. After a while, he came to the new room to check and found the floor full of scorpion carcasses. This is to find a small hole under the bedboard in the nest of scorpions, but the old beggar disappeared.

The next day, Wan Ansan set the bed on fire and then rebuilt a new bed. From then on, nothing strange happened. Later, Xiumei gave birth to twin brothers to Wan Ansan, who started a business and earned a lot of money. He often taught his son to be good, to be a good person, and to remember to do good things.

Message: Good people with good hearts get good results. Wan Anshan kindly invited the old beggar to the wedding banquet. Due to the mistake, the couple's life was saved. It was destined. A small act of kindness can not be ignored, good people get good rewards. The story is folklore, belongs to the literary creation, and the character's plot is fictional. Please do not link it with feudal superstition to enrich the spare time of readers.

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About the Creator

Winstanley

The mind is a window, and the scenery outside the window is determined by your heart.

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