Who should give the calf water

In ancient times, in a city called Hamadon, there lived a young couple. The wife was very diligent, busy from morning to night, and was the leader inside and out. But what about the eldest husband? He was too lazy to lie down all day and didn't even want to move. The couple often quarreled over housework.

　　On this day, when the poor wife was busy, she suddenly found that her husband, who had just woken up, was sitting on the bluestone slab in front of the door again. She was so angry: "Hey, don't you look at the sky so blankly? Don't you feel embarrassed?"

　　The husband replied angrily: "Can you handle it? I inherited a large flock of sheep from my father, and I have given them all to the shepherd. He brings me fresh milk and cheese every day. Do I still have to do things?! As for you,"

　　He paused, then said, "You are my wife, so you have to do laundry and cook." After speaking, he raised his hands and looked at the sky again.

　　"Slacker!" the wife couldn't help but shout, "I can do housework, but it's a man's job to give the calf water, I won't do it anymore, you will do it in the future!"

　　So they quarreled endlessly, and finally reached an agreement: from the next day, no one was allowed to speak, and if whoever spoke first, who would give the calf water every day.

　　Early the next morning, the wife got up first. She did all the work, and as expected, she didn't say a word. And what about the husband? After getting up and having breakfast, he stared blankly at the sky again. The two looked at each other speechlessly, but they were quiet.

　　After about an hour, the wife saw that her husband refused to move, and her anger slowly rose again. She couldn't help but get angry, but after thinking about it, she finally held back.

　　The husband looked at his wife, who wanted to speak but did not dare to speak, with a hint of pride on his face. The wife couldn't stand it anymore, so she put on her coat, put on her veil, and went to the neighbor's house.

　　The husband watched silently as his beautifully dressed wife went out, thinking, what is she doing! But he thought about it, but still said nothing.

　　Time passed quickly, and at this time, a beggar came to his face. The beggar approached the stunned husband and saluted deeply: "Noble sir, please, for Allah's sake, give me something to eat!"

　　How dare the husband speak, he thought to himself, maybe this beggar was ordered by his wife to test me! So he remained silent.

　　"Strange!" The beggar wondered: "Is this person dumb?" He walked forward again, still saying what he had just said softly, but who knew that this person was still dumbfounded and said nothing.

　　"He must be a fool!" The beggar walked into the house with confidence, took a lot of delicious food by himself, and looked at the man in front of the door while eating, but the slacker just didn't say a word. In fact, the slacker was thinking at this time: This beggar is pretending to be the truth, and he sincerely wants to provoke me so that I can speak, so I won't be fooled! When the sky falls, I will never speak, otherwise I will have to give the calf water.

　　The beggar ate beautifully for a long time, and he had never encountered such a good thing! After a long time, the beggar was full of food and drink, he wiped his oiled mouth, burped a few times, and then picked up One of the newest and largest pockets of the slacker's house was filled with a lot of dry food, put it on his back, and walked away proudly.

　　But what about the slacker? He is still proud: see I will fall for you!

　　After a while, another unkempt barber came. He glanced at the slacker, walked forward gently and asked, "Sir, do you want to shave your face and beard?"

　　The slacker didn't answer, and the barber thought he would refuse if he didn't want to. So he took out his razor, and shaved it with his hands.

　　The slacker just wanted to open his mouth, no, this must be my wife colluding to lure me into being fooled again, I must not speak!

　　The barber happily shaved his head and shaved again, then packed his tools and asked the slacker for money.

　　But the slacker didn't answer, and the barber asked him a few times in a row, but there was no answer. The barber was annoyed: "Hey! Do you want to default on your debt? Get the money!

　　But the slacker still didn't speak, and the barber was so angry that he simply held the slacker's head, took out the tool again, swish, swish, swish, five divided by two, cut the slacker's hair into the shape of a chicken tail, and used a razor to cut it. His face was repaired into a slippery woman's face, and he walked away cursing.

　　But the slacker still didn't say anything, as long as he didn't speak first, he didn't need to give the calf water, it didn't matter.

　　After a while, an old woman who sold cosmetics came over. She saw the slacker who had been made into a woman's face sitting there, so she stepped forward and said, "Noble lady, why don't you even wear a veil? Wear it, and your hair is cut so short? It's ugly, come on, I'll put on a beautiful wig for you." After speaking, the old woman dressed up the slacker on her own initiative: she first put lipstick on the slacker, put on eyeshadow cream, and put on a bejeweled wig for the slacker, and then enjoyed herself admiring her masterpiece.

　　And the slacker! He was afraid that the old woman was another spy sent by his wife, so he looked at the sky without saying a word.

　　When it was all over, the old woman asked him for money, but he didn't answer anything. The well-behaved old woman reached out and emptied the slacker's pocket and left with satisfaction.

　　The sky was getting dark, and the slacker dressed in a monstrous shape still looked up to the sky without saying a word.

　　Suddenly, a dark shadow slipped out of the corner, and in a blink of an eye, it was in front of the slacker. The slacker was startled, and just wanted to open his mouth, but when he thought something was wrong, he hurriedly held his breath and didn't say a word. He thought it was his wife who sent him to test him! It turned out that this dark shadow was a thief. Seeing that the woman saw him come in, she didn't say a word, thinking she was afraid, so she simply magnified her courage and stepped into the house. He rummaged around the house, putting all the valuables into the prepended pockets. Later, as long as he could bring anything, he stuffed it into his pocket and walked away.

　　It was completely dark, and the slacker was a little anxious, and his stomach rumbled. Suddenly, only a "bang" was heard, the cowshed next door collapsed, and a calf rushed out. It turned out that the calf, who had not eaten or drank for a day, was hungry and thirsty, and could no longer bear it, and finally knocked down the cowshed and rushed out.

　　Seeing that the calf rushed out, the slacker thought to himself, this must be the ghost of his wife again. He decided to keep silent, anyway, he has persisted until now. If you don't do it, if you don't stop, let him go!

　　At this moment, the wife suddenly found the crazy calf in front of the neighbor's window. She rushed out and grabbed the reins on the calf's nose, and the calf stood down obediently.

　　The wife led the calf home. She saw a woman sitting in front of the house from a distance, and she wondered: "Who is this? Why don't I know her! How did she come to our house? Could it be that the slacker he..." The more she thought about it, the more wrong she became. She hurriedly approached the woman three steps at a time.

　　She asked angrily, "Hey, which family are you from, why are you staying here alone?!"

　　As soon as the slacker heard his wife speak, he jumped up happily: "Haha! You lost!"

　　He reached out and took the wig off his head: he shouted happily: "Haha! Give the calf water!"

　　Only then did the wife realize that the monster in front of her turned out to be her husband. She was very strange: "How did you do this?" When the wife walked into the house and took a look, she almost passed out. Everything in the house was stolen, and the ground was a mess and a mess. She couldn't take it any longer and shouted loudly: "You slacker, are you dead? Everything in the house has been stolen, oh my god, what should I do!"

　　The slacker laughed proudly: "Stop pretending, you think I don't know! Tell you, I won't be fooled!"

　　When the wife heard it, she suddenly realized: It turns out that slackers don't ask for fear of doing things. She was so angry that she picked up her things, led the calf, and walked out like a gust of wind.

　　The slacker's wife walks, walks, walks for a long, long time. One night, she came to a group of children.

　　"Children, have any of you ever seen a man with a big cloth bag walking past?" she asked.

　　"Yes, yes," the children told him, babbling. "That man just passed by here half an hour ago, well, he was going this way."

　　She thanked the children and walked forward in the direction the children pointed.

　　Sure enough, before walking far, she saw a unkempt guy walking forward with a large cloth bag on his back. The man walked very slowly, probably because the cloth bag was too heavy. When the slacker's wife saw it, she already understood eight or nine points in her heart, so she hurried up.

　　"Madam, where are you going?" The man asked with a smile when he saw a woman coming next to him.

　　"I'm going home," the slacker's wife whispered.

　　"Why are you leaving alone?" the guy asked.

　　"My parents are too old to accompany me. I often go out alone."

　　"Ah! What about your husband?"

　　"Husband? I'm not married yet!" replied the slacker's wife, deliberately shy.

　　Seeing that the woman was very beautiful and spoke very moving, the thief couldn't help but wonder, and he said flatteringly, "Then would you like me to accompany you?"

　　The slacker's wife smiled sweetly: "How embarrassing!"

　　So, the two of them continued to walk forward together. Along the way, the two talked and laughed, very affectionate.

　　Not long after walking, the thief proposed to the slacker's wife, and she agreed immediately. The thief was overjoyed and proud. They decided to go to a city on the edge of the desert for their wedding.

　　It was dark and they came to a city. They found an elder who promised to marry them the next day.

　　Late at night, the thief fell asleep on the floor outside the guest room prepared for them by the elders, and soon he fell asleep. At this time, the slacker's wife quietly walked to the large cloth bag that the thief was carrying along the way, untied the cloth bag, and found that all the lost things in the family were inside. She was overjoyed.

　　I saw that she took the shoes of the thief and the elder outside, then gently opened the door, put the cloth bag on the calf's back with difficulty, and drove the calf to the house.

　　At dawn, the thief found that everything was gone, and the woman was gone, so he realized that he had been fooled.

　　He said to himself mockingly: "Alas! What is stolen is always someone else's, just let it go!"

　　"I'm back, I'm back!" The slacker's wife cried excitedly as soon as she entered the house. But no one was seen. She went to the backyard and looked, ha! She was stunned: the surroundings were clean, and rows of washed clothes were hanging by the window. The slacker husband was hard chopping firewood, preparing for winter heating! The slacker wife was so happy that she looked at her husband and smiled happily.

　　She took her husband's hand and said softly, "It's time for me to water the calf."

　　The husband's face turned red, and he grabbed his wife's hand: "I should do this, I'll go right away, this is what we men should do!"

　　Since then, they have become the happiest couple in the area.