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Chapter 12 "Rain Money"

Vernacular Liaozhai Selected 蒲松齡 1037Words 2023-02-05
There was a scholar in Binzhou who studied in his study.Hearing someone knocking on the door, he opened the door and saw that it was an old man with all white beard and hair, who looked strangely dressed.The scholar invited the old man into the room and asked his name.The old man said: My name is Hu Yangzhen, and I am a fox fairy. Because I admire your noble character, I would like to spend time with you day and night.The scholar is broad-minded, and he doesn't take it as a strange thing, so he discusses the past and present with him.The old man is knowledgeable, vivid, and extraordinary in conversation.Sometimes when talking about the meaning of the scriptures, what he said is extremely profound, which is especially surprising.The scholar admired him very much and kept him for a long time.

One day, the scholar secretly begged the old man and said: You have such deep feelings for me, and you see that I am so poor. As long as you raise your hand, you will get money immediately. Can you help me a little bit?The old man was silent and seemed to disagree.After a while, the old man said with a smile: "It's too easy, but it needs more than a dozen coins as the mother's money."The scholar did as he said.The two entered the secret room together, and the old man recited a spell in the steps of a wizard or Taoist priest.In an instant, more than a million copper coins fell from the beam, like a rainstorm, and disappeared in an instant.The feet were pulled out, and the ankle bones were gone. In a room more than ten feet wide, the copper coins were about three or four feet deep.Then the old man looked at the scholar and said: Can your wish be fulfilled?The scholar said: Satisfied!As soon as the old man waved his hand, the copper coins disappeared immediately.The two came out and locked the door, and the scholar was secretly happy, thinking that he had made a fortune.

After a while, Xiucai went into the house to withdraw money, but saw that all the money in the room just now was gone, only his dozen or so copper coins were still there.The scholar was very disappointed, so he got angry with the old man, complaining that the old man had cheated him.The old man said angrily: I am only text friends with you, and I do not intend to be a thief for you!If you want to satisfy your wishes, you should go to the thieves to make friends, the old man can't obey!Then he flicked his sleeves and left. 【original】 In the study studio of a scholar in Binzhou, there is a person who has a wealthy family, Qi Shi, and he is an old man with a very ancient appearance.Yanzhi entered, and he knew the surname. Weng said to himself: Yangzhen, whose surname is Hu, is actually a fox fairy.Mu Jun is elegant and willing to spend the morning and evening together.It is not surprising that he was born broad-minded.Comparing and criticizing the present and the past, it is very broad and consistent, carved and carved, charming on the teeth, and drawn from the scriptures from time to time, the name and reason are profound, especially beyond the meaning.The scholar was amazed and stayed for a long time.

One day, Miqi Weng said: You love me kindly.Although I am so poor, you can get money by raising your hand, why don't you give it a little?Weng Heiran said with a smile, "This is a very easy matter."But you have to get tens of dollars to be your mother.A scholar is as good as he pleases.Weng Nai entered the secret room together, and Yu Bu cast a curse.In a short time, tens of millions of money were clanging down from the beams, like a sudden rain, and in an instant, there were no knees, and the feet stood up, and there was no ankle.The wide house is about three or four feet deep.It's Gu Yuxiucai: Don't you hate the emperor's will?Said: enough.With a wave of Weng, the money will stop immediately, and then the prime minister will leave the house.The scholar was secretly delighted, claiming to be rich suddenly.

After entering the house for a while, Adu will be wiped out, but more than ten pieces of mother's money are still there.The scholar was very disappointed, he was very angry, and he was quite deceitful.Weng Nu said: I originally communicated with you in writing, and I did not intend to be a thief with you!Just like a talented person, I only want to find a gentleman on Liangshang to make friends with, the old man can't accept his order!Then he brushed off his clothes.
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