Chapter 17 "Wang Cheng"

Wang Cheng was originally a son of an old bureaucrat in Pingyuan County.He is lazy by nature, and his life is getting worse and worse.Later, there were only a few dilapidated houses left, and he and his wife slept on dilapidated straw mats, often complaining to each other, and it was difficult to survive.It was a hot summer at that time, and there used to be a garden of the Zhou family outside the village, but the walls and houses had collapsed, leaving only a pavilion.Many people in the village come here to stay and enjoy the cool, and Wang Cheng is among them. One day, after dawn, all the people who slept here left.The sun rose three poles high, and Wang Chengcai got up, staggering to go home.Suddenly he saw a strand of gold hairpin in the grass, he picked it up and looked at it, and there was a line of Yibin Mansion made in small characters engraved on it.Wang Cheng's grandfather was originally a guest of honor in Prince Heng Gong's mansion, and many of the old things in the family were of this style, so Wang Cheng hesitated for a long time with the gold hairpin.At this time, an old woman came to look for the gold hairpin. Although Wang Cheng was poor, he was upright, so he hurriedly gave it to her.The old woman was very happy, and strongly praised Wang Cheng's character, saying: "The gold hairpin is not worth a lot, but it is a relic of my late husband."Wang Cheng asked: Who is your husband?The old lady replied: It is the late Yibin Wang Jianzhi.Wang Cheng said in surprise: That is my grandfather!how did you guys meet?The old woman was also surprised and said: Are you Wang Jianzhi's grandson?I am a fox fairy.A hundred years ago, I fell in love with your grandfather.After your grandfather died, I went into seclusion.I lost my golden hairpin when I passed by here today, and you just picked it up. Isn’t this God’s arrangement!Wang Cheng also heard that his grandfather had a fox wife, so he believed the old woman's words and invited her to sit at home.The old woman went with him.Wang Cheng asked his wife to come out to meet him, only to see that she was wearing tattered clothes, her face was yellow and emaciated.The old woman sighed and said: Cough!Wang Jianzhi's grandson is so poor!Seeing that there was no smoke in the broken pot and old stove, the old woman said: "The family is in such a state, what do you live on?"Wang's wife told the old woman about the poor situation in detail, and couldn't help sobbing and crying.The old woman gave the golden hairpin to Wang's wife, and asked her to pawn money in the market to buy some rice for a while, and to meet again in three days.Wang Cheng asked her to stay, but the old woman said, "You can't support a wife. I'm here. You can only look up at the roof. There's nothing you can do. What's the use?"After finishing speaking, I went away.Wang Cheng told his wife about the story of the old woman, and she was very scared.Wang Cheng praised her benevolence and righteousness, and asked his wife to serve her like a mother-in-law, and his wife agreed.Three days later, the old woman really came.Take out some silver and ask Wang Cheng to buy rice and wheat for one stone each.At night, she slept on a short bed with Wang Cheng's wife.The wife was very scared at first, but after seeing her sincerity, she no longer had any doubts.

The next day, the old woman said to Wang Cheng: Don't be lazy, grandson, you should do some small business.How can sitting and eating mountains last for a long time?Wang Cheng told her that she had no capital.The old woman said: When your grandfather is here, I can take the gold, silver and silk.Since I am an outsider and don't need these things, I didn't take more.I only saved forty taels of silver to buy pollen, and I still have it to this day.It's useless to keep it in my place for a long time, you can buy it all into Gebu, and rush to the capital to sell it immediately, and you can earn some interest.Wang Cheng obeyed her and bought more than 50 pieces of Gebu.The old woman asked him to pack his bags immediately, and he estimated that he would be able to arrive in the capital in six or seven days.And told Wang Cheng: be diligent and not lazy; be fast and not slow.If you are one day late, it will be too late to regret.Wang Cheng respectfully agreed, and set off with the goods.

Wang Cheng encountered rain on the way, and his clothes and shoes were all soaked.He has never experienced the hardships of wind and frost in his life, and he was so tired that he decided to rest in the hotel temporarily.I don't want it to rain heavily all night, and the eaves are raining like ropes.After one night, the road became more muddy and difficult to walk.Wang Cheng was afraid of suffering when he saw the pedestrians stepping on the mud up to their ankles.By noon, the rain stopped.But after a while, the cloud was overcast and it rained heavily again, so Wang Cheng had to stay for another night before leaving.When he was approaching the capital, Wang Cheng was secretly happy when he heard that the price of Gebu was soaring.After entering Beijing, he came to the inn to unpack his luggage. The owner was very sorry that he was late.It turned out that the roads in the south had just been opened, and very few Gebu were transported to the capital; there were a lot of buyers from the big families in Beijing, and the price suddenly rose, three times more expensive than usual. Those who followed were disappointed.The shop owner told Wang Cheng the reason, and Wang Cheng was unhappy.After a day, more and more Gebu were shipped to the capital, and the price dropped even more.Wang Cheng refused to sell because there was no profit, so it was delayed for more than ten days. After calculating the cost of board and lodging, he was even more depressed and worried.The owner of the store advised him to sell the Gebu cheaply and do other business. Wang Cheng had no choice but to obey. He lost more than ten taels of silver and gave up all the cloth.Waking up in the morning, Wang Cheng was about to go back. When he opened his bag, he saw that all the money was gone.Wang Cheng told the owner of the store in a panic, but there was nothing the owner could do.Someone asked Wang Cheng to report to the government and asked the shopkeeper to pay back.Wang Cheng sighed and said: This is my destiny, what does it have to do with the shopkeeper?The shopkeeper was very grateful to him when he heard about it, and gave him five taels of silver to comfort him and let him go back.Wang Cheng himself considered that he would have no face to go back to see his grandmother, he hesitated inside and out, and was in a dilemma.

One day, Wang Cheng happened to see a quail fighter, and he gambled for several thousand coins.Every time a quail is bought, it often costs more than one hundred yuan.Suddenly his heart moved, he calculated the money in his bag, it was only enough for the business of selling quail, and went back to discuss with the owner of the shop.The shop owner tried his best to encourage him, and agreed to let him stay in the shop, take care of the food, and not charge him money.Wang Cheng was very happy and started on the road.He bought a load full of quail and returned to the capital.The owner of the store is very happy and wishes him to sell out as soon as possible.At night, it rained heavily until dawn.After daybreak, the water flowed like a river on the street, and the rain still didn't stop.Wang Cheng had to live in the store and wait for the sunny day.But it rained continuously for several days.Look at the cages, some of the quails are slowly dying.Wang Cheng was terrified and didn't know what to do.Another day passed, and more died, only a few were left, and they were kept in a cage.After a night, I went to see again, only one was still alive.Wang Cheng told the owner of the store and couldn't help but burst into tears.The shopkeeper also raised his arms and sighed for him.Wang Cheng felt that his money was exhausted and he could not return home, so he just wanted to die.The shopkeeper comforted him and went with him to see the quail that survived.The owner of the store looked at it carefully and said: This quail seems unusual.Those dead quail may not have been killed by it.You are free now, so just train and train it. If it is a good breed, you can make a living by using it to gamble.Wang Cheng followed the store owner's wishes.After taming it, the owner of the store asked him to take it to the street to gamble on some wine and food.This quail is very strong and has won several times.The owner of the shop was very happy, and gave Wang Cheng some money to gamble with the rich boys, and he won again and again.After more than half a year, Wang Cheng accumulated twenty taels of silver, and gradually felt relieved in his heart, and regarded this quail as his life.At first, there was a certain prince who was aggressive with quail.Every Lantern Festival, folk quail farmers are sent into the palace to fight with his quails.The owner of the store told Wang Cheng: It is easy to say that it is easy to get rich now, but what you don’t know is your luck.So he told him about the quail fighting in the Prince's Mansion, took him there, and told him: If you lose, you will feel discouraged; if you win the fight, the prince will definitely buy it, and you don't agree.If he buys by force, you can act according to my face and agree to him after I nod my head.Wang Cheng said: OK.

When they came to the palace, the people who came to fight quail were already crowded under the steps of the hall.After a while, the prince walked out of the imperial palace, and his attendants announced: "Someone who is willing to fight will come up."Immediately, a person took the quail and walked up quickly.The prince ordered to release the quails of the palace, and the guest also released his own. As soon as the two quails fought, the guest was already defeated, and the prince laughed.After a while, several people were defeated on stage.The owner of the store said: It's ok.He and Wang Cheng took the stage.The prince looked at Wang Cheng's quail and said: "There are angry veins in the eyes. This is a fierce and fighting bird. Don't underestimate the enemy!"He ordered a quail named Tiezui to fight.After some jumping and fighting, the quail in Wangfu was defeated.A better one was selected, but one was replaced and the other was defeated.The prince hurriedly ordered to fetch the jade quail from the palace.After a while, someone brought the quail out.I saw that it was all white, like a heron, and it was extraordinary.Wang Cheng became timid, knelt down and begged to stop the fight, saying: Your Majesty's quail is a god; I am afraid that I will hurt my bird and ruin my job.The prince smiled and said: Let it out!If your fight dies, I will compensate you heavily.Only then did Wang Cheng release the quail, and the prince's jade quail rushed towards him.At this time, Wang Cheng's one was lying there like an angry chicken, waiting for it.The jade quail pecked suddenly, and Wang Cheng's quail suddenly flew up and attacked it like a crane.The two quails flew up and down, and after a long period of stalemate, the jade quail gradually failed.But Wang Cheng's was more aggressive and brave, fighting more and more anxiously, and after a while the jade quail's snow-white feathers were pecked off one after another, and they fled with wings down.Thousands of people watching around admired Wang Cheng's quail.

The prince then brought the quail over, put it in his hands, and personally looked at it from mouth to claw, and asked Wang Cheng, "Do you sell your quail?"Wang Cheng replied: "The villain has no property, and he depends on it for life, so he doesn't want to sell it."The prince said: I will give you a good price, and the property of a middle-level family can be obtained immediately. Would you like it?Wang Cheng bowed his head and pondered for a long time and said, "I didn't want to sell it at first, but since Your Majesty likes it so much, if His Majesty can really give me a decent property, what else can I ask for?"The prince asked the price, and Wang Cheng replied that it was one thousand taels of silver.The prince said with a smile: crazy man!What kind of treasure is this, worth a thousand taels of silver?Wang Cheng said: Your Majesty does not think it is a treasure, but my subjects think that the priceless jade is not as valuable as it.Prince said: Why?Wang Cheng said: The villain takes it to the market to gamble, and every time he can get a few taels of silver, which can be exchanged for rice. A family of more than ten people count on it to eat, and they don't have to worry about starvation or cold. What treasure can compare to it? it?The prince said: I will not treat you badly, and I will give you two hundred taels of silver.Wang Cheng shook his head.The prince added another hundred taels.Wang Cheng glanced at the owner of the shop, saw that the owner was calm, and said, "Thanks to the king's willingness to buy it, I would like to reduce it by one hundred taels, and sell it for nine hundred taels of silver."The prince said: Forget it, who is willing to exchange nine hundred taels of silver for a quail!Wang Cheng pretended to be quail and was about to leave. The prince hurriedly shouted: "The quail breeder is back!"The quail breeder is back!I really will give you six hundred taels of silver, if you agree, sell it, otherwise forget it!Wang Cheng looked at the shopkeeper again, but the shopkeeper still had no expression on his face.Wang Cheng was very satisfied in his heart, afraid of losing this opportunity, he said: I am really reluctant to sell it to you for this amount.But if the deal fails after negotiating for a long time, I can't afford to offend the prince.There is no other way, but to do as the prince wants!The prince was very happy, and immediately weighed out the silver and gave it to him.Wang Cheng packed up the silver and thanked him for giving it out.The shopkeeper complained: How did I say that?You are so eager to make your own decisions and sell them.Pay back the price again, and you will get eight hundred taels of silver.After Wang Cheng went back, he threw the silver on the table and asked the shopkeeper to take it himself, but the shopkeeper didn't want it.After Wang Cheng made repeated concessions, the shop owner settled his meal money and accepted it.

Wang Cheng tidied up his luggage and returned home, described his experience in detail, and took out money for everyone to share the happiness.The old woman let him buy 300 acres of fertile land, build a house and buy furniture, and he has restored his ancestors' aristocratic family.The old woman got up very early every day and asked Wang Cheng to supervise the helpers to cultivate; Wang Cheng's wife supervised the family to weave.If they were a little lazy, the old woman would scold them.The couple kept their duties and did not dare to complain.After three years, the family became richer, and the old woman said goodbye and left.The husband and wife jointly kept her, and the old woman didn't stay until she wept sadly.But the next morning, when the couple went to say hello, the old lady had disappeared.

Yi Shi's comment: It is said that wealth comes from hard work; it is also an anecdote that Wang Cheng's wealth comes from laziness.People in the world don't know that when a person is extremely poor, he can still maintain integrity and honesty. This is why God abandoned him at first and pitied him in the end.How can there be real wealth in laziness! 【original】 Wang Cheng, the son of Pingyuan's old family, is the laziest.At the sunset of life, there are only a few dilapidated houses left, where he and his wife lie in cow clothes, unbearably relegated.It was hot in midsummer, so there was Zhou's garden outside the village. The walls were all tilted down, but there was only one pavilion; most of the villagers boarded in it, and the king was there.

At dawn, all the sleepers are gone; the red sun is three poles, and the king starts to get up, lingering and patrolling, wanting to return.When you see a golden hairpin in Caoji, you pick it up and look at it. There are small words on it: "Made in Yibin Mansion."Wang Zu is a guest of honor in Hengfu, and there are many old things in his family, so he hesitates to hold the hairpin.欻 [ㄏ ㄨ suddenly] A woman came to find the hairpin.Although the king is poor, but his nature is good, he suddenly gave it to him.Women are happy, highly praised Shengde, and said: "What is the value of the hairpin, is the legacy of my husband."Question: Who is your husband?Answer cloud: Therefore Yibin Wang Cambodian also.Wang Jing said: "My ancestor also."Why did we meet?The woman was also shocked and said: You are the grandson of Wang Jianzhi?I am a fox fairy.A hundred years ago, I was in love with Jun Zu [ㄑㄧㄢ'send ㄑㄩㄢ' dog].When the emperor died, his old age disappeared.It's not a matter of days to pass this hairpin and fit into the hands of the son!Wang also heard that his ancestor had a fox wife, believed her words, and invited her to visit her.The woman follows it.Wang called his wife to come out, her clothes were disheveled, and the dishes were dark.The woman sighed and said: Hee!Wang Jian's grandson is so poor!Also Gu Baizao Wuyan said: If the family plan is like this, how can we make a living?The wife sobbed and wept because she described her poverty in detail.The woman confers to the wife with a hairpin, so that the aunt can buy money and sell rice. Please meet again in three days.Wang asked to keep it.The woman said: "Your wife can't survive by itself; I am here, and I live on my back, what's the benefit?"Then go.The king told his wife what happened, and the wife was terrified.The king recited his righteousness, made his aunt do it, and his wife promised.The fruit arrived in more than three days.A few gold, buy [ㄉㄧ flute; buy] a stone each of rice and wheat.I share a short couch with my wife at night.A woman is afraid of it at first, but when she observes its meaning, she doesn't doubt it.

The next day, the king said: Don't be lazy, grandson, it is better to make a small living, and you can grow long by sitting and eating?The king told him that he had no money.Said: When your ancestor was alive, the gold and silk were taken by what he had; I think that outsiders don't need things, so I didn't try to take more.Forty taels of gold for accumulating pollen still exist today.It is useless to store it for a long time, but you can go there, learn about Shige, and go to the capital every day, and you can get a little interest.Wang Congzhi bought more than 50 pieces to return.It takes six or seven days to get up to Yandu.The exhortation said: Don't be lazy if you should be diligent, and don't be slow if you are anxious; one day late, it is too late to regret.Wang Jingnuo, the bag is on the way.It rained halfway, soaking clothes and shoes.Wang has never experienced hardships in his life, and he was extremely tired, so he temporarily stayed in the hotel.Unexpectedly, the gurgling gurgled through the evening, and the rain from the eaves was like a rope.If you spend the night, it will be very beneficial.Seeing passers-by, Jiannao [ㄋㄠ' trouble; mud] has no shins, and is afraid of suffering.At Tingwu [noon], it began to get dry, and the cloudy clouds recombined, and the rain came again.Believe it or not.

Near Beijing, I heard that Ge Zhixiang is expensive, and I was secretly happy.Entering the capital and dismantling the inn, the owner deeply regrets the lateness.First of all, the South Road was first opened, and there were very few Ge.There are quite a lot of buyers for the rich houses in Beijing, and the price is very high, which can be three times the usual price.The day before, the goods were gathered together, and the price dropped suddenly, but the latecomers were not all disappointed.The master sued the king for the reason.Wang Yuyu was frustrated.The more days there are, the more kudzu, and the lower the price.Wang Yi refused to sell for no profit.Ten days later, the food consumption is too much, which makes me more depressed.The master persuaded the cheap vend to change his plan.From it.I lost more than ten taels of money, and I took it off.If you get up early, you will make a plan, and if you look into your bag, the gold will die.alert the owner.The master has nothing to do.Or persuade the official to charge the master to pay.Wang Tan said: "I count this, how can it be better than the master?"When the master heard about it, he was virtuous, and gave five taels of gold to comfort him.I thought I couldn't see my grandmother, wandering inside and outside, in a dilemma. It is suitable for quail fighters to gamble thousands of dollars; every market for a quail can cost more than a hundred dollars.Sudden movement of intentions, money in the bag, only enough to sell quail, to the owner.The master urged him eagerly, and made an appointment to settle in for a meal, but he didn't take it straight.Wang Xi, go ahead.Buy quail and fill the burden, and return to the capital.Congratulations to the owner, congratulations on the quick sale.At night, it rained heavily.At dawn, the water in the Qu River was like a river, and it was still wet.Living to wait for the sunshine, it lasts for several days, even more endlessly.The quail in the cage was gradually dying.Wang was terrified and didn't know what to do.The more days passed, the more people died; only a few quail remained, and they were fed together in one cage;Because I sued the master, I didn't feel tears.The master is also embarrassing.Wang Zidu's money was gone, but he wanted to die, so the master comforted him.We went to look at the quail together, and said, "this looks like a British thing."The death of the quails may not be due to the fighting and killing of the quails.You have nothing to do in your spare time, please take it; as good as it is, gambling can also make a living.Wang Ruqi teaches. After being tamed, the master ordered him to go to the street, betting on wine and meat.The quail is very healthy and always wins.The master was happy, and awarded the king with gold, so that he could bet with his children; three battles and three victories.For half a year, accumulate 20 gold.The heart is comforted, and the quail is like life.First, there is a certain king who loves quail, and every time he is worth a few yuan, he releases the quail among the people and enters the mansion.The master said to the king: "It is advisable to become rich now; what is unknown is at the command of the son."Because of the reason, the guide goes with it.The instruction said: If you fail, you will be frustrated.If there is a ten thousand victory in a quail fight, the king must want to market it, and the king should not respond; if it is strong and strong, only the first will look forward to it, and then respond after waiting for approval.Wang said: promise. When they arrived at the mansion, the quail people rubbed their shoulders under the chimney.In a short time, the king came out of the imperial palace.Left and right declaration: Those who are willing to fight go.That is to say, one person took the quail and rushed forward.The king ordered the quail to be released, and the guest also released it; after a while, the guest quail was defeated.Wang laughed.In Russia, there are several people who ascend and lose.The master said: "Yes."The generals are all on board.Wang Xiangzhi said: "The eyes have anger veins, and this is a healthy feather. Don't underestimate the enemy."Whoever takes the iron beak should be ordered.Prance again and again, but Wang Quail loses its feathers.Re-elect its good, no matter how easy it is to lose again.The king urgently ordered to take the jade quail from the palace.Take it out in a short time, the feathers are like a heron, and the horse is extraordinary.Wang Cheng was discouraged, so he knelt down and begged, saying: "The king's quail is also a god. I'm afraid it will hurt my birds and lose my career."Wang laughed and said: Let it go.If you die without fighting, you will be rewarded.Cheng is vertical.The jade quail went straight to it.When the jade quail comes, it will lie down like an angry chicken and wait for it; if the jade quail has a healthy beak, it will raise its beak like a flying crane to strike it;The jade quail gradually slackened, but its anger became stronger and its fight became more urgent.Not long after, the snow hair fell off and fled with wings down.There are thousands of viewers, and none of them are envious. Wang Nai asked for it and took it himself, from beak to claw. After a week of trial, he asked Cheng, "is the quail available?"The answer goes: The villain has no permanent property, and depends on each other for life, so he is unwilling to sell it.The king said: "Giving and emphasizing straightness, the middleman's birth can be achieved."Wish?Cheng bent down for a long time, and said: "I don't like it at all. King Gu likes it, so why do you want to make the villain get food and clothing?"The king asked straight, and answered with a thousand pieces of gold.Wang laughed and said: "Idiot man!"What kind of treasure is this, and is it worth a thousand gold?Cheng said: "Your Majesty doesn't think it's a treasure, but my ministers think it's nothing more than a wall that connects cities."Wang said: how?Said: The villain is going to the market [ㄔㄢ Zen], earning a few gold a day, easy to rise to a bucket of millet, a family of more than ten index fingers, no worries about cold and hunger, what treasure is it?Wang Yan: If you don't lose to each other, you will give two hundred gold.Cheng shook his head.Add another hundred.Cheng looked at the master, but the master didn't move.Nai said: "As your Majesty ordered, please reduce the price by a hundred."The king said: "Stop it!"Who would trade nine hundred for one quail!The quail in a bag wants to go.The king called out: "The quail people come, the quail people come!"If you give six hundred, you will sell it if you are willing, otherwise you will lose it.Cheng Youmu master, the master is still at ease.Wishing to be full, but afraid of losing time, he said: "If you sell it with this amount, you will feel dissatisfied; but if you fail to make a deal, you will get a lot of violence."There is nothing to do, just like the king's order.Wang Xi, that is, the scale pays.Into a bag of gold, please give it out.The master said, "What do I say, but Zi is in a hurry to kill himself?"No matter how little Jin [ㄐㄧㄣ' enter; begrudge] it, eight hundred gold is in the palm of your hand.Chenggui, on the gold throwing case, please take it yourself, but the master will not accept it.And to give it up firmly is to accept it straight away. Wang Zhi pretended to go back, went home, described what he had done, and went out to celebrate.She ordered to set up 300 acres of fertile land, build a house and use it as a tool, and it turned out to be a family.The woman gets up early, so that the adult supervises the plowing, and the woman supervises the weaving;Husband and wife live in peace and dare not complain.After three years, the family becomes richer.The woman wants to leave.Husband and wife hold it together until weep.The woman also stopped.Xu Dan waited for it, but it was gone. Yi Shi said: Wealth comes from hard work, and this is the only way to be lazy, and it is also famous.I don't know how poor I am to the bones, but my nature does not change. This is why this day first abandons it and ends up pitying it.How can there be wealth in laziness!