< Chinese folk tales > the story of Avanti

King Joavanti went hunting with him. The king and the guards rode on horses, but gave Avanti a lazy horse. They came to the Gobi Desert, and it was noon, when suddenly a strong wind blew and it began to pour down.

The king and his guards rushed to the capital on horseback. On the way, the rain was getting heavier and heavier, and the clothes of the king and the guards were wet.

The lazy horse on which Avanti rode, as soon as he heard the rumbling of thunder, did not go forward. When Avanti saw this, he jumped off his horse, stripped off his clothes, carefully folded them, and tucked them under the saddle.

After a while, the clouds disappeared and the sun rose, and Avanti did not hesitate to put on his clothes, rode on his horse, and walked slowly toward the capital.

When he arrived at the palace, the king was very surprised to see it. Avanti told the king, "After the rain, the lazy horse I rode took me to a large garden with a very beautiful view, where the flowers were blooming and the fruits were abundant, and I came back with a blessing." The king was stunned.

The next day, the king invited Avanti to go hunting with him. This time he asked Avanti to ride on his own horse, but he rode on the lazy horse that Avanti had ridden.

Walking along, we reached the Gobi Desert. I was about to go hunting when suddenly the wind was blowing and the clouds were rolling. Seeing that the heavy rain was about to fall, Avan Tiyang whipped twice on the horse's ass, and the horse flew up, and in the blink of an eye, it arrived in the capital, and there was not a drop of rain on it.

The lazy horse on which the king rode heard the rumbling thunder and hesitated again. The king kicked with his foot and whipped it, and it remained motionless. The king grinned angrily and had to stand in the heavy rain.

When the thunder stopped and the rain subsided, the lazy horse drove the king and turned back to the capital.

When the king saw Avanti, he said angrily, "What kind of person are you to dare to talk nonsense to the king?" "No, Your Majesty," said Avanti with a smirk, "if you were like me and take off your clothes and tuck them under your ass, your clothes would not fall a single drop of rain." ”

When the king heard that Avanti was wise and knowledgeable, he took the right and left ministers to visit Avanti.

The king asked where the wisdom in Avanti's mind came from. Avanti said, "Your Majesty will come with a chopping hammer (a farming tool for planing soil), and you will find wisdom by following me." ”

The king was glad to die. He secretly thought: The people all say that I am faint and incompetent, and this time if I find wisdom, I will definitely fill my head with two boxes, and I will take two boxes back to hide in the palace, and use them when my son grows up.

The king thought, and immediately ordered the beggar to bring a chopping hammer, and followed Avanti to find wisdom.

Avanti led the king to a wasteland. Avanti took off his robe and looked at the king and said, "Honorable king, please take off your robe and put it on." The king had no choice but to take off his robe and pick up the chopping iron and dig it up.

But one dig can't see wisdom, two digs don't see wisdom, three digs still don't see wisdom, blood bubbles have been lit on his hands, really made him angry beard like a mess of grass, his eyes were wide in the teacup, and he said in a loud voice: "Why don't you see wisdom, Avanti?" ”

"Impatient, my king. Dig, dig, open this wasteland this autumn, plant wisdom next spring, and harvest it in the summer. Avanti said carelessly, while picking up the chopping iron.

"Isn't the wisdom you speak of as food?" The king asked. "Not fake, not fake." Avanti replied, "If there is no grain in Your Majesty's palace that the common people have exchanged for blood and sweat, how can Your Majesty have such a problem today and come to me in search of wisdom?" ”

Avanti borrowed a few gold, rode a donkey into the wilderness, and sat on the yellow sand beach to sift through the gold.

The king, who was hunting here, saw his movements, and asked strangely, "Hey, Avanti, what are you doing here?" "Your Majesty, it's you!" Isn't that planting gold? ”

The king was even more surprised, and asked, "Tell me quickly, how is this gold planted?" Avanti said, "Why don't you understand?" Now plant the gold, and on Juman's Day (Friday) you can come and harvest it, and take the first twelve gold back home. ”

When the king heard this, his eyes were red, and he quickly consulted with Avanti with a smile: "My good Avanti, the seeds are not enough, come to my palace and get it!" Grow gold, give me 80% out of ten. "That's great, Your Majesty!"

The next day, Avanti went to the palace and took two pounds of gold.

After a week, Avanti sent the king a dozen pounds of gold. The king opened his pocket and looked at it, shining with gold, so happy that he could not close his mouth, and immediately ordered his men to hand over several boxes of gold from the library to Avanti.

Avanti brought home the gold and distributed it to the poor.

After another week, Avanti went to see the king with an empty hand and a sad face. "What a misfortune!" Avanti cried and said, "All our gold is dead!" Not to mention the harvest, even the seeds are lost. ”

The king was furious, and he threw himself straight down from his throne and shouted, "Nonsense, who are you trying to deceive?" Where will the gold die? ”

"Well, that's weird! If you don't believe that gold will die, how can you believe that gold can grow when planted? When the king heard it, it was like a lump of mud in his mouth, and he could no longer speak.

Avanti borrowed a cauldron from the home of one of the most miserly Bayi. People wonder why Bayi was so generous to Avanti. In fact, Bayi was just as stingy with Avanti, who rented it to Avanti like an accounter.

After some days, Avanti happily came to give Bayi the good news, where did the joy come from? Bhai was inexplicable, and Avanti said, "Bayi's cauldron gave birth to a son." ”

"Nonsense, how can the cauldron have a son?" Bayi didn't believe it. "What do you think this is?" Avanti said and unzipped a hairy pocket, and sure enough, he pulled out a small iron pot from the pocket.

Bayi still didn't believe it, but he thought that this fool, since he had done something stupid, if he didn't catch him with his hand, wouldn't he also become a fool, so he pretended to be surprised and said: "My cauldron has indeed given birth to a son, of course, it is a great joy!" ”

Avanti carefully handed the small iron pot to Bayi, who repeatedly played with it, and a sigh of praise came from his mouth.

Avanti waited for Bayi to put away the small iron pot, and then said goodbye to Bayi, who said, "In the future, take good care of my big iron pot and let it have more sons like this." Avanti promised to go home.

After a few more days, Avanti came to see Bayi and said sadly, "Bayi's cauldron is dead." "Nonsense! How did the cauldron die? "Since the cauldron can give birth to a son, why can't he die?" Bayi woke up suddenly and understood Avanti's intention to send the small pot, and it turned out that the fool was himself.

Bayi was reluctant to give the cauldron to Avanti and said, "Well, since the cauldron is dead, then you should send the corpse." "I'm already buried in the blacksmith's furnace." Bayi listened, no longer had the heart to pretend, and said bluntly: "Do you want to deceive my cauldron?" Avanti said, "You fooled me first!" ”

The two quarreled, and Bayi, fearing that it would alarm his neighbors and damage his own reputation, gave in. Who knew that Avanti was not dependent, and had been noisy to many people, before he rolled up his sleeves and left.

It turned out that Avanti set up this trick not to catch a big iron pot, but just to make fun of the miserly Bayi.

Once, Avanti asked his son to carry an oil gourd to borrow oil from the king. The king, intent on fooling Avanti, sprinkled half gourd urine and then poured half gourd oil.

The child brought the oil home, and Avanti's wife poured out the oil on it and used it for cooking.

After a few days, Avanti wanted to eat a beautiful meal. He personally poured the remaining half gourd "oil" into the pot, and after a while, the "oil" in the pot boiled, and a stink came straight out. Avanti smelled it, knew that it was the king who had tricked the ghost, and was determined to rectify the black-hearted king.

On that day the king suddenly had a toothache and sent someone to ask Avanti to heal him. Avanti said, "Well, you go first, and I'll come." ”

After the visitors left, Avanti grinded some dried dung into pieces, and then some other dirty things, and carefully wrapped them in paper.

Avanti took the paper bag to the palace and said to the king, "Your Majesty, this is a panacea for toothache, you sprinkle it on the bed of your teeth, lie down with your lips closed, and do not open your mouth." After a while the pain will be relieved. ”

The king had a terrible toothache, and as soon as he heard that there was medicine, he immediately followed Avanti's instructions, sprinkled the contents of the paper bag on the gum bed, and lay down tightly with his mouth shut.

After a while, the king felt that it was not a taste, but he did not dare to open his mouth, so he had to swallow a mouthful of thick stinky water. In this way, the smell stinks from the mouth to the heart, and from the heart to the mouth

The king was so disgusted that he couldn't help it, and he opened his mouth to spit out a look, it turned out to be dung, and couldn't help but be furious: "Damn Avanti, I want a tooth elixir, what crime should you give me dung?" ”

"No, Your Majesty, Avanti said, "do not be angry, this is the dregs in the oil that Your Majesty has lent me." The king was stunned, but he was too weak to have a seizure, and just sat there like a stone.

Avan mentioned the errand boy in the palace, and the king commanded him: "Avanti, when I order you to do something in the future, you must also find a way to do well things related to this matter." You have to develop the habit of being thoughtful. ”

One day, the king fell ill and sent Avanti to a doctor.

When Ah Fan asked the doctor to go back, he went to the temple again to invite the mullah who had been chanting to the undead, took the copper pot for washing the corpse, and asked four people to carry the spirit bed and lead such a large group of people back

When the king saw this, he was so angry that he pointed at the mullah and the spirit bed and shouted, "Avanti! I sent you to the doctor, how did you bring all this?

"Your Majesty!" Avanti said, "You have commanded me personally, and when I command you to do something, you must also find a way to do well in the things related to this matter." I'm afraid your illness won't get better, and if you want to use a spirit bed and a body washer, you don't have to send someone to get it..."

Before Avanti could finish speaking, the king passed out in anger.

One day, Avanti secretly stuffed three pieces of gold into the donkey's ass.

Avanti pulled the donkey to see the king. Avanti said, "My donkey can pull gold, don't believe it!" The king's eyes widened, staring straight at the donkey's ass.

After a while, the donkey plucked its tail, and sure enough, it pulled out three pieces of gold. When the king saw the golden gold clanging and falling to the ground, he was eager to take this rare donkey for himself at once.

The king said to Avanti with a smile on his face, "I am willing to pay the price of a hundred donkeys: sell me this donkey!" "What good thing can go unowned to you?" Avanti said, "As long as you are willing to pay, the donkey you like will stay." ”

Avanti is gone. The king gathered the whole palace, happily asked the people to spread a brand new velvet blanket on the golden temple, led the donkey to it, and said to the people, "I want you to see a miracle that my donkey is pulling gold, and you will see it in a moment!" ”

The queens, princes, princesses, and ministers gathered around the king stretched their necks together and stared at the donkey's ass, wait, wait, wait, the neck is sore, and it is hard for the donkey to pluck its tail. But the donkey's tail tilted upwards, pulling out only a few dung eggs.