In the morning, Zhao Jihe saw a shocking scene: those who ate the Three Ladies' Noodle Cake fell to the ground at the same time, their faces became longer, their hands and feet became four hooves, and their tails grew behind them, becoming a group of donkeys!
During the Tang Dynasty, there was a Banqiao guest house in Bizhou, and the owner was called The Third Lady. Although this third lady is middle-aged, her charm still exists. Although she was a widow, her family was rich, and the restaurant business was very prosperous.
Zhao Jihe, a native of Xuzhou, went to other places to run errands and stayed in these three women's shops. Due to the late arrival time, I had to stay in the innermost part of the chase shop of the guest house, only separated from the bedroom of the owner's third lady.
Zhao Jihe thought about the beautiful lady boss in bed and couldn't sleep. Suddenly, I heard a rattling sound next door. Thinking that the lady boss lived next door, he got up and looked inside through the crack in the wall.
Seeing the third lady light a candle, enter the inner chamber, take out a wooden cow (a primitive farming tool) and a wooden cow and a puppet man of six or seven inches in size, put them in front of the stove, and after a while of chanting, spray it with water in her mouth.
After spraying water, the wooden cow and the puppeteer began to move, and the little puppeteer led the wooden cow up and down a small piece of land in front of the bed to plough the ground.
At this time, the third lady took out a packet of buckwheat seeds from the inner chamber and asked the little puppeteer to sow the seeds.
In just a few moments, the buckwheat was in full bloom and ripe, and the little puppeteer was busy harvesting and trampling, and got seven or eight liters of buckwheat.
After placing the small grinding plate, grinding the buckwheat into buckwheat flour, picking up the wooden cow and the puppeteer and putting them back in the inner room, the three ladies began to make baked cakes.
Zhao Jihe saw this, very Nahan, it turned out that this burnt cake came this way, he was very scared, quietly slept down, did not dare to squeak.
The sound of chickens gradually sounded in the distance, and it was almost dawn, and the guests got up and packed up and prepared to go on the road.
The third lady lit the lamp, put the newly made baked cake on the dining table, and beckoned the guests to eat and go on the road.
Zhao Jihe did not dare to eat breakfast because of the inner hair he saw at night, so he resigned and left, but quietly turned back, chose a hidden place, hid outside the store and peered at every move inside.
Only to see the guests around the table wolfing, the burnt cake has not eaten a few bites, suddenly all fell to the ground together, rolling around and making a donkey call in their mouths, and in a moment they all turned into donkeys.
The third lady drove the donkeys into the inner chamber and collected the belongings of the guests for themselves.
Zhao Jihe was frightened in the dark and fled in a hurry.
After finishing his business a month later, he returned to the Third Lady's Shop, but the Third Lady did not recognize him, but still warmly arranged for him to stay and prepare food.
Zhao Jihe saw the scene he saw last time at night, and he was secretly glad that he had prepared the same baked cake as the Third Lady.
The next day, the Third Lady brought out a plate of burnt cakes as usual, for Zhao Jihe to eat, and Zhao Jihe took advantage of the fact that the Third Lady went to the kitchen to change his own baked cakes.
After the Third Lady returned, Zhao Jihe smiled and said that the Third Lady was afraid that she had not yet eaten, and she had also prepared dry food for the Third Lady to taste.
The third lady did not doubt that she had it, so she took a bite of the burnt cake, who knew that just after getting down, she turned into a donkey!
Zhao Jihe hurriedly went into the house to put away the tools of the third lady's farming, but he could not operate, helpless, he had to ride the third lady around the clouds, this donkey has extraordinary foot strength, and never gets lost.
One day, Zhao Jihe came to the foot of Mount Hua, and an old man saw this donkey and laughed: "Third Lady, why have you become like this!" After saying that, he said to Zhao Jihe: "Although she is at fault, the punishment in the past few years is enough, so you can let her go!" ”
After breaking from the donkey's nose, the third lady jumped out of the flesh and immediately returned to its original form. The third lady knelt down to thank the old man, turned around and drifted away, disappearing without a trace.
This legend is a legendary story of Xue Siyu's "Hedong Chronicle" of the Tang Dynasty. The Three Ladies of Itabashi use the means of making people into donkeys to harm others and benefit themselves, and in the end they are cocooned and self-bound, eating their own fruits. Through this story, the author tells people that no matter what means are used to harm people, they will eventually be seen by people; and those who harm others must be punished accordingly in their own way.
