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On the outskirts of Wuzhou lived an old man who resembled a Sanlang Daoist. He had lived there for an unknown number of years, but no one knew what his last name was, let alone where he came from. Day and night, he never slept.
In the spring of the first year of Ningzong Qingyuan, he sat in a jar and died quietly and peacefully. There was not the slightest pain on his face, nor a look of happiness or joy. The people who lived nearby all came, and the people were infected by him, and there was no pain or sadness on their faces, only calm, beyond the unusual calm.
This old man, who was disgusted with other Daoists by nature, only had a very close relationship with Guan Sheng in Tingzhou and lived with him.
One day, before dawn, Guan Sheng took out the bedpan for him and was cleaning it, only to see the old man shouting and running out, grabbing the bedpan and shouting:
"How did you rob my village?"
After saying that, he took the unwashed bedpan in his arms and took it into the room. When it was time to eat, he took the bedpan from under the bed, put it on the table, poured the rice into the bedpan, sat down and grabbed it with his hands, and ate it with relish. Guan Sheng, who was standing on the sidelines, wanted to vomit in his heart, so he took the opportunity to live elsewhere.
On the right side of the plum blossom gate lives a family, opened a restaurant, and the business is still prosperous. Old people often come here to sit idly. Everyone has great respect and trust in this old man.
One day, the north wind was cold and freezing, and the old man came to this hotel to beg for fire. The family didn't say a word, and then gave him a bundle of firewood. He was also not humble or grateful, and baked clothes after lighting. After baking, it is kneaded into a rope with grass. The rope was finished, and the fire on the firewood was extinguished. Then he took the straw rope, tied up the firewood that had been burned, and handed it to the shopkeeper, saying:
"Things are already done, don't touch this bundle of firewood."
The people in the hotel seemed to understand his words, but they trusted him very much, and they felt that it would not hinder them when they were placed next to him, so they piled them on the wall.
A few days passed, and people had long forgotten the bundle of firewood that had been burned with fire. Suddenly, one day, the store suddenly caught fire, and the fire suddenly went out under the wall of the store. People were very strange, and when they looked at it, they saw that the bundle of firewood was still piled up there, and only then did they understand the old man's intention of borrowing firewood and grass, and they were amazed. At this moment, the old man came over with a smile and said to the shopkeeper:
"The fire has been burned, is it all right?"
The shopkeeper hurriedly stepped forward, and looked up violently, but saw that the old man had gone far.
At that time, there was a man named Liu Ze, who also heard the anecdotes of the old man and admired it very much. Once, the old man suddenly walked to Liu Ze's side, and before he could speak, he first gave Liu Ze a cloth robe, and then said:
"Cover your hips with it."
Having said that, he turned and left.
Liu Ze looked at the cloth robe, the light was shining, and the dirt on it was not known how many layers were knotted, so he felt that it was not clean, and only took it home and hung it in front of the bathroom. On this night, Liu Ze angered Taishou for a small matter. Taishou was very angry and ordered to hit him 50 big boards. After being beaten, he dragged his legs, his right hand on his ass, and walked out of the house with a twist. Less than 10 steps away, I saw the old man standing in front of me laughing coldly. With his head bowed in shame, he walked past the old man with difficulty, and faintly heard the old man say:
"Look! Teach you to cover it with a cloth robe, and you don't listen to my advice, how about it?
The old man saw Liu Ze walking away, shook his head, turned and walked back.
After a while, I saw the old man appear on the street again, carrying a long and thick bamboo pole on his shoulder, until he came to the door of the Liu Family Restaurant, which was fair and upright, put down the bamboo pole, leaned against the door, and said:
"Save you, save you, move it and you'll eat the iron rod."
The next day, a rogue rogue suffered from the pusher and took up a large knife to avenge himself. The official came to the Liu Family Restaurant, and the rogue rogue followed. The push officer had no way to escape in a hurry, and when he saw the bamboo pole leaning against the door, he ran straight to the window, followed the bamboo pole, and slid to the ground. The hotel was spared a shock, and the pusher saved his life because of this bamboo pole.
It just so happens that there is also a hotel opposite the Liu family, surnamed Han, who is greedy and has a lot of lime in the wine. Schadenfreude about the events that occurred in the Liu family, and yawned in defeat because they did not make a big fuss. At this time, I saw that the old man came over, walked inside, took a spoonful of urine, and walked out of the Door of the Han family's store, "Grunting" and drinking to the sky. There were a lot of people watching from the sidelines. The old man finished drinking and wiped it with his sleeve
Mouth, to the people said:
Eating this is better than his wine.
The people laughed and dispersed. Since then, no one has gone to the Korean hotel to buy wine and drink.
It is also said that there was a man named Ye Sen in Jianning, who wandered to Wuzhou and lived by asking for food. One day, I met an old man on the road. The old man gave him a large sum of money and said:
"You'll be rich from now on." But don't throw it away! ”
By the next year, Ye Sen was prosperous and had a very rich income, accumulating more than 1,000 hanging money. But after he paid his taxes, he accidentally lost the large amount of money given by the old man, and it happened that his wife died of ineffective medical treatment. His original savings were thus spent.
The old man's fame grew, and people knew that he knew the misfortunes of man so well that he came one after another. In this way he was a little annoyed and drove the people out with his cane.
