In the Song Dynasty, a carpenter walked at night and met a fleeing beauty, and the carpenter took home to kill chickens for entertainment. In the middle of the night, the woman asked to make a promise, and the carpenter agreed with great joy. When the two were intimate, the carpenter suddenly felt a yellow talisman and slammed it against her forehead, tied her up and taught her a lesson, and then drove her away.
At the foot of Dalong Mountain, there is a carpenter in his thirties, Wang Zheng, who has been living alone since the death of his parents, Wang Zheng has nothing else to ask for, only to bury himself in his carpenter work, and the matchmaker has introduced many objects to him, but he always shirks this affair.
Recently, a strange incident occurred in the village: many people's chickens, ducks and other poultry disappeared one after another, and the village chief posted a notice warning everyone to pay attention to anti-thieves, and once they found strange suspicious people, they would report it immediately, but the matter did not stop, and the case of poultry disappearance continued.
That evening, Wang Zheng finished the day's work, carrying tools on the road home, the sky outside had darkened, the moonlight was also very dim, barely able to illuminate the road under his feet, Wang Zheng walked for a while, found a woman lying on the side of the road in front of him, so he stepped forward to check.
The woman was wearing a long cyan dress, with a graceful figure and beautiful appearance, looking to be in her early twenties, she was in pain, she was sitting on the ground with her hands on her knees, and she seemed to be seriously injured.
Wang Zheng asked her with concern how she was sitting alone on the side of the road and did she need help, and the woman replied in a delicate voice: "Thank you for this benefactor's concern, my name is Miao Xiao'e, I was originally a foreigner, but I happened to meet gangsters and was injured by them, I finally escaped, but I was so injured that I couldn't walk." ”
Although Wang Zheng had doubts about this, seeing that she was helpless alone, he still helped her to bring her to his house, and Miao Xiao'e thanked her all the way, saying that she was really grateful to Wang Zheng for her great kindness.
The two came to Wang Zheng's carpenter's house, Wang Zheng first briefly bandaged Miao Xiao'e's wound, and then went to the kitchen to cook a bowl of noodles for her, Miao Xiao'e thanked her again and again, and said that she was too hungry, could you get some meat to eat, Wang Zheng thought about it, went to the backyard to fish a rooster to slaughter, and stewed chicken soup for her.
Miao Xiao'e ate satisfactorily, and asked Wang Zheng for a few bowls of rice wine, and Wang Zheng opened the wine altar and poured it for her. Miao Xiao'e, who finished drinking, said to Wang Zheng with a smile: "Thank you for taking care of Brother Carpenter, you are so good, why don't you find a wife to start a family?" Saying that, he straightened his chest and emitted a burst of aroma.
Wang Zheng's heart moved, and he became wary of this woman, and his grandfather once told him to prevent the female leprechaun from seducing men with beauty. He decided to pretend to be defenseless against Miao Xiao'e first, and then took the opportunity to find out her true face.
Wang Zheng agreed with a smile, first let Miao Xiao'e go to the back room to bathe, and then he took out a yellow paper charm from the old box left by his father and carefully put it in his arms.
After a while, Miao Xiao'e finished washing and exuded a burst of gloom. She stepped forward and put her arm around Wang Zheng, the two kissed together, and stumbled to the back room.
Just as the two were turning clouds and rain, Wang Zheng suddenly took out the charm and pasted it on Miao Xiao'e's head. I only listened to Miao Xiao'e scream, fell softly to the ground, and changed back to its original form - a yellow cat with a big tail!
It turned out that she was a cat demon in the mountains, turning into a woman to mix into the crowd to commit a crime, Wang Zheng tied her tightly with a rope, forcing her to ask her if the chickens and ducks missing in the village during this time were related to her, the yellow cat had no choice but to confess, saying that she did it, she turned into a woman to mix into people's houses, and then took advantage of the night to steal poultry.
Wang Zheng was furious, scolding her for what she had done to harm others and harm herself, the yellow cat begged for forgiveness, vowing never to dare again, although Wang Zheng was angry, but seeing that she had repented, he finally let her go.
A month later, Wang Zheng accidentally picked up two pieces of gold at the door, weighing about a few pounds, he immediately thought of the banshee last time, guessing that this should be a thank you gift from her, Wang Zheng first kept the gold well, and then made plans later.
Later, Wang Zheng finally found the woman he wanted to marry, he used the two pieces of gold to buy a lot of good furniture for the new house, the couple had a good relationship, and then added children, and the days became more and more moist.
People in the village said that Wang was a good man who was wise and capable, and he had submitted to the cat demon because of the ancestral secret method, which shows that he has extraordinary skills.
Although Wang Zheng did not drive demons as a profession, his skillful hands still mixed well in the carpenter industry, and he trained several apprentices to pass on the family carpenter work. In his later years, Wang Zheng had become the master carpenter of this generation, and he won a happy life with his hard work and wisdom.
(The article is adapted from a folk tale, please watch it rationally)
