XiaoBian said: Oyster sauce is a big delicacy in Chaoshan Province, but why is such a delicacy in Chenghai folk there is such a story as "punishing thieves to eat oyster fried"?
During the late Ming and early Qing dynasties. There are no more than 100 households in Yanhongtantou Village, Chenghai County. It is blessed with a large shallow beach outside the village's seawall, and most of the villagers live by fishing in the sea, especially for raising oysters and picking oysters.
As the villagers lived a better life, the village set up the first primary school since the founding of the township, and hired an old mr. Yamauchi to teach. The villagers regard the school-running hall as more solemn than the New Year's Festival, and they are even more respectful to the old gentleman who wears flower glasses with ink and ink. The old man's meals are rotated by the villagers according to the student account. Everyone wants to entertain the old gentleman.
The first meal of the first household is first served with oyster fried in the local name. The old man looked at the fried oyster frying, the throat knot could not help but move, so the large plate of oyster frying did not take much effort to eat, and then brought fish, shrimp, egg soup or something, he could not eat a bite.
That night, the second household that took the turn to feast on the old man tomorrow, and came to the first household to ask for advice. The three meals arranged the next day are also fried with oysters.
The news that the old man loves to eat oyster fried has quietly spread among the villagers, the third household, the fourth household... The meals are fried with oysters please the old gentleman.
Every day oysters are fried, meals are fried, and as soon as he hears that the parents of the students have invited him to dinner, the old man has goosebumps all over his body. He wanted to express his bitterness, and he was afraid of insulting Sven. Every meal. All that came up on the table was oyster fried, and it was a living sin!
One day, the villagers caught a thief from a foreign country. Tied to the stone pillar at the entrance of the academy. There were a lot of onlookers. How can we punish this thief with hatred? Some said to feed him, some said to prick his nails, and there were different opinions. At this time, the old man came out of the school, and the villagers asked the old man for advice.
When the old man heard it, he didn't even think about it, and blurted out: "Punish the thief for eating oysters and frying!" ”
At this point, everyone knows that the old man is afraid to eat oyster fried, and it is really a pity that his kindness has become a pity!
There is another version in the folk: many years ago, in the oyster-rich Chenghai Salt Stove Township, there was a thief who had not changed his ways and was caught again. The townspeople could not do anything with him, sent him to the government, and released him after a few days of detention; beat him up, and feared that he would be crippled by the wrong hand; and he did not think of repenting after good words and persuasion. An old man suddenly had a whimsical idea, saying that this person liked to eat oysters the most, so he punished him for eating oysters. The thief was so happy to hear it, and at first he swallowed a lot, but he didn't eat a "ding", he was full, and finally he ate with tears, which was worse than being beaten, so he had to ask for forgiveness and promise to change from evil to righteousness in the future. He was afraid of being punished with oysters again, and he did indeed embark on the right path.
Source: Yanhong Life
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