The story of the rich and the poor throwing gold away

Poor and Rich

In ancient times, God was still accustomed to deal personally with mortals on earth. Once it was already dark and he had not found a hotel yet. The gloomy night made him physically and mentally haggard. At this time, he found that there were two houses facing each other on both sides of the road: one was large and beautiful, the other was small and dilapidated. The big one belonged to a rich man, and the small one belonged to a poor man. God thought to himself: "If I live in the rich man's house, I will not increase his burden." When the rich man heard someone knocking on the door, he opened the window and asked the stranger what he wanted. God replied: "I just want to live in a house." "At night."

The rich man looked up and down at the visitor. When he saw that God was dressed plainly and did not look like someone with any money in his pocket, he shook his head and said, "No, I can't let you live there." , My house is full of herbs and seeds. If I accept everyone who knocks on the door, I will have to go out to beg for food before long. "After that, he closed the window and closed the door. Put it outside.

So God turned around and left the rich man, walked to the small house opposite and knocked on the door. As soon as he knocked on the door, the poor man opened the small door and invited the visitor in. "Stay the night with me, it's already dark," he said. "You can't go any further tonight." God was moved and he came into the house. The poor man's wife shook his hand to welcome him, and told him to be welcome, just as he was at home, and to use whatever he had, saying that although they could not give him much, they would sincerely entertain him with all they had. The mistress put the potatoes on the fire and boiled them, and at the same time milked the goats, so that they would have some milk to drink. After spreading the tablecloth, God and the host sat down. Although the food was not exquisite, God liked it very much because everyone sat at the table to eat happily. After dinner, it was time to go to bed. The hostess called her husband aside and said: "Listen, dear husband, let's make a straw bed tonight and let the poor guest have a good sleep in our bed. He He must be tired after walking all day. "I completely agree," he replied, "I'll tell him right away." He went over and invited the strange guest to sleep with them if he didn't mind. Have a good rest in bed. But God would definitely not want to sleep in the bed of two old people. No matter how much God refused, they just didn't agree, until finally, God accepted and slept on the bed, and they themselves spread some grass on the ground and lay on it.

The next day, at dawn, they got up and cooked the best breakfast they could for their guests. When the sunlight passed through the small window, God got up, ate with them again, and then prepared to set off on his way.

He stood in front of the door, turned around and said, "You are kind people, please make three wishes for yourself, and I will grant them." So the poor man said, "I hope we The couple will be happy and healthy for a lifetime, and have bread to eat every day. I don’t know what else is needed for this third wish. "God said to him: "Don't you want to replace your old house with a new one?" "Oh. "Yes," the poor man said, "I would be very happy if I could also have a new house." God fulfilled his wish and turned their dilapidated house into a new house, and then expressed his blessing to them again and went up. Road.

The sun was rising high. The rich man got up, leaned out of the window and looked out. He saw a brand new red brick house with large windows where the dilapidated shed used to be on the other side of the road. bright. He couldn't help being shocked, and hurriedly called his wife and asked: "Tell me, what happened? It was the same pitiful little shed last night. How come it has become a brand new and beautiful big house today? Hurry over and take a look." Look what's going on."

So his wife went over to ask the poor man, and he told her: "Last night, a passerby came and asked for a stay, and he made it happen when he left this morning. Three wishes - a lifetime of happiness and health, bread every day, and a new and beautiful big house to replace our old shed." After hearing this, the rich man's wife hurried back to tell her. What happened to my husband. The rich man sighed: "I really want to tear myself apart! Why didn't I know earlier! The passerby came to our house first and wanted to stay here, but I kicked him away." "Then why don't you hurry up? !" His wife urged: "You can catch up with him on horseback, but you must let him grant you three wishes." The rich man thought this was a good idea, so he got on his horse and ran away, and he caught up soon. God.

He apologized softly to God and asked God not to be angry for not letting him directly into the house. He said that he was looking for the key to the front door and did not realize that the passerby had left; if he came back, he would definitely let him in. He lives together. "Well," God said, "I will do this if I come back." Then the rich man asked him if he could also make three wishes, just like his neighbor. "Sure," God replied, but obviously it probably wouldn't do him any good and he'd be better off not making a wish. But the rich man secretly thought, as long as you let me realize my wish, I will make a wish to make my life more comfortable. God had no choice but to tell him:

"Go home, the three wishes you made will come true later."

The rich man's request was met, On the way home, while riding his horse, he was thinking about what he should wish for. As he was thinking about it, the reins fell off. At this time, the horse began to walk dishonestly and jumped while walking, which confused his thinking and made him Couldn't concentrate at all. He patted the horse's neck and said, "Be gentle, Lisa." But the horse started to do something new. Finally he couldn't bear it anymore and shouted loudly: "I hope to break your neck!" As soon as he finished speaking, the horse fell to the ground and died motionless. Just like that, his first wish came true. Because he was stingy by nature and was reluctant to throw away the saddle, he took off the saddle and carried it on his shoulders. Now he had to walk home. "I have two wishes left." He comforted himself.

He walked slowly on the desert. The sun at noon was as hot as a stove, and his fire grew stronger and stronger. The saddle hurt his shoulders, and he hadn't thought of what to make a wish for yet. "If I wanted to get all the wealth in the world," he said to himself, "I would definitely not think about it all at once. I would have to anticipate everything in advance and find ways to succeed at once without missing anything." Then he sighed: "Well, if I were a Bavarian farmer, it would be easy to make three wishes. The first wish is for a lot of beer, the second wish is for as much beer as I can drink, and the third wish is for me to drink as much beer as I can. I wish I had one more barrel of beer."

There were several times when he thought he had already thought about it, but after a while, he felt that it was too little. At this time, what he was thinking about was how comfortable his wife was, staying in the house to cool down, and maybe eating something delicious. It didn't matter if he thought about it like this. Not to mention how annoyed he was, he said in a daze: "I really hope she can't get in and out of the saddle while sitting on this saddle, so that I don't have to carry it all the way." Before he finished speaking, The saddle on his shoulders was gone, and he realized that his second wish had also come true. He immediately felt that the heat was unbearable. He started running, wanting to get home quickly and stay alone in the house to think about some really big things to wish for. Unexpectedly, when he got home and opened the door, he saw his wife riding on a saddle in the middle of the house, crying and fussing, unable to get off. He comforted: "Be patient for a while, and later I will promise to give you all the wealth in the world, just stay there and don't move." However, she scolded him as a fool: "If I always ride on this saddle If I can't get up and down, what's the use of all the wealth in the world to me? You made a wish to get me up, so you have to get it down for me." In this way, the rich man has no choice, whether he likes it or not. He had to make a third wish to get his wife off the saddle. This wish came true immediately. In the end, the rich man gained nothing except trouble, fatigue, humiliation, and the loss of his horse; but the poor pair lived happily, peacefully, and abiding by their duties all their lives.