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The origin of prodigal son's return to gold

Name: the prodigal son never changes money.

English name: Tuhlaajapoika

Pinyin: Longman z ǐ huí tó u j ī n b ī Juan

Explanation: it means that people who don't follow the right path are extremely valuable after turning over a new leaf.

Source: "Eighty-one Dreams and Thirty-two Dreams": "There is a saying that the prodigal son will not change his gold."

Example: A prisoner repents, and his family boasts, "Really!" .

Usage: as object and attribute; Used to praise people who have corrected their mistakes.

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There was a rich man in the Ming Dynasty, who was over 500 years old and named Tianbao. When Tianbao grows up, he idles around and spends money like water. The old rich man was afraid that his son would lose his family business, so he hired a gentleman to teach him reason and not let him go out easily. Under her husband's discipline, Tianbao gradually learned books and etiquette. Soon, Tianbao's parents died unfortunately, and Tianbao's studies were interrupted.

As soon as Tianbao's husband left, friends he knew as a child came to visit again. Tianbao germinated in the old state and drank and had fun all day. In less than two years, the rich family spent all their money and finally made a living by begging. Only then did Tianbao regret his past life and decided to mend it. One night, he borrowed a book. Because the ground was frozen, the road was slippery. Besides, after a day of rice failure, he didn't have the strength to get up. Soon, he was frozen on the side of the road.

At this moment, Mr. Wang happened to pass by and saw Tianbao holding a book, frozen on the side of the road. He felt pity and ordered his family to save Tianbao. After Tianbao was rescued, Mr. Wang inquired about his family background, sympathized with him, and left him, intending to make Tianbao the husband of his daughter Mela. Tianbao was very happy about this and quickly thanked Mr. Wang for saving his life. Since then, Tianbao has lived in Mr. Wang's home and tried to teach Melanie to read and write.

Chimonanthus praecox is as beautiful as flowers, gentle and virtuous. Tianbao just started studying, and after a long time, he couldn't help but form the old habit of dreaming about wintersweet. Chimonanthus praecox was so angry that she cried to her father, but her husband listened quietly. He was afraid that it would spread to the outside world and affect his daughter's reputation, so he wrote a letter called Tianbao and said to him, "Tianbao, I need your help in an urgent matter." Tianbao said, "I owe you, and I won't refuse anything!" " Mr. Wang said, "I have a cousin who lives near a bridge in Suzhou. Please send this letter to him in Suzhou. You should start now! " After that, I gave Tianbao twenty-two taels of silver as a toll. Although Tianbao didn't want to leave wintersweet, he had no choice but to continue on his way.

Who knows, in Suzhou, there are Confucius Bridges everywhere. Tianbao searched for more than half a month, but he couldn't find Mr. Wang's cousin's residence. Seeing that the travelling expenses were almost spent, he couldn't help feeling ashamed when he opened the letter. I saw four words written on it: "When the roadside was frozen, I dare to beat wintersweet today; There is no cousin across a bridge, so you don't have to pay back all the money! "

Tianbao wanted to throw himself into the river after reading the letter, but on second thought, Teacher Wang not only saved my life, but also saved my reputation. Why can't I earn 220 taels of silver and return it to Mr. Wang as a confession? So Tianbao cheered up and helped others during the day; Burning the midnight oil, reading at night. After three years, he not only accumulated 220 taels of silver, but also became a learned scholar. At this time, he just started the exam, and Tianbao went to Beijing to catch the exam, and he won a prize in one fell swoop. So he went back and confessed to Mr. Wang.

When he arrived at Mr. Wang's house, Tianbao plopped down on his knees, holding a letter and twenty taels of silver in his hand, telling Mr. Wang that he was guilty. When Mr. Wang saw that the juren in front of him was Tianbao, he quickly took the letter and money. When he saw it, he said it was written three years ago. But after his four sentences, four more sentences were added: "I haven't found my cousin for three years, and the benefactor has returned the silver before the court;" "The prodigal son returns, not for gold, but to return to his hometown to be a sage."

Mr. Wang was overjoyed. He quickly helped Tianbao up, asked him how he was getting warm and cold, and personally promised to give the wintersweet to Tianbao.