A short story about brotherhood.

Once upon a time, there was a family named Tian at the foot of a mountain in Suzhou. My parents died, leaving only three brothers. The eldest is Jia Fu, the second is Jia Lu, and the third is Jia Shou. The family lives by growing flowers and picking tea.

But the three brothers often bicker and quarrel, even fight with each other, and sometimes kill each other, making it difficult for the family to get along. What is the reason? It turns out that among the three brothers, the eldest is greedy for profit, the second is greedy for money, and the third is greedy for money. All three are selfish and greedy.

One year, the three brothers planted tea trees on the shady side of Beishan and flowers on the sunny side of Nanshan. It is a kind of flower said to come from India, called Mani flower. Mani was originally a jewel embedded in the crown given to the princess by the king of India. It is white, bright and precious. This flower is very similar in shape to a sphere. It is white, round and fragrant, so it is called "Mani Flower".

At the end of spring and the beginning of summer this year, Mani flowers are in bloom, and the tea trees have grown up and can be picked. The fragrance of flowers in Nanshan was blown to the tea forest in Beishan by the wind. The boss was the first to find that this year's tea was sweet. Sweet and refreshing, fragrant and intoxicating. The boss was so happy that he secretly picked the tea first and sold it in the market without telling the second and third children. Sure enough, everyone liked it and rushed to buy it. The price was much higher than in previous years and it was sold out soon.

This matter is known to the second and third children. The second child said: he planted tea trees in Beishan and mani flowers in Nanshan, and all the money for selling tea should belong to him. The third son said: he has made contributions to growing tea, but he has worked hard to grow flowers. All the money he sells should belong to him. The boss said: Mani was planted by everyone, and tea was picked by everyone. But it was his boss who found the tea fragrant, so the money sold should only belong to him. The three brothers had a terrible quarrel, so they started fighting. As the saying goes, "no good words scold each other, no good fists hit each other." The fight was three losses, and I still refused to give up. You grabbed me and I grabbed you, so I went to Dai Kui.

Who's Dai Kui? It turned out that he was a famous sculptor and pianist. It is said that his piano can attract the phoenix and make the birds dance. When the Prime Minister knew about it, he sent someone to the Prime Minister's office to find him to play the piano. But he didn't want to bend over for the dignitaries, smash the piano and live in seclusion in the deep mountains of Suzhou. Therefore, all people in Suzhou know that he is honest and fair, and they all respect him. They are willing to ask him for help and express their opinions on anything.

On this day, a family of three brothers found Dai Kui here. The three men struggled to tell the story. Dai Kui smiled and said, "Fortunately, Mani scented tea is very expensive. But, mani, mani, don't turn it into profit, but treat it as profit in the end. People can't seek too much profit, and they can't forget righteousness because of profit. It is not worth hurting the brotherhood of brothers for the benefit. If you three brothers work together, the loess in front of the door will turn into gold. I think we should change' Mani' to' Molly' in the future. As long as all three of you remember these two words: Molly, you will never fight again. " The three brothers listened to Dai Kui's persuasion, United as one and created a happy life. This incident has also educated people from all directions. Since then, the people in this area are simple and honest, and the people live in harmony. People renamed "Mani Flower" as "Jasmine Flower". Later generations may have added a grass prefix called "jasmine" because it is a flower.

Whether this legend is true or not has not been confirmed. But Molly's name was handed down like this. It is the pure, natural and extraordinary elegance of jasmine; Or does it not pursue fame and gain, but always silently send a ray of fragrant and noble dedication to people in the silent night, making people believe this legend more? Or is this legend based on Jasmine's extraordinary temperament and noble spirit? At present, the author has not yet verified it.

As night falls, jasmine is fragrant again.