Chapter 17 Blessings of a thousand taels of gold

There was a young man who starved to death when he was twenty years old because he had no food to eat. He went to Lord Yama, who found out from the book of life and death that this young man should have a lifespan of sixty years old, and he would be rewarded with one thousand taels of gold in his life, so he shouldn't starve to death at such a young age. Hades thought to himself: "Could it be the God of Wealth who polluted the money?" So he called the God of Wealth to question.The God of Wealth said: "I think this man's literary talent is good. If he writes articles, he will definitely prosper, so he handed over one thousand taels of gold to Wenquxing." The King of Hades called Wenquxing to ask again.

Wen Quxing said: "Although this man has literary talents, he is active by nature. I'm afraid he can't develop his articles. I think he has good martial arts skills. If he goes to martial arts, he will have a better future, so I gave Wu Quxing one thousand taels of gold. "Yan Wang called Wu Quxing to ask again. Wu Quxing said: "Although this man is good in literature and martial arts, he is very lazy. I am afraid that it will not be easy to give him a thousand taels of gold no matter whether he is from literature or martial arts, so I have to give the gold to the Lord of the Land." call.

The land man said: "This man is really lazy. I was afraid that he would not get the gold, so I buried the gold in the field his father used to plow. When he came out from the house, if he was willing to dig a hoe, he would dig the gold. It's a pity. After his father died, he never dug a hoe, and just starved to death like that.” In the end, Hades sentenced him to “deserve it”, and then handed over the one thousand taels of gold to the treasury. This is a popular folk tale, which contains a very profound implication. It is said that no matter how great a person's blessings, literary talents and martial arts are, if he is not willing to live hard and hard, it is useless!

Another implication is that for those who are willing to practice, every step and every hoe is worth a thousand taels of gold.If you don't practice it, you won't be able to see even the gold buried in the nearest place!