Chapter 163 190. Jufa

1. Zhufa and plaster statues Once upon a time, there was a mother who was very poor.She has a son named Jufa.Jufa is stupid, lazy, and likes to be mischievous.Once, the mother took a piece of cloth and said to Zhufa: "Go and sell this piece of cloth. But remember, don't sell the cloth to those who love to chatter, but to those who talk less. people." Zhu Fa took the cloth and went around the city to sell it. "Selling cloth! Who will buy my cloth!" A woman stopped and said to him, "Let me see." She looked at the cloth and asked, "How much does this cloth cost?"

"You talk too much," Zhufa said, "my mother won't let me sell cloth to nagging people." After speaking, he turned and left. He met another farmer.The farmer asked, "How much?" "Ten scutos." "Yo, it's too expensive." "You are too wordy, I won't sell it to you." In his eyes, those who stopped him or came up to him to ask the price were too wordy, so he didn't want to sell cloth to them.He wandered around until he walked into a yard.In the center of the courtyard stood a plaster statue.Zhufa said to the statue: "Would you like to buy this piece of cloth?" After waiting for a while, he asked again: "Would you like to buy this piece of cloth?" The statue didn't say a word, but Zhufa was very happy and said : "I've found the man of few words! I'll sell you the cloth." He put the cloth over the statue. "Ten skudos. How about it? Well then, I'll come tomorrow to get the money." After finishing speaking, I left.

As soon as his mother saw him, she asked him about selling cloth. "I've sold the cloth." "Where's the money?" "I'll pick it up tomorrow." "Is the man who bought the cloth trustworthy?" "She's exactly what you're looking for: she hasn't said a word to me, believe it or not?" Early the next morning, he went to the statue to collect the money.He saw that the statue was still standing, but the cloth was gone. "Give me the money!" said Jufa.The statue ignored him, and he became angry. "You took the cloth, and now you want to renege on the bill, don't you? Huh, I want to show you how good I am." He grabbed a hoe and smashed the statue to pieces.Inside the statue, he found a jar of gold coins.He poured the gold coins into a bag, went home and said to his mother, "Mom, that person didn't want to give me money, but I beat her up with a hoe, so she gave me this altar of gold coins."

Her mother, who was a wise man, said to him, "Bring all the gold, and don't tell anyone about it." 2. Jufa, the moon, the thief and the judge One morning, Jufa went outside to mow the grass.It was getting dark before we could get back to the city.He walked home carelessly, and saw that the moon was sometimes covered by the clouds, and sometimes emerged from the clouds.He simply sat on the rock, looked up at the moon that was fading and disappearing, and shouted: "Come out! Come out!" After a while, he shouted: "Hiding! Hide!" He shouted over and over again : "Come out! Hide!"

At this time, two thieves happened to be on the side of the road who were about to share a sheep that had just been stolen.Suddenly I heard shouts of "come out!" and "hide!", thinking that the police were chasing me.They ran away in fright, not even caring about the sheep. Zhu Fa heard the sound of two thieves running away, so he went over to see what happened.He found the sheep that had been thrown on the ground by the thief, so he took out a knife and cut up the lamb one by one.He packed the mutton in a bag and continued on his way. When he reached the door, he called, "Mom, open the door."

"Why did you come back so late?" Mom asked. "I can only carry the mutton back when it gets dark. I have to sell all the meat tomorrow, and I need to get some money to spend." "Tomorrow you should go to the countryside to mow grass, and I will sell meat for you." The next night, as soon as Zhu Fa came home, he asked his mother, "Have you sold all the meat?" "Sold it. I gave all the meat to flies on credit." "When will they pay?" "That will wait until they have money." Jufa waited for more than a week.However, the fly never sent him any money.Then he ran to the judge, and said, "Your Honor, I beseech you to judge. I gave the mutton to the flies on credit, and they have not paid me so far."

"The sentence is as follows: when you see a fly, you have the right to kill it," the judge said. At this moment, a fly flew over and landed on the judge's nose. Zhufa punched the judge and flattened the fly. 3. Jufa and the red beret Jufa is unwilling to work.After dinner, he always went out to hang out right away.His mother said to him: "Zhufa, you can't just hang around like this! You're always eating, drinking, and not doing your job! Can't you do something meaningful? I'm so fed up: or you just go to work and do it yourself." Earn money and spend it; if not, you'll get out."

So Jufa left home and went to Via Casaro to earn what he needed.He took one thing from one store and another from another, and soon he had everything covered from head to toe.He said to every shopkeeper: "I will pay on credit first, and I will pay for it another day." The last thing he carried was a red beret. When he saw his well-dressed body, he said: "Okay, it's almost done, my mother won't say that I don't do business anymore!" But when he thought about paying the bills, he decided to play dead. He fell headfirst on the bed, crossed his hands, kicked his feet, and cried, "I can't do it! I'm going to die!" His mother scratched her hair anxiously, crying, "My son! What a pity you are! My son!" Hearing her cries, people gathered around one after another, and they all sympathized with her.As the news spread, even the shopkeepers came to visit Zhu Fa. "Poor Jufa," they said, "he took a pair of trousers from me, and owes me six towers... I'll write that off. May he rest in peace!" All the shopkeepers came, and they all wrote off The debt owed by Zhu Fa.

However, the owner of the red beret refused to write off the account. "I don't want to cancel the bill for the hat." He also went to visit the dead Jufa, and seeing that Jufa still had the brand new beret on his head, he came up with a solution.While the gravediggers carried Jufa's body to the church for burial, he hid in the church until dark. It was getting dark gradually.Several thieves sneaked into the church, where they were going to divide the stolen money equally.Jufa lay motionless in the coffin, and the beret shopkeeper hid behind the door.Those thieves dumped a bag of money on the ground, and scattered gold and silver coins all over the ground.They divide the money into piles according to the number of people.But in the end there was one gold coin in the Twelve Pagodas, and I don't know who to share it with.

"Don't hurt yourselves for a little money," one of them said. "That way, there's a dead man lying over there. We'll make him a target. Whoever hits him with money will get the money. How?" "Good idea. Let's do it," said all the thieves. So the thieves all went to their respective positions, ready to take aim.Hearing these words, Zhu Fa suddenly stood up from the coffin and shouted loudly: "All the dead, stand up!" The thieves dropped the money and ran away. Seeing that he was alone, Zhu Fa ran towards the pile of money.At this time, the owner of the beret also ran out from the shadows and rushed towards the money pile.As a result, the two of them split the pile of money equally.However, there was one five-grano piece left that could not be divided.

Zhu Fa said, "This money is mine." "No, it should be given to me." "It should be given to me." "be mine." Jufa picked up a candle extinguisher, waved it at the shopkeeper and said, "Give me that five-grano!" At this time, the thieves were quietly hiding outside the church door to eavesdrop, wanting to see what happened, because they regretted throwing so much money there and ran away.They heard the quarrel about the five granos inside, and they said in horror: "My God! How many dead people have come out of the coffin! Even if they only got five granos each, the pile of money would not be enough for them." Ah!" They ran away in a scramble. Zhufa and the shopkeeper went home with a bag of money each.In the end, Jufa got the five Granos. 4. Zhufa and the skin Zhu Fa's mother felt that the son was hopeless, so she sent him to work as a waiter in a small restaurant.The shopkeeper said to him, "Zhufa, go to the beach and wash this skin for me. You must wash it, or I will beat you." Zhufa took the skin and went to the beach.He washed and washed all morning. "But how do I know that the skin has been washed? I have to ask someone." There was no one on the beach at that time.But at sea, there is a ship that has just left the shore.Zhu Fa took out his handkerchief and waved it vigorously: "Hey, please come here! Come here!" The captain said: "Someone on the shore is signaling to us. Let's go and have a look. Maybe they will bring us some news. Maybe we forgot something on the shore..." The people on the boat put down a small boat and went to the shore draw sideways. "What do you want?" asked the captain. "Your Excellency, please tell me: has this skin been washed?" Immediately the captain became furious, grabbed a stick, and beat Jufa hard. Zhu Fa cried and said, "Then what should I say?" "You should say: 'God, let them run!' Then we can go faster and make up for lost time." Zhufa put the skin bag on his shoulders and walked back enduring the pain, repeating loudly as he walked: "God, let them run! God, let them run! God, let them run!" Run!" Coincidentally, he met a hunter who was aiming at two rabbits.Zhufa was still yelling: "God, let them run away! God, let them run away!" The two rabbits were scared away.The hunter yelled at him angrily, "Hey, you fool! Just go your way, and don't meddle in your own business!" and hit him on the head with the butt of his rifle. "Then what should I say?" Jufa asked crying. "You should say: 'God, let them die fast!'" Zhu Fa continued on his way with his skin on his back.He repeated in his mouth: "God, let them die quickly!" This time, he happened to meet another pair of people who were quarreling.Zhufa said: "God, let them die quickly!" Hearing this, the two quarreling people stopped talking and ran to Zhufa together, "You bastard! What's the matter with you, run to Come here to make trouble!" So the two of them turned around and beat Jufa hard. Zhufa whimpered, "Then what should I say?" "What should you say? You should say: 'God, keep them apart!'" "Okay. God, let them separate! God, let them separate!" Jufa repeated, and continued on his way. At this time, a couple walked out of the church after their wedding and heard Jufa yelling: "God, let them separate!" You bastard! How dare you try to separate us!" Zhu Fa couldn't bear to be beaten anymore, he fell to the ground and passed out.People ran to help him up.Then he opened his eyes.People asked him: "What are you thinking? You say that to newlyweds!" "Then what should I say?" "You should say, 'God, make them laugh! God, make them laugh!'" Zhu Fa picked up his skin again and continued on his way, repeating these words over and over again.At this time, he passed by a family that was having a funeral.Candles were lit around the coffin, and relatives were wailing around the dead.They heard Jufa pass by the door, calling, "God, let them laugh! God, let them laugh!" A man came out with a stick and beat Jufa. Only then did Zhu Fa understand that it is best to keep silent.So he ran straight back to the hotel.However, the owner of the hotel was also very angry because he sent Jufa out to wash his skin early in the morning, and he didn't come back until evening.As a result, he beat Jufa too, and fired him. 5. Eat, my beautiful clothes Jufa is a fool, so no one ever invites him to be a guest.Once, Jufa went to a village, he wanted to see how people would treat him.As a result, the country people saw his slovenliness and let the dogs bite him.Later, his mother bought him a light overcoat, a pair of trousers, and a velvet waistcoat.This time, Zhu Fa dressed up like a country gentleman and came to the same village as last time.The peasants were astonished to see Jufa in such a stately attire, and hastily invited him to a table, and said many flattering words to him. When eating, Zhufa put food into his mouth with one hand, and stuffed food into his pockets with the other hand, saying, "Eat, eat, my beautiful coat, They invited you not me!" Sixth, Zhu Fa, bring it to your door! Zhu Fa and his mother went to work in the fields. His mother left the house first and said to Zhu Fa, "Don't forget, Zhu Fa, close the door when you leave." After his mother left, Jufa began to pull on the door vigorously.He pulled and pulled until the door came off its hinges.He put the door on his back, "closed the door" and walked behind his mother.After walking for a short distance, Zhu Fa said, "Mom, it's too heavy! I can hardly breathe!" The mother asked: "What made you feel like this?" When she turned around, she saw that her son was carrying the door behind his back! When they got home, they walked very slowly because they were carrying such a heavy thing.When it was dark, they were still far from home.Afraid of encountering robbers, they climbed up a big tree with Zhufa still carrying the door panel on his back. In the middle of the night, a group of thieves came to the tree, ready to share the spoils. After a while, Zhufa whispered to his mother, "Mom, I want to pee." "no." "I can't hold it anymore." "to beat." "I can't bear it any longer." "You can." "No, Mom, it really can't." "Okay then, let's go." So, Zhu Fa threw up.When the robbers heard the sound of water falling, they said, "What's the matter? Is it raining?" After a few more minutes, Jufa said, "Mom, I want to poop." "to beat." "I can't help it." "You can." "Mom, I really can't." So Jufa started to poop.The robbers felt that something had fallen, "What is it? The food that fell from the sky? Or is it a bird playing tricks?" The robbers wondered. Jufa kept his back on the door, and he said to his mother, "Mom, the door is too heavy." "Hold on." "It's almost over, Mom." "hold onto." "Mom, I can't hold on any longer." As he said that, the door slid out of his hand and fell right on the robber. The robbers ran away in fright before they could see what was falling. They came down from the tree and found the bag full of gold coins which the robbers were about to divide.They took the gold coins home.Mom said, "Don't tell anyone about it, or we'll both be arrested." Then Jufa's mother went outside to buy some raisins and dried figs, climbed up on the roof, waited for Jufa to come out of the house, and sprinkled raisins and dried figs on his head. "Mom," Jufa called, pointing. "What's the matter?" Mom agreed on the roof. "Raisins and dried figs are falling from the sky!" "It's raisin and fig day, what can you say?" When Jufa was away, his mother exchanged the gold coins in the bag for rusty iron nails.After a week, Jufa went to find the money in the bag, but the bag was full of rusty nails.He yelled at his mother, "Give me back my money, or I'll sue you." Mom said, "What money?" and then pretended to ignore him. Jufa came to the judge and said, "Your Excellency, I have a bag of gold coins, but my mother has exchanged them for nails." "Gold coins? When have you ever had gold coins?" "Yes, I did, the day the raisins and figs were dropped." So the judge sent him to a madhouse. (Sicily area)