Chapter 65 The story of the fisherman and the male fish-1

Long, long ago, there lived a fisherman named Abdullah, who was very poor and had nine sons.He makes a living by fishing, and the money he sells for fishing at the beach every day is only enough to make ends meet.Only when you are lucky and you catch more fish can you buy some fruits for the children and improve their lives.In short, Abdullah's family was poor, and he never had another meal.He always sighed and said: "Let's talk about what to eat tomorrow." At the juncture of poverty, his wife gave birth to another son, and there were ten sons in total.In this way, the burden of life for the whole family of twelve fell on the poor fisherman's shoulders, and he couldn't bear it anymore, especially on the day when the youngest son was born, his family had no food at all, and the adults and children were extremely hungry.

His wife said: "The head of the family, quickly find a way to get some food to keep us alive." "Okay," said the fisherman. "Taking advantage of the auspicious day of the birth of the child, I hope Allah will bless me. I will go fishing in the sea. Maybe this newborn baby will bring us good luck." "Go! May Allah protect you and go fishing." The fisherman and the bread maker The fisherman took his net to the seashore, cast it down with hope, gazed at the sea, and prayed silently, "Lord! Please give our child a prosperous life, don't make him suffer from poverty. "

He waited patiently for a while, and then collected the net, but there was not even a small fish in the net except garbage, mud, sand and seaweed.He packed the net, cast the net for the second time, and waited for a while to collect it, but he still didn't catch any fish.He hit the third net again and still missed the fish.Helpless, he had to change the place and continue to cast the net, but he still couldn't catch any fish.In this way, I frequently changed places, but I never caught any fish. He felt strange, and said to himself: "Could it be that Allah created this child to make him suffer?

No, this is absolutely impossible. Allah is omnipotent and will definitely give food to the child; Allah is merciful and will reward the child with food and clothing. " He muttered and put away the fishing net and went home, thinking of his wife and newborn baby who were in confinement at home, he was upset and felt like a knife was piercing his heart.How is this good?What to say to the children? He walked silently, and unknowingly came to Abdullah's stove, which was crowded with people who bought bread, and the smell of bread made him feel more hungry.This is the season when food is scarce, and people who buy noodle cakes are crowded in front of the noodle bakery, one by one scrambling to hand over the money, hoping to buy noodle cakes soon.Due to too many customers, Abdullah, who sells noodle cakes, was so busy that he was overwhelmed.

Then he looked up and saw the poor fisherman, and called to him: "Do you want pancakes?" The fisherman was silent. "Tell me, don't be shy, Allah is merciful." Abdullah, who sells pasta, urged him, "If you have no money, I can give you credit, and I will pay you back when you have money." "By Allah, let me tell the truth, now I am so poor that I have no money, so I have to take this fishing net as collateral, credit some bread, take it home to make ends meet, and redeem it when I catch fish tomorrow. .” "Ah! The fishing net is your lifeblood, the tool you use to make a living. You can't fish with it as a mortgage. Tell me, how much bread do you need?"

"It takes five dollars." Abdullah, who sold bread, gave the fisherman five yuan of bread on credit, and lent him five yuan, saying, "You can go and buy something else for the five yuan. In this way, you owe me ten yuan in total. It’s not too late to pay me back when you catch the fish. If there is no fish to catch, you can just eat the bread.” "Thank you, and may Allah bless you." The fisherman thanked him, bought some food for the children with bread and money, and returned home happily. He saw his wife sitting in the house, comforting the hungry and crying children: "Don't cry, Dad will buy you food soon." So he hurried to his wife and brought food to the children They were talking to his wife about the fishing process and how Abdullah, who sells pasta, took care of him.The wife heard this, cried and said:

"Allah is Merciful." The next day, the fisherman got up early in the morning and went out to fish again with his net. He hurried to the beach, cast his net, and prayed: "O God! Please bless me to catch more fish, so that the children will not be hungry! Don't let me lose face in front of Abdullah who sells bread." He prayed, then cast and closed the net, over and over again.But he was busy until the evening, but he still didn't catch a fish.Disappointed and full of sorrow, he thought to himself: "How embarrassing it is to have to pass by the door of Abdullah who sells bread on his way home! Where do we go home? Better pass by him quickly and don't yell at him. Abdullah of the bread saw me."

But things turned out to be contrary to his wishes. As soon as he walked to the oven, Abdullah, who sold bread, saw him and shouted: "Abdullah, what's wrong with you, did you catch any fish again? It's okay, You just take some bread and pocket money, and return it to me when it’s convenient.” The fisherman Abdullah was very embarrassed. He walked up to Abdullah who was selling bread and said, "I didn't catch any fish today, so I am sorry to come to see you." "Don't worry. Didn't I tell you that we'll talk about it when you're lucky?" Abdullah, who sold bread, said he gave him bread on credit and lent him another five yuan for pocket money.

The fisherman was very grateful and thanked Abdullah who sold the bread very much. He returned home with the bread and money and told his wife the origin of the bread and money.After hearing this, the wife thanked Abdullah, who sold the bread, for his kindness to them, and said, "Allah is merciful. If Allah wishes, he will bestow on you so that you can repay the debt owed to Abdullah." The money was paid off." With hope, the fisherman went to the beach to fish every day, but found nothing.After forty days, they still didn't catch a single fish, and they all depended on Abdullah, who sold bread, to support them.Abdullah, who sold bread, never asked him for fish, and never forced him to pay his debts. He always calmly gave him bread and pocket money on credit. Whenever the fisherman asked him to settle the account, he always says:

"It's not time to pay the bill yet, let's talk about it when you have good luck." The fisherman had no choice but to pray for him and ask Allah to bless him. The fisherman was extremely disappointed. On the forty-first day, he said to his wife angrily: "I will stop fishing, and I will find another way out." "Why is that?" asked the wife inexplicably. "It seems that my life cannot be obtained from the sea. I don't know how long this situation will last. By Allah, I can't lift my head in front of Abdullah who sells bread. I go to the seaside every day to fight Fish must pass by his stove, and there is no other way to go; when I go home and pass by his stove, he always gives me bread on credit and lends me pocket money. When will this kind of life end? ?”

"Praise be to Allah! Thanks to him, Abdullah, who sells bread, has mercy on you, so that you can survive. What can you complain about?" His wife disagreed with him. "But I owe him more and more debts, and he will inevitably come to collect the debt." "Did he hurt you by what he said?" "No! He didn't want to pay the bill himself. He told me to wait until you were lucky." "In that case, it's all right. If he asks you for debts, you just say to him: 'When my luck improves, I will thank you.' Isn't that all right?" "But when will the good luck we are counting on come?" "Don't worry, Allah is merciful." His wife comforted him. "Yes, you are right." The fisherman gained confidence. The fisherman and male fisherman Abdullah came to the beach with his net full of confidence again, and while casting the net, he prayed silently: "O God, please be merciful, I should at least let me catch a fish so that I can give it to the noodle shop." Abdullah of the cake." He waited for a while, and then pulled the net, only to feel that it was very heavy, and he couldn't pull it.He was not afraid of trouble, and with all his strength, he pulled the fishing net up. He saw that there was a dead donkey that was swollen by water and stinking in the net.He felt sick, disappointed, and sighed: "Oh, there is no other way, I only hope that Allah, the Almighty God, will save me. I told my wife that the sea is not a place for me to make a living, and I don't want to fish for a living, but she persuaded me I said, Allah is Merciful and He will bestow on me. Is this dead donkey the gift she said?" He complained, threw away the dead donkey, cleaned the fishing net, moved to a place far away, cast the net again, waited for a while, and then pulled the net.The fishing net was heavier and he couldn't pull it at all. He pulled the net rope tightly and exerted all his strength, his hands were bloodied, and he managed to drag the net to the shore.But when he looked carefully, he was shocked. It turned out that the person hit by the net was a living person. He thought that this person was a devil imprisoned in a gall jar by Emperor Solomon. He fell into the net, so the more he thought about it, the more frightened he became, and he ran away in a hurry, pleading as he ran: "O devil of Solomon's day! Forgive me, forgive me." When the fisherman ran for his life in a panic, he suddenly heard the man shout: "Hey! Fisherman, don't run away, I am also human. Come and let me go, and I will repay you." He heard the shout, and then stopped, trembling back to the beach.It turned out that what he hit was not a devil, but a male mermaid.He felt strange and said to the male mermaid, "Aren't you a devil?" "No, I am not a devil, I am also a human being who believes in Allah." "Then who got you into the water?" "I was originally born in the sea. I swam here just now, and I fell into your net due to carelessness. We live in the sea, obey Allah's orders, and are full of benevolence for all kinds of life created by Allah. If I were not afraid of committing crimes, I would have torn your fishing net long ago. I am a subject of Allah and obey Allah’s arrangements. Now if you are willing to release me, you are my master. Do you put me on the face? Will you become a close friend with me and exchange gifts here every day? If you give me a basket of grapes, figs, watermelons, peaches, pomegranates and other land fruits every day, I will take the same basket Coral, pearl, peridot, emerald, ruby ​​and other treasures in the sea will reward you. I wonder if you agree with my suggestion?" "Okay, I am willing. Now let's recite "Fatihai" ① and formally become close friends." The fisherman agreed to make friends and proposed a way to make friends. The fisherman and the male mermaid each recited the "Fati Sea" and became close friends.When he released the male mermaid from the net, the male mermaid said: "May I ask your honorable name?" "My name is Abdullah." "Really? Then you are Abdullah on land, and I am Abdullah in the sea. We have the same name and are friends. Please wait for me here for a while, and I will fetch you a meeting gift. " "Understood, as ordered." The fisherman said happily. The male mermaid jumped into the sea and disappeared after a while. The fisherman regretted releasing him, and sighed: "How do I know if he will come to see me? If he is trying to get away and lie to me with nice words? If he doesn't let him go, take him to the city for people to watch If you take it to a rich family for an exhibition, maybe you can get some money to spend." The more he thought about it, the more annoyed he became, and he blamed himself, "I'm so stupid! I threw away what I got." Just when he was thinking and regretting, the male mermaid suddenly appeared.Holding both hands full of pearls, corals, emeralds, rubies, and other precious treasures in the sea, he said to the fisherman, "Take it, my friend. Please don't be offended, because I don't have a basket, or I will get you a basket. From now on, let's meet here at dawn every day." After speaking, he bid farewell to the fisherman, jumped into the water and disappeared. The fisherman returned happily with a rare gift from the male mermaid.He went all the way to Abdullah's oven where the bread was sold, and told him quite proudly: "Dude, my luck has come, please pay for me." "Not busy! Not busy! If you catch fish, give it to me; if you haven't caught any fish, you'd better eat the bread and spend your pocket money. We'll talk about it when you're lucky." "Good friend, with the blessings of Allah, I have been lucky. I have always owed you credit, and now I am giving you this as repayment. You can accept it." He said that he divided some of the pearls, corals, rubies and other treasures at hand, and handed them to Abdullah, the bread seller, as a reward, and then said: "Please lend me some pocket money today, when I sell the jewelry , and pay you back together.” Abdullah, who sold flour bread, gave all the money around him to the fisherman and said, "I will be your servant from now on, and I am willing to serve you well." After speaking, he collected all the flour bread, put them in a basket, and put the basket on his head. , to the fisherman's house.He went to the market again, bought all kinds of delicious things, sent them to the fisherman's house, and busily cooked for the fisherman's family to eat.All day long he was busy serving the fisherman's family. "Man, you are too tired." The fisherman was very grateful. "You have infinite favor to me, and I am willing to be your servant. This is my duty." "You are my savior. When I was desperate, I was taken care of by you. I will never forget your kindness." The fisherman thanked Abdullah the bread seller from the bottom of his heart, ate and drank with him, and stayed overnight with him, becoming his confidant. That night, the fisherman told his wife what happened that day. "The process of catching the male mermaid and making friends with the male mermaid," the wife told the fisherman, "You must keep all this secret, and don't let the government know. Otherwise, they will arrest you with excuses." "I keep my secrets from anyone, but I have to tell the truth to Abdullah who sells pasta." He expressed his attitude to his wife. The Fisherman and the Jeweler Early the next morning, the fisherman prepared a basket of fruit, hurried to the beach, and said, "Abdullah of the sea, come out!" "I'm here." The male mermaid suddenly appeared in front of the fisherman. The fisherman hands the fruit to the male mermaid. The male mermaid accepts the fruit and jumps into the water.Not long after, the male mermaid appeared in front of the fisherman again with a basket full of pearls and gems. After accepting the gift, the fisherman bid farewell to the male mermaid, put a basket of jewels on his head, and went home excitedly.On the way home, he passed by the oven where the bread was baked, and Abdullah, who sold the bread, said to him with a smile on his face: "My dear master! I have baked forty sweet loaves for you, and have sent them to your house, and now I am making you a better cake, which will be sent to you when they are baked, and then I'll buy you meat and vegetables again." The fisherman was very grateful, and took three more handfuls of pearls and gems from the basket and gave them to him, and then went home. When the fisherman returned home, he put down his basket, picked some of the most expensive jewels from the heap, and took them to the jewel market.He found the leader of the jeweler and said to him, "Are you buying pearls and gems?" "What kind of jewelry? Let me have a look." The fisherman showed him the pearls and gems around him.After looking at it, he asked, "Apart from these, do you have any other pearls and gems?" "Yes! I still have a whole basket." "Where do you live?"