One day, devout believers went to the market to sell spun yarn as usual. In the market, he met a relative and he was very sad. Sighed, and then asked him:
"Long time no see. How are your days? "
Relatives cried to him about the hardships of life and asked him for help. He was kind enough to give all the money he had just earned from selling yarn in the market to his relatives.
He went home empty-handed. When his family saw that he had neither cotton nor food, they asked him strangely:
"Why did you come back empty-handed today?"
He said, "I met a poor relative in the market, and I gave him all the money I earned today."
The family didn't complain, but searched everything and found a broken wooden pallet and an old urn to sell in the market. But unexpectedly, no one wants to buy this rubbish. Just as he was cornered, a fishmonger came over with a rotten fish in his hand. The same fate, some people speculate that the fish seller said:
"Why don't we exchange the unsold goods?"
The believers agreed. He brought home a stinky fish, which he bought with a broken wooden pallet and an old urn. When the family saw that the fish was rotten and smelly, they couldn't eat it at all, so they could only shake their heads and sigh.
But he said: "fish is not fresh, but it is better to have fish than no fish." I'll gut it, rinse it, burn it before eating, and maybe it won't stink. "
After that, he cut open the stomach of the smelly fish with a knife and found a crystal pearl in it. He took out the pearl and looked at it in a bright place. When he found that the pearl had not been drilled, he concluded that it was not someone else's.
The next day, he took the pearl to the market and showed it to a jeweler he knew. The jeweler looked at it carefully and said,
"This is an ordinary pearl, and I'll give you $1,000 for it. If you don't want to sell it, please show it to others. Maybe a businessman with more capital will pay a big price. "
He thanked the jeweler and went to a big jewelry store for appraisal. When the merchant saw the pearl, he was surprised to say:
"This pearl is worth 70,000 yuan. I gave you the highest price. "
Believers agreed, exchanged money on the spot and found a porter to take the money home. Hardly had he got home when a beggar came up to him and begged him to say:
"Do me a favor, see how poor I am. Please give me some. "
The believer said, "Yesterday, I was in the same situation as you, but I didn't eat or wear. It is unstable. Now that I am rich, I am richer than you. I will give you half of the money I get. "
Afterwards, the believers divided the money for selling pearls into two and gave the beggar 35,000 yuan. Instead of reaching for money, the beggar smiled and said to him:
"May God bless you. Bless you. I don't want the money, you keep it, and the whole family can live well. I'm not a beggar, I'm just asking God to test your heart. "