Once upon a time, there lived a young man on the mountain named Qin Lao. Qin Lao's father and mother died when he was very young. When his father was dying, he told him, "Son, you have to be well when you grow up."

Qin Lao's treasure

Once upon a time, there lived a young man on the mountain, named Qin Lao. Qin Lao's father and mother died when he was very young. When his father was dying, he told him, "Son, when you grow up, you must plant crops well, and crops are the best treasures in the world!" Qin Lao took everything his father said to heart. Qin Lao concentrated on growing crops. On this day, when the ground was almost finished, a businessman passed by the edge of the ground and asked him, "Boy, why are you so happy?" Qin Lao replied, "Seed treasure." The businessman heard a "treasure" and ran to Qin Lao's side: "Little brother, did you plow the ground to pearl agate?" What's so strange about pearl agate? I cultivate the land to grow crops, and my father said that crops are the best treasures in the world. "Yuck!" The businessman swallowed a mouthful of spit and said contemptuously: "Fool, fool, the biggest fool in the world, the crops are also treasures?" I can exchange one pearl for ten pieces of grain for you. The businessman said as he left, and Qin Lao didn't care about him. A rich man passed by the edge of the ground, saw Qin Lao's happy look, and asked viciously, "Little devil! What else are you happy about?" Hearing someone ask, Qin Lao replied, "How can you not be happy?" There are treasures here. Qin Laocai said a treasure word, and the rich man ran to Qin Lao: "Little brother, have you plowed gold and silver?" Show me. "What's so strange about gold and silver?" Qin Lao wondered why this rich man liked the treasure when he heard it, and why he regarded gold and silver as a treasure. "I'm hoeing corn, and my dad says the crops are the best treasures in the world." "Hey, poor ghost!" The rich man pointed at Qin Lao and scolded loudly: "Fools, crazy people, crops are also used as treasures, I can find ten helpers to plant a hundred pieces of land with one or two gold!" When you're done, you're going to go away. Qin Lao sat down at the edge of the field and fanned the wind with a straw hat, intending to take a rest. At this time, a Xiucai came from the edge of the field, saw Qin Lao's pants cuffed, and there was a lot of mud on his body, sitting silently on the edge of the field, feeling very pitiful, and asked: "Stupid person, what makes you sad?" Qin Lao said, "I'm not sad, I'm very happy!" Xiucai quickly changed his mouth and said, "Happy! Could it be that your relatives and friends have gone to school and won the lifting?" How can I not be happy, sir? You see how good the seedlings I planted are, this year is another harvest year, my father said that the crops are the best treasures in the world. Xiucai quickly shook his head: "Wrong, wrong, the crops are not treasures, they are things that inferior people do, and the treasure is this." Xiucai felt a book from his arms, "There are the words of a saint on it, learn the way of a saint, and you can become a high official in school." "What an official! If there are no croppers, they will starve to death as officials. Qin Lao said and went down to the field to continue planting seedlings. Xiucai shook his head and said, "Alas, stupid people, they should be enlightened by the way of the saints!" Autumn has arrived, and Qin Lao's crops have matured. The millet grows into a golden color, and the corn kernels resemble pearls. Qin Lao was harvesting the crops, and his heart was as sweet as eating honey.

When Qin Laozheng was happy, an old man in the village told him: "The emperor wants to hold a treasure hunting meeting, and whoever has a good baby will marry his daughter to whom." The old father advised Qin Lao to collect the crops quickly, so as to find the treasure and bring it to the treasure hunting meeting to compete. Qin Lao thought: Well, bring the treasure to the treasure hunting meeting and let those people see what is the best treasure in the world. The treasure hunt was held in the emperor's city. When Qin Lao arrived, it was already crowded and crowded with people. The businessman also came, holding his pearl. The rich man also came, holding his gold and silver. Xiucai also came, carrying his book of saints. Qin Lao, with his corn and millet, also made several large and thick sticks. The emperor led his daughter to see the baby. The treasure hunters immediately crowded in front of the emperor and boasted of how great their treasure was. The emperor looked at these golden sparkling treasures, and he couldn't decide what the best treasures in the world were, but he just nodded his head and said, "Good! Good! Good!" The princess was not the same, looking at the pearls, gold and silver just shook her head. Qin Lao followed the crowd for a while, always being squeezed behind, and at this time his stomach was also hungry, so he found a place to roast the rice dumplings. I had just baked a stick of rice dumplings when I saw the princess come to her side. When Qin Lao saw such a beautiful girl, he lowered his head in embarrassment, and his heart thumped. The princess was very generous, sat down next to Qin Lao, touched the corn, pinched the grain, and Qin Lao also politely gave her a piece of rice dumplings. The princess smiled, and she asked Qin Lao how old he was, why the rice was better than her chicken and duck ham, where the millet was born, and where the corn came from. Qin Lao told her the same. She listened stupidly, and finally said, "This is the best treasure in the world!" I'm going to plant a baby with you too. The people who were looking at Qin Lao with drooling, I don't know who opened their mouths first, the rich man, the businessman, and the xiucai all competed to exchange their treasures for Qin Lao's grain, corn, and rice dumplings. Qin Lao didn't want anything, but only distributed everything he brought to the people, saying, "You should know!" What is the best baby in the world!" The treasure hunting meeting was over, and people all looked at Qin Lao with envious eyes. Qin Lao and the princess held hands and went back to the mountain to plant the treasure.