Suddenly one day, the young man passed by the courtyard of Ma Sheng's house and smelled a pungent smell, so he focused his attention here. He was working as an apprentice with the old man who was a carpenter. He heard the master talk about Ma Sheng's unwillingness to learn carpentry, and he was trying to persuade Ma Sheng.
At this moment, he held his breath to resist an unpleasant stench, walked into the courtyard, pushed open the door of Ma Sheng's main room, and looked towards the bedroom with the open door on the side. Ma Sheng was lying on the bed, his face blue and swollen, he I shouted loudly to Ma Sheng, but there was no answer. Looking closely, Ma Sheng was dead. One of his right eyes was holed and there was no eyeball; his nose was only half-shaped. It was believed that it was bitten by a mouse.
What was unbearable was that Ma Sheng's body was highly decomposed, maggots were infested in the flesh, and strips of popcorn were sticking out on his body and on the bed.
The young man immediately retreated, puzzled. He had seen Ma Sheng a few days ago. He was fine, so why did he die? Who murdered him? Impossible. The money he exchanged for gold bars had already been stolen by thieves. Who would come to patronize him? As the young man was thinking about it, he naturally reported the case to the police. The police immediately drove over to investigate, and a forensic doctor conducted an autopsy. Finally, they concluded that the possibility of homicide was ruled out, and the death was probably caused by a sudden illness.
Five hundred leagues or more deep in the ocean lies the underworld region. That day, a ghost official came to Hades' Mansion to report, Your Majesty, there is a young man in the human world who has not yet finished his Yang life and has died of starvation and returned to the underworld. Now he is being escorted to the house by a bull-headed horse. Pluto asked the ghost officials to take the young man into the house for questioning.
The young man claimed to be from Liaoning Province in the East, and his surname was Ma Mingsheng. He died of starvation because his parents died, his family property was stolen, and he had no food to eat. Pluto looked at him, he looked familiar, and suddenly remembered that this young man named Ma Sheng was Shi Lan from the past life. Pluto pondered and asked, if the thief stole your family's money, it was not murder. How could you die? Ma Sheng raised his voice, "Didn't I say that if you don't have food, you will starve to death."
Is it rare that you are young and don't know how to work to support yourself?
I can't work, I can't make money. I was apprenticed to an old carpenter, and my ax hurt my finger. Ma Sheng stretched out his finger and showed a small scarred mark to Pluto. Pluto immediately summoned Lin and Hong, the two gods of wealth, to ask questions. Listen, on the eve of Shi Lan's reincarnation as a human, I sent you two to help him get rich after he was born. Why did he starve to death before his life was over? Jiazhai, why don't you give him a hand?
Lin and Hong, the two gods of wealth, knelt down together and said in unison, "Don't be surprised, Your Majesty."
Stand up and speak one by one. Pluto excuses the two of you. Lin Caishen said, Your Majesty, Shi Lan was reincarnated into a family with the surname Ma. He has changed his appearance and is known as Ma Sheng. At first, I followed your wishes and waited for a long time in the mountains and forests where he is easy to appear, but he never appeared. Recently, I entrusted a dream to an old carpenter and asked him if he could see Ma Sheng. He said that Ma Sheng was useless and could be my apprentice. A few days later, he accidentally cut his finger with the ax head. Only a little blood came out, so he gave up and refused to listen to his advice. In this way, I couldn't find Ma Sheng, and I had no chance to help him make a fortune.
Pluto looked at Ma Sheng and was also a little angry. At this time, Hong Caishen wanted to report again. Pluto said, no need, I already understand. So he approached Ma Sheng, patted him on the shoulder and asked, young man, is what Lin Caishen said true? Ma Sheng said, of course what Lin Caishen said is true, but both of my parents died. They didn’t send me to learn any crafts when they were alive. The gold bars they left me were used as money, and they were attacked by thieves. I had no money to eat. If you can't work well, how can you not starve to death?
Pluto returned to his seat and asked him if he had any other requests. He said, I will be reincarnated as a human next time. Please give Pluto extra care. He will not only send the God of Wealth to help me get rich, but also ask the Door God to protect my wealth, so that I will not starve to death. Lin and Hong, the two gods of wealth, laughed secretly after hearing this. They laughed at Ma Sheng for overestimating his abilities. How can there be so many good things in the world for you? Pluto recorded what he heard, and then said kindly, you will have to follow your karma in the next life, and the Sambhogakaya will be ominous!
Afterwards, the ghost officials escorted Ma Sheng to the Wheel-turning King's Palace. The Wheel King took the case file and read it, looked at Ma Sheng carefully, and said with a smile, you were lazy and enjoyed happiness in the past life, what do you want to do in the next life?
I will enjoy more blessings in my next life. Ma Sheng replied with a smile on his face.
OK! Let you enjoy more blessings. The King of Chakravartin waved his hand and caught a piece of cowhide with fur and horns in his hand. He immediately put it on Ma Sheng. Ma Sheng felt bad and quickly broke away, but he couldn't get it off. At this moment, he was just like a farm cow. The ghost official grabbed a bamboo whip from nowhere, whipped it violently, and shouted, you damn lazy beast, go to the womb of a cow, look. Do you dare to be lazy?
In the middle of winter, when it snows, the hills in the south of the Yangtze River are covered with silver. There is a blue-black house in the hills that is particularly conspicuous. A chimney protrudes from the roof and plumes of green smoke are curled up. Snowflakes fall on the roof and chimney one after another. They have melted before they stop. It is a steam of steam from the farmhouse fireworks. , making it impossible for the blizzards to block or alter their original pristine appearance.
This is a cottage with the surname Niu. Under the smoking chimney is Niu Dali's house. Niu Dali is very happy. Today there is snow outside the house, and the mountains and fields are white. It is a beautiful snow scene. What's even more exciting is that his family has a nanny who gave birth to a calf a few days ago. It's covered in black and white patterns and looks particularly good-looking. It looks like a calico dog, but it's not a dog, it's a cow.
Niu Dali wanted to reward Niu Po by going up the mountain in the snow to get some bamboo leaves for Niu Po to enjoy. However, it was too cold. He felt that Niu Po was in confinement and would not eat food that was too cold, so he cooked it in the kitchen himself. A big pot of rice was given to Niu Po.
Right now, people can smell the aroma of simmering rice even if they don't walk to the door of his house, and the non-choking heat lingers in the room and on the roof. He put the stewed rice into the cow pen and watched the cow mother chewing it one bite at a time. The breasts on her belly swayed. The gray calf bumped its head against the cow mother's crotch and sucked the milk. There is an indescribable excitement and joy. So what will the flower calf look like when it grows up? He imagined it strangely, squinting his eyes and laughing muffledly from time to time.
This area of houses is called Niujiazhuang, where dozens of families live, and their crops depend on dung to grow strong. There is a saying: Without the smell of feces, how can there be the fragrance of grains? Everyone in the village wants to get rich, and there are ways to get rich. Only through market transactions can you make money. What do people in the village use to trade? Of course, it is agricultural products such as rice, vegetables, and vegetables. In this way, whoever has more agricultural products and good quality will have a greater chance of making a fortune.
There is a simple truth in this: growing good crops in the fields depends entirely on manure. In other words, the amount of crop harvest is determined by the amount of fertilizer. Every household in the village has similar manure, water and fertilizers. What makes the difference is that fertilizers from other places are brought into the village. The other places mentioned here mainly refer to the county town 10 kilometers away. People in the city do not grow crops and live by business. , there is naturally a lot of manure, water and fertilizer, which requires dedicated people to drive animal-drawn carts to pull it.
