The story of a ladle of water
Once upon a time, there was a traveler who walked for two days without eating anything, let alone a sip of water. He was really thirsty and hungry, so he came to a house to ask for water.
When he knocked on the door, a middle-aged woman came out. He said, "I haven't eaten for two days. Can I ask for a bowl of water?"
The woman picked up the gourd and scooped out a gourd of water. Just when the woman was about to hand the water to him, she glanced at the passerby, grabbed some broken wheat straw, put it in the gourd and handed it to him. Give it to him.
He was so hungry and thirsty that he couldn't care less about the broken wheat straw floating in the gourd, so he blew it into his mouth and drank. He drank all the contents of the gourd in one go.
After drinking the water, he thanked the woman for saving him and said that he knew Feng Shui and wanted to show the woman where Feng Shui was good so that he could build a house in the future.
The woman agreed. Just when he was showing her Feng Shui, he remembered the time when the woman put wheat straw into his gourd.
Feeling uncomfortable, he didn't really show it to her, he just picked up a piece of land that looked like Feng Shui.
More than ten years later, this Feng Shui observer passed by here again, and sure enough he saw a manor, which was very grand and decorated with lights.
He stopped and looked at it. It was the Feng Shui land he had shown the woman back then. He was thinking, in fact, this land is not particularly good, why is it so prosperous?
Just when he was about to leave, the woman who gave him water came out. Seeing that it was the old man who had done Feng Shui for her family, she quickly let him into the house to entertain her.
The owner of the house prepared a good banquet for him. After drinking and eating, he had a question that had been buried in his heart for many years, so he wanted to ask for it.
He said, I was so thirsty back then. Since you gave me water, why did you put some wheat straw in the water ladle?
The woman smiled slightly and said, I saw you were so thirsty and hadn’t eaten. You were a bad character. If you drank the water directly, you would get sick and your life would be in danger. .
The woman went on to say, I couldn’t refuse at that time. I didn’t give you water and asked you to wait for a while before drinking. I was afraid that you would misunderstand me. If you left in a hurry, you might die of thirst on the road. .
That’s why I put some grass in the ladle so that you can drink it slowly so as not to harm your body. I have good intentions!
After hearing this, Mr. Feng Shui suddenly understood and burst into tears.