Watermelon, watermelon, open the door
In the past, there were two brothers, one rich and the other poor. The rich brother never offered to help the poor. This poor little brother makes a living by doing grain business and lives a tight life; And his business is often sluggish, to the point where he is unable to support his wife, children, and grandchildren.
Once, he pushed his car through a forest, and on his side was a towering mountain with no vegetation and a bare peak. He had never seen this mountain before, so he stood there quietly, gazing at the heavy mountain in surprise.
Suddenly, he saw twelve short and rough mannered people walking towards him. He thought these people must be robbers, so he immediately pushed the car into the bushes and climbed up a tree himself, waiting to see what was going on.
I saw the twelve people walking towards the mountain peak and shouting loudly, 'Sesame, Sesame, open the door!' A crack immediately opened in the vast mountain, and the twelve people stepped out. After they all walked out, the mountain gate closed again and immediately opened, and those people walked out with heavy burlap bags on their shoulders.
They returned to the bright place and only heard someone say, 'Sesame, sesame, close the door!' Then the mountain gate closed again with a sound, leaving no trace of dripping. Immediately after, those twelve people left.
After they disappeared completely, the poor brother climbed down from the tree. At this moment, he was a little surprised. What was hidden inside this mountain? He climbed up the mountain and shouted loudly, 'Sesame, Sesame, open the door!' The mountain cracked open for him.
He immediately walked out and saw that within the entire mountain peak, the cave was hollow and vast, containing countless precious treasures of gold and silver, shining brightly. At this moment, the poor young man was at a loss, wondering if he could take away some gold, silver, and treasures?
In the end, he still filled his pocket with gold but didn't take those jewels. After coming out, he shouted again, 'Sesame, Sesame, close the door!' The mountain then closed again.
He then pushed the handcart and set off on his way home.
Now he has no worries or concerns. He doesn't have to worry about supporting his family and can use his money to do other things. He lives a happy and fulfilling life, and is also generous. Anyway, as soon as the money ran out, he went to borrow a basket from his brother and went to get it again. But he never touches those big treasures that cost so much.
Afterwards, he wanted to retrieve the gold and silver treasures and borrowed the basket from his brother again. Because my younger brother has numerous industries and a prosperous family background, my older brother has long been jealous of him. He felt embarrassed in his heart. Where did those riches come from? What did his brothers do with baskets? So he rolled his eyes and came up with a plan. He applied asphalt to the bottom of the basket.
When he retrieved the basket, he found a piece of gold stuck to the bottom of the basket. He immediately ran to his brother's house and questioned him, 'What are you always measuring with a basket?'
Measure corn and wheat, "the other replied.
At this moment, he placed the piece of gold in front of him and threatened to sue him in court if he didn't tell the truth. So the poor brother confided in him the whole story, as if it had just happened.
Upon hearing this, the brother ordered his servants to prepare a carriage and go alone, deciding to take the opportunity to pack back more exotic treasures.
When he arrived at the mountain, he shouted loudly, "Sesame, Sesame, open the door!" The mountain gate opened and he walked out. The gold, silver, and treasures there were all in sight, and for a long time he didn't know what to catch first.
In the end, he still filled the carriage with gems, so full that there was nowhere else to put them. He really hoped to transport this car full of gold and silver treasures, but because his mind was filled with gold and silver treasures, he forgot the name of the mountain.
He shouted loudly, 'Watermelon, watermelon, open the door!' But the name was pronounced incorrectly. The mountain stood still, the door tightly closed, and he ignored him. At this moment, he was as anxious as an ant on a hot pot. The more he racked his brains to recall the name, the more confused he couldn't remember it. No matter how many treasures he had, he couldn't help.
In the evening, the mountain gate opened again and the twelve robbers walked in. As soon as they saw him, they burst out laughing and shouted, "You little bird, we've finally caught you! Do you think we don't know you've been here twice? We didn't go to catch you back then, and this time, you won't be able to leave this place
At this moment, he cried and explained, "Those two times were not me, but my brothers
No matter how much he begged for mercy and how he spoke, they always ignored him and ultimately made his head move.
After reading the story:
The poor man discovered that as long as he called 'Sesame, Sesame, open the door!', he could open the cave (which contained many gold, silver, gold treasures and gold), but he did not touch the gold, silver, gold treasures, only took gold. Afterwards, the wealthy man learned about this and went to retrieve the gold, silver, and gold treasures. However, when he was preparing to go back, he called the mountain the wrong name: "Watermelon, Watermelon, open the door!" So, the mountain did not move. Then, the wealthy were taken away by the big mob.
The poor were not arrested because they were not greedy, while the rich were arrested because they were greedy.
This story reminds us not to be greedy!