The story of fisherman and golden fish (all)

Once upon a time, an old man and his old woman lived by the blue sea. They lived in a shabby mud shed for thirty-three years. The old man drags his net for fishing. The old woman spun a knot. Once the old man cast a net into the sea and all he got was seaweed. Then he cast a net and some seaweed was dragged up. The third time he cast a net, but he caught a fish, not an ordinary fish-a goldfish. Goldfish actually begged! She said like everyone else, "Let me go, Grandpa, and put me back in the sea. I will give you a valuable return: I will do whatever you want to redeem. " The old man was surprised and a little scared: he had been fishing for 33 years and had never heard that fish could talk. He put the goldfish back into the sea and said a few kind words to her: "Goldfish, God bless! I don't want your reward. You can swim to the blue sea and swim freely there. " The old man went back to the old woman and told her the great miracle. "Today I caught a fish, not an ordinary fish, but a goldfish; This goldfish can talk like us. She begged me to put her back in the blue sea and was willing to redeem herself with the most valuable thing: she would do anything I asked her to redeem her freedom. I dare not ask for her reward, so I put her back in the blue sea. " The old woman pointed at the old man and scolded him, "You idiot, you are really an old fool!"! Dare not take the reward of goldfish! Even if we want a wooden basin, ours is broken. " So the old man came to the blue sea and saw the sea rippling slightly. The old man shouted to the goldfish, who swam to him and asked, "Grandpa, what do you want?" The old man saluted her and replied, "Fish Queen, come here. My old woman scolded me and didn't let me have peace. She wants a new wooden basin, and ours is broken and can't be used any more. " The goldfish replied, "Don't be sad, go, and God bless you. You will have a new wooden basin soon. " When the old man returned to the old woman, she really had a new wooden basin. The old woman cursed even more: "You silly claw, you are really an old fool! What an old fool! All you want is a wooden basin. How much can a wooden basin be worth? Go home, old fool, and find the goldfish again, give her a present and ask her for a wooden house. " So the old man went to the blue sea again. The old man shouted to the goldfish, who swam to him and asked, "Grandpa, what do you want?" The old man saluted her and replied, "Come on, Fish Queen! The old woman scolded me even more. She won't let my old man rest, and my nagging wife wants a cabin. " The goldfish replied, "Don't be sad, go, and God bless you. That's it: you will have a wooden house. " The old man walked to his mud shed, which had disappeared without a trace; In front of him is a wooden house with a bright room, a white chimney made of bricks and a door made of oak boards. The old woman sat at the window and swore at her husband, "you fool, you are only ten years old!" Old bastard, all you need is a wooden house! Get out, salute the goldfish and say, I don't want to be a humble crop woman anymore, I want to be a hereditary lady. The old man walked towards the blue sea. The old man shouted to the goldfish again. The goldfish swam to him and asked, "Grandpa, what do you want? The old man saluted her and replied, "Come on, Fish Queen! The old woman lost her temper even more. She won't let my dad rest. She no longer wants to be a farmer, she wants to be a hereditary wife. The goldfish replied, "Don't be sad, go, and God bless you." . "The old man returned to the old woman. What did he see? A tall building. His old woman stood on the steps, wearing a valuable mink vest, gorgeous headdress, a pearl necklace around her neck, a gold ring with jewels in her hand and red boots on her feet. Hard-working slaves stood in front of her, and she whipped them and pulled their foreheads. The old man said to his old woman, "Hello, noble lady! I think your heart should be satisfied this time. " The old woman yelled at him and sent him to the stable to work. A week later, another week later, the old woman was even more mischievous. She sent the old man to the goldfish. "Get out and salute the goldfish and say that I don't want to be a lady anymore. I want to be the queen of freedom. "The old man was startled and pleaded," What's the matter, wife, have you taken crazy medicine? "You can't even walk or talk normally! You will make the whole country laugh. " The old woman became more and more angry. She slapped her husband in the face. "Hillbilly, you dare to talk back to me and argue with my hereditary wife? -Go to the beach. To tell you the truth, you have to go if you don't go. " The old man went to the seaside (the blue sea became dark). He called goldfish again, and the goldfish swam up to him and asked. "What do you want, Grandpa?" The old man saluted her and replied. "Come on, fish queen, my old woman is yelling again: she doesn't want to be a lady anymore, she wants to be a free queen." The goldfish replied, "Don't be sad, go, and God bless you. Well, the old woman is going to be a queen! " The old man went back to the old woman. Why, in front of him is a royal palace, and his old woman becomes a queen, sitting at the table to eat, and ministers and nobles wait on her. Pour her wine from abroad. She is eating a beautiful cake, surrounded by majestic guards with sharp axes on their shoulders. The old man looks-startled! Hurriedly bowed and kowtowed to the old woman and said, "Hello, Your Majesty! Well, your heart should be satisfied this time. " The old woman didn't even look at him and ordered him to be driven away. The minister and the nobles rushed over together, grabbed the old man by the neck and pushed him out. At the door, the guard came and almost cut down the old man with a sharp axe. People laughed at him: "old fool, what a suck!" This is a lesson for you: you should behave yourself in the future! " A week later, another week later, the old woman became even more ridiculous. She sent courtiers to find her husband. They found the old man and brought him here. The old woman said to the old man, "Go back and salute the goldfish. I don't want to be the queen of freedom anymore. I want to be the overlord of the ocean, let me live in the ocean, call goldfish to wait on me, and let me use it casually. " The old man dare not talk back or speak against his will. So he ran to the blue sea and saw a dark storm on the sea: the raging waves surged and roared. The old man shouted to the goldfish, who swam to him and asked, "Grandpa, what do you want?" The old man saluted her and replied, "Come on, Fish Queen! What am I supposed to do with this damn old woman? She doesn't want to be a queen anymore, she wants to be a sea overlord; So that she can live in the sea of Wang Yang and ask you to wait on her and listen to her. " The goldfish didn't say a word, but scratched his tail in the water and swam into the deep sea. The old man waited for a long time at the seaside without waiting for an answer, so he had to go back to see the old woman. At first glance, it was still the broken mud shed, and her old woman was sitting on the threshold, and it was still the broken wooden basin. (Translated by Meng Hai Feng Chun)