Stories about cows

In a village in ancient Greece, there were two brothers, Kaka and Gugu. When they reached the marriageable age, they had not yet found the girl they liked. So Kaka and Gugu decided to set off on the journey in their own boat. The road to "finding a wife". They shook and shook, for ninety-nine and eighty-one days, and walked through seventy-seven and forty-nine islands, but they still couldn't find the wife they wanted. Either the unmarried woman didn't like her, or the woman they liked had already fallen in love with her. Get married... Just when they were about to despair, they came to a small island. As their boat approached the shore, Kaka's eyes suddenly lit up: Isn't the woman picking up shells the other half she is looking for? ? ! He pointed it out to Gu Gu, who shook his head. Hey, her appearance and temperament are too average. But Kaka is very determined, she is the woman I am looking for!

So Gugu accompanied Kaka to the island to inquire about the local customs of marriage proposal. The locals told him that if a man wants to propose to a woman, he must use cattle as a betrothal gift. The number of cows represents the value of a woman in the eyes of men. Ordinary girls only need to give one or two cows, while virtuous and beautiful girls need to give more cows, that is, four or five cows, or at most nine cows. Such girls are very outstanding and quite rare. There is no need here. No one ever gave nine cows as a gift.

Kaka calculated with his fingers and bought nine cows at once. After making all preparations, he chose a good and auspicious day to drive the herd with the nine cows. Went to propose marriage.

"Bang, bang, bang..." After knocking for a long time, no one answered the door. Kaka continued to knock, and after a while, an old man finally came out to open the door. The old man was shocked when he saw so many cows. He held on to the door frame and asked in surprise: "Young man, what can you do?" Kaka said, "Old man, I have fallen in love with your daughter. I am driving the cows." "Coming to propose marriage?" The old man shook his head and said, "You don't need to drive so many cows to propose marriage. My daughter is just an ordinary girl, and only two cows are enough. If you send me so many cows, you will be able to marry me." Next, the neighbors will laugh and say that I am greedy.” Kaka said: “No, old man, I think your daughter is the most beautiful and best girl in the world. I think she is worth nine cows.” I want to accept it.”

The old man could not refuse, so he had to accept the nine cows.

After drinking Kaka’s wedding wine, Gu Gu rowed away to continue his journey of finding a wife...

Time passed quickly, and two years passed in the blink of an eye. Gu Guyin hadn't found his favorite wife yet, so Xunxunmi returned to the island again. He also wanted to see how Kaka's wedding day was going and whether he and his wife were living happily. Suddenly Gu Gu thought, am I asking too much? If, like Kaka, he had married an ordinary girl, he might have children now and live a happy life. Just as he sighed, the boat came to the shore. Gu Gu docked the boat next to the island and went ashore to inquire about Kaka. When he walked to the market, his eyes suddenly lit up. A delicate and beautiful woman was standing in front of him. Gu Gu was stunned for a long time and did not come back to his senses. He had been searching for the woman he loved for two years. , it turned out to be on this island, he really had no place to look for it, so it took no effort to get it! Just as he was fascinated, the woman slowly walked towards him and nodded to him politely. He remained calm, cleared his throat, and asked politely: "Do you know where the Kaka family who came here to marry a local girl two years ago is?" The woman said: "You come with me. ". Gu Gu walked a long way with her and came to the place where she had accompanied Kaka in getting married. However, there had been great changes here. A beautiful new house was built next to the old man's house, and there was a 2-year-old girl. Little girls on the left and right were playing in front of the door... "Mom is back!" the little girl shouted when she saw the beautiful woman, ran over and hugged the woman's feet. Gu Gu immediately felt sad: No, the woman he has been looking for for so long already has a 2-year-old daughter, and... Before Gu Gu could react, a pair of hands pulled Gu Gu over. Gu Gu looked up and saw that it was Kaka whom he had not seen for 2 years. The two brothers were obviously very excited and chatted about their respective lives in the past 2 years. After chatting for a while, Kaka asked: "We haven't seen each other for 2 years. How about you?" Do you remember that I live here?" Gu Gu smiled and said, "A delicate and beautiful woman brought me here..." Before he finished speaking, the woman brought the tea over and said, " "Brother-in-law is drinking tea." "This is your sister-in-law," Kaka said, "the woman we saw picking up shells at the beach two years ago." Gu Gu's eyes widened with suspicion.

There was no way he could connect the woman from 2 years ago to the sister-in-law in front of him. They had changed too much. The woman seemed to see Gu Gu's thoughts and said to Gu Gu: "I have always thought that I am an ordinary woman, and I have always been looking forward to the day when a man will bring two cows to my house to propose marriage, but Kaka married me with nine cows. From then on, I realized that I was a nine-cow person, and I began to use the nine-cow people's standards to demand myself, and asked myself to truly become a nine-cow person in every aspect. ".