Interesting stories in various subjects〖Chinese Chapter〗The county magistrate entertained guests and made a joke, buying 1,000 pigs with one word

Irregular writing and sloppy writing often cause many ridiculous things.

There once was a county magistrate whose writing was very sloppy, and the letters and official documents he wrote were like a mess. Not only was it difficult for others to read, but after a long time, even he himself did not recognize it. The clerk in charge of the paperwork persuaded him to write clearly and neatly. His face sank and he said angrily: "What do you know? This is called cursive script. Look, the dragons and phoenixes are dancing with great courage."

< p> In this way, no one would dare to mention his writing anymore.

One day, the county magistrate wanted to treat a guest, so he wrote a note asking the officer to buy pig tongue. At that time, notes were written vertically, and it was a habit for the county magistrate to write in a sloppy manner. Unknowingly, the word "tongue" was divided up and down, and the officer thought he was being asked to buy a thousand pigs.

The guard secretly complained: "We are in such a hurry, how can we get 1,000 pigs together?"

So he hurriedly traveled to the countryside and visited households, bluffing and deceiving, and finally succeeded. to 500 pigs. Difeng had never driven so many pigs before. Now these pigs ran away, and then those pigs ran away again. He was so tired that he was sweating profusely and panting. There was no choice but to hire a dozen farmers to help drive the pigs to the county government office.

The county official was waiting anxiously. When he heard the noise outside, he quickly came out to take a look and saw that the yard was crowded with pigs. He was stunned. The officer stepped forward and reported: "The master ordered to buy thousands of pigs. The villain is incompetent, so he tried his best to buy only five hundred pig tongues. I beg the master for forgiveness." When the county magistrate heard this, he was furious: "I asked you to buy pig tongues, how can you buy them back for me. Where are the five hundred pigs? The officer took out the note from his pocket and handed it to the county magistrate, and said aggrievedly: "Your note clearly said to buy a thousand pigs!"

The county magistrate rubbed it. Eyes, take a closer look. It's not that the word "tongue" means "divided", it really became a thousand mouths. He was so angry and speechless that he had to ask the guard to take away the pig.

< p> The officer said unhappily: "The five pigs can be retired, and that's all for the villain's hard work. However, please be more careful when writing in the future. If you write "buy meat" as "buy your wife" (wife refers to your wife), there will be no way to return it.