Sources of Three Kinds of Nonsense in Ningbo Dialect

This is a joke. Once upon a time, there was a county magistrate who told people in the county that all young men and women over seven feet in height in the county area would be rewarded with 3,000 bronze cymbals at the county gate on the fifteenth day of the lunar calendar next month.

There are two dwarfs, even if they add up to only a little more than two meters. So they came up with a crooked idea. On the fifteenth day, the county magistrate began to sit at the gate of the county seat and give awards to young people who were more than seven feet tall. At this time, a thin man in a gown and seven and a half feet tall came up to him. The onlookers shouted in unison: "Get out of the way, everyone. Long feet are coming to receive the prize." Give way with a swish, only to see the county magistrate give him a reward. Seeing that this man is really slender, the county magistrate couldn't help saying, "You are really long, ranking first in the county. Your master is very happy today. I'll give you three thousand coppers. Take it quickly. " I got three thousand coppers on the instep of my long foot, and when I was about to turn around and leave, Ya Dan, who was under my navel, whispered, "Sir, I also want three thousand coppers." "Ha ha ha" laughed three times, and the county magistrate even said, "It's strange that your feet are long. It's not unusual to talk in your mouth. Today, your eggs can also talk, which is amazing! Well, if you are happy today, you can reward Nongya with three thousand copper coins. This right is called' three thousand eggs'. "