About half a mile away from the palace where the princesses live, there is a castle, which has been abandoned like a ruin, but surrounded by flowers, and has become a beautiful garden. The little princess often comes here for a walk.
One day, she was walking back and forth in the lime tree when a black crow ran towards her from the rose bushes in front. The poor little thing was hurt and bleeding. The kind little princess was very sad to see it so pitiful. The crow said to the princess, "Actually, I am not a crow, but a handsome prince." Princess, if you like me, you can save me, but you must say goodbye to your relatives and stay with me in this dilapidated castle. There is a room to live in with a golden bed. Take care of yourself in your life there. Remember not to say out loud anything you see or hear at night. As long as you scream, my pain will double "
The kind princess soon left her family and lived in a shabby castle.
At night, she lay in a golden little bed and couldn't sleep anyway. It was late at night, and she seemed to hear someone coming towards the corridor. Soon the shutter opened and a group of strange monsters entered the room. They made a fire in the fireplace and put a big pot of boiling water on it. After doing this, they approached the bed where the princess slept, screamed at her and dragged her to the boiler. She was almost scared to death, but she remembered what the prince said and made no sound. Suddenly, the rooster crowed and all the evil souls disappeared.
At this time, the crow appeared. It flew around the room happily, thanking the princess for her bravery and kindness.
The little princess's sister was very curious about this, so she went to visit her sister in the shabby castle. She urged the little princess to sleep in the golden bed for one night, and the kind little princess agreed. In the middle of the night, those monsters came again, and my sister screamed with fear.
From then on, the little princess insisted on spending the night alone. She is alone during the day and scared by monsters at night. If she is not brave enough, she will be scared to death. The crow comes to thank her every day.
In this way, two years passed, and one day the crow came to tell the princess, "In another year, my spell will be broken, and then my seven-year period will be over." But you must be a maid before I can regain my human form and accept my father's property. "
The little princess agreed. She worked as a maid for a whole year. Although she is young and beautiful, she has been abused and suffered a lot. One night, she was spinning, and her white hands were sore and sore. Suddenly she heard a rustling sound behind her, mixed with cries of ecstasy. Then she saw a handsome young man standing beside her, kneeling at her feet and kissing her.
"I am a prince," he said. "I was turned into a black crow and suffered all kinds of cruel torture. You saved me with your kindness and courage. Come with me to my castle, and we will live happily there. "
They returned to the castle where they suffered. The castle has been rearranged, and it's nothing like the original. The prince and princess lived a happy life there.
Asoke's red skirt Asoke is a little girl with big eyes and a braid. She has a pair of dexterous hands, and every afternoon after school, she will use them to string hawthorn fruit.
There is a big bamboo basket in Ahso's house. There are many red hawthorn fruits in the basket. String the fruit on a thin bamboo stick and dip it in sugar water to make a lot of sweet and sour candied haws.
But why make so many candied haws? Oh, it turns out that Ahso's mother sells candied haws. My mother sells candied haws in a street stall every day. Those candied haws were strung in advance by Ahso the night before.
But on this day, when Ahso put on the candied haws, he couldn't concentrate. A bunch of candied haws and five hawthorn fruits, but sometimes she strung four and sometimes six, and her mind was full of Lili's beautiful skirts.
Lili is Sue's deskmate. Tomorrow's Children's Day, the teacher arranged for Ahso and Lili to perform a dance and rehearsed it many times. Ahso and Lily are already familiar with dancing. But today, Lily wears a beautiful white skirt to rehearse the dance. She said that her mother bought it specially for her performance.
But Ahso doesn't have a beautiful skirt. She only has a gray cotton skirt, which is very old. If she wears it to the show, maybe her classmates will laugh at herself. Ahso wants to ask her mother for a skirt, but she knows that her mother has to sell a lot of candied haws to buy a beautiful skirt.
Do you want your mother's skirt or not? Ahso repeatedly asked himself.
Tell you what! Just count the hawthorn fruits in the bamboo basket. If it is odd, ask your mother for a skirt. If it is an even number, wear your own gray skirt to perform the program.
One, two, three, four ... Joni Aho counted and finally counted the number of fruits-exactly 199, how strange! Then, when mom comes back, let her buy herself a skirt. But, but ... mom makes candied haws every day, and her hands are getting rougher and rougher. Maybe she needs a pair of gloves more. Also, my mother eats a steamed bun for lunch every day. If she doesn't buy skirts, maybe she can buy some steamed bread to satisfy her hunger. ...
Ahso hesitated, and finally decided to wear his own gray skirt to participate in the performance.
So she folded the gray skirt neatly, put it on the bed and lay down to sleep.
That night, Ahso had a dream. She dreamed that she was dancing in a beautiful red skirt. The skirt is bright red, the color of hawthorn.
When Joni Aho woke up the next morning, he really found a beautiful red skirt, which was exactly the same as what he wore in his dream, except that there were five buttons in the shape of hawthorn fruit. She couldn't help jumping up. When Ahso was pulling a red skirt in front of the mirror, he saw his mother standing behind him, her eyes bloodshot.
Ahso put on a beautiful red skirt and went to school. When it was her turn to perform, she danced in that beautiful red skirt. When rotating, the whole skirt looks like a blooming red peony. The students applauded for Sue, because Sue in a red skirt dances really well!
After school, Aso went home and continued to string hawthorn fruit. But this time, she won't give the wrong number again. Five in each string. How did she remember so accurately this time? Because Ahso knew that under the lamp last night, my mother carefully nailed five buttons in the shape of hawthorn fruit on the sewn red skirt.
Frankly speaking, Maarouf sincerely persuaded the princess to help him. In order to save him, he was relieved of his worries. He confided in his wife and told her everything about himself. Maarouf told the princess frankly that he was not a businessman, but a poor shoemaker living in the streets of Egypt. He has no money at all and his family is poor. He doesn't have a camel team at all, not even a piece of cloth, a gold coin or a pearl. He is married, and his wife Fatima is a bad woman, lazy and mean, even worse than a dog to him. Then he explained why he ran away from home, how he lived on the streets and how he came here. After meeting Ali, Ali told the princess everything in detail. Marouf's honesty made the princess very happy. After listening to Marouf's words, she not only didn't hide anything.
"Yes, you should say so! You are a liar, a clever liar! "
Madoff told the truth and felt a little loose. He shouted to the princess again:
"Dear wife, because I trust you completely, I will tell you everything. Only you can save me now! "
The princess said, "You are a man, but you have a good life. Why did you cheat? " It is really wrong of you to do so! You know, since you came here, you have been bragging about how rich you are all day, boasting about having a huge camel team and countless wealth. My father is a greedy man who loves money and forgets righteousness. He heard that you are a millionaire, so he betrothed me to you, but he never imagined that he had been cheated, and his treasury had been squandered by you. That prime minister is a *. So he warned my father to be wary of you many times, saying that you are not a big businessman, but a shrewd liar. At first, my father didn't believe what he said, thinking that the Prime Minister had ulterior motives and was deliberately sowing discord. The reason is that the Prime Minister has long planned to marry me, but I don't like him and don't want to be his wife. I have seen through his ambition. I have bad intentions! After being married for so long, your camel team hasn't arrived yet, and many people are beginning to doubt it, especially the Prime Minister. He advised my father and arranged for me to try to find out the truth about you, and the result was not what the Prime Minister expected. In this way, my father will become angry from embarrassment and won't kill you. How can he solve the hatred in his heart? How to quell the resentment of Manchu civil and military officials? But we are married. As your wife, I really don't want our husband and wife to be separated halfway and let courtiers and nationals laugh. In this way, I will save you. Actually, I did it for myself. If I tell my father that he killed you now, and the whole country knows that I married you, a big liar, how can I live in the world again? It is better to die than to live in such disgrace. "The princess sized up the situation and fully analyzed the current situation. She thought twice about the future and finally decided to help marov escape. She said to him:
"I think you are on the right track. Get out of here! I have 50,000 gold coins in private money here. Take it, put on your palace costume, ride a fast horse and run as far as possible until you run to a place that does not belong to your father's jurisdiction. You can use this money to do business there. When you settle down, write to me and tell me where you live As long as I have some money, I will try my best to help you. Doing business honestly can form a certain scale. Under the present circumstances, we have to adopt this method. We are not afraid to burn the firewood. As long as you and I stay alive, the future is bright. The situation is extremely urgent and time is pressing. Please prepare to escape as soon as possible. They will come to you at dawn, and you will fall into their hands. Even if I have three heads and six arms, there is nothing I can do. "
"Dear wife, in that case, I have to follow your plan. I'm on my way. Take care! " Maarouf thanked the princess again and again, quickly put on his palace costume, rode on a fine horse, kissed the princess goodbye affectionately and embarked on the road of escape. On the way out of the city, the officers and men on night patrol thought he was a duke on business and let him go all the way. He successfully broke through the dangerous customs and fled outside the city overnight.
After dawn, the Prime Minister couldn't wait to see the king. He went to the harem with the king and asked the princess to come out to meet him. As soon as the princess came out, the king asked with concern:
"Son, what did you do yesterday?"
The princess looked angry and said, "Father, after my investigation, it turns out that what the Prime Minister said is nonsense. Obviously, he wants to sow discord between us and my husband! "
The king asked in surprise, "What the hell is going on?"
The princess said quietly, "As soon as my husband came back last night, I wanted to have a good talk with him. But we were just about to speak when the eunuch rushed in. He had a letter in his hand saying that there were ten slaves outside the palace gate and asked him to give it to me. He also asked him to kiss the hands of Marouf and me. They are Marouf's servants, who specially escort the camel team to deliver goods and send money. Because I heard that their master Maarouf has arrived. That's why I'm here to report to him. I saw them all in tears and crying. I felt very strange, so I picked up the letter and read it. It was written to him by 500 servants. I saw the letter saying:
"'slave kowtow again, I want to write to Malov's adult:
Shortly after the adults went on the road before the slaves, we met a large group of robbers on the road. They were outnumbered and chased us. We are in a strange place, so we have to retreat. Robbers surrounded and intercepted us. All 500 people tried to fight for adults, but the robbers were very cruel. There are twice as many of them as us. We will defend the camel team to the death. We fought hard for 30 days and sacrificed 50 people.
"After my husband saw the letter, he was so anxious that he said with infinite sadness:
"'Alas, how can these people be so incompetent! How could they fight with gangsters for 200 camels? What does 200 camel goods mean to me? Isn't it seven thousand gold coins at most? They should give up the small and strive for the big and come as soon as possible! It seems impossible not to go out and urge them in person. So he went to the scene of the accident overnight. He looked relaxed when he left me, because the loss of 200 camel goods was only 9 Niu Yi hairs compared with the whole camel team, and the rights of these 200 camel goods were charity to robbers. At that time, I saw his ten servants through the window, all of whom were beautiful. They are very brave and well dressed. Than my father's bodyguard. This is why Maarouf and his ten servants went to meet his camel team. Thanks to Allah, fortunately, I didn't have time to tell him what my father told me. Otherwise, he will be very unhappy and he will laugh at us. Maybe he will hate me, discriminate against me and even leave me! What makes people angry is the Prime Minister. Why is he so dark? So vicious? He talks nonsense. He slandered my husband and almost ruined my future! "
The princess improvised. If she made it up, the king would believe it! He said:
"Son, you are so lucky! You have a rich husband. Really rich people don't think about those humble losses. Come to think of it, since he came to us, he helped the poor every day, which helped many people. He is generous to everyone. Doesn't his behavior mean that he is really rich? May God bless and let his camel team arrive as soon as possible, and then our treasury will no longer be filled with gold and silver! "
The king comforted the princess. At the same time, he severely taunted the hapless Prime Minister.