Liaozhai story: The wine worm that changed fate

In a small village in Changshan, Shandong Province, there lived Liu Fatty. He loved to drink, as long as he was satisfied, he began to work. Although there are hundreds of acres of good land, he has planted less than half of it.

Many people think Liu Fatty is a slob, but surprisingly, his life is getting richer.

One day, a monk came to Fatty Liu's house. He looked it over and asked, "Donor, are you not drunk?" Fatty Liu answered proudly: "That's true."

The monk whispered mysteriously, "This is because you have 'wine worms' in your stomach." If you don't get rid of this worm, I'm afraid it's bad for your health. Don't worry, I have a way to help."

The monk used wine as bait, and under the temptation of the aroma of wine, a wine worm came out of Liu Fatty's mouth and fell into the wine altar. It was a three-foot-long reddish worm with a nose and eyes that swam like a fish through the wine jar.

When Fatty Liu saw the wine worm, he was horrified.

When his mood calmed down, he took out his silver and wanted to thank the monk. But the monk refused. He only wanted the wine worm.

The monk explained that this wine worm is actually the essence of wine, which can be made into excellent wine when put in water.

But since then, Liu has developed an aversion to alcohol. The strange thing is that although he became industrious, his life became more and more poor.

The wine worm that Fatty Liu once possessed seemed to be his source of luck, and without it, his life seemed out of balance.