There was a countryman selling pears at the market. The pears were fragrant and sweet, but the price was very expensive. There was a Taoist priest wearing a tattered turban and a tattered cotton-padded jacket, begging for pears in front of a pear seller. The country people scolded him, but he didn't leave. The country man got angry and started yelling at him. The Taoist priest said: "There are hundreds of pears in this cart. I only want one of them, Taoist, and it won't be a big loss to you. Why bother with it?" The bystanders advised the countryman to pick a bad one. He gave the pear to the Taoist priest and sent him away, but the countryman refused.
The clerk in the shop nearby saw the commotion and took out the money to buy a pear and gave it to the Taoist priest. After thanking the Taoist priest, he said to everyone: "Monks don't know how to be stingy. I have good pears, and I will take them out for everyone to eat later." Someone said: "Since you have pears, why don't you eat your own?" The Taoist priest said: "I just need it. Use this pear core as a seed." So he held the pear and ate it. After the Taoist priest finished eating the pears, he put the pear core in his hand, took off the shovel on his shoulder, dug a hole in the ground several inches deep, put the pear core into the hole, covered it with soil, and walked toward the street. The people asked for hot water. A good man asked for a pot of boiling water from a roadside shop. The Taoist priest took it and poured it into the pit. Under the watchful eyes of everyone, only a pear bud broke out of the ground, gradually grew up, and soon grew into a leafy pear tree. In a blink of an eye, the flowers bloomed, and in a blink of an eye, they bore fruits. The trees were full of big, sweet pears. The Taoist priest climbed up the tree, picked the pears, and gave them to the onlookers. After a while, the pears were eaten. Then, the Taoist priest used a shovel to chop down the pear tree. After chopping for a long time, he finally chopped it off. The Taoist priest carried the trunk with branches and leaves on his shoulders and walked calmly and unhurriedly. .
At first, when the Taoist priest was performing tricks, the countryman was among the crowd of spectators. He only stretched his neck and stared at the excitement, and even forgot about selling pears. After the Taoist priest left, he looked back at his pear cart and saw that there were no pears left. Only then did he suddenly realize that the pears the Taoist priest had just divided were all his own. If I look closely, I can see that even one of the handlebars on the car is missing and has been newly cut off. He was angry and resentful, and hurriedly followed the path taken by the Taoist priest. When they turned a corner, they saw the broken handlebar thrown under the wall. Only then did the country people realize that the pear tree trunk cut off by the Taoist priest was the handlebar. The Taoist priest has disappeared. Everyone in the market was laughing so hard.
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