Source:
Tang Ming Shunzhi's "Gong Zhuan Pai": "Borrow a little to live, and return it to the landlord in the harvest year. The so-called' wool is on the sheep'. "
Chapter 27 of Qing Li Garbo's Officialdom in Appearance: "Everything should be minimized and minimized. The wool is on the sheep, and when Jia gives two more, it will pass safely. "
Qing, Li Yu's "Flounder Levying Profits": "Floating clouds:' Heroes don't eat immediate losses, and it is cheap to borrow flowers to offer Buddha. "Xiao Shengyun:' The wool is on the sheep.
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Example of the story of wool on sheep:
Once upon a time, a businessman went to a mountain village, and the mountains around the village were full of goats. Businessmen and farmers in the village said that I bought goats at 1000 yuan each. The villagers didn't know whether it was true or not, so they tried to catch the goat. The merchant really gave it to 1000.
So the whole village went to catch goats, which was much more cost-effective than farming. Soon the merchant bought more than 2000 goats, and there were few goats on the mountain. At this time, the merchant offered another 2000 yuan to buy a goat. The villagers saw that the price of monkeys had doubled, so they went to catch them again. The merchants bought them all, but now it is difficult to catch goats.
The merchant offered another 3,000 yuan to buy a goat, which could hardly be caught. At this time, the merchant made his helper pretend to be a villager, gave his helper 10 goat, and bought it back in front of the villagers for 30,000 yuan. After coming back, the helper returned the 30 thousand yuan to the businessman. In this way, without spending a penny, the goat's offer was fried to 3000 yuan.
People bid another 5,000 yuan for a goat, but there are no goats on the mountain. Almost all the goats are here with the merchant, so the merchant returned to the city and sent another helper to the village to say to the villagers, I have some goats here. Do you need them? 4000 yuan each. The villagers think that a goat can earn a difference of 1000 yuan for a round trip, and try their best to buy all these goats back.
The helper took the money and left. The villagers waited for a long time. They were convinced that the merchant would come back and buy their goats for 5000 yuan, but the merchant never came back. Finally, someone couldn't wait. Goats wanted to eat bananas and spend money, so they put them back on the mountain. The mountain was still full of goats.
References:
The wool is on the sheep _ Baidu Encyclopedia