Once upon a time, an old man and his old lady lived by the blue sea. They lived in a shabby mud shed for thirty-three years.

The old man cast a net to fish. The old woman tied a knot. Once, the old man threw a net into the sea and pulled up a seaweed net. He cast his net again and pulled up a seaweed net. He cast his net for the third time. This time, he caught a fish, not an ordinary fish, but a goldfish.

The goldfish cried out in pain! She said in a human voice, "Grandpa, please put me back in the sea. I want to give you a valuable reward. In order to save yourself, you can ask for anything. "

The old man was surprised, but he was still scared: he had been fishing for 33 years and had never heard that fish could talk. He let the goldfish out and said a few nice words to her: "God bless you, goldfish! I don't want your reward. Go to the blue ocean and swim freely. "

The old man went back to the old woman and told her the great miracle. "Today I caught a fish, not an ordinary fish, but a goldfish; This goldfish can talk like us. She begged me to put her back into the blue ocean and redeem herself with the most precious thing: she would do anything I wanted to save her freedom. I didn't dare to ask for her reward, so I put her back in the blue ocean. "

The old woman pointed at the old man and scolded him, "You idiot, what an old fool! You dare not take the reward of goldfish! Even if you want a wooden basin, ours is broken. "

So the old man came to the blue sea and saw the waves in the sea. The old man shouted to the goldfish. The goldfish swam over and asked, "Grandpa, what do you want?"

The old man saluted her and replied, "Well, goldfish, my old lady scolds me, and my old man will have no peace." She wants a new wooden basin, but ours is broken and can't be used any more. "

The goldfish replied, "Don't be sad. Let's go. God bless you. You will have a new wooden basin soon. " The old man went back to the old woman, and she really had a new wooden basin.

The old woman cursed even more: "you idiot, what an old fool!" " What an old fool! All you want is a wooden basin. How much is this wooden basin worth? Go home, old fool, and find the goldfish again, pay tribute to her and ask her for a wooden house. "

So the old man went to the blue sea again. The old man shouted to the goldfish. The goldfish swam over and asked, "Grandpa, what do you want?"

The old man saluted her and replied, "Please, goldfish! The old lady scolded me more. She won't let my dad rest. My nagging wife wants a wooden house. "

The goldfish replied, "Don't be sad. Let's go. God bless you. In this way, you have a wooden house. "

The old man walked to the mud shed he could not see; In front of him is a wooden house with bright room, white brick chimney and oak door.

The old woman sat under the window, pointed to her husband and shouted, "You fool, ten or ten mature old fools!" " Old bastard, all you need is a cabin! Leave here, pay tribute to the goldfish and say: I don't want to be a cheap old woman, I want to be a hereditary woman. "

The old man walked towards the blue sea. The old man shouted to the goldfish again, and the goldfish swam to him and asked, "Grandpa, what do you want?"

The old man saluted her and replied, "Come on, goldfish! The old woman lost her temper even more. She won't let my dad rest. She is no longer willing to be a farmer, she wants to be a hereditary wife. "

The goldfish replied, "Don't be sad, go, and God bless you."

The old man went back to the old woman. What did he see? A tall building. His old woman stood on the steps, wearing a valuable mink vest, gorgeous headdress, a pearl necklace around her neck, a gold ring with jewels in her hand and red boots on her feet.

Hard-working slaves stood in front of her, and she whipped them and pulled their foreheads. The old man said to his old woman, "Hello, noble lady! I think your heart should be satisfied this time. "

The old woman yelled at him and sent him to the stable to work. A week later, another week later, the old woman was even more mischievous. She sent the old man to the goldfish. "Get out, salute the goldfish and say that I don't want to be a lady anymore, I want to be the queen of freedom."

The old man was startled and said, "What's the matter, mother-in-law? Did you take crazy medicine? You can't even walk and talk normally! You will make the whole country laugh. "

The old woman became more and more angry. She slapped her husband in the face. "Hillbilly, you dare to talk back to me and quarrel with my hereditary wife? Go to the beach To be honest, if you don't go, you have to go. "

The old man went to the seaside (the blue sea turned black) and he called to the goldfish again. The goldfish swam up to him and asked. "What do you want, Grandpa?"

The old man saluted her and replied. "Please, goldfish, my old lady is shouting again. She doesn't want to be a lady anymore. She wants to be a free queen. "

The goldfish replied, "Don't be sad. Let's go. God bless you. Well, the old woman is going to be a queen! "

The old man went back to the old woman. Ah, there is a palace in front of him. His old lady has become a queen and is sitting at the dining table. Ministers and nobles waited on her. Pour her wine.

She is eating a beautiful cake, surrounded by majestic guards with sharp axes on her shoulders. The old man was startled to see this scene! He quickly saluted the old woman and kowtowed and said, "Hello, noble queen! Well, you should be satisfied this time. "

Without looking at him, the old woman ordered him to be driven away. Ministers and nobles rushed out together, grabbed the old man by the neck and pushed him away. The guard came to the door and almost cut down the old man with a sharp axe. People laughed at him: "You deserve it, old fool!" " This is a lesson for you. You must perform your duties in the future! "

A week has passed, another week has passed, and the old woman's nonsense is even more speechless. She sent courtiers to find her husband. They found the old man and took him away. The old woman said to the old man, "Go back and pay tribute to the goldfish. I don't want to be the queen of freedom anymore. I want to be the overlord at sea. Let me live at sea, let the goldfish serve me, and let me do what I want. "

The old man didn't dare to talk back or provoke. So he ran to the blue sea and saw a black storm on the sea: rough, rough and roaring. The old man shouted to the goldfish. The goldfish swam over and asked, "Grandpa, what do you want?"

The old man saluted her and replied, "OK, Mrs. Fish! What am I supposed to do with this damn old woman? She doesn't want to be queen anymore. She wants to be the overlord of the ocean; In this way, she can live in the vast sea and let you serve her personally and listen to her. "

The goldfish didn't say a word, but as its tail paddled in the water, it swam to the deep sea. The old man waited for a long time at the seaside to get the answer. Without waiting, he had to go back to see the old lady. He saw a broken mud shed in front of him, and her old woman was sitting on the threshold with a broken wooden basin in front of her.