The fable of locking hill

There was a hill in Zhaotang, Qiu Village of Guangde. One year a big flood happened in this hill, which submerged the countryside and caused people to run away from their homeland. However, an old melon man living in the hillside refused to leave. With the big water withdrawing, the old man discovered a melon seedling had revealed a piece of tender leaf in the melon garden. After careful cultivation, a great round melon has tied until the late autumn. The Old man rolled the melon to home. When he arrived at the hillside, he heard a loud sound and found that there was a big crack in the hill. The watermelon rolled into the seam, and the hot pursuit old man had also fallen into it. It seemed as if he arrived at a fairyland with wealth everywhere. Just then, a white hair old man appeared. After finding out the reason, he permitted: here gold, silver valuables and money, you can take any you like. The old man asked for only a gold hoe and a gold spade. When leaving, the old man was given a key and a sentence. He was asked to take anything if he wanted. When he came back, the wealthy person closely examined the origin of his gold hoe and gold spade, and also intimidated him to mention the mnemonics and hand over the key. The wealthy person arrived in front of the mountain, as soon as they read the mnemonics, the mountain really split. The wealthy person had entered, seeing a front door to block the way. As soon as they opened the door by the key, they found money everywhere. The wealthy person sweated profusely by taking this and that. Suddenly, they heard a thunder and found the hill relocked again. From then on, the hill had not split again. Later, people called it “locking hill”.

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