Author: Zhou Chu, pen name Wen Yuqiong, the story describes the ancient Zitong County of Xikang Province, which is now known as Xichang and Qionghai. According to legend, there used to be a young woodcutter and his mother who depended on each other. The woodcutter relied on cutting firewood and buying rice all year round. Mother, every day the woodcutter rests on the dripping rock where he cuts firewood. There is a pond next to it. There is a whetstone beside the pond. The woodcutter has to sharpen his knife here. When he was sharpening the knife, he accidentally cut his finger, and the blood from his finger dripped into the pond water. As time passed, the blood in the water turned into a small earthworm. Every time the woodcutter took a break to eat, he would throw some rice to feed the small earthworm. As time passed, the small earthworm gradually grew up, and the food the woodcutter brought every day was not small enough. After the earthworm ate, the woodcutter said to the little earthworm: Little earthworm, little earthworm, you are growing up day by day, and the food I brought is not enough for you. You said that I rely on cutting wood to survive, and I also have to support my elderly mother. How can I afford to feed you?
When the woodcutter was sleeping at night, the little earthworm entrusted a dream to the woodcutter and said: Get up early tomorrow morning, clean the house, fill the big rice basket with rice, and then go to the seaside and you will see seven white beads called strange beads. You can pick off the seven beads, take them back and bury them in the rice basket. Don't tell anyone about this. When the woodcutter wakes up, he will follow the dream. He did it one by one, and then went to cut firewood. The woodcutter got up to cook the next morning and opened the lid of the rice basket to see a full basket of rice. The woodcutter was overjoyed and obviously very happy. Unexpectedly, the neighbor knew about it. The rich neighbor invited people to the woodcutter's house. The woodcutter swallowed seven beads in the rice. The woodcutter's mouth became dry. When he went into the sea to drink water, he turned into a dragon and then walked along the sea.
