Snail girl is a character in a local folk tale in Fuzhou, Fujian Province, which comes from the fifth volume of the Postscript of Finding God. ?
The story tells that Emperor Tiandi knew that Xie Duan had died since he was a child, and he was very lonely. He felt sorry for him. Seeing that he was thrifty, he sent a fairy snail girl to help him. Luohu, Shehong County, Sichuan Province has also been circulated, and the story is similar.
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Once upon a time, there was a lonely young farmer who made a living by farming for the landlord. He works at sunrise and returns at sunset every day, working hard. One day, he found a very big snail in the field. He was surprised and happy. He took it home, put it in a water tank and raised it carefully with water. ?
One day, the farmer went to work in the field as usual in the morning, and found that there was delicious rice on the stove, delicious fish and vegetables in the kitchen, and boiling hot water in the teapot. He came back the next day. Two days, three days ... every day, the farmer decided to make things clear. The next day, the rooster crowed everywhere. As usual, he went down to work with a hoe on his back. As soon as it got dark, he hurried home to see who was kind.
He saw the chimney on the roof of his house smoking in the distance, so he went forward to see who was cooking with his own eyes. But when he crept close to the door and looked in, there was no movement at home. When he walked in, he saw that the food on the table was delicious, the fire in the kitchen was still burning and the water in the pot was boiling. The enthusiastic chef disappeared before he could scoop it up.
One day has passed. The farmer got up early again, the rooster crowed and went home before dawn. Before the smoke in the kitchen rose, the young people quietly approached the fence and hid in the dark, watching everything in their house with rapt attention.
After a while, he finally saw a beautiful young girl slowly coming out of the water tank, and her clothes were not slightly wet because of the water. The girl moved to the stove and began to cook and cook.
Seeing the truth, the young man ran into the door and walked to the water tank. When he saw it, the snail he picked up was just an empty shell. He looked at the empty shell again and again in surprise, then went to the stove and asked the young girl who was cooking, "Girl, where are you from?" Why did you help me cook? "
The girl didn't expect him to appear at this time. After listening to his questioning about his life, she was surprised and didn't know what to do. The girl wanted to go back to the water tank, but she was blocked. The young farmer kept asking, but the young girl had no choice but to tell him the truth. She is a snail girl. Young people like snail girl very much, and later they got married.