World Children's Story Classics: Family Stories

Chapter 71
In the last years of the Shang Dynasty, there lived a resourceful man named Jiang Taigong.In order to gain the respect of King Wen of Zhou, Jiang Zhigong often fished by the small river with a straight hook without bait.There was a problem with the livelihood of the family, and his wife, Mrs. Ma, thought he was poor and left him.

Later, Jiang Shaogong finally won the trust and reuse of King Wen of Zhou. Seeing that he was rich and powerful, Mrs. Ma regretted leaving him at the beginning, so she went to find Jiang Taigong.Jiang Taigong had seen through Ma Shi's behavior, and he didn't want to restore the relationship with her, so he poured a pot of water on the ground and asked Ma Shi to put the water away.Ma quickly got down on the ground to fetch water, but only received some mud.Jiang Taigong said to her: "You have left me, so you can't be together again. This is like water poured on the ground, it is difficult to get it back!"

(End of this chapter)