The Flower Language and Legend of White Orchid

The Flower Language of White Orchid

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The Legend of Bai Lan

A long time ago, there was a young man named Li at the foot of Mount Emei. He made a living by picking up dog excrement. He was ugly, so people called him Li Gouer.

One day, Li Gou'er followed the villagers into the mountains to pick orchids, but they got lost before they could pick any. He came to the foot of a cliff, hungry and thirsty. Thinking of his miserable life, he felt injustice and could not help but pounding the rock wall with his fists. Suddenly, with a "creak", the rock wall disappeared, and a magical place appeared: there were the sun, moon and stars in the sky, and flowers, birds and plants on the ground. The lawn in front of him was full of emerald green orchids and filled with faint fragrance.

Li Gou'er was excited and stepped into the lawn in a few steps. He saw an orchid with snow-white flowers in bloom. He was so happy that he bent down to pick it. Suddenly someone patted him on the shoulder. When he looked up, he saw an old woman in blue smiling at him and asking him, "Li Gou'er, do you want to steal my magic herb white jasmine?" Li Gou'er blushed and was at a loss. The old woman continued, "This magic herb of mine is a priceless treasure. You just need to take it back and plant it in fertile soil. It will grow to life in three days, and then you can realize one of your wishes. Just think of what you want and smell the white jasmine with your nose." After she finished speaking, she disappeared.

Li Gou'er pulled up the white orchid, and in the blink of an eye the fairyland disappeared, but he was already standing in his own yard. Only the fragrant white orchid in his hand reminded him that this was not a dream. Following the immortal's instructions, he planted the orchid in the fertile soil in the yard. Three days later, the magic grass came back to life and the courtyard was filled with fragrance.

Li Gouer thought: My biggest wish is to have a wife. I am not worthy of a beautiful woman, so it is better to have someone with an ordinary appearance, a strong build, and the strength to work. Then he smelled the white jasmine while thinking of such a woman in his mind. He saw a flash of light from the white jasmine flower, and suddenly a white mist appeared around it. After the white mist dissipated, a tall and strong woman appeared. She said to the dog: "My name is White Orchid Flower, and I wish to spend my life with my husband."

She didn't let him pick up dog poop anymore. Li Gou'er said how could he live without picking up dog poop. The wife smiled, waved her hand in the air, and immediately a lot of silver appeared. Li Gou'er was very happy to see this. Bai Lanhua hired someone to build a new house and cooked many delicacies every day. Under his wife's care, Li Gou'er's life is getting better and better. He began to feel flattered, and the more beautiful the young girl seemed, the uglier his wife seemed. He regretted it and thought that he should have made a wish for the most beautiful woman. He began to look down on his wife. Li Gou'er became more and more lazy and stopped working. He just went to casinos and brothels all day long and spent money like water. Bai Lanhua saw that he had changed his mind. I feel very sad. People advised him to be a decent person, and although he agreed with his mouth, he thought in his heart that his wife was a goddess with endless money, so he did not change and continued to live a decadent life.

When local people saw that Li Gou'er had become so wealthy all of a sudden, they all suspected that his money came from unknown sources, and someone reported the situation to the Emei County Government.

Zhu Can, the county magistrate of Emei County, was a corrupt official. He felt that something was fishy, ​​so he sent yamen runners to investigate the case. Upon investigation, he discovered that there was a woman of unknown origin in Li Gou'er's home. He summoned Li Gou'er to the yamen, hosted a banquet for him, and induced him to tell the origins of his wife. Li Gou'er was flattered and quickly told her his whole experience of going into the mountains to pick orchids, how he got the white orchid and turned her into his fairy wife. After hearing this, Zhu Can felt jealous and surprised, and wanted to possess the white orchid for himself. He suddenly came up with a plan and tricked Gou'er into exchanging his wife for his official hat. Li Gou'er hesitated for a moment, but then he thought that being an official could bring honor to the family, bring power and influence, and bring countless money and women. I readily agreed. Zhu Can immediately wrote down the exchange agreement on paper and asked him to put his fingerprint on it.

The next day, Li Gou'er returned home with Zhu Can, and he proudly told his wife about this. Bai Lanhua was very angry when she saw him do this, but she still tried to persuade him kindly, hoping that he would take back the contract and not forget the days when he was single. Li Gou'er was ashamed and angry, and called her an ugly woman who wanted to rely on him to live. Seeing that he was ungrateful and hopeless, Bai Lanhua walked straight into the bridal sedan. Seeing that the deal was done, Li Gou'er hurriedly put on his black hat. Zhu Can asked the sedan bearers to go back home. At this moment, Li Gou'er suddenly discovered that the black hat on his head was made of paper. He realized that he had been deceived and rushed to stop the sedan chair. Zhu Can was furious and ordered the yamen runners to beat Li Gou'er. Then he burned down his bridal chamber and let the sedan bearers carry Bai Lanhua away. Just after passing a valley, the sedan chair became very heavy and the bearers could not bear it, so they had to stop to rest. Zhu Can was furious upon seeing this. He didn't believe that the sedan chair would become heavier, and he was about to lift the curtain to see what was going on, but the curtain suddenly shook and a giant python jumped out. He was so scared that he died. Strangely, the python did not hurt anyone, but swam slowly towards Mount Emei. When Li Gou'er woke up, he found that his house was gone and he was a bachelor again. He had no choice but to go back to his old job of picking up dog poop.