話說王太和拿鐵鍬一刨，刨了二尺多深，就聽「咯噹」一響。王太和一瞧是石板，揭開石板一看，是一窖金元寶銀元寶。金元寶都是一百兩一個的馬蹄金，銀元寶是二百兩一個的大元寶。王太和一看，先拿出一個來，照樣埋好，也不敢聲張。次日到岳父家提說要蓋房，韓員外說：「你有錢么？」王太和說：「沒有多錢，對付著辦。」先買了兩個銀櫃，找木廠子一看，他這片地基不小，先蓋三間瓦房。隨著動工，隨著往外搬運金銀，把房蓋好了，把金元寶一數，是六百個，每個能換銀五千兩，銀元寶是四百個，共一千個，從此陡然大富，有三百多萬銀子。在本地開的銀樓緞號，置買田地房產，大眾都知道王太和發了財回來了，都不知道怎么發了財。王太和自己想起，當初在松江府老道給我相面，說我該當餓死，現在我得了這大家私，還能餓得死么？老道幾乎耽誤了我終身的大事。從此不信服和尚老道，說僧道都是謠言惑眾。王太和每年冬施粥，夏施茶，舍棉襖棉褲，遇窮苦人等，貧老病瞎，必要周濟，就是不齋僧布道，今天為什麼要把和尚找回來，施捨一萬兩銀子呢？只因他瞧見影壁上寫的字了，濟公寫的是兩首絕句。頭一首是：
话说王太和拿铁锹一刨，刨了二尺多深，就听「咯当」一响。王太和一瞧是石板，揭开石板一看，是一窖金元宝银元宝。金元宝都是一百两一个的马蹄金，银元宝是二百两一个的大元宝。王太和一看，先拿出一个来，照样埋好，也不敢声张。次日到岳父家提说要盖房，韩员外说：「你有钱幺？」王太和说：「没有多钱，对付着办。」先买了两个银柜，找木厂子一看，他这片地基不小，先盖三间瓦房。随着动工，随着往外搬运金银，把房盖好了，把金元宝一数，是六百个，每个能换银五千两，银元宝是四百个，共一千个，从此陡然大富，有三百多万银子。在本地开的银楼缎号，置买田地房产，大众都知道王太和发了财回来了，都不知道怎么发了财。王太和自己想起，当初在松江府老道给我相面，说我该当饿死，现在我得了这大家私，还能饿得死幺？老道几乎耽误了我终身的大事。从此不信服和尚老道，说僧道都是谣言惑众。王太和每年冬施粥，夏施茶，舍棉袄棉裤，遇穷苦人等，贫老病瞎，必要周济，就是不斋僧布道，今天为什么要把和尚找回来，施舍一万两银子呢？只因他瞧见影壁上写的字了，济公写的是两首绝句。头一首是：
Now, Wang Taihe dug with the iron spade, and when he was down more than two feet he heard a clunk. He looked and saw a stone slab. He lifted the slab, and there was a whole cellar of gold and silver ingots. The gold ingots were all horseshoe gold, a hundred taels apiece; the silver ingots were the big kind, two hundred taels apiece. When Wang Taihe saw this, he first took one out, buried the rest again just as before, and didn’t dare breathe a word. The next day he went to his father-in-law’s house and said he meant to build. “Have you got the money?” said Squire Han. “Not much,” said Wang Taihe. “I’ll make do.” First he bought two strongboxes for silver, then had a timber yard come and look the place over. His plot of ground was not small, and to begin with he put up three bays of tiled house. As the building went on, he went on moving the gold and silver out, and when the house was finished he counted the gold ingots: six hundred of them, each good for five thousand taels of silver. The silver ingots came to four hundred, a thousand ingots in all. From then on he was suddenly a very rich man, with more than three million taels of silver. He opened a goldsmith’s and a silk shop in the district and bought up fields and houses. Everyone knew Wang Taihe had come home rich, but nobody knew how he had done it. Wang Taihe thought to himself: “Back in Songjiang Prefecture that Daoist read my face and said I was bound to starve to death. Now I’ve come into this great fortune, how could I starve? That Daoist very nearly cost me my marriage.” From then on he had no faith in monks or Daoists and said they were all frauds who led people astray with lies. Every year Wang Taihe gave out gruel in winter and tea in summer and handed out padded jackets and trousers, and whenever he met poor folk, the old, the sick, the blind, he was sure to help them. The one thing he would not do was feed a monk or give to a Daoist. Why, then, did he send after the monk today and give him ten thousand taels? Because he had seen what was written on the spirit screen. Ji Gong had written two quatrains. The first went:
昔日松江問子平，涵齡道我一身窮。事至而今陡然富，皆因蘇興馬玉容。
昔日松江问子平，涵龄道我一身穷。事至而今陡然富，皆因苏兴马玉容。
In Songjiang once I had my fortune told;Hanling said I’d be poor my whole life long.Now, as things stand, I’m suddenly rich,and all because of Su Xing and Ma Yurong.
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