話說石成瑞自己想要到海市蜃樓去逛逛，來到這花園子，躥上界牆一看，外面並沒有熱鬧大街，還是荒山野嶺。自己一想：「這可怪了，我再到樓上，開開樓窗瞧瞧。」想罷復反跳下來，來到樓上，開開樓窗一瞧，還是荒山野嶺，並沒一人。自己愣了半天，無奈又回來，到了自己屋中，銀屏小姐說：「郡馬哪去了？」石成瑞說：「我到樓上要去逛海市蜃樓，不想全都沒了，我還想要聽昨天那戲。」銀屏小姐說：「那容易，咱們家裡有戲，你跟我聽去。」石成瑞說：「我不信。」立刻跟著來到花園一瞧，忽然那邊鑼鼓喧天，唱上戲了。石成瑞自己終然還惦念家鄉故土，銀屏小姐百般哄他，石成瑞想吃什麼就有什麼，想怎么樣就怎么樣。石成瑞一想，「我要什麼她就有什麼，我倒要把她為難住。」這天石成瑞說：「我想一宗東西吃。」銀屏說：「你想罷，想什麼我給你預備。」石成瑞說：「這裡沒有，非得我們那本地才能有呢。浙江出一宗鰣魚，其味最美，別的地方哪裡也沒有。」銀屏小姐道：「那容易，我們花園子月牙河裡就有。」石成瑞說：「你這可是胡說，這種東西別處絕沒有。」銀屏說：「不信，你跟我來，我釣上魚來你瞧是不是。」石成瑞說：「走。」二人來到花園子，銀屏拿竹竿線繩拴上釣魚鉤，放下去工夫不大，把魚釣上來，石成瑞一看，果然是鰣魚。心中一想：「這可真怪。雖有魚，大概他們這裡沒有紫芽的薑，做鰣魚非得要紫芽薑不可，別的薑做出來不鮮。」想罷，說：「娘子，我們那老家做鰣魚，單出一種紫芽薑做作料，其味透鮮，這裡哪找紫芽薑去？」銀屏說：「有，這花盆裡種著紫芽薑，專為做鰣魚的。」伸手一刨，果然刨出紫芽薑來。石成瑞心中納悶，叫廚子做得了，果然好吃。石成瑞說：「娘子，聽說山海八珍，有龍肝鳳髓豹胎熊掌最好吃，我要吃龍肝行不行？」銀屏說：「行。」立刻拿筆在粉壁牆上畫了一條龍。石成瑞說：「這是畫的不能吃。」銀屏小姐口中念念有詞，用手一指，這條龍就活了，張牙舞爪就要走。銀屏小姐過去一寶劍，把龍開了膛，取出龍肝來，給石成瑞煮好吃了，百般哄著，石成瑞他老不喜歡，銀屏小姐說：「郡馬你為何總不喜歡么？」石成瑞說：「我實對你說罷，我是想念家中尚有老娘，還有原配的妻子，此時是不知音信。聽戲聽四郎探母，秋胡戲妻，人家出外都有回家之日，我就不能回去？心中總不得放心，也不知我老娘、妻子是死是活？」銀屏小姐說：「你要回去也行，我送你回去好不好？」
话说石成瑞自己想要到海市蜃楼去逛逛，来到这花园子，蹿上界墙一看，外面并没有热闹大街，还是荒山野岭。自己一想：「这可怪了，我再到楼上，开开楼窗瞧瞧。」想罢复反跳下来，来到楼上，开开楼窗一瞧，还是荒山野岭，并没一人。自己愣了半天，无奈又回来，到了自己屋中，银屏小姐说：「郡马哪去了？」石成瑞说：「我到楼上要去逛海市蜃楼，不想全都没了，我还想要听昨天那戏。」银屏小姐说：「那容易，咱们家里有戏，你跟我听去。」石成瑞说：「我不信。」立刻跟着来到花园一瞧，忽然那边锣鼓喧天，唱上戏了。石成瑞自己终然还惦念家乡故土，银屏小姐百般哄他，石成瑞想吃什么就有什么，想怎么样就怎么样。石成瑞一想，「我要什么她就有什么，我倒要把她为难住。」这天石成瑞说：「我想一宗东西吃。」银屏说：「你想罢，想什么我给你预备。」石成瑞说：「这里没有，非得我们那本地才能有呢。浙江出一宗鲥鱼，其味最美，别的地方哪里也没有。」银屏小姐道：「那容易，我们花园子月牙河里就有。」石成瑞说：「你这可是胡说，这种东西别处绝没有。」银屏说：「不信，你跟我来，我钓上鱼来你瞧是不是。」石成瑞说：「走。」二人来到花园子，银屏拿竹竿线绳拴上钓鱼钩，放下去工夫不大，把鱼钓上来，石成瑞一看，果然是鲥鱼。心中一想：「这可真怪。虽有鱼，大概他们这里没有紫芽的姜，做鲥鱼非得要紫芽姜不可，别的姜做出来不鲜。」想罢，说：「娘子，我们那老家做鲥鱼，单出一种紫芽姜做作料，其味透鲜，这里哪找紫芽姜去？」银屏说：「有，这花盆里种着紫芽姜，专为做鲥鱼的。」伸手一刨，果然刨出紫芽姜来。石成瑞心中纳闷，叫厨子做得了，果然好吃。石成瑞说：「娘子，听说山海八珍，有龙肝凤髓豹胎熊掌最好吃，我要吃龙肝行不行？」银屏说：「行。」立刻拿笔在粉壁墙上画了一条龙。石成瑞说：「这是画的不能吃。」银屏小姐口中念念有词，用手一指，这条龙就活了，张牙舞爪就要走。银屏小姐过去一宝剑，把龙开了膛，取出龙肝来，给石成瑞煮好吃了，百般哄着，石成瑞他老不喜欢，银屏小姐说：「郡马你为何总不喜欢幺？」石成瑞说：「我实对你说罢，我是想念家中尚有老娘，还有原配的妻子，此时是不知音信。听戏听四郎探母，秋胡戏妻，人家出外都有回家之日，我就不能回去？心中总不得放心，也不知我老娘、妻子是死是活？」银屏小姐说：「你要回去也行，我送你回去好不好？」
Now, Shi Chengrui had wanted to go and stroll about the Sea Market and the Mirage Towers. He came into the garden and leapt up onto the boundary wall, but when he looked out there was no bustling street at all, only wild hills and empty ridges. He thought to himself, “Now this is strange. I’ll go up to the upper storey again, open the window and have a look.” With that he jumped back down, went upstairs, opened the window and looked: still wild hills and empty ridges, and not a soul in sight. He stood there dumbfounded a long while, and with nothing else for it he came back to his own room. “Where did you go, Consort?” asked Miss Yinping. “I went up to the upper storey to stroll about the Sea Market and the Mirage Towers,” said Shi Chengrui, “but the whole thing was gone. And I wanted to hear yesterday’s opera again.” “That’s easy,” said Miss Yinping. “We have opera right here at home. Come with me and listen.” “I don’t believe it,” said Shi Chengrui. He followed her straight to the garden, and all at once, over there, gongs and drums shook the sky and an opera was under way. Still, Shi Chengrui never stopped thinking of his home and native soil. Miss Yinping coaxed him every way she could: whatever Shi Chengrui wanted to eat, there it was; however he wanted things, so they were. Shi Chengrui thought, “Whatever I want, she has. I’m going to stump her.” One day Shi Chengrui said, “There’s something I’ve a craving to eat.” “Name it,” said Yinping. “Whatever it is, I’ll have it ready for you.” “You won’t have it here,” said Shi Chengrui. “You can only get it back in my own part of the country. Zhejiang has a fish called the shad, the finest-tasting thing there is, and you won’t find it anywhere else.” “That’s easy,” said Miss Yinping. “There’s some right in Yueya Brook in our garden.” “Now you’re talking nonsense,” said Shi Chengrui. “You’ll never find that anywhere else.” “If you don’t believe me, come with me,” said Yinping. “I’ll catch one, and you can see whether it’s the real thing.” “Let’s go,” said Shi Chengrui. The two of them came to the garden. Yinping tied a line with a fishhook to a bamboo pole and let it down, and before long she pulled up a fish. Shi Chengrui looked: it really was a shad. He thought, “This is strange indeed. Well, she has the fish, but they probably don’t have purple-tipped ginger here. Shad has to be cooked with purple-tipped ginger; with any other ginger it doesn’t come out fresh.” So he said, “My dear, back home we cook shad with one special kind of ginger for seasoning, purple-tipped ginger, and it makes it wonderfully fresh. Where would you find purple-tipped ginger here?” “We have it,” said Yinping. “There’s purple-tipped ginger growing in this flowerpot, just for cooking shad.” She reached in and dug, and sure enough she dug up purple-tipped ginger. Shi Chengrui was baffled. He had the cook prepare the fish, and it really was delicious. “My dear,” said Shi Chengrui, “I hear that of the eight delicacies of mountain and sea, dragon liver, phoenix marrow, leopard foetus and bear’s paw are the best of all. Suppose I want to eat dragon liver. Can you manage that?” “I can,” said Yinping. At once she took a brush and drew a dragon on the whitewashed wall. “That’s only a picture,” said Shi Chengrui. “You can’t eat it.” Miss Yinping muttered a spell and pointed at it, and the dragon came alive, baring its fangs and brandishing its claws, ready to make off. Miss Yinping stepped up and with one stroke of her sword split the dragon open, took out its liver and had it cooked for Shi Chengrui to eat. She coaxed him every way she could, yet Shi Chengrui was never happy. “Consort,” said Miss Yinping, “why are you always so unhappy?” “I’ll tell you the truth,” said Shi Chengrui. “I miss my home. I still have my old mother there, and my first wife, and I’ve had no word of them all this time. Listening to The Fourth Son Visits His Mother and Qiu Hu Teases His Wife, I thought: other men go far from home and they all get a day to go back. Why can’t I? My heart is never at ease. I don’t even know whether my old mother and my wife are alive or dead.” “If you want to go back, you can,” said Miss Yinping. “Suppose I send you back. How would that be?”
石成瑞一聽喜歡了，說：「你要能叫我回去，我到家裡看看，我再來也就放心了。」銀屏說：「既然如是，我送你走。你閉上眼，可別睜眼，聽不見風響，你再睜眼，你就到了家了。」石成瑞說：「就是。」立刻把眼一閉，耳輪中就聽呼呼風響，好容易聽不見風響了，自己睜眼一看，已然到了自己的村莊，相離家門口不遠。石成瑞心中大快，趕緊往前走，來到門首一叫門，只見他妻子出來，把門開了一看，說：「你回來了？老娘都想壞了。」石成瑞看見自己結髮之妻，心中不由得難過，說：「老娘可好？」他妻子劉氏說：「好。」石成瑞立刻來到裡面，一瞧他老娘在屋裡坐著，倒也沒見老邁。石成瑞趕緊上前行禮，說：「娘親，你老人家好呀！」老太太一看，說：「兒呀！你回來了。」劉氏說：「官人這二年上哪裡去的，為何永不回來？叫家人不放心。」石成瑞說：「唉！別提了，一言難盡。我皆因好游山玩景，鬧出事來。我在山裡也走迷了，吃的也沒有了，卻有了病，四肢無力，步履艱難，我想著要死在山裡，決回不來了。我瞧有許多的果子樹，我摘了一個吃，就仿佛立刻神清氣爽。忽遇見一個女子，我就迷糊了，把我帶到隱魔山。有一位魔師爺，叫桂林樵夫王九峰，他說他女兒跟我有一段仙緣，叫銀屏小姐，我就招了親。吃穿倒是無不應心，要什麼有什麼，我夫妻倒也和美，她待我也不錯。我日子長了，我總想家裡有老娘，你我總是結髮夫妻，焉能忘的了？我就是自己回不來，這倒是我那妻子好處，她用法術把我送回來的。我一睜眼，已然是離家不遠了，我故此回來了。」他妻子說：「原來是你在外面招了親了，你這還想回去不回去呢？」石成瑞說：「我倒不想回去了，再說我要回去，也不識得道路。」他妻子說：「人家待你這么好，一日夫妻百日恩，你為何不回去呢？」石成瑞說：「我不回去了。」他妻子說：「當真你不回去了？」石成瑞說：「當真。」他妻子「噗哧」一笑，石成瑞再一看。也不是他的家裡，還是在銀屏小姐屋裡，他老娘也不見了，他妻子劉氏也不見了，所說的話都是銀屏小姐。石成瑞也愣了，還是沒出屋子。銀屏小姐說：「我真要把你送回家去，你回家去你是不來了。」石成瑞說：「你怎么冤我？」銀屏小姐說：「我因為試試你的心。」石成瑞說：「娘子你也不便試探我，真要回去，到了家就是我想來也是來不了，我哪裡走得回來呢？」銀屏小姐說：「你打算回去，我真送你走。我教給你點法術，我給你這塊手帕，哪時你要想回來，你有急難之時，掏出絹帕，雙眼一閉，雙足一跺，就能回來。」
石成瑞一听喜欢了，说：「你要能叫我回去，我到家里看看，我再来也就放心了。」银屏说：「既然如是，我送你走。你闭上眼，可别睁眼，听不见风响，你再睁眼，你就到了家了。」石成瑞说：「就是。」立刻把眼一闭，耳轮中就听呼呼风响，好容易听不见风响了，自己睁眼一看，已然到了自己的村庄，相离家门口不远。石成瑞心中大快，赶紧往前走，来到门首一叫门，只见他妻子出来，把门开了一看，说：「你回来了？老娘都想坏了。」石成瑞看见自己结发之妻，心中不由得难过，说：「老娘可好？」他妻子刘氏说：「好。」石成瑞立刻来到里面，一瞧他老娘在屋里坐着，倒也没见老迈。石成瑞赶紧上前行礼，说：「娘亲，你老人家好呀！」老太太一看，说：「儿呀！你回来了。」刘氏说：「官人这二年上哪里去的，为何永不回来？叫家人不放心。」石成瑞说：「唉！别提了，一言难尽。我皆因好游山玩景，闹出事来。我在山里也走迷了，吃的也没有了，却有了病，四肢无力，步履艰难，我想着要死在山里，决回不来了。我瞧有许多的果子树，我摘了一个吃，就仿佛立刻神清气爽。忽遇见一个女子，我就迷糊了，把我带到隐魔山。有一位魔师爷，叫桂林樵夫王九峰，他说他女儿跟我有一段仙缘，叫银屏小姐，我就招了亲。吃穿倒是无不应心，要什么有什么，我夫妻倒也和美，她待我也不错。我日子长了，我总想家里有老娘，你我总是结发夫妻，焉能忘的了？我就是自己回不来，这倒是我那妻子好处，她用法术把我送回来的。我一睁眼，已然是离家不远了，我故此回来了。」他妻子说：「原来是你在外面招了亲了，你这还想回去不回去呢？」石成瑞说：「我倒不想回去了，再说我要回去，也不识得道路。」他妻子说：「人家待你这么好，一日夫妻百日恩，你为何不回去呢？」石成瑞说：「我不回去了。」他妻子说：「当真你不回去了？」石成瑞说：「当真。」他妻子「噗哧」一笑，石成瑞再一看。也不是他的家里，还是在银屏小姐屋里，他老娘也不见了，他妻子刘氏也不见了，所说的话都是银屏小姐。石成瑞也愣了，还是没出屋子。银屏小姐说：「我真要把你送回家去，你回家去你是不来了。」石成瑞说：「你怎么冤我？」银屏小姐说：「我因为试试你的心。」石成瑞说：「娘子你也不便试探我，真要回去，到了家就是我想来也是来不了，我哪里走得回来呢？」银屏小姐说：「你打算回去，我真送你走。我教给你点法术，我给你这块手帕，哪时你要想回来，你有急难之时，掏出绢帕，双眼一闭，双足一跺，就能回来。」
Shi Chengrui brightened at once. “If you can get me home,” he said, “I’ll go and see how things are at the house, and then I’ll come back with my mind at rest.” “In that case,” said Yinping, “I’ll send you off. Close your eyes, and mind you don’t open them. When you can’t hear the wind any more, open your eyes, and you’ll be home.” “Right,” said Shi Chengrui. At once he shut his eyes, and in his ears he heard the wind go whoosh, whoosh. At long last the sound of the wind stopped. He opened his eyes and looked, and he was already in his own village, not far from his own gate. Shi Chengrui was overjoyed and hurried on. He came to the gate and knocked, and out came his wife. She opened the gate, looked at him and said, “You’re back? Mother has been worried sick.” When Shi Chengrui saw the wife he had married in his youth, he could not help feeling a pang. “Is Mother well?” he asked. “She’s well,” said his wife, Madam Liu. Shi Chengrui went straight inside and saw his old mother sitting in her room, looking no older than before. He hurried forward to pay his respects and said, “Mother, are you well?” The old lady looked at him and said, “My son! You’re back.” “Husband,” said Madam Liu, “where have you been these two years? Why did you never come back? You had the whole family worried.” “Ah! Don’t ask,” said Shi Chengrui. “It’s a long story. It all came from my love of roaming the hills and taking in the scenery: I got myself into trouble. I lost my way in the mountains, my food ran out, and then I fell ill. My limbs had no strength and I could barely walk. I thought I was going to die in the mountains and never get back. Then I saw a lot of fruit trees. I picked a fruit and ate it, and at once I seemed to feel clear-headed and refreshed. Then all of a sudden I met a young woman, and my head went all muddled, and she took me to Mount Yinmo. There was a Demon Master there called Wang Jiufeng, the Woodcutter of Guilin, and he said that his daughter, Miss Yinping, and I were bound by an immortal fate, so I married into the family. Food and clothes, I had everything I could wish for, whatever I asked for was there; we got along well as husband and wife, and she treated me well enough. But as the days went by I kept thinking: I’ve got my old mother at home, and you and I married in our youth. How could I forget that? Only I couldn’t get back on my own. It’s thanks to that wife of mine that I’m here: she sent me home with her magic. When I opened my eyes I was already close to home, and that’s how I came back.” “So you went and took another wife out there,” said his wife. “And now do you mean to go back to her or not?” “I don’t think I’ll go back,” said Shi Chengrui. “Besides, even if I wanted to, I don’t know the way.” “She treats you so well,” said his wife. “One day as husband and wife means a hundred days of devotion. Why wouldn’t you go back?” “I’m not going back,” said Shi Chengrui. “You really won’t go back?” said his wife. “Really,” said Shi Chengrui. His wife burst out laughing. Shi Chengrui looked again: this was not his home at all. He was still in Miss Yinping’s room. His old mother had vanished, his wife Madam Liu had vanished, and everything that had been said had been said by Miss Yinping. Shi Chengrui was dumbfounded: he had never even left the room. “If I really sent you home,” said Miss Yinping, “once you got there you’d never come back.” “Why did you fool me?” said Shi Chengrui. “Because I wanted to test your heart,” said Miss Yinping. “My dear, there was no need for you to test me,” said Shi Chengrui. “If I really go back, then once I’m home, even if I want to come back I won’t be able to. How could I ever find my way back here?” “If you mean to go back, I really will send you,” said Miss Yinping. “I’ll teach you a little magic, and I’ll give you this handkerchief. Whenever you want to come back, or whenever you’re in trouble, take out the handkerchief, shut both eyes and stamp both feet, and you’ll be able to come back.”
銀屏小姐教給石成瑞練駕趁腳風，五行挪移大搬運護身咒，這些法術教會了石成瑞。這天石成瑞要走，銀屏小姐眼淚汪汪說：「郡馬，我要送你走，可別把我忘了。」石成瑞說：「娘子只管萬安，我決不能喪盡天良，你我一日夫妻百日恩，我焉能絕情斷意？只要我能回得來，我哪時想你，我哪時回來，這回你可別冤我。」銀屏小姐說：「我不冤你，你閉上眼睛罷。」石成瑞果然閉上眼睛，耳輪中只聽風聲響，身子直仿佛忽忽悠悠，駕雲一般。聽著風聲響住了，銀屏小姐說：「你睜眼罷！」石成瑞一睜眼，已然到了浙江地面。
银屏小姐教给石成瑞练驾趁脚风，五行挪移大搬运护身咒，这些法术教会了石成瑞。这天石成瑞要走，银屏小姐眼泪汪汪说：「郡马，我要送你走，可别把我忘了。」石成瑞说：「娘子只管万安，我决不能丧尽天良，你我一日夫妻百日恩，我焉能绝情断意？只要我能回得来，我哪时想你，我哪时回来，这回你可别冤我。」银屏小姐说：「我不冤你，你闭上眼睛罢。」石成瑞果然闭上眼睛，耳轮中只听风声响，身子直仿佛忽忽悠悠，驾云一般。听着风声响住了，银屏小姐说：「你睁眼罢！」石成瑞一睁眼，已然到了浙江地面。
Miss Yinping taught Shi Chengrui to ride the foot-wind, the great Five-Elements art of shifting and transport, and a body-guarding spell, and Shi Chengrui learned all these arts. The day came when Shi Chengrui was to leave. Miss Yinping, her eyes brimming with tears, said, “Consort, I’ll send you off, but don’t you forget me.” “Set your mind at ease, my dear,” said Shi Chengrui. “I would never be so utterly heartless. One day as husband and wife means a hundred days of devotion; how could I cut off all feeling for you? As long as I’m able to come back, whenever I think of you, I’ll come back. Only don’t fool me this time.” “I won’t fool you,” said Miss Yinping. “Close your eyes.” Shi Chengrui did close his eyes, and in his ears he heard only the sound of the wind; his body seemed to float and drift along as though riding a cloud. When the wind stopped, Miss Yinping said, “Open your eyes!” Shi Chengrui opened his eyes, and he was already in Zhejiang.