Lyrics: Zhang Wen
Composer: Monday
Singing: Zuo Zengzeng
Lyrics:
Huei-fang: Why do you sell our big waterlogging pond?
Zhang Lian: I think it keeps toads instead of fish.
Fourth Sister: Poplar, I asked you why you sold it.
Zhang Lian: I think it's too high to ask for anything.
Huei-mei: Rooster, I asked you why you sold the money.
Zhang Lian: If it doesn't scream, I don't think it is dumb.
Huei-fang: Niu Long, why do you sell money?
Zhang Lian: There are no cows or donkeys for you.
Fourth Sister: I asked you why you sold the money.
Zhang Lian: I think it is blind and likes kicking dolls.
Fourth Sister: Why did you sell our big civet cat?
Zhang Lian: I think it eats rats instead of tails.
Fourth Sister: Why did you sell our poodle?
Zhang Lian: I don't think it will bite your mother instead of a thief.
Fourth Sister: Why do you sell our pots?
Zhang Lian: I think it disturbs the love of the team.
Fourth Sister: Why did you sell our big bellows?
Zhang Lian: I think it scratches when it catches fire.
Fourth Sister: Why did you sell our small bench?
Zhang Lian: I think squatting is better than squatting.
Fourth Sister: Why did you sell our big water tank?
Zhang Lian: I think you are scooping water and pouting.
Extended data:
Zhang Lian, a farmer with a well-off family, got into the bad habit of gambling. He gambled and lost repeatedly, so that he bought all the land and property in his family and lived on his wife, four sisters and textiles. One day, his wife ordered Zhang to go to the market to sell cloth, but he couldn't resist the clever words of his gambling friend Wang Laoba, and Zhang lost the money to sell cloth. When I got home, my wife asked questions, and she was glib and quibbling.
Fourth Sister has no choice but to divorce Zhang Lian from "zero employment". Persuaded by her neighbor Wang Ma, Zhang Lian realized that gambling was endless and vowed to live a serious life by farming with peace of mind. The couple got back together. It is said that folk gambling prevailed in Shaanxi during the Republic of China, and many descendants of wealthy businessmen lost their homes because of gambling. A man of insight adapted the lyrics of "Selling Cloth in Zhang Lian" according to the true story of the local people, which was widely sung to convince the villagers and played a very good role.