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“The Green Light of Greed”

A woodcutter, Ah Cheng, found a glowing green crystal in the mountains. At first, he only wanted to bring it to his wife, Xiao He, for her to admire, but the light emitted by the crystal became more and more attractive.

“It can make us rich,” Ah Cheng began to say to his wife. He stopped chopping wood and spent all day wiping the crystal. When villagers wanted to take a look, he asked for copper coins. The crystal became greener in greed, but Ah Cheng’s eyes gradually became turbid.

Drought descended on the village. The wells dried up and the crops withered. The old pharmacist came with a cane: “That’s the ‘Greedy Heart’ crystal, an evil thing that absorbs vitality!”

Ah Cheng hid in the mountains with the crystal. At night, he dreamed that the crystal swallowed the entire village. When he woke up, he found that the crystal in his arms was sucking the blood from his arm.

At dawn, Ah Cheng raised his axe. The moment the crystal shattered, the accumulated rain poured down. He staggered back to the village and found that the green light spot left in his palm was turning into wheat seedlings, growing on the scorched earth.

Meaning: Greed is like crystal, the more it nourishes, the more it devours its original heart. Only by breaking the obsession can we find the true nutrients of life.