It's fate to meet thousands of miles away, but we never met. The story was written in a story book for more than 80 years. It is said that this story is related to apes.

It is said that a long time ago, there was a rich family named Xi in Dongshan, Dongting, Suzhou. My wife gave birth to a daughter named Pan Pan when she was in her fifties, and the old couple regarded her as the apple of their eye. Pan Pan became more and more beautiful, and people around her kept proposing marriage, but Pan Pan didn't fall in love with anyone. /kloc-In the spring of 0/8, accompanied by two maids, Pan Pan went to Bauhinia South to burn incense. On the way back, he suddenly found a treasure chai missing from the bun. This hairpin is a family heirloom of Xi family. I look forward to it and cherish it. I frown all day.

The old couple coaxed their daughter, and let people look for it all the way, but there was still no sign of hairpin. At this time, someone reminded that there must be brave people under the reward, so they posted a notice: whoever gets this hairpin will be rewarded with 520 silver.

One day, a Guangdong businessman came to Dongshan with an ape on his shoulder. When he saw this notice on the wall of Zijin Temple, he said to himself, "I wonder who is lucky to find this hairpin?" After that, I went to buddhist nun to enjoy eighteen arhats. The ape on his shoulder slipped down and climbed into the tree in the yard to play. When the merchants saw Lohan whistling, the ape quickly returned, jumped on the master's shoulder and gave him a hairpin. It turned out that Pan Pan went into the backyard after burning incense that day, and the hairpin on his head was hooked by a branch.

The businessman took the hairpin and immediately came to Xi's home. Xi Lao Han saw the hairpin and the young and romantic businessman, so he asked them if they were married. The businessman immediately knelt in front of the old man and said, "I am the only one at home. My parents died early, and I am willing to be a son-in-law."

Xi Lao Han was filled with joy. He got married on an auspicious day. Xi Lao Han invited someone to hold a banquet. Unexpectedly, the ape stole something from the kitchen, and the businessman was so angry that he killed the ape.

After the wedding reception, the groom stepped into the bridal chamber and shyly asked how he found the hairpin. The groom said in detail that our marriage was an ape and a hairpin; The woman's matchmaker is a hairpin, and the man's matchmaker is an ape. After listening, Pan Pan asked the groom to take the ape to thank Delta. The groom said that the ape had been killed.

Pan Pan was furious after hearing this, and cursed the merchants for being heartless. He said categorically, "We have' apes' to meet thousands of miles away, and we don't meet without them." So he drove the merchants out of the bridal chamber. The marriage failed.

Because "ape" and "fate" are homophonic, "fate has come to meet for thousands of miles, but we have never met", which is derived from this.