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What is the homophonic story?

Once upon a time, there was a landlord who loved chickens very much. The tenant rented his land, but it was not enough to pay the rent. He must give him a chicken first. A tenant named Zhang San went to pay the rent to the landlord at the end of the year and rented it out the next year. When he went, he put a chicken in a bag and paid the rent. He told the landlord about the lease of the land next year. He insisted that his hands were empty, and his eyes turned to the sky and said that there were no three kinds of fields.

Zhang Sanming understood the meaning of this sentence and immediately took the chicken out of the bag. As soon as the landlord saw the chicken, he immediately changed his mind and said, who should I give it to, not to Zhang San? Zhang San said, your words have become so fast. The landlord replied that the sentence just now was nonsense (chicken), and now it is a coincidence (chicken).

A story about homophony

When Wang Xizhi was a magistrate, he received a petition from a village that a squire used a small piece of wasteland to let him bury his father, stating that he only needed a pot of wine, but later insisted on a lake of wine.

Wang Xizhi went to visit the squire's home. The squire heard his name and wanted Mo Bao, so he treated him warmly. Wang Xizhi wrote Le Yi and gave it to him. The squire was overjoyed and asked him what gift he would give in return. Wang Xizhi said smoothly that he only needed a live goose.

The squire immediately brought a live goose to the mansion. Wang Xizhi's face fell and said, at that time, it was said that it was a river goose. Why did he only send one?

It turns out that the local dialect is lively and the river is homophonic.

The squire quickly defended, my Lord, geese are counted by four, never by rivers.

Wang Xizhi sneered, took out the villagers' complaint and said, since geese are counted by one, can wine be counted by the lake? The squire was wrong and had to admit his mistake.