00:00In that year of famine, the little girl's mother gave a beggar one bowl of rice,
00:03one meal that saved his life. But once he was full, the beggar said,
00:07Lately, your family should pay close attention to your health.
00:10The little girl immediately became angry, accusing him of cursing them.
00:13The beggar apologized at once, but added that although his words sounded ominous,
00:17if they wanted to survive, they had to follow his advice.
00:19He then told them that in two days, someone would pass by their door selling grain,
00:22and no matter what happened, they must not buy it.
00:24The girl was very puzzled, in a time when grain was worth more than gold.
00:27How could anyone come out to sell it?
00:29But before she could ask more questions, the beggar hurried away.
00:31Only the mother and daughter remained, filled with anxiety.
00:34That evening, the father returned empty-handed from hunting.
00:37Just as the mother and daughter were about to tell him what had happened,
00:39cries of someone selling grain suddenly rang out in front of the door.
00:42The two were instantly frightened, but the father was delighted and wanted to buy grain.
00:45The mother desperately stopped him, insisting that this grain must absolutely not be bought.
00:50But with no food left at home, not buying it meant starving to death.
00:53Despite the seller's encouragement, the mother flatly refused.
00:56The girl joined her, trying to convince her father not to buy it.
00:59Their strange behavior immediately made the grain seller realize something.
01:02He said,
01:03A beggar told you not to buy my grain, didn't he?
01:05The girl was shaken.
01:06How could the seller know what the beggar had said?
01:08When the father learned that his wife had believed the nonsense of beggar,
01:10he became furious and called her stupid,
01:12saying that in times of famine, being able to buy grain was an opportunity that should never be refused.
01:17At that moment, even the girl felt that her father might be right.
01:20The seller took advantage of this and said that the beggar had come to him earlier that day asking for
01:24grain,
01:24that he had refused, and that the beggar was now spreading rumors out of revenge.
01:28While the family was still hesitating, a neighbor arrived and bought all the grain at once.
01:32As he left, he mocked them, calling them idiots.
01:34The father was furious, but early the next morning, crying came from the neighbor's house.
01:38It was discovered that he had suddenly fallen into a vegetative state.
01:41The girl immediately remembered the beggar's warning and secretly rejoiced that they had not bought the grain.
01:45The family realized then that they had narrowly escaped great danger.
01:49However, the neighbor's wife shouted that it had nothing to do with the grain.
01:52She claimed that at dawn, she had seen the beggar climb over the wall of their courtyard and flee.
01:55When she returned to the house, not only had the grain bought the previous day disappeared,
01:59but her husband was also unconscious.
02:02Immediately, everyone regarded the beggar as a wicked man.
02:04The father thought so too, believing the beggar was not a good person.
02:07But the girl found it strange.
02:08If the beggar really wanted to steal grain, why would he have warned others so they wouldn't starve?
02:12Despite everything, the father decided to try his luck again in the mountains.
02:15That evening, the mother and daughter waited anxiously in the courtyard.
02:19Suddenly, urgent knocking sounded at the door.
02:21When they opened it, they were terrified to see that it was the beggar.
02:23He begged them to help him one more time,
02:25because the villagers believed he was responsible for the neighbor's misfortune
02:28and wanted to drive him out of the village.
02:29At that moment, the villagers were already approaching.
02:32The beggar fell to his knees and implored the girl to help him.
02:34She hit him once again.
02:35The villagers searched the place, but found nothing and eventually left satisfied.
02:39Only then did the beggar reveal the truth.
02:41The grain seller was actually a demon who stole people's vital energy.
02:44Anyone who bought his grain, even if they ate only one bite,
02:47would have all their life energy drained away.
02:49The girl doubted the beggar's identity and asked,
02:51How do you know this?
02:52He explained that he had once been a sorcerer who hunted demons,
02:55but his magical artifact had been destroyed, reducing him to his current state.
02:58Now, he could only save innocents by warning them again and again.
03:01The girl noticed the bag hanging from his body.
03:03It indeed did not look like that of an ordinary beggar.
03:06While the mother and daughter did not know what to do,
03:08the father returned from hunting and knocked at the door.
03:10The girl hurried to let the beggar hide inside.
03:12The beggar repeated his warning,
03:13Remember, never eat his rice.
03:15But the next moment, they saw the father come in with a sack of rice bought from the seller.
03:19Remembering the warning, the mother and daughter were seized with fear.
03:21The mother snatched the rice from her husband's hands
03:23and asked if he had forgotten what had happened to the neighbor.
03:26But the man was convinced that the neighbor had been framed by the beggar.
03:28The mother and daughter continued to insist, begging him not to eat the rice.
03:32Starving, the man thought they were being unreasonable,
03:35ignored their warnings, and began to cook.
03:36Soon, three bowls of white rice were placed on the table.
03:39The man decided to taste it first to check whether there was any danger.
03:42Although the mother and daughter were salivating at the sight of the rice,
03:44they firmly remembered the beggar's words and did not touch it,
03:47watching their father eat quickly as if nothing were happening.
03:50Their hunger became unbearable.
03:51Just as the girl lifted her bowl to eat,
03:53something strange suddenly happened.
03:54The father, like a robot, began stuffing rice into his mouth non-stop.
03:58She was frozen in panic.
03:59She was frozen in panic.
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