Once upon a time, there was a small inn(客栈) in a mountain village. The innkeeper always thought about1. One day, a2man stopped at the inn. The innkeeper looked at the man's fat wallet (钱包) and thought, "Oh, how I wish all that money could be mine!" The rich man3for the best room at the inn and went to rest.
All around the inn grew ginger(姜) plants. In the village, there is a saying that4too many ginger buds(花蕾) makes you stupid and forgetful. This gave the innkeeper an idea. "I'll provide a5with ginger buds for him," she thought. "Then, when the rich man leaves tomorrow6, he'll be forgetful and leave his wallet behind!" Later that evening, the rich man ate a lot of ginger buds.
The next morning, the rich man7the inn. As soon as he disappeared into the distance, the innkeeper ran to his room. She looked carefully around the room for the8, but she couldn't find it.9, she found a piece of paper on the floor. It was the rich man's bill(账单). He10to pay it! The innkeeper ran out as quickly as she could, but the richman was already far, far away.
