忍耐過人
朝阳縣團山子村，高石匠的女人，向來以骯髒而聞名，因此僱不到做活的，即使是僱到工人，往往做不到幾天就離開，所以高家只好開出出高工價僱人。王善人當時只有十七歲，心想多掙個幾吊錢來補貼家用，所以就答應給他做活三個月。雖然，別人一直勸說不可以去，但是王善人說：「無論如何，必須有始有終，我決不要像別人那樣有始無終，中途就離開了。」
第一天 上工時，就看到高家的鍋臺灶下，骯髒得不成樣子，一年到頭也不曾去刷洗水缸，所以臭味令人掩鼻。還有三個襁褓的幼兒就在屋裏隨地大小便，高石匠的女人也不把這些屎尿給清理收拾乾淨，等到做活的工人一進門來吃飯，就趕緊隨便拿個衣物給蓋上，等到工人吃完飯，就叫狗進來吃，也不順手擦一擦，所以整個屋子裏臭氣薰天逼人，污穢不堪，蒼蠅嗡嗡到處飛。做的飯菜，若不是酸掉，就是發臭了，實在令人嚥不下去！
王善人剛去的頭三天，沒吃過一頓飽飯，後來就立志發願，吃飯時不要用眼睛看，不用耳朵聽，不用鼻子去嗅，也告訴自己說：「我只不過做三個月而已。假如我娶了這樣的女人時，我該如何呢？」所以王善人每天就親自到菜園子裡摘幾棵青菜來當佐料充飢，在言談舉止上表現出沒有一點點厭煩的意思，全心盡力做活。因此東家逢人就說：「我家做活的，真是世上少有的人啊！」鄉里的人聽聞到，沒有不佩服王善人的耐心過人，都爭著要僱用他。
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His Unusual Patience
At Tuan Shan Dz Village in Jau-yang County, the wife of Mr. Gau, a stone miller, was known for her untidiness. Therefore nobody liked to work for her. Even when she found some workers, they would often leave in a few days. So the Gaus had to pay a high wage to hire men. Good Man Wang was seventeen years old then, and promised to work for them for three months. He hoped to make some money to help out his family. People tried to stop him, but he said, "I must carry through from the beginning to the end; I shall not quit half way like other people do."
On the first day at the job, he saw it was unspeakably dirty beneath the Gau's stove. Probably their water closet had not been washed even once that year , so people had to pinch their noses to stand the stink. And there were three babies whose excrement and urine had dropped anywhere in the room. The stone miller's wife would never clean up the excrement and urine, but simply covered it over with a piece of clothing whenever the workers stepped in to the room to take their meals. After they left, she would send in her dog to clean up the mess. She never bothered to wipe it clean, so the house was overwhelmed by the smell. It was unbearably filthy, and the flies were humming here and there. The food in the house was either spoiled or it stunk, and was totally inedible! The first three days at the job Good Man Wang could not eat his full even once. Afterwards, he made a vow that during the meals he would look at nothing, listen to nothing and smell nothing. He told himself, 1 shall be here for only three months. What would I do, if I had married a woman like her?" After that, every day Good Man Wang went into the garden to pick some vegetables for his food. He put his whole heart into his job and never showed the slightest bit of irritation or distaste in his speech or actions. Because of this his boss would tell people, "My worker is really a rare individual!" Upon hearing this, people in the neighborhood admired his unique patience and competed to hire him for their jobs.
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