清朝康熙年间,川南有个叫兴水坝的地方,山青水秀。兴水坝最富有的是赵圆外和候员外,两家的后花园一墙之隔,可惜赵员外与侯员外空有万贯家财,人过四十膝下都无儿无女。古语云:“不孝有三,无后最大。”赵员外与侯员外都讨了几房小妾,可惜只“开花不结果”。有一年春天,赵员外花园里长出一根南瓜秧,这瓜秧长势喜人,很快就沿着围墙爬到侯员外的花园,这株南瓜藤只结了一个南瓜,奇怪的是南瓜结在侯员外花园的一个空花钵里,并且恰好长满花钵。赵 During the reign of Kangxi in the Qing Dynasty, there was a place called Hing Dam in southern Sichuan, with beautiful scenery. Hing Dam is the richest and outside the circle Zhao Yuan, the back garden of the two separated by a wall, but unfortunately, Zhao and Hou members have a fortune outside the wealth of family members, who have no children under forty knee. The old saying goes: “There are three unfilial, after the largest.” “Zhao outside and Hou members have to discuss a few rooms outside the concubine, but only ” flowering does not result ". One spring, Zhao outside the garden grow a pumpkin seedlings, the cucumber grows gratifying, quickly climbed along the wall outside the Hou members of the garden, this pumpkin vine knot only bear a pumpkin, the weird is the pumpkin knot in the Hou staff outside the garden in an empty flower bowl, and just covered with flower bowl. Zhao