The Bai People's King Surrendering the ...
In a village near Dali City，there lived a man surnamed Fu，who was one of Dali's richest men.Fu had no son but one daughter，who was very clever and beautiful.Fu had strict family rules and the girl was often locked up in the house.She was not allowed to walk out of the gate casually.So the neighbors seldom saw her.
One day，the girl went to the ditch to wash clothes by herself.Suddenly a dark cloud covered the sky and it rained cats and dogs.The girl had no place to hide.She got wet all over.With the river rising，many stones and branches rushed down，as well as a big wood bump with a cedar root.The root seemed like having eyes，for it kept hitting the girl，and the girl became pregnant in this way.Soon，she gave birth to nine children，who looked different from each other and none of them looked like their mother.The villagers were puzzled and kept talking about the strange thing of“A Mother with Nine Children，and None with Her Look”.
Fu was shocked and angry to see his unmarried daughter give birth to nine children.He went on the rampage，scolded his daughter for ruining the Fu's family，and drove his daughter out of the house.
The girl had a hard time arguing and had no place to tell her grievances.She had to take her nine children out of the house.She was ashamed and sad and did not know where to go.When it was getting dark，she saw a cold kiln in the wild Bazi in the suburbs and took her children to stay in the broken kiln for a while.
The girl was capable but she had no ways to support all nine children without rest all day long.She sold all the jewelries she brought out of her home，but life was still tough.She thought，“Is my life really so bitter？I want to find a fortune teller to help me count！”She looked around and found the fortune teller Mr.Guiguzi，who told her all the things happened to her.She admired the fortune teller and told him all her difficulties.With tears in her eyes，she said，“I have so many children.How can I feed them？Please tell me the way！”Guiguzi said，“Don't worry too much.When the Dragon King's Fair at Yongchang Spring Temple is held in the Dragon Boat Festival in May，you should take your children to the Fair.You will meet your relative there，who will certainly help you raise these children.”
On the day of the Dragon Boat Festival，she led her nine sons to Yongchang Spring Temple before dawn.The people were all in high spirits，praying for god and offering sacrifices，watching the scene of bustle and shopping.Only this woman，with her nine children，searched everywhere in the crowd for her relatives to help her.But there were so many people.Where to find them？She was standing there worrying when she saw a man waving to her in the crowd and pushing towards her.When the man walked closely to her，she felt that she knew him very well，but she could not remember where she had met him.The stranger whispered to her，“Do you have any difficulties that I can help you？”The girl told the stranger all the troubles.The man said，“I am willing to raise nine children for you.”With saying that，he raised his arms and said kindly to the children，“Children，you must come and see my sleeve！”One by one，the children jumped into the stranger's sleeve.Only the ninth son，holding his mother's apron tightly，did not jump into the stranger's sleeve.
The mother was very worried when she saw her eight sons，one by one，jumped into the sleeve of the stranger and missing.Just when she asked the man to return her children，the man disappeared in the blink of an eye.
In fact，the stranger whom the girl met at Yongchang Spring Temple Fair was the Dragon King.He was the father of her nine sons.That day when the girl went to the ditch to wash clothes，the big wood bump washed down by the flood was the Dragon King.He knew the girl had been wronged and had a difficult life，and he deeply missed her.He purposely took back his eight children and left behind his ninth，so that this boy could support his mother and do something good for the common people when he grow up.
The woman was very sad and complained that she had been cheated by Guiguzi.She took her ninth son back to Dali，and rented three fields near the Straw Hat Street and settled down.She planted vegetables in fields during the day and wove straw hats at night.When the fair day came，she carried vegetables and straw hats to the fair to sell.She stayed up late all day，working very hard，and finally raised her ninth son with her dexterous and diligent hands.
Several years later，the son grew up.He looked very attractive and was full of energy，but his mother was getting older and older.Whenever the neighbors in Straw Hat Street met with difficulties，both the mother and the son were willing to help them.The neighbours praised their kindness.
One day，the young man was ploughing in the field，and his mother sent his son meal.The young man was about to eat when an old man appeared in front of him，trembling with fear，begging for food from the mother and the son.Both of them felt pity for him.The young man hurriedly handed the old man the meal.The old man took the meal，ate it all，and then went away without thanking them.The young man had to plough the field in hunger.His mother hurried home and cooked again.As she burned the fire，she thought，“My child has ploughed the field from early in the morning and has not had a bite to eat yet.I should cook it for him quickly.”However，the mother was old and her hands and feet were not working properly.She didn't cook well until noon.She packed the meal into a copper pot and sent it to her son for the second time.The son picked up the fragrant rice and was about to deliver it to his mouth when the old beggar came again.He trembled all over，stretched out his hands to beg for food from the mother and the son，and kept humming，“I am starving！I am starving！”The young man felt that the beggar was really pitiful and handed him his meal.The old man took the meal，and wolfed it down.The mother and the son were not angry at all.Instead，they asked him if he was full.The old man thought，“This mother and the son are really kind-hearted！Why don't I enlighten them？”Then the old man stood erectly，completely different from the beggar who had hunched over and was in rags.Smoothing his beard with his hand，he said to the young man，“You are really kind-hearted.Now，the common people here are suffering from many disasters and have no leaders to lead them.It would be very nice for you to do something for them！”
The young man felt very puzzled to hear that.He hurriedly refused，“No，I am a poor man，and Ican't even read a word.How can Ido things for the people？”The old man said，“It is not so difficult.You'd better try it！”The young man said nothing，and the old man added，“I have a big knife and three magic arrows.These weapons will be very useful to you in the future.”With saying that，the old man took out a small piece of iron and three thin bamboo strips from his pocket.As soon as the young man received them，they immediately turned into three bright arrows.
It turned out that the old beggar was Guanyin，who wanted to test the mother and the son.Seeing that they were warm-hearted and honest，Guanyin instructed the young man to do things for people.Guanyin said to the young man，“It is impossible to do things with weapons but without property.”The young man said，“We are poor.Where did we get any property？”The old man said，“You should go and tend the sheep first.”The young man said，“It is a good idea.But where can we find the sheep？”The old man said，“Come on，I'll tell you！”The old man whispered a few words to the young man and then disappeared.The mother and the son looked at each other in surprise.The young man thought to himself，“This old white-bearded man must not be a human being.Since the immortal insists that I should do things for the people，I'll have a try！”
The young man followed the old man's instruction and came to Jinsha River.He looked from a distance and saw that the riverbank was full of blue and white stone eggs.In a blink，the white stone eggs became white sheep，and the blue stone eggs became black sheep.From then on，the young man had many sheep，and he tendered sheep on the banks of Jinsha River.The story of the young man herding the sheep by the river spread all over the places.Later，a poor farmer came to the river to rent sheep from the young man.The young man rented him a ram.The poor farmer said，“A ram can't give birth to lambs.Lend me another female sheep！”The young man said，“Don't worry about it.You should kill this ram and boil it into a big pot.After you eat the meat，you just throw the bones into the mountain valleys.”The poor farmer said skeptically，“Then I'm afraid I don't even have a sheep.”The young man said，“Why？All you have to do is to kill a rooster and offer it to the mountain god，and then go to Dongshan Mountain to blow the leaves，and you will drive a flock of sheep out of the mountain valley.”The poor farmer did as the young man said.Indeed as expected，the bones of the ram in the mountain all turned into a group of blue sheep，which covered the whole Dongshan Mountain.In this way，the poor farmers got sheep.
Since the young man had sheep and partners，he had no worries.Following the instructions of Guanyin，he surrendered the world with the big knife and the three magical arrows.He surrendered Shangguan with the first magical arrow，Xiaguan with the second arrow，and Haidong with the last arrow.He carried the big knife every day and protected the Bai people.Until now，the Bai people in Eryuan like carrying a two-foot-long knife with them.They say that this is a precious sword handed down from the King of the Bai people.And carrying it can ensure safety.
The young man worked for the Bai people and dealt with everything fairly.People admired him and elected him to become the King.