金耳环与铁锄头

The Yao farmer Keli and his mother suffer exploitation and oppression from a tyrannical landlord, living in poverty. One day, an elderly traveler collapses at Keli's doorstep. Keli gives the old man the family's only piece of rice cake and escorts him home. The old man's daughter takes off a pair of golden earrings and transforms them into two golden locks, which she gives to Keli. Following her instructions, Keli goes to Wanbao Mountain, opens the stone cave door, and sees a trove of gold, silver, and jewels inside. Keli does not take the treasures, but instead takes a stone millstone. Upon returning home, as soon as the millstone turns, it grinds out a large amount of corn. Keli distributes the corn to the farmers, but unexpectedly, the tyrant Master Tao seizes the millstone. However, after just a few turns in Tao's hands, the millstone shatters. Tao then learns that Keli took a wooden pestle from the stone cave; when pounded in a stone mortar, it produces a great deal of rice. He snatches the pestle as well, but in his hands, the pestle becomes as soft as cotton and produces nothing. Enraged, Tao, along with his henchmen, forces Keli to lead them to the stone cave. They fill several large sacks with gold, silver, and jewels, giving Keli only a hoe before pushing him out of the cave. Suddenly, the stone cave door slams shut, trapping Tao and his henchmen inside, where they perish. After returning home, Keli uses the hoe to till the land, and in less than half a day, the fields are filled with ripe crops. The daughter of the elderly traveler marries him. From then on, Keli and the farmers live a happy life of labor. The work fervently praises the princess's loyalty in love and promotes class reconciliation. This conflicts with the "Anti-Rightist Movement" launched in 1957 and the subsequent policy of "taking class struggle as the key link."