Betraying The Village Chief

Xiao Yuanshan was chief of Huanglong Village and built its flood dam. The work cost him a leg and his son, and the villagers gave him nothing back for it. A storm moves in and the dam is close to giving way. The Dragon God, who owes a debt to the Xiao family from generations back, appears, pushes the water back, and heals the crippled leg. The villagers respond by stealing the sow the Xiao household lives on and killing it as an offering to the god. They take the house and everything in it. Xiao Yuanshan gathers up his grandson and goes up the mountain. Three days after they leave, the flood comes down on the village and the dam gives way while the two of them are still up there.