Fen Chunyu became famous as a brave warrior. He was generous, hospitable, but obstinate. Yes, and did not shun wine. That's why they demoted him from the post of deputy commander of the Huainan region. And he didn’t care at all: he settled in his own house, which is near the old, old ash, and washed down more than ever.
Once heavily fed, two friends put him to bed on the veranda. It was here that Chunyu imagined that the messengers arrived to call him to the ruler of the Huainan country.
Met him there with unprecedented honor. The first adviser came out to meet and led to the overlord. He offered Chunyu his daughter as a wife. Soon the wedding was played. Among the numerous servants were two old friends of Chunyu, and the overlord once mentioned his father, who had perished many years ago in the lands of northern barbarians. It turned out that he was among the subjects of the ruler of the country of Huainan. You cannot see him, but you can write a letter. Father did not slow down with the answer. He was interested in everything and promised his son a meeting in the future, even called the exact year. One way or another, Chunyu became the ruler of the Nanke region, and his two friends became the chief assistants of the ruler. For twenty years he ruled the region, his people flourished. But then there was a war with the country of Tanlo. The army was headed by a brave friend of Chanyu, but was defeated, sick, and died. Then death overtook the wife of Chanyu, with whom he survived five children. A second friend remained to manage in Nanke, and Chunyu took his wife's body to the capital, where they performed the funeral rite. For many years, Chunyu continued faithfully serving the ruler, but he suddenly suspected that the danger came from the son-in-law for the country of Huainan. And then another dignitary demanded to move the capital to another place in order to avoid trouble. Then Vladyka Chunyu commanded him to go home, visit his relatives, and explained to his surprised son-in-law that it was time for him to return to the mortal world.
Chunyu woke up on the veranda of his own house and realized that all this was only a dream. And he told his friends about what had happened. Then he led them to an old ash tree. Behind the hollow, a wide passage was discovered in which the mountains of the earth were visible - exactly the same city fortifications and palaces, where countless ants scurried about. Among them are two large, which were served by tiny ants. The hill was also found, where Chunyu’s wife was buried. In a word, everything coincided with a dream.
And at night a storm came, and in the morning there were no ants in the hollow. True, indeed, they moved their capital to another place.
He found out about his friends who helped him in Nanke. One died from diseases in a neighboring village, the other was near death. Struck by everything that happened, Chunyu refused women and wine, carried away by the wisdom of hermits. And he died exactly in the year in which the meeting was scheduled for him.
