A-Guei was a kind landlord. He told his tenant farmers, “As long as you work hard, I will lower your rent.” As he was known to be a kindhearted person, and many farmers wanted to work on his land. One day, the county magistrate bumped into A-Guei during his routine inspection of the land. He told A-Guei sternly, “A-Guei! Someone has accused you of increasing the rent without good reason! How dare you oppress the farmers! I must punish you! However, if in two days, you can give me a male wolf that can bear a baby, a bale of cloth as long as this road, and as much wine as the sea, I will drop the charges against you. If you fail, be prepared to be sentenced to jail!” It turned out that the greedy county magistrate knew about A-Guei's wealth and wished to take it for his own. Therefore, he made an unreasonable request, knowing that A-Guei wouldn't be able to come up with those items.

When A-Guei came home wearing a worried look on his face, his daughter Jade asked him, “Father, you look upset. Are you all right? What troubles you?” So, A-Guei told Jade about his encounter with the county magistrate. After hearing the whole story, Jade said angrily, “The county magistrate is giving us a hard time on purpose! Let me handle this, don't worry.”

Two days later, Jade went to see the county magistrate by herself. She told the magistrate, “I have come on behalf of my father.” The magistrate asked, “Where is your father?” Jade replied, “He went to give birth to a baby. Therefore, he couldn't come.” Upon hearing this, the magistrate said angrily, “Nonsense! How can a man give birth to children?” Jade quickly replied, “That is correct! If men cannot give birth to babies, how can a male wolf give birth to a baby?” The county magistrate had nothing to say to that, so he asked, “What about the other two items?” Jade said, “They are ready. But first, you must give me a bottle big enough to contain all of the wine, and ask provincial officials to be our witness as we measure the length of the road.” The county magistrate knew that Jade was an intelligent girl, and that he couldn't outsmart her. So, he sent her on her way quickly, and dropped all the charges against her father.

阿貴員外是位出名的好地主，他常對佃農說：「只要你們努力耕作，我會將租金算便宜一點的。」因為他的好心腸，很多農夫都找他租地來耕田。有一次，縣太爺出巡遇到正在收租金的阿貴，他對阿貴說：「林富貴！有人說你無緣無故提高租金，這分明是在欺壓農夫嘛！我要好好懲罰你。不過，你若能在兩天之內交出一隻會生孩子的公狼、一疋像路那麼長的布，以及像海水一樣多的酒，就可以免罪，否則你就準備吃牢飯吧！」原來，貪財的縣太爺知道阿貴是大地主，想要好好敲詐一筆，才提出無理的要求。

阿貴滿臉憂愁的回到家，女兒如玉看到後問說：「爹！您看起來很不開心，是不是生病了，還是您在擔心什麼？」於是，阿貴將遇到縣太爺的事全都告訴如玉，如玉聽完後說：「這分明是縣太爺在刁難我們，這件事讓我來處理，您別擔心。」

兩天後，如玉一個人去晉見縣太爺，她對縣太爺說：「民女林如玉代替我爹來見您。」縣太爺問：「你爹人呢？」如玉回答：「他去生孩子了，所以不能來。」縣太爺生氣的說：「男人怎麼會生孩子呢！真是天大的笑話。」如玉趕緊答：「沒有錯，男人不能生孩子，那公狼又怎麼會生孩子呢！」縣太爺自知理虧就繼續問：「那另外兩件東西呢？」如玉又說：「東西都準備好了，只要您給我像海那樣大的瓶子裝酒，並請省府的官員做見證，重新丈量路的長度就可以了。」縣太爺知道如玉是個聰明的才女，佔不到便宜，只好隨意打發她，並撤銷對員外的罪。