This is a story about Wei Hanchen, who is from a village in Linchengpu Village, Niutuo Township, Gu-an County, Hebei Province.
 
When he was young, Wei Hanchen married a virtuous girl. According to local customs, his mother gave the future daughter-in-law a pair of gold-inlayed bracelets. It was the most expensive type of gift on a first meeting. Of course, the girl was very pleased and always wore them. After their marriage, they lived a happy life. One day Wei's wife was fixing food for their livestock. Her bracelets always rubbed against the pot rim. For fear of damaging her favorite bracelets, she took them off and put them on the table used to worship the gods. She then returned to her busy cooking. Just then, their next-door neighbor, Ms. Hui, came to visit her. They chatted for a while, then Ms. Hui left. Done with her cooking, the wife washed her hands and went back to pick up her bracelets, but they were not there.
 
She searched her surroundings again and again, but couldn't find them. She was very sad and cried. Seeing her crying on his return home, Wei Hanchen asked her what was wrong. He comforted her, saying, "I'll buy you a new pair later on." Afterwards, they led their lives as usual.
 
Several years later, Ms. Hui died.
 
In 1979, the day before the farming production group was decommissioned, Wei Hanchen was feeding the animals at the farm when a little horse suddenly ran into the village. It seemed it was a weanling. For the entire afternoon, almost every villager tried to capture it but had no luck. Exhausted, everyone returned home to rest.
 
Strangely enough, in the evening, the little horse wandered into the feeding shed. Wei Hanchen was preparing fodder for the livestock. The little horse leisurely entered the feeding shed, passed other animals, and stopped by the notch. Wei Hanchen picked up a rope close by and the little horse remained still, as if it was waiting to be tied up. Late that night, Wei Hanchen brought the horse home.
 
About three weeks after the farming production group was dismissed, Wei Hanchen sold the little horse at the market. The next day, he had a dream in which Ms. Hui appeared. She told him how she had stolen the bracelets. She said that, since she had owed him from her previous life, in this life she turned into a horse to re-pay the debt. Now the debt was settled. After she finished speaking, Ms. Hui left. Wei Hanchen hastily called after her, but he woke up.
 
Wei Hanchen then counted the money he had earned from selling the little horse. It was just enough to buy a pair of gold-inlayed bracelets.
 
For a long time, Wei Hanchen could not forget this incident, and he recounted it to everyone he met. If one commits a bad deed this life, one might reincarnate into an ox or a horse to pay off the debt in the next life. But by doing good deeds, one reaps rewards in the next life instead. There are so many stories like this.
 
转生做马还债
 
故事发生在河北省固安县牛驼镇林城铺村，是本村魏汉臣的亲身经历。
 
魏汉臣年轻时娶了一位贤惠的媳妇。按照当地的风俗，婆婆给儿媳妇戴上一副镶金的镯子，这是当时最丰厚的见面礼。自然媳妇非常喜欢，经常戴在手腕上。婚后一家过的非常美满。一天媳妇在锅台，给牲口炒料，手腕上的镯子总是磕撞锅沿，媳妇生怕把喜爱的镯子碰坏，就把镯子捋下来放在天地爷台上了。然后就忙碌著翻锅炒料。这时邻居惠氏来家里串门，惠氏聊聊闲天，说笑一阵就走了。媳妇把料炒完，洗了手，去天地爷台上取镯子，镯子不见了。
 
魏汉臣媳妇找遍了周围的物品，一遍又一遍的找，就是没有镯子的踪影，媳妇心疼的哭了。魏汉臣回家看到媳妇在哭，问了究竟，安慰媳妇说：“以后再给你买一副新的吧。”事情到此就告一段落，日子一天一天的过去了，相安无事。
 
几年以后惠氏死了。1979生产队解体的前一天，魏汉臣正在生产队队部喂牲口，这天下午，突然在村里跑来了一匹小马，看样子断奶时间不长，人们看到后都争相捕捉，几乎出动了全村的人围追了一下午，结果谁都没有逮住小马。疲倦的回家休息去了。
 
说也奇怪，傍晚的时候，小马不慌不忙的自己走进了饲养棚。这时魏汉臣正在给牲口拌草料。看到人们捕捉的小马进了屋，就顺手在小马的屁股上用手一拍，小马不慌不忙的就进了牲口棚里边，从其他牲口身后绕到槽口上，魏汉臣随手拿起一根缰绳，小马一动不动，非常温顺的让魏汉臣拴在槽口上。天大黑了魏汉臣带小马回家了。
 
生产队解体后大约20多天，魏汉臣把小马牵到集市上卖掉了。卖掉小马的第二天，魏汉臣睡觉时做了一个梦，梦中惠氏来找他，向他诉说了偷镯子的经过，并说前世我欠了你的债，今世我做马偿还给你了，咱们的债算是清了。说完惠氏扭头走了。魏汉臣急忙喊惠氏时梦醒了。
 
醒后，魏汉臣一算卖小马的钱，正好够买一副镶金镯子的钱。

魏汉臣对这件事久久没有忘记，经常逢人就讲。人这一世做了坏事，下一世做牛做马都要偿还，这一世做了好事，下一世要的福报的。这样的事情是很多很多的。