從前有一位叫添福的小孩，父親很早就去世，他為了養家就到王財主家打工賺錢。
添福每天都會去割青草餵財主的馬兒。有一天添福和平常一樣去割青草，由於每天都割，青草變得很少，他擔心地說：「怎麼辦，才割這麼一點點，一定會被財主扣錢。」突然，添福看到對面山坡長滿青草，就趕緊跑去割草。
說也奇怪，添福才剛把草割下來，居然又長出來，添福說：「是不是我餓到眼花啦！」試了幾次，草又再長出來。這時，母親幫添福送午飯，添福對母親說：「您看這裡的草好奇怪，割了還會長出來。」母親揉一揉眼睛，並說：「這裡一定有寶貝，你去找一找。」添福就拿著鐮刀東挖西挖，最後挖到一個小泥盆。
回家後，添福拿泥盆裝飼料給雞吃，奇怪的事情發生了，添福大叫：「母親快來看啊！」只見到泥盆裡的飼料不斷往外流，雞根本吃不完，母親說：「這一定是傳說中的聚寶盆。」接著拿出一枚銅錢放在泥盆裡，果然銅錢一直增加還滿出來。
母子倆就買一小塊田，一起種田養雞過著小康的生活。添福有聚寶盆的事情，被王財主知道後，財主就派人去搶聚寶盆，財主興奮地在聚寶盆中放一個元寶，果真長出滿地的元寶，財主高興地手舞足蹈，結果一不小心踩到元寶，一屁股跌坐在盆子上，把聚寶盆坐碎了，滿地的元寶也消失不見。
There was once a child called Tien-fu. His father passed away while he was young, and he had to work at Landlord Wang’s house to help his own family.
Each morning, Tien-fu had to cut fresh grass to feed the landlord’s horse. One day, Tien-fu was cutting grass as usual, when he noticed that the grass had grown scarce from his daily harvesting. He said worriedly, “What should I do? If this is all the grass that I can find, Landlord Wang is sure to deduct a portion of my wages.”Suddenly, he saw that the opposite hill was covered in grass, and quickly ran over to cut it.
But something mysterious happened. As soon as Tien-fu cut the grass, it grew back. Tien-fu said, “Maybe I’m so hungry that my mind is playing tricks on me!”He cut the grass a few more times but the grass grew back miraculously. Just then, his mother brought him his lunch. Tien-fu told his mother, “The grass here is rather odd. It grows back once it is cut.”His mother rubbed her eyes and said, “There must be treasure buried here. Go find where it is hidden.”Tien-fu took his scythe and began digging around. Eventually, he found a small clay pot.
After getting home, Tien-fu poured chicken feed into the clay pot for his chickens. But something strange happened, and Tien-fu shouted, “Mother! Come and see!”They saw chicken feed flowing continuously from the pot, and the chickens could not finish eating all of it. Tien-fu’s mother said, “This must be the legendary pot.”She took a copper coin and placed it into the pot. Sure enough, copper coins kept flowing out from the pot.
Tien-fu and his mother used the money to buy a small plot of land. They tilled the fields, reared chickens and led a somewhat comfortable life. Eventually, Landlord Wang heard about Tien-fu’s legendary pot and sent someone to snatch it from Tien-fu. The landlord excitedly placed gold pieces within the pot. Sure enough, the gold flowed from the pot and covered the entire floor. The landlord was so overjoyed and he began to dance in elation. But he accidentally slipped on the gold and sat heavily upon the pot, crushing it into pieces. All the gold vanished instantly.
