村裡有一對刻薄又貪心的夫妻，哥哥有一個弟弟叫大傻，夫妻倆想獨吞家產，哥哥就對大傻說：「你長大該獨立了，我在山腳下準備了一間房子和一塊田，你搬過去住，家裡這隻公雞也讓你帶走。」大傻就抱著公雞到山腳下住。
其實哥哥給他的只是破房子和旱田，不過大傻一點也不計較，他在旱田裡種豌豆，還做雞籠給老公雞住，把老公雞當家人照顧。
有一天，老公雞開口對大傻說：「謝謝你對我這麼好，這裡有一些雞糞，你拿去倒在豌豆樹下。」大傻就照著做，突然，豌豆樹長得又高又肥，接著開紫色的花，還結了許多豌豆莢，老公雞又說：「你把豆莢拿去煮，煮好我會叫你起床。」半夜時，老公雞「咯咯咯」叫，大傻撈起豆莢，豆莢裡發出金光，裡面全是金豆子，大傻就拿著金豆子去市場買牛回來耕田。
大傻在買牛時遇到哥哥，他高興地告訴哥哥金豆子的事，哥哥對他說：「是真的嗎？這樣好了，我跟你交換家產，我也來試試看。」
夫妻倆就拼命叫老公雞下雞糞，還把雞糞撒在每棵樹下，夫妻倆一看到豆莢長大，就把它們全摘下來煮，一開鍋蓋就看到金光閃閃，接著金豆子跳出來，全部黏在夫妻倆的臉上，這時老公雞開始啄他們臉上的金豆子，啄完後就從窗外飛走，壞心的夫妻變成了麻子臉，不敢出門只好靠種豌豆過生活。
Once upon a time, there were two brothers who lived in a mountain village. When their father died, the greedy older brother wanted to keep the family fortune for himself and his wife. So, he told his younger brother Dasha, "You are not a child anymore. It is time you moved out. There is a house and a plot of land for you at the foot of the mountain. You should move there and take this rooster with you." The older brother gave Dasha an old rooster that could not lay eggs.
When Dasha arrived at the foot of the mountain, he saw that the house was dilapidated, and the field was barren. But Dasha did not mind. He sowed peas in the barren land, and made a coop for the rooster to live in. He took good care of the rooster. One day, the rooster told Dasha, "Thank you for taking care of me. Take my droppings and scatter them under the pea bushes." Dasha did as the rooster told. Suddenly, the pea bushes became tall and plump. Then, the bushes grew purple flowers and many pea pods. The rooster told Dasha, "Take the pea pods and boil them in water before you go to sleep tonight. I will wake you up when it is ready." The rooster crowed "Cock a doodle doo" in the middle of the night and woke Dasha. When Dasha took the pea pods out of the water, he found that there were golden peas inside. He traded the golden peas for a cow to till his land.
Dasha's greedy brother saw him buying a cow and asked him where he got the golden peas. Dasha told his brother about the old rooster. Dasha's greedy brother said to him, "Really? How about this, I will give you all my property in exchange for the rooster. I'll give it a try!"
The brother and his wife ordered the rooster to produce more droppings, and scattered them under every pea bush they could find. When the pea pods appeared, the greedy couple threw the pea pods into a pot of boiling water. The next morning, the couple saw the glitter of gold when they removed the lid. Suddenly, all the golden peas jumped up and stuck onto their faces. The greedy brother and his wife tried to remove the golden peas, but they were stuck firmly to their faces. Finally, the rooster pecked and ate all the golden peas on their faces and flew away, leaving the greedy couple with pockmarks on their faces. The greedy couple felt ashamed of their faces and dared not return to the village. They spent the rest of their lives growing peas for a living.
