Jin Yongnian of Lijin County, eighty-two years old with no sons, and his wife, now seventy-eight, were steeped in despair. One night, a divine being appeared in Jin Yongnian's dream and spoke, "Your fate has decreed you childless. However, recognizing your integrity in business—never cheating the old or the young—I have specially granted you a son." Upon waking, he told his wife, who replied, "This is merely a delusion. We are both nearing the grave; how could we possibly conceive a child?" Before she could finish speaking, a tremor shook her belly, and ten months later, she gave birth to a baby boy.