After killing¹ the local tyrant² Zhen Guanxi, for fear of being jailed, Lu Zhishen fled to Mount Wutai where he stayed in a temple as a monk³. After breaking the temple rules by drinking, he was sent by the abbot（大寺院男主持） to the Monastery⁴ of Great Assistance to State, where he was put in charge of a vegetable garden. The property had been plagued（困扰，折磨） by a band of local hooligans（小流氓） who frequently came to steal. None of the previous watchmen could stop the theft. Now, on hearing that a new watchman had been employed, the hooligans came again, only to be welcomed by a good beating: the two leaders were kicked into a manure（肥料，粪池） pit and the rest dropped to their knees and kowtowed（叩头） for mercy.

鲁智深打死恶霸镇关西后，怕吃官司，逃往他低。他先来到五台山文殊院出家，因不守佛规，喝酒闹事，方丈又把他介绍到大相国寺看菜园子。菜园子附近住着二、三十个泼皮，他们常来菜园子偷菜，已换了几个看园子的人都管不了他们。这次听说有换了个新人，便来闹事，没想到被鲁智深把两个领头的踢到粪坑里，吓得他们跪地求饶。

The next day they came again, but this time to apologize with wine and food. While they were enjoying the food, crows up in a tree cackled（咯咯叫） nonstop. A bad omen（预兆） , to destroy the bird nest, when Lu Zhishen stopped them. He sized up the tree and said, "No need for the trouble." He stripped off his coat, bent⁵ down and grasped the trunk. Then he yanked（猛地一拉） the tree right out of the ground. The hooligans gasped⁶ in disbelief and went down on their knees and begged Lu to teach them martial⁷ arts.

第二天，泼皮们买些酒菜向鲁智深赔礼。大家正吃得高兴，听到门外大树上的乌鸦叫个不停，泼皮们说这叫声不吉利，吵的人心烦，便欲搬梯子拆掉鸟巢。鲁智深上前把那棵树上下打量了一下说："不用了，带我把树拔掉。"说完，只见他脱掉外衣，用左手向下搂住树干，右手把住树的上半截，腰往上一挺，那棵树竟然连根拔起。众泼皮惊得个个目瞪口呆，忙跪在地上拜鲁智深为师。