The cow thief was caught, and the county magistrate gave him three choices:

First, pay ten taels of silver; second, receive twenty strokes of the bamboo; third, eat two jin of cow dung.
The thief, reluctant to spend money and disgusted by the smell, believed himself young and strong, so he chose the beating.
As a result, halfway through, he couldn't take it anymore and switched to eating cow dung. After two bites, he vomited everything and couldn't eat any more. In the end, he paid the ten taels of silver...
You have taken too many detours, simply because you always want to take shortcuts without paying the price.