During the Hongwu period of the Ming Dynasty, there was Datong County, ninety miles away from Changzhou . Twenty miles west of this county was Huaishu Town, and not far east of the town was Boqi Village. The orphan Yang Youcai was born in this small mountain village.
Yang Youcai's parents died when he was young, leaving him alone to live with his uncle. There was nothing he could do. Before his father passed away, he entrusted him to his uncle. The uncle and nephew depended on each other and lived a poor life.
His uncle's name was Yang Baojin. He was very strong and strong, so he took Yang Youcai to collect firewood, farm, and herd cattle for wealthy people every day. As long as they could make a living, they both did it. Although this kind of life is not very wealthy, I can still have enough to eat and will not go hungry.
When Yang Youcai was twelve years old, his uncle and nephew also saved some money. His uncle was also in his twenties and the eldest man, so with the help of a matchmaker, he married the daughter of the old man Liu's family in the village. My aunt's name is Liu Hongmei. She is mean, selfish, and a lazy shrew.
Ever since Liu Hongmei married into Yang Baojin's family, she has been like a young mistress, stretching out her hands for clothes and opening her mouth for food. She does nothing all day long and relies on her uncle and nephew to take care of everything at home and abroad. They are both hard-working and kind-hearted honest people. As long as Liu Hongmei is happy, they won't say anything.
In fact, there is nothing that can be done about it. With the family background of the uncle and nephew, it is already very good for Liu Hongmei to marry her. Yang Baojin also knows this, so he is very obedient to Liu Hongmei and takes care of her as much as she wants. Even if Liu Hongmei sometimes makes trouble unreasonably, he can only endure it.
Liu Hongmei eats well and is lazy to cook. She wants to live a good life with good food, clothes and good clothes, which is bearable. However, Liu Hongmei dislikes Yang Youcai. She doesn't give him a good look every day and always takes out her anger on him no matter what happens. They scolded him, saying that he didn't have enough pig grass, and that he came back late from collecting firewood, and that the rice was not cooked properly. In short, he was criticized and insulted in all kinds of ways.
Yang Youcai lost his parents and thought that it would not be easy for him to survive, so he has always been a sensible child. He knew that it was not easy for his uncle to marry an aunt, and he could not let his aunt run away in anger. He had to go with his aunt in everything. , so every time when his aunt deliberately made trouble, he didn't argue, he always apologized and apologized, saying that he was clumsy in doing things, begging his aunt to forgive him, and he would do better next time, and told her not to be angry, so as not to get angry. body.
After more than two years of this, Yang Youcai is already nearly fifteen years old. At this time, he is like a two-month-old duck. It is the time when he has an amazing appetite and is growing taller, but his uncle's family has already had a baby. After marrying his cousin, his living expenses increased, so every time he had a meal, he would take out a small portion of his meal, then quietly go to the kitchen and add a lot of wild vegetables to cook, and then pretend to be full. Come back and hurry up and wash the dishes.
If he behaves like this for a long time, his body will naturally develop problems. Several times he went into the mountains to collect firewood, and he was so hungry that he almost fell off a cliff.
Yang Baojin knew that his nephew had not eaten enough, but he did not dare to say anything. After all, he could not afford to offend the strong Liu Hongmei, not to mention that now that she had a child, Liu Hongmei was even more disgusted with Yang Youcai, so he could only eat while eating. Sometimes, when Liu Hongmei is not paying attention, she secretly stuffs him some pancakes. When working outside, if Liu Hongmei is not around, try to let her nephew eat first.
Yang Youcai knew that this was because his uncle cared about him, but he said sensibly, "Uncle, you can eat. You have to do a lot of work. If you don't do enough, your aunt will scold you. My nephew works hard and is not very hungry." Yang Baojin looked at Yang Youcai, who was sensible but skinny and skinny, started to cry in distress.
Seeing that his uncle was sad, Yang Youcai quickly comforted him and said, "Uncle, don't look at me thin, but I am in good health." After speaking, he spread his hands and raised his fists, making a strong posture.
In this way, the uncle and nephew worked hard to support the family.
A few months later, this morning, because Liu Hongmei had to go to her parents' house for something, she left the care of her son to Yang Youcai. She arranged all the chicken drumsticks and pancakes for her son, gave them to Yang Youcai, and warned him not to steal them. If she saw her eating her cousin's food, she would tell him that he had no good food to eat. After saying that, she locked up the house tightly and went to her parents' house.
Yang Youcai carried his cousin on his back and went to the village's big lawn to play. The lawn here was wide, not only for pulling pigweeds, but also for taking care of his cousin.
In the afternoon, there were several big baskets of pigweed. My cousin was tired from playing on the lawn, so he got up and took out the food for his cousin to eat. The food was so rich, including chicken legs, salted fish, and There was a big meat pie, and he was so greedy that he swallowed it, but it belonged to his cousin. The cousin was still young and it was the time when his body was growing, so he picked up his cousin and let him eat.
His cousin was also a picky eater. He didn't want to eat chicken legs and meatloaf after a few bites. Then he left some remaining chicken bones, meatloaf dregs, etc. everywhere on the ground. Yang Youcai looked at the chicken bones on the ground. There was some chicken on top that my cousin had not eaten cleanly, so he couldn't help but pick up the chicken bones and gnaw them.
At this moment, Liu Hongmei came back. When she saw Yang Youcai chewing chicken bones, she became very angry. She walked over, grabbed Yang Youcai's hair and beat him. While beating, she cursed: "I told you to take care of it." Cousin, don’t eat his food secretly. I’ve already told you. Young cousin, eat some chicken drumsticks to grow healthy. If I’m not around for a day, you can eat it secretly. I told you to eat it secretly.” After saying that, his fists were already raining down. Ban hit Yang Youcai.
When Yang Youcai saw his aunt come back and saw him eating chicken drumsticks, he knew that it was impossible to explain, so he saw her beating him up. He was so frightened that he didn't know what to do.
At this time, Yang Baojin happened to come back from collecting firewood and saw this scene. He hurriedly dropped the firewood and ran over to persuade him, saying that his nephew was still young and was greedy and ate his son's drumstick. You, an adult, should not argue with him.
When Liu Hongmei heard that her husband was helping him to speak, she became even more angry. She squatted on the ground and started to splash, cursing and crying: "You Yang Baojin, I am so unlucky. I don’t mind that your family is poor. I married into your family and gave you children. Is this how your uncles and nephews bully me?”
Liu Hongmei squatted on the ground crying and making trouble. After a while, she was attracted by Neighbors from all over came out to watch the fun. The neighbors all knew who Liu Hongmei was, and they also knew that Yang Youcai was a loyal and honest child. It was impossible for him to eat chicken legs secretly. An old man even stood up and said that what he saw was Yang Youcai picking up chicken bones and putting them on the table. bite.
Now everyone was talking a lot, sympathizing with Yang Youcai and whispering that Liu Hongmei was wrong.
When Liu Hongmei saw that the neighbors were all talking to Yang Youcai, she was so angry that she made the fuss even more fierce. She cried and told everyone how wronged she was. When she got emotional, she pulled Yang Youcai away and cried: " You are here chewing the chicken bones, it seems that I am treating you a little, haven't I given you enough to eat?"
She said this, and then faced everyone. Said: "Dear neighbors, please tell me, I just went to my parents' house today and asked him to help take care of the child. He secretly ate the child's chicken legs. Even if he didn't eat it secretly, why did he eat the chicken bones? I didn't give him enough to eat? Do you think this child is too bad?"
Everyone listened to her nonsense, and no one said anything to help her. Yang Baojin saw that this was not a glorious matter, but a family scandal. Then he looked at Liu Hongmei. Looking excited, he went over to help Liu Hongmei up and offered some kind words.
But Liu Hongmei was not a fuel-efficient lamp. She sat down on the ground and couldn't get up to act. She cried and scolded Yang Baojin for not being a good person who would bully her, a woman who was suffering from pain and suffering. When it came to the emotional part, she even said that she would not be like him. I have no conscience and I want to take the child back to my parents' home.
As soon as Yang Baojin heard what his wife said, he suddenly became frightened and was so anxious that he was incoherent and didn't know what to say.
When Yang Youcai saw his uncle's anxious look, he felt very sorry for his uncle. If his aunt left, it would really be his fault.
So he walked up and said: "Aunt, it's my fault. I ate the chicken legs secretly. I saw someone else was greedy and ate my cousin's chicken drumsticks secretly during dinner. Don't blame uncle. Don't leave him anyway." I'm not young anymore. I'll go out today and live alone."
As soon as Liu Hongmei heard what Yang Youcai said, she stopped crying and said, "My eldest nephew, it's not that my aunt doesn't support you. After giving birth to your cousin, he is weak and unable to work. The whole family is relying on your uncle alone, and life is not easy. You can't let your cousin starve, right?"
Yang Baojin heard this, this is Liu Hongmei wanted to drive her nephew away, and he felt very uncomfortable. His nephew was not yet fifteen years old, so how could he have the nerve to let him live alone? He originally wanted to discuss with his wife not to drive his nephew away, but he When he saw Liu Hongmei's hard-hearted look, he had no choice but to do it.
After Liu Hongmei said those words, she then said to Yang Youcai: "Good nephew, it has not been easy for us to raise you these years. There is nothing at home to give you. Forget about the upbringing fees for so many years, tonight How can such a strong young man not live a good life once you leave?"
When Yang Baojin heard that his wife was treating his nephew like this, he couldn't help it. Many things in the house were left by his brother, so he had to give them to his nephew no matter what. He asked his nephew to take some away, so he said to Liu Hongmei in a low voice: "The house, the land, and some old things in the family that my brother left behind are for my nephew. Do I have to let him take them away?"
Liu Hongmei first Hearing what her husband said, she was so angry that she cursed: "Give him those things, what will we eat in the future? Where will we live? Will the child drink the northwest wind with you from now on? He is a strong young man who has no burden. How can he not live a good life? Do you want to be careful?" "
After she scolded Yang Baojin, he wiped his eyes and didn't dare to say anything anymore. The older people next to him saw that Liu Hongmei wanted Yang Youcai to leave home like this. They couldn't stand it any longer. He said: "I'm talking about a guaranteed wife, you shouldn't go too far as a human being. He's just a baby, so you have to give him something, otherwise how will he live in the future?"
Yang Youcai listened to everyone talking about his affairs. Yes, there were already tears in his eyes, and he said: "Thank you uncles for your kindness. I don't want anything. Everything in the house is given to my uncle and aunt. It's all thanks to my uncle and aunt who have taken care of me over the years. Otherwise, I might have been hungry a long time ago, but now that I am older and have hands and feet, how can I cause trouble to my uncle and aunt again?"
After hearing Yang Youcai's words, the villagers all felt sad and secretly. She wiped her tears from the ground, and Yang Baojin kept wiping his eyes with both hands. But what about Liu Hongmei? She turned her face to the side and pretended not to see anything.
After Yang Youcai said these words, he got up and went back to the woodshed where he lived, packed up his clothes and supplies, wrapped it in a piece of cloth, put it on his shoulders, and left.
At this time, Yang Baojin and Liu Hongmei also came back.
Yang Baojin saw that his nephew had been kicked out of the house by his wife. He was so heartbroken that he couldn't bear it, so he took an iron pot and a torn quilt and chased him out. He was afraid that his nephew would have nothing to cook. You have to have something to cover yourself with when you eat and sleep at night.
When Liu Hongmei saw Yang Baojin chasing after him, she wanted to get angry, but then she thought about it, she couldn't go too far and gave the villagers an excuse. There were also villagers outside to watch the fun, so she pretended to be a good person. He shouted loudly from behind: "I told my nephew, if his nephew has a bad life outside, just ask him to come back. Auntie will love him."
Yang Youcai walked out of the house, and the onlookers followed and left. , this poor child has no idea where he will go in the future. Some villagers also wanted to help Yang Youcai and take him in, but at that time, everyone was poor and did not have the ability.
In this way, Yang Youcai, carrying a broken pot and quilt, arrived at the abandoned tile kiln at the east end of the village and made it his home.
A few days later, the lame Granny Zhao from the village came to the Wayao, found Yang Youcai and said, "I said you have money. This Wayao is leaking from all sides, and it gets cold at night. You can live in my woodshed." "Grandma Zhao had no children and was a lonely old man. When Yang Youcai saw that it was Grandma Zhao who came to help him, he didn't want to trouble her, so he said, "Grandma Zhao, I won't bother you anymore. You can go back. I'll be fine living here alone. "
When Grandma Zhao heard that Yang Youcai refused to go back with her, she said, "My old lady's legs are not good, can't you go to my place to take care of me and help me carry a few loads of water?"
Yang Youcai is kind-hearted and willing to help others. , he agreed as soon as he heard what Grandma Zhao said.
So early the next morning, he went to Grandma Zhao's house and picked up several loads of water for her. He estimated that it would be fine after using it for several days, and then left.
Returning to the cave dwelling, Yang Youcai saw that the cave dwelling was indeed dilapidated, so he went to Grandma Zhao's house to borrow a hatchet. In order to take care of Grandma Zhao more conveniently, he built a thatched house near Grandma Zhao's house.
Ever since Yang Youcai came to her side, Grandma Zhao’s life has been much smoother. If she shouts when the water in the water tank is gone, Yang Youcai will come over and fill it up. Sometimes when people feel uncomfortable and cannot cook, if they shout, Yang Youcai will do it. Come over and prepare the meal for her to eat when she gets up.
Of course, Grandma Zhao is very kind to Yang Youcai. She treats him as her grandson. As long as there is delicious food, she will definitely save it for Yang Youcai to eat. Where is Yang Youcai? He tried not to eat from Grandma Zhao. He knew that at such an old age, Grandma Zhao relied on the help of the village to make a living, so he had to save the delicious food for her to eat later.
Yang Youcai came out of his uncle's house without bringing anything with him. He could be said to be penniless. In those days, if he wanted to survive, he had to farm, but he didn't even have a hoe. Fortunately, Grandma Zhao's family had one, so Yang Youcai borrowed Grandma Zhao's hoe. Start clearing wasteland and farming in the deep mountains.
For more than a month, Yang Youcai was working in the mountains alone. When he was thirsty, he drank mountain spring water. When he was hungry, he used the iron pot he brought with him to cook wild vegetables. During this period, Grandma Zhao came to help with a shaky cane. Although she can't do much, she can help pull wild vegetables and cook them, and sometimes even help dig the ground together.
In this way, after two months of hard work, the two finally opened up a large piece of land.
The news of Yang Youcai's success in opening up land in the barren mountains soon spread in the village. Everyone praised the child for his courage and that he could have a future with his own hard work.
Liu Hongmei heard from the villagers that Yang Youcai had opened a large piece of good land in the mountains. She didn't believe it at first, but that day she ran to the land that Yang Youcai had opened and saw that it was indeed a good land. So she rolled her eyes and said Got an idea.
In the evening, she came to Yang Youcai's thatched house and said: "My eldest nephew, you have cultivated so many fields, what can you do without seeds? Auntie, I was kind and brought you corn seeds, but I also have seeds like mine." I bought it for money and sold it to you, but you don’t have any money. Otherwise, if I provide the seeds, I’ll get half of your land to plant, and you’ll pay me back three times the amount of seeds.”
Yang Youcai is the owner of the seeds. He was worried about things, and it was out of love that his aunt was willing to provide the seeds, but her request was a bit too much. But then he thought, as long as his aunt's family is better off, his uncle will also live a good life, and he can take his time on his own in the future, so He agreed.
After Liu Hongmei returned, Yang Baojin learned that his wife was cheating on his nephew. He remembered that his brother had told him to take good care of his nephew, and he felt very sorry. He planned to give some to Yang Youcai for free, but he was scolded by Liu Hongmei again.
Within a few days, Yang Youcai received the seeds from Liu Hongmei. He took the seeds and was so moved that he had completely forgotten all the things Liu Hongmei had done to him before, and said, "Thank you, aunt, for sending me the seeds. Auntie I have reserved half of the land and can plant it at any time. When the corn is harvested, I will give you three times the seeds."
Unexpectedly, Liu Hongmei said: "Eldest nephew, your cousin has a high fever these days. Auntie, I will. I have to take him to the doctor's office to see the doctor. Can you help me plant the half of the land? It's just a matter of digging an extra hole."
When Yang Youcai heard what Liu Hongmei said, his cousin was also related to important matters in his uncle's family, so he had no choice but to nod and agreed.
Time passed very quickly. More than ten days passed, and the corn he planted finally sprouted and took root. , grew stronger and stronger, and the corn on her aunt's side grew better, but she had never come to work in the corn field, and always asked Yang Youcai to work on her behalf for various reasons
After a while, the corn grew better. The corns were growing taller and almost ready to bud. Yang Youcai looked at the corns and was indescribably happy. He was afraid that the wild animals in the mountains would destroy the corns, so he would come to the cornfield to take care of them.
This afternoon, he came to see them again as usual. The corn didn't matter. He was so angry that he almost fainted. He saw a small ox standing in his corn field and had eaten almost all of his corn. There were only five or six corns left.
He was so angry that he took a stick from beside him and was about to slap the little ox. But before the stick came down, he couldn't do it. It turned out that the little ox had a sore wound on its hind leg and could not walk. He couldn't walk, and he was already skinny because he couldn't find anything to eat. He was looking at him with tears.
Seeing this, Yang Youcai couldn't do anything. Almost all the corn in the field was eaten by the calves. Seeing the injured calf, he simply cut off all the spoiled corn and gave it to the calf. There were only a few unspoiled corns left in the field.
He also put a piece of red cloth on the big tree next to the cornfield, which meant that the owner of the cornfield should be contacted by the family that lost the cow. After doing this, he took the calf home.
He returned home. The calf's hind legs were washed and bandaged with salt water, and it took until midnight to get it done.
Liu Hongmei learned that the corn in the mountains had been destroyed by cattle. The next day, she hurried to see her own corn. It was intact, only a few corns in Yang Youcai's field were ruined, so she rushed to Yang Youcai's thatched house and asked how she could pay back the three times the seeds. Arrival.
Yang Youcai kindly comforted his aunt, saying that he would pay it back when the time came, and if he still couldn't, he would go to work for Zhou Yuan's wife in the village to earn money. When Liu Hongmei heard what he said, she left with satisfaction.
In fact, he didn't know what to do now that he had gotten to this point, but the calf was seriously injured, so he had to heal it first.
Before he knew it, many days had passed, and Yang Youcai accidentally went to cut the calf in the mountains that day. Cow grass, passing by his own cornfield, he saw that the remaining corn roots had many corn stalks growing out from the roots, and they were densely covered with the entire cornfield, which was four times more than before. On the other hand, What about the corn at his aunt's side? All the corn inside was withered, which surprised him.
After the corn was harvested, Yang Youcai dried it and gave it to his aunt in a big bag, which was five times more than the corn. , his aunt used the excuse that Yang Youcai had not managed the corn well, and asked him for two more bags of corn. Yang Youcai knew that his aunt was unreasonable, but he was grateful that his aunt had raised him, so he did not bother to explain to her. .
After Yang Youcai harvested the corn, he began to take good care of the calf, but no matter how he took care of it, the calf's health became worse and worse. It looked as if it was about to die at any time, and Yang Youcai felt heartbroken.
On this day, he carried two big bags of corn to sell in the market town, intending to get some money to treat the calves. The corns he had were all big and plump, and the price was only half of others. Soon, all his corn was gone. He took the money and bought the best medicine for the calf, and then went back to the thatched house.
On the way back, he met Zhu Dagong, a playboy in the village, who bullied a village girl, so he took action to teach Zhu Dagong a lesson, but he did not expect that his act of justice would bring him trouble.
On this day, Yang Youcai finished the medicine for the calf and was about to go to the mountains to collect firewood. At this time, he saw a woman walking in the distance. He took a closer look and found that it was Wang Suzhen, the great beauty in the village. He saw Wang Suzhen coming. In front of his thatched house, he shouted to Brother Youcai to open the door. Yang Youcai opened the door for her and asked her what was going on.
Wang Suzhen told him that she was tired after going out to play, and wanted to go to his house to ask for a drink of water. After saying that, she also gave Yang Youcai a few winks. At this time, Yang Youcai had grown tall and strong, and he also understood the affairs between men and women. Yes, he also wanted to find a wife, but he was poor, so he gave up the idea.
Now Wang Suzhen came to ask for water. He was also a little moved, so he let Wang Suzhen into the house. After Wang Suzhen went in, he drank two cups of tea, then suddenly took off his clothes, leaned against Yang Youcai, and then rolled on the bed. She hugged Yang Youcai while shouting: "Help, someone is coming soon."
Before she shouted a few times, Yang Youcai's thatched house was kicked away by several people. Then several people came in and grabbed Yang Youcai and beat him. , the leader was none other than Zhu Dagong. After they reported Yang Youcai, they asked him to go to the village to see how to deal with it.
As soon as Yang Youcai saw that it was Zhu Dagong, he knew that he had been tricked and convinced. He said nothing, but looked at Zhu Dagong fiercely.
Yang Youcai was listed on the village lawn. The villagers all knew that Yang Youcai had been cheated again, because they knew what Zhu Dagong was like. This kid took advantage of his father's money, and was very popular in the village and bullied others. Wang Suzhen even followed him. Zhu Dagong had already gotten together. Why did Yang Youcai offend Zhu Dagong and be helped here today?
Zhu Dagong saw more and more villagers gathering together, so he started talking about the bad things Yang Youcai had done, and then asked the villagers how to punish this guy for insulting his wife.
Although the villagers knew that Yang Youcai was wrongly accused, they had no evidence and could not tell the truth, so they could only remain silent and wait to see what Zhu Dagong would do. At this time, Yang Youcai's uncle also got the news, and he hurried away. He came to plead for mercy, and finally asked Yang Youcai to pay five hundred taels of silver in order to settle the matter.
How could Yang Youcai have so much money? Now that he had been tricked by others, he was very angry.
Later, Yang Baojin discussed with Zhu Dagong and said that Yang Youcai didn't have that much money, so he should ask him to work at Zhu Dagong's house to pay off the debt. Yang Youcai originally disagreed. Why should he bear this injustice? But he saw his uncle begging hard and didn't want to make him sad, so he had to reluctantly agree, but he put forward a condition, which was to let him go back and take care of the calf for a few more days. It was now this time, and he was still worried about it. calf.
Zhu Dagong saw that he was already on the road, and thought to himself that this guy had already agreed to work to pay off the debt, and he was not in a hurry for a few days, so he agreed.
After Yang Youcai came back, he didn't say anything. He filled a bottle of water for Grandma Zhao, and then took good care of the calf every day. He thought, since no one has come to pick up the calf for so many days, it must be a buffalo calf. He is now If you don't take care of it quickly, you will definitely not survive when you return to the wild.
In this way, he took careful care of the calf for two more days. Instead of getting better, the calf became weaker and weaker. In the evening, when Yang Youcai fed the calf corn porridge, the calf looked at Yang Youcai again and again. She shed tears, as if she knew her end was approaching.
The next day, before dawn, Yang Youcai cooked corn porridge and took it to the cowshed. Unexpectedly, the calf had disappeared, and there was only a bezoar-sized thing left on the ground. Upon closer inspection, it turned out to be an ingot of gold.
Yang Youcai cried and looked around for Mavericks, but there was no sign of Mavericks. So he sadly picked up the gold left by Mavericks and paid off Zhu Dagong's debt, leaving some left.
Back home, Yang Youcai thought, he is not young anymore, and his parents are not here. He has to rely on himself to get a wife. Going to farm in the mountains to get a wife is not something you can count on. When he came back, he heard the villagers say Mr. He from the next village was contracted to build the river embankment, so he made up his mind to go there to make money.
Yang Youcai cleaned up his money, spent some money to buy chickens and ducks and gave some to his uncle, and then left a few more for Aunt Zhao, and then filled the water for Aunt Zhao, and told her that there would be no more water in the future. You can ask your uncle to pick it.
The next day after doing this, he came to He Yuan's wife's house in the next village.
He was hard-working and honest, and he quickly gained the favor of He Yuanwai. He was not the only one who liked him, but there was also an eldest lady who also fell in love with him. This one was from a distant relative of He Yuanwai. The eldest lady, whose surname is Zhu and whose given name is Wanqing, is so beautiful that she is not inferior to Chang'e in the sky. She came to He Yuan's wife's house this time to play, and happened to see the honest and loyal Yang Youcai.
She saw that Yang Youcai was not sneaky or sneaky in his work, and he was a hard-working and down-to-earth man, especially the way he worked hard, which moved her very much, so she ignored her status as the eldest lady and often ran to the river to see him.
On this day, Yang Youcai and a group of villagers were carrying stones. The eldest lady came to see him again. I wonder if she was walking too fast or something, and accidentally rolled from the river to a deep pool in the river. In this critical situation At that moment, Yang Youcai ran over and jumped into the deep pool, desperately saving her.
After this incident, the eldest lady secretly expressed her love for Yang Youcai. Where is Yang Youcai? In fact, he also fell deeply in love with the eldest lady, but because of his identity and what happened to Wang Suzhen last time, he was afraid and did not dare to confess.
Time passed very quickly. A few months later, the river was repaired. The eldest lady went back to her hometown on an unknown day. Yang Youcai returned to Boqi Village with the money earned from repairing the river.
When I returned to the village, I saw that the family had changed a lot in just over a month. My uncle's cousin got a strange disease and spent a lot of money on it, but he still couldn't be cured. Now he is almost bankrupt.
When he saw his uncle, he felt that his uncle had aged a lot, especially his aunt, who no longer looked as domineering as before. As soon as they saw Yang Youcai, they begged him to save his cousin, but Yang Youcai didn't say anything, so She took out the money she earned and hired another famous doctor for her cousin. The moment Liu Hongmei took the money, she seemed to realize something. She turned her back and kept wiping her tears.
When Yang Youcai returned to the hut, he found that Granny Zhao was also seriously ill, so Yang Youcai quickly took out the money and found a doctor for Granny Zhao. In this way, all his hard-earned money was spent in a few days.
The money is gone, but my cousin’s illness is not cured yet, but there is a lot of improvement. The famous doctor said that if he wants to be cured, he will need at least one thousand taels of silver.
Where can I get so much money? My uncle and aunt's hair has turned gray from worry, but my cousin is their lifeblood.
After the old lady here visited the doctor, her health improved a lot, but she was not completely recovered. Because of the money, she had to go home early.
Looking at his cousin, the kind-hearted Yang Youcai was also worried about the old woman's illness, but there was nothing he could do.
That afternoon, when he went to the market town to sell firewood, he accidentally overheard someone talking in the market town. They said that a wealthy family in the next county asked their son-in-law to come to celebrate the wedding. As long as he went, he would be rewarded with three thousand taels of silver. After Yang Youcai asked carefully, he learned that, It turned out that a young lady in the next county had a strange disease, and she couldn't be cured by all the famous doctors. Later, a wandering expert saw the disease and said that she needed to find a man to get married and celebrate the disease, and then the young lady's disease would naturally be cured. Those who are happy will not live for more than a few days before dying.
So this job is not easy to do, and the three thousand taels of silver have to be exchanged for it.
When Yang Youcai got the news, thinking about his uncle and aunt whose eyes were swollen from crying, he made an important decision in the evening. Early the next morning, he went out to arrange the wedding ceremony for his son-in-law. A few days later, God, he got three thousand taels of silver.
With these three thousand taels of silver, my cousin's illness was cured quickly after careful treatment by famous doctors. The old woman also asked the doctor to take a look at her, and she also recovered after using a few pairs of Chinese medicine.
On this day, it was time for Yang Youcai to get up and go to the next county to celebrate his birthday. After the people in the village learned about his righteous deed, they all spontaneously came to see him off. Even Zhu Dagong and Wang Suzhen, who had harmed him, came.
The villagers cooked chicken, duck and fish and prepared fine wine for him. Everyone wiped their tears and waited for him to finish the farewell meal.
Yang Youcai glanced at everyone and said: "Thank you folks for seeing me off. In my life, my parents died young and I have not been able to fulfill my filial piety. Fortunately, my uncle and aunt raised me, so I want to repay them. I will go and celebrate." There is still some money left. In addition to leaving some money for my uncle, aunt, and Grandma Zhao, the rest will be given to the villagers to build a school and find an old gentleman to teach the children to read and read. "
After he said this, The villagers were so moved that they could not speak. They all wiped away their tears sadly. Even Zhu Dagong and Wang Suzhen took the initiative to stand up, cried and explained what happened to Yang Youcai that day, and apologized and said that they would immediately return the eight hundred taels of silver. He is also willing to donate another four hundred taels of silver to build a school.
After hearing this, Yang Youcai comforted him and said that he had forgotten about it a long time ago and told him not to care about it. He also warned the villagers not to embarrass Zhu Dagong and Wang Suzhen in the future and to be tolerant and generous. He gave him an additional four hundred taels of silver to build the school. He was very grateful.
Yang Youcai drank a few sips of the wine sent by the villagers, and then continued to say to his uncle: "When we are together, I will be buried under my parents. I can protect my parents and fulfill my filial piety."
After hearing this, Yang Baojin and Liu Hongmei were already crying like tears. Especially when Liu Hongmei thought about her past, she felt even more regretful...
Yang Youcai told them not to cry, comforted them, and then picked up the Liu Hongmei devoured the chicken she cooked, and stuffed the pig's trotters, duck legs and other things into his mouth. This was the fullest and most comfortable meal he had ever had in his life.
Yang Youcai followed the person who came to pick her up for several days and nights, and finally arrived at the eldest lady's house. The courtyard of this house had many rockeries, which was really grand. Yang Youcai was dazzled by walking around and looking at it.
Yang Youcai rested in the house for two days, and then he married the young lady under the arrangement of the outsider. On the wedding night, Yang Youcai lifted the bride's hijab and took a look. The young lady was really beautiful. Although she was not as good as Zhu Wanqing, she was still worse. Not much.
Yang Youcai looked at the bride for a while and said: "This time I got married to the young lady, just to save someone's life. I had no choice but to have her in my heart, and now I feel unworthy of my beloved, so three days before the wedding, I I won't have any physical contact with the lady."
After he said this, he sat at the table and never moved. The lady also came over, took Yang Youcai's hand and started picking beans in every possible way, but Yang Youcai didn't show any emotion at all. Tempting.
At this moment, a woman wearing a red turban suddenly walked out from behind the bed. The young lady walked over, pulled her to sit down next to Yang Youcai, and then took off the red turban on the woman's head. He laughed loudly at Yang Youcai and said: "Who wants you to come to celebrate the wedding? This is the real eldest lady and the bride, I am just a maid, okay, I won't disturb the wedding night of the two of you." After that, he left. Got out.
Yang Youcai took a look, wasn't this the Zhu Wanqing he thought about day and night? How is this going? Why is she here?
Zhu Wanqing saw the puzzled look on his face, so she told him the truth of the matter.
It turned out that Zhu Wanqing was the daughter of the county magistrate of the county. After meeting Yang Youcai that day at the home of her relative He Yuancai, she had secretly expressed her love for him. However, she was afraid that she would meet someone unkind, so she sent someone to Boqi Village to do the job. After some investigation, although the results of the investigation were very good, Yang Youcai was being victimized by Wang Suzhen at that time. This matter made Zhu Wanqing very doubtful, so she set up a trap with the maid to test him about the young lady's surprise. Now She and her father understood Yang Youcai's character, and then they dared to get married boldly.
Although Yang Youcai was tested, he passed the test with his kindness. After the marriage, the two fell in love. Yang Youcai even called his uncle and aunt to live in the county town and found them a job. The two families also often Moving around each other, the relationship gets better and better.
After Yang Youcai had such a good wife, he went to school again and studied hard. Within a few years, he passed the entrance examination and passed the examination. His career was smooth sailing. His wife also gave birth to a fat boy smoothly. The whole family was happy and happy. living.
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