Changzhou When Hu Yuanwai was forty years old, his first wife, He, left him and his newborn son Junsheng because of dystocia during childbirth.
In order to better take care of his son, Hu Yuanwai remarried Jiao Niang, the daughter of old umbrella seller Xu Lao Han, when Jun was two years old. Jiao Niang was twenty years old at the time and already had a sweetheart named Li He.
Li He is fair and fair, but he does not have any serious occupation. He often hangs out with a group of idle young people and travels around. Old man Xu is very disgusted with Li He's lack of professionalism, so he strongly opposes the relationship between Jiao Niang and Li He, and even asks matchmakers to help him everywhere. Jiao Niang proposed a kiss to end the relationship between Jiao Niang and Li He.
When the matchmaker heard that Hu Yuanwai was going to renew her marriage, she hurried to Hu Yuanwai’s house to propose marriage. Hu Yuanwai was not short of money, so he wanted to marry a virtuous and gentle wife who could take good care of his son Junsheng. Of course, she also had to have a dignified appearance. Generous, the matchmaker immediately thought of Jiao Niang.
With her sharp tongue, the matchmaker praised her as a fairy, gentle and virtuous. Mr. Hu was very satisfied after hearing this and agreed to go to the Xu family to seek marriage.
Because they lived in the same county, Mr. Xu had long heard that Hu Yuanwai was wealthy and that he was just over forty years old and considered young and promising. Therefore, he was very satisfied with the marriage between his daughter and Hu Yuanwai. He felt that by marrying into the Hu family, Jiao Niang would not only cut off all contact with Li He, but would also be able to have food and clothing for the rest of her life, so he immediately agreed to the marriage.
At that time, Jiao Niang was all about Li He. When she heard that Old Man Xu asked her to marry Hu Yuanwai, she cried and made trouble and was unwilling to marry into the Hu family. But later, for some unknown reason, Jiao Niang happily agreed to the marriage. In the marriage, Feng Fengguang married into the Hu family.
After Jiao Niang married into the Hu family, she became the head mistress of the Hu family. She was accompanied by maids when she came in and out. Junsheng was also taken care of by a wet nurse. Jiao Niang lived the life of a rich lady who opened her mouth and stretched out her hands for food. Of course, she I also spend a few hours with Junsheng every day to cultivate feelings.
In fact, Hu Yuanwai's main purpose is to let Junsheng have a mother to love him like other children. Of course, Hu Yuanwai is usually busy with business and cannot take care of family affairs, so he also needs a wife to take care of the housework.
In the first year after Jiao Niang married into the Hu family, Hu Yuanwai did not completely hand over the power of household affairs to Jiao Niang. He wanted to examine Jiao Niang for a period of time to see if she was suitable to be the new mistress of the Hu family.
After getting along with each other for more than a year, Hu Yuanwai discovered that Jiao Niang was not only beautiful in appearance, but also very smart in dealing with people. She got along well with the servants and maids, and loved Jun Sheng very much. He was very satisfied with Jiao Niang and gradually took over the housework. Leaving Jiaoniang in charge and Junsheng under her supervision, he focused mainly on running his own shop.
Unconsciously, two years have passed. Jiao Niang has fully adapted to her role as the mistress of the Hu family and is in charge of all the internal affairs of the Hu family. She also gave birth to a son in the second year, named Tianci. Hu Yuanwai was once again happy to have a son. He was filled with joy and doted on his little girl even more.
Unfortunately, the good times did not last long. After Tianci was born, Hu Yuanwai's health suddenly gradually deteriorated. At first, he suffered from loss of appetite, abdominal distension and discomfort, and later he even had blood in his stool. Jiao Niang hired several doctors to help Mr. Hu take care of his health. After the doctors heard and heard about Hu Yuanwai, they all said that Hu Yuanwai had a gastrointestinal disease and prescribed tonics for his recovery. However, after Hu Yuanwai drank tonic for several months, his health not only failed to improve, but he eventually died of blood in his stool.
When Yuan Hu was buried, Jiao Niang held the coffin and cried, looking very sad. She also cried and said that she would bring up her two children well. The relatives and friends attending the funeral saw Jiao Niang’s grief-stricken look and listened to Jiao Niang. My mother was very touched by what she said and felt that Mr. Hu had married a good wife.
After Hu Yuanwai passed away, because Junsheng and Tianci were young, the power inside and outside the Hu family fell into the hands of Jiao Niang. Not long after, Jiao Niang's attitude toward Junsheng changed 180 degrees. She often scolded Junsheng for being disobedient, punished him at every turn and deprived him of meals, and even hit him hard on the palm of his hand with a ruler, making Junsheng cry.
Junsheng's nanny was very distressed when she saw Junsheng being punished innocently, so she went to persuade Jiaoniang to spare Junsheng. Unexpectedly, Jiaoniang was no longer as talkative as she was when Hu Yuanwai was alive. Whenever any servant disobeyed her, she would lower her face and punish the servant. He was scolded and even kicked out of the Hu family. The servants were afraid of losing their jobs and gradually no longer dared to interfere with Junsheng's affairs. Junsheng's life in the Hu family became increasingly difficult.
One year after Hu Yuanwai passed away, Jiao Niang used the excuse that the Hu family's business and family affairs were complicated and she couldn't take care of them by herself, so she hired a young shopkeeper with a lot of money to take full charge of the Hu family's business.
The status of this big shopkeeper in the Hu family can be said to be lower than that of one person and more than ten thousand people. Even the old housekeeper and old shopkeeper who have been in the Hu family for many years have to listen to the orders of this big shopkeeper. He was so angry that the old shopkeeper of the Hu family resigned and left. My mother didn’t want to stay either.
The big shopkeeper hired by Jiao Niang with a lot of money is none other than Li He, the sweetheart she had secretly promised before marrying into the Hu family.
Li He was originally an idle vagrant. Although he looked fair and clean, his pockets were cleaner than his face. But since he became the boss of the Hu family, he moved into the Hu family on the pretext of taking care of business, and transformed into A rich man wore fine clothes every day, enjoyed the delicacies of the Hu family, and bossed around the Hu family's servants. The servants hated him, but because his mistress valued him, the servants did not dare to offend him.
Li He enjoys wealth and power in the Hu family, but he loves Yuan Hu's second son Tianci very much. He often carries him out to play, but he never turns a blind eye to Junsheng.
Sometimes Jiaoniang would take Tianci out for an outing, and she would also take Li He with her. The servants of the Hu family gradually felt that the relationship between Jiaoniang and Li He was unusual. However, they were afraid of losing their jobs and Li He's revenge, so they just insisted on one more thing. It's better to take things less seriously and just discuss a few words in private. No one dares to interfere with Li He and his wife's private affairs.
Furthermore, Jiao Niang was widowed at a young age, and she might get married again. If these servants are talkative and nosy, if Jiao Niang marries Li He in the future, they will definitely have no good fruit to eat, so the servants They turned a blind eye to both of them. However, they all privately felt that Li He loved Tianci so much, and maybe Tianci was Li He's biological son. Thinking of this, they also felt that Hu Yuanwai's death was suspicious, but Hu Yuanwai had been buried long ago. I don't dare to meddle in my little girl's business.
Three years later, Li He has fully taken over the Hu family's business. Not only that, he also has to have a hand in the Hu family's family affairs. Everyone in the Hu family has to look at Li He. She behaves with an expression on her face, because Jiao Niang likes to ask Li He for his opinion on everything and relies on him very much.
The two of them often find opportunities to be alone, and Jiao Niang will act coquettishly towards Li He. It seems that she has a deep affection for Li He and has long regarded him as her support.
Junsheng is already eight years old, but because he is often beaten and scolded by his beloved mother, he is hungry every day and has a sallow complexion. Not to mention, Jiao Niang later used the excuse that Junsheng was stupid and no longer allowed him to study with Tianci, and even punished him to do odd jobs with the servants.
The servants couldn't stand it anymore, and secretly complained about Master Junsheng. The servants only let Junsheng do some work when Jiao Niang came to inspect. As long as Jiao Niang left, they would not let Jun Sheng work, and they also prayed to Jun Sheng secretly. Grow up quickly and take back the Hu family's property. Junsheng grew up slowly in the love and care of his servants.
One day, Li He said that he wanted to take Tianci out for fun, but Jiao Niang didn't pay attention and told them to have fun and have fun. This was because Li He had taken Tianci out to play alone before. On the other hand, she felt sorry for Tianci's hard work in studying and wanted Tianci to go out and relax.
Unexpectedly, after Li He took Tianci out this time, he never returned. Jiao Niang waited at home for a whole day, but they were nowhere to be seen. She gradually became anxious and worried, and quickly ordered her servants to go out and look for them.
Several servants went out to search. Not only did they not find Li He and Tianci, but they also brought home shocking news.
It turned out that the servants couldn't find Li He and Tianci on the street, so they went to the Hu family's shop to look for them. Unexpectedly, they found that the Hu family's shop was changing their signs. It turned out that all the Hu family's shops had changed owners.
The servants were dumbfounded when they heard about this, and hurried home to report it to Jiao Niang. Jiao Niang was shocked when she heard the news, and hurried to the shop to verify the situation. Only when they went there did they realize that all the Hu family's business had been resold to Li He. Bai Yuanwai, who was traveling with him, had completed the resale procedures yesterday. Bai Yuanwai paid Li He a total of twelve thousand taels in silver notes.
The Hu family's business was secretly changed hands by Li He. Li He kept the matter secret. Even the clerks in the shop didn't know that the shop had changed owners. It wasn't until Bai Yuanwai asked someone to change the sign in the shop that the shopkeepers understood that the shop had changed hands. Changed ownership. However, since Jiao Niang usually obeyed Li He in everything and even made the old shopkeeper angry, the guys found out about this and did not notify Jiao Niang. Instead, they went about their own work as usual. They were not fired, and they continued to work and get paid.
Li He not only took away the money from selling the shop, but also took away the gift of heaven. The girl was betrayed by her sweetheart and lost both her life and money. She couldn't bear such a big blow and fell ill all of a sudden. She spent a lot of time in bed. Don't come to bed.
Jiao Niang never expected that the sweetheart she was attached to wholeheartedly would betray her. She was so angry that she dragged her sick body to the government to report the case. However, Li He had already escaped with Tianci. Although the government said that they would do their best to solve the case, who would Knowing what year and month it will take to solve the case, my dear girl wants to cry but has no tears.
At this time, the Hu family had no income and only lived in this big house. Jiao Niang could no longer afford to keep the servants, so she had to sell all the jewelry and exchange money to send off all the servants.
After dismissing the servants, Jiao Niang looked at the empty mansion and lamented that Li He's betrayal might be God's punishment for betraying her husband Hu Yuanwai.
It turns out that the reason why she was willing to marry Hu Yuanwai in the first place was because she listened to Li He's sweet words.
In the beginning, the girl fell in love with the handsome Li He at first sight and wanted to marry Li He. When old man Xu asked her to marry Hu Yuanwai, she refused to do so. However, she did not know that Li He was a wandering person who was best at sweet talk. Deceive women.
When Li He found out that Hu Yuanwai was rich, he had a plot to get rich. He coaxed his wife and said: You are the woman I love most in my life. I will never let you live a poor life with me. I will definitely I want you to live a life of fine clothing and fine food!
After hearing his words, Jiao Niang was so moved that she smiled like a flower. Li He struck again while the iron was hot and said: You also know that I don’t have the capital to do business now. I don’t know how long it will take to get rich. I think you might as well marry into the Hu family first. , take the Hu family's property into your hands, and then find an opportunity to get me into the Hu family, so that we can not only make a fortune, but also stay and fly together.
Jiao Niang didn’t agree with Li He’s plan to get rich at first, but Li He threatened her and said: If you don’t agree to do this, it means you are not sincere to me, then forget it, I will never come to see you again. you.
Jiao Niang only wanted to stay with Li He forever. When she heard that Li He was leaving her, she panicked and finally agreed to Li He's plan. But she didn't know that Li He was a love prodigal and had no intention of marrying her. Li He just coveted her beauty and used her to complete his plan to make a fortune.
But Jiao Niang was devoted to Li He and was willing to give everything for him and obey his words. She obeyed Li He's wishes and married Hu Yuanwai, and gradually gained Hu Yuanwai's trust, making others think that Hu Yuanwai was married. A gentle and kind wife. In fact, not long after Jiao Niang married Hu Yuanwai, she had a secret affair with Li He in Chen Cang, and the baby was secretly married. Tian Ci, the son Jiao Niang gave birth to, was Li He's biological son.
After Tianci was born, others thought that Hu Yuanwai and Jiao Niang were in love as a couple, with husbands and wives accompanying each other. However, Li He secretly sent Jiao Niang a chronic poison, asking her to put a little bit of it in Hu Yuan Wai's tea and rice every day, slowly destroying Hu Yuan Wai's life. Physically, Hu Yuanwai doted on his beloved wife very much, and he never thought until his death that it was his beloved wife who had harmed him.
After the innocent Hu Yuanwai died of illness, Jiao Niang openly hired Li He to come to the Hu family to be the shopkeeper on the grounds that the business was complicated.Li He's arrival at the Hu family also provided convenience for the two people to communicate secretly.
Not long after Li He moved into the Hu family, Jiao Niang discussed getting married with him. She wanted to recruit Li He as her son-in-law, so that they could be an honest couple and no longer have to be sneaky and try their best to avoid servants. s eyes.
But every time she mentioned this matter to Li He, Li He would excuse her by saying that the time had not come yet and others would gossip. He also said that he had already planned the marriage and asked Jiao Niang to wait patiently for his good news.
Jiao Niang was already obedient to his words. After listening to his words, she happily waited for Li He to arrange their marriage, and also left all business matters to Li He.
Li He was originally a wandering person with no long-term character. He had long been tired of Jiao Niang. In addition, Jiao Niang had urged her to get married several times, which made him even more anxious to abandon Jiao Niang. When he took full control of the Hu family's business, he began to plan to take away the Hu family's property and fly away. He also planned to take away his biological son Tianci.
Because Jiao Niang trusted him very much and gave him full responsibility for the business, his plan to sell the Hu's shop and fly away went very smoothly. He took Tianci away in a carriage for a day, and Jiao Niang found out about it, but they didn't know where they had fled.
At this time, Jiao Niang remembered how much Yuan Wai had doted on her during his lifetime, and she regretted it. In order to atone for her sins, she treated Junsheng as her own son. She sold the big house and moved Junsheng to a small house. She sent Junsheng to a private school, hoping that when he grew up, he would obtain fame and revitalize the Hu family.
After more than ten years, Jiao Niang remained unmarried. She earned money through her own labor and devoted herself to raising Junsheng.
Junsheng had a bright mind and passed the imperial examination when he grew up. However, he did not choose to be an official because he inherited Hu Yuanwai's talent for doing business. He wanted to go into business like his father and revitalize the Hu family.
After selling the big house, Jiao Niang only used a small part of the money to buy a small house. She kept the rest of the money and wanted to give it back to Junsheng when he grew up. Now that Junsheng has finally grown up, is successful in his studies, and has a good business acumen, she put all her savings into Junsheng's business.
Junsheng made money well, and within a few years he earned a huge amount of money. He also bought a large house with a back garden, and married Yuan Bai's youngest daughter. The businesses of Hu and Bai's families were merged into one, and the business became more and more popular. Get bigger and bigger and become a rich man in the county.
After Junsheng became rich, he wanted to be filial to his daughter, but her daughter refused. Because Jiao Niang has been filled with guilt for so many years, she has long planned to become a nun after Jun Sheng settles down and establishes a family. From then on, she will be the companion of the Qing Deng Ancient Buddha to atone for the sins she committed when she was young.
Junsheng and his wife begged Jiaoniang to change her mind, but Jiaoniang had already made up her mind and even threatened Junsheng with a hunger strike, so Junsheng had no choice but to agree. After that, Jiao Niang went to a nunnery in the county to practice spiritual practice. She accompanied the ancient Buddha with a green lantern every day, had simple meals, and spent the rest of her life saving herself.
One day, Junsheng was walking on the street when he was suddenly blocked by a beggar. The beggar pitifully said that he had not eaten for a long time and begged him for copper coins to buy food. Junsheng thought that the beggar was only thirty or forty years old. Feeling sympathy, I gave the beggar ten taels of silver and advised him to stop begging and use the money to do a small business. Unexpectedly, the beggar didn't even say thank you when he got the money, but went to a restaurant to drink with the money.
The beggar was full of wine and food, and took the remaining money to the gambling house to gamble. The beggar was eager to win money and turned into a con man. He was discovered by the gangsters of the gambling house, beat him half to death and threw him outside. He died of illness and hunger not long after.
What Junsheng didn't know was that the beggar was actually Li He, and of course Li He didn't know Junsheng.
In the first half of his life, Li He was chaotic and abandoned, doing many evil things. He wanted to live a happy life with the money he defrauded from his beloved wife, but in the end he became addicted to gambling and lost all his family property. In order to make money, he cruelly sold his son, but the money he gained was quickly lost. He had nothing and begged all the way back to his hometown. Unexpectedly, as soon as he arrived in his hometown, he met Junsheng who kindly gave him ten taels of silver and asked him to start a small business.He has always been used to enjoying things, and he doesn't like the hard and tiring small business at all. As soon as he gets the money, he thinks about gambling and fantasizes about getting rich overnight. Who knows that he shoots himself in the foot and kills Qingqing? .
As the saying goes, there is no limit to the sea of desire. No matter how much you fall in love with someone, you must keep the bottom line of being a human being and the bottom line of morality. As the saying goes, you must not have the intention to harm others, and you must have the intention to guard against others. Finally, I wish all my friends that lovers will eventually get married. Happy and happy!
