During the Xianning period of the Western Jin Dynasty, there was a young man named Zheng Huicai in Yongzhou. He was born in poverty and suffered from poverty since he was a child. As he grew up, he learned how to accumulate wealth and worked hard to make money with hard work and

During the Xianning period of the Western Jin Dynasty, Yongzhou there was a young man named Zheng Huicai. Because he was born in poverty, he suffered from poverty since he was a child. As he grew up, he learned how to accumulate wealth, and worked hard to make money with hard work and ability.

Zheng Huicai was smart, eager to learn, and diligent since he was a child. Through apprenticeships, he became a famous little carpenter within a hundred miles. He was only in his early 20s and soon accumulated hundreds of silver. As time went by, With the increase in wealth, more and more matchmakers come to propose marriages.

However, Zheng Huicai was not tempted by this. Because her parents died young and she had no brothers or sisters, Zheng Huicai was used to living alone. Moreover, Zheng Huicai, who was only 20 years old, felt that she was not old enough to start a family. Zheng Huicai felt that he should work hard for another five years, earn enough money, and marry a beautiful and capable wife. At that time, he would have both wealth and sex, and his life would be enjoyable.

So, although matchmakers kept coming to propose marriage, and some girls' families were very fond of Zheng Huicai, and even put down the girl's reserve to express her feelings to Zheng Huicai, but Zheng Huicai declined them all. Over the past few years, people either thought that Zheng Huicai already had a sweetheart, or that Zheng Huicai was an arrogant guy. As a result, the number of people coming to propose marriage gradually decreased, and the girls couldn't bear the growing age, so they all got married one by one.

When Zheng Huicai was 25 years old, he had earned 600 taels of silver. He felt that the money had met his psychological expectations, so he began to take the initiative, setting his sights on local girls of the right age, and began to contact those who had worked for him. A matchmaker who proposes marriage.

One day, Zheng Huicai, who was idle and not working, came to Matchmaker Huang's house and told Matchmaker Huang tactfully that he had fallen in love with Miss Liu Ye Meiliu from Huang Village, and asked Matchmaker Huang to help him explore Miss Liu's thoughts.

Matchmaker Huang had acted as a matchmaker for Zheng Huicai in the early years. She was also a girl named Liu from Huang Village, but she was not the girl named Liu that Zheng Huicai was looking for now. This girl whose surname is Liu and whose name is Ye Mei is very beautiful, smart and virtuous, and is a good woman known far and near. Zheng Huicai had heard about Liu Yemei for a long time, and had been lucky enough to meet him a few times in the past few years. At that time, Zheng Huicai felt that his strength was not enough, so he did not reveal his feelings to the matchmaker.

Now that Zheng Huicai has so much money and has bought a relatively luxurious house, he just wants to find a good girl and live a good life together. Zheng Huicai compared the well-known girls in more than a dozen nearby villages one by one, and finally determined Liu Yemei as his favorite.

To be on the safe side, Zheng Huicai spared no expense and asked the well-known matchmaker Huang to be his matchmaker. He wanted to win over Liu Yemei in one fell swoop so that he could start a family early and avoid having long nights and dreams that would make others miss him.

This yellow matchmaker really lived up to Zheng Huicai's high expectations. After three trips, she decided on the life-long affairs of Zheng Huicai and Liu Yemei. At Zheng Huicai's request, she and the Liu family confirmed that they would marry Liu Yemei in three months. good thing. However, what everyone expected was that Zheng Huicai died before marrying Liu Yemei.

One day in the late summer of this year, Yongzhou suddenly experienced a heavy rain that had not happened in a century. This heavy rain fell for several days, and then ushered in a flood disaster that had not happened in a century. Many people had to flee. At this time, Zheng Huicai could not help sighing about his newly built house, and could not wait to marry Liu Yemei. He and a few familiar men of the same age fled relatively late.

They were lucky enough to get a small boat, and several people got on the boat. In order to save their strength and escape from the flood-stricken area as soon as possible, they took turns rowing desperately. But just as they were about to escape from the flood-stricken area, a big wave suddenly arose, and the boat was overturned, and all the people on board fell into the water.

They hurriedly swam to the shore, but Zheng Huicai could not swim very far. His head was sinking and floating in the water, and he was about to die.The companions who were approaching the shore turned around and asked anxiously: "Brother Huicai, you are usually the best at water. What happened to you today!"

Zheng Huicai was struggling and out of breath. He replied: "It's okay, I'm okay! I'll swim over soon." But even though Zheng Huicai kept emphasizing that he was okay, he still couldn't swim. I saw him flopping in the water, his head still sinking and floating, but his forward movement was very small.

His companions were anxious and shouted: "Brother Huicai, come on!" Zheng Huicai looked at his companions who were getting closer and closer to the shore, still swimming with a smile, but after a while he couldn't hold on any longer. In the end, all the companions swam ashore one by one, but Zheng Huicai was hit by a wave and was instantly washed back into the water.

"Huicai, what's wrong with you!" The companions shouted anxiously on the shore, but the waves were too big and no one dared to go into the water to rescue Huicai. Zheng Huicai struggled in the water and said with a bitter smile: "I was afraid that I would not be able to live in another place, so I tied 600 taels of silver around my waist. Maybe the silver was too heavy and I almost couldn't swim. Please Come and help me!"

But those friends were afraid of being washed away by the flood again, and they were also afraid of being dragged into deep water by Zheng Huicai who was carrying the money, so they shouted to him on the shore: "What time is it, you You still care about the little money! Quickly untie it and throw it away. Saving your life is important!" However, Zheng Huicai was unmoved. He always thought he could swim to the shore, so he didn't care what his friends tried to persuade him. I just can’t bear to throw away my hard-earned money. The result for Zheng Huicai was that although he struggled in the water, he was still unable to swim due to the heavy weight of silver on his body. Another big wave hit him, and Zheng Huicai disappeared into the endless flood, and his final whereabouts are unknown.

The companions looked at the water where Zheng Huicai disappeared and sighed: "Oh, brother Huicai, don't blame us for not saving you. It's because you don't save yourself regardless of the importance!"

After reading it, they realized: Gains and losses always follow. A reasonable choice to give up is equivalent to a reasonable choice to gain. If you seize everything regardless of importance, you will only lose more in the end, and even make what you gain meaningless.

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