During the Zhengde period of the Ming Dynasty, there was a large merchant in Heqi Township, Yangzhou, Ming Dynasty. The head of the household was named Jin Wannian, and he had a daughter named Jin Xiaoqian. But Jin Xiaoqian is only eighteen years old, but she is already a slim, e

During the Zhengde period of the Ming Dynasty, there was a large merchant in Heqi Township, Yangzhou . The head of the household was Jin Wannian, and he had a girl named Jin Xiaoqian.

said that Jin Xiaoqian was only eighteen years old, but she was already a slim, graceful and standard beauty.

In addition, Jin Xiaoqian has been familiar with the Four Books and Five Classics since she was a child. Although she has no fame, she has already been a scholar. Even some dignitaries from far away places came all the way to "try their luck". Suddenly, the Jin family was full of people, and the big blue stone threshold was almost flattened. It was so lively.

However, Jin Xiaoqian looked down upon none of them.

It's not because she has high vision, but because Miss Jin already has a sweetheart: Wang Huoshan, the son of Wang Chongfa, the blacksmith next door.

Wang Huoshan and Jin Xiaoqian were childhood sweethearts and childhood sweethearts. They were already a match made in heaven in the eyes of the villagers, and they had already been secretly in love. Although they did not express it openly, they knew it in each other's hearts.

However, Jin Wannian didn't look down on Wang Huoshan who spent all day in the blacksmith shop. Although their Jin family had also opened a stone carving workshop, it was said that they were from the same ancestry as the blacksmith shop, and both belonged to the eight ancient craftsmen. successor.

However, today is different from the past. Jin Wannian is no longer the stone carver he used to be, but a well-known stone carver nearby. Although there is only one word difference, his status and income are no longer the same.

Stone carvers can only make ends meet at best, while stone carvers are already celebrities.

How could a socialite marry his daughter to a low-class poor man? If word spread, it would make the world laughable.

"What's so good about Wang Huoshan? His father is a blacksmith. In the future, he will definitely be a blacksmith who inherits his father's business. Aren't you going to suffer for marrying him? Look at the people who come to propose marriage these days, which one is not Among the richest people, which one is not rich and powerful, and which one is not a hundred times more powerful than your Huo Huo brother?"

Jin Wannian comforted his daughter with sincerity almost every day, hoping that she would soon find her way back.

"Dad! I am marrying a person, not money!"

Unfortunately, Jin Xiaoqian has always had her left ear go in and her right ear out. If she was told that she was in a hurry, she would just slam the door out and live in Wanghuoshan. Home, I didn’t go home for several days in a row.

This made Jin Wannian so angry that he couldn’t even beat him or scold him. He could only keep sighing:

“Female college students are not admitted, women are not admitted to college...”

“Master , If Wang Huoshan can retreat despite the difficulties, won’t the lady give up? "

Just when Jin Wannian was in a state of distress, the family's dog-headed military advisor Liu Guanjia lost no time in coming over, like a dog who only knows how to rack his brains all day long? A frightened dog that pleases its owner.

"Bullshit, don't I know this? That guy's face is thicker than the city wall. He sticks to our Xiaoqian like a dog-skin plaster all day long. He can't get rid of her no matter how hard it is. How can we let him back out?"

Jin Wannian glared at Butler Liu, the anger radiating from his body could be ignited by a fire.

"Sir, Wang Huoshan is an illiterate and rough man. Why don't we have a couplet to recruit a son-in-law? When the time comes, won't that kid just give up?"

Butler Liu said with a sinister smile.

"That's right!"

Jin Wannian suddenly slapped his thigh and said:

"My daughter is a talented woman. Naturally, she needs to marry an educated man... It is reasonable for us to recruit a son-in-law together... .Hahaha, good, wonderful! "

...

Soon after, Jin Wannian issued a notice in writing at his door:

The little girl has been reading poetry and books since she was a child, although she has no fame. Although he is still a talented person, he who wants to marry a little girl must also be a man who is full of knowledge and has extensive knowledge...

For this reason, he will recruit a son-in-law in the couplet three months later to show his painstaking efforts. ...I have pity on the hearts of parents in the world, and I hope those who love me will forgive me!

Father: Jin Wannian told

"Dad, aren't you clearly targeting people?"

After Jin Xiaoqian learned about the announcement issued by her father, she ran back from the Wang family that day to "question" her father, hoping that Jin Wannian could Give her a reasonable explanation.

However, what Jin Xiaoqian finally got was Jin Wannian's extremely cold but reasonable answer:

"This is my final bottom line... Although my father did this in a disgraceful manner, it was That's right. As a parent in the world, who doesn't want their children to have a good destiny and live happily in the future..."

Jin Xiaoqian was speechless. What her father said was reasonable and without any flaws.

After a long while, Jin Xiaoqian came back to her senses. Her face was full of helplessness, and her eyes no longer had the sparkle of the past.

"Dad! Recruiting a son-in-law is a lifelong matter for my daughter, so this couplet must be written by myself!"

This is the biggest compromise Jin Xiaoqian has made to her father since she was born.

"Yes, but from now on, you are not allowed to go anywhere, and you are not allowed to leave the boudoir for even half a step. I will send someone to guard you day and night until the couple's recruitment begins. If you have any contact with the outside world during this period, you will be It will be regarded as fraud, and as punishment, your father will deprive you of the right to publish the first couplet."

Jin Wannian agreed simply, but the conditions he offered later cut off Jin Xiaoqian's last glimmer of hope.

Jin Xiaoqian certainly had selfish motives for fighting for the right to join the couple's son-in-law: she revealed the "examination questions" to Wang Huoshan in advance... and finally held her happiness firmly in her own hands.

It's just that ginger is still old and spicy... Compared with Jin Wannian, Jin Xiaoqian seems to be a little bit greener.

"Just let fate..."

Jin Xiaoqian, whose "resistance was fruitless", could only leave her fate to God to decide in the end.

"I hope the volcano brother Wenquxing will possess him..."

...

Three months later, the Jin family's couplet to recruit a son-in-law was held as scheduled in the spacious and bright courtyard of Jinzhai.

Although it was common in the Ming Dynasty to recruit a son-in-law, it was rare in Heqi Township. For this reason, it was the first time for an eldest girl from the Jin family to get into a sedan chair.

What Ling Jin Wannian didn't expect was that there were quite a few people coming to participate in the couplet to recruit a son-in-law. Some were tall, some were short, some were fat, some were thin, but they were all young scholars.

Jin Wannian raised his eyes and looked up, as if he was looking for something in the crowd. After searching for a long time, but there seemed to be no results, he nodded with satisfaction, and said to Butler Liu next to him with a smile:

"Let's get started." !"

Butler Liu nodded, and slowly unfolded a roll of bamboo paper that he had just taken out of Jin Xiaoqian's boudoir.

"Miss's first couplet is: the sun is yang, the moon is yin, the sun and moon are both bright ..."

After Butler Liu read out the first couplet just written by Jin Xiaoqian on the bamboo paper, Jin Wannian also nodded immediately, then narrowed his eyes and waved to the contestants in the courtyard:

"Let's get started..."

The sun is yang, the moon is yin, and the sun and moon are both bright

Jin Xiaoqian's first couplet is a combined word couplet. It seems very simple and the meaning is very clear: there are heaven and earth, the sun and the moon are divided into yin and yang, and the sun and the moon together are exactly the word "ming"; however, this painting The first couplet looks very "simple", but it is not as simple as it seems on the surface:

If the moon represents me, then the sun represents the man I love the most. How I hope the two of us can be together. , Achieve a better tomorrow...

However, how can the moon and the sun come together, how can they shine together?

Everything is just a good wish...The moon and the sun will not come together after all.

Time passed quietly in minutes and seconds -

very quickly, half an hour passed... No one answered the second line.

An hour has passed, and still no one can answer the second line.

Two hours have passed, and still no one can figure out the second line.

Actually, it’s not that the first couplet is difficult, but that no one understands Jin Xiaoqian’s heart...

Just when Jin Wannian thought that all the contestants in the couplet to recruit a son-in-law would be wiped out, a method A young man wearing a rich turban and a scholar's attire suddenly walked in from outside the courtyard and said loudly to everyone in the courtyard:

"Since everyone is silent, let the young man show his ugly face: A son is a husband and a woman is a wife. , children are both good! "

" A son is a husband, and a woman is a wife. The combination of son and daughter just means "good"... Absolutely, absolutely! "

" The sun and the moon are both bright, and children are both good. ...It turns out, that’s what Miss Jin meant?”

“What a beautiful woman...I see, that’s what it is!”

….

Young As soon as he finished speaking, there was an uproar in the courtyard, and the contestants applauded and praised.

"This brother seems familiar..."

"Isn't he Wang Huoshan, the son of Wang Blacksmith?"

"I can't believe that Brother Huoshan is so powerful that he has become a scholar?"

" Congratulations, congratulations! "

...

It turns out that the person who made the second couplet is none other than Wang Huoshan.

Jin Xiaoqian heard the cheers in the courtyard and hurriedly walked out of the boudoir. When she saw the familiar figure in the crowd, she burst into tears with excitement:

"Brother Huoshan, is that you?"

Four Looking at each other, Wang Huoshan also shed emotional tears:

"Xiaoqian..."

His journey along the way was really not easy...

It turned out that Wang Huoshan had already noticed it. When the gap between him and Jin Xiaoqian was reached, he started studying hard without telling his sweetheart... Huang Tian paid off his hard work, and he finally got his wish and won the first place in the provincial examination held not long ago. With good results, he was awarded the new talent of Heqi Township...

In full view of everyone, Wang Huoshan and Jin Xiaoqian hugged each other and cried...

The contestants around them were all moved to tears and reported one after another. With warm applause:

"Lovers will eventually get married!"

Written at the end:

Wang Huoshan finally won the recognition of Jin Wannian with his own efforts, won Bai Fumei, and reached the pinnacle of his life. Tell us:

It is impossible for a pie to fall in the sky, and it is impossible for gold to grow on the ground...

How can you see a rainbow without going through wind and rain? Happiness comes from hard work, not from dreams... think If you want to marry Bai Fumei, achieve wealth and freedom, and reach the pinnacle of life from then on, just work hard, work hard, and work harder...

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