The heroine's surname is Zhou, and her name is Zhou Niang. Zhou Niang marries businessman Niu Fu and gives birth to a son the following year, named Niu Dalang. Unfortunately, when Niu Dalang was five years old, Niu Fu died of illness, and Wednesday's mother raised Niu Dalang alon

The story takes place in the Northern Song Dynasty During the reign of Renzong, a family lived in the north of Liulin County. The heroine's surname is Zhou, and her name is Zhou Niang. Zhou Niang marries businessman Niu Fu and gives birth to a son the following year, named Niu Dalang. Unfortunately, when Niu Dalang was five years old, Niu Fu died of illness, and Wednesday's mother raised Niu Dalang alone.

In the blink of an eye, more than ten years later, Niu Dalang grew up and learned the craft of a carpenter. When Niu Dalang was twenty years old, he married Jiang Yuee, a woman from a neighboring town, and the couple lived a fairly stable life. But for some reason, Niu Dalang suddenly died suddenly one night. Jiang Yue'e had to endure her grief and bury her husband.

Since then, the only widows and daughters-in-law left in the Niu family are Zhou Zhou Niang and Jiang Yue'e.

About a year after Niu Dalang died, Jiang Yuee suddenly vomited. At first, Zhou Yueniang thought her daughter-in-law had a bad stomach. After the doctor was invited to diagnose Jiang Yue'e, the doctor clasped his hands and said, "Congratulations, congratulations, this lady is pregnant." After hearing this, Zhou Yueniang became furious. Jiang Yue'e is asked to find out who her lover is.

Jiang Yue'e refused to confess. Later, the quarrel between the two attracted the neighbors, and finally the clan leader was alerted. The patriarch was also very shocked after hearing this. The next day, he took Jiang Yue'e to the village ancestral hall and said in front of all the neighbors: "If you don't admit who the adulterer is, then you will be immersed in a pig cage . To rectify the people's customs. "

Just when Jiang Yue'e was about to confess, a monk hurriedly came from a distance. Everyone knew that the monk was Elder Zhiqing from the nearby Shihua Temple. When Monk Zhiqing saw Jiang Yue'e, he knelt down on the ground and said, "See Guanyin Bodhisattva ." Everyone was shocked by Monk Zhiqing's actions and wondered why Monk Zhiqing was acting like this.

Monk Na Zhiqing explained: "A few days ago, the poor monk had a dream from the Bodhisattva, saying that she would appear holy and save all living beings. I calculated that she was reincarnated in Jiang Yuee's belly, so I came to pay homage. Don't mess with me. The Bodhisattva was angry." The people at that time were ignorant and believed deeply in the words of monk Tao . Instead of despising Jiang Yuee, everyone had some respect for her.

After arriving home, Zhou Niang asked Jiang Yue'e again: "Whose child is this in your belly?" Jiang Yue'e hesitated and said: "Elder Zhiqing has already said today that I am holding the reincarnation of a Bodhisattva in my arms... ." Before Jiang Yue'e could finish speaking, Zhou Niang spat and said, "You little girl, you still don't tell the truth in front of me. That monk Zhiqing was the one I invited to save you. If he hadn't made up that story, Come on, I'm afraid you've been trapped in the pig cage now!"

After hearing this, Jiang Yue'e couldn't help but feel shocked, and then she burst into tears and said, "Thank you, mother-in-law, for saving your life." Then Zhou Niang looked at Jiang Yue'e and said, "Let's go." We are all women, and I understand what it feels like to be alone in an empty window. If you explain it clearly to me, maybe I can help you. After all, you still have a long life ahead of you, and I don’t want you to end up alone like me. "

Jiang Yue'e saw that her mother-in-law was right, so she told everything. It turns out that before Jiang Yue'e married Niu Dalang, she had an affair with Ma Xiaojiu, a gangster in the town. Jiang Yue'e's father couldn't stand Ma Xiaojiu's idleness, so he betrothed his daughter to Niu Dalang. After the marriage, Jiang Yue'e thought Niu Dalang was stupid and useless, so she got Niu Dalang drunk late one night and covered him with a pillow to death. After that, she and Ma Xiaojiu rekindled their old relationship, and she didn't know when she got pregnant.

After Jiang Yue'e finished speaking, she thought she would be scolded by her mother-in-law. Unexpectedly, Zhou Zhou's mother said with tears on her face: "We are really connected by the same fate!" Jiang Yue'e asked tentatively: "How do you say this?" That Wednesday Niang sighed and said: "The elder Zhiqing you met today, his real name is Hao Jian. We were childhood sweethearts. But after we grew up, my father betrothed me to the businessman Zhou Fu, and Hao Jian became a monk in anger and changed his name. His name is Elder Zhiqing."

Jiang Yue'e didn't expect her mother-in-law to have such a story. She then asked: "What happened next? "Later on," Zhou Niang said, "I couldn't help but miss him. I often went to the temple to burn incense and have trysts with Hao Jian under the pretext of going to the temple. Soon after, I became pregnant." Later, Zhou Fu vaguely discovered the affair between Hao Jian and I. To prevent the affair from being revealed, I poisoned his food every day. Finally, Zhou Fu died of illness. "

Jiang Yue'e said: "Then why didn't you stay with Hao Jian later? Zhou Niang said: "I am a widow and he is a monk. If we get together, I am afraid that even the spittle will drown us." Hao Jian has accumulated a lot of money in the temple over the years. If he hadn't funded us, I'm afraid we would have starved to death. Now we can get together every two days, and we are very satisfied. "

Jiang Yue'e said: "Since we two have talked about this, let's simply take a longer view. The bitterness and sweetness of life are all lived by ourselves. What chastity arch and loyalty and morality are needed? The fetus in my belly will be born in a few months, and the fire will eventually be gone. If you ask me, I might as well just marry Ma Xiaojiu, you marry Hao Jian, and our family of four will go away. Come on. "

Zhou Niang's eyes lit up when Jiang Yue'e spoke to her, and she said, "Is this okay? "Jiang Yue'e said: "I don't know how you lived as a widow for ten or twenty years. Anyway, I don't want to suffer that. Besides, there is no legal provision that prohibits widows from remarrying. Hao Jian has money and Ma Xiaojiu has the ability. When the time comes, we will settle down and buy property in another place. Who knows our origins? Then won’t we be able to enjoy the blessings of everyone? "

Mother-in-law heard this with excitement. Finally, the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law discussed it all night. At dawn the next day, they each went to their sweethearts to discuss remarrying. After many discussions, they finally decided to marry each other on the third day of August. Hao Jian and Ma Xiaojiu each hired a big sedan chair to marry Zhou Niang and Jiang Yue'e.

However, just as everyone was preparing to lift up the sedan chair, an accident happened. Both Ma Xiaojiu and Hao Jian hired eight-carriage sedans. It was a big sedan , but no matter how hard the bearers tried, the sedan couldn't be lifted. Just when everyone was at a loss, a three-year-old urchin pointed at the top of the sedan and said, "There is a ghost on that sedan, it's so scary!" "After that, the naughty boy started to cry.

At this time, an old man passed by and said to Zhou Niang and Jiang Yue'e: "Since ancient times, widows have often remarried. However, out of respect for the deceased, it is best to go to the funeral home. Pay homage to your ex-husband at his grave to prevent them from fussing over her. Zhou Zhou Niang and Jiang Yue'e felt that what the old man said made sense, so they, together with Hao Jian, Ma Xiaojiu and four others, went to the graves of Niu Fu and Niu Dalang to worship.

Just as the four of them were burning paper to worship, the people beside the graves A big locust tree was suddenly blown down by the wind, killing four people. Everyone present was shocked. At this time, someone was talking privately: "God's sins can be forgiven, but your own sins will not survive." These two shameless pairs deserve retribution. "

[Solemn statement]

This story is a folk tale, purely a literary creation. The plot and characters are fictitious. It is intended to enrich readers' spare time life. Please do not contradict feudal superstition.