During the period of the Northern and Southern Dynasties, there was a carpenter named Ye Lingfeng in Guangling. He had only one son, Ye Xunhuan, and the two lived a poor life depending on each other.
In the summer of this year, Ye Xunhuan met a woman who had fled from famine on the way out. The kind-hearted Ye Xunhuan took her home. During the conversation, he learned that the woman’s name was Ni Hui, and her parents were both ill. passed away. If she hadn't been lucky enough to meet Ye Xunhuan, she would have starved to death on the road soon.
The father and son saw that Ni Hui was very pitiful, so they left her at their home. In order to repay the two of them, Ni Hui kept her house in order. Both father and son liked her very much. Half a year later, with the help of neighbors, Ye Xunhuan and Ni Hui got married.
After marriage, the three of them lived together. Although their lives were poor, they were very satisfied. However, not long after, an accident occurred. In the autumn of this year, Ye Xunhuan was fishing by the river with a few friends, but they slipped and fell into the river and died.
This incident had a great blow to Ye Lingfeng and Ni Hui. The two of them were heartbroken to deal with Ye Xunhuan's funeral. Not long after, Ye Lingfeng also fell seriously ill and could only stay in bed to recuperate. Ni Hui sold everything he could to save his body, but the money was still not enough.
Ni Hui wanted to go out to make money, but Ye Lingfeng always disagreed. In that era, women could not show themselves in public, not to mention that Ye Xunhuan had not died long ago, so Ni Hui would easily attract people's attention when he went out.
Just when the money at home was about to run out, Ni Hui returned home with a large bag of medicine. It turned out that Ye Xunhuan's friend Fan Ze learned about their family's situation and helped Ni Hui find a pharmacy to buy herbal medicine. Ni Hui could go to the mountains to pick some herbs and sell them to the pharmacy, and the pharmacy would give her a reward that could be used for her health. Get some medicine for your father-in-law.
After hearing this, Ye Lingfeng felt moved in his heart. From then on, Ni Hui would go to the mountain to collect medicine every day during the day, and take care of his bedridden father-in-law at night. More than two months later, my father-in-law gradually recovered and was soon able to get out of bed and walk. But within a few days, he discovered something strange.
Under normal circumstances, people who go to the mountains to collect herbs should have mud on their shoes, but Ni Hui's shoes are not only clean, but there is a strange smell on his body, which makes Ye Lingfeng feel a little puzzled.
In addition, the old cow raised at home has not plowed the ground for half a year. It eats a lot and should be getting fatter, but it is getting thinner and thinner, and there are even traces of strangulation on its neck. After discovering these tricks, Ye Lingfeng became suspicious. Apart from him, the only one in the family was Ni Hui. Could it be that Ni Hui turned Lao Niu into this?
In order to find out the cause of the matter, Ye Lingfeng got into the bullpen while it was dark, hid in a corner, and observed secretly. In the evening, I saw Ni Hui carefully leaving the room, then going to the cowshed, pulling the cow out, and then going out. The old cow followed Ni Hui without struggling.
Seeing this situation, Ye Lingfeng followed quietly, and Ni Hui quickly led Lao Niu to the destination, which was the home of Ye Xunhuan's friend Fan Ze.
Fan Ze’s parents died young and he was still unmarried in his twenties. It was hard not to think too much about this man and woman living in the same room. Ye Lingfeng, who discovered his daughter-in-law’s secret, was so angry that he kicked open the door and broke in. Ni Hui and Fan Ze in the room were both startled by him. Ye Lingfeng was about to accuse them when he heard the cry of an old cow. He turned around and found that the old cow was pulling a stone mill.
Ni Hui was washing beans aside, while Fan Ze came in from the yard carrying a large sack. Ye Lingfeng seemed to understand everything, Ni Hui lowered his head silently after seeing his father-in-law, and Fan Ze immediately stepped forward to explain everything.
It turned out that in order to reassure the father-in-law, the matter of collecting medicines was a cover. Those medicinal materials for treating diseases were very expensive and were not available in the nearby mountains.Ni Hui racked his brains to make money, and it happened that Ye Xunhuan's friend Fan Zegang brought a lot of beans from other places, so after discussion, they decided to make some tofu and sell it. The Ye family happened to have a cow that could be used for grinding.
The bad thing was that Ye Lingfeng didn't want his daughter-in-law to go outside, and Ni Hui didn't want to make him angry. Besides, her husband had just passed away, so she decided to do it secretly. During the day, Fan Ze took the tofu to the market to sell it, and at night Ni Hui Hui took Lao Niu to grind tofu with him.
With the unremitting efforts of the two, they quickly earned some money and the problem of buying medicine was successfully solved. Fan Ze also gave all his income to Ni Hui. It was because of the two people's silent efforts. , Ye Lingfeng's body could recover so quickly.
Ye Lingfeng was very moved when he knew the reason. He held the two of them in his arms with tears. Later, he treated Fan Ze as his own son. Under the careful care of Fan Ze and Ni Hui, Ye Lingfeng lived to be one hundred years old before dying without any illness.
