years of the Ming Dynasty, there was a bustling town not far from Putuo Mountain. Afeng knelt in front of his father with his seven-year-old son Xiaoyong and wanted to sell himself to bury his father, which attracted many people to watch. Some people said Afeng was filial, but some people said Afeng was not worthy of being a father.
Afeng is kind, loyal, hardworking and dedicated. He rented a few acres of landlord Liu Junwai to cultivate and married a virtuous wife. However, his wife died of difficult labor, leaving behind a hungry Xiaoyong.
Fortunately, Afeng's parents are alive and help take care of Xiaoyong together. However, things didn't go as expected. Afeng's mother passed away two years ago. In order to treat her mother's illness and bury her mother, Afeng has given all her money.
However, this year coincides with the year of famine, and the grains are not harvested. The family can only rely on the bark of weeds to satisfy their hunger. Afeng's father quickly couldn't hold on. In addition, he was sick and unfortunately died. Afeng had no money to bury his father.
The sympathetic Liu Yuanwai took advantage of the situation and forced Afeng to pay the rent, otherwise Xiaoyong would be a servant to pay the debt. Afeng knew that Liu Yuanwai was cruel and ruthless. If Xiaoyong went to his house, he would definitely suffer a lot.
In desperation, Afeng took Xiaoyong to the town to sell himself to his father, hoping to take his son to be a servant at a kind-hearted family, and exchange some money for his father to settle into peace and repay Liu Yuanwai's land rent.
But who would like to buy a servant with a child? Therefore, no one cares about it, so Afeng had to say that he and his son sold it together. He was a servant in other people's houses and his son was a book boy.
Even so, no one is willing to buy it. Afeng looked at Xiaoyong, who was skinny and well-behaved and sensible, and his heart was as if he was shattered. He stood up and prepared to send his father to the mass grave first. When he had money in the future, he moved his father to his mother's grave.
However, at this moment, a beautiful girl and a kind woman came over, and the girl said, "Brother, wait, my mother and I are willing to help you, you can take these money!
We came to the town to visit relatives who have not been in contact for many years, but they are all out. If you don't mind, can we let us stay at your house for a few days?"
Everyone said that Afeng was very lucky and met this kind mother and daughter. Some people also said that the mother and daughter might be liars, and they have any unspeakable purpose, after all, human hearts are unpredictable.
Afeng and Xiaoyong were both shocked, but the money handed over by the girl was real. Afeng thought that he was penniless, what could this mother and daughter deceive him?
Thinking of this, he took the money and said that he would pay it back twice as much in the future. Then he took Xiaoyong to kowtow to the mother and daughter, but was stopped by the mother and daughter, and said that they would go to Afeng's house later.
A Feng took Xiaoyong to bury his father, and returned home and found that the three thatched huts that were originally messy were cleaned up and organized, with hearty meals on the table and meat they had not eaten for a long time.
Afeng was so excited that he didn't know what to say, so he quickly asked who they were? Why are you so kind to him and your son? The woman said that her surname was Zhang and the girl was her daughter Azhu. She was eighteen years old and was waiting for her name to be in the boudoir.
They just want to do some good deeds, and the others are not willing to be revealed. However, she also said that as long as Afeng and his son are willing, they will cook delicious food every day because they decided to wait until their relatives come back before staying in the town.
This made Xiaoyong very happy, because every day Azhu not only carries housework, washes and cooks, spins and weaves cloth, but also takes time to teach Xiaoyong to read and play with him. Moreover, every time Azhu goes to the town, she brings food and clothing to Xiaoyong.
Half a month passed, and Azhu and Zhang had no intention of leaving because Zhang's said that their relatives had not come back yet.But Afeng was confused, because when will the kindness of Zhang's mother and daughter be cleared?
And it’s okay for them to help themselves, why do they still have to live at home, help with housework, and take care of Xiaoyong, even if their deceased wife was alive? Could it be that the Bodhisattva appeared and sent someone to take care of their father and son?
The villagers were full of envy and of course they were very curious, including the landlord Mr. Liu. Because he knew Afeng well, Afeng brought back a mother and daughter. Not only did he have money to bury his father, paid off the rent, but he also ate and drank delicious food all day long.
The lustful and lustful Liu Yuanwai thinks that Zhang is like a money tree, and Azhu is like a little fairy. If he can marry Azhu as his concubine and become a relative of Zhang, wouldn’t it be a profit of both wealth and sex?
Liu Yuanwai knew a lot of people and soon found out that the relative Zhang and Azhu were looking for did not exist at all. So why did they live in Afeng's house? Could it be that Guanyin Bodhisattva appears and helps the poor?
That day, Mr. Liu came to Afeng's courtyard gate with his hands behind his back. Seeing the beautiful Azhu playing with Xiaoyong, she drooled and thought that it would be great if she could marry Azhu as her concubine.
He couldn't help but walk into the yard. Just as he was about to talk to Azhu, Zhang immediately stepped forward and stopped Mr. Liu, and Azhu quickly took Xiaoyong into the house. Mr. Liu smiled awkwardly.
"Sister, no, aunt, where are you from? Why don't you leave when you live in Afeng's house? His house is so dilapidated, it's better to live in my house. My house is spacious and bright, and you don't have to worry about food and clothing. Why do you have to suffer with Afeng?"
Liu Yuanwai originally wanted to call Zhang the eldest sister, but when he thought of Azhu, he quickly changed his words to call her aunt. As soon as she finished speaking, Zhang said angrily: "Brother, how can you call me aunt? I think you are older than me, right?
You don't have to worry about where I am from, I want to live You can't control it even more at Afeng's house. Just go to your house to live. Although Afeng's family is a little poor, their father and son are kind-hearted.
And he makes money with his hard-working hands, unlike some people who get nothing. I advise you not to think about it, look around, and save time and leave with the help of it."
House Liu had to leave in shame, but he did not give up and decided to marry Azhu, but what should he use? The housekeeper next to him had long guessed what he was thinking.
"Master, as long as you have money, you are afraid that Ah Zhu will not come to the house with your own will? Don't you marry your other concubines like this?" The housekeeper took the opportunity to say flatteringly.
"What do you know? Do they seem to be short of money? They are not locals, and we can't find their handles. How can we do it?" Liu Yuanwai said angrily.
The cunning butler's eyes rolled and his plan came to his mind. He immediately said, "We can't do anything about them, mother and daughter, but they live in Afeng's house, which means that they have a very common relationship with Afeng.
We can attack Afeng, master, you forgot. When Afeng's mother was sick, Afeng's father once borrowed money from you, pressed his fingerprints, and left a document. Although Afeng paid back the money, you forgot?
You said Afeng doesn't know how to read, so I was careful and found a fake document to tear it down at that time. , The real statute is still in your hands. You think he is too poor and hasn't taken it out to find him.
is worse than me to take out the statute and say it's profitable. A few years have passed, and we will ask him for a few hundred taels. I can't take out the mother and daughter, and we will have to pay off the debt at that time. Azhu likes Xiaoyong so much, but won't submit to him at that time? You said, master, hehe."
"Well, I really didn't raise you in vain. I decided so happily. I'll go home to find the statute." After hearing what the butler said, Mr. Liu happily went home to find the statute.
During lunch, the housekeeper brought his servants to Afeng in a fierce manner to pay 100 taels of silver, otherwise he would have to go to the county government to go to jail, or let Xiaoyong pay off the debt, and if neither of them would be willing, Azhu would marry Liu Yuanwai as his concubine.
Afeng was furious and picked up the shoulder pole to stop the housekeeper and servants, preventing them from catching Xiaoyong who was so scared that he hid in the room. But his fists were hard to beat four hands, and Afeng was held tightly by his servants. He could only shout, "Xiaoyong, go and run with Azhu and the others."
However, Xiaoyong witnessed his father being beaten by his servants and being held down in the room. He rushed out desperately and bit his servants' arm. The servants screamed in pain and pushed Xiaoyong down with a swing of his hand.
When the butler was about to catch Xiaoyong, Azhu appeared in time. Azhu threw the cloth in her hand. The originally gentle cloth became hard and powerful. The butler was knocked over to the ground and hit the bench, and two front teeth fell off.
The butler covered his mouth with a sore howling and ordered the servants to tie Azhu up, but the cloth in Azhu's hand was like a wooden stick or a sharp blade, and several servants were beaten to the point of being tilted.
Azhu said sternly: "You robbers have listened to me. I think you are obedient to Mr. Liu, so I won't make things difficult for you. But if you do evil again and cause trouble, I will beat you all over your mouth without leaving any teeth."
"You wait for me!" The housekeeper who fled in panic did not forget to shout. Xiaoyong, who was originally afraid, couldn't help but smile and applaud when he saw this scene. Afeng immediately realized that Zhang and Azhu were extraordinary.
But he still said, "Azhu, Mr. Liu is not easy to mess with. He knows many people. Moreover, because he is rich, he always hopes to live forever, so he has made friends with many capable and righteous people.
If he invites these people, it will be difficult to deal with. I don't want to implicate you. You should go. I will take Xiaoyong out to hide."
"Brother Afeng, I am not afraid of a girl. What are you afraid of as a big man? As the saying goes, 'Soldiers come and generals come to block the water and soil', let Mr. Liu bring them with him. I will tell them to go without returning." Azhu said proudly.
Zhang frowned and coughed and said, "Azhu, why did I tell you when we went out? Don't show off. You should know that there are people outside of people, there is heaven outside of heaven. Let's go out and hide, right?"
"Mom, they are too bullying people. People are bullied by others. Ma Shan is ridden by others. Where can we hide?" Azhu retorted, and Zhang said, "Listen to me, otherwise I will send you back now, so that you can save me trouble."
"Sister Azhu, you should listen to the aunt, right? I can't bear to leave." Xiaoyong heard that Azhu was going to be sent back, and he immediately said, "Okay, I can't bear to leave you either."
But where can they hide? Zhang said she had her own arrangements. After that, they cleaned up briefly. Zhang took them to the back mountain. Should they hide in the cave?
On the way, Afeng asked Azhu curiously, who are the masters they are, why Azhu looks very weak, and why is she so skilled? Why are you so enthusiastic about helping yourself and Xiaoyong?
Azhu was about to speak, and Zhang glared at Azhu and said with a serious expression: "Afeng, the less you know, the better, otherwise it will only harm you and Xiaoyong.
Don't worry, Azhu and I will definitely try our best to protect you. If we can pass this level safely, I will tell you the whole story. You should wait patiently for a while."
Afeng saw Zhang say this, so he didn't ask any more questions. Not long after, Zhang took them to the mountain, passed through a jungle, and came to a cliff. Zhang pointed to the cave on the cliff with his hand.
Afeng was shocked when he saw it because there were many poisonous spiders here, which were regarded as a forbidden area by the villagers, so he quickly said, "You can't go here. There are many poisonous spiders. We are a little better, but Xiaoyong is still a child."
"As long as we don't provoke those spiders, they won't bite people. Have you ever heard of those spiders killing people? It's because there are many spiders here that are safer. If you are afraid, follow me." Azhu said quickly.
"Dad, I am a man. Sister Azhu said I don't have to be afraid, so I'm not afraid. We just don't mess with those spiders." Xiaoyong said, Afeng had seen Azhu's methods. Since Azhu said that, he followed Zhang and Azhu.
Some of those spiders were bigger than fists, but when they saw Azhu, they all scattered one after another. Soon they entered a cave covered with spider webs. Azhu waved the cloth in her hand, and the spider webs disappeared in an instant.
The cave is spacious and bright, and it seems that someone has lived there. Because there are all kinds of daily necessities inside, it is breathtaking. Xiaoyong jumped in happily, looking in the east and the west.
It was already late at this time. When Afeng and his friends were having supper and preparing to rest, they suddenly heard a noisy sound outside. When Afeng listened carefully, they found that it was the butler who was tying the duck's voice, leaking teeth, and speechless.
Aren’t they afraid of death? Why did it come so quickly and what should we do? Afeng quickly asked Zhang and Azhu, Azhu told Afeng not to panic and go out to see what was going on?
It turned out that after the housekeeper brought his servants back to the Liu Mansion, Liu Yuanwai was not angry, but was very happy because he had inquired about the situation of Zhang's mother and daughter, but no one knew it. He immediately guessed that they were extraordinary, perhaps monsters.
If they take their inner alchemy, they might be able to refine immortal medicine. He quickly sent someone to invite the mage to help, and then encouraged the villagers to say that the Zhang family and daughter are fairies, and the reason why they live in Afeng's house was to fatten Afeng and his son and then eat it.
Some villagers are worried about the safety of Afeng and his son, and some are jealous of Afeng and his son's life, so they followed Mr. Liu to the back mountain, but they are afraid of spiders everywhere and dare not approach.
When they saw Afeng standing at the entrance of the cave, Liu Yuanwai quickly scared Afeng and asked him to come out with his son. Some people kindly persuaded Afeng, and Afeng was also a little nervous. What if it was really like what Liu Yuanwai and others said that the mother and daughter of Zhang were monsters?
However, Azhu also came out. She told Afeng to ignore them. There were spiders everywhere and they dared not come over. Afeng decided to believe Azhu and Zhang. After all, during the days they were together, he could feel that Zhang and Azhu were sincerely good to him and his son.
Moreover, Afeng developed a love for Azhu, a hardworking, kind and beautiful girl. Even Xiaoyong saw it and told Afeng privately that she wanted Azhu sister to be her mother.
Suddenly, several people from behind Liu Yuanwai and his group ran over quickly. Liu Yuanwai said overjoyed, "Brother Chen, you are finally here. This time you must eliminate the harm for the people, but how should we deal with the poisonous spiders everywhere?"
Master Chen and Liu Yuanwai have known each other for many years. The two of them have been in love with each other. Master Chen helped Liu Yuanwai have many bad ideas. They coaxed and deceived many families, which made many families die, so Liu Yuanwai has the glory today.
Master Chen twisted his beard with his hands and sneered, "Brother Liu, after I received your message, I carefully prepared and rushed over with my two disciples. Disciple, why are you still standing there? Hurry up and cast spiders to drive away the spiders."
Master Chen and his disciples held talismans, muttering words, and then used peach wood sword to pick up the talisman and throw it into the air. Then, balls of flames fell on the ground in the air, and spiders all drilled into the bushes one after another, and the slow-running spiders were burned to death.
"Brother Liu, I will take my disciples to catch the monsters. You can wait here so that they will not be anxious and hurt the innocent." Master Chen said to Mr. Liu proudly. Mr. Liu praised him and wished them a victory.
. Zhang and Azhu at the entrance of the cave were extremely angry and panicked when they saw this scene because they knew that Master Chen was not easy to deal with, but at this point, for the safety of Afeng and his son and themselves, they could only resist and fight to the death.
Master Chen rushed to the entrance of the cave with his apprentice, and without any explanation, he started fighting with the Zhang mother and daughter with a peach wood sword and a spell. The Zhang mother and daughter waved the cloth in their hands and resisted hard.
At this time, the cloth in their hands became crystal clear, like silk, high and low, short and long, extremely flexible. Because the hole entrance was narrow, Master Chen and the others could not attack for a while.
"It seems that I'm not wrong. You are spider spirit , but don't be proud. I have a way to deal with you." Master Chen knew that he couldn't capture the cave, so he had to retreat with his apprentice, but he still shouted without being outdone.
Seeing this, Liu Yuanwai quickly met and asked Master Chen what to do? Master Chen's eyes rolled and his plan came to his mind. He immediately said, "It's okay, they have two weaknesses. One is that Afeng and his son are inside, and the other is that they are afraid of fire. Let's burn the pan silk hole."
When the villagers heard that they were going to set fire, they immediately said that they could not set fire because their crops and villages were nearby. Then they were burned by the fire. How should they live? And Afeng and his son are still in the cave.
But Mr. Liu, who was determined to live forever, immediately said, "What is your little property? The crops are also rented to my house. I will spare you the house. I will build it for you, so I will guarantee that you will not starve to death."
Although the villagers knew that Mr. Liu was just talking, they dared not offend Mr. Liu. At the same time, they were afraid that the spider spirit would harm everyone. They also hoped that Mr. Liu would ask Master Chen to catch them, so they had to stop saying a word.
Master Chen shouted to the entrance of the cave: "Spider spirit, hurry up and surrender, otherwise the fire will be ruthless and will only affect Afeng and his son, as well as the millions of creatures on this mountain, most of which are your descendants and races." Azhu in the cave of
immediately said: "Mom, they actually used such vicious tricks. I don't want to implicate Afeng and Xiaoyong. , and there are creatures on the mountain and our millions of races. I will go out and follow them now. You take the opportunity to take Afeng and Xiaoyong away. I will find a way to escape and meet you."
"Azhu, you think things too simple. That mage is not an ordinary person. How can you escape if you want to be caught by him? I'm afraid they will take your inner alchemy, destroy your hundreds of years of practice and die in a bad life." Zhang said immediately.
A Feng heard this and had to believe that Zhang and Azhu were spiders who practiced, but they were kind to themselves, and they put themselves in their shoes and thought about him and his son from beginning to end, and Afeng didn't want Azhu to have something to do.
So Afeng immediately said, "Auntie, Azhu, I know you are all kind, but I am implicated by Xiaoyong and I. It is not difficult for you to escape with magic. I just hope you will take Xiaoyong with me. Let me go out. At worst, I will work as a long-term worker for Mr. Liu for the rest of my life."
"Dad, I won't leave, I want to go with you, even if I am sold to be someone else's servant, Aunt Azhu, I have always called you Sister Azhu, I don't want to call you old, you and grandma, go quickly, and you are saving me and my dad when you have the chance." Xiaoyong said bravely.
Zhang and Azhu couldn't help but shed tears when they saw this scene. Zhang said with tears in his eyes: "Is this what Guanyin Master said? This is our fate? Let's not leave, let them burn. Even if I have tried my best to cultivate for hundreds of years, I will protect you and the completeness of the creatures on the mountain."
Zhang finished speaking, muttering something, and suddenly saw a thin cover covering the entire mountain in the sky outside the cave. Azhu also helped. They said this was a barrier, but when Liu Yuanwai and Master Chen saw that Afeng and the others were reluctant to come out, they ignited the raging fire.
Although there is barrier protection on the mountain, not long after, the fire and the casting of Master Chen’s disciples, Zhang and Azhu couldn’t hold on and vomited blood from their mouths. They quickly sat on the ground to regulate their breathing and meditate.
The fire broke through the barrier, and then the mountain spread, and the creatures in the mountain fled everywhere, making miserable screams. Many spiders were burned to the point of being both scared and sad. They did not expect that because of themselves, they implicated the Zhang mother and daughter and millions of creatures on the mountain.
Suddenly, auspicious golden light flashed, shining on the ground as if it was daytime. Guanyin Master stood on the lotus, with a light wave of the willow branches in his hand, and the nectar fell from the sky, and the fire was extinguished. Zhang and his son quickly kowtowed and shouted: "Great compassionate Guanyin Bodhisattva, thank you for your help."
Afeng and Xiaoyong also kowtowed quickly. At the same time, the villagers at the foot of the mountain also kowtowed one after another, while Liu Yuanwai, Master Chen, the apprentice of the thief, as well as the housekeeper and servants, wanted to escape in the chaos. Guanyin waved his hand and they all fell to the ground.
Master Chen suddenly felt a split headache, and rolled back and forth on the ground with his head in his arms. When he stopped feeling the pain, he became crazy and unconscious, and finally became a beggar and starved to death on the street.
Liu Yuanwai had nothing at that time, but after he returned home, he fell seriously ill and was bedridden. His wives, concubines and children even caused human lives to fight for their property. Those who died and those who were in jail were in jail. Liu Yuanwai, who had no one to take care of, died soon after.
After Afeng's questioning, Zhang and Azhu told the reasons and consequences of helping Afeng and his son. It turned out that hundreds of years ago, Zhang was still an ordinary spider. She often listened to the wheel of Guanyin Master, understood the true meaning of practice, and began to practice.
A Zhu was born, she was different from others, as big as a fist, but she was naturally playful and active, and she sneaked out while Zhang was listening to the sermon. She was caught by a group of children. The children tied her legs with ropes and dragged them around, so they broke their legs.
In that life, Afeng's parents were doing business outside. He lived with his grandparents and were often bullied. However, the kind Afeng still wanted to be bullied by his children when he saw the spider so pitiful.
Kind and brave, he rushed up to save Azhu without hesitation, but was beaten. In desperation, he reluctantly gave up his love and exchanged the gifts given to him by his parents and the children for spiders, and placed them at home to take care of them.
Azhu gradually recovered. Afeng watched Azhu catching flies and mosquitoes in front of the door every day. This was a rare fun in his childhood, and Azhu left a profound influence on the unique Afeng.
After Zhang found out that his daughter Azhu was missing, she was anxious and found Azhu at Afeng's house. But at that time, she could not transform into a human form and could not thank A Feng, so she had to quietly bring A Zhu back to the mountain. A Feng disappeared from the spider and was sad for a long time.
After experiencing this incident, Zhang took strict care of Azhu and advised Azhu to calm down and practice with her so that she could repay Afeng's life-saving grace. Azhu decided to devote herself to practicing, but practicing was not easy, and it took hundreds or even hundreds of years.
Zhang and Azhu can transform into human forms one after another. They learned that Afeng, who has experienced ten generations of reincarnation, has a rough life experience and cannot even support his son. He also has to sell himself to bury his father with Xiaoyong, so they help him and repay his kindness.
Finally, Azhu also said, "I have been following Afeng for ten years. My feelings for Afeng are not only as simple as repaying kindness. My disciples are asking for the whole life of Afeng and his son, and ask the compassionate Guanyin Bodhisattva to fulfill it."
Afeng was extremely moved. He knew that if Azhu didn't say that, she would soon leave him and Xiaoyong, but he was hesitant about not asking Guanyin Bodhisattva, and Xiaoyong immediately kowtowed and said, "Guanyin Bodhisattva, please help Aunt Azhu and my father."
Zhang knew that Azhu had been waiting for this day for hundreds of years. Although she couldn't bear to give up her daughter, she couldn't bear to stop her. Guanyin Bodhisattva nodded and said, "Since you have a fate with me, you will eventually have to achieve the right result.
But the ten-life relationship between you and Afeng cannot be concluded. I am afraid you have no intention of enlightenment. Well, I will fulfill you. But you have to think clearly that from now on, you are just an ordinary mortal. You must know how to do good and accumulate virtue before you can return to the path of cultivation, otherwise even I will not be able to help you."
After Guanyin said that, she waved her hand and Azhu suddenly felt that her inner alchemy had disappeared and she had become an ordinary girl. She quickly kowtowed and thanked her: "Disciple, remember the teachings of the Bodhisattva! "
Xiaoyong happily rushed over and threw Azhu into Azhu's arms, then pulled Afeng's hand over and asked him to hold Azhu's hand. Zhang and Azhu separated with tears and went to practice with Guanyin Bodhisattva.
Not long after, Afeng and Azhu became husband and wife. The couple were loving, had children, did good deeds and accumulated virtues, and lived a happy life. Xiaoyong was smart and studious. Later, he was named to the list of officials and became a filial piety to his parents and benefit the people.
A hundred years later, Zhang took Azhu away.
[End of the Story]
