Longxi County There is a widow named Lin Yuxia. She is a miserable woman. She has married three times, and her husband died in an accident. In the end, she has committed a husband-beating name and can never get married again.
Fortunately, the third husband Luo Mujian was kind-hearted and made a will before his death, leaving the old house and more than one acre of thin land for his wife, so that she could survive in the village.
After that, Widow Lin farmed for a living and lived a hard life.
A woman of twenty-five or six, she also wants to have a support and want to marry another husband. But she also knew that although she was a bit beautiful, she would probably have to live alone in her life.
On this day, Widow Lin went to the town to sell duck eggs. On the way back, she met an old man in gray clothes. The old man drove a black donkey and looked quite strong. When the old man saw Widow Lin, he hurriedly shouted and asked donkey to stop. The old man said to Widow Lin: "How about I sell this donkey to you? It only costs 3 taels of silver!"
Widow Lin didn't plan to buy any donkey, but when she heard that it only costs 3 taels of silver, she was moved. In the market, such donkeys can only be sold for at least 5 taels of silver.
She repeatedly confirmed and found that there was nothing wrong with the donkey, so she took out the money and bought the black donkey. The 3 taels of silver was also her savings in the past two years, and she kept it with her at any time.
After the old man sold the donkey, he hurried towards the town, and Widow Lin also led the black donkey home.
Widow Lin was very happy. With this strong donkey, she could help her do a lot of rough and heavy work in the future. The donkey can not only plow the fields, but also carry grain and transport goods, which is of great use in rural areas.
Wife Lin asked the neighbors for help and set up a simple donkey shed outside the house. She led the donkey to the mountain to eat grass every day, and cut back a lot of tender grass to raise the donkey well.
After more than ten days like this, the sky suddenly changed that night, and thunder and lightning flashed in the middle of the night, which scared heavy rain.
Wife Lin was awakened by lightning and heard a clanging sound outside the door. When she got up, she opened the door and saw that it was the black donkey hitting the door. As soon as the door opened, the black donkey ran into the house and rushed straight into her boudoir.
Widow Lin was startled and was about to scold the donkey when she saw the donkey trembling, as if she was very scared. She understood after thinking for a moment, and cursed with a smile, "You beast, you are afraid of thunder!"
She stepped forward to touch the donkey's head, comforted her, "Don't be afraid, it's good to be afraid after a while!"
Black donkey's body trembled less violently when she heard what she said. Then the donkey suddenly knelt down, and the donkey opened its mouth and spoke. Although the sound was buzzing and couldn't be heard clearly, it was indeed speaking.
The donkey said, "My benefactor save me, save me!"
Widow Lin's face changed drastically, and he took three steps back, and asked tremblingly: "You, can you speak? Are you a donkey monster?"
The donkey shook his head and said, "My benefactor, I am not a donkey monster, I am a scholar, I was framed and turned into a donkey. Please save me and save me, and you will definitely repay your kindness." Widow Lin was very surprised and asked what was going on.
After Widow Lin’s questioning, the black donkey told him everything.
It turns out that there is a scholar in Kangxian . He is not only outstanding in talent and knowledge, but also has a good talent. Last year, he went to the provincial capital to take the provincial examination and successfully passed the Juren exam. This year he went to the capital to take the exam and passed the Jinshi again.
This time he went to Beijing to take the exam, and walked with Chen Huai, a Confucian scholar in the county. The Confucian scholar participated in several exams, but each time he failed. This time, Chen Huai failed the exam, but Shen Shuting was in high school, which made him even more blind.
On the way back to his hometown, Chen Huai took Shenshuting to a house to stay, saying that it was his distant relative.
Chen Huai's relative was very enthusiastic and treated the two with good wine and food. In the end, Shen Shuting fell to the ground drunk. In the middle of the night, Shen Shuting woke up and found that he had turned into a donkey.
Chen Huai was discussing with his relative, the old man, how to deal with the donkey.
It turns out that this old man is a sorcerer and has known Chen Huai for many years.Because Chen Huai was jealous, he brought Shen Shuting here, and asked the sorcerer to cast the spell and use the magician's magic of "animal transformation" to turn him into a donkey.
After discussing, the two decided to lead him to sell him in another place, so that they could make some money.
Shenshuting turned into a donkey at that time. Although he was confused, he heard this matter seriously and started to scream. Seeing this, the old man poured a bowl of talisman water into the donkey's mouth. Shen Shuting felt completely confused and could only act on the donkey's instinct.
The next day, the warlock led the donkey out of the place. A few days later, he arrived in Longxi County and sold the donkey to Widow Lin. Widow Lin has been raising her for half a month. This donkey can eat and drink, but no abnormalities have been found.
Unexpectedly, it was thunder that night. Shen Shuting, who was confused, suddenly woke up from the donkey, remembering who she was, and then told Widow Lin about the matter and asked her to save her.
Wife Lin didn't have much knowledge. After hearing the donkey say it, she felt a little skeptical, but she was not very scared. Shen Shuting begged hard, saying that as long as he saves him, he will definitely repay his kindness in the future.
Widow Lin said, "Young master passed the Jinshi exam, can you become an official in the future?"
Donkey said, "After I go home to report the good news, I will get up and go to Hunan to be the county magistrate. The document to be awarded the official has been sent." Thinking of his tragic fate, the donkey was crying and looked very pitiful.
Widow Lin looked at him and said, "Young master is a wealthy family. If I bother to save you, I have no choice but to leave. How can you repay me? Let's say that you will not be confused after you break it! I will save you after you have agreed!"
The donkey stopped crying and nodded and said, "My benefactor said, what you have to ask, you can say it now. As long as I can do it, I will definitely not refuse!"
Lin The widow smiled and asked, "Young Master Shen, have you got married?"
Duzi replied in a daze, "Xiaosheng studied hard for many years and has not yet married a wife. He plans to marry his wife and start a family after he succeeds."
Wife Lin was happy and asked in his heart, "Then you have passed the Jinshi exam now, which is considered to be a fame. Can you get married?" The donkey nodded. This time he went home, he planned to talk about a marriage and go to the post after getting married.
Widow Lin said shyly: "This is how, my son will see me, but can you still see me?"
chapters have come to this point, and Shen Shuting doesn't understand anything. He immediately said: "If your wife is willing to save me, this is a great kindness of rebirth. I, Shen Shuting, swore to the sky, and I will marry you as my wife, and I will be loyal to you for the rest of my life!"
After hearing the donkey's swearing, Widow Lin was overjoyed. She never thought that she would still have today. She would get great blessings when she bought a donkey and could still be a great official wife in the future.
One person and one donkey discussed for a while. Widow Lin decided to go to Qinglong Temple in the north of the county tomorrow to invite Taoist priest . I heard that the Taoist priests there knew some magic, so there must be a way to remove the magic.
After an hour, the donkey suddenly stood up and made a donkey scream, unable to speak at all. It turned out that it was the thunder in the sky, and his seal was temporarily lifted. After the lightning, Shen Shuting became confused again and acted on the instinct of an animal. Widow Lin let it lie beside the bed and take care of it carefully. This is her future husband.
The next morning, Widow Lin hurried to Qinglong Temple, found the temple master, Taoist Wang, and told them one by one about what happened last night. Master Wang was shocked after hearing this and hurriedly asked her to lead the way and followed her back to the village.
After looking at the donkey carefully, Daozhu Wang said, "It's indeed this lost magic technique. There are two ways to remove this technique. One is to kill the person who put the curse, and the other is to find black dog blood to wash the donkey. I will use talismans to assist it, and there is a high probability that it will be lifted." After hearing this, Widow Lin hurried to the town and found a dog meat shop to buy half a bucket of black dog blood. After he came back, he used this blood to wipe the black donkey's whole body. The Taoist priest transformed three talismans and let the donkey drink it.
After half an hour, a dazzling white light emitted from the black donkey and turned back to Shenshuting. The two of them thanked the Taoist priest endlessly, but the Taoist priest waved his hand and left by himself.
A few days later, Shen Shuting took Widow Lin back to her hometown.Chen Huai's hearing that Shen Shuting was back was shocked and scared, worried that the frame-up would be exposed, so he hanged himself at home.
Shenshuting held a lively wedding at home and married Lin.
Someone asked him why he married such a country widow, and he always smiled without saying a word. After marriage, the couple was very loving. Soon after, he took his wife to Hunan to take office and became a good official who was diligent and loved the people.
Jingyuezhai's message:
Many people may not agree with Widow Lin's approach, but she is also for her happiness in the second half of her life. In fact, there is nothing wrong with it. The world has been very realistic from ancient times to the present. Because in this world, many people do not know how to repay gratitude. If you help them, you will have difficulties afterwards, but they are afraid that you will come to you.
Jealousy is a very terrible thing, it will make people lose their minds and do some crazy things. It is not uncommon for villains like Chen Huai. They can't stand the people around them and often make trouble behind them. So we would rather make friends with real villains than be friends with hypocrites!
(Author of this article: A Fei)
