Ming Dynasty During the Hongwu period, there was a small town called Anjiazhai in the southwest. There was a wealthy family named An in the town. An Yuanwai died early, leaving behind two sons and his wife Liu to rely on each other. Fortunately, the family is rich, and the mother and son are not worried about their livelihood.
The eldest son of An family is called An Jiachang, and the second son is called An Jialiang. The two sons are both talented and the family is good. The two are at the right age to marry, and the media line up.
An Jiachang married a girl ten miles away. The girl was named Zhou Meiyun. She was from a poor family. Originally, Liu did not want to do so, but the gentleman said that this girl had a prosperous husband, so Liu reluctantly agreed.
Zhou Meiyun has a big face, thick eyebrows and big eyes, and a convex figure. Judging from the aesthetics at that time, she was indeed a great beauty. Not only is she beautiful, she is also skillful and skillful, and she is a good female worker.
Liu's second son An Jialiang married a big lady named Wang Lanjuan. Although Wang Lanjuan looked average, she was eloquent. More importantly, her parents gave her a lot of dowry when she got married, which made her mother-in-law Liu look up to her.
The two daughters-in-law have a huge difference in their background, and the treatment of An’s family is naturally different. Zhou Meiyun is responsible for cooking and washing clothes every day, doing all kinds of housework. Yanran is an old mother, while Wang Lanjuan is a young lady, she does nothing and has a maid to serve her.
Wang Lanjuan also relies on her mother-in-law's love to bully Zhou Meiyun, but Zhou Meiyun knew that no one was supporting her, so she could only swallow her anger.
An Jiachang loved his wife very much. When he saw that his wife was treated unfairly, he talked to his mother. However, Liu said, "She has worked since she was a child, and this little work is nothing to her. Lanjuan has been spoiled since she was a child and can't do it. I have done my best to do it! What's wrong with this?"
An Jiachang didn't have so many colorful things at first, and was a loyal and honest person. After hearing what her mother said, she didn't know how to refute for a while, so she left silently.
Zhou Meiyun has been married to An’s family for two years. The couple has a very good relationship and has never blushed. She is a model couple praised by everyone, but for some reason, she did not give birth to a child or a daughter.
It is said that couples are kind-hearted. They will help people in difficulties when they can help them. They will also treat injured animals in the wild. Such a kind couple has no children, which makes many people unable to understand.
The couple took a lot of medicine, but there was no effect at all. In that era, if there were no children, they would not be able to raise their heads in the village. Not only would the villagers gossip, but even the whole family looked down on them.
An Jialiang's wife Wang gave birth to a twin boy a year after getting married, which made Liu so happy that she couldn't stop talking about it. She praised her second daughter-in-law for her ability when she saw others.
She looked down on her eldest daughter-in-law Zhou Meiyun, but now she has not given birth to a child. She no longer looks down on her. She belittles her all day long and says that she is just an old hen that doesn’t lay eggs.
Zhou Meiyun naturally knew that her mother-in-law looked down on her. She did not give birth to a child for her husband and was ashamed of this family. Therefore, she was more filial to her mother-in-law and was extremely considerate to her husband. Fortunately, An Jiachang did not blame her wife, but comforted her to be more open-minded.
Liu said to An Jiachang: "It is better to have unfilial piety and have no descendants. I think you should divorce her. Marry another one and have a few children for you. You can also raise your head in front of others and behind others!"
An Jiachang is kind-hearted and has a good relationship with his wife. Of course, he will not divorce his wife easily. He said: "Mother, you have to let the matter of giving birth to a child be natural. The matter of divorce is like divorced. I really can't do it!"
Liu was angry when he heard this, "You unfilial son, your father died early. I worked hard to raise your brothers. You actually married a wife and forgot your mother. What I said was like farting. What ecstasy pill did that little prostitute give you? You actually obeyed her so much... You don't have children, why did you explain to your father there..." She burst into tears as she said.
The people from the neighbors ran to see him when they heard the crying. Wang Lanjuan said, "Mom, don't be sad. Jialiang and I work harder and I will give you a few more grandchildren!" Wang looked at Zhou Meiyun with a proud look on his face.
Zhou Meiyun also rushed forward to support her mother-in-law and said, "Mom, get up quickly, it's me that's not good, it's me that I'm sorry..."
Liu shook her away and scolded, "You still have the face to look up in the crowd. Look at the women in the town. Which one hasn't given birth? Not to mention anything else, just your sister-in-law, look at how powerful you are. I give birth to two in one breath. Look at you. I've been married for two years and have been lonely..."
Zhou Meiyun was beaten and scolded in public by her mother-in-law. She really couldn't live such a life. If her husband hadn't been good to her, she might have been no longer alive.
She cried and said to her husband, "My husband, everything is the fault of his wife. Just divorce me and marry another one, so that my mother won't be angry!"
An Jiachang loves his wife very much, but he is another filial son. Seeing that both women were crying, he was caught in the middle and didn't know how to make a decision, so he didn't speak with red eyes.
Seeing that her son refused to divorce his wife, Liu asked Zhou Meiyun every day, saying that the food she cooked was tasteless, and he also disliked her unclean washing clothes. Anyway, she just picked the bones in the eggs.
In order not to make it difficult for her husband to do, Zhou Meiyun could only endure it silently and never defended her. But the more she swallowed her anger, the more Liu bullied her more violently.
Zhou Meiyun not only has to do housework like the maids, but also serve Wang Lanjuan, washing clothes, cooking, and taking care of the children. No matter what, Wang Lanjuan also enjoyed the service of her sister-in-law with peace of mind, and said, "I really can't do anything. My belly is so good. Yesterday the doctor said I was happy again!"
Liu said, "You are the lucky star of our An family. Unlike some people, you can't just eat and can't lay eggs. If it were me, I would have been shameless!"
She said while looking at Zhou Meiyun with her eyes slanted, and said, "Did you hear it? Your sister-in-law is happy again. You must be careful in the future. You can't be negligent. If my grandson makes a mistake, I can't forgive you!"
Zhou Meiyun said, "Mom, I understand!"
An Jiachang felt very uncomfortable when he saw his wife being angry every day, but he had no choice but to comfort his wife and think about it. It would be fine when his sister-in-law gave birth to a child. Zhou felt wronged, but she didn't want her husband to worry, so she could only nod and agreed with tears.
In the blink of an eye, Wang Lanjuan gave birth to another boy. Liu held his grandson and kissed her. He also gave her a pair of jade bracelets he passed down from his ancestors, saying it was a reward. Liu did these things without carrying his eldest daughter-in-law on his back, but deliberately did it in front of her, saying, "I am a person who is a clear reward and punishment. Lanjuan has given me three grandsons, and it is not an exaggeration to reward her with anything!"
She looked at Zhou Meiyun again and said, "You have been married for three years and have eaten the An family for three years. Now that you have everything, you should be punished." She said to An Jiachang on the side: "This time you must divorce her. Get a newborn child while you are young. You really can't give birth to another child when you are old!"
An Jiachang saw that his mother was going to be serious, so he knelt down to Liu and begged, "Mother, if I divorce Meiyun, how can I let her live in the future?"
Liu said, "How she lives is her own business, what does it have to do with us? If you cannot have a child, you will commit seven crimes. It is appropriate to divorce her!"
No matter how Liu forced her, An Jiachang just refused to divorce her. Zhou Meiyun knew that her husband loved her deeply and knew that her husband was a filial son. She didn't want to make her husband famous for being disloyal and unfilial, so she quietly got up and left in the middle of the night.
The next morning, An Jiachang woke up and didn't see his wife. He thought his wife had gotten up to cook, but he couldn't find the whole house, so he became even more panicked.
Liu said, "She didn't give birth to a child and had no shame to stay in our house. If she left, you can marry another yellow girl!"
An Jiachang did not listen to Liu this time, but ran out to search. He found Zhou Meiyun by a river. It turned out that Zhou Meiyun wanted to jump into the river and committed suicide, but was rescued by an early farmer.
Looking at his wife who was soaked, An Jiachang hugged her and cried loudly, saying, "My wife, why are you so stupid? No matter what others do, I will not abandon you. If you have a few things, I can't live!" Zhou Meiyun didn't say anything, and cried out with grievances and guilt.
An Jiachang carried Zhou Meiyun home. When Liu saw this, he cursed again. An Jiachang said, "Mom, I'm sorry, if you want to beat and scold me, you come to me. All this is my fault!"
Liu saw that his son was protecting Zhou Meiyun, and almost vomited blood. He said, "You unfilial son, I will leave you today. If you don't give up, I will not have you as your son. From now on, don't enter this house again!"
An Jiachang simply packed up his and Zhou Meiyun's clothes and left the An family mansion. The couple came to the foot of a mountain outside the town and built two wooden houses there, which was settled.
Every day, the couple will go up the mountain, An Jiachang chops firewood, Zhou Meiyun picks up mushroom , picks herbs, and then takes the firewood, herbs, and mushrooms to the city to sell, and then buys rice and flour to live. Although life is very hard, it is very happy.
Let’s talk about Liu’s place. She was originally just scaring her son, but she didn’t expect that he really left for a woman. Liu’s resentment towards Zhou Meiyun became even deeper and he vowed to break them up.
That day, Liu suddenly came to see his son and daughter-in-law with a few kilograms of flour and said, "Jiachang, my mother said something angry. I didn't expect you to take it seriously. You are the flesh that fell from my mother. Why should I bear to let you go..." As she said that, she shed tears.
An Jiachang said, "Mom, it's because my son is unfilial. Please forgive me. I can agree to you in everything, but I can't agree to divorce my wife!"
"Silly child, stop talking. Mom knows that you are a person who values love and righteousness. Mom won't force you anymore. As long as you two are happy, let your brother and others do the matter of inheriting the family line..."
An Jiachang was very moved after hearing Liu's words and kept apologizing to Liu. Liu said, "You two live too hard here, so let me go home with me!"
The mother, who has always been strong, took the initiative to surrender. An Jiachang was a little unbelievable. He was afraid that something would happen after he went back, so he refused Liu's kindness. Liu didn't say anything, but he was unhappy.
In the days that followed, Liu often came to visit his son and daughter-in-law. Sometimes he brought some rice and flour, and sometimes he brought some prepared meals. On that day, Liu came with a lunch box, which contained wine, vegetables, and a bowl of dumplings.
She found another bowl, picked up the dumplings on it and handed it to her son, and said, "There are fewer dumplings, eat less, drink and eat vegetables, let Meiyun eat more!"
An Jiachang and Zhou Meiyun saw that Liu's changes so much now, so they often come to visit them and even give them food. They were moved and felt sorry for it.
Zhou Meiyun put the dumplings in front of Liu and said, "I won't eat them, mom, please eat them!"
Liu pushed them to Zhou Meiyun again and said, "Mom has eaten them, this is for you!"
mother-in-law and daughter-in-law gave in. Zhou Meiyun couldn't persuade Liu, so she picked up the dumplings and wanted to eat them. When she was about to put the dumplings in her mouth, a weasel suddenly jumped out, knocked over the bowl of Zhou Meiyun's hand, and a bowl of dumplings fell to the ground.
Liu saw that the dumplings he had prepared had fallen to the ground with all his efforts. He was so angry that his teeth itched. He picked up the stick and wanted to beat the weasel, but in the blink of an eye it disappeared.
A few days later, Liu came to his eldest son's house and said that the winter date in the yard of the old house was cooked and asked him to take some to eat. An Jiachang was afraid that his sister-in-law would not be happy, so he said he would not go and beat him. However, Liu said, "Why don't you beat him? You have liked to eat dates since you were a child, go!" Then he pulled his son away.
An Jiachang arrived at the old house, and Liu said, "Your brother went out to do business. No one beats the dates, so you can beat them all and take some back later!"
An Jiachang finished the dates and it was already dark. He carried a few kilograms of dates and returned to his small wooden house excitedly. He found that the door of the wooden house was closed and heard the sound of talking inside.
He stopped when his heart tightened. Zhou Meiyun was alone at home. Who is he talking to? He walked to the window and listened carefully.
"What are you going to do? Get out quickly!" This is Zhou Meiyun's voice.
"My little lady, you used to be so considerate to me, but since you moved here, you have changed. You have become more and more indifferent to me. My heart is colder..." said a man.
Zhou Meiyun: "Don't talk nonsense, I have nothing to do with you, why do you do this?"
The man said, "Miyun, you forgot. Last time we had a tryst, your bellyband was forgotten to me. Look, I brought it to you!"
An Jiachang never thought that his wife would betray him. Today, he actually let him hear this. It was like a bolt from the blue. He wanted to ask his wife what was going on, so he kicked the door and went into the room.
At this time, Zhou Meiyun was sitting on the bed, and the man was standing in front of her, holding a red bellyband in his hand. When An Jiachang saw that the red bellyband was exactly the same as his wife's, but he still didn't want to believe what the man said.
The two were shocked when An Jiachang came in. Zhou Meiyun looked at her husband with tears in her eyes and said, "Honey, what you heard is fake!"
Although An Jiachang was honest, he was also a bloody man. He picked up a stool and smashed it at the man. The man ran away in panic. As soon as he ran out of the door, dozens of weasels rushed out and bit the man hard. The man hugged his head in pain and screamed.
The man was bitten to the point of blood and fell to the ground and rolled on the ground. At this time, an old man in yellow appeared. The weasels stopped biting when they saw the old man and ran away quickly.
The old man said to An Jiachang: "This person wants to destroy the relationship between you and your wife. Don't misunderstand your wife!"
An Jiachang didn't know this person at all, and he had no grudges with him. Why did he do this? He said, "What is his purpose?"
The old man said, "You don't have to ask more questions, send him to the yamen and let the magistrate come for interrogation, and everything will be revealed!"
An Jiachang said, "Thank you, my uncle, I will send her to the county government!"
An Jiachang tied the man's hand and sent it to the county government government. After they left, the old man in yellow said to Zhou Meiyun, "Be careful of your mother-in-law! The bowl of dumplings that I knocked over last time was highly poisonous, and she was still behind the incident today..."
Zhou Meiyun was shocked when he heard the old man's words, and was a little disgusted. Dare to believe it, and asked, "Old man, how did you know?"
The old man said, "I am the weasel you saved in the mountains..."
A few months ago, when Zhou Meiyun went to the mountain to collect herbs, he saw an injured weasel moaning in pain. She applied some bleeding-resisting herbs on its wound, then tore off a cloth from her sleeve, bandaged it, and finally put it in a hidden cave to heal the wound...
"You...you are..." Zhou Meiyun couldn't believe that the weasel had become a sperm.
The old man said, "That day I calculated that you were in danger, so I ran over and knocked over the bowl in your hand because the dumplings in that bowl were poisonous.
Your mother-in-law didn't poison you to death, and she gave birth to another poisonous plan. She asked your husband to go to beat dates first. In fact, she had already bribed this man and asked him to come to you while your husband was not at home. He deliberately caught him by his husband. He said those words to destroy the relationship between you and your husband and let your husband divorce you..."
Zhou Meiyun understood after hearing the old man's words. It turned out that Liu's good deeds to them were all pretending, and the purpose was to ask her to leave her husband so that he could marry again.
The old man said again: "I didn't tell the truth to your husband just now, because I know he is filial and afraid that he will let that person go to protect his mother. In fact, he is foolish and filial!"
An Jiachang sent the man to the county government office and sued him for teasing his wife. The magistrate was very interested when he heard this, so he interrogated him overnight.
The man was also a coward. He just scared him a few words and all of them were aware of it. It turned out that he was hired by Liu and asked him to tease Zhou Meiyun in order to provoke their relationship with her husband and wife, so that An Jiachang could divorce Zhou Meiyun!
An Jiachang was unbelievable when he heard this. He was very angry with his mother for doing such a thing, but thinking that his mother begged the magistrate to bypass Liu's family for the sake of him.
The magistrate said, "As a mother-in-law, it is too vicious to treat his daughter-in-law like this. We must be severely punished to warn everyone!"
Liu was taken to the lobby by the yamen runners. When she saw the man, she was so scared that her face turned pale and she suddenly collapsed on the ground. At this point, she had to explain.
"Mr. Magistrate, my daughter-in-law doesn't know how to have children, and my son is unwilling to divorce his wife. I can only make this decision. Please forgive me for my son's sake!"
At this moment, the old man in yellow appeared and said, "Just a few days ago, Liu poisoned the dumplings and wanted to poison her daughter-in-law to death. Because her daughter-in-law didn't eat it, she escaped the disaster!"
"Who are you? You talk nonsense..." Liu shouted hysterically.
The old man in yellow took out a dumpling and said, "This is the dumpling at that time. Please check it out!"
The magistrate called the coroner to test the dumplings, and it was indeed highly poisonous. Liu was intentionally murdered, so he threw Liu into a death row. The man was also sent to the frontier to repair the city wall.
Liu paid the price for what he did. Once Liu died, no one would break up An Jiachang and Zhou Meiyun, and they no longer worry about having children.
They began to focus on doing good deeds. The couple built bridges and roads to help those in need. When they encountered injured small animals, they would still help. Such fulfilling and meaningful days passed for decades, and their black hair turned into white hair.
Although An Jiachang and his wife did a lot of good things, they are still children and daughters. An Jialiang and his wife did bad things, but they are full of children and grandchildren. Local people say that God is not good at seeing each other, but they themselves have never thought about these things and continue to do good things.
One day, An Jiachang went to the west end of the town to build a road. He felt tired and fell asleep while sitting on the side of the road. When he woke up, two tall and thin strangers stood in front of him and said that he wanted him to go to the Wang family in the town.
Wang family has been doing business for generations and is a well-known local family. Wang Yuanwai is also a great charity and often gives porridge to the poor people. However, An Jiachang and the Wang family did not have any social relationship. Why did these two people let him go to the Wang family?
asked, "I have no contact with the Wang family, why do you ask me to go there?"
and the two said, "Don't ask, you will know naturally when you go!" An Jiachang felt that he was pushed forward by an invisible force and came to the Wang family. He was taken to the same room by the two of them.
There was a maid and a woman busy in the room. There was a young woman lying on the bed. The woman's belly was bulging high, as if she was giving birth. An Jiachang thought that it was too inappropriate for a big man to come here, so he turned around and wanted to leave.
The two men grabbed him and pushed him to the bed. An Jiachang felt that he was being pushed into a dark little room. The room was very warm and An Jiachang felt very comfortable, so he couldn't help laughing: "Haha... where is this? It's so comfortable!"
In the room, Wang Yuanwai's wife was giving birth to a child. The child had not come out for a long time, but suddenly heard a sound from the mother's stomach. Everyone felt creepy and didn't know what to do.
Just as everyone was scared to death, the child landed on the ground. When everyone saw that it was a fat and fat boy, 接本 quickly wrapped it in red cloth. Everyone was just happy and forgot the voices that came from their stomachs just now.
"Why am I here? Am I dead?" The child suddenly spoke again, and everyone was so scared that their faces were pale and said that the child was a monster.
The child said, "I am not a monster, don't be afraid, I am An Jiachang..."
Everyone is from the same town, An Jiachang often does good deeds, so everyone here knows him. Wang Yuanwai said, "You said you are An Jiachang, what's going on?"
An Jiachang told Wang Yuanwai what he had today, and finally said, "I should be dead, and then reincarnated in your house. My body is still at the west end of the town. You carry me to collect the body for me and send me home!"
Wang Yuanwai held the child and took his servants to find An Jiachang's body and sent him home. Zhou Meiyun cried bitterly when she saw the body holding her husband, and fainted several times.
The baby in Wang Yuanwai's arms said, "My wife, don't be sad. Although I am dead, I have been reincarnated at Wang Yuanwai's home. Wang Yuanwai will take you over. We can meet you every day in the future."
Zhou Meiyun started to feel incredible when she heard a newborn baby say such words, but when she saw the strong love in the baby's eyes, she believed that the baby was the reincarnation of her husband, so she hugged the baby and cried.
Wang Yuanwai bought a good coffin and buried An Jiachang with great strength. He then took Zhou Meiyun to his home and asked the maid to serve her daily life and treat her like a relative. When An Jiachang saw that his wife had something to rely on in her old age, he felt relieved and could not speak afterwards. It was no different from a normal baby. Wang Yuanwai named his son Wang Shanxu.
Let’s talk about the couple in An’s family. Although they have three sons, they are all lazy and have ruined their families. They are miserable in their later years. As the saying goes, good will be rewarded, and evil will be rewarded. It’s not that they don’t repay, and the time has not come.
Dear readers: This story tells us, but do good things, don’t ask about the future, everything has its own arrangements.
This story has nothing to do with superstition, as long as it is to promote folk culture, punish evil and promote good.
