In the late Ming Dynasty, there was an old man Li in Yong'an County, Xuzhou. He was honest and honest. He had a tailor shop at home. He took over from his father. Because the fabric was cheap, the villagers often came here to take care of his business.
Old Man Li relied on this tailor shop and lived a carefree life. He also married a wife like a flower and jade. His wife, Liu, is virtuous and capable, and helps Old Man Li manage the shop a lot on weekdays, so the business is much more prosperous than before.
A few years later, his wife gave birth to two sons for Old Man Li. The eldest was Li Tong and the younger was Li Da. Old Man Li loved these two sons very much and gave them whatever they wanted since childhood, especially the eldest Li Tong. Because of Old Man Li's spoiling, he developed the habit of being arrogant and domineering since childhood and bullied the poor children around him a lot on weekdays.
But the second son Li Da is completely different. He has been a gentle person since he was a child. When he sees his father making clothes, he stands aside and looks carefully. When Old Man Li sees his son interested in the tailoring skills, he can't help but be overjoyed. It's time for him to learn skills with his two children.
So Old Man Li brought the two of them by his side and told the tailor the simplest words to the two children. However, Old Man Li found that the second child was listening with relish, but the eldest child seemed to have nails under his butt, and he couldn't sit well, let alone learn skills.
After staying for a month, the second child can already make his own clothes. When looking at the eldest brother Li Tong, he didn't even learn the superficiality. Old Man Li was not angry. After all, every child has a different personality, and they still have to choose their future path. Fortunately, the second brother Li Da is willing to learn his own skills, and their tailor of the Li family has passed on it.
In a blink of an eye, the two brothers have grown up. Now Li Da is an excellent tailor, and his skills are better than his father. In addition, Old Man Li is old, so he handed the shop to Li Da for management.
But when I look at Li Tong, he is idle all day long and has no stable job yet. He is now at the age of starting a family. What should he rely on to survive in the future?
Thinking of this made Liu very worried, but Old Man Li smiled and said, "Madam, don't be anxious. We can find a marriage for Tong'er and find a more powerful woman to restrain him. After getting married, Tong'er will naturally understand that life is not easy."
Hearing this, Liu couldn't help but be happy. Yes, since ancient times, this is the principle of starting a family first and then establishing a career. Thinking of this, Liu felt much more relaxed, so he started to find a marriage for his eldest son.
Because Tailor Li's family has a good life, many women soon came to visit. The couple chose Zhang Xiuhua, the daughter of Zhang Butcher's family, soon.
This beautiful flower looks charming and has a clever mouth that makes the couple coax it around. I believe that in the future, I will be able to restrain my husband.
So the couple held a marriage for their eldest son and built several new houses for them. Since the eldest son got married, they have been suppressed by their own wife and learned to go out to make money. The couple was very relieved.
But not long after a good life, Old Man Li suddenly fell seriously ill. It was useless to see all the doctors around him. He was terminally ill in just a few days. Liu almost cried and blinded his eyes.
On this day, Old Man Li, who was lying on the bed, suddenly called the children in front of him. He knew that he had not had much time, so he thought about explaining his funeral first.
Old Man Li said: "I have two choices here. The specific choice depends on your brothers. I hope you brothers must unite and not turn against each other because of interests. Remember that family affection is the most precious."
The two brothers were sad when they heard this, and they promised to be united. Then Old Man Li said: "The boss has a new house, and the old house belongs to the second brother. Now the family has more than 300 taels of silver and a tailor shop. Whoever you want is the silver, will discuss it yourself."
Hearing this, the eldest daughter-in-law Zhang Xiuhua quickly spoke, "Dad, my second brother has the skills of tailoring, so this shop should naturally belong to him. It just so happened that the couple was going to do some small business, and it would be appropriate to ask for this money. "
Hearing this, Old Man Li nodded in agreement, and said to his youngest son: "What do you think, second brother? ”
Li Da said: “Everything will be based on what my sister-in-law said. "
were very satisfied when he saw his two sons. Old Man Li also smiled a little, but he lost his life the next second and completely passed away.
The two brothers held back their sadness and dealt with their father's funeral. When they separated, the sister-in-law said to Li Da: "Second brother, you have to worry about your mother. I want to go out for business and you are all dependent on you at home. "
Hearing this, Li Da said: "Don't worry, sister-in-law, I will definitely take good care of my mother. You and your elder brother should be more careful when you go out, and don't trust others easily. "
After saying that, the few people separated. Since then, Li Da has been running a tailor shop wholeheartedly and is very filial to his mother. However, his elder brother Li Tong is always unlucky. Not only does he make money in business, he has lost all the 300 taels of silver. During this period, Li Tong also borrowed a lot of silver from Li Da.
If you want to say that Li Da is really smart, in order to expand the industry, he recruited many disciples, taught them tailoring skills, and helped them open stores for free, but he needs to go from this door With this strategy, Li Da earned a large sum of silver.
Later, Li Da started other industries, gradually becoming bigger and bigger, becoming a well-known local wealthy businessman, building a big house, and marrying a beautiful wife, Qin.
Seeing that his second brother was so successful, his sister-in-law Zhang Xiuhua was so angry. Why was his husband so incompetent and lost money in business, and now he could hardly afford to eat.
So Zhang Xiuhua yelled and scolded her husband every day. Li Tong had already been smoothed out by life. Under the oppression of his wife, he was obedient and did not dare to say too much, which made his wife even more angry.
Zhang Xiuhua couldn't help but think that if they had asked for the tailor shop, their wealth would be their own. Otherwise, Li Da would have agreed so happily, and he would have thought of this a long time ago. Therefore, except for borrowing money, the two families have rarely interacted.
Let's talk about Li Da's life is getting better and better. The couple is also very loving, and his wife gave birth to a daughter for him, named Xiumei. The couple held it in their hands and were afraid of falling and putting it in their mouths, and they loved her very much.
In a blink of an eye, more than ten years have passed. Looking at the second son getting better and better, the eldest son was not satisfied, Liu called Li Da to his side and said, "Second, if you have time, go and help your elder brother's house. Now they are also parents, and there is not even a stable business at home. What should we do? "
Hearing this, Li Da couldn't help but sigh: "Mom, you don't know how much money I have given to my elder brother over the years to use it for business, but they are only concerned about eating, drinking, having fun, and greedy for enjoyment. They don't know how to work hard. What can I do? "
Mrs. Liu knew the character of her eldest son's family, so she had to turn her head and cover her face and sigh. Seeing her mother sad, Li Da hurriedly said, "Mom, don't worry too much. I'll go to my elder brother's house to have a good talk with him these days. "
When Liu heard Li Da's words, he felt much more relieved. Unexpectedly, at this moment, Li Tong's family came. Li Da hurriedly stepped forward to salute. At this time, his sister-in-law brought a child of fifteen or sixteen and said, " Yuchang , call me the second uncle. In the future, you have to study with your second uncle for a good life. Don't be as unreliable as your father. "
Li Da hurriedly said, "I haven't seen you for a long time, Yuchang has grown so tall. Since my sister-in-law wants Yuchang to follow me, I will definitely teach him well. "
When she heard this, my sister-in-law couldn't help but be overjoyed and said, "Our generation is not good. I hope my second brother will teach your nephew well, so that we and my wife will feel at ease."
After lunch, Li Tong and his wife left. Li Da took Yuchang to familiarize themselves with their own industry as agreed. He planned to cultivate Yuchang and distribute it to him as part of the shops so that the elder brother and his family could live a good life.
But the day was not as good as they wished, but unexpectedly, an unexpected occurrence completely changed the fate of the Li family.
That night, Xiumei, who was sleeping in the room, was suddenly awakened by the noise outside. It was late at night, and I didn't know what happened, so Xiumei looked up and saw a fire outside, which turned out to be fire.
Xiumei was shocked and hurriedly ran outside the house. Unexpectedly, as soon as she left the house, she saw a group of bandits killing the Li family. Xiumei was frightened and hid in the corner of the side courtyard and shivered. .
After these bandits massacred, they wiped out all the property of the Li family. Then several fires burned the Li family's house completely. Xiumei took advantage of the bandits' inattention and flipped out the outer wall before she escaped.
Soon the villagers saw a fire in the Li family and rushed to put out the fire. When the fire was extinguished, the Li family had no people and wealth, leaving only the lonely Xiumei kneeling on the ground and crying. .
The eldest family rushed to the scene after hearing the news. Fortunately, Yuchang returned home early, otherwise he would have been burned away by the fire like the Li family. When he saw his uncle's family, Xiumei finally met his relatives.
Who knew that his aunt had looked disgusted and said, "You little bastard, you were not burned to death. I think this fire is probably what you put on, it is really annoying. "
It turned out that the purpose of Li Tong's family was to take over the Li family's property. Seeing Xiumei was still alive, she was naturally not angry, but how could a weak woman beat her uncle's family? So she was driven to wander on the streets.
Xiumei felt sad. Now that she was homeless, she had to find a dilapidated temple in the back mountain for a while. After experiencing such a big change, Xiumei's eyes almost cried.
At this moment, a big snake suddenly crawled in from outside. Xiumei was afraid of snake since she was young. Now she was so scared that she retreated repeatedly when she saw it. But suddenly she seemed extremely painful to see the big snake and rolled on the ground.
Xiumei looked carefully and saw that the big snake had a bulge in the belly. It was actually a female snake to give birth, but seeing its painful appearance seemed to be difficult to give birth.
Xiumei was kind-hearted, so she forced herself to hold back the fear in her heart and walked forward. She said to the big snake: "Big snake, don't resist, I'm here to help you, I have no malice. "
said, then put his hand on the snake's abdomen and gently helped it. With Xiumei's help, the big snake really stopped resisting, so he quickly concentrated on giving birth and finally laid a few snake eggs shortly afterwards.
Seeing that the female snake was out of danger, Xiumei breathed a sigh of relief. Then she took out half a piece of broken cake from her arms and put it in front of it. This was the only food left for her now. Seeing the big snake so weak, she had to hold back her stomach.
Suddenly a voice came from outside the door: "Oh, my good niece, why don't you come back to this dilapidated temple? Come home with the aunt quickly. What the aunt said before was angry, don't take it seriously. "
Seeing that the aunt actually came, Xiumei couldn't help but feel warm. She was simple and kind, so she naturally would not hold a grudge against her aunt. After all, the uncle's family was her only relative.
So Xiumei did not hesitate and followed her with her aunt. After she left, the female snake suddenly raised her head and looked at Xiumei's back and couldn't help but show a look of worry. Then she turned into a small snake and followed her.
Soon Xiumei followed her aunt back home. Unexpectedly, the aunt changed her normal behavior and was very enthusiastic about her. She specially made a big table of delicious meals for her.
When she was having a meal, the aunt said, "Xiumei, now your parents are gone. Your uncle and I will be your parents in the future. We will take good care of you. "
Hearing this, Xiumei couldn't help but feel moved and quickly responded: "Thank you uncle, aunt, Xiumei will definitely be filial to you."
heard the aunt continue, "Xiumei, don't worry, I have found a good marriage for you. I am the young man of Mr. Gu. When you marry, you will definitely enjoy a lifetime of blessing. "
Hearing this, Xiumei was slightly stunned. She had heard of this Gu family's son. It is said that he was a sick man. The Gu family found many doctors for him but they had never looked good. If she married, she would probably have been widowed early. She thought that the aunt was for her good. Now it seems that she might be interested in the Gu family's betrothal gift.
In fact, Xiumei's guess is not false. Mr. Gu is already terminally ill. In order to save him, Mr. Gu tried his best to come up with a way to celebrate the wedding. The betrothal gift was also extremely generous. Zhang Xiuhua found Xiumei back after hearing this.
Xiumei saw the face of the uncle's family. Zhong was very sad, so he agreed. In her opinion, even if she was widowed in the past, she would feel more comfortable than at her uncle's house.
So the Gu family hurriedly held a marriage for Xiumei, and even the guests were not invited. After a simple wedding, they sent the two to the bridal chamber.
Since entering the bridal chamber, her husband has been coughing and coughing up bleeding several times. Xiumei hurriedly served her. She looked at the thin man in front of her and said, "Since I marry you, I will serve you well. In the future, you will be at ease and strive to get better as soon as possible. "
Perhaps it really has the effect of fighting for joy. Today, Mr. Gu seems to be much more energetic. Seeing this, Xiumei wanted to serve him with loose clothes. Unexpectedly, her husband refused to say, "Miss, don't want this. I can't live for a few days. How can you ruin your innocence? Now the purpose of fighting for joy has been achieved. I will ask my father to return you freedom tomorrow. "
When Xiumei heard this, she couldn't help but feel moved. She didn't expect that her husband valued love and friendship so much, so she said, "Since I have married you, that's yours, and I will never remarry in this life. "
Hearing Xiumei's words, Mr. Gu was very moved. He hoped that his illness would be cured and that he could live a happy life with his wife.
At this moment, a small snake suddenly flew out of Xiumei's sleeves. The little snake bit her on the bed. Xiumei couldn't help but be shocked. How could there be a snake on her body? She hurriedly checked her husband's injuries.
Not only did her husband not get poisoned, but she had a comfortable expression on her face. After a moment, she actually stood up. He said in disbelief: "Xiumei, my illness seems to be cured. "
Hearing this, the two of them looked at the little snake. Unexpectedly, the little snake actually said, "I was originally a snake fairy on the mountain. Thanks to my benefactor's wish for me to give birth, so I came to pay my benefactor's help. Your husband was infected with a toxin, and now he has been broken by me and his body is not seriously damaged. "
Hearing Xiaoshe's words, the couple hugged each other excitedly, and Xiaoshe continued to say: "Benefactor, your Li family affairs are man-made. I have some clues here to provide you with, I hope they can help you. "
Hearing this, Xiumei's face changed drastically. She had long guessed that there was something strange about this matter, but she didn't expect that she was really framed.
Now that the young master of the Gu family has recovered from the illness. After Gu learned the facts, he sincerely accepted Xiumei and arranged for his subordinates to cooperate with Xiumei to investigate the matter of the Li family.
Finally, under the search of everyone, he pointed the finger at Li Tong's family, because they found that Li Tong had had close contact with this bandit, and it was probably him who informed him.
So Xiumei sued her uncle's family. After the government got the clues, the county magistrate asked Li Tong severely, and Li Tong bullied the weak and was afraid of the strong. He took everything to the point of being tough.
It turned out that their family was jealous of their second brother's life, so they colluded with the bandit to murder the second brother's family. At that time, the property belongs to Li Tong, and the treasure of the Li family belongs to the bandits, and the one who opened the door for the bandits was their son Yuchang.
Now that the matter has been revealed, the Li Tong family has been thrown into a death row, and the Li family's property has returned to Xiumei's name. The couple's life is getting better and better, and they have lived a happy life.
