Song Dynasty During the Shaosheng period, on the streets of Qinggu County, Lin'an City, there was a businessman named Zhao Bo. His family has been doing business for generations and his family has a rich family. Now he runs a tailor shop alone.
Because of his good skills and accurate size, his business has always been very good. Later, the tailor shop's business became bigger and bigger. Even many wealthy ladies in the town would come to the store to find him to customize clothes.
Seeing that the store business is getting busier and busier, Zhao Bo hired the son of a distant relative in his hometown to come to the store to help. His name is Li Wenqi, and he also learned tailoring skills.
After a few years, Li Wenqi's craftsmanship has become better and better, and he is also very considerate in dealing with people, which makes his family's business go to a higher level.
Zhao Bo has a son named Zhao Xian who is idle all day long and does not do serious business.
Shopkeeper Zhao thought to himself that he was old and that after a hundred years, he still hoped that his son could take over the business. However, Zhao Xian had no such thoughts at all and never cared about business matters.
Shopkeeper Zhao had no choice but to sigh alone. He was reluctant to hand over the business he had been running for many years, so he thought that it would be better to hand over the business to Li Wenqi to manage it.
Shopkeeper Zhao intends to train him, and Li Wenqi is also diligent and studious, and soon becomes the butler of the tailor shop, and he also becomes the manager of the hand-off.
In a blink of an eye, Li Wenqi has been in Lin'an City for five years. Now he is in his twenties and it is time to talk about marriage.
Because the tailor's business deals with women and women, he meets many girls, and often encounters matchmakers telling him about their dear, and there are people he likes.
The girl's name is Cao Yushuang. Her father is also a merchant in the town. His family is from a good place and he is at the age of getting married.
Since Miss Cao likes to change to female celebrities, she always comes to Li Wenqi to buy cloth and discuss skills. After a while, the two of them are already very familiar with each other and gradually become in love.
Although the two did not make the matter clear, Li Wenqi often interacted with girls. How could he not understand the girl’s thoughts and know that she also has a good impression of herself.
Although Li Wenqi was born in poverty, he has been a housekeeper since he came to this tailor shop and became a housekeeper. With years of hard work, he has saved up a sum of money, and he is worthy of Miss Cao.
The two of them were interested in each other, but they just wanted to find a matchmaker to show their relationship. Li Wenqi originally wanted to find an opportunity to tell Miss Cao Ming, but he never thought that something happened to the shopkeeper Zhao of the tailor shop!
On this day, Cao Yushuang came to find Li Wenqi. She held the newly embroidered handkerchief and was about to ask him for some advice. She saw Li Wenqi working on the side.
She knew that although Li Wenqi was the housekeeper, she also did the business of the store herself, so she did not go over and disturb her, but found a seat to sit down.
Not long after, a tall man with an age similar to Li Wenqi came from outside. He saw Cao Yushuang sitting aside at first sight.
The man paused, then walked in front of Cao Yushuang and asked, "Does the girl want to buy cloth or make clothes?
Cao Yushuang saw him for the first time and thought to himself how this person would take the initiative to greet him, but she still shook her head and said, "No, I'm here to find someone." "
The man nodded after hearing this. He saw that the woman had just stared at Butler Li, and asked her if she was here to find Butler Li?
Cao Yushuang felt embarrassed when he saw him right, but she was a girl after all, and she was a little angry at the man's chat, so she said unhappily: "What's your business? "
The man already understood that he was right, and he was not angry, but said with a smile: "Girl, I am the shopkeeper of this tailor shop. If you have something to do with Butler Li, I will let him come later! "
Cao Yushuang then realized that this man was the shopkeeper. Speaking of which, she had only seen the old shopkeeper here, but had never seen this man. I think he was the son of the old shopkeeper.
Cao Yushuang immediately stood up, greeted him, and then said, "Mr. Li Wenqi and I are friends. Seeing that he is busy and unable to disturb me, I will just wait for him here."
Zhao Xian laughed and said, "That girl is here for a while, I will leave first if I have something to do!"
Then Zhao Xian stared at her for a few more times, then turned around and left alone.
After Li Wenqi finished his work, he saw Miss Cao waiting for him, so he took her to the street with him. On the way, Miss Cao asked about his shopkeeper, and Li Wenqi told her that she had just met Zhao Xian, the son of the old shopkeeper, who is also the new shopkeeper now.
"Since the new shopkeeper took over the shop, he hired many new tailors. Due to poor skills, business has become worse and worse recently. Many old employers heard that they had changed tailors and were reluctant to continue. "
Cao Yushuang asked why, and Li Wenqi replied: "The main reason is that the new shopkeeper does not understand the craftsmanship, and it may be because he is afraid that I will take the shop away, so he is eager to arrange for his own people to take over.
"Now the old shopkeeper is getting worse day by day. I'm afraid that this shop will really fall into his hands within a few years!"
Cao Yushuang thought for a while and said, "Since the new shopkeeper treats you badly, I'm afraid you will take away his family business. Since you have this skill, why not start a new business?"
Li Wenqi replied, "The old shopkeeper has the kindness of knowing me, and he is half a master, so how can I leave when the shop is in the most difficult situation? Unless the old shopkeeper drives me away, I will only choose to leave after he dies."
Cao Yushuang knew that he made up his mind and couldn't persuade him, so he had to stop talking about him. The two of them walked around the city before going back.
As soon as Li Wenqi returned to the tailor shop, he heard that the old shopkeeper was anxious to call him over. He didn't ask clearly what was going on, so he went to the old shopkeeper's room alone and saw that the new shopkeeper Zhao Xian was also here.
He bowed to the old shopkeeper, and then heard Zhao Xian say, "Father, I recently met a girl I liked recently. I have a great conversation with her. I want to ask you to help me matchmakers to propose marriage."
The old shopkeeper was a little surprised, and then asked, "Oh, which girl is it? Why haven't you heard you say it?"
Zhao Xian replied with a smile, "This girl is said to be a friend of Brother Li. I just met her outside today."
The old shopkeeper changed his face when he heard what he said, thinking that he was talking nonsense again this time and not taking his marriage seriously.
When Zhao Xian saw that his father didn't believe it, he continued, "The girl's surname is Cao, and her family is also in business. She is a match with our Zhao family. Besides, she is a friend of Brother Li, how could I make a joke about this?"
The old shopkeeper put away his temper after hearing his son's words. Then he looked at Li Wenqi, but saw that the latter looked confused and a little panicked.
Now the old shopkeeper was suspicious and thought that Zhao Xian was lying to him again. Then he asked Li Wenqi: "Wenqi, what Xian'er said is true? The woman he said is your friend?"
Li Wenqi was in a state of confusion. Suddenly, he heard the old shopkeeper asking questions. He replied: "Miss Cao is indeed a good girl. We have known each other for a long time, but..."
Before Li Wenqi finished speaking, Zhao Xian took the lead and said: "Dad, you have heard that the child did not lie to you. Now that he meets such a good girl, it is a good marriage for heaven, so I hope you can do it yourself. The child came to propose marriage. "
The old shopkeeper's thoughts were interrupted by Zhao Xian. He believed his son Zhao Xian's words and said, "Okay, okay, I hope you can get married and start a business. Since you have someone you like, I will help you. However, I heard that you have had several women outside. What should they do? If Miss Cao knows, wouldn't it be troublesome at that time?"
Zhao Xian replied, "Dad, why are you still thinking about the outside? I have driven them away long ago. Now the child's heart is only on Miss Cao."
The old shopkeeper felt relieved when he heard this, and discussed some matters with him, and then asked the two of them to leave.
Since Li Wenqi is a few years younger than Zhao Xian, the old shopkeeper always asked his son to call Li Wenqi a brother. Seeing that his son's marriage was decided, he also began to want to solve Li Wenqi's marriage.
. Li Wenqi has been in a state of confusion since the beginning. He tried to speak out the situation many times, but was deliberately interrupted by Zhao Xian. Seeing that the old shopkeeper had already decided on the marriage, he couldn't speak again.
But he thought to himself that since Miss Cao likes him, then the old shopkeeper will probably not be able to go to propose marriage. Then he can just give up.
However, he did not expect that the next morning, Zhao Xian and the old shopkeeper went to propose marriage together. When the news brought back by the followers said that Miss Cao actually agreed to the proposal, and was very happy. What's going on in this situation?
It turned out that Zhao Xian knew that Miss Cao liked Li Wenqi, so he proposed to marry Li Wenqi and said that he was his brother, so he should come to propose marriage for him.
Since Li Wenqi was adopted by the old shopkeeper since he was a child, it is logical that the old shopkeeper came to propose marriage in person, which is indeed in line with the cleaning, so Miss Cao had no doubts about this, and Cao's father was quite satisfied with this, so he happily agreed.
Under these deliberately concealed misunderstandings, a tragedy also happened.
When Li Wenqi found out that Miss Cao had agreed to the request for marriage, he was shocked. He would definitely not accept such a result, so he wanted to go to Cao's mansion to ask Miss Cao clearly.
But Zhao Xian was prepared for a long time. He found an excuse to ask Li Wenqi to work in a family in the west of the city. But as soon as Li Wenqi entered the door, two masked men suddenly popped up behind him. They covered his head with sacks and knocked him out with a stick. When he woke up again, he felt like he was in a dark and damp stone cave.
is silent all around, and there are deserted mountains and rocks in your eyes. He doesn't see anyone. He wants to go out, but he feels that he has a split headache and can't move alone.
Li Wenqi was a little confused. Those people knocked themselves out, why didn’t they do anything to themselves? What did they want to bring him here? Should they use themselves as hostage?
He thought for a long time, but he could not think of the motives of those people. At this moment, he suddenly heard a sound of footsteps coming from the entrance of the cave.
Li Wenqi was nervous in an instant. He thought it was a thief who had returned, so he picked up a stone from the ground and then hid it quietly in the entrance. As a result, a moment later, an old man in a common man came in, holding a pile of straw in his arms.
Li Wenqi wanted to put down the stone, but he didn't hold it. The stone had already come out of his hand. It was too late to stop, so he could only say loudly, "Be careful!"
The old man took a step back and paused to the ground. The stone flew over his head, and then slammed on the mountain wall behind him with a bang.
The old man shouted, "What do you want to do? I saved you, but you want to harm me!" Li Wenqi knew that he had recognized the wrong person, so he apologized repeatedly, and then expressed his thoughts. The old man said, "Since you just woke up, you can't blame you for this matter. You must be wondering why you are here, right?"
The old man pulled him down and told him the whole story. Only then did he realize that so many things had happened during the days when he was knocked out.
It turned out that after he was knocked unconscious, he was carried to the mountain. Those people originally wanted to cut off the weeds and leave no room for anything, and wanted to bury him. However, when they were digging a hole, the old man passing by here happened to see this scene.
The old man lives nearby. He is over 60 years old this year, but he is agile and flexible, and does not look like an elderly person at all. When he saw Li Wenqi thrown on the roadside, he saw those people sneaking and went forward to visit him. He found that Li Wenqi was still breathing.
At the moment, he was sure that this group of people wanted to harm him, so he quietly rescued Li Wenqi.
He took advantage of the fact that several big men were not paying attention and came to a cave with him on his back. He also treated the wound on his forehead and took some straw to spread it under him. Therefore, the scene just happened.
After the two settled down, the old man took out a steamed bun from his arms and handed it to him. Li Wenqi had been hungry for too much consumption, so he took the steamed bun and started eating it.After
, the old man asked him: "Who did you mess with? Why do they want to harm you?"
Li Wenqi told him about his affairs, saying that he did not know them, nor did he know where he had offended them.
After hearing this, the old man said bluntly: "It's still a question. It must be your new shopkeeper who is causing trouble behind the scenes."
Li Wenqi asked, "How did you know? Although I and Zhangguan Zhao are not in harmony, he has never harmed me. Why did he do such a thing suddenly?"
After all, the old man is old and has seen many such things, so he directly gave him some advice.
"Silly boy, do you really think the shopkeeper doesn't know your relationship with Miss Cao? He must have used some disgraceful means to get Miss Cao to agree to the marriage. Since he dares to snatch love from a knife, what else can he not do?"
"Know people and face but not your heart, especially those who love to cheat others behind their backs. You must be careful in the future!"
After hearing the old man's words, Li Wenqi suddenly realized, and then he had some guesses in his heart, and then he thanked the old man again.
Before leaving, Li Wenqi wanted to repay him with money, but the incident happened suddenly, so he didn't carry money with him, and he didn't even have a valuable thing on his body.
He saw that the old man's clothes were torn, so he said, "Old man, I am the tailor in the town. Your clothes have a hole. If you go to the city next time, go to the embroidery pavilion to find me. I will personally customize a suitable clothes for you."
The old man nodded and replied, "Okay!", and then watched Li Wenqi go down the mountain before leaving. However, after Li Wenqi went down the mountain, the old man turned into a mouse when he returned to the cave. It turned out that it was a mouse that cultivated into sperm.
After Li Wenqi returned to the tailor shop, the first person he saw was Zhao Xian. Zhao Xian did not expect it at first, and then pretended to come to him and asked, "What's wrong with Brother Li? Since he went to the west of the city yesterday, there has been no news. Why is there any injury on his body? Is something wrong?"
Li Wenqi was wary, but he was still calm on the surface and said, "I unfortunately encountered a group of thieves yesterday and were injured by them, but they were careless and accidentally let me escape."
After hearing this, Zhao Xian asked him to go back to his room to rest, and then took Yinliang out of the tailor shop.
After Li Wenqi returned, he did not go back to his room. He saw Zhao Xian sneaking out of the city and followed him to the outside of the city.
I saw Zhao Xian walking in a hurry on the road. Not long after, I would arrive at a yard. After knocking on the door, a man took him into the house.
Li Wenqi entered from the backyard and heard Zhao Xian's voice as soon as he walked not far away. It sounded like he was discussing something between the same group.
only heard that Zhao Xian got angry and cursed at those people: "I can't do this, and he escaped, spending so much money in vain!"
Someone replied: "Young Master Zhao, this time it was an accident. This will never happen again next time."
Zhao Xian cursed: "Can there be another time? If he didn't get rid of him this time, then the Li surnamed must be prepared. If you want to do it, it will be troublesome!"
people discussed for a long time, and finally came up with a clever plan, but they never thought that all the plans were heard by Li Wenqi, and finally used them on themselves!
After Li Wenqi returned, his heart was thumping. When he heard Zhao Xian's vicious plan, he never thought that he was so vicious. For the sake of Miss Cao, he ignored his brotherly feelings for many years and used vicious plan to harm himself.
In fact, even without Miss Cao, Zhao Xian had no intention of keeping him, because the old shopkeeper was too kind to him and once told Zhao Xian that he wanted him to be the shopkeeper in the future.
But in fact, the old shopkeeper did not mean to give him all the business, but to make him an open shopkeeper. In fact, the money earned still fell into the hands of the Zhao family, and Zhao Xian did not waste his time.
But Zhao Xianxin was not the case with Li Wenqi. He wanted to find an opportunity to drive him away. If the old shopkeeper had not stopped him, Li Wenqi would have been driven out by him long ago.
This time, Zhao Xian happened to fall in love with Miss Cao again, so the plan to wait until the old shopkeeper passed away was advanced, and he wanted to drive Li Wenqi out now.
After Li Wenqi went back, he closed the doors and windows when he was sleeping at night, so that Zhao Xian never got the chance to start.
But on that day, someone came to inform him that the old shopkeeper had a sudden illness and asked him to go there quickly. If he was too late, he would probably not see the last side of the old shopkeeper. In a hurry, Li Wenqi believed the man's words and hurriedly ran towards the old shopkeeper's room.
He came to the old shopkeeper's room and found that the old shopkeeper was not here. He immediately turned dark and knew that he had been fooled.
However, as soon as he turned around, he waved his two fists towards him, making his eyes dark and he almost fainted. After he stood firm, he saw that they were the two thieves that day.
Li Wenqi knew that they were Zhao Xian's people. He didn't know what they had done to the old shopkeeper, so he asked, "Where is the old shopkeeper? Where is Zhao Xian?"
As soon as he finished speaking, Zhao Xian came from behind the tent and said to him, "Father just left the city, at least it will be dark before he can come back. Brother Li, you are doomed this time."
Li Wenqi asked again after hearing this, "Miss Cao answered Is it because you were interfering with your proposal? "
Zhao Xian smiled and said, "This is because I used your name. Miss Cao thought he married was you, so she agreed."
"But don't worry, Wen Qi, my brother will take good care of Miss Cao for you in the future."
Zhao Xian finished speaking and asked the people around him to start to take action, but at this time the door was suddenly opened, and everyone saw that it was the old shopkeeper standing outside the door.
It turned out that the old shopkeeper was going to leave the city today, but he felt that Li Wenqi was a little strange recently. He was worried. He wanted to explain some things to him before leaving, but he was told that Li Wenqi had gone to his room, and he happened to hear the conversation between the two.
The old shopkeeper was already old and now he was angry again. After hearing these words, he couldn't even say anything angry, so he held up a stick and beat Zhao Xian.
As a result, the two big men saw this, in order not to let Zhao Xian get beaten, they pushed the old shopkeeper hard, and fell on the table and knocked his head. The old shopkeeper suddenly stopped moving.
Now Zhao Xian began to be nervous, thinking that he had caused trouble now, and the most urgent task was to not let Li Wenqi go out alive, otherwise his affairs would definitely be leaked by him.
Li Wenqi was worried about the old shopkeeper, so he just wanted to take him to see the doctor quickly. Several people took the opportunity to push him down and the stick began to hit him. After a while, Li Wenqi was covered in bruises.
Fortunately, Li Wenqi is young and is dressed thickly in winter now, but if this continues, they will be beaten to death sooner or later.
As a result, it was at this moment that the door was pushed open again, and this time it came an old man, the one who had saved Li Wenqi!
It’s a coincidence that he originally wanted to find Li Wenqi to make clothes this time, but someone told him that he was not here.
He was about to leave when he saw the old shopkeeper coming in from outside and heard the servant tell him that Butler Li was resting in the backyard.
The old man felt something was different, so he quietly followed the old shopkeeper in, but happened to encounter this.
With his help, Li Wenqi suddenly felt much more relaxed, and the servants and tailors rushed over. Zhao Xian wanted to escape, but was caught by the tailors and pressed to the ground.
Later, Li Wenqi sent the old shopkeeper to find the doctor in time. The old shopkeeper saved his life, which made Li Wenqi relieved. As for the others, they were sent to the yamen by everyone.
Zhao Xian was the son of the old shopkeeper, and the old shopkeeper was reluctant to send him to the yamen, so he asked him to reflect at his home, but he refused to listen and slipped out to have a drink at night. As a result, he fell into the lake after getting drunk and was not discovered until the next morning.
The old shopkeeper lost his son and was in a slump afterwards. He died actively a few months later. Before leaving, he handed over the tailor shop to Li Wenqi.
Because of this incident, Miss Cao's marriage could only be postponed. A year later, Cao Yushuang married Li Wenqi as she wished, and Li Wenqi also became the shopkeeper of the Embroidery Pavilion.
Cao Yushuang didn't know what happened that day, and Li Wenqi didn't explain it to her because she was afraid that she would worry. After getting married, the couple was in love, and later they had both children and lived a happy and fulfilling life!
Folk Story: A man proposed marriage and was first taken by his brother. A mouse helped him escape the disaster.
Statement: This story is a fictional legendary story, mostly from strange stories, legends, novels, operas, legends, etc. The author's original intention is to inherit Chinese folk culture. Do not believe in authenticity, nor do you have feudal superstitions!
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