In ancient times, there was a man named Ning Tianming. His parents died early. When his aunt saw that he was pitiful, she took him to her side to raise him.
The aunt is a widow. After her husband passed away, she did not remarry and raised Ning Tianming alone. Ning Tianming has been sensible since he was a child and knows that it is not easy for his aunt. He helps with family chores within his ability at a young age.
After growing up a little, Ning Tianming followed the villagers to the mountain to pick up firewood. Later, he became a woodcutter and his family life improved a little.
I thought my aunt would live a good life from now on, but my aunt suddenly died of an acute illness. Ning Tianming was very sad and cried in front of his aunt's grave for a long time. From then on, Ning Tianming lived a dull life alone.
On this day, Ning Tianming sent the bundle of firewood to the local cloth merchant He Fu's home as promised. As soon as I arrived at the door, I saw several maids and servants coming out surrounded by Miss He’s family.
The servant walking in front was in a hurry and knocked an old man passing by to the ground. Seeing this, Ning Tianming hurriedly put down the firewood and went to check the old man's situation.
Fortunately, the old man suffered a little skin trauma. Seeing that the group was about to go far, Ning Tianming was about to come forward to argue with the servants of the He family, but was stopped by the old man.
Ning Tianming asked the old man to wait at the door, and wait for him to send the firewood in and then send him home. The old man nodded with a smile.
Then, Ning Tianming stood up with firewood on his back and entered the He family, and soon came out and walked to the old man.
Just as he bent down and helped up the old man sitting next to the stairs, he saw a silk handkerchief next to the stairs. He picked it up and saw an orchid embroidered on it, and there was a word "联" next to it.
Obviously, this silk parfait belongs to the Helan Miss He family. Ning Tianming looked at the silk scutellar and thoughtful.
Suddenly, he heard the old man ask, "Where is the guy living? Why haven't I seen you before?"
"I live at the end of the village and rarely come here." Ning Tianming came to his senses and said with an embarrassing smile.
"Can you marry a wife?" the old man continued to ask.
Ning Tianming was stunned after hearing this, and shook his head helplessly and said, "I am helpless, a poor boy, I can barely solve the problem of food and clothing. Which girl from the family is willing to marry me? Don't let the girl suffer with me."
"What's the difficulty of marrying a wife? I'll find a way for you." Ning Tianming looked at the old man in surprise. Before he could respond, the old man continued, "You feel you're right." Ning Tianming looked at the old man in surprise. How about Miss He? I see that she is handsome and well-educated, and she is in line with you. "
Ning Tianming was shocked and waved his hand and said, "I am a poor woodcutter, how can I be as good as the He family?"
"Don't look at the He family's wealth, as long as you want to marry Miss He, I have a way to help you do it. Just do two things well." The old man said confidently.
Ning Tianming was skeptical and asked which two things were. The old man paused for a moment and said, "First of all, you have to put away the silk clip, and then send it to me home first."
Ning Tianming then remembered that he wanted to send the old man home. He helped him up embarrassedly and walked in the direction the old man said.
He saw that the old man stopped talking about this, so he didn't continue to ask. Ning Tianming thought to himself that the old man was mostly looking for him to be happy, but he took it seriously, and then shook his head helplessly.
In the next half month, Ning Tianming continued his previous life and did not take the old man's words to heart.
New Year's Eve is approaching, and he is alone and has not bought any New Year's goods. He just cleans up the house inside and out, and has simply spent a New Year.
On the day of the Lantern Festival, Ning Tianming just got up and heard a knock on the door. He opened the door and saw that the person standing outside the door was the old man he met in front of the He family that day.
The old man stuffed several gifts in his hand and a big red Geng post into Ning Tianming's hand, urging him to go out and said, "The second thing has been done, and it has been written into the Geng post."
Ning Tianming was confused and was dragged out by the old man.
Ning Tianming only knew that the old man’s surname was Xue, but he didn’t know that Xue Weng was once a scholar. After passing the scholarship exam, Mr. Xue was defeated repeatedly and was unsuccessful and made a living by selling calligraphy and paintings. Mr. Xue had no son or daughter. After his wife passed away, he did not remarry and lived alone.
Xue Weng has always been smart, has many ideas, and is very fond of justice. He often sees him give advice to the people and punish evil and promote good. Not long ago, a rich man withdrew the wages of the long-term workers, and it was Mr. Xue who gave the advice for the long-term workers, so that the rich man would willingly pay the wages to the long-term workers.
Xue Weng urged him all the way to drag Ning Tianming to the He family, and repeatedly told him to do what he said.
It’s a coincidence that He Furen was holding a banquet to entertain his prospective son-in-law Yang Rengu. Yang Rengu was riding a tall horse, and the accompanying man followed closely behind with two boxes of gifts. The group was led by the matchmaker and headed towards the He family in a mighty manner.
As soon as he arrived at the door of He's house, Yang Rengu shouted: "Father-in-law and mother-in-law, my son-in-law is here to greet you." After hearing this, the He and his wife laughed from ear to ear and hurriedly called him into the house.
Not long after, Xue Weng also took Ning Tianming to He’s house to pay New Year’s greetings. Ning Tianming also shouted: "Father-in-law and mother-in-law, my son-in-law is here to wish you a happy new year."
Suddenly, the He couple looked at each other, and their daughter only had one marriage, so how could there be two prospective son-in-law?
Yang Rengu is the son of Zhangguan Yang. His family runs a silver house. The marriage with Helan was personally selected by He Furen. Therefore, He Furen immediately turned a blind eye and asked his servant to drive Xue Weng and Ning Tianming out.
Xue Weng was calm and pretended to scold He Furen, saying, "Why are you not honest? I was a matchmaker at that time. Now Miss He's birthday and silk handkerchief token are here. If you dare to refuse marriage, we will meet in court."
A few days later, the county magistrate Zhang of the county government received a letter from Xue Weng. The Zhang County Official's work is fair, and he knows that Mr. Xue is not easy to fool around, so he dare not neglect it.
Administer Zhang County Official, the relevant people and others soon arrived in the court. As the gavel sounded, the case began to be heard.
After interrogation, Yang Rengu and Xue Weng each had their own opinions. He Furen naturally helped Yang Rengu. For a time, the county magistrate Zhang could not decide.
Then, the county magistrate Zhang asked Helan, who had been silent, "Helan, which one did your parents betroth you?"
At this moment, Xue Weng winked at Ning Tianming. Ning Tianming knew it and quietly took out an embroidery needle, and gently stabbed Helan who was kneeling in front of him. Helan was in pain and looked back at Ning Tianming in surprise.
County magistrate Zhang thought that a girl in Helan was not easy to say clearly, so he looked back at Ning Tianming to signal.
Immediately afterwards, the Zhang County official immediately closed the case and said: "Helan admitted that he betrothed to Ning Tianming. With the fact that the person had evidence and evidence gathered, the defendant was not allowed to refuse the marriage and got married within half a month."
Just like this, the case was settled, no matter how Yang Rengu and He Furen accused him, the Zhang County official ignored it.
Half a month later, Ning Tianming and Helan got married. On the wedding night, Ning Tianming lifted Helan's red veil and asked, "Do you really don't remember me?"
Helan was very surprised and stared at Ning Tianming for a long time, then he realized that Ning Tianming was the boy back then.
A few years ago, Helan and his maid and servant went out for a walk on the mountain, accidentally got separated from others, got lost, and cried alone in the mountains.It happened that Ning Tianming passed by chopping wood, so he escorted her back to the He family.
Halan left before he had time to ask the boy's name. Unexpectedly, many years passed, the boy had grown strong and tall, but she didn't recognize him for a while. After
, Ning Tianming and Helan were in love with each other, as if they were in harmony. With the support of He Furen, Ning Tianming began to do small business. He was flexible, hardworking and willing to work hard, and his business became bigger and bigger, and eventually he lived a wealthy life.
During the holidays, Ning Tianming and Helan both brought gifts to Xue Weng's house to thank him for his grace as a matchmaker.
is adapted from "Folk Stories". Follow @Xinyan Xiaoyu Listen to the stories and understand life!
