During the Zhenguan period of the Tang Dynasty, there were two small stalls selling tofu and pork in a small town in Taoyuan area of Longyou Road.
tofu seller is Li Qing. He looks gentle but likes to take advantage of him, so his business is not good, his life is very poor, but he married a beautiful wife.
The pork stall is Zhang Ju, who has grown all the characteristics that butchers should have. He is tall and strong, with a beard all over his face, and half of his face has been scalded with boiling water, leaving scars. He is generous and helpful, so his business is good and his family is in good condition, but he has not married a wife.
Zhang Ju family also has an old mother. Seeing that her son was in his early thirties and could not marry a wife, he was very anxious. He told him to go on a blind date but refused to go, saying that he was afraid that he would scare the girl.
That day, Zhang's mother colluded with the doctor and pretended to be seriously ill. The doctor said she would not have lived for a month. Zhang's mother said that her only regret was that she failed to meet Zhang Ju and could not rest in peace even if she died.
The next day, Zhang Ju was absent-minded in selling meat and kept sighing. When Li Qing saw it, he asked, "Brother Zhang, why have you been sighing all the time? Did you encounter something?"
Zhang Ju sighed and said, "My mother is seriously ill, I'm afraid she can't last for a month. Her last wish is to see me get married. But why do I find a wife in a month like this?" Zhang Ju said frustratedly.
After hearing this, Li Qing turned his eyes and said, "This is easy! You can just find someone to pretend to be a good person."
"Not very good! Besides, who should I look for pretending to be a good person?" Zhang Ju said.
"Just pretend for a month, and then you find your wife and apologize to the old lady, so that she can spend this period of time with peace of mind. As for the candidate, you don't have to worry. What do you think of my wife?" After Li Qing said that, his eyes were straight at the pork on the chopping board.
Li Qing’s wife is Xiao Mei, she looks very handsome. Zhang Ju has also seen her when she delivered food to Li Qing. "If my brother and sister are willing to help, it's better." He said that, he picked the largest piece of meat and gave it to Li Qing.
Li Qing happily returned home with the meat. As soon as he entered the house, his wife blamed him for buying such a large piece of meat. She couldn't live a life.
Li Qing said that this was given by Zhang Ju and told his wife about the incident.
Xiao Mei cursed when she heard this, "Why are you so unpromising? Can you say all this?"
"Wife, don't worry first, think about it, Brother Zhang's old mother is seriously ill, we can fulfill her wish to be considered good! Besides, just pretending to be a month, you see that you gave such a large piece of meat before you even went there. Will you still be less in the future?" Li Qing said with a slutty brow.
Xiao Mei glanced at him and said, "You don't care, what do I care?"
The next day, Zhang Ju took Xiao Mei home. Zhang's mother was happy when she saw Xiao Mei's handsome appearance.
While dinner, Zhang's mother said she had to drink some wine to celebrate. Zhang Ju asked Xiao Mei if she could drink a little, but Xiao Mei was not easy to shirk her and nodded.
Unexpectedly, after a cup, the two of them were a little hot and fluttering. It turned out that the old lady saw Xiao Mei looking beautiful and was afraid that she would regret it. She could only feel at ease when she cooked the raw rice. So I put medicine in the wine.
The next day, the two woke up and regretted it, but the matter had already happened. The two had no choice but to agree not to let Li Qing know without hiding it.
Just like this, Li Qing went to Zhang Ju's place every day to pick a large piece of meat, and his life was very comfortable.
It was almost a month in a blink of an eye, but the old lady's health was getting better and better, not as if she was sick at all. However, Xiao Mei discovered that she was pregnant after that night.
She told Zhang Ju that she was pregnant. Zhang Ju was as anxious as an ant on a hot pan and said, "How to explain to Li Qing!"
Xiao Mei said, "This is also God's will. I am willing to live with you. Let's move away from here!" It turned out that during the days of the Zhang family, Zhang's mother treated her like her daughter, and Zhang Ju was considerate and understanding. Thinking of Li Qing asking herself to do such a thing for a few pieces of pork, she really couldn't find a reason to go back. This child was the last straw.
Zhang Ju was very happy to hear that Xiao Mei was willing to live with her, and then the family moved out of here.
Let’s talk about Li Qing again. I haven’t seen Zhang Ju come to sell meat for a few days, nor have my wife come home. He ran to Zhang Ju's family but saw that the building was empty.
He regretted it and sat on the ground and cried loudly. He fell ill soon after and died of depression. I really picked up sesame and lost the watermelon.
