During the Qing Dynasty period, there was a cowherd named Meng Qiyue in Xuanhua. He had an eighty-year-old mother lying in bed, and a widowed sister-in-law and three children in her family to take care of. His life was extremely difficult, but this could not change his kind heart. On this day, Meng Qiyue went to the mountain to herd cattle and met a seriously injured ram.
The ram was caught in the abdomen, which was probably the result of the hunters in the village. Meng Qiyue felt compassion and pulled out the long arrow on his body. He also sewed the wounds on the ram with the needlework he learned from his mother when he was a child. He also carefully wrapped the bandages and put the ram back to the forest.
Yang looked back at Meng Qiyue in one step and ran away reluctantly. That night, Meng Qiyue lay on the bed to rest and had a dream. The Yang who was rescued by him came to him and said, "Benefactor, if you go to the river tomorrow, you will see several beauties taking a bath by the river. You steal the clothes on the river bank, so that the beauties will stay by your side."
After Meng Qiyue woke up, he was a little suspicious of the truth and falsehood of the dream, and the behavior of stealing clothes was not in line with the behavior of a gentleman. He was hesitating whether to go. At this time, his mother Chen called him to his side and asked him to find a way to get married and have children. But Meng Qiyue also wanted to get married and have children. A girl must be able to like him. With his conditions, even if the girl fell in love with his character and learned that his family was poor, she would not suffer with him.
Meng Qiyue didn't want to worry Chen, so he kept nodding and said yes, and was worried when he went out. He had been struggling for half a day, but he went to the riverside in the evening. He heard a girl's playful sound. Meng Qiyue's cheeks flushed when he heard it, and did not dare to look up at the river at all. He only put a red dress on the shore in his arms and hid behind a big banyan tree.
The one who took a bath in the river were several goddesses walking together. Among them, one of the youngest goddesses was Shen Danyan. She didn't say a word from beginning to end, but just kept watching the sisters' shy smile. When they were all washed, put on their clothes and prepared to leave, Shen Danyan also found clothes on the river bank, but searched for them for a long time but couldn't find them. Other goddesses returned to the heaven, but she still stayed in the river and couldn't go out.
At this time, Meng Qiyue appeared behind the big banyan tree and handed her the clothes in her hand.
It was the second update at this time. Meng Qiyue asked her to stay at home for a night and prepared dinner for her. This made Shen Danyan feel good about Meng Qiyue. The next morning, she was about to return to the heaven, but it encountered heavy rain. Shen Danyan had no choice but to stay at Meng Qiyue's house again. After that, she thought of leaving every time, it would rain heavily in the sky. She thought that God was matching her and Meng Qiyue, and got married to Meng Qiyue on earth, and gave birth to a son named Meng Yukun, who was preparing to stay in earth and live with Meng Qiyue.
The couple has a harmonious relationship and is very loving. In addition to herding cattle, Meng Qiyue spent the rest of her time with his wife and children at home, and Shen Danyan also helped take care of her mother-in-law, which saved Meng Qiyue a lot of worry.
In the blink of an eye, one evening thirteen years later, Meng Yukun grew up like a teenager. On that day, Meng Qiyue had not come back to herd cattle, and only Meng Yukun and his mother Shen Danyan were at home. At this time, the sky suddenly rolled in dark clouds, and a goddess with golden light was standing in the sky. She was Shen Danyan's mother Cao.
One day, one year on earth, Shen Danyan lived in the world for thirteen years, and only thirteen days passed in heaven. Cao always thought she was having fun with other goddesses. When he saw a few goddesses who were taking a bath with Shen Danyan, he learned that she had not returned to the heavenly court. Shen came to the world in a hurry to search, but found that Shen Danyan had become a relative of mortals.
Mortals and gods are together, and they violate the rules of heaven. Such gods must be severely punished.
Cao was furious. She didn't wait for Shen Danyan to resist and took her back to heaven with her. She was worried that she would get involved with mortals again and seal her in the green mountains. People outside could not enter at will, and Shen Danyan could not come out inside.
Meng Qiyue, who had put the cow home, learned all this from his son and spent every day heartbrokenly until the evening of the day, he dreamed of a ram again.
Gongyang said in his dream: "My benefactor, in ten days, a Taoist priest named Song Zhenren will appear in the village. You ask your son to kneel at his feet to worship him as his teacher, and let him teach Meng Yukun the magic. When Meng Yukun learns, he can save Shen Danyan."
After experiencing the last incident, Meng Qiyue has believed in Gong Yang's words. On the tenth day, he guarded at the entrance of the village and really met Song Zhenren, and quickly asked Meng Yukun to kneel down for Song Zhenren.
Meng Yukun missed her mother and wanted to save her as soon as possible. He told Song Zhenren about his own experience in tears.
Song Zhenren was moved when he heard this, so he took Meng Yukun back to the Taoist temple and personally led him to practice magic. His brothers and sisters also helped teach Meng Yukun. In addition, Meng Yukun was diligent and studious, practicing day and night, and finally learned a whole range of magic ten years later.
Before leaving, Song Zhenren gave Meng Yukun a sword and asked him to use the sword to break the seal in the mountain. In this way, Cao had no way to trap Shen Danyan anymore. Meng Yukun took the sword to the foot of the green mountain and found a cave to enter. He really saw his mother Shen Danyan inside.
However, at that time, Shen Danyan was crippled with her cultivation and was lying weakly on the stone slab. Meng Yukun wanted to get close to her, but was blocked by the barrier. At this time, he took out his sword, split the seal with one sword, and then carried his mother into his arms.
Not long after, Shen Danyan slowly woke up. She and her son went home and met her husband Meng Qiyue. The family had been together for more than ten years before they were reunited, and everyone was overjoyed.
The Cao family in the sky thought that Shen Danyan had been in the green mountains. On that day, she went to Qingshan to visit her daughter and saw if she had sincerely repented. When she arrived at Qingshan, she found that her daughter had run away. However, she was moved by the relationship between her daughter and mortals, so she did not chase her back, but let her be with mortals.
