Stonemaster A Jin, In the 2 years of the Ming Dynasty, he was very skilled and was especially good at repairing stone tools. After his repair, there was no trace of repairing stone tools at all, which was amazing.
A Jin's craftsmanship is passed down from his ancestors, but it is very difficult to be a stonemason. His father Liu Cong became ill due to overwork and had many problems all over his body. A Jin took on the heavy responsibility of the family, worked hard to make money to support his parents, marry and have children.
That summer, the weather was hot, and A Jin had not received any job for the time being, but he was kind-hearted and helpful, and he was not idle. He helped the villagers repair pig troughs and stone mills for free early in the morning.
Suddenly, two county magistrates came to the village and asked A Jin to find A Jin. Although A Jin had never done anything that was harmful to the world, he still asked the officers nervously what to do with him? The villagers next to
thought the servant was here to catch A Jin, so he hurriedly said, "A Jin is a good guy. Did you find the wrong person?"
"We are looking for him, but we are not here to catch him, but our magistrate asked us to invite him to the county government." A Jin felt incredible, how could the magistrate find him, an ordinary stonemason?
It turned out that two days ago, there were dark clouds, lightning and thunder, and strong winds. A big tree at the entrance of the county government office was uprooted, and the tree fell to the ground and hit a stone lion at the entrance of the county government office.
The stone lion was smashed into a crack. He Zhixian was an honest official. If it was replaced with a new one, it would cost money. If it was not replaced, it would damage the majesty of the county government. Someone told He Zhixian that the stonemason A Jin was skilled and asked him to repair it, so he would ensure that it was exactly the same as before.
A Jin was relieved after learning that it was this reason. He quickly told the officer to go home and inform his parents first. Liu Cong reminded A Jin: "She is a magistrate of the county who is honest and loves the people as much as his son. You must be serious and careful, and don't embarrass our ancestors." After A Jin agreed, he arrived at the county town at noon. After following the officer to eat something briefly, he came to the county government. A Jin found that the stone lion was seriously damaged, but it did not stump A Jin.
He took out some stone powder from the bag, mixed it with water, applied it to small cracks, smashed it with bluestone in the large cracks, filled it, repair it with stone powder, and covered it with cloth.
When the sun sets, the stone lion was repaired and intact. He Magistrate He was very satisfied. Not only did he reward A Jin for five taels of silver, but he also arranged a residence for A Jin when he saw it was getting late. A Jin became famous for this and asked him to do things in a constant stream.
That day, A Jin finished his work in a family in the town and was about to go home to see his parents. Suddenly a carriage came to the front of him. A man who looked like a housekeeper said politely: "Is it Master A Jin? We, Mr. Song, invite me!"
Seeing that the other party was so polite, A Jin hurriedly asked him what he was doing to him? The housekeeper said: "Our Song Yuanwai's ancestral grave has been ravaged by storms. The stone beasts in the cemetery were destroyed in an incredible way, either their legs were broken or their ears were missing.
Although we found a stonemason to fill in the small part, there were still gaps, which seemed to be disrespectful to our ancestors. We, Song Yuanwai, are a filial son, and there are still a few months left to be the tenth anniversary of the old man, and he was very anxious.
Our Song The official learned that you could repair the stone lion at the county government office perfectly. He went to see it and was amazed. He wanted to ask you to help repair the ancestral grave. If this matter is done well, you will not have to worry about food and clothing in your life."
A Jin followed the housekeeper to the cemetery outside the county town. As expected, the rich people are different. The cemetery covers a few acres of land and is magnificent, with green cypresses and green stone carvings. There are many stone beasts and stone carvings, but they are a little old and many are damaged.
There are three rooms in the cemetery, and a servant is here to be on duty. The butler asks Ajin's servant to eat and live together. He just tells him what materials he needs. He will arrange for someone to send them and will come to check them regularly.
A Jin got up early and went to bed late, and worked hard for three months. The stone tools in the cemetery were renovated by him. Mr. Song came to inspect and inspect. He saw stone beasts, stone sculptures, and even the incomplete gaps on the stone floor. The gaps were repaired as before.
, especially the ears of the stone beast, were tightly slit, as if they had never broken, and the stains on them were cleaned up. He couldn't help but be overjoyed and praised A Jin really.
Not only that, Mr. Song also said politely: "Master A Jin, my house has been disrepair for a long time. There are many stone slabs in the courtyard with cracks. The stone bridge in the back garden, the stone table in the pavilion, and the stone burrows are some incomplete. I want to ask your mansion to repair it, but I don't know what to do?"
"Mr. Song, thanks to your praise and praise, I am not very honored. It's just that I have been away from home for too long and miss my parents. Can you allow me to go to your mansion after going home to visit my parents?" A Jin said quickly.
After hearing this, Song Yuanwai nodded and praised, "Filial piety for all virtues is the first. I am quite moved by the filial piety. The housekeeper, give the wages to Master Ajin and send him home. He will pick him up in a few days."
After Song Yuanwai said that, the housekeeper took out a heavy purse and handed it to Ajin. When Ajin opened it, he found that there were twenty taels of silver inside. This money was a drop in the bucket for Song Yuanwai, but it was an astronomical figure for Ajin.
With this money, he could open a stone shop in the town and no longer had to run around. However, he felt that his salary was a bit too much, so he quickly told Mr. Song that he didn't need it.
"Master A Jin, although the stonemason is a physical job, it is also a craftsman. With your superb craftsmanship, I don't give you much. Please take it, don't refuse. I have something to go back." Mr. Song said to A Jin.
The butler sent A Jin directly to the town. A Jin said that the carriage in the village was difficult to get through, and he wanted to buy some gifts to visit his parents, so he asked the butler to go back and make an appointment to meet in the town three days later.
After returning home, A Jin handed over the carefully selected gifts, grain, fish, medicine to delay pain on his father, and the remaining silver to his mother Zhang. Zhang happily couldn't stop talking and said that he would go to the village to find a matchmaker to find a marriage for A Jin.
Although A Jin's father Liu Cong was happy, he asked curiously who was so generous and gave so much wages? A Jin told him about repairing the cemetery for Mr. Song, and said that he would go to the Song Mansion to help repair the house in a few days.
After hearing this, Liu Cong tried his best to hide it, but his face changed drastically. Not only that, he also said, "Jin'er, take some fish to Grandma Chen in the village. When you were young, she took care of you a lot."
Because Liu Cong used to work outside most of the time, Zhang had to farm and do housework, and he didn't have much time to take care of A Jin. Grandma Chen helped take care of A Jin a lot, so A Jin didn't think much after hearing this, and quickly took some fish and left.
When she returned home, A Jin found that her mother Zhang's eyes were red and swollen, as if she had just cried, and her expression was solemn. A Jin's joy just returned home disappeared. Did her parents quarrel?
But A Jin knew that his parents have always been loving and rarely blushed, so A Jin quickly asked his mother what happened. Zhang quickly said that it was okay. His father Liu Cong said, "Jin'er, can you stop going to the Song Mansion to do things? Let them invite others?"
"Dad, why? Song Yuanwai is kind and pays a high price. You often teach me to be honest in life. I have promised the housekeeper to meet in the town three days later. How can you not go if you say you don't go?" A Jin asked curiously.
"His father, stop talking, let him go! My son grows up, trust him." Liu Cong was about to speak, but Zhang said, Ajin felt that his mother had something to say, but he asked his mother, but Zhang said that it was going to start a meal and changed the topic.
A Jin is filial and sensible. In the next few days, he not only accompanied his parents, but also went up the mountain to chop firewood and chopped the firewood. Before leaving, he also filled the water in the water tank. This time it was different from usual. A Jin's parents kept sending A Jin to the entrance of the village.
A Jin knew that his father had inconvenience in his legs and feet, and it would hurt when he walked too much, so he quickly said, "Dad, I'm not a child, don't send me so far. I will finish my work and come back as soon as possible."
A Jin's parents heard his son say this and then went home.A Jin arrived in the town. The housekeeper had already prepared a carriage to wait at the agreed place.
After arriving at the Song Mansion, they saw that the Song Mansion was luxurious and grand, with pavilions, pools, water pavilions, rockery and strange rocks, flower beds and bonsai, vine green bamboo, ornaments. If you are not careful, you may get lost inside.
Fortunately, there was a housekeeper with the housekeeper. The housekeeper said that Song Yuanwai originally wanted to invite A Jin to a meal, but he went out for a while and it would take a few days to go home. Let A Jin do his work well, and his wages are indispensable.
"Butler, I am just an ordinary stonemason. As long as I can fill my stomach, how can I ask Song Yuanwai to invite me to dinner? Don't worry, I will never be lazy. "A Jin finished speaking, not daring to be negligent. He lived in a side room in the back garden, and got up early and went busy late.
That day, A Jin was focusing on repairing the damaged stone table in a pavilion in the back garden. Suddenly, a woman's crying sound came with the sound of rapid footsteps.
A Jin looked up and saw a beautiful girl, crying so hard that she ran towards him. There were a few servants following behind him. Could it be that the maid from the Song Mansion did something wrong and was chased by the servants?
Before A Jin left, his parents told him to go to a rich family, not meddling in other people's business, concentrate on doing his own business, and go home early, so A Jin quickly flicked aside to avoid blocking their way.
"Brother, save me! "But the girl said directly behind him, A Jin was shocked. Song Yuanwai and the housekeeper were kind, not like they despise the poor and bullied others with their power. Why do they bully a servant like this?
"I am not a maid from the Song family, I was caught by them! "When A Jin asked the girl if she was a maid in the house? What happened? It was so serious that she was going to save her life? The panting girl said with tears.
Isn't this a forced robbery of a girl? The kind and brave A Jin immediately blocked the girl. The servant was stunned for a moment and quickly said with a smile: "You are Master A Jin invited by the master, right? I am also on orders, so you should not meddle in other people's business, so as not to cause trouble. "
" acted on order? Did Mr. Song ask you to catch this girl? "A Jin asked sternly, and before the servant could speak, a man dressed in a rich young man ran over with a few entourages.
rich young man said to the servant fiercely: "What's wrong with you? I asked you to bring people to me, why did she run away? Who is this kid? How dare you ruin my good things about me in my family? Why are you still standing there? Hurry up and beat me, but don’t hurt the girl. "
As soon as the words fell, several of the rich young followers rushed forward, without saying a word, and even though Ajin had the strength to punch and kick Ajin, he had many people and powerful people after all.
At this moment, the housekeeper ran over panting and said, "Young master, stop, this is the master who invited the stonemason Master Ajin to beat him up. How should the master explain when he comes back? You'd better spare him, right? "
" Use my dad to suppress me again? Isn’t he just a stonemason? What's so great about it? Just invite one if it is broken. If you have money, you can't hire a good obedient stonemason? "Young Master Song said angrily.
"Young Master, before leaving, the master specifically told me to take good care of Master Ajin. Please don't be as knowledgeable as him, let him go, right? "The housekeeper begged again.
Young Master Song was fussed by A Jin, and suddenly lost interest in the girl. Instead, he was more interested in A Jin, who was specially told by his father to take good care of him.
He signaled his followers to stop, and then looked at A Jin who was beaten to the point of his nose and face and bleeding from the corners of his mouth, and sneered: "You ran to my house to come to save the beauty, right? OK, I will give you my best wishes and let this girl go, but if you disturb my young master's good mood, I will make you pay the price. "
After saying that, Young Master Song took his entourage away, and the girl hurried over and said, "Thank you, the young master, for your kindness and virtue. The little girl Aying was unforgettable. She just followed my father to beg for food in the county because of the famine in my hometown.
Unexpectedly, he was arrested by Young Master Song, and changed my clothes and asked me to serve him. Fortunately, I was saved by you, otherwise I would not be able to live, wuwu! "
A Jin was very angry after hearing this and did not regret being beaten. Not only that, when he saw the girl so pitiful, he also handed all the money he had on her. He said, "Miss Aying, go find your father quickly, so that Young Master Song can regret it! "
The girl didn't dare to stay in the Song Mansion for a long time. She took the copper coins given to her by A Jin, asked A Jin's name and where he was from, and hurriedly left. The butler immediately said, "Master A Jin, are you okay? Do you want to take you to see a doctor? "
A Jin quickly shook his head and said it was okay, and then asked the butler, "Song Yuanwai is kind, why is Young Master Song like this? The butler ordered the servant to get some medicine for the fall and injury.
The butler saw that there was no one beside him, and he whispered: "Master A Jin, Mr. Song is only one son. If you offend him, I'm afraid there will be no good results. Why don't I send you away now?" ”
A Jin hurriedly said, “How can this work? There are still many places that have not been repaired, how could I leave halfway? I am just an ordinary stonemason, how can he do to me? "
Butler also felt that A Jin was right, but he told A Jin to try not to go anywhere near the back garden. If you meet Young Master Song, try to stay away as far as possible to avoid trouble.
A Jin wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth, rested for a while, and continued to work. For several consecutive days, everything was as usual. When A Jin saw that everything was done, he went to check out the butler and went home early.
Butler The family handed A Jin a string of copper coins, and A Jin suddenly felt something was wrong. According to the time he helped to repair the ancestral tomb last time, how could he give ten taels of silver to work?
But A Jin thought that Mr. Song gave so much money last time, so he didn't care about it this time, but the housekeeper found that A Jin's expression was wrong and immediately said in a low voice: "Master A Jin, don't think that the money is too low, this is my personal expense for you to get home.
Last time you ruined the good things of our young master. Our young master said, asking me not to give you a penny, and I am not allowed to send you back, otherwise I will not think about doing it in the Song family, alright. "
Is this the price that Young Master Song said to pay? If the wages could be exchanged for a girl's innocence or even her life, A Jin felt that the price was worth it, so he didn't care and said goodbye to the housekeeper and went home.
A Jin's home has dozens of miles of county town. Since he gave Aying the money, the housekeeper didn't give much money, so he did not stay in the town to take care of his parents. The thing hurried back home.
In the evening, when Ajin arrived at the door of his house, he was stunned because he found that his home was in ruins, as if it was burned by a fire. After Ajin came to his senses, he quickly called out to his parents.
After the neighbors saw Ajin, they hurriedly surrounded him. A neighbor sighed and said, "Ajin, you are finally back. One night a few days ago, your house suddenly caught fire.
Wait for us to put out the fire and found that your parents were already burning to death. We don’t know where you went. We all had to raise some money and bury your parents. "
The neighbor's words were like a bolt from the blue. A Jin felt a fever in his chest, vomiting blood in his mouth, and fainted. After being woken up by the villagers, he couldn't help crying loudly and began to regret not listening to his parents' words.
A Jin quickly asked the neighbor if he knew how the fire broke out at home? Could anyone set the fire on purpose? But the neighbor said that it was late at night and everyone was asleep, and no one knew how the fire in A Jin's house started.
Someone also asked A Jin if he offended someone when he was doing things outside and was retaliated against? Is this the price that Young Master Song said to pay?
A Jin thought of what Mr. Song said and immediately understood, but he just let a girl go away from Mr. Song. Is he going to kill him? And what about your parents?
A Jin lifted up his shovel and ran towards the place where his parents were buried. A Jin thought that he would go to the county government to make a sound and seek justice for his parents early the next morning. Even if it was not done by Young Master Song, he would find out the cause of the fire.
When he arrived at his parents' grave, he added new soil to his parents' grave with a shovel, and then knelt in front of his parents' grave and cried heartbrokenly. Suddenly, a strange voice said, "You are such a kind and filial young man."
A Jin stopped crying and asked who it was? But no one responded. A Jin stood up and looked around. Suddenly, he found a big snake emerging from behind his parents' grave. The big snake raised its head and spitted a letter, and said, "A Jin, are you looking for me?"
A Jin was shocked and was so scared that he retreated repeatedly. Seeing that the big snake had no intention of hurting him, he calmed down and said, "Why are you here? Why do you talk? Are you a snake fairy?"
"I am just a big snake that practices, and the snake fairy is not yet a question. Let me tell you, in fact, your parents are living well. If you don't believe me, please dig up the grave and take a look?" The big snake said.
"Snake Fairy, you said my parents are still alive, so where are they? If what you said is not true, digging your parents' grave is very disrespectful." After hearing this, A Jin was surprised and happy, and kowtowed and asked quickly.
"Dig it, since your parents are still alive, how unlucky is there a grave here?" Big snake said again. A Jin hesitated for a moment, picked up a shovel and dug open the grave. After opening the coffin, he found that it was empty inside.
A Jin then completely believed Big Snake's words, so he quickly asked Big Snake to tell him where his parents are now? He also asked what was the fire at Dashe’s house?
But the snake said, "I can't tell you now, so as not to be in danger. Don't go back for the time being, just stay here, and you will understand everything at that time."
It was already dark at this time. Although A Jin didn't understand what the snake meant, he still chose to stay, found a tree, and leaned on it to rest. A Jin wanted to talk to the snake, but the snake said he would not speak out.
Not long after, A Jin heard footsteps coming, who would come here at this night? He stood up and looked at the sound with the moonlight. He saw several masked black men holding sharp blades rushed over quickly.
A Jin saw that a few men in black were not kind, and he obviously wanted to take his life. Although he didn't know why the men in black were doing this, the hero did not suffer any loss in front of him. He quickly picked up the shovel and prepared to run away.
But those men in black were agile. When they were about to catch up with A Jin and attack him, the big snake hiding in the bushes suddenly came out and swept the two men in black to the ground with their tails.
Several men in black were scared and turned around and were about to run away, but were swept to the ground by the snake's tail. Not only that, the snake also told A Jin that they were tied up and asked why they were coming to harm you?
After A Jin found Shu Vine to trap them, he asked them why they had a grudge against him and why they wanted to kill him? In order to survive, the man in black said that it was sent by Young Master Song, and they also released the fire from Ajin's family.
A Jin was furious and wanted to settle the score with Young Master Song now. He quickly asked Big Snake how to deal with these big men in black. Can you see his parents now?
The snake said that they would tie those people to the tree first, and then send them to the county government after dawn, asking them to testify against Young Master Song, and then take Ajin to a cave not far away.
A Jin was ecstatic to find that his parents were staying safely in the cave. Not only that, he also found that Miss Aying and her father were also there. How could they be together? Why hide in a cave? Why are they with the snake?
It turned out that Aying and her father were on the way to escape from famine. They caught a snake covered in wounds and were happily trying to roast it. Aying was surprised to find that the snake was crying in her eyes. She felt compassion.
She advised those people to let the snake go, but how could they agree if they were hungry? In the end, Aying and her father endured hunger and used their hands to ask for food to replace the snake with the people, which was the child of the big snake.
Aying and her father begged along the way to the county town, but they met Young Master Song who was greedy for beauty. After Aying was rescued by Ajin in the Song Mansion, she found out that Ajin's parents were at home and were in poor health.
At the same time, Aying was even more worried that Young Master Song would not let her go, so she and her father left the county town, wanting to come to Ajin's house to repay Ajin's kindness according to the place Ajin said, and then prepare to return to his hometown.
Big Snake calculated the person Aying was looking for, that is, Ajin's parents were in trouble. If Aying went to find them, they would probably be killed together, so he and his son stopped Aying and her father on the way and took him back to the cave.
Then when Young Master Song sent someone to set fire, he cast a spell to forge two unrecognizable people blindly passing the test, and took them to the cave to get together with Aying and his daughter, tell them the truth of the matter, and let them wait patiently for Ajin.
A Jin heard that Big Snake said this, in addition to thanking Big Snake for saving his life, he also thanked the kind Aying, because if it weren't for Aying who saved Big Snake's son, Big Snake would not have saved his parents.
However, Aying said that if Ajin had not stood up, she would have been separated from her father by yin and yang, because after Aying arrived at the Song Mansion, she had already made up her mind to die in order to make her innocence.
A Jin never understood that he was just disturbing Young Master Song’s Yaxing. It would be fine if he deducted his salary, but why did he attack him and his parents? Big snake looked at A Jin's parents and said, "Only your parents know the reason."
But what does all this have to do with his parents? A Jin quickly asked his parents what they knew? However, what A Jin’s parents said made A Jin feel mixed and sad.
It turns out that A Jin is not their biological son, A Jin's father is Song Yuanwai, so they learned that A Jin was going to work in the Song Mansion and wanted to stop A Jin.
But when they think that their son grows up, they should know their own life experience, and they believe that even if A Jin, who is filial, will not ignore them.
A Jin's mother is Liu Cong's cousin Zhao, a poor woman. She was in her teens and her parents died. In order to bury her parents, she sold herself to the Song Mansion to become Song Yuanwai's maid. Because Zhao's beautiful appearance, she was attracted by Song Yuanwai and became a concubine.
And Song Yuanwai's wife Ge is a jealous woman. Seeing that Zhao was pregnant like herself, she held a grudge and deliberately got rid of Zhao. Fortunately, Ge had a maid and Zhao's sympathy with sisters. She couldn't bear to be killed by Zhao, so she walked quietly.
At that time, Mr. Song was not at home in business outside. In order to protect himself and the child in his stomach, Zhao had to quietly find his cousin Liu Cong who helped build the cemetery in the Song Mansion. Liu Cong secretly sent Mrs. Zhao back home and handed it over to his wife for care.
Zhao's family was about to give birth to a child and then asked someone to tell Song Yuanwai, but she died of dying. Since Liu Cong and Zhang had been married for many years and had no children, Zhao entrusted A Jin to Liu Cong and his wife before their death, so as not to let him return to the intrigue Song Mansion, so as not to be poisoned by Ge.
Song Yuanwai came back from business and saw Zhao, so he asked her where she went? Ge took the opportunity to slander Zhao for elopement with others, and the child in her belly was not Song Yuanwai.
Song Yuanwai knew in his heart that Zhao's character, and even more so that it might be that Ge's family that harmed Zhao, but Song Yuanwai had to rely on Ge's family in business. In addition, he had no evidence, so he had to give up the matter and did not pursue the matter again.
When he learned from the butler that the stonemason A Jin invited looked like he was young, he went to see A Jin, which aroused his nostalgia and guilt for Zhao. Therefore, he asked the butler to give A Jin more wages and asked him to go to the mansion to repair the back garden.
Young Master Song is the only son of the Song family. He was spoiled by Cui and Song Yuanwai since childhood. When he grew up, he was ignorant and spent all day outside, making fun of New Year grass, and bullying others with his power. Song Yuanwai was very disappointed with him and often lamented that he would lose all his huge property in the future.
Young Master Song was disturbed by A Jin's Yaxing. He wanted to find a chance to beat A Jin and let him lose his arms or legs, but he found that A Jin looked a little like his father, and he became suspicious when he learned from the butler that his father took special care of A Jin.
He told his mother Cui about this. The vicious mother and son secretly sent someone to inquire. After basically concluding that A Jin was the son of Zhao, he would not take him home and recognize him after he found him. This affected Young Master Song's status, so he made a poisoning plan to prevent future troubles.
But getting rid of A Jin directly at home is easy to cause trouble, so Young Master Song first sent someone to get rid of Liu Cong and his wife, and then waited for A Jin to get rid of him after he returned, so that Mr. Song would be kept in the dark forever.
But good will be rewarded, and evil will be rewarded, not because the time has not come, Young Master Song and Ge finally paid the price for their viciousness, because A Jin did not make a fuss because Young Master Song is his half-brother.
He took the arrested men in black to the county government office and sued Young Master Song and Ge to court. He Magistrate enforced the law impartially and was selfless. Ge remembered that he would spend the rest of his life in prison and died of suicide. Young Master Song was exiled to a bitter and cold place.
Song Yuanwai suffered a stroke due to a blow. Although he was taken care of by A Jin, he still passed away a year later. He Zhixian judged the Song family's property A Jin to deal with it. A Jin knew that he was not able to manage the huge family business, and he just wanted to spend his life indifferently.
He sold the property he took over, and used part to help the victims, part to repair the county government, and the rest purchased the land in his hometown. He naturally became a relative of Aying. After marriage, the couple was loving, filial to their parents, and lived a happy life.
On the day they got married, a strange middle-aged man came to congratulate him with a child. They were the big snake father and son. Because they helped A Jin and Aying, they accumulated merits and their cultivation increased greatly, and they could transform into human forms.
[Story End]
