Highly in the late Ming Dynasty, there was an Anjiazhai in Huangshan, Anhui Province, and Anjiazhai was at the foot of a big mountain. As the saying goes: rely on the mountains to eat the mountains and water to eat water. The people of Anjiazhai make a living by chopping wood and hunting. Although they are not rich, they don’t have to worry about eating and drinking.
There is a mother and son in Anjia Village. The mother Wang is in her forties and her son An Mingliang is seventeen or eighteen years old. Wang is spinning and weaving cloth at home every day. An Mingliang goes up the mountain to chop firewood, hunt, and then carries it to the city to sell it, and buy rice and flour to make a living.
Although the life of the mother and son is hard, they can eat and wear well, but they have no savings. Therefore, An Mingliang has not gotten married even when he was seventeen or eighteen years old.
Wang saw that other people's children had married and had children, and it was impossible for him to be anxious. However, the conditions at home did not allow it, so Wang said that he would let his son go to the city to work and earn more money to get back to marry his wife.
An Mingliang said, "I'm leaving, who will take care of my mother? I don't want you to worry about you!"
Wang said, "I'm in good health and don't need your care. Just go! Work hard outside for two years. We have a better life and we won't have to worry about not being able to marry a wife."
At the urging of her mother, An Mingliang had to bring two pieces of changing clothes and set off. When he came to the city, he went to Ya market to find work. As soon as he arrived, an old man came to him and said, "Young man, I see that you are strong and came from the mountains, right?"
"My family lives at the foot of the mountain, goes up the mountain to chop wood and hunt every day. This body has been exercised. We can do anything with our efforts. Do you need a man?"
The old man said, "My family needs a man, how about the wages of five cents a day?"
An Mingliang happily agreed when he heard that the wages were not low. The old man took him into a remote courtyard and then came to a basement, which was filled with ceramic jars of large and small. The old man said that it was all medicinal wine made of various poisonous snakes, and his daily work was to stir medicinal wine with a large and wooden spoon.
On this day, the owner of the house, Mr. Liu, bought another big snake. The snake was covered in scars and almost all the scales on its body fell off. The owner put the big snake in a large tank and brought some meat for An Mingliang to feed it on time.
The big snake lay quietly in the big tank, motionless. An Mingliang fed it and didn't eat it. He thought the big snake was dead, so he poked it with a stick, but the big snake suddenly raised its head, its eyes glowing green.
An Mingliang was startled and quickly retracted his hand, then put a piece of pork in a large jar and said, "Eat it quickly!"
"Little brother, I want to ask you to do me a favor!"
An Mingliang had goose bumps all over his body when he heard it. The big snake actually made the old man's voice. He was so scared that his face turned pale and he stood there and didn't dare to move.
The big snake said again: "Don't be afraid, I won't hurt you..."
It turned out that this big snake was a python that had been practicing for five hundred years. Because of the failure to overcome the tribulation, he was seriously injured and had no magic power, so he was caught and sold by the snake catcher.
An Mingliang also felt very sympathetic to the snake and said, "What do you want me to help you?"
Big Snake said, "I'm seriously injured now. You go to a cave in the southeast corner of Qinglong Mountain. There is a grass peeping in the cave. If you get it, I will heal after eating it."
An Mingliang looked at the big snake covered in wounds. He couldn't bear to refuse, so he agreed. In the middle of the night, he quietly climbed over the wall and ran out. He came to the cave that the snake mentioned, and found a grass shining with golden light inside.
He pulled down the grass, put it in his arms and went back. He wanted to return to the house before dawn, but it would be troublesome if his master discovered it.
An Mingliang ran all the way, quickly returned to the house before dawn, and immediately took out the grass from his arms and gave it to the snake to eat. After the snake had eaten it, a miracle happened. The wound on its body healed at a speed visible to the naked eye, and snake scales also grew.
Big Snake said, "Thank you, little brother, I will repay you in the future."
An Mingliang said, "It's just a simple task, you don't have to be polite."He felt sad when he thought that the snake was about to be soaked by Liu Yuanwai.
said, "After your injury healing, the official will be soaked by you..."
said sadly: "I have no magic power now, so I can only let it be dealt with! "
The next day, when Mr. Liu came to see the snake, he found that the wound on it had healed. He was happy and immediately asked a few servants to bring a large jar of wine and said, "This snake has been around for hundreds of years, and the wine it soaked with is not exchanged for gold! "
Which while Liu Yuanwai was talking, the snake suddenly jumped up and bit him in the face. He fell to the ground in an instant and died before he could rescue him. The big snake also ran away in the chaos.
Mrs. Liu saw that her husband was dead and cried to death, saying, "I advised you not to kill. If you don't listen, I insisted on making money by soaking snake wine. Now you are bitten to death by snakes. It's really retribution..."
Mrs. Liu Yuanwai was bitten to death by snakes. Mrs. Liu ordered people to pour out all the snake wine and buried the snakes used to soak wine. An Mingliang was also unemployed. The Liu family was sad and he couldn't ask for wages, so he left the Liu family.
An Mingliang has been away from home for more than a month and has not earned a single point. In order to earn more money, he went to the dock to load and unload goods. Others carried one bag at a time, and he carried two bags, and he earned twice as much money than others.
Let’s talk about Wang. Since his son went to work in the city, all the work at home has fallen on her. He worked during the day, went up the mountain to collect firewood, and spinned and weaved cloth at home at night. Life is very hard, but it is also fulfilling.
One day, she went to the mountain to chop firewood. When she went down the mountain, it was already dark. She walked home with the firewood on her back. She felt more and more tired as she walked. She really couldn’t walk anymore, so she put the firewood on the side of the road and prepared to rest for a while before leaving.
As soon as she sat down, a middle-aged man came over and asked, “Big girl, how far is Anjia Village? "
Mrs. Wang looked up at the man. He was a stranger. She had never seen him before and said, "You are not a local, are you? "
The man said, "My name is Yu Youcai. I was from the north. I have been living alone for so many years. Because my hometown was hit by a disaster, I came here with all my savings and prepared to do some small business here. Unexpectedly, when I was staying in a hotel, the money I had on my body was stolen! I can only go to Anjiazhai to seek refuge with my relatives! "
When Wang heard this, he let go of his guard and said out of kindness: "I am from Anjiazhai and will arrive soon. You can follow me. "
Yu Youcai quickly thanked him when he heard this and said, "That relationship is good. "As he said that, he carried Wang's firewood.
The two returned to the village one by one and one after another. Yu Youcai sent the firewood to Wang's house. Wang was dissatisfied and said he wanted to keep him for dinner. Yu Youcai said, "I haven't eaten for a day. I'm so hungry. Thank you so much, the big girl. "
Wang quickly went to the kitchen to cook. She cooked a pot of corn batter and spread a few big cakes to entertain Yu Youcai. Yu Youcai hesitated for a moment when he saw the meal, and then started eating.
After eating, Yu Youcai had no intention of leaving. Wang asked him what his relative's name was and could take him to find him. Yu Youcai said, "It's a distant relative of mine. I heard my parents say it before, and it seems that he is called Wang Laoyao. "
When Wang heard this, he said, "Wang Laoyao is an elderly widowed man. He passed away a few years ago, but his house is empty, so you can live there. "
A woman from Wang's family was not convenient for leaving a strange man, so she sent Yu Youcai to two dilapidated thatched houses in Wang Laoyao's house.
The next day, Yu Youcai did not leave, but went to find the village chief and said that she was Wang Laoyao's distant relative and was now homeless and wanted to live in the village.
Since he was Wang Laoyao's relative, the village chief agreed to live without saying a word. In order to make a living, Yu Youcai would go up the mountain to chop wood and hunt every day. When he met Wang, he would help him and give some of the prey he had brought. Wang felt that he was quite kind.
In recent days, the people in Anjiazhai have been in panic because two young women have been missing in the village. The villagers searched for three days and three nights, but they didn't even find their hair.
people in the village were afraid that bad luck would come to them, so they went to find the village chief together, saying that the two missing women must have been harmed, and the object of their suspicion was pointed to the same person, that is, Yu Youcai, who was from the outside, lived alone, and the crime was very suspected.
The village chief said, "You have no evidence and you can't just doubt people. Besides, we live a lot of people alone in our village, and they are all suspicious..."
Everyone made sense after hearing this. The bachelors in the village were suspected of committing crimes. Everyone asked to send a few people to the county government for interrogation. In order to make the villagers feel at ease, the village chief went to the county government to report to the county government. When the magistrate heard that two living people were missing, and they were young women, he did not dare to neglect them. He brought people to Anjiazhai to investigate the case. After a few days of investigation, he found nothing, and the matter was left unresolved.
Yu Youcai often helps Wang's work. Wang is unhappy and will also make shoes and socks for him. After a while, the lonely man and the widows developed feelings for him. Yu Youcai proposed to live with Wang, but Wang was afraid that the villagers would laugh at him. Besides, her son didn't know about this, so she did not agree.
Once, Wang got sick and had a high fever and was bedridden. If Yu Youcai hadn't come to her home, I'm afraid no one would have known that she died of illness.
Yu Youcai saw that Wang was sick, so he quickly hired a doctor for her, and took care of her carefully and cooked her medicine. With Yu Youcai's care, Wang's illness recovered.
After Wang got well, he felt that it was really impossible to have no companion. No one knew about a headache or a fever, but she couldn't hide her face and was very entangled.
At this moment, the village chief found Wang and said that he would match her to live with Yu Youcai. He said that the two of them would take care of each other and their future life would be enjoyable.
Although Wang has entered his forties, he still yearns for love. She thought of Yu Youcai's meticulous care for her, and her heart was warm. She also thought of Yu Youcai living alone in a foreign land and also wanted to give her family warmth. After repeated considerations, Wang agreed shyly.
Soon, Yu Youcai moved to Wang's house to live together. Even if the two got married, Yu Youcai refused to let Wang go out to work, and asked her to do some more relaxed housework at home. Wang was very moved and found the happiness that she had lost for a long time.
Shortly after Wang got married, another young woman in the village disappeared for no reason. The whole village was once again shrouded in fear. As soon as the day went dark, everyone closed the door early and turned off the lights and went to bed, especially those young girls and wives did not dare to go out at all.
Wang was also very scared in the past. Now that with Yu Youcai as her companion, she has reliance and is not so scared.Wang relied on Yu Youcai's arms and said, "Thanks to my husband, I really dare not sleep alone."
Yu Youcai said, "I will protect you, don't be afraid of anything, it's okay, huh?"
An Mingliang said, "I have worked on the dock for half a year and earned some money, so she was going home to visit her mother. He bought two boxes of snacks and a piece of cloth for his mother, and then went home happily.
An Mingliang suddenly came home, which made Wang a little at a loss. She quickly pulled her son to the inner room and told her that she had found a wife, hoping that her son would understand her.
An Mingliang knew that it was not easy for his mother to live alone, and he was not at home, so he had to worry about her at home and outside, so he couldn't rest assured that finding a wife would also have a support for his mother. An Mingliang supported Wang very much.
Wang originally thought his son would not want it, but unexpectedly, his son supported her very much, so her heart was put in her stomach. Yu Youcai came back from outside, and Wang introduced the two. An Mingliang looked at his honest stepfather and liked him very much. The father and son drank a few drinks and had a happy chat.
An Mingliang stayed at home for one night and left early the next morning. Before leaving, Yu Youcai said, "You can make money outside with peace of mind. Just leave your mother to me. I will take good care of her!"
An Mingliang was very grateful to Youcai and bowed and said, "Then my mother will trouble my father to take care of her. My father must take good care of her. I will come back to honor the two elders..."
Now that Wang has a support, An Mingliang has no worries. He is in a particularly good mood and works harder. She wants to work hard for another two years, and then go home to marry a wife and respect her parents.
One day, An Mingliang was moving goods on the dock when he saw a young woman walking towards him and said, "Please send our lady's things to the mansion!"
The goods he is unloading now are a batch of silk products, which belong to Boss Wang in the city. This young woman is the maid of Boss Wang's house.
An Mingliang was unloading the goods. He was a little hesitant, and the maid said again, "I have told the manager that you remember all these tasks for you, and your wages are indispensable."
An Mingliang followed the maid to a large bag of goods, carried them and left. He followed the maid to deliver the goods to the palace. Sister Wang Meiji was very happy when she saw it, so she gave him two taels of silver and said, "Come on, I will give you the shipping fee!"
"This... this is too much." He only worked on the dock for three taels of silver for a month, and this trip was only two taels of goods. An Mingliang felt that it was too much, so he didn't collect it.
Wang Meiji looked at him carefully and said, "This is the first time I have seen someone who thinks it's too much money. Even if I reward you, take it, I will find you if there is any work in the future."
An Mingliang knew that this little money was not worth mentioning to Wang Meiji. Although he was short of money, it was not the money he deserved. He felt uneasy when he took it, so he took what he deserved from the bag of silver, put the rest on the table, and then left.
This Wang Meiji has seen many people, but the first time she saw such a honest man, and An Mingliang is also a handsome talent, she developed a good impression of him in her heart.
In the following days, Wang Meiji always brought her maid to the dock to stroll. Looking at An Mingliang who was sweating profusely, she felt an indescribable feeling in her heart. Even if she didn't speak, she just looked at her from a distance and felt very satisfied.
Wang Meiji's personal maid Xiaohong has been with her since she was ten years old and has long figured out her temper. She thought her lady was interested in An Mingliang, so she took the initiative to inquire about his background.
An Mingliang is a honest person. He has never done anything wrong, and there is no need to hide these things, so he told the maid. After Wang Meiji learned about it, she felt that An Mingliang was a reliable person.
Wang Meiji is not only one in a million appearance, but also well-educated and knowledgeable. Many rich young men in the city want to get along with her for a hundred years, but she thinks that those people are all slick and unreliable, so the marriage has never been done.
Boss Wang and his wife were also worried about their daughter's marriage, afraid that they would not be able to find a good one when they were old, so they urged her to find someone who was a good match and not be too picky.
Wang Meiji said, "Don't worry about me, I already have a choice in my heart."
Mrs. Wang quickly asked her daughter which son was. Wang Meiji did not hide it, and said she liked a man named An Mingliang, saying that he was a mover on the dock.
Mrs. Wang was shocked when she heard this and said, "How vulgar the porter, how could you be a lady from a family... This is not possible, absolutely not. Your father and I don't require you to be a wealthy family, but this is too unmatched?"
Wang Meiji said, "How can my mother know if it's not a good match? As long as I like it, it's a good match!"
Boss Wang was also frightened when he learned about his daughter's thoughts. He didn't expect that his daughter, who has always been arrogant and noble, would fall in love with a poor boy? This was incredible, but he did not explicitly object, but called his daughter into the room.
said, "My son was born with a beautiful country and was versatile. Many young talents couldn't catch your eyes. I heard your mother say you already have something to do?"
Wang Meiji said, "Dad, the person the child likes is An Mingliang who moves goods on the dock. He will never marry in this life!"
Boss Wang said, "Don't rush to say whether to marry or not. Dad asks you, do you understand him? Dad is even more curious. Why did he, a rough man who is illiterate, fall into my son's eyes?"
Wang Meiji used all the words of praise on An Mingliang. Finally, the three words are kindness, honesty, and not greedy for money.
Boss Wang only has this daughter. Of course, he doesn't want her to marry a poor boy without a background. He said, "You have to think about this matter carefully. Don't regret it for life if you impulse."
Wang Meiji said that she had already considered it and didn't need to think about it anymore. Mrs. Wang told Wang Meiji a lot of truths, saying that a marriage that is not a good match will not be happy and will not last long, but Wang Meiji has made up her mind and is unwilling to listen at all.
Boss Wang and his wife are very fond of their daughter, even to the point of being spoiled. Faced with Wang Meiji's stubbornness, they had no choice but to find An Mingliang. An Mingliang couldn't believe it when he heard it. He never dreamed that Miss Wang would fall in love with him.
An Mingliang said, "Ms. Wang has a noble status. I am just a person who works hard. How can I be worthy of Miss? I really have nothing to do with Miss Wang!"
Mrs. Wang told Wang Meiji about An Mingliang's words. As soon as she heard this, she went to An Mingliang to confess. Faced with such a woman who dared to love and hate, An Mingliang was also ashamed of herself. Few women like Miss Wang don't like it, but he knew his identity and clearly refused.
Wang Meiji called him cowardly and cowardly, and did not dare to pursue his own happiness, and then left without looking back. Looking at Wang Meiji's back as she was leaving, An Mingliang felt very uncomfortable.
One day, Wang Meiji's maid Xiaohong came to the dock and said that the master asked him to go there. An Mingliang came to the Wang family with a feeling of uneasy kicking. It turned out that Boss Wang wanted to marry his daughter to him.
An Mingliang was flattered when she heard this and couldn't believe her ears. She didn't know what to say. The reason why Boss Wang agreed to this was because Wang Meiji was in a depressed mood these days, and she didn't eat or drink, and was bedridden. For the sake of her daughter's health, they had to compromise.
Boss Wang arranged An Mingliang to do work in his silk shop and chose a wedding date for the two. An Mingliang said that he had an old mother and stepfather and wanted to go home to get married. Boss Wang gave him a few silver ingots and asked him to go home to prepare, and then came to marry his daughter.
An Mingliang returned home and told her mother that she wanted to marry Boss Wang's daughter. Wang was so happy that she didn't close her eyes all night. She never expected that her son would marry the daughter of a wealthy family.
Auspicious day soon came, and An Mingliang married Wang Meiji into the house. The Anjia Village was in full bloom, saying that An Mingliang was a blessed person.
At the night of the bridal chamber, the young couple was as close as ever, and they fell asleep after they were lingering. They soon fell asleep. Just as he was sleeping soundly, he suddenly saw a monster with black hair, red nose and green eyes standing in front of the bed, and his red tongue stretched out half a foot long, as if he had seen the delicious food.
An Mingliang was frightened and woke up suddenly. He quickly lit the candle, but saw nothing. He looked at his sleeping wife beside him, and then he felt relieved and fell asleep again.
As soon as he fell asleep, he saw a big snake lying on the ground. The big snake said, "Come to Qinglong Mountain to find me tomorrow. I have something to tell you!" An Mingliang was about to ask something, but the big snake disappeared.
The next day, An Mingliang felt uneasy when he thought of the strange dream last night. He was afraid that his family would be afraid, so he didn't say anything, and went to Qinglong Mountain alone.
When he arrived at Qinglong Mountain, he saw the big snake in his dream. It was the injured big snake. The big snake said, "Tonight, put this thing on the head of the bed... Your stepfather is not a human...buried him..."
An Mingliang felt scared when he heard the big snake's words. He hurried home with the things given by the big snake.
That night, An Mingliang quietly placed the bell given to him by the snake at the head of the bed. He closed his eyes and pretended to sleep. In the middle of the night, the monster with red eyes and green nose came to his room again and approached the bed step by step.
An Mingliang squinted his eyes and did not dare to move. The long red tongue stretched towards Wang Meiji's neck. He wanted to stop it, but when he thought of the big snake's words, he did not move. At this moment, the bell at the head of the bed rang, and the sound was like thunder, deafening.
The monster screamed and lay on the ground, then turned into a big bad wolf. The bell kept ringing, and the big bad wolf struggled in pain and fainted on the ground.
At this time, Wang Meiji also woke up. She saw the big bad wolf on the ground so scared that she trembled all over, so she hugged An Mingliang tightly.
Wang, who was next door, heard the sound, quickly turned on the light and wanted to ask her husband to see what was going on. Unexpectedly, Yu Youcai's shadow was no longer visible. She quickly put on her clothes and passed by. Seeing a wolf lying on the ground, she was so scared that she couldn't speak.
An Mingliang got off the bed, took out the bag given to him by the big snake, and put the big bad wolf in it. It was already dawn and the village had returned to peace.
The villagers had long heard the deafening thunder, because there were several young women missing in the village before. Everyone thought it was a monster, so no one dared to get up to see it. They ran out after dawn to see what was going on.
An Mingliang carried the bag containing the big bad wolf into the yard. Everyone didn't know what was going on, and they were talking about it. An Mingliang told everyone the truth.
It turns out that Yu Facai is a wolf monster who has practiced for two hundred years. In order to achieve the right result as soon as possible, he transformed into a human, came to live in the village, and specifically harmed young women and increased his magic power.
The reason why he married Wang was to protect his identity and make it easier for the crime. The missing people in the village were killed by him.
Liu Mingliang married a beautiful wife like a flower. Of course, the wolf monster would not let her go. She went to commit crimes at night in the bridal chamber. Unexpectedly, An Mingliang woke up and he could only hide and wait for the opportunity.
The next night, the wolf monster sneaked into An Mingliang's bedroom again, but was shocked by the big snake's bell, and fainted. An Mingliang put it into the bag given to him by the big snake, because the bag was not an ordinary bag, and the wolf monster was already dead.
Everyone was shocked and angry when they heard An Mingliang's words. They picked up the stick and hit the bag, then carried it to the mountain, dug a cave several meters deep and buried it.
After experiencing this incident, Wang was very guilty and felt that he had led the wolf monster to the village, so he apologized to everyone from door to door.
The villagers didn't blame her, they said that the wolf monster was too cunning, but in fact she was also a victim. An Mingliang took out some money to visit families who had lost their loved ones, and then took his mother and wife back to the city.
Since then, no population disappears in Anjiazhai, and they live safely from generation to generation.
Dear readers: This story tells us that people with unknown origins should not easily believe it, and the principle of being guarded against others is indispensable.
This story has nothing to do with superstition, and is mainly to promote folk culture and punish evil and promote good.
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