Ming Dynasty During the Jiajing period, there was a woman named Ma Yulian in Yushui Village. She was beautiful, gentle and virtuous. There was a long queue of matchmakers who came to propose marriage in front of the door.
There is a scholar named Wu Dayou in the village. He has studied. Although his family is a little poor, he is also a cultural person.
Ma Yulian did not dislike Wu Dayouqian, so the two became husband and wife, and Wu Dayou also passed the imperial examination and his family became richer.
Whenever Ma Yulian goes to buy groceries, she is envied.
However, unexpected events occurred. Wu Dayou met a bandit on his way to Beijing to take the exam, was frightened, and fell ill after coming back.
The backbone of the family fell down, and Ma Yulian cried every day, and she lost a lot of weight.
The aunt Wu in the village saw it and felt pain in her heart. She said to Ma Yulian, "I heard that there is wild ginseng on the Nanshan Mountain 20 kilometers away. Why don't you go there and try your luck? Pick the wild ginseng and replenish your husband's body. Maybe you will get better." After hearing this, Ma Yulian entrusted Wu Dayou to her brother-in-law and went to Nanshan alone.
The road in Nanshan was very long. It was a heavy snowstorm again. It was very cold and there were not many pedestrians on the road.
When Ma Yulian came to the foot of Nanshan Mountain, she met an old man who had just come down from the mountain. The old man asked her, "Baby, are you going to enter the mountain?"
"Yes, grandpa, my husband is sick. I want to go to the mountain to pick wild ginseng." Ma Yulian replied.
"The mountain is blocked by heavy snow, I can't go. It's sulfur. Take it, there are many snakes on the mountain."
Ma Yulian thanked the old man and went up the mountain. However, the mountain is covered with snow, and the road is very difficult to walk. It is even more difficult to find wild ginseng.
Not long after, Ma Yulian came to the top of the mountain. The wild ginseng was not found, and the heavy snow was getting heavier and heavier. She walked to the thatched hut left by the hunter to hide.
At this time, she discovered that there were two people in the thatched hut. Hunter Zhang took his son Xiao Zhang. When the hunter Zhang saw Ma Yulian, he was also quite surprised and asked, "Why did this girl appear here alone?"
Ma Yulian told the whole story, and hunter Zhang exclaimed, "Your husband has a virtuous wife like you. It's really a blessing he has cultivated in his previous life."
At this time, Xiao Zhang said, "Dad, it's too cold. Let's bake the fox meat and eat it." He opened the bag, and a big white fox was revealed.
Ma Yulian saw that the fox was very pitiful, so she said, "Brother, can you sell this fox to me?"
Hunter Zhang said, "The girl is a kind-hearted person at first glance. Well, this fox could have sold 3 cents of silver, so give me 10 yuan."
Ma Yulian paid the money, then loosened the rope on the fox and threw it outside the house. The fox ran away, looked back at Ma Yulian, and disappeared into the night.
hunter Zhang said, "Girl, I'm going down the mountain. I heard that there are wild ginseng in the mountain nest to the west. Girls can go there to try their luck."
After the hunter left, Ma Yulian took a break for a while and headed towards the west. Perhaps she was lucky, she actually dug a small piece of wild ginseng. She wrapped the wild ginseng and rushed to the house.
After she arrived at home, she did not see her husband. At this time, the uncle walked in and said, "Baby, Dayou is waiting for you at Zhang Yuanwai's house. Let me take you there." On the way, Ma Yulian asked Uncle how Dayou was in good health. Uncle said that Mr. Zhang gave wild ginseng and the illness had been cured long ago.
Hearing this, Ma Yulian felt relieved.
Zhang Yuanwai's home lives in a town more than 50 miles away. He has many shops at home and is a rich man.
After seeing Mr. Zhang, the uncle said, "Master, I brought you the person. What do you think?"
Mr. Zhang nodded and said, "Well, it's her. Come and take her into the house and dress up."
Ma Yulian didn't understand what was going on, but when she saw Mr. Zhang gave her uncle 10 taels of silver, she realized that she was sold by her uncle. She couldn't help but want to run away, but was stopped by the two maids.
Uncle said, "Baby, Dayou has left. As for you, just stay here to enjoy the blessings. Don't go back and suffer. I'm for your own good." After
, Uncle left without looking back.
However, Ma Yulian discovered that Zhang Yuanwai wanted her to marry his son, and his son was in poor health, so he probably had no time left. He wanted to cheer his sick son on the wedding.
Ma Yulian knew she couldn't escape and could only accept her fate.
Then, she held a wedding with Zhang Li, the son of Zhang Yuanwai. However, after only half a month, Zhang Li passed away.
Zhang Yuanwai was very angry and said to Ma Yulian, "You are a vicious figure, come and throw it out for me."
Ma Yulian didn't know where she was. She was penniless and could only walk towards her hometown while begging.
Half a year later, Ma Yulian came to a private house and said, "Brother, be fine, give me a bite of food."
Blacksmith Zhang Qing is a 42-year-old bachelor. When he saw Ma Yulian was pitiful, he gave her a cake.
Early the next morning, Zhang Qing went out and saw Ma Yulian sleeping on the straw pile, so he asked her, "Why don't you leave?"
Ma Yulian said, "I don't have a place to go. If my elder brother doesn't dislike me, I am willing to stay and give birth to a son and half of my daughter for my elder brother."
Zhang Qing said, "My family is poor. Follow me, you will endure hardship."
Ma Yulian said, "I'm not afraid of suffering. I have endured enough hardship."
Since then, Ma Yulian has stayed.
Zhang Qing is very good to Ma Yulian, and her life finally stabilized.
On this day, Ma Yulian followed Zhang Qing to visit relatives and met a bandit on the way. The bandits saw that Ma Yulian was beautiful and wanted to take Ma Yulian back to the mountain.
Zhang Qing stepped forward to stop him, but was chopped down by the bandits, and then took Ma Yulian back to the mountain to be the wife of the village.
Poor Ma Yulian has a bumpy life experience. She finally married a good man but suffered a great disaster. She thought to herself, "I'd better go with my husband."
said that, and was about to bite her tongue and commit suicide. At this moment, a white fox suddenly came to her, bit off the rope on her body, and then took her to escape from the bandit's nest.
Ma Yulian recognized at a glance. This was the fox she let go. She said, "Thank you, Xiaobai, but the world is so big, where should I go."
The fox seemed to understand Ma Yulian's words, and it turned around and ran away, and soon brought back a golden bean.
Ma Yulian took the golden beans as a gift and returned to her hometown in a carriage. When Wu Dayou saw his wife coming back, she burst into tears of joy.
Wu Dayou worked hard and soon passed the Jinshi and became the county magistrate. He sent someone to take the bandits' nest and sent two silver ingots to Zhang Qing's parents to repay their son.
From then on, Wu Dayou and Ma Yulian finally lived a stable life and happily spent their lives.
Conclusion:
Kind people generally have no bad luck.
