The story takes place in the late Ming Dynasty . There are two brothers in Anle County, Xuzhou. The older brother is Zhang Daqiang and the younger brother is Zhang Erqiang. Their parents passed away early. Thanks to Zhang Daqiang's cleverness and ability, they can always come to ask for food outside, so the two survived.
The two brothers are five years apart. The younger brother's health has been bad since childhood. It is said that the elder brother is a father. Zhang Daqiang's care for his younger brother is meticulous. He gave him all the good things in the family, but he was so fucked and worn out. However, even so, Zhang Daqiang had no complaints.
Now Zhang Daqiang is over the age of twentieth. People of his age in the village have already started their families and started their own businesses, but Zhang Daqiang is alone. The matchmaker in the village saw that his family was poor and no one was willing to match him. Zhang Daqiang was also helpless about this.
Because his younger brother is weak and cannot work in the fields, the income in this family is supported by Zhang Daqiang alone. In order to earn more money, Zhang Daqiang would take on some bricklayer work when he was not alive in the fields on weekdays, so he could barely maintain the livelihood of the two.
That day, Zhang Daqiang came to the field to work early in the morning. It would be easier to work while the sun was not enough, but just after he worked, a figure suddenly stumbled towards him.
Zhang Daqiang looked closely and found that it was a woman. Seeing her messy steps, she seemed to be drunk. At this moment, the woman suddenly felt weak and fell to the ground and stopped moving.
Zhang Daqiang was shocked and hurriedly ran towards the woman. He patted the woman on the shoulder and said, "Girl wake up, what's wrong with you?"
But no matter how Zhang Daqiang slapped the woman, he didn't respond, so Zhang Daqiang quickly carried her under a tree and fed the woman a few saliva with the water bottle he carried with him.
At this moment, the woman's lips moved slightly, and then slowly opened her eyes. The woman said slowly, "I'm so hungry, please give me some food."
Hearing this, Zhang Daqiang quickly took out half a piece of dry food from his arms, he broke the dry food into small pieces and stuffed it into the woman's mouth. The woman might have been hungry for too long, and even the strength to eat dry food was almost gone. Thanks to Zhang Daqiang's careful care on the side, the woman gradually had some strength.
Zhang Daqiang asked, "Girl, I don't know where you are? Why are you so hungry?"
The woman said, "I'm going to hide it from my eldest brother. The little girl's name is Zhou Min. She ran away from a neighboring county. She had already spent all silver on the way and got lost in the mountains and forests in front of her. I haven't eaten anything in four days."
Zhang Daqiang was stunned when he heard this. He asked tentatively, "I don't know why my girl ran away from marriage?"
Zhou Min couldn't help feeling sad. She said, "I have no parents since I was a child. My aunt raised me, but my aunt has disliked me since she was a child. , beat and scold me, just a few days ago, he wanted to marry me to an old man who was nearly 60 years old in exchange for silver. I found the right opportunity to escape. "
Zhang Daqiang was also angry when he heard Zhou Min's words. Zhou Min's aunt was really hateful. She did such a thing for silver. Zhang Daqiang sympathized with her heart and said, "If a girl doesn't have a place to go, it's better to go to me first. It's a place to stay."
Zhou Min was moved when she heard this. She was worried that she had no place to go. Now someone was excited to take her in, so she returned home with the help of Zhang Daqiang.
The villagers saw it along the way, and it was reported in the village that Zhang Daqiang picked up a wife and went home. This also made the two blush.
When Zhang Erqiang saw his brother bringing a strange woman back, he always deliberately or unintentionally matched the two. If he hadn't dragged his brother down over the years, Zhang Daqiang would have started a family and started a career long ago, so Zhang Erqiang hoped that his brother would get married than anyone else.
After several days of contact, Zhang Daqiang and Zhou Min's relationship deepened a lot. Both of them had a good impression of each other, so the two walked together smoothly and simply held a wedding at home, even if it was officially finished.
After getting married, Zhang Daqiang worked harder and now he had a little more mouth to eat, so he had to take more work to make a living. Moreover, Zhou Min was not idle, so he took some work to do some tinkering work in the village. Gradually, his life at home became much better.
On that day, Zhou Min took the sewn clothes to deliver them to the owner's house, but was stopped by several men halfway through the journey. The leader was named Wang Tong, the young man in the village chief. He bullied everyone a lot on his father's status.
Wang Tong was shocked when he saw Zhou Min. This was the first time he saw such a beautiful woman, so he stopped her with his subordinates. Wang Tong said, "Beauty, where are you going? Why don't you follow me to have a drink and chat with me?"
When Zhou Min heard Wang Tong's frivolous words, she felt nervous. She didn't dare to reply and planned to bypass Wang Tong and leave, but Wang Tong stopped her again.
Zhou Min said with courage: "Brother, I already have a husband, please don't bother me again."
Wang Tong was stunned when he heard this, but he then smiled and said, "So what if you have a husband? As long as the beauty is willing, I will naturally marry you."
Zhou Min couldn't help but look dark, and then said, "Brother, don't do this. If you pester me again, my husband will definitely not spare you easily."
Hearing this, Wang Tong and others couldn't help laughing. You must know that Wang Tong is a fearless master in this village, and no one dares to get along with him.
Wang Tong smiled and said, "I want to see how he can do me today."
After saying that, he stepped forward and touched him. Zhou Min was furious and instinctively resisted, but she was not Wang Tong's opponent, and she could only let him take advantage of him.
But at this moment, a angry voice suddenly came: "Stop it, I dare to touch my Zhang Daqiang's woman and see if I won't beat you to death."
Zhou Min was happy when she heard this. She took Wang Tong's distraction and hurriedly broke free. Zhang Daqiang protected his wife behind her, and then pointed at Wang Tong with the tile knife in his hand and said, "Don't think that your father is the village chief, I can't do anything about you. If I ask me to sue you to County Magistrate Li, even your father can't save you."
Wang Tong couldn't help but feel nervous when he heard this. Zhang Daqiang was right. County Magistrate Li is a new official who has recently taken office. It is said that he is selfless and hates evil. His father repeatedly told him not to cause trouble at this critical moment, otherwise it will definitely bring disaster to his family.
Wang Tong couldn't help but smile and said, "Brother Zhang said what he said? I'm not having fun with my sister-in-law. Don't worry, I, Wang Tong, will never do that bullying men and women."
Seeing Wang Tong being soft, Zhang Daqiang snorted coldly, and then took his wife home. When Wang Tong saw Zhang Daqiang leaving, he couldn't help but show a sinister smile.
On that day, Zhou Min prepared the meal at home, but she waited for her husband to come back without seeing her husband come back. She was very nervous, afraid that something would happen to her husband.
Zhang Erqiang said from the side: "Sister-in-law, don't worry too much. Maybe the eldest brother was delayed on the road."
Unexpectedly, before the words were finished, a burst of rapid footsteps came from outside the door. When the door opened, he saw the villagers walking over with a body.
Seeing this, Zhou Min only felt her head buzzing. She walked up to look and saw that her husband's bruises all over her body turned into a cold corpse.
Zhang Wu from the same village said: "Today, Daqiang accidentally fell from a high place while working. When we sent him to the clinic, we found that he had lost his life. Then we called the villagers to help him send his body back. You can be mourned and follow the changes!"
Now Zhou Min can no longer control the grief in her heart, and she threw herself on her husband and cried bitterly. Zhang Erqiang was already in tears at this time. He didn't want to accept the fact that his brother left, but now he is the only man left in the family, so he can only stand up to his grief.
So Zhang Erqiang called the villagers to help bury his brother, but Zhang Erqiang felt something was wrong. You should know that there are many bricklayers in the village, but they have never heard of them who died of falling to death, so he inquired everywhere, trying to find the truth, but he has not yet gotten the right result.
Not long after Zhang Daqiang passed away, Wang Tong came to him again, wanting to let Zhou Min remarry him. Zhou Min was deeply in love with her husband and was not willing to remarry. Especially Zhang Erqiang, he drove Wang Tong out with a stick. Unexpectedly, Wang Tong was not angry, but instead made a harsh word, saying that Zhou Min would beg to marry him.
Zhou Min also cursed in her heart after hearing this. Even if she died, she would not marry a villain like Wang Tong.
Now that the family has lost income, Zhang Erqiang ignored his sister-in-law's obstruction and came to the city to find a job to support the family. Although he didn't earn much, he could barely maintain the livelihood of the two. But what they didn't expect was that a crisis was slowly approaching.
On this day, Zhang Erqiang went home when he was working. Just as he was passing by a forest, a stinging pain suddenly came from his feet. He quickly looked down and found that there were two small holes in his ankle. It seemed that he had been bitten by something. At this moment, a sense of dizziness came. Zhang Erqiang fainted as soon as he closed his eyes.
When Zhang Erqiang woke up, he found that he was lying at home. At this time, his sister-in-law was staying in front of the bed, and his eyes were swollen. When Zhou Min saw Erqiang wake up, he hurriedly said, "I have said that I won't let you go to work. If you have something to do, how can I help your dead brother?"
Zhang Erqiang comforted him, "Don't worry, sister-in-law, I'm fine, I'll recover after a few days of rest."
But what the two of them did not expect was that Zhang Erqiang's body not only did not recover, but was getting worse and worse. Zhou Min invited a doctor for Erqiang to check. The doctor said that Erqiang was poisoned, but the toxic attack was very slow, which allowed him to live until now. Moreover, the doctor said that he could not detoxify, and now he could only leave it to fate.
Unexpectedly, just when Zhou Min was at a loss, Wang Tong suddenly said that he had a way to detoxify, but the premise was that Zhou Min agreed to marry him.
Zhou Min felt sad, but when she saw Erqiang who had already fallen into a coma, she didn't dare to hesitate anymore, so she agreed to Wang Tong's conditions.
Zhou Min, who was ashamed, came to her husband's grave and cried, as if she wanted to tell her husband all the grievances in her heart. Perhaps it was God's favor. That night, Zhou Min dreamed of her husband. In the dream, her husband told Zhou Min a secret. Zhou Min was overjoyed and only hoped to marry Wang Tong as soon as possible.
Three days later, Wang Tong and Zhou Min's marriage came as promised. When the village heard that the sons of the eldest son's family had married, they all came to send their blessings. The scene was very lively.
After the wedding, Zhou Min waited quietly in the bridal chamber. After a long time, Wang Tong pushed the door open and entered. At this time, he was already drunk and even walked staggeringly.
Wang Tong saw Zhou Min so beautiful, he was about to come forward and have some intimacy with her. Unexpectedly, Zhou Min refused him. Wang Tong couldn't help but be furious. He pointed at Zhou Min and said, "If you want Zhang Erqiang to live, you'd better be obedient to me."
Unexpectedly, Zhou Min said, "I think you are lying to me. Even the doctor can't cure Erqiang's disease, what can you do?"
Hearing words Wang Tong couldn't help laughing, and saw a whistle gently, and a small snake slowly crawled out of his arms. Wang Tong said, "This snake can relieve tens of thousands of poisons in the world. You can trust it now."
Seeing this, Zhou Min couldn't help but be happy. She said coldly: "Okay, you bandit, kill my husband. Today is your death date."
After saying that, Zhou Min broke the teacup, and then a team of officers and soldiers broke in and captured all the people of the Wang family in the lobby.
It turned out that the village chief Wang Xingyi was a wanted bandit. His unique skill was snake control. Thanks to the dead Zhang Daqiang's dream, and the cause of his death was also caused by Wang Tong. After the investigation was made clear, County Magistrate Li arrested all the people of the Wang family and waited for the death to beheaded.
Later, Erqiang's poison was finally relieved. After experiencing this disaster, his body miraculously recovered. Through getting along, Zhou Min and Erqiang finally got together and lived a happy life.
