During the Ming Dynasty period, there was a rich young man named Zhang Hui in Gan County. He was handsome and a handsome man. His family runs a gold shop and is very rich. He married Ruan in his twenties and had two children.
In fact, Zhang Hui did not want to marry the Ruan tribe with an ordinary appearance, but the Ruan tribe's father and Zhang's father were sworn brothers. The two families had already decided to engage in marriage, and the matchmaker had to obey the orders of their parents.
Nothing knows about children is better than mother. Zhang Hui's mother knew that her son was not satisfied with the marriage and despised her daughter-in-law for her average appearance. So she found a beautiful woman named Wang to be a concubine for her son.
From then on, Zhang Hui never stayed in his wife Ruan's room again.
Zhang Hui is already in his thirties and should have helped his parents take care of their family business. However, he was not upright and lustful, and the maid who was slightly handsome at home volunteered to have sex with him when he saw him handsome.
The parents of the Zhang family were unwilling to indulge their son in this way, so they sent off their concubines and slaves, leaving only a lame old woman named Sun to cook and clean at home.
Although there are no maids at home, relying on the identity of the boss of the gold shop, many friends gathered around Zhang Hui. They often stayed overnight in brothels and taverns looking for flowers and asking how many days and nights will not go home.
Wife Ruan's cowardly personality and buried her dissatisfaction in her heart. She greeted her parents-in-law every day, and would not show any displeasure on her face, and would take care of the things at home in an orderly manner.
Later, Ruan died of the aggrieved accumulated in her heart and had nowhere to vent her violent illness. Zhang Hui was looking for fun on the pleasure boat, and even the Ruan family was buried. The Zhang family's parents were extremely disappointed with their son and died of illness a few years later.
After his wife Ruan's death, Zhang Hui became a widower (官网) husband. In order to continue looking for flowers and asking about willows, he refused to continue. The business of the gold shop plummeted. In order to go out for fun, he pawned the valuable things in his home. After a long time, Zhang Hui only went out but couldn't go in. He found that he had no money and became a dilapidated house.
One day, Zhang Hui was drinking flower wine in a brothel and met a businessman named Chen Sheng through an introduction. The two met too late, so Chen Sheng borrowed a lot of money to Zhang Huixun.
Just like that, Zhang Hui was caught by a group of people while having sex with a woman in a brothel. They came to a pleasure boat, and Chen Sheng was the one who was headed.
Chen Sheng arrested Zhang Hui and forced him to pay back the money, but Zhang Hui couldn't afford it at all. So, Chen Sheng said, "I have a way to not only make you pay back the money, but also make you money." When Zhang Hui heard that there was such a good thing, he hurriedly asked what solution? Chen Sheng quietly said a few words to Zhang Hui in his ear, and Zhang Hui suddenly fell to the ground.
Zhang Hui was very afraid of the fierce man around him, but when he thought that Chen Sheng would give him a generous reward, he finally agreed under the temptation of money.
So, Zhang Hui took the deposit given by Chen Sheng and got off the pleasure boat. When he got home, he found Sun Pozi and said, "Mom Sun, if you come to the house tomorrow, you will say that I want to re-string and want to find a woman with outstanding appearance."
Sun Pozi is an old man from the Zhang family and has watched Zhang Hui grow up since he was a child. She knew that Zhang Hui was greedy and lustful by nature, and if he had married his real wife, he would not be able to go out to seek flowers and ask about the willows. Whose wife would be willing to stay in the brothel and have fun? How can you live this life in the future?
Zhang Hui saw that Mrs. Sun wanted to speak but stopped, thinking that she wanted to say that her family had no money, so she allocated half of the deposit given by Chen Sheng to her from her arms.
At this time, the two children in the next room had not seen each other for a long time and Mrs. Sun cried. Zhang Hui suddenly felt upset and urged Mrs. Sun to leave quickly.
Sun's wife was even more confused when she saw Zhang Hui suddenly had money, but she was a servant and couldn't ask anything more, so she had to leave with full of questions and return to the next room to comfort the two children.
At noon the next day, Zhang Hui was woken up in his sleep. It turned out that Mrs. Sun had brought the matchmaker. The matchmaker asked Zhang Hui about the four pillars and his request for his fiancée and left with a silver reward. In the following days, the city was rumored that the Zhang family widower (remembering Guan) was preparing to renew his strings.
The so-called widower refers to a man who is in his thirties, without a wife or losing his wife.Although Zhang Hui is in her thirties, she is still in the wind, and the woman is inevitably moved when she sees her.
That's it. Every time the matchmaker finds a woman, Zhang Hui will find various reasons to disagree with the marriage, and the woman will suddenly disappear.
A few years later, women in the city disappeared inexplicably. On the other hand, Zhang Hui transformed from a dilapidated house and returned to the time when he was rich in the past. He not only bought arable land but also bought many shops.
On this day, Zhang Hui rushed to the neighboring county to do business, and he chose to take a boat on the shore. Seeing that it was almost at the shore, a woman carrying a bag suddenly came from behind.
Zhang Hui took advantage of the woman's approaching and looked at her secretly and saw that the woman was in her twenties and was very handsome, with loose clothes but still unable to hide her richness.
The greedy insect in his heart was ready to move, and he said with a sudden inspiration: "Little lady, I see you are a foreigner who kindly tells you that women should be careful when walking on the shore. There are water snakes that love to eat women here."
The woman ignored him and walked forward. Zhang Hui still walked forward. Zhang Hui looked at the woman's shaking back and was distracted. He bit and chased him, walked to a reed land and rushed forward, dragging the woman deep into the reed land, trying to force her to have sex with the woman.
The woman was walking and shouting for help, but since a woman disappeared on the shore in the city, she thought that few people would come to the shore. So, Zhang Hui didn't care about the woman's shouting and just dragged her to a clean place.
The woman staggered all the way. Her throat was already hoarse and she saw that no one came to save her. She had to choke and said, "I promise to hello to you, but you can let go of me first."
Zhang Hui said after hearing this, "Okay, you are not allowed to run away." Sure enough, seeing the woman lowering her head and rubbing her wrists, she had no intention of running away. I felt pity for the pear blossoms and rain, which made Zhang Hui unable to control her and became warm with the woman.
After a long time, the two of them dressed neatly and chatted. The woman called herself Yu Niang and lived in Songlin County. Her husband died of sudden illness half a year ago, and her parents-in-law also died a few years ago. She did not give birth to a son or a daughter, so she had to sell the land and go back to her parents' home to find a man as a concubine for the rest of her life.
Zhang Hui learned that Yu Niang's husband had left a lot of money after he died, and he had an idea in his heart and said, "To be honest, I am also a widower. A few years ago, my wife died of illness and left two children. We are very compatible. Instead of remarrying as a concubine, it is better to marry me as a wife."
Yu Niang looked at Zhang Hui when she heard this. She thought for a while and said, "I see that you are dressed as a person with status. If you marry a widow, aren't you afraid of others going around?"
Zhang Hui said boldly: "You and I live, as long as I say you are good, what do others say? "
When he saw Yu Niang hesitating, his eyes turned and said, "If you don't want to be a stepmother to take care of the children, I will find a reason to send the children to the countryside, so we can have a good life."
Yu Niang was very happy to hear this, she said hypocritically: "I have always been sad that I didn't have a child. Since that's the case, I will treat the children well."
That's it, Zhang Hui took Yu Niang back home. He found Mrs. Sun and asked her to clean up the room to entertain Yu Niang, and planned to marry her after a while.
In the past few days, Zhang Hui and Yu Niang were having fun in the room and did not come out. The food was delivered by Mrs. Sun.
One night, Mrs. Sun went to the door to collect the dishes and chopsticks, and suddenly heard the conversation between Zhang Hui and Yu Niang in the room and looked as if dead.
Yu Niang cried and said, "Master, it's annoying for the two children to cry. Please give me some money to take my two children to the remote countryside in vain. I really don't want to see their resentment from me. If I have a child in the future, I will definitely be bullied by my brother and sister."
Zhang Hui has always coveted Yu Niang's ex-husband's property in her heart, and when she saw her speaking like this, she had to agree.
"Don't worry, I'll chase Mrs. Sun to the countryside tomorrow. When we are old and never interact with each other, I will live a happy life with you and our children."
After saying that, the two of them became greedy again, and laughter came from the room.
Sun’s wife walked out in a daze. She worked in the Zhang family when she was young. Because she was born with a lame person, she was always ridiculed for doing some rough and dirty work.It was not until he met Ruan that Ruan was kind-hearted to see that Mrs. Sun was always bullied and transferred her to take care of the children.
Sun Pozi is a grateful person and does his best to take care of Ruan and his children. Back then, when Zhang's father was alive, he sent a servant, and Ruan even advised Sun's wife to stay. She knew that Sun's wife was lame and had no family to go out and had to starve to death. Since then, Sun's wife is loyal to Ruan.
Ruan's family asked Sun's wife to take good care of the children on her deathbed. Now the master wants to eat the tiger for the sake of his bride. What can she, an old woman, do?
Just like that, Sun Po Zi fell to the back mountain in sadness and found Ruan's grave to complain. At this moment, the loess mound suddenly roared and a big hole appeared, and a big snake with black scales all over its body suddenly emerged from the hole.
The body of the snake is as big as a hill, and you can swallow Mrs. Sun with your mouth open. When Big Snake saw Mrs. Sun, her eyes became gentle and she signaled her not to be afraid, even though she turned around and climbed down the mountain.
Although the snake is huge, it crawls very fast. When the lady Sun saw the snake heading towards the city, she hurriedly chased after her children for fear of the safety of the children at home.
Along the way, Mrs. Sun became more and more afraid and found that the snake was heading towards the Zhang family courtyard. She only regretted that she had not had any extra legs, and finally came to the door panting. The scene in front of her made her feel ashamed.
I saw that the room where Zhang Hui and Yu Niang lived had been hit by a couch. Zhang Hui and Yu Niang were sleeping soundly. Suddenly, a big hole was hit on the roof. Then a huge snake head reached in and swallowed Yu Niang into her stomach in one bite.
Zhang Hui had no time to beg for mercy, and the snake's tail was disgusted and smashed him into the ground with the roof.
The Son Master protected her children's room desperately. She cried and said, "Please don't hurt the child, just eat me if you want to eat."
The big snake shook its head and changed its mind. It looked at the room where the child lived, with gentleness in its eyes. In a moment, he turned around and walked towards the mountains, and soon disappeared into the darkness.
The huge changes in the Zhang family courtyard alarmed the neighbors. Everyone found Zhang Hui in the ruins, but unfortunately he was already bloody. Mrs. Sun found the gold, silver and jewelry left by Yu Niang on the ruins, and also picked up an account book, which recorded the evidence that Zhang Hui colluded with businessman Chen Sheng to sell the woman to another place. Only then did she understand why Zhang Hui became rich suddenly.
So, Mrs. Sun quickly sent the account book to the county yard. Not long after, the yamen runners found a painting boat that had been docked for a long time by the river. There was a dark prison inside the boat, where the missing woman was locked in it. The woman told the yamen runner that Zhang Hui tricked the woman to the pleasure boat in the name of going out for a trip, and then was locked up by Chen Sheng's subordinates. After the matter was completed, Chen Sheng would give Zhang Hui generous rewards. Chen Sheng was caught when he escaped and was finally punished the most severely.
Sun Pozi once again came to Ruan’s grave. The big hole behind the loess mound was still there. When she was about to take a look, a white-bearded old man came over and sighed, "A woman is weak, but she is strong for her mother. Since she has protected the child, you should leave with peace of mind."
As soon as the old man finished speaking, a strong wind blew, and the surrounding loess blew into the cave. Soon the entrance of the cave recovered as if it had not appeared.
The old man nodded slightly and turned away, and soon disappeared into the mountains and forests. After a long time, Mrs. Sun realized that the big snake was Ruan. She heard that Yu Niang wanted to harm the children, so she turned into a big snake and punished Zhang Hui and Yu Niang.
When she arrived at the foot of the mountain, Sun Pozi suddenly saw a land father-in-law at the intersection. For some reason, she felt that she looked very similar to the old man just now.
Although the Ruan family's children lost their parents, Sun Pozi took the gold, silver and jewelry left by Yu Niang to support the children, so that they could live without worries about food and clothing for the rest of their lives.
(Story End)
Folk stories are about understanding the truth and distinguishing right from wrong, and advising people to be clear and good, and never take part in the same role as feudal superstitions.
