In the early years, there was a woman named Yang Chougu in Yangjiazhuang, ten miles outside Xiuning County, Hangzhou Prefecture. Chougu was as her name suggests. The ugliness of others could be judged by comparison, but her ugliness was real.
It is said that the ugly girl's mother suffered from a serious illness when she was pregnant with her and suffered from dystocia when she gave birth to the child. As soon as the ugly girl emerged from her mother's womb, she was frightened stable mother-in-law and thought she had given birth to a monster.
When the ugly girl's father saw how ugly his daughter was, he wanted to give her to someone else, but his wife stopped him. No matter how ugly the child was, it was just a piece of flesh that fell from the mother's body. He should just keep it as it is. Maybe it will become more beautiful as it grows in the future.
But Mr. Yang and his wife were disappointed. This ugly girl became uglier as she grew older. One of her eyes was bigger and the other was smaller. She had a big mouth and a low nose. In addition, the birthmark on her face would make her startled not only from a distance but also from a distance.
Song Boren of the Song Dynasty had an ancient poem called "Song of the Ugly Girl". The poem describes the ugly girl like this: "Looking at the thirty-something girl, I dare not not wear makeup. When the matchmaker doesn't come, I will cry to the empress together."
This poem is a perfect way to describe the situation of the ugly girl. She is nearly thirty years old, and the ugly girl has not yet married. There is only one reason, that is, she looks ugly.
Although Chou Gu is ugly, she is clever and can work both in the hall and in the kitchen. She is especially good at embroidery, and the fish, insects, flowers and birds she embroiders are lifelike and vivid.
Finally one day, someone came to propose marriage.
Liu Dazhu from a neighboring village is a carpenter. His wife died of illness three years ago and her marriage has not yet been renewed. Although Liu Dazhu's family is fairly well off, he still has a two-year-old child.
Chou Gu didn’t agree with this marriage at first, not because she looked down on Liu Dazhu, but because she was used to this single life. Her parents and brothers took turns to persuade her, but Chougu just refused to let go. In desperation, the marriage had to be shelved.
Just when people thought Chougu was going to die alone, by chance, Chougu was shaken.
On the tenth day after the matchmaker came to the door, the ugly aunt came back from delivering the embroidery. On a street corner, a little boy caught her attention.
It was winter at that time, and the northwest wind was blowing, but the little boy was leaning at the gate wearing a ragged single coat, probably waiting for the adults to come back.
After seeing the little boy, Chougu quickly stopped and looked at the boy. Most children would be frightened and cry when they see the ugly aunt, but the little boy was not frightened and cried, but kept staring at her.
How can we let our children stand outside in this freezing and snowy environment? What have you done, sir?
As the ugly girl thought, she walked towards the boy. When she got closer, she saw that the boy's face, hands and feet were all blue from the cold, and even his nose was frozen. Seeing this, Chou Gu was moved with compassion and quickly picked up the child and walked into the house.
There were no adults in the room, the fire was not lit, and it was cold. The ugly aunt quickly put the child on the bed and wrapped him in a tattered quilt.
After staying for a while, the adult still didn't come back, so the ugly aunt left.
After returning home, Chougu's mind was filled with the pitiful appearance of that child. Her mother saw that she seemed to have something on her mind, so she asked why. The ugly aunt told everything about the little boy she met on the road: "Mom, you said this is the same for the adults in the family. How can they leave such a young child at home alone?"
The mother sighed and said, "Who can bear to do that if they are not helpless? This must be an emergency." After a pause, the mother wondered. She asked in confusion, "Are you talking about the family at the entrance of the neighboring village?"
Chougu Gu said, "That's right, what's wrong?"
The mother smiled and said, "Silly boy, that's Liu Dazhu's family!"
After hearing this, Chougu Gu was stunned.
That night, Chou Gu tossed and turned and couldn't sleep. The next day, Chou Gu told her mother that she was going to marry Liu Dazhu.
Seeing her daughter make such a decision, the mother felt very unbelievable: "Son, didn't you say you won't marry him?"
The ugly aunt said: "To be honest, I just feel sorry for that child. I am also a woman. Just imagine, if my child becomes like that, can I feel at ease even if I die?"
The mother said again: "Son, you have to think about it, it is difficult to be a stepmother?"
The ugly aunt did not speak, but just nodded.
Just like that, this marriage that was about to be broken was renewed. After the New Year, Chou Gu married Liu Dazhu.
The ugly girl is ugly, but she is hardworking and capable. Soon, this originally dilapidated home became a little more lively.
Aunt Chou treats Dazhu’s son Xiaobao with all her heart. Although she has never been a mother, she gave all her love to Xiaobao. This may be a woman's nature.
I don’t know why, but the couple has been married for more than three years, but the ugly aunt doesn’t look pregnant at all. For this reason, both Liu Dazhu and her mother's family had persuaded Chou Gu to ask her to see a doctor, but Chou Gu disagreed. Anyway, she already had a child. Although it was not her biological child, she was already content.
As the saying goes: "There are unforeseen circumstances in the sky, and misfortunes and misfortunes happen to people." Just when a family of three was living a simple and happy life, an accident happened.
This summer, while building a house, Liu Dazhu accidentally fell from mid-air and fell heavily to the ground.
After this incident happened, the family did not shirk the blame and hurriedly sent Liu Dazhu back, then hired a doctor and left a large sum of money.
After lying in bed for three months, Liu Dazhu was able to go to the ground. He was restless. Although his injuries were not healed yet, he still went out to work.
Only half a month later, he fell ill again, this time more serious than the last time.
After spending all the family's savings, Liu Dazhu's condition still showed no improvement. Liu Dazhu was also a kind person when he was good. He often helped the villagers do this and that for free. Seeing that the family had no money, Chou Gu took Xiaobao in one hand and held a straw in the other, kowtowing from door to door to borrow money.
She originally hoped that the villagers would lend Liu Dazhu more or less some for the sake of helping her on weekdays, but Chou Gu was disappointed. The villagers all felt that Liu Dazhu's illness was a bottomless pit, and he might die one day. Where could an orphan and a widowed mother get money to pay off their debts?
In desperation, Chougu found Liu Damao, Liu Dazhu's eldest brother.
Liu Damao is a man who is good at calculations, and his life is much better than that of ordinary people. Another reason why Chou Gu asked him to borrow money was that Liu Dazhu took the time to build Liu Damao's house for him. Of course, Liu Dazhu never asked him for a penny of wages, and Liu Damao never wanted to give it to him at all.
On this day, the ugly aunt came to the door.
After knocking on the door for a long time, Liu Damao opened the door. When he saw it was Chou Gu, Liu Damao immediately understood her purpose, so he did not give Chou Gu a good look: "I said Dazhu's family, what do you want to see me for?"
The ugly aunt did not answer his words, but said to Xiaobao: "Come, Xiaobao, quickly kowtow to your uncle." Xiaobao was also very sensible. Before his mother finished speaking, he knelt on the ground and kowtowed to Liu Damao several times.
Liu Damao said quickly: "Hey? Don't do this, just say what you have to say?"
Chougu Gu cried and said: "Brother, Dazhu is ill again. The family's savings have been spent long ago, and I have borrowed all the places I can. Please be kind and lend some money to Dazhu for his past kindness." After saying that, Chougu Gu knelt down and kowtowed to Liu Damao.
Liu Damao said angrily: "Dazhu family, it's not like you don't know that our family's life is not good, how can we have so much spare money?"
Chou Aunt suddenly felt cold when she heard what he said, but in order to borrow money for her husband's medical treatment, she knelt down to Liu Damao.
Seeing Chou Gu kneeling down for him, Liu Damao rolled his eyes and said: "Dazhu family, I have a way, I wonder if you are willing to do it?"
Upon hearing this, Chou Gu suddenly became energetic: "What way? Brother, tell me quickly."
Liu Damao said: "Actually, our Liu family It’s not that the whole family doesn’t care about Dazhu. We calculated it when he was sick for the first time. Doesn’t Dazhu still have a few acres of land? Wouldn’t it be enough if you just sold those acres of land?”
When Chougu Gu heard this, several people in the clan had told him about this and asked him to sell those acres of land. In fact, the ugly girl knew in her heart that those people were all hired by Liu Damao, and the one who really wanted to take advantage of them was Liu Damao!
Chou Aunt said: "Thank you for your kindness, brother. Not to mention that Dazhu is not dead yet, even if he is dead, Xiaobao will still be there. These acres of thin farmland will be the lifeblood of our family in the future. I advise those with ill intentions to give up." After saying that, Chou Aunt took Xiaobao away.
Looking at the backs of Chou Aunt, mother and son, a sneer appeared on Liu Damao's face.
Seeing that she couldn't borrow money, Chougu thought of a way, so she picked up needlework again. During the day, she went out to do odd jobs to make money, and at night, she embroidered under the dim oil lamp. She worked like this day and night for three months, but she still couldn't save Liu Dazhu's life.
sold her only silver hairpin , and Chougu bought a thin-skinned coffin for Liu Dazhu.
After Liu Dazhu died, Liu Damao and other people came to visit again. In name, these people came to help, but in fact, they came secretly for the few acres of land.
After Liu Dazhu's funeral, this group of people still did not leave. Just listen to an old voice saying: "Dazhu family, your parents-in-law passed away early, and now Dazhu is gone, leaving you orphaned and widowed, what are your plans?" The person who spoke was an elder of the family.
Chou Aunt wiped away her tears and said: "Second Uncle, since the day Chou Gu entered the Liu family, I have been Liu Dazhu's wife. Although Dazhu unfortunately died of illness, he still has a six-year-old child, and I still have a few acres of thin farmland, so I can barely make ends meet. Please don't worry, Chou Aunt, I am going to raise Xiaobao even if I am begging for food."
I heard Uncle Liu say again. He said: "Chou aunt, you are not too old, and you are still raising this child. It will be difficult for you to live in the future. Our Liu family is a big family, and we can't let you live hard by yourself. Isn't this making people laugh at us? I discussed with several elders, and you will give the four acres of land to Da Mao for cultivation, and then he will provide you and your mother with three meals a day. What do you think?"
went around and around, and finally came to those acres of land. The ugly girl had already prepared her words: "Thank you uncle for your kindness. However, these acres of land were left to Dazhu by my parents-in-law. I can't hand them over to others as soon as he dies. Besides, Xiaobao still hopes to live on these acres of land. Dear uncles and elders, don't talk about the land anymore. The ugly girl will definitely not agree."
Hearing what the ugly girl said, Liu Damao suddenly revealed his true colors: "Dazhu family, how can you, a woman, support Xiaobao? You can't say nice words and then secretly do things that humiliate my Liu family."
As soon as Damao finished speaking, Chou Gu became furious: "Liu Damao, luckily Dazhu still treated you as a brother when he was alive. Don't forget who built your house for you? It's just that you didn't help when Dazhu was sick. Now that he's planning to farm, I tell you, you can give up on this! Besides, although I look good Chou, I have never read a book, but I also know etiquette, justice and shame. , unlike some people, she looks like a gentleman, but she has done many unreasonable things secretly."
Even though Chou Aunt looks ugly, she has a very sharp mouth, and she actually knows the truth.Liu Damao was the person she was talking about. Damao was one of the few scholars in the Liu family. In addition to taking advantage of others, he sometimes also litigated lawsuits for everyone. In his words, a person who was popular could be said to be in vain, and a person who was dead could be said to be alive. People in the village seemed to be polite to him on the surface, but secretly they hated him.
Everyone was afraid that Chou Gu would say something even more unpleasant, so they did not dare to pick on her anymore.
After the incident, Liu Damao seemed much more honest on the surface, but he did not give up.
After Dazhu died, Chougu took everything on her shoulders. Her thin figure could be seen everywhere in the fields and under the oil lamp. In order to raise Xiaobao, Chougu gave everything.
Although Xiaobao is young, he has experienced many things and is much more mature than his peers. He started helping Chou Gu with various tasks at a young age. With the hard work of mother and son, although life is harder, he is not much worse than others.
Seeing that Chou Gu was so tired, her mother-in-law's family also tried to persuade her to remarry, but Chou Nu refused: In Xiaobao's heart, although they have no blood relationship, Xiaobao has already regarded him as his biological mother. What will Xiaobao do if she leaves?
After hearing what she said, her natal family was very angry. In a fit of anger, they stopped caring about her affairs and did not allow her to enter the threshold of her natal family again.
Despite this, Chougu was still reluctant to leave Xiaobao.
After a month or two of calm, Liu Damao couldn't sit still.
There would often be inexplicable rocks and other debris in the yard of Chou Aunt’s house, and even the windows of her house were broken several times. Chou Aunt knew that it was Da Mao’s fault, so she ignored him.
One day in the winter of this year, the northwest wind was blowing, and the weather was extremely cold. There was no firewood at home again, so Chougu had to brave the severe cold to go outside the village to collect some firewood.
On the way home, a big yellow dog on the side of the road caught her attention. The yellow dog was lying there covered in blood and breathing heavily. It seemed that it was bitten by other dogs while fighting for territory.
Seeing the yellow dog's appearance, Chougu suddenly felt pity, so she took the yellow dog home.
Under the careful care of the mother and son, the yellow dog miraculously survived.
From then on, the yellow dog became a member of the family. Ever since he got the yellow dog, Big Mao didn't dare to harass her again, and Chou Gugu also lived a peaceful life.
In the blink of an eye, the yellow dog has been coming to her home for three years.
That night, the usually quiet yellow dog suddenly started barking. Hearing the yellow dog's bark, an ominous premonition came to Chou Gu's heart. She quickly got dressed and rushed out of the house.
In the yard, the yellow dog was frothing at the mouth, its limbs were twitching, and there was a big hole on its forehead, and blood was pouring out.
Seeing the yellow dog's miserable state, the usually tough Chougu could not help but shed tears. No need to ask, this must be a good thing done by Da Mao.
After the yellow dog came, Da Mao came several times, but was bitten back by the yellow dog every time. Once, his thigh was bitten by the yellow dog.
Da Mao was filled with hatred and always wanted to get rid of the yellow dog quickly, so he fed the yellow dog a poisonous steamed bun. After the yellow dog ate it, it immediately fell to the ground. Da Mao still didn't understand his hatred and hit it hard on the head with a stick.
The yellow dog died like this, and the ugly aunt and her son were very sad.
Just half a year after Huang Gou's death, a stranger fainted at the door of Chou Gugu's house.
Chou Gu saw that he was pitiful, so she rescued him. After asking, she found out that the man's name was Huang Baoen, and he came here to join his relatives. However, his relatives had already moved away, and he passed out from exhaustion and hunger.
After being rescued by Chou Gu, Huang Baoen found a job not far from Chou Gu's home. In order to repay Chou Aunt for saving her life, Huang Baoen would bring food and drink to Chou Aunt and her son every now and then. In order to avoid suspicion, Chou Aunt recognized Huang Baoen as her adopted brother.
Despite this, some thoughtful people still made a big fuss out of this matter, and Liu Damao was the first to bear the brunt.
At noon that day, Aunt Chou and her son were sitting at home, when Da Mao suddenly came to the door.
Seeing Da Mao coming, Chou Aunt immediately turned down her face: "What are you doing here?"
Da Mao Pi said with a smile: "Dazhu family, I remember when Brother Dazhu died, you once said that you would never do anything to humiliate our Liu family. Do you still remember this sentence?"
Chou Aunt said: "Yes, this sentence That’s what I said, what’s wrong? Have I ever done anything to feel sorry for Dazhu or the Liu family?”
Damao said, “Only you know if you have done anything.”
After hearing what Damao said, Chougu suddenly said sharply: “Liu Damao, please keep your mouth clean, don’t make trouble all the time.”
Da Mao snorted coldly and said: "You are looking for trouble? Can't others tell you just because of what you have done? What happened to the man named Huang?"
Upon hearing this, Chou Gu hurriedly said: "Am I still not allowed to be kind and save people? Are you being too lenient?"
Da Mao said: "Saving people? Who knows what An's intentions are? I'm afraid it's been secretly there for a long time. Are you on good terms with him?"
Upon hearing this, Chou Gu was furious: "Liu Damao, you are slanderous, Huang Baoen and I are innocent, and there is nothing scandalous at all. If you keep talking nonsense, be careful that I will tear your mouth apart."
Seeing that Chou Gu dared to talk to him like this, Da Mao was furious and stood up and slapped Chou Gu.
Over the years, Chougu Gu suffered all kinds of humiliation from Liu Damao. Seeing Liu Damao attack her, she immediately became angry and started fighting with Liu Damao. But she was a woman after all, and was quickly knocked to the ground by Liu Damao.
Liu Damao still refused to give up. At this critical moment, Huang Baoen rushed over in time.
Seeing that Chou Gu was injured, Huang Baoen immediately struggled with Liu Damao, and soon Liu Damao was beaten by him. However, Huang Baoen did not strike hard after all. Liu Damao looked injured all over but it was very minor.
After Liu Damao was knocked to the ground, he simply closed his eyes and pretended to be dead. When Huang Baoen saw something bad, he quickly leaned down and looked at him. The moment he leaned down, Liu Damao took out a knife from his arms and stabbed him.
Seeing that the knife was about to pierce Huang Baoen's body, at this moment, Xiaobao took a kitchen knife and slashed Liu Damao on the back.
Even though Xiaobao was still young, he used all his strength with this knife and cut Liu Damao to pieces.
The three of them were frightened when they saw the loss of life. After thinking for a while, Huang Baoen decided to take the ugly aunt, mother and son away from here for a few days before talking.
Soon, Chougu packed up her things and followed Huang Baoen.
didn't know how far they had walked, and the three of them settled in a dilapidated temple.
In the midst of tension and uneasiness, three days passed. Just when the three of them had just breathed a sigh of relief, Tolerance found this place.
The three of them were immediately brought to the court.
During the few days he stayed in the ruined temple, Huang Baoen had already told Chougu that if he was caught, he would say that he had chopped Liu Damao, and he would bear the blame.
After coming to court, Liu Damao insisted that Xiaobao hurt him, while Huang Baoen said that the murderer was himself. The county magistrate was unable to decide for a while, so the case was postponed.
After some investigation, the county magistrate came to a conclusion. After learning about Liu Damao's evil deeds, he decided to exonerate Huang Baoen, so he decided that Huang Baoen was the murderer and beat him dozens of times.
Liu Damao continued to pester, but the county magistrate did not give him a chance to defend himself. Later, the county magistrate became angry and beat Liu Damao again. Liu Damao did not dare to argue anymore this time.
After learning this result, Chougu was very happy. Although she won the lawsuit, she could not go back to her hometown, so she was able to take the injured Huang Baoen to the ruined temple.
What Chougu never expected was that Huang Baoen died the night he returned to the ruined temple.Didn't
just get hit a few times? Huang Baoen's body and bones are too rough, right?
In fact, all this is Liu Damao’s fault.
After catching Huang Baoen, Liu Damao seemed to have a premonition of the result, so he asked someone to find the executioner and asked them to poison the board to kill Huang Baoen.
Those government officials were also jealous of money, so they smeared some poison on the board according to Liu Damao's instructions. The injury from the board was not serious, but the poison was the fatal one.
Of course, Chougu doesn’t know all this.
A monk in the ruined temple saw that she was pitiful, so he gave her a thin-skinned coffin that others had stored in the temple. After placing Huang Baoen's body in the coffin, the couple began to keep vigil for him.
At midnight, looking at the dark coffin, Chougu felt very sad.
Just as she was weeping secretly, a dog barked. Chougu opened her ears and listened carefully, and found that the barking came from the coffin.
Why is there a dog barking in the coffin?
Just when Chougu was puzzled, the coffin lid was actually lifted from the inside!
Immediately afterwards, a big yellow dog jumped out of the coffin.
The scene in front of her eyes shocked Chou Gugu into silence.
The incredible thing was not over yet, Huang Gou actually spoke to her: "Sister, don't you recognize me?"
The voice turned out to be so familiar! Is this clearly Huang Baoen's voice?
The ugly aunt asked tremblingly: "You, are you repaying your kindness?"
The yellow dog continued: "Yes, I am the big yellow dog you took in. God saw that you were pitiful, so he asked me to change into a human form and come to repay you. It's a pity that I can no longer repay your kindness." After saying that, the yellow dog jumped back into the coffin and lay down, and the lid of the coffin closed automatically.
cried all night. The next morning, Chougu decided to find a place to bury the yellow dog.
The moment he stood up, a man walked in from outside.
Looking at this man, Chougu was stunned again.
The man is none other than Huang Baoen!
It turns out that after learning what happened to Huang Dog, God was kind again and gave Huang Baoen another thirty years of life to help his ugly aunt and her son.
A few days later, Huang Baoen took his ugly aunt and his son to a strange place. Here, they lived peacefully. Huang Baoen also sent Xiaobao to school. More than ten years later, Xiaobao became a high official.
Of course, that Liu Damao did not end well in the end. After this lawsuit, he contracted a strange disease and bit everyone he met. Within a few years, he was tortured to death by the disease.
Thirty years later, Huang Baoen died without illness.
After becoming a high-ranking official, Xiaobao did not forget Chou Gu's upbringing. Chou Gu did not die until she was over eighty years old.
(end of story)
