At the end of the Ming Dynasty, there was a Wu Yuanwai in Anqing County, Xuzhou. He made a fortune by doing cloth business. In just a few years, he became a wealthy family in the county and became famous for a while. Wu Yuanwai was born in poverty and grew up eating food from hun

At the end of the Ming Dynasty , there was a Wu Yuanwai in Anqing County, Xuzhou. He made a fortune by doing cloth business. In just a few years, he became a wealthy family in the county and became famous for a while.

Wu Yuanwai was born in poverty and grew up eating Baijia rice . Therefore, now that he has achieved success, he began to repay everyone. If he heard of a disaster somewhere, Wu Yuanwai would personally bring food to provide relief.

On this day, Wu Yuanwai received news that a mudslide occurred in a neighboring county, and many villagers were destroyed. Wu Yuanwai immediately summoned his men to prepare several carriages of food and hurried to the neighboring county to provide relief.

Unexpectedly, he encountered a group of bandits on the way and wanted to rob the food. Wu Yuanwai was worried about how the victims would hand over the food, so he fought with these bandits. Unexpectedly, this angered the bandits, and all members of the Wu family were killed.

Wu Yuanwai married Wang, and the couple had a young son named Wu Nian. When the news of Wu Yuanwai's death came back to the Wu family, Wang cried bitterly. Thanks to the stewards of the Wu family, Wu Yuanwai was buried generously.

Since the death of Wu Yuanwai, the Wu family's business has plummeted. The Wang family does not understand business at all, and her son Wu Nian is still young, so gradually the business is taken away by his peers.

After three years of this, the Wu family finally couldn't survive. The Wang family had no choice but to sell off the family property and distribute it to the Wu family's servants. Now mother and son have no way out.

In order to support her son, the Wang family planned to go to Zhu Sheng, the sworn brother of Wu Yuanwai. Zhu Sheng's family was in Tongfang Town, , and his family was engaged in mountain goods trading. At first, when Zhu Sheng was in the most difficult time, the Wu family did not give him less help. Until he gained a firm foothold, the contact between the two families gradually decreased.

Soon Wang came to Zhu Sheng's house. After Zhu Sheng learned about Wu Yuanwai's death, he was heartbroken and burst into tears. Zhu Sheng said: "Sister-in-law, please feel free to live here. From now on, my Zhu family will be your home. Without Brother Wu's help, I, Zhu Sheng, would not be where I am now. Brother Wu is no longer here." , I will naturally take care of you on his behalf."

After hearing Zhu Sheng's words, Wang felt a lot more relieved, so she stayed here. After a while, Wang discovered a problem. Zhu Sheng would always approach her intentionally or unintentionally, and sometimes he would even stay with her until late at night before returning to the room. This made her very uncomfortable, and she quietly became more vigilant.

That night, Mrs. Wang had just put her children to sleep when suddenly there was a knock on the door. Ms. Wang frowned. Who would come to find her at such a late hour?

So Wang came to the door quietly and found that it was Zhu Sheng who was here. Wang said somewhat displeasedly: "Brother Zhu, why don't you go to bed at such a late hour? Instead, you came to my room?"

Zhu Sheng saluted quickly. : "Sister-in-law, don't blame me. My brother is also worried about something and can't sleep, so he thought of talking to his sister-in-law."

Originally, Wang wanted to refuse, but she had to bow her head under the eaves, so she had no choice but to nod in agreement, thinking that she could just persuade him with a few words and leave.

But when the two came to the study room, Zhu Sheng hugged Wang in his arms, which frightened Wang. She struggled hard to get out of comfort, but Zhu Sheng was not willing to let go easily, and walked towards the bed while holding her in his arms.

Mrs. Wang shouted angrily: "Zhu Sheng, we were not kind to you at the beginning, how could you do such a beastly thing and not let me go quickly?"

Hearing this, Zhu Sheng sneered: "I fell in love with you at the first sight when I saw my sister-in-law. Now that Brother Wu is no longer here, you will obey me well. I will protect you from now on." You are so prosperous and wealthy, but without me, Zhu Sheng, you and your son would not be able to live at all."

Zhu Sheng thought that with his kindness and power, he would easily take down Wang. Unexpectedly, Wang was not that casual woman. She bit Zhu Sheng on the arm. Zhu Sheng finally let go of her in pain, and Wang took the opportunity to run out of the room.

Zhu Sheng covered his arms and cursed angrily: "In my Zhu family, where can you run? Tonight I will show you how powerful I, Zhu Sheng, am.""

After saying that, Zhu Sheng found his men and captured Wang. Seeing that she was innocent, Wang was about to lose her innocence. She was heartbroken and bumped her head against the corner of the table. Zhu Sheng stepped forward to check and found that Wang had no breath.

Zhu Sheng had to curse a few words, and then asked his servants to throw the mother and son into the back hill. The young child Wu Nian lay on her mother's body and cried loudly. Anyone who saw it would feel unbearable. Maybe God had pity on them, but they saw Wang slowly opening her eyes. It turned out that she had just escaped in a state of suspended animation.

So Wang had no choice but to take her son to the countryside. Although her life was poor, as long as she could save her son smoothly. She was content to raise him.

On weekdays, Mrs. Wang earns money by working as a female worker. Although she does not earn much, it is barely enough to support the mother and her son. Seeing that it is not easy for her to be a woman with a child, the villagers think of arranging a marriage for her. How can the family live without a man.

But Wang refused everyone's kindness. In her opinion, it was okay for her to be a little bit tired, as long as her son could grow up smoothly.

Ten years have passed like this, and now Wu Nian has grown into a strong young man. He works as an apprentice in a shop. Because of his flexible mind and extraordinary talent, he was quickly spotted by the shopkeeper and planned to Train him vigorously. The shopkeeper of

, whose surname is Liu, has been in business for more than 20 years. Although the business is not big, it is going smoothly, and life at home is relatively easy.

In fact, there is another reason why Shopkeeper Liu is interested in Wu Nian. He was helped by Wu Yuanwai when he started his business. Shopkeeper Liu is kind-hearted and should repay the favor with a spring, so he thought of training Wu Nian to be his successor.

Shopkeeper Liu also has a daughter named Liu Shishi. This girl is as beautiful as a fairy and is very famous in this city. People who pursue her have already lined up in a long line, including many young men from aristocratic families.

However, Liu Shishi was not interested in these young men from aristocratic families. In her opinion, these people were usually uneducated and tyrannical based on their own power, which was not considered capable at all. However, she was somewhat impressed by Wu Nian. Wu Nian was similar to her in age, but he could already stand alone in the store, so Liu Shishi couldn't help but have a good impression of him.

Shopkeeper Liu naturally discovered this, so Shopkeeper Liu called Wu Nian to him and said: "Wu Nian, you have been here for three years. I have seen your ability and you will definitely do something in the future, so I plan to betroth my daughter to you. I wonder if you are willing?" "

Wu Nian was stunned when he heard this. He didn't expect Shopkeeper Liu to have such a plan. You must know that he is just a poor boy now and is not worthy of Liu Shishi at all. However, he does admire Liu Shishi in his heart, but he just doesn't dare to express it.

Seemingly seeing Wu Nian's hesitation, Shopkeeper Liu said: "You don't need to feel inferior. I also take a fancy to your potential. I believe my daughter will live a good life if she marries you! "

got the approval of Shopkeeper Liu, and Wu Nian no longer shied away, so Wu Nian said: "Don't worry Shopkeeper Liu, I, Wu Nian, will definitely treat Shishi well and will never let her suffer any injustice. "

After hearing this, shopkeeper Liu nodded with satisfaction, so he arranged the wedding for the two of them a few days later. Mrs. Wang was so excited that she burst into tears when she saw her son marrying such a beautiful wife.

After the marriage, the couple was very affectionate, and shopkeeper Liu was relieved to leave the store to Wu Nian. In fact, Wu Nian had always been holding back the desire to restore the glory of the Wu family, so he prepared to expand the store

So Wu Nian came to the south to make a living. Unexpectedly, it would only take two years. In the past two years, Wu Nian used his extraordinary business acumen to negotiate a lot of investments, and thus earned the first pot of gold in his life. This also greatly increased his confidence, so Wu Nian returned home with his property.

There was also a man named Zhou Tao who came back with him this time. This man had followed Wu Nian for two years. The two had a deep friendship and became sworn brothers. Therefore, Wu Nian would not forget his brother if he had the advantage.

Since there were very few people in the cloth business in this Anqing county, Wu Nian rose quickly and became a wealthy family in the county in just one year. He also bought the old site of the Wu family, built a new house on it, and brought in all his family members.

Seeing that the family was living a happy life, an unexpected appearance completely changed their destiny.

On this day, Wu Nian said that he would go out to discuss business, which could take at least three to five days, or as long as a month. His wife packed up the gifts for him overnight. You must know that over the years, the couple had been spending less time together and separated more, so that they still have no children of their own. However, his wife also understood that Wu Nian was not easy, so she did not blame him.

Soon Wu Nian took Zhou Tao and set off together. He thought that the two of them would be away for many days, but unexpectedly, Zhou Tao hurried back on the third day.

When Liu Shishi saw him, he came back by himself and asked quickly: "Why hasn't my husband come back? Where has he gone?"

Zhou Tao said in a panic: "My eldest brother and I encountered robbers on the way. I saw my eldest brother being killed by the robbers and thrown into the river."

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Hearing this, Liu Shishi's head was buzzing. She didn't expect that after waiting for a long time, what she was waiting for was the news of her husband's death. So everyone in the Wu family quickly sent people to search for Wu Nian's body in the river, but they could not find it after many days of searching. During this period, Wang fainted due to excessive grief, and when she woke up, she could no longer get out of bed.

Now she was the only one left to support the big Wu family. If it weren't for Zhou Tao's control, the family would have been in chaos.

More than a year passed in the blink of an eye. During this period, thanks to Zhou Tao's comfort, Liu Shishi came out of the shadows, and gradually the two fell in love with each other.

Shopkeeper Liu found his daughter that day and said: "Shishi, Wu Nian is no longer here. It's time for you to find a suitable person to marry. I think Zhou Tao is good. What do you think?"

Liu Shishi also blushed when she heard this, but she still said "Dad, Zhou Tao is a good man who can be trusted for life, but how can I, a widowed girl, be worthy of him? Let's forget about it!" Upon hearing this, shopkeeper Liu shook his head and sighed, and said no more. But what Liu Shishi didn't expect was that Zhou Tao would come to her door on his own initiative that day.

Zhou Tao said: "Shishi, after this year of getting along, my heart has been filled with your shadow, and I can no longer pretend to be someone else. Are you willing to be my wife?"

Liu Shishi was also panicked when she saw Zhou Tao's sudden confession, and she quickly said: "But I am a widowed daughter, if you If you marry me, others will gossip."

Zhou Tao said firmly: "I don't care what others say, I will be content with you as long as I stay with you for the rest of my life."

Liu Shishi was finally moved when she heard Zhou Tao's loving confession, so she nodded and agreed, and under the arrangement of shopkeeper Liu, the wedding was scheduled for three days.

Three days passed in the blink of an eye, and finally it was the wedding day. At this time, Wu Nian was already crowded with guests coming to the banquet. You must know that the Wu family has developed rapidly in the past few years, so the merchants in the city want to establish a good relationship with the Wu family.

Soon, under the auspices of the steward, Zhou Tao and Liu Shishi got married. Looking at the scene in front of him, Zhou Tao was extremely excited. It was time for the Wu family to change their surname to Zhou.

Liu Shishi was soon taken back to the bridal chamber. Liu Shishi sat on the bedside waiting nervously, but at this moment, Liu Shishi touched something cold. She couldn't help but lift the hijab and take a look. Unexpectedly, she was so frightened that she collapsed directly to the ground.

She saw a giant snake entrenched on the bedside, with its vertical pupils staring at her. Liu Shishi was just about to call for help, but she didn't expect that the giant snake actually said human words: "Don't be afraid, I am a fairy in the mountain, and I came here to repay your kindness!"

Although Liu Shishi was calm after hearing this, She hurriedly asked: "I wonder whose kindness the Immortal Chief wants to repay?"

The giant snake said: "I failed to escape the tribulation back then. Thanks to your husband Wu Nian's timely rescue, I was able to save my life. I thought I would repay my kindness after retreating, but I didn't expect that this retreat would last more than ten years."

Hearing the giant snake mention Wu Nian and Liu Shishi Her eyes were moistened instantly, and she said with a sad face: "Immortal doesn't know, my husband has died unexpectedly a long time ago, please ask Immortal to leave!"

Unexpectedly, the giant snake snorted coldly: "Your husband is not dead, all this is Zhou Tao's conspiracy." Hearing this, Liu Shishi trembled, and she hurriedly asked: "Is this what Immortal is? "What's going on?"

Then the giant snake told the truth. It turned out that Zhou Tao deliberately framed Wu Nian on the road in order to seize the Wu family's property, knocked him unconscious and threw him into the river. He thought that everything would be safe, but unexpectedly Wu Nian was rescued by a fisherman, but he suffered a heavy blow to the head and lost his memory. The giant snake came here to stop Zhou Tao's conspiracy.

After hearing this, Liu Shishi was furious. She didn't expect that Zhou Tao would be so inferior to a pig, so Liu Shishi sued him to the government in a fit of anger. The county magistrate was also furious when he heard about this, so under the leadership of the giant snake, he finally found Wu Nian who had lost his memory in a remote village.

The giant snake used a secret method to restore Wu Nian's memory. The crimes committed by Zhou Tao finally came to light, so Zhou Tao was sent to death row to await execution.

Later, Wu Nian finally returned to the Wu family. In order to thank the fisherman for saving his life, he took him to the Wu family to enjoy the blessings. When his mother, Wang, saw that her son was back, her health became better and better. It didn't take long for Liu Shishi to become pregnant. The Wu family's business became increasingly prosperous, and the family finally lived a happy life.