There was a man named Xi Shan who was from Gaomi, Shandong. He works as a businessman and often lives between Yishui and Mengshan. One day, the journey was blocked by rain. When he arrived at the place where he often stayed, it was already late at night. He knocked on all the sho

There is a man named Xi Shan, who is from Gaomi, Shandong. He works as a businessman and often lives between Yishui and Mengshan.

One day, the journey was blocked by rain. When he arrived at the place where he often stayed, it was already late at night. He knocked on all the doors of the shops, but no one answered, so he had to wander under the eaves.

Suddenly, two doors suddenly opened, and an old man came out and invited Xi Shan into the house. Xi Shan happily went in with the old man. He tied up the donkey and went to the living room. There was no table or couch in the living room.

The old man said: "I sympathize with you for having no place to stay, so I welcome you. I am not a restaurant owner, and there is no one at home. There are only old wives and weak daughters, who are already asleep. Although there are overnight dishes, they are not warmed up, so please don't feel bad. Eat something cold."

said and entered the back room. After a while, they brought the low bed and put it on the ground, urging Xishan to sit down; then he went in and brought a low table: he went in and out, and his steps were not very large, so it was very hard work.

Xi Shan stood up, feeling a little dissatisfied, and pulled the old man to let him have a rest.

Not long ago, a girl came out to pour wine. The old man looked back and said, "My wife is getting better."

Xi Shan has a younger brother who is not yet married, and he is attracted to A Xian. Then he asked the old man his name.

The old man replied: "My surname is Gu, and my name is Shixu. All my children and grandchildren have died, and only this daughter is left. I couldn't bear to disturb her sleep just now. It must have been my old lady who woke her up."

Xi Shan asked again: "Who is the son-in-law? He replied: He is not betrothed to anyone else." Xi Shan was secretly happy.

In a short while, all the dishes were placed, as if they had been prepared. After Xishan finished eating, he expressed his gratitude and said: "This person whom I met by chance has received such great love from the old man, and the favor I have received, I dare not forget.

It is only because of the old man's high moral character that he dares to say the reckless truth in a hurry: I I have a younger brother named Sanlang who is seventeen years old and studying. You are not very stupid. If you want to get married, do you think my family is poor?"

The old man said happily: "I am an expat here. If we can support each other, I can borrow a place and the whole family can move there without worrying about it. "Xi Shan agreed and stood up again to express his gratitude. The old man diligently arranged pillows and quilts before leaving.

The chicken crows for the first time, and the old man has come out to call Xishan to wash up. Xishan has finished dressing up and takes out the meal money to reward him. The old man refused resolutely and said: There is no reason to charge money for having a guest for a meal; let alone getting married!"

After saying goodbye, Xi Shan returned home after being away for more than a month. On the road more than a mile away from the village , I met an old woman leading a girl, dressed in white. When I got closer, I felt that the girl looked a bit like A Xian. He looked back frequently and grabbed the old woman's sleeve. He didn't know what he said.

The old woman stopped and said to Xi Shan, "Is your surname Xi?"

Old Xi Shan nodded in agreement. The woman said sadly: "My old man was unfortunately crushed to death by a broken wall, and now he has to go to his grave. My house is empty. Please wait by the roadside for a while. We will come back soon. "

The mother and daughter went into the woods and came back after a while. The road was already dark, so Xi Shan walked with them. Talking about their loneliness and frailty, the mother and daughter felt sad and started to cry; Xi Shan She felt sad after hearing this.

The old woman said: "The people in this place are very unkind and it is difficult for widows to live. Since A-Xian is your daughter-in-law, if she misses this opportunity, she may delay her life, so why not make an early start tonight and go to your house together. "Xi Shan agreed to this idea.

When they arrived at A Xian's house, the old woman lit a lamp for Xi Shan to eat and drink, and said to him: "I thought you were coming soon. The stored grains have been sold out, and there are still twenty dollars left at home. A few stones could not be sent because of the long journey.

Four or five miles to the north, the first house in the village has Tan Erquan, which is my seller. If you are not afraid of tiredness, first use your donkey to transport a bag of grain. After calling the door, tell him that his grandma's house in Nancun has a few stones of grain and sell it to pay for travel. Ask him to drive the animals for a trip. Then he delivered a bag of grain to Xi Shan.

Xishan drove the donkey forward and knocked on the door. A man with a big belly came out, told him the situation, poured down a bag of grain and came back first.

Not long after, two porters arrived driving five mules. Grandma Gu took Xi Shan to the place where grain was stored, which turned out to be in the cellar.

Xi Shanxia's cellar weighed the grain for them. The mother and daughter put it in and collected it, and it was quickly filled and delivered to the porters for transportation. It took a total of four round trips to transport the food.

Tan Erquan then handed the money to Grandma Gu. Grandma Gu left him, a porter and two mules, packed his luggage and headed east. After walking twenty miles, it was dawn.

went to a market, hired a horse on the street, and talked about Erquan's servant before going back.

After returning home, Xi Shan told his parents the reason and they liked each other very much. He immediately arranged another house for the mother and daughter to live in, and chose a good day to marry Xi Sanlang. Grandma's dowry was well prepared.

Ah Xian is taciturn and never gets angry; when someone talks to her, she just smiles; she spins and weaves day and night without stopping, so everyone from top to bottom likes her.

A-Xian asked Sanlang: "Please tell your elder brother: Don't tell anyone about our mother and daughter when you pass by my house in the future."

A-Xian's mother and daughter lived here for three or four years, and the Xi family became increasingly wealthy. Sanlang passed the examination as a scholar.

One day, Xi Shan stayed at Gu's grandma's old neighbor's house again, and happened to talk about how he had no place to stay a few years ago and lived in Gu's house.

The landlord said: "You are wrong. The east neighbor is my uncle's villa. Three years ago, the people living there often saw strange things, so the house has been empty for a long time. How can there be any old couple staying together?" Xi Shan I was surprised and didn't talk about it in depth.

The landlord added: "This house had been empty for ten years, and no one dared to go in. One day, the back wall of the house collapsed. When my uncle went to look, he saw a mouse as big as a cat pinned down by the stone, with its tail exposed. It was still shaking outside. My uncle hurried home and asked many people to go with him, but he had disappeared.

After more than ten days, he went back and found nothing. htm It took many years for someone to live in it. l3

Xi Shan felt even more strange. When he returned home, he secretly suspected that his newly married sister-in-law was not a human being. He was worried about Saburo, but Saburo was still deeply in love with A-Xian as usual.

Over time, the family members started talking a lot and became suspicious. Ah Xian became aware of it and said to Saburo at night: "I have been married to you for several years and I have never made any mistakes. Now that you don't treat me as a human being, please give me a piece of paper." Divorce papers, leave it up to you to choose a good spouse. "

He shed tears as he spoke. Saburo said: "You should have known my sincere feelings for a long time. Since you entered the house, the family has become richer and richer. Everyone thinks it is your good fortune. How can there be anything else to say?"

Ah Xian said: "You have no second thoughts, why don't I understand; it's just that everyone has different opinions, fearing that one day they will be abandoned like an autumn fan. "Sanlang comforted and persuaded him again and again.

Xishan couldn't rest assured after all. He looked for a cat that was good at catching mice every day to observe A-Xian's reaction. Although A-Xian was not afraid, he frowned and felt unhappy.

One evening, he said Her mother was a little ill, so she said goodbye to Sanlang and went to visit her mother at dawn. Sanlang went to inquire, but there was no one in the house.

Sanlang was shocked and sent people to various roads to inquire about their whereabouts, but there was no news. He thought about it, couldn't calm down, couldn't sleep well, and couldn't eat. But his father and brother both thought it was a lucky thing and came to comfort each other and wanted to marry him again; but Saburo was very unhappy htm. l3

After waiting for more than a year, there was no news about A-Xian. His father and brother kept reproaching him, so he had to spend a lot of money to buy a concubine, but he still missed A-Xian. A few years later, the Xi family became poor day by day. , everyone thought of A Xian again.

Sanlang had a cousin, Xi Lan. Because I had something to do, I took a detour to my cousin Lu Sheng's house. He heard his neighbor crying very sadly and set off before he could ask.

After finishing his business, he heard the cry again at night, so he asked the owner. : “A few years ago, there was a widowed mother and an orphan who rented a house to live here. My grandma died last month. The woman lives alone without any relatives, so she is just sad. "

Xi Lan asked: "What's your surname?" He replied: "The surname is Gu.She often stays at home and does not interact with her neighbors, so her family background is unknown. "

Xi Lan said in surprise: "It's my sister-in-law!" and went to knock on the door. Someone came out wiping tears and answered through the door: "Who are you? There is no man in my family. "

Xi Lan peeked through the crack in the door and recognized from a distance that she was indeed her sister-in-law. She said: "Sister-in-law, open the door. I am A Lan from your uncle's family. "

Ah Xian heard this, unbolted the door and invited him in, telling him his loneliness. He looked very miserable and sad.

Xi Lan said: "The third brother misses his sister-in-law so hard. Even if you and your wife are a bit discordant, why did you go so far away to come here?" I wanted to hire a car to go home together.

Ah Xian said miserably: "Because I was looked down upon, I avoided it with my mother; today If you go back to depend on others, who wouldn’t look down upon you? If so, When I go home again, I must separate from my eldest brother; otherwise, I will take poison in order to die!"

After Xi Lan returned home, he told Sanlang about the situation. Sanlang rushed there overnight. When the couple met, they cried bitterly.

Chapter The next day, Saburo imprisoned the couple. I told the landlord.

The landlord's surname was Xie. He was a supervisor. He thought that A-Xian was beautiful and wanted to make her his wife. He would not charge her rent for a few years. He mentioned this to Grandma Gu many times, but Grandma Gu refused. .

Grandma Gu is dead, thank you. The supervisor was secretly happy that he could use A-Xian's brain, but he didn't expect that Sanlang would suddenly come and embarrass them by giving them the total rent for the past years. Out of the way. "As he said this, he led Sanlang to look at the storage in the granary. There were about thirty stones of grain, which was more than enough to repay the rent. Sanlang became happy and told Xie Jiansheng.

Xie Jiansheng refused to accept the grain and deliberately asked for money. A Xian sighed and said: "This is all My sin!" So he told Sanlang Xie Jiansheng's thoughts. Sanlang became angry and wanted to sue the county government.

His cousin Lu Sheng dissuaded him and sold grain to the neighbors for them and collected the money. He repaid Xie Jiansheng and sent them home in a car.

Saburo told his parents and separated from his brother. Within a few years, A-Xian's family became rich and poor. Troubled.

Axian invited his father-in-law and mother-in-law to come to his home to support them, and often gave money and food to Xishan.

Sanlang said happily: "You don't remember your eldest brother anymore?" Ah Xian replied: "He thinks he is doing it to protect his younger brother." Besides, if it’s not him, how could I know you?” Nothing weird happened in the future.