The story takes place during the period of the Song Dynasty. In Gaoyang Town, Qingxian County, there is a man named Zhang Qiusheng. He owns a iron shop. Because of his superb skills, the villagers always come to him to work.
Zhang Qiusheng has no father or mother since childhood. He grew up by eating Hundred Family Meals , so he is very grateful to the fellow villagers around him. If he sees someone's family encounters a difficult situation, Zhang Qiusheng will take out some silver and send it to his home. He is a famous good person nearby.
However, as the money was donated, his life became much more difficult. Over the years, Zhang Qiusheng could hardly even eat meat, so someone sneered behind his back, saying that he, a poor man, learned some kind of good deeds, and it would be better to take good care of himself.
Zhang Qiusheng smiled at the ridicule of others. No matter how others think of him, it would be enough as long as he was satisfied with his own deeds in his work.
It is precisely because of Zhang Qiusheng's kindness that brought him good luck. On that day, as soon as Zhang Qiusheng arrived home, he saw Grandma Zhu in the village waiting outside his home. He hurriedly came up and asked, "Grandma, I wonder what you are doing here?"
Grandma Zhu saw Zhang Qiusheng back and hurriedly said, "Qiusheng, there is a big happy event. Xiumei in the village has fallen in love with you. I specifically asked me to say a matchmaker. You must hurry up such a good thing."
Zhang Qiusheng was stunned when he heard this. With his conditions, few women could fall in love with him, let alone Xiumei. Xiumei is one of the best women in the village. There are countless suitors, including those rich children, but they were all rejected by Xiumei. For some reason, Xiumei actually liked him.
Seeing Qiu Sheng not replying, Grandma Zhu became anxious and quickly persuaded: "Silly child, you are a grown-up. Grandma can still lie to you. Xiumei said, "I think you are a person who lives a down-to-earth life. We want to marry you to peace of mind. Don't miss it."
Hearing Grandma Zhu's words, Qiu Sheng reacted in his heart. Since the woman did not dislike him, she had no reason to refuse, so she agreed immediately.
So under the arrangement of Grandma Zhu, Qiu Sheng married Xiumei as his wife. In fact, Xiumei was a miserable woman. Her parents died early. She went to the fields to work and support herself as a man since she was a child. She was a real and good girl.
After marriage, the couple was very loving. With Xiumei's help on weekdays, the business in the shop became better and better. When he was alone, Qiu Sheng could save money, but now with a wife, he naturally cannot be wronged. So Qiu Sheng decided to make the shop bigger.
The three generations of the Zhang family are all blacksmiths. This skill has been practiced very well. People often come to him to learn from his masters, but they are all rejected by Qiu Sheng. Now Qiu Sheng plans to make his business bigger, so he speaks to recruit apprentices.
In just a few days, four or five good blacksmiths came to the store. Qiu Sheng chose some experienced ones, but he didn't have the energy to lead the newbies. When the apprentices learned almost the same, Qiu Sheng opened several stores for them to run them themselves, and he took half of the profits from them.
Just a few years later, dozens of Zhang's iron shops have been opened. Qiu Sheng has made a lot of money and has become a local rich family. He has also built a big house in the city. Now Qiu Sheng is rich, and he still does not forget his original intention and can do good deeds to help the villagers. Therefore, he is also called Zhang Da Shanren.
Since Qiu Sheng is rich now, people in the village often come to him to borrow money, but the money he borrowed is a lot and he can't even collect the money. However, Qiu Sheng doesn't care, as long as it can help everyone, it's enough.
On this day, Qiu Sheng was about to go out when he saw a person lying outside his door. The man was dressed in a torn dress and looked like a down-and-out beggar. Qiu Sheng felt soft and ordered his servants to help the beggar in.
and others looked carefully and then realized that this person was his neighbor Gao Laojiu? I remember that Gao Laojiu used some money in his family to mock him a lot on weekdays, but for some reason he was now in such a situation.
At this time, Gao Laojiu also woke up. Seeing that it was Qiu Sheng who saved him, he couldn't help but kneel down and cry, "Qiu Sheng, my Gao family is over. My father was cheated by others in his business. Everything in the family is gone. My father couldn't think of it and died. I will not live anymore."
Seeing Gao Laojiu's miserable appearance, Qiu Sheng couldn't help but feel sympathy in his heart. He no longer cared about some of the small grievances in the past, so he said, "Lao Jiu, don't give up on yourself, As long as you manage well in the future, I believe your Gao family will make a comeback."
Hearing this, Gao Laojiu couldn't help but say, "Brother Zhang, I beg you to lend me some silver. I must take back my Gao family's property."
Seeing that Laojiu had fighting spirit, Qiu Sheng felt much more relaxed, but Gao Laojiu opened his mouth only for 500 taels of silver, which was not a small amount, but Qiu Sheng still lent it to him at the point of his family's destruction.
In the blink of an eye, more than ten years have passed. The couple has a child named Zhang Sheng. Now they have grown up. In order to train their son, Zhang Qiusheng sent his son to a neighboring county to manage a shop. Although Zhang Sheng is young, he is calm in his work, which makes his father very satisfied.
However, an unexpected occurrence changed the fate of the Zhang family. That day, Zhang Sheng received news that his father suddenly had a hidden disease and was about to fail. Zhang Sheng rushed back to the Zhang family overnight, but he was still one step late. His father had passed away before he came back.
Zhang Sheng forced himself to bury his father, but before he could be sad, the industry at home underwent drastic changes. All the stores actually joined forces to leave the Zhang family, and the Zhang family suddenly lost their income.
In just one month, Zhang Sheng was forced to sell his property and go to the countryside. Now the huge Zhang family is left with only mother and son, and his mother is bedridden because of excessive sadness and passed away not long after.
Now there is not much silver left in Zhang Sheng's family. He has not been defeated by the difficulties in front of him. He is determined to restore the former glory of the Zhang family, so he plans to start from scratch.
Before his mother died, he told him that Gao Laojiu, who was in a neighboring county, had borrowed 500 taels of silver from his family. Now he heard that he was doing a business in the Bufang and his life was pretty good, so he would definitely be able to repay the silver.
So Zhang Sheng inquired all the way and rushed to the neighboring county. Because the journey was long, Zhang Sheng got on a donkey cart for delivery. Although this donkey cart was not as fast as a cart, it was much better than a human foot strength.
Soon Zhang Sheng arrived at the boundary of the neighboring county. Just when he was on a small bridge on his way, a cry for help suddenly came. Zhang Sheng looked back and found that someone had fallen into the water.
Seeing that the man struggled for a few times and disappeared, Zhang Sheng secretly called out a bad thing, so he rushed out of the donkey cart and jumped into the water. Zhang Sheng was very watery and tried his best to save the person.
This person who fell into the water was a young and beautiful woman. At this time, her whole body was soaked. Zhang Sheng quickly took out clean clothes from the bag and put them on her.
At this moment, a maid suddenly ran over and said, "Miss, are you okay? I'm scared. If something happens to you, how can I explain to the master?"
At this time, the woman finally relieved a lot and said to Zhang Sheng: "Thank you for your help, and please come home with me. My father will definitely thank you."
Zhang Sheng said, "Miss, don't be polite. I have important things to do, so I won't leave much. Miss, please go home quickly, don't suffer from the wind and cold."
After saying that, Zhang Sheng turned around and left. The woman wanted to stop him, but it was obvious that Zhang Sheng left so quickly, so she stopped talking.
Soon Zhang Sheng found the Gao family. Gao Laojiu was really capable. With his previous 500 taels of silver, he became a local cloth shop owner. Although he was not as good as the original Zhang family, he was not far behind.
Soon, under the leadership of the servant, Zhang Sheng found Gao Laojiu. When Gao Laojiu heard that Zhang Sheng was Zhang Qiusheng's son, he held his hand and refused to let go, and his mouth was full of gratitude.
Gao Laojiu asked: "How is your father's recent days? My business is too busy. When I take time, I will definitely go back to visit Brother Zhang."
Hearing this, Zhang Sheng couldn't help feeling sad and said, "My father has passed away, and now I am the only one left in my Zhang family. "
Gao Laojiu was shocked when he learned about the incident. Unexpectedly, the Zhang family was finished just after he finished speaking, but when he knew that Zhang Sheng was here to collect the bill, his face immediately pulled down.
Gao Laojiu said: "My dear nephew, I am not rich recently, and I can't take out the five hundred taels of silver. "
Zhang Sheng quickly spoke: "I hope Uncle Gao will take out 100 taels to repay me first, and it will not be too late to talk about the remaining money later. "
Unexpectedly, Gao Laojiu sneered: "I don't have one hundred taels, but I can consider ten taels of silver. "
Seeing Gao Laojiu's rogue appearance, Zhang Sheng couldn't help but feel angry, but at this moment, a voice suddenly came: "I want to ask for money from my Gao family, but I really have the courage to win the heart and leopard. Besides, your Zhang family is over now, so what if we don't give it to you? "
After saying that, he saw an obese figure walking over. This person was Gao Laojiu's son Gao Feng. Gao Feng is a famous playboy nearby. He often does something about bullying men and women.
Zhang Sheng couldn't help but say, "My father was lent to you as a fellow countryman, but I didn't expect you to be so heartless. I'll write down what happened today. "
After saying that, Zhang Sheng was about to leave, but Gao Feng stopped him: "Who do you think you are? My Gao family comes whenever you want, and leave whenever you want? Today I will teach you a good life for your father. "
said that, Gao Feng was about to go forward and take action. Unexpectedly, a figure suddenly crossed between the two. Gao Feng stopped quickly when he saw this. This person was Gao Laojiu's daughter Gao Shuzhen.
Gao Shuzhen said: "Stop it, this person is my life-savior. No one of you can touch him today. "
Zhang Sheng then recognized the woman in front of him. It was the woman he saved in the water. Unexpectedly, she was actually Gao Laojiu's daughter.
Unexpectedly, Gao Laojiu said coldly: "You guy, I will marry you to that prince in a few days, so why don't you make way for me quickly. "
Hearing this, Gao Shuzhen couldn't help but feel sad. The prince Wang was a fool. In order to climb into the Wang family, his father planned to sacrifice himself. Gao Laojiu had never given his daughter a good face since he was a child. He favored boys over girls very much.
However, in order to repay Zhang Sheng's life-saving grace, Gao Shuzhen became tough and openly confronted his father. So under the cover of Gao Shuzhen, Zhang Sheng escaped smoothly.
After experiencing such a thing, Zhang Sheng couldn't help feeling helpless. What should I do if I don’t have silver? Just when he was at a loss, Gao Shuzhen caught up with him and handed him a cloth bag, and then hurried back.
Zhang Sheng opened it and saw that it was full of gold and silver jewelry. Zhang Sheng couldn’t help but be moved, so he sold the jewelry and finally collected 200 taels of silver.
In fact, Zhang Sheng had already made plans. The Zhang family had been in charge of iron shops for many years. The most important step is to purchase raw materials. The raw materials purchased by the Zhang family are twice as cheaper than usual. The reason is that the supplier of this raw material has close contact with the Zhang family, so Zhang Sheng planned to monopolize the local raw materials, which grasped the key points of the iron shop.
So Zhang Sheng rushed to the supplier. After some detailed discussion, Zhang Sheng promised many benefits of him. So Zhang Sheng achieved his first step. Zhang Sheng, who received the supply, raised the price of the raw materials several times. The blacksmiths nearby were clamoring for a long time. Even, it would be good not to lose money at this price.
Everyone knew that this was Zhang Sheng's plan, but in the face of interests, they had to put their faces down and discuss with Zhang Sheng. In less than a month, Zhang Sheng took the shops back.
Not only that, Zhang Sheng also set rules for the shops again, just to prevent the incident from happening. Soon, the news of Zhang Sheng returning to the Zhang family spread, and people praised Zhang Sheng, and there were many people who came to ask for marriage.
That day, Zhang Sheng welcomed a special guest, which was Gao Laojiu. Unexpectedly, Gao Shuzhen was also with him. As soon as Gao Laojiu entered the door, he kept repenting, saying that he was blinded by lard at the beginning, but now he knew his mistake and planned to betroth his daughter to him.
Originally, Zhang Sheng didn't want to have any contact with Gao Laojiu anymore, but he did have a good impression of Gao Shuzhen. At that time, she was the only one who took out his jewelry to support him, so after some consideration, Zhang Sheng decided to marry Gao Shuzhen.
After getting married, the couple was very loving and almost got tired of being together all day long. No matter who saw it, they were envious.
But gradually Zhang Sheng's body became weaker and weaker, and he was extremely thin. Although his wife was not very serious, her health was not as good as before.
The two hired many doctors but found no stranger. Until one morning, the wife found that the husband in the bed was already gone, which made Gao Shuzhen very anxious. After the doctor checked, she said that she was helpless.
So Gao Shuzhen had to hold back her grief and held a funeral for her husband. Gao Shuzhen missed her husband, so she sat alone in front of the grave and cried, and refused to leave for a long time.
At this moment, Gao Shuzhen found a big snake suddenly emerged from her husband's grave. Gao Shuzhen was shocked and hurriedly got up to drive away the big snake, fearing that the big snake would disturb her husband's purity.
Unexpectedly, the big snake actually said, "I am infatuated with you. I advised you to dig up the grave. Your husband is not dead, he is just poisoned."
heard this, Gao Shuzhen was shocked and hurriedly dug up the grave as the big snake said. After longevity was opened, I saw that the husband inside really had a breath. The big snake suddenly came to her husband's side and bit him.
Then, when she saw her husband's complexion recovered a lot. After a while, she opened her eyes and hugged each other and cried. So under the guidance of the snake, the couple finally found the mastermind behind the scenes, which was actually done by Gao Laojiu.
It turned out that Gao Laojiu and his son found a colorless and tasteless poison powder and put it in the wine jar. Zhang Sheng would get poisoned when drinking every day, and he could not detect it at all. Although his wife did not drink, she also had a lot of toxins in her body, with the purpose of occupying the Zhang family's property.
Gao Shuzhen did not expect that his father and brother were so vicious that they wanted to murder them for the sake of Yin Liang, so the couple reported to the official and arrested Gao Laojiu and his son.
The couple never encountered any strange things since this time. The wife gave birth to three children for him and the family lived a happy life.
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