In the third year of Longshuo in the Tang Dynasty , there was such a family in Chenshi Village, Jiangxi Province. His father, Zhang An, was over sixty and married to Mrs. Liu. Zhang An didn't have much ability, he was just an ordinary farmer, but he raised a "good son" in the eyes of others.
The old couple has three sons. The eldest son is named Zhang Yongji, the second son is named Zhang Yongsheng, and the third son is named Zhang Yongping. Zhang Yongji, the eldest son of
, has loved reading since he was a child. He was admitted as a scholar when he was a teenager. This was not easy for a family that lived by digging in the dirt.
In order to provide for the eldest son to study, the family scrimped on food and clothing. The two younger brothers even worked in the fields with their father at a young age. Whatever good food and clothing the family had, they were all left to the eldest son.
Although Zhang Yongji later failed to pass the examination, he still found a decent job as a pen clerk in the county government by virtue of his status as a scholar. This made Zhang's father, who had been dealing with dirt and garbage all his life, very happy. Coupled with the kind words from the neighbors, the Zhang family straightened their backs and felt like they were walking with wind.
After working in the county government for a period of time, Zhang Yongji quickly gained the respect of the county magistrate with his outstanding literary skills and his down-to-earth and diligent character.
His career is going smoothly, but Zhang Yongji's love life is full of ups and downs.
It turns out that there was a girl named Jinfeng in Chenshi Village. She was the same age as Zhang Yongji. The two grew up together. It can be said that they were childhood sweethearts.
When it was time to talk about marriage, Zhang Yongji found an opportunity and mentioned the matter to his father. Unexpectedly, Father Zhang said: "Son, you are on official errands at the Yamen Gate now. Jinfeng's parents are both farmers, so you are not suitable at all..."
Zhang Yongji wanted to say something else, but Father Zhang raised his hand and continued: "The marriage of children has been the order of parents since ancient times, and the words of matchmakers, although we are not You come from such a rich and noble family, but you have to find a daughter-in-law who is the right match for you. You don’t have to say much, everything is decided by your father."
Zhang Yongji has been very filial since he was a child. He knows that his parents and two younger brothers have worked hard to allow him to study peacefully, so he neither dares nor wants to go against his father's wishes.
Two months later, under the arrangement of Zhang's father, Zhang Yongji married Xiuniang, the daughter of the shopkeeper of Xinglong Silk and Satin Zhuangsun in the city.
On the wedding day, Zhang Yongji wore a winged crown with a hairpin inserted on the left and right sides of the hat wall. He wore a round-neck floral robe, a jade belt around his waist, boots, and a tall horse riding on his crotch.
At this time, a sound of suona cut through the sky. Surrounded by the wedding reception team, Zhang Yongji slowly left Chenshi Village and headed straight for the county seat.
Throughout the process, Zhang Yongji was looking around. He wanted to see that familiar figure again, but he was afraid of seeing that face that he had thought about countless times.
Until the team left the village, Zhang Yongji still didn't wait for that person to appear. It can't be said that he was disappointed. Zhang Yongji suddenly felt that this seemed good, at least it was decent for both of them.
In this way, Zhang Yongji and Xiuniang got married. Xiuniang grew up in a wealthy family and had never suffered much. But since marrying Zhang Yongji, she has been filial to her parents-in-law, considerate of her husband, taken care of her brother-in-law, and managed the entire Zhang family in order.
When he first got married, Zhang Yongji could not forget Jinfeng, so he was very cold towards Xiu Niang. Xiu Niang cried to her father when she returned to her parents' home. Because of this, her father-in-law and Zhang Yongji had a big quarrel, and the dispute has been tense ever since.
However, people's hearts are full of flesh. As time went by, Zhang Yongji was gradually moved by Xiuniang's gentleness and virtuousness, and began to live with her wholeheartedly. But the relationship between Weng and his son-in-law has not eased at all, and both of them are secretly competing with each other.
Two years have passed in a flash, because Chenshi Village is about 10 miles away from the county seat, and it takes 20 miles to go back and forth. Sometimes when he was busy, Zhang Yongji couldn't even return home, so he discussed with Xiu Niang and planned to buy a house in the city. He told his parents about his idea.
Father Zhang frowned and said: "Houses in the city are not cheap. Our family doesn't have that much money. Besides, the second and third children are also old enough to get married. We have to make plans for them.Yongji, if that doesn't work, you can go to your father-in-law's house to stay temporarily. This way you can be closer to the county government and save money on buying a house. How about that? "
Zhang Yongji sighed and smiled bitterly. It turned out that the daughter-in-law returned to her parents' home a few days ago and wanted to borrow money from her father, but the father-in-law did not borrow a penny because she had an unpleasant quarrel with her son-in-law before. Not only that, he also scolded Xiu Niang. One pass.
Zhang Yongji said to his father: "Dad, I know that my family is not rich, and it is time for my two brothers to spend money. Xiuniang and I have discussed it and have no intention of opening our mouths to the elders. We are just informing you of our decision. "
Father Zhang wanted to say something else, but was interrupted by Zhang Yongji. He continued: "Dad, I have made up my mind, please don't try to persuade me. "
After hearing this, Zhang's father had no choice but to swallow the words that came to his lips.
During this period, Zhang Yongji lowered his face and borrowed money from everywhere, which also made him truly understand the warmth and warmth of human nature and the harshness of the world. In our current words, that is "It's okay to ask for anything. Don't talk about money, it hurts feelings."
At noon that day, Zhang Yongji was lying on the bench of the county government office to take a rest. Because Chenshi Village was far away, Zhang Yongji did not go home at noon in these years, but rested in the county government office.
At this time, Zhang Yongji was settling accounts. In the past few days, he had been everywhere I opened my mouth to borrow money, but I only borrowed 9 taels of silver. Adding in the 15 taels I had saved, the total was 24 taels. But the cheapest house in the county costs 30 taels, and he can't afford it at all.
Hearing a slight cough, Zhang Yongji was brought back from his thoughts. He opened his eyes and saw the person in front of him. He quickly stood up and said respectfully: "Sir..."
The person who came was Mr. Zhou, the county magistrate. He only heard Mr. Zhou, the magistrate, say with a smile: "Yongji, don't be polite. We are not in the court now. Let's be more casual. "
Zhang Yongji quickly moved a chair for Mr. Zhou to sit down, while he stood aside with his head bowed.
Mr. Zhou pressed down his right hand twice to signal him to sit down, then stroked his beard and said: "Yongji, I heard that you are raising money to buy a house? "
Zhang Yongji blushed and nodded awkwardly.
Zhou Zhixian smiled and said: "How far is it? "
Zhang Yongji was speechless for a moment, and only heard Zhou Zhixian say again: "Forget it, I won't ask. "As he spoke, he took out 20 taels of patterned silver from his sleeves and placed it on the table. He pushed it forward and continued: "You asked others to borrow it, but you never asked me. It seems that you still don't regard me as a good friend? "
Zhang Yongji stood up quickly, not knowing what to say for a moment. He was about to shirk, but he heard Zhou Zhixian say: "This money is lent to you, and you have to pay it back, but I still have the final say when. "After that, he stood up and left with a smile.
Zhang Yongji looked at the back of Zhou Zhixian with mixed feelings in his heart.
In the evening, Zhang Yongji returned home and told Xiuniang everything that happened. Xiuniang was also happy that her husband had such a good boss.
Zhang Yongji said with a grimace: "My father-in-law is not even as good as an outsider. "
Xiu Niang heard this and said coquettishly: "Who should I blame? It’s not that I blame you for always thinking about others in the past few years. "
Zhang Yongji was speechless by Xiu Niang and had to lower his head.
Three months later, Zhang Yongji and Xiu Niang bought a house in the county and settled down. On the day of the move, many relatives and friends came to congratulate them, but Xiu Niang's parents were missing. This made Ben, who already had feelings for his father-in-law, come to congratulate him. Zhang Yongji became increasingly angry because of these prejudices.
Xiuniang found out that she was pregnant just a few days after she moved in. She told her husband the good news, and Zhang Yongji was so happy that she hugged Xiuniang.
Xiuniang buried her head in her husband's chest, her pretty face turned red. tml0
The next day, Zhang Yongji specially asked for half a day's leave, returned to Chenshi Village, and took his mother Liu over to take care of the embroiderer. After arranging everything, he went to the county government to do some work.
Soon, the news that his daughter Xiuniang was pregnant reached Sun Zhai. Mrs. Sun When Mrs. Sun heard this, she immediately found her husband, shopkeeper Sun, and scolded her face to face. She cried and said: "You are an old man with a petty mind. You compete with your son-in-law all day long. You don't help your daughter buy a house. You don't go to congratulate her when she moves. Now that my daughter is pregnant, what do you think I should do?" "
Shopkeeper Sun was speechless after being scolded by his wife.
Just like that, Mrs. Sun simply cleaned up and hurried out of the house and went straight to her daughter and son-in-law's house.
Standing outside the courtyard gate, Mrs. Sun sighed with emotion. She knocked on the door knocker , and it was Zhang Yongji's mother Liu who opened the door. When the two saw each other, they were stunned for a moment, and then their four hands were held together.
Mrs. Sun's face was full of shame. She opened her mouth several times but said nothing. When Mrs. Liu saw her, she hurriedly smiled and said, "Mom, don't say anything. Come in quickly. Xiu Niang will be extremely happy to know that you are here." After saying this, he led Mrs. Sun into the house hand in hand.
Sure enough, as soon as Xiu Niang saw her mother, she burst into tears. Mrs. Sun held her daughter and cried bitterly. Even Ms. Liu on the side was moved to tears.
cried for a while before the three of them stopped crying. Mrs. Liu said, "My mother-in-law, you and Xiuniang are chatting. I'm going to prepare the food."
Mrs. Sun quickly stood up to stop her: "How can this be done? I'd better go."
Xiuniang saw that the two were arguing, stood up and said : "Mother-in-law, mother-in-law, please rest while I go."
As soon as he finished speaking, someone outside heard someone say: "No one needs to go, I'll go..."
Everyone turned their heads and looked outside, and found that the person speaking was none other than Zhang Yongji. Zhang Yongji stepped into the room, greeted his mother and mother-in-law, and said, "Everyone, have a rest. I'm going to cook." After that, he turned and went straight to the kitchen.
Just heard a sound in the kitchen, and after a while, Zhang Yongji prepared a large table of food.
After everyone sat down, the three of them couldn't help but frown. There were more than a dozen dishes on the table, which was quite a lot, but except for some green vegetables, most of them were various pickles, and there was no meat at all. The staple food is ice-cold hard steamed buns.
Mother Liu thought to herself: There are still chickens and ducks at home, why didn’t her son put them on the table?
Xiuniang also stared at her husband in surprise.
Mrs. Sun had a panoramic view of everyone's expressions, and she remained calm.
Zhang Yongji didn't seem to notice anything unusual about the three of them, and still said to Mrs. Sun with a smile: "Mother-in-law, you're welcome, eat more."
Mrs. Sun smiled awkwardly and said to Mrs. Liu, "My mother-in-law, I suddenly remembered that I still have some things to deal with at home, so I won't bother you." After that, she stood up and left.
Ms. Liu apologized and chased her out. Zhang Yongji didn't say a word during the whole process. At this time, Xiuniang's face was already livid with anger. She couldn't say a word, but ran back to the bedroom crying.
Mrs. Liu sent Mrs. Sun back to the house. She was so angry that she was dizzy with the son in front of her. She pointed at Zhang Yongji without saying a word for a long time, lamented her whole life, turned around and left silently.
After a while, Zhang Yongji was still in a daze, but found that his mother and Xiuniang had already packed their bags. Zhang Yongji stood up and asked: "Mom, where are you going?"
"Where are you going? We are going back to Chenshi Village..." Ms. Liu said loudly.
Zhang Yongji said: "Why?"
"Why? We don't want to live with a heartless and unjust person like you?"
"I..." Zhang Yongji wanted to argue, but was speechless.
At this time, Xiuniang said: "Ms. sir, I know there was a gap between you and my father before, but you should never do it. You should humiliate my mother in this way. This is something I cannot forgive."
Mrs. Liu said: "Ji'er, your father and I have spent all our efforts to provide you with education. Did the sages teach you to be so filial to your elders? Where have you read all your books?" As she said this, Mrs. Liu couldn't help but shed tears.
At this time, Zhang Yongji was filled with regret. He turned around and walked out the door. Xiuniang and Mrs. Liu said in unison: "Where are you going?"
"I'm going to apologize to my father-in-law and mother-in-law!"
I think everyone can guess the ending. Zhang Yongji sincerely repented, put aside the past grudges with his father-in-law and mother-in-law, and reconciled as before. The family lived a happy life.
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The article was originally written by a little book boy. Folk stories use spirits to express human nature and warn the world. The meaning is profound and not to fall into superstition.
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