Helping to support the family is an old custom. In the past, when the husband was seriously ill and was unable to support his wife and the elderly, he would, with the husband's consent, find a kind-hearted man to take care of the family. After the husband's death, they would become a formal couple with this man and continue to live together.
During the Republic of China, a couple lived in a small village in the northeast. The man was Liu Sanben and the woman was Wang Jinmei. They were both in their early thirties.
One year, Liu Sanben was hired by the rich man in the village to cut wood, but he was carried back half a month later. When he went, he was a strong man, but when he came back, his face was purple, he couldn't stop coughing, and he couldn't even stand up. The owner said that Liu Sanben had an emergency while logging, so he gave him some money and left. Wang Jinmei suddenly felt that the sky was falling, the backbone of her family had fallen, and she would not be able to live her life in the future.
Wang Jinmei asked Liu Sanben if he had a work-related injury. Liu Sanben was an honest man and said that he had not suffered a work-related injury. One day it snowed heavily in the mountains, so they went to the mountains to hunt roe deer to improve their food. They shot a lot of roe deer and rabbits that day. They were very happy, so on the way back, a few people They had a snowball fight. When Liu Sanben was having fun, he opened his mouth and laughed. He didn't know who threw a snowball and hit him in his mouth. Although he spit it out quickly, a large piece of it was still sucked into his trachea. Liu Sanben coughed violently and didn't stop for a long time. No one, including himself, took it seriously.
Unexpectedly, he developed a high fever that night. His companions gave him herbal medicine, but it was of no use at all. Two days later, Liu Sanben's fever not only did not go away, but he could not even stand up. His employer was afraid that he would die on the construction site, so they quickly brought him back and gave him one month's wages.
Wang Jinmei was very sad when she saw her husband lying on the bed. The two of them had been married for more than ten years and had a good relationship. Even though Wang Jinmei didn't give birth to a son and a half, Liu Sanben didn't complain at all. But now her husband suddenly became seriously ill and couldn't afford to pay for his medicine and medical treatment. What should he do!
Liu Sanben did not want to implicate Wang Jinmei and proposed a divorce, but Wang Jinmei did not agree. Later, the neighbor Aunt Li came up with an idea and asked them to find a helper. Liu Sanben looked at the beautiful Wang Jinmei and was worried that she would not have a good life after his death, so he agreed. Wang Jinmei hesitated for a few days, then nodded after thinking that there was really no other way.
Aunt Li accepted the request, and within a few days she brought a man who was about thirty years old. He was quite handsome and had a strong body. Aunt Li said that the man's name was Li Dayong, and he was a distant relative of his family. His parents and brothers were gone, and he had a skill in making fire kang.
Liu Sanben and Wang Jinmei both agreed, and the three of them lived together. This Li Dayong is really capable. He built a new kang for his family in a few days. Moreover, it was cold in the Northeast, and his skills were also good. People asked him to make a kang almost every day. Liu San's family's income gradually increased, and they had money to treat his illness.
Liu Sanben and Wang Jinmei originally thought that Liu Sanben would not live long. After the two of them sent Liu Sanben away with all their heart, Wang Jinmei and Li Dayong became an official couple. Unexpectedly, Liu Sanben's decoction corrected the symptoms, and his body gradually improved. Not long after, he was able to go to the ground. After a while, he choked on the water and coughed twice, and he actually coughed up a piece of wood with blood. From then on, his body recovered faster, and within three months he was as strong as before.
Originally, Wang Jinmei was happy from the bottom of her heart that Liu San was getting better, and she was also very grateful to Li Dayong. But now she is getting more and more worried. Seeing that her husband is getting better, does she have to live with two men? Moreover, under Liu Sanben's initiative, the two of them had already consummated their marriage. In the past few days, she had also seen signs of pregnancy. Needless to say, the child must be Li Dayong's. How should they and the child get along with each other in the future?
Liu Sanben and Li Dayong also thought about this problem. One night, after a few people had finished dinner, Wang Jinmei spoke first: "Sanben, Dayong, I am pregnant now, and Sanben's health is all healed. How will we live in the future? Let's make it clear today. Otherwise, the gossip in the village will drown us."
Neither Liu Sanben nor Li Dayong said anything. They both smoked their pipes in silence. Finally, Li Dayong knocked the pot of his pipe and said to Wang Jinmei: "Jinmei, what do you think? Who do you want to live with?" ml0Wang Jinmei sighed: "Sanben and I have been together for decades. Although Dayong met late, Sanben would have been gone long ago without you. I am not a heartless person. To be honest, I choose someone who feels that I owe the other one. If I choose, I still want to be with Sanben, but I can't let Dayong suffer. I The two of us will leave the village tomorrow, taking nothing but some clothes with us, and give this house and a few acres of land to Dayong, do you think it's okay?"
Liu Sanben thought for a while, in fact, he really didn't want to give up the family fortune, but he also knew that Li Dayong would definitely disagree if he didn't do this, so he still nodded.
But Li Dayong was not happy anymore. He stood up suddenly, pointed at Liu Sanben and Wang Jinmei and cursed: "Don't you have any conscience? Without me, grass would grow on Liu Sanben's grave. Without me, Wang Jinmei is either begging for food or selling it in a kiln. You Liu San Are you a man? You have the nerve to dominate others after more than ten years. You have to know that Wang Jinmei is carrying my child! Don’t think that you can let me out with just a few acres of land. I don’t care!” After that, he turned around and went back to sleep.
The three of them lived a very different life in the days that followed. There was only one kang in their house, and three people had to sleep together. Two men occupied two ends. Wang Jinmei was not suitable for sleeping anywhere. She was too close to one, and the other didn't want to. The other didn't want to get close to that. First there was a quarrel, and then there was a fist fight. At first, there was some affection for saving lives, but then it was gone.
Wang Jinmei had no choice but to go all out anyway. In order to prevent them from fighting, she had to sleep with one person one day and sleep with the other the other day. That's it. The two men often quarreled and fought. Soon their family became a joke in every village.
Not long after, the Northeastern Army bandits were passing by this village to rest and recuperate. A regiment leader borrowed Aunt Li's house to eat and rest, and overheard the story of Liu Sanben in their village. He found it very interesting. He drank some wine and took a few people to Liu Sanben's house. He saw Liu Sanben and Li Dayong bickering and fighting, and Wang Jinmei was crying on the kang with a big belly. The regiment leader took out his pistol and fired a shot into the air, which frightened the three of them, and they all looked at the group of Qiuba in a daze. The leader of
scolded: "His grandma is worthless. He looks like a man with his long legs. He is useless. It's not shameful for two men to rob a woman! I will give you a way out. Follow the men to fight. You will have to worry about becoming an official in the future." No mother-in-law! Tell me, you can either follow me today, or you two will play guessing, and I will kill the one who loses. I will count to 10, and then tell me which way to go!" The leader of
started counting: "1, 2, 3, ..." When the leader of
counted to 9, Li Dayong sighed and stretched out his hand: "Boss, I'll go with you! "
The leader patted him on the shoulder: "Well done, you will be our guard from now on, hang out well, I will give you an official job, don't worry about not having a woman when the time comes! "
Liu Sanben and Wang Jinmei felt sorry for Li Dayong again at this time. They knelt down and kowtowed to him, then went back to the house and took out all the money.
Instead, Li Dayong figured it out: "Brother, sister, don't be like this. I don't have to worry about money when I am a soldier. You can't be short of money to live at home. Don't hold grudges against me. I am scared to live alone!" Then he looked at Wang Jinmei's swollen belly and said, "Take good care of the child. The child's surname is Liu. He is your Liu Sanben, and he is your descendant!"
"Hey! I know!" Liu Sanben burst into tears.
Li Dayong turned around and followed the leader without hesitation...
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