During the Ming Dynasty, there was a Zhou Kui in Gong'an County who made a living by farming, and Zhou Kui's father died early, leaving only 5 acres of thin land for him.
Zhou Kui was dependent on his mother He Shi because of his personality, and it was not until he was 22 years old that he married the Li clan of the neighboring county.
The Li family was poor and did not have any dowry, but Zhou Kui did not abandon it, and on the day of marriage, he still used eight caravans to marry the Li family into the door.
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It is also strange to say that on this day, the person who received the relatives blew and blew on the way back to Li's back, the original wind and the beautiful weather suddenly turned overcast, and when passing through the downtown, a fierce wind blew up, blowing the car curtain open, and the hijab on Li's head also blew down the palanquin.
The matchmaker felt unlucky, quickly picked up the hijab and covered it, and instructed others not to pass on this matter, otherwise the husband and wife would not be in harmony in the future.
Fortunately, the next thing was very smooth, Zhou Kui and Li Shi baitang ate wine, sent to the cave room, the next day the bride saw her mother-in-law, He Shi was also very satisfied with Li Shi, took off the silver bracelet on his hand and gave it to Li Shi.
On the third day, Zhou Kui and Li Shi returned to the door, and the two newly married Yan'er, although it was the middle of winter at the moment, they also felt that the scenery was particularly good, so they played while walking.
Unconsciously, it was dark, the two people missed the head of the house, saw a broken temple next to the road, and could only be one night.
The two have been farmers since childhood, so they do not feel bitter, they pick up some firewood to burn, and then take out dry food to bake.
At this time, something suddenly moved in the corner of the broken temple, and Li Shi cried out in fright.
Although Zhou Kui was also afraid, he was not timid in front of his newlywed wife, so he walked over with a wooden stick.
But a hoarse voice came from the corner: Don't fight, I, I'm human.
It turned out to be a beggar in his twenties, because he was tired and hungry and fainted in the broken temple, Zhou Kui and his wife burned a fire to warm his body, and he woke up.
Li Shi was very kind, and when he saw that this beggar had yellow face and thin muscles, he distributed the baked dry food to him.
The beggar devoured, which told his own life, it turned out that this beggar's family lived in Jeju Province, and was originally the son of a rich family, but his parents died of illness, and the family property was also occupied by his uncle.
He was originally going to run to his relatives, but unfortunately he didn't have much silver on his body, and he spent it before he reached his relative's house, so he had to beg all the way here.
Because the weather was too cold, plus he did not get food, he almost starved to death, but fortunately Zhou Kui and his wife saved him.
The beggar knelt down to Zhou Kui and his wife to give thanks, and when Li Shi saw that he was pitiful, he gave the beggar the silver bracelet that his mother-in-law He Shi had given him, and asked him to make a coil to go to his relatives.
The beggar did not prevaricate, but said to Zhou Kui: The big brother and the sister-in-law are kind-hearted, but do not covet cheap, someone who sends gold to the door must be deceitful, remember to remember.
The three of them said something and went to sleep, and the next morning the beggar was gone.
After returning from her mother's house, He Shi saw that Li's bracelet was missing, and thought that she must have cherished it so she put it away, so she didn't ask.
The family of three is also living a solid life, and the Li family is very filial to the He family, and there is only one problem, that is, the belly of the Li family has not moved for many years.
He Shi was naturally anxious in his heart, and also asked Zhou Kui to take Li Shi to see the doctor, but unfortunately the doctor said that the problem was zhou Kui.
He Shi also had no choice but to think of inheriting the incense from his own family in a few years.
In the spring, a foreigner named Hu Yong suddenly came to the village, and this foreigner said that he was in business and rented next door to Zhou Kui's house.
Hu Yong was generous and often met with his neighbors to drink and eat, and Zhou Kui was also invited.
One day, Zhou Kui returned home with great interest, and he said to Li Shi: Brother Hu said that he had a way to make money and wanted to take me to do business, but I had no money in my hands, and I wanted to treat the land in my family as capital for him.
Li Shi listened to Zhou Kui's vague words and felt that it was not safe, but she was not good at hitting her husband, so she went to ask her mother-in-law He Shi's opinion.
But He Shi said: And this good thing? I think this Hu Yong is a money-making person, so let's take the land as it.
The next day, Zhou Kui took the title deed to Hu Yong and exchanged it for ten silver for the capital.
Hu Yongliu Zhou Kui drank at his house, and after drinking, Zhou Kui fell drunk at the door of the house, and when he woke up, the silver money on his body was gone.
Zhou Kui was in a hurry, and Hu Yong said that he was very remorseful, so he sent a box of gold and silver jewelry to Zhou Kui, saying that he had lent him the capital.
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Zhou Kui wrote the IOU, and his heart was very moved, just in case, he handed this box to Li Shi, who locked the box in the cabinet.
Who knew that the next day, when Zhou Kui was ready to take the jewelry for silver, the box had disappeared, and Zhou Kui was in a hurry and hanged himself.
Li Shi, who went out to borrow money, went home to see that her husband was gone, and went to the county court crying, and she asked Wang Zhixian to find out the thieves to pay for her husband's life.
Wang Zhixian sent someone to investigate, but there was no clue at all, so after three months, Hu Yong asked He to return the gold and silver to himself, and if he did not return it, he would sell Li to himself.
He Shi's heart was grieving, and at this time she suspected that Li Shi and Hu Yong had an extraordinary relationship, but she agreed to Hu Yong's request without evidence.
However, Li Shi did not comply with death, saying that if her mother-in-law had to sell herself to Hu Yong to pay off the debt, then she would follow Zhou Kui's example and hang herself on the southeast branch.
In this way, Hu Yong did not dare to force it, and could only continue to exert pressure to let He and Li pay for a limited time.
Li Shi could not, can only desperately weave cloth to earn money, but let her work day and night, the money earned is only enough to support her mother-in-law and herself.
On this day, she took the cloth she had woven to the cloth house to sell, but she met a richly dressed prince who was picking cloth there.
When the man saw her, he went forward to salute: Sister-in-law is good.
Li Shi carefully recalled and could not remember who this prince was, but the prince said: I still remember that more than a year ago, in the broken temple, you and your eldest brother saved my life.
Saying that, the boy took out a silver bracelet from his arms, which was the one that Li Shi had given him.
It turned out that this prince was Tong Cheng, a beggar in the ruined temple, who went back to his relatives and regained his family property, and later donated officials, and is now the prefect of Jingzhou Province.
Tong Cheng, who had just taken office, remembered the grace of a meal that year, and today he had come to buy some cloth to prepare to personally come to the door to thank him.
Li Shi cried when she heard it, and she told Tong Cheng the truth of the matter, and Tong Cheng sighed and said: That year, I was only the big brother who was kind and easy to trust others, but I didn't expect him to lose his life, but the sister-in-law don't worry, I will definitely get justice for the big brother.
Tong Cheng gave Li Thirty-two pieces of silver and asked her to go back to return it to Hu Yong, saying that he had his own opinions on things, so that Li Shi did not have to worry.
After Li Shi returned, he returned the silver to Hu Yong, who did not know where Li Shi's money came from, but when he saw that Li Shi had no intention of reconciling with himself, he returned the money and had to give up.
So how does Tong Cheng get justice for Zhou Kui? He used a trick to make the initiator reveal his original form.
On this day, one of Hu Yong's good friends, Wang Lao'er, came to the door to find him, this Wang Lao'er was a well-known local bastard, with a wide range of roads, many connections, and no rules for doing things, but he was very good at reading people's hearts, so he had many friends.
Wang Lao'er said to Hu Yong: My friend has a daughter, who is eighteen years old this year, looks like a flower, and he wants to marry his daughter to you.
Hu Yong was rejected by Li Shi, so he also planned to find another new person at this time, so he agreed. But he also proposed to see the girl first.
The next day, Wang Lao'er took Hu Yong to secretly go to see the girl, only to see that the girl had red lips and white teeth, a handsome manner, and Hu Yong's eyes were straight, so he urged Wang Lao'er to ask the other party how much bride price he needed.
After a few days, Wang Lao'er gave Hu Yong a list, which was written on it some gold and silver jewelry, and Hu Yong said that there was a ready-made one at home and could be taken out immediately.
However, when he chose a good birthday and auspicious day to take the jewelry to the woman's house, he was taken away by the prefect.
In fact, all this was Tong Cheng's plan, and when he heard that Zhou Kui had drunk with Hu Yong twice, he had doubts about Hu Yong in his heart.
When he heard that Hu Yong asked He To sell Li to him to pay off his debts, he was even more determined by this idea.
Therefore, he let his subordinates find Wang Lao'er, let Wang Lao'er find a beautiful woman from the Qinglou, pretended to say that this beautiful woman wanted to marry Hu Yong, and then listed the jewelry needed to become a parent.
Some of these jewels are actually jewelry that Zhou Kui borrowed from Hu Yong and then lost, and when Hu Yong took the jewelry out, they came to a person to steal and get it.
At this point, Hu Yong could no longer deny it, so why did he design Zhou Kui? Things have to start from the day when Zhou Kui and Li Shi became intimate.
At that time, Hu Yong was just a cooker on the street, that day Li Shi became a relative, suddenly the wind blew open the car curtain and her hijab, Hu Yong fell in love with this beautiful girl at first sight, and vowed to marry her in his heart.
He felt that he could not make money selling cooking cakes, so he began to steal, because he was petite, agile, and climbed over the wall like a flat foot, so he became a thief of Jiangyang, and the jewelry he stole from the homes of rich people.
After working for a few years, he felt that the time had come, so he came to the vicinity of Zhou Kui's house, rented a house, deliberately befriended Zhou Kui, and also took advantage of Zhou Kui's greed to let him sell the land to himself, and stole his silver money, forcing Zhou Kui to die.
Originally, he thought that Li Shi had no husband and would definitely marry himself without dependence, but he did not expect that Li Shi was strong and fierce, and he was not moved at all.
Hu Yong was later hanged for stealing and forcing Zhou Kui to death, and the Zhou family's land was returned to Li.
And He Shi knew that she had wronged the Li clan, which was very good for her, and after a few years, she recruited a son-in-law for the Li clan and gave birth to two sons, the first surnamed Zhou, who inherited the incense for the Zhou family. The second surname is the surname of the son-in-law.
Li and her new husband respected each other, she lived to the age of 90 before her death, and in her later years her children were filial and smooth.
Erni has something to say:
I have to say that Li Shi is a kind and brave woman, because she saved the beggar in the broken temple and finally solved her own problem.
And Hu Yong's heart is not right, because he likes Li Shi, he actually used a trick to force Zhou Kui to hang himself, fortunately, Tong Cheng's wisdom made him show flaws, and finally there was evil retribution.
Tong Cheng, on the other hand, is a very intelligent person who knows how to be grateful.