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During the Northern Song Dynasty, there was a man in Jizhou named Zhang Fubao. This man is kind, helpful and has a great reputation. He loved poetry since he was a child, but he took the imperial examination many times, and Zhang Fubao fell behind.
Zhang Fubao, who was devastated, sighed to himself: "Heaven does not pity me, why should I spend my youth again?" That's it! ”
Zhang Fubao, angry, abandoned his pen to engage in business, and with the help of his father Zhang Laohan, Zhang Fubao soon opened a rice shop in the town.
Because Zhang Fubao was kind in heart, as charitable as his father, and deeply respected by the villagers, his rice shop business became more and more prosperous.
The town's matchmaker Li Siniang took the initiative to visit the door, after a greeting, Li Siniang said: "Zhang Gongzi is not young, it is time to marry and have children, I heard that the Shen family in the town next door is saying kisses, his girl I know, good character, virtuous and capable, and your husband is very compatible, if Zhang Gong is interested, I will go to the Shen family to inquire, what do you think?" ”
Zhang Laohan was worried about Zhang Fubao's marriage, and when he heard Li Siniang say this, he hurriedly surrendered his hand and said: "My son's age is indeed not small, and there have been matchmakers who have come to kiss before, but my son did not agree." If the Shen family girl is really as the fourth lady said, then this marriage husband will be the master, and the fourth lady will be bothered to run to the Shen family! ”
When Li Siniang heard this, she smiled and said, "Don't hide from you, the Shen family has some relatives with me, and there are contacts on weekdays, and that girl is what I grew up watching, absolutely can't be wrong!" I'll go over, listen to me! ”
The Shen family girl is indeed very good, Li Siniang took the initiative to say media, naturally it is also for the good of relatives, after all, the Zhang family's family is good, Zhang Fubao also opens a rice shop, good character, and the business is still very hot. Li Siniang, out of selfishness, took the initiative to come to the door to talk about this marriage.
After the Shen family heard Li Siniang talk about Zhang Fubao's situation, they were also very satisfied, and Li Siniang happily went to the Zhang family and passed on the meaning of the Shen family. Zhang Laohan was overjoyed, and before Zhang Fubao returned, Zhang Laohan fixed the marriage.
Perhaps Zhang Fubao and the Shen family girl really have a relationship, or fate, when Zhang Fubao returned home, Zhang Laohan said this family affair. But to Zhang Laohan's surprise, Zhang Fubao did not refuse, nodded his head and agreed.
Zhang Laohan was confused and kept asking himself, "What's wrong with my son?" The first few times he refused without thinking, how could the Shen family girl's affair be so painfully agreed this time? Zhang Laohan was puzzled, shook his head and simply didn't want to.
Half a month later, the Shen family girl married into the Zhang family. Soon after the marriage, Zhang Fubao found that his wife Shen Shi was kind and virtuous, which made Zhang Fubao very pleased.
The relationship between the two is getting better and better, and Zhang Fubao is also more and more loving to Shen.
It was also Zhang Fubao who married the shen family, who was equally kind in heart, and on a trip not long after, Zhang Fubao escaped a disaster.
So, what the hell is going on?
One evening, Zhang Fubao and Shen Shi were resting at home, when the courtyard door was suddenly knocked.
"Sister Shen, open the door quickly!"
Shen Shi listened, it seemed to be the voice of Er Dezi, and she hurried over to open the door. When I opened the door, I saw that it was Erdezi who came.
"Erdezi, what happened to you in a hurry to come to the house?"
"Sister Shen, your father is sick, let me come and carry the letter, tomorrow you will go home and see!"
As soon as Shen Shi heard that his father was ill, he couldn't help but get nervous, and he had to pack up his things and go back to his mother's house. Erdezi said, "Sister, Uncle Is in no big trouble, you can go back tomorrow, besides, I don't go back to town, there are still things to be busy, I will go first!" After saying that, Erdeoko hurriedly left.
That's daddy, can Shen Shi not be in a hurry? Zhang Fubao saw that his wife was a little flustered, so he asked the reason, and Shen Shi told the truth while crying.
"Don't worry, Erdezi also said, father-in-law is no big deal, wait until tomorrow morning I will go back with you to see!" Zhang Fubao comforted Shen Shi while speaking, and Shen Shi looked at him and nodded in agreement.
The next morning, Zhang Fubao and Shen Shi got on a carriage and headed for their father-in-law's house.
Entering the door, Shen Shi began to cry, Shen Laohan was lying on the bed at this time, he heard a cry outside, he looked at his wife next to him, and the two could not help but laugh bitterly.
"Your father, I don't have a big deal, it's just the wind chill, I miss you, you don't cry!" Shen Laohan said to his girlfriend.
When Shen Shi learned that his father was not in serious trouble, he couldn't help but laugh and chatted with his father.
Because the rice shop needed to be taken care of, the couple only stayed one night, and the next morning, they returned home. While walking on the way, Shen Shi suddenly shouted, "Fu Jun, you see, there seems to be a rabbit on the side of the road!" ”
Zhang Fubao looked in the direction of Shen's finger, and sure enough, there was a rabbit lying in the grass next to the road.
"It seems to hurt, let's go and have a look!" Shen said.
"That rabbit should be fine, the shop is still busy, let's go back quickly!" Zhang Fubao thought about the shop and thought that he could return to the shop sooner.
"Wrong! You see its legs are still bleeding! Shen said again.
Zhang Fubao took a closer look, and the rabbit was indeed injured, and the white hair had been dyed red.
Zhang Fubao is also a kind-hearted person, seeing that the rabbit was injured, his heart also softened, and temporarily put the store thing aside.
The couple walked over and saw that the rabbit had a broken bow and arrow in its leg, and the wound was still bleeding out.
The White Rabbit saw that they were a little scared and struggled to dodge, and Shen Shi smiled and said, "Don't be afraid, we won't hurt you." ”
Shen Shi carefully looked at the wound, and then said to Zhang Fubao: "It is very badly injured, we have no medicine on us, it is better to take it home and apply some medicine, and when the wound is healed, then release it!" ”
Zhang Fubao looked at the kind wife in front of him and nodded his head heartily. Shen Picked up the white rabbit, and the couple walked home quickly.
Zhang Fubao went straight to the shop, Shen Shi returned home with the white rabbit, she took care of the white rabbit's wound, applied some medicine, and bandaged the wound.
Under the careful care of Shen Shi and Zhang Fubao, the white rabbit slowly healed. Ten days later, Zhang Fubao sent the white rabbit to the spot and released it.
Zhang Fubao and Shen Shi were still busy with the business in the store, and they didn't pay attention to the matter of saving the white rabbit at all. Unexpectedly, it was their good deeds that allowed Zhang Fubao to avoid the disaster.
It is said that one day, Zhang Fubao, because of business matters, wanted to go out to another town to talk about business.
At noon that day, Zhang Fubao rode out of the town on horseback. It was until dusk, and there was still a long way to go from its destination. Zhang Fubao looked into the distance, it was all wilderness, and there was no one there.
Zhang Fubao was hungry in his stomach and just wanted to find a place to rest and eat something earlier, but he walked forward for a while and did not find anyone nearby.
Zhang Fubao was a little anxious, and patted the horse hard, and the horse ate the pain, and the speed increased a lot.
By this time, it was already dark and there were hardly any pedestrians on the road. Suddenly, a fierce wind blew in, blowing Zhang Fubao's eyes open, and after a while, the big raindrops of beans fell down.
Zhang Fubao panicked, hurriedly urged Ma Yang to run forward, vaguely saw that there was a broken temple not far in front of him, Zhang Fubao was overjoyed in his heart, and secretly said: "Heaven has mercy on me, so there is a broken temple to avoid the rain!" Zhang Fubao walked towards the broken temple.
After approaching, Zhang Fubao wanted to get off his horse and enter the temple, but suddenly, an old man blocked his way.
"Young man, this temple can't live, so leave quickly!"
Zhang Fubao took a closer look, and the old man in front of him had white hair, a white beard, and was wearing a gray and white robe, and his face was very kind. Zhang Fubao looked at him doubtfully, and then asked, "Old Uncle, I just went into the temple to avoid the rain, why did you stop me and prevent me from entering the temple?" ”
The white-haired old man smiled slightly and said, "This temple is already in ruins, and it is winding and raining outside, it may collapse at any time, and the old decay will not let you enter the temple, naturally it is for your own good!" ”
"I am not related to the old man, it is only a one-sided relationship, why does the old man want to help me?" Zhang Fubao asked.
"Huh! Only because you and your wife once saved my grandson, the old decay came to remind you, you don't want to be a child! After saying that, the white-haired old man turned and was about to leave.
"Did my wife and I save your grandson?" How did I not know? ”
"Huh! Remember that white rabbit you saved the other day? That's my grandson! After the white-haired old man finished speaking, he brushed his beard, then took out an umbrella and handed it to Zhang Fubao.
Zhang Fubao listened to the old man's words and couldn't help but be stunned. The white-haired old man did not speak again, tucked the umbrella into him, turned and left.
"Is that old man a god?" Zhang Fubao eased up and turned around to see that the old man had long disappeared.
"My wife and I have saved his grandson, and the old man should not have lied to me, and this broken temple still does not enter." After Zhang Fubao opened the umbrella, he was going to walk forward.
But not long after he left, there was a "booming" sound behind him. Zhang Fubao hurriedly turned around to check, but found that the previous broken temple had collapsed!
Zhang Fubao looked at the ruins in a daze and said secretly in his heart: "Sure enough, the old uncle said yes, fortunately, he reminded me in time, otherwise I would have been buried in that ruin, and it would be difficult to escape this disaster!" Zhang Fubao arched his hand and shouted loudly, "Thank you old uncle for saving your life!" ”
At this time, there was an ethereal voice in the wilderness, and the person who spoke was the white-haired old man just now: "One report and one report, this is what you have gained from kindness, you should not be polite, get out of here quickly!" Zhang Fubao arched his hand, turned and walked forward.
The rain kept falling and the horses were tired. Zhang Fubao walked forward for half an hour, and finally saw the bright light. Zhang Fubao was overjoyed and walked toward the bright light.
It was a family, and Zhang Fubao stayed here for one night. When he left the next day, Zhang Fubao wanted to give money, but the family resolutely refused to accept it. When leaving, Zhang Fubao secretly left two or two pieces of silver, and then rode on his horse to continue the road.
Zhang Fubao arrived in town, talked about business with people, and rushed home on horseback early the next morning. Before dusk, Zhang Fubao returned home.
When he got home, Zhang Fubao told his wife about the white-haired old man who saved himself on a rainy night, and the wife was surprised after hearing the words, and said: "I really didn't expect that your and my good deeds were actually exchanged for such a good reward, it seems that the sentence of good retribution is really not false!" Zhang Fubao nodded vigorously toward his wife.
Since then, the couple has often done good deeds, often giving rice noodles to the poor villagers, and the villagers are very grateful to the two of them. Zhang Fubao and Shen Shi had a peaceful life and did not have any disasters.
It seems that this is the reward for the good deeds that the couple often do!
Write at the back:
Zhang Fubao and Shen Shi on the way home, because of kindness to save a white rabbit, did not expect that Zhang Fubao once went out of the door encountered heavy rain, wanted to enter the temple to avoid the rain, the white-haired old man stopped him, timely reminded him not to enter the temple, Zhang Fubao only escaped the disaster.
As the old saying goes: Good deeds are rewarded, and many good deeds will always be rewarded, and when things happen, they can also be evil. Therefore, you officials still do more good deeds, and do not do harmful things! Do you think that's right?
Disclaimer: This article was originally published by the "Poetry, Calligraphy and Painting Collection"
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