In the middle of the Ming Dynasty, there were two carpenters, one surnamed Zhi and one surnamed Gan. The two were very good friends and often worked together. The two have a common hobby, that is, to play money, once the salary is settled, they will go to the alley, play a few, of course, lose more and win less.
On this day, the two worked in the home of the rich horseman. During the meal, the rich man accompanied them to drink a few glasses of wine. The rich man is more kind, unlike other rich men, who like to carry a shelf. After a few glasses of wine, the rich man said, "Actually, when I was young, like you, I was a low-working person, and my life was very poor. ”
The carpenter asked with interest, "How did you become famous later?" You might as well tell it, or show us a clear path. The rich man smiled and said, "Actually, I don't have any skills, but I just raised a good son." "It turned out that the son of the rich man Ma was admitted to the lifting of the people and became a county lieutenant, and the Ma family developed.
The two said many good things, complimenting the rich man. The rich man was very happy, and when he settled the wages, he gave a few more coins. Coming out of the horse rich man's house, the two of them took advantage of the wine and ran to play with money, who knew that they had a bad hand, and lost all the wages, so they had to go home in despair.
On the way home, the carpenter sighed and said, "Brother, I have an idea that I can't go on like this. The carpenter asked, "In your opinion, what should I do?" ”
The carpenter said, "The rich man of the horse can be the rich man, so why can't we be the rich man?" As the old saying goes, the prince will have a kind of xiangning? I plan to train my son to study, and in the future, he can also mix with an official and a half-job, so that he can honor his ancestors and let the whole family live a good life. ”
The carpenter laughed and said, "Big brother, you are a toad who wants to eat swan meat, and you are delusional." There is no one in your family who reads, can future generations grow in reading? ”
The carpenter said, "I'm going to give it a try, and from now on I'm going to stop playing with money, and I'll save it up for my son to study." ”
The carpenter saw that he was not joking and said, "Instead of training his son to read, it is better to train him to learn a craft." In my opinion, sending my son to learn martial arts, when he grows up, he will be a fast catcher in the yamen, and the good villains will also eat the official family's meals, and this possibility is relatively large. Even if you can't catch fast, you can also give rich people to take care of the nursing home. Unlike reading, the examination is not in the middle, there is almost no way out, and the so-called useless is a student. ”
The carpenter decided to train his son to study. Finally, the two agreed that the carpenter would train his son to study and take the road of examination, and the carpenter would train his son to learn martial arts, and see who would mix well in the future.
The carpenter sent his son Gan Houpan to the academy to study, and the carpenter sent his son Zhi Qiancheng to learn martial arts. Both children are about seven years old, less than a few months apart.
A few years later, the carpenter sent his son to the city academy to study, sold the house and the land, and the family moved away. After that, the carpenter never saw a dry carpenter again.
Zhi Qiancheng, the son of the carpenter, practiced martial arts and became a teacher at the age of sixteen. The carpenter spent money everywhere to walk, trying to get his son to the gate as a catcher, but the quota for catching fast was full and he couldn't get in.
Zhi Qiancheng wandered around the house for more than a year, and then went out with a few division brothers, and two years later, he returned with a box of silver. The carpenter was overjoyed, began to buy good land, stopped working outside, and became a rich man at home. People's attitudes toward him also changed, and they all nodded and called him a branch member.
After some time, the carpenter inquired about the carpenter everywhere, and he wanted to tell the carpenter the good news, that he had succeeded, that he had raised a good son, and that he had lived a good life.
After many inquiries, the carpenter finally heard the news of the carpenter, and rode a high-headed horse to the carpenter's home. The carpenter lived near the gates of the county town and rented a small, dilapidated house.
The carpenter was overjoyed to see the carpenter coming, and quickly let him into the house, and asked for warmth. The carpenter's clothes are bright, and the dry carpenter's husband and wife wear worn-out clothes with patches on them, which is in stark contrast to the carpenter. The faces of the dry carpenter couple couldn't help but blush.
The carpenter found that the furniture in the house was very simple, almost all walls of the house, and asked with concern, why did it fall to such a point? The carpenter explained that he worked as a carpenter, his wife gave people pulp and laundry, and the couple's income was barely able to support his son to study. The tuition fee of the college is expensive, the cost of living is not low, and the husband and wife are frugal, so they seem so depressed.
After chatting for a while, the carpenter asked how gan Hou's studies were going. At the mention of their son, the faces of the dry carpenters and the couple blossomed with joy and spoke endlessly. Gan Houpan has already won the show talent, last year's township test fell off the list, but it does not matter, in two years to retake the exam, sooner or later will be admitted to the lifting.
The dry carpenter wants to leave the carpenter to eat, and the carpenter looks at him with a shabby look, where can he eat? High and low farewell and go away. Walking on the road, he can't help but feel proud in his heart, or does he have foresight, the son of a poor family, in his bones, is not the material for reading, why bother to force his son to read, so that the family lives a miserable life? There are many people who study, and how many people have entered the career? It's like a thousand armies and horses squeezing a canoe bridge. The point is that the carpenter has not yet woken up, and insists on going all the way to black. Thinking of this, the carpenter couldn't help but laugh at the carpenter.
And then many years passed. It turned out that his son Zhi Qiancheng and several division brothers did not follow the right path, did some business outside without capital, formed gangs, and stole and robbed. Now he was caught by the government, and not only was he sentenced to death, beheaded and displayed to the public, but also confiscated his family property. The carpenter was also implicated, and was reprimanded by the government for failing to discipline him, and hit twenty boards hard.
Unexpectedly, the money brought back by the son was all stolen goods, and now the family property has been confiscated, and it has suddenly returned to its original form. The carpenter stayed in his hometown without a face, took his wife, went to a county town in another province, rented a house, started his old business, and carried the carpenter guys every day, walking the streets and alleys looking for work.
On this day, the carpenter was walking with his head down, when he suddenly heard someone calling his name, and when he looked up, he was a carpenter, dressed brightly and radiant. The carpenter said happily, "If it is really you, how did you get here?" It turned out that two years ago, Gan Houpan was admitted to the jinshi and assigned to this county as a county order, and the dry carpenter and his wife followed their son to the post of pension.
Knowing the current situation of the carpenter, the dry carpenter did not regret it. He called the carpenter to his house, gave him a good meal of wine and good meat, and when he left, he gave him a hundred taels of silver, and did not forget the old feelings.
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