During the reign of Emperor Taizong of the Northern Song Dynasty, Li Shun of Lizhuang Village in Xingren Province fished out a jar in the river, but unexpectedly almost caused himself to be killed.
Li Shun was not from Xingren Province, and many years ago he begged for food here, because the village was close to the Bian River, he could touch the fish and catch shrimp in the river to feed himself, so he stayed here for a long time. Over time, the young man built two low houses on the edge of the village, and the villagers were simple and could not bear to drive away, so he landed here.
Relying on water to draft water, he has been living on the Bian River since he was a child, his fishing skills are very good, but he does not know how to save frugally, and he is still alone in his twenties. At the age of twenty-six, a matchmaker told a girl with the surname Yuan in a neighboring village.
The girl was eighteen years old, a big girl who was several years younger than him, why would the matchmaker lead this red line? Gai Yinyuan suffered from an illness when he was young, and when he recovered from the illness, he was blinded and could not see.
Although the Yuan family is blind, the people are intelligent, and they know that it is not easy for them to marry a good family, so they agreed to this family affair. Li Shun thought about himself, there was no savings, life was not good, and he should also inherit it.
Consensuality, the big marriage is successful.
After the marriage, the Yuan family was gentle, which made Li Shun feel the warmth of the family. Unexpectedly, a catastrophe was suddenly led to his home by Li Shun, which almost led to the destruction of the family.
I.: Li Shun got rich while fishing, and the strong man peeped halfway through
Li Shun usually does not cultivate land, but relies on the fish in the river to feed himself. People often say that they rely on water to draft water, and the Bian River has also fed many people like him.
Previously, there were only wildernesses along the river, but the boats stopped at the shore, attracting businessmen to compete, and the river gradually became a market-like dock, which was indeed a good place to do business. However, there are many fishermen in the Bian River, and Li Shun is not the only one.
Everyone wants to sell it on the shore after fishing, where to find so many people who buy fish?
Li Shun saw that the fish was not easy to sell, so he tried to catch old turtles, crabs and the like, distinguished from others, easy to sell, and the price could be higher.
It was summer, the weather was hot, and after eating, he went out early to the river, got into his boat, and headed for the secluded reeds.
It is said that it is a small boat, but it is actually a raft composed of several wooden boards, because it has grown up on the river since childhood, and it has cultivated excellent water properties, and it is enough to have this raft.
After moving the raft into the reeds, he began casting his nets to catch them.
Today, I don't know what's going on, I even cast five nets, but I don't see anything being pulled up, so anxious that his whole body is sweating and impatient.
When the sixth net went down and pulled upwards, he obviously felt the heaviness, which made him inexplicably excited.
The person who often fishes and casts the net, whether there is anything in the net, just need to feel it when pulling upwards to know, he is fishing since he was a child, and he knows it very well. At this time, I saw that the fishing net was heavy, and I felt that the net had reached a big thing.
Isn't it a big turtle? If so, it would be possible to make a small fortune, and some people love to buy this strange thing.
However, as the net slowly pulled up, his heart sank more and more. No matter what kind of living creature, as long as it is pulled upwards by the net buckle, it will definitely struggle to penetrate and touch the net and be known to the fishermen.
But he didn't feel the net, was there a dead thing out of the net?
Dead things are not only dead things, but also stones, tree roots, and other things, if so, not only are there no surprises, but they are also unlucky, and it is easy to tear the net.
When the net was about to come out, he saw a round thing with a black whistle, and was about to lift the raft, but the round thing came out of the net, and he reached out to grab it, but this thing slipped and did not slip away, but it could not be grasped, and it was about to sink into the water.
At this time it was summer, and he couldn't think of anything else, so he plunged into the water and hugged this thing out of the water to see that it was a jar with a big belly and a small mouth.
Throw the jar on the raft and look at it carefully.
There must be something in this jar, otherwise it wouldn't sink to the bottom so quickly, and the mouth of the jar is closed, which looks quite strange.
Looking left and right, there was no one else nearby, opened the seal, reached in and pulled it in. As soon as his hand reached in, his face changed drastically, because he felt that it was a copper coin inside.
There were copper coins in the jar, and there were still a lot of touches, and he didn't dare to look at it like this, so he quickly sealed the jar and wanted to hide it, but there was no place on the raft where the jar could be hidden. Thinking about it, it is better to go home first and see how much money is in this jar.
With a decision, he pulled the raft out of the reeds and headed straight for the shore.
Although Li Shun was illiterate, he also knew the truth that the wealth was not exposed, and this jar should not fall into the water, but was deliberately sunk to the bottom of the river, and he could not let others know that he had a jar.
He wrapped the jar layer by layer with a fishing net before carrying it ashore and hurried in the direction of the village.
Unexpectedly, just a few steps away, he was suddenly tapped on the shoulder, and he turned his head in shock, only to see a strong man standing next to him.
This strong man was about thirty years old, half a head taller than him, with a generous face and a red face, which was intimidating to watch.
"This little brother please, what did you catch in the net?" But caught a big turtle? Just sold with me. ”
The strong man looked at him with a smile on his face, wanting to see what was in his fishing net.
He quickly shook his head: "Bad luck today, I didn't catch anything." ”
The strong man was quite surprised: "But there is clearly something in your fishing net, how can you say that you didn't catch it?" Don't you think I don't have any money for you? ”
He still shook his head and said, "This good man, you stopped me like this, you know that you are buying fish, and those who don't know think you want to rob people." ”
As soon as the strong man listened to the left and right, there were indeed many people around, because it was lively, and a few traders had begun to stare at them curiously.
"Haha, the little brother thought about it a lot, since he didn't catch anything, then forget it."
Hearing the strong man say this, Li Shunzheng couldn't ask for it, so he immediately lifted his feet and left, but unexpectedly he had a headache at the mouth of the village.
The reason for the headache was because he saw a person standing at the mouth of the village looking east and west. This person's name is Li Er, who is a famous prick in the village, who steals chickens and dogs on weekdays, gambles and plays money, and the people in the village have no choice but to take him.
He looked down and tried to slip past Li Er, but Li Er stopped him and tilted his head to look at the fishing net: "Li Shun, why are you in such a hurry?" Did you do something wrong? ”
He quickly hit haha: "The second brother is good! ”
While talking, he still wanted to slip away from Li Er's side, and Li Er reached out and grabbed his fishing net: "It seems that there is something in your fishing net, and you have hit a good thing?" I'll see what it is. ”
Li Shun secretly cried bitterly, the jar must not let Li Er see, if he saw it, and knew that there was money inside, he would say on the spot that the jar was his, unless he blackmailed himself.
Li Er didn't joke with him, and when he finished, he pulled the fishing net down to see what was inside.
When they saw that they were about to be exposed, two people jumped out of the village, both of whom were friends of Li Er, and the three of them made an appointment to go gambling together.
As soon as he saw the people waiting for him to arrive, Li Er was not interested in looking at what was in the fishing net, so he let go of his hand and went with the two people, Li Shun wiped the sweat from his forehead and hurried home, but the corner of his eyes seemed to catch a glimpse of the strong man who stopped him by the river and stared behind. Back at home, he closed the courtyard door tightly before he was relieved.
Sitting by the window in the Yuan's house, she heard the noise and understood that it was the official who had returned, and she was secretly surprised in her heart, not understanding why he had come back so early today.
Li Shun carried the fishing net into the house, and then closed the door of the house and firmly held it, so he put the fishing net down and took Yuan's hand and smiled.
"What happened to the officials today?" Why are you so happy? ”
Yuan Shi was confused and opened his mouth to ask him.
He whispered in Yuan's ear, "Mother, today we made a windfall." ”
Windfall?
Yuan Shi was even more surprised, not understanding what the official meant.
Li Shun let go of the fishing net, moved the jar out of it, reached inside, fiddled with the copper coin inside, and looked at Yuan Shi triumphantly: "Niangzi, you listen to what is the sound." ”
Although Yuan Shi was blind, her ears were not deaf, and she could naturally hear that this was the sound of copper coins colliding, and her face became serious.
Li Shun did not pay attention to the face of the woman, and began to pay money outward, the more he paid, the more he was shocked, the more he was happy, and finally he couldn't help but smirk.
The money in it was beyond his imagination, and he laughed at the fact that he had made a windfall, but he did not think that he might have carried a catastrophe back home.
II.: Heart livelihood Li Shun buys oil, and the dark shadow sneaks through the wall in the middle of the night
In the jar was not only copper coins, but also a piece of cloth with writing written on it.
Li Shun was illiterate, naturally did not know what was written in the cloth, Yuan's eyes were blind, and it was impossible to see the words. Li Shun casually kneaded this piece into a ball, and after pulling out all the copper coins inside, he threw the cloth into the jar.
The jar contained a total of two thousand dollars, that is, two consecutive dollars. What does two thousand texts mean for a family like Li Shun? Salmon money can buy a sea of bowls of cooked, delicious meat, five pennies can pull a piece of cloth to make clothes.
Now that he had gotten two thousand texts at once, how could this not excite him.
"Haha, lady, no windfall, no rich, no horses, no night grass, now we come to run, and we have got two thousand texts, I want to buy cloth for my mother to make new clothes, and I want to buy for my mother..."
Before he could finish speaking, he found that Yuan's face was not good-looking, and there was no joy at all.
"What's wrong with the mother?"
He was very surprised by the performance of the mother, how could she not be happy with such money?
Yuan Shi shook his head, "The officials say this is a windfall, but I say it is a disaster." ”
Li Shunzhang's second King Kong was confused, this is obviously a good thing, how can it be a disaster?
The officials also thought that such a sum of money must have been sunk in the bottom of the river by someone, and ordinary people would definitely not put the property in the river, which shows that the source of this wealth is unknown. In this way, it is possible that the proceeds of theft, the officials will bring these belongings home, those who steal will not agree, the stolen people will not agree, and when the time comes, they will find the officials. ”
Li Shunyi thought, there is really this possibility, but he is greedy, likes to take advantage of small advantages, and this money is really a lot, let him get it and then spit it out, but he can't do it, he is not willing.
"Officials, this wealth is not ours, it is better to report it to the officials, and after handing it over to the government, we don't have to worry about it anymore."
Li Shun grinned as soon as he heard it, Isn't the lady crazy? What do you have to hand over?
However, he could not bear to refute the Yuan family, said yes in his mouth, quietly squeezed a few copper coins in his hands, and put another one into the jar, saying that he would go to the official palace.
Yuan Shi was greatly relieved to hear this, and a smile appeared on his face. Li Shun carried the jar to the courtyard, crept to put the jar in the chicken coop, and carried a broken oil jar out of the house.
The reason why he went out was to deceive the Yuan clan and make her think that he was going out to deliver the jar. When he got out, he still complained about the Yuan family in his heart, and it was hard to make a fortune, but he let it be handed over, which was really funny. What kind of poor has become of his own family? Even the oil to light the lamp was running out, and the money was enough to improve their lives, and he would never hand it over.
The reason why he carried the broken oil jar was to prepare to light the lamp oil, so that he would delay some time, so that Yuan Shi felt that he had indeed handed over the jar.
After the oil came out, he saw the strong man who had stopped him by the river, but this time the strong man did not see him, but was secretly spying on several drinkers.
This strong man was probably not a good person, Li Shun took advantage of the fact that the other party did not find himself quietly gone, and it was already evening after returning home. He told Yuan that he had handed over the jar and was rewarded with a few copper coins, which he used to buy lamp oil.
Yuan Shi was very happy, and li shun cooked together, and after the two of them finished eating, it was already dark. But at this moment, there was a sudden shouting and crying outside.
The two listened carefully, and Yuan Shi looked puzzled: "It sounds like Li Er's prickly voice." ”
Li Shun also heard it, and he couldn't help but start to get excited, Li Er was usually very annoying, running amok in the village, and had bullied himself several times. At this time, listening to him crying outside, wasn't he beaten by someone? You can't miss such a bustle.
He pulled out his leg and walked to the courtyard door, and he heard someone outside shouting: "If you hand over the jar today, you will pay it back, and if you don't hand over the jar, you will not be beaten to death." ”
In the courtyard, he stood still and did not dare to open the courtyard door, but looked out through the gap in the door.
Under the light of the torch, several people surrounded Li Er, and one person did not stop slapping Li Er, and Li Er, who was usually arrogant in the village, was like a frightened rabbit at this time, and he couldn't stop crying and pretending to be pitiful, and he didn't dare to resist at all.
"Good men, I only say that you want to find a jar to use, and it just so happens that I have one at home, so I came here with good men, but you want other jars, I don't have it, and I don't know what the jar you are talking about in the river is, so you let me go."
Li Er's plea for forgiveness laughed at the gang, and they rushed up and punched him again.
When Li Shun heard these words, his legs trembled with fright, and he could see clearly with the light of the torch outside, these men were the drinkers that the strong man spied on when he bought oil. They made it clear that if they wanted to find the jar salvaged from the river, wouldn't they put it in the chicken coop themselves?
Looking at these people's fierce spirits, they are really in trouble.
At this time, he was very regretful, regretting that he did not listen to what his mother said, and handed over the jars early, and now these people were in front of the door, in case Li Er said that he saw himself returning from the river, there were jars in the fishing net, he would be unlucky immediately, why would Li Er bring these people to the village?
At this moment, several elderly people in the village came out. Although Li Er was annoyed by the people in the village, after all, he was a person in LiZhuang Village, and these elderly people came out to intercede.
As soon as they begged, Li Er seemed to have grabbed a life-saving straw and pulled the old people to complain, and Li Shun inside understood why Li Er was entangled with these people.
It turned out that Li Er and two friends went to gamble, he was unlucky, lost early, wanted to find someone to borrow and no one lent him, and went out in shame and wanted to drink on credit.
When he got to the place, he heard a few people on the side saying what jar to find, and he had a clever move and wanted to blackmail the other party.
So he said that he knew where the jar he said was, and the other party stopped drinking the wine and followed him to the village.
But he took out two vegetable jars from his home and wanted to give them to each other, and when the other party saw that it was not, he wanted to leave, but he did not let the people go, saying that since he came to Lizhuang Village, he had to give him some money to leave, otherwise wouldn't he be busy in vain?
These people were angry and began to beat him, and Li Eryuan wanted to play a rogue and let the other party give him some money, and it was expected that they would not dare to be rude in the village. But he completely underestimated these people, and after being annoyed, they beat Li Er up hard and showed no mercy.
Seeing more and more people coming out, the gang did not dare to provoke the anger of the people in the village, so they went away, and Li Er saw that the other party had gone far, and then jumped up and scolded, saying that he must make the other party pay the price.
Li Shun did not see it as lively, but was frightened, and the Yuan clan in the house groped out, took his hand back to the house, and said softly: "Official, fortunately, we handed over the jar, they will not find us, we have escaped this disaster." ”
Li Shun did not dare to say that he had not made it, for fear that Yuan Shi would be angry, so he advised her to go to bed early and rest.
After Yuan Shi fell asleep, Li Shun thought about it for a long time, but he was still reluctant to throw away this money, his greedy heart was strange, and the money was too tempting for him. But you can't always keep it in your own home, you have to find a way.
It was the middle of the night, so it was better to take out the money in the jar and discard the jar so that nothing would happen.
Thinking of this, he carefully went out, trying to take out the jar in the chicken coop.
Unexpectedly, just after arriving in the courtyard, I suddenly saw a black shadow sneaking up on the wall, this black shadow was obviously spying on him outside the window, and when he came out, he wanted to escape.
He didn't have time to think about it too much, so he picked up the shovel by the door and threw it at the black shadow on the wall, and the shovel hit the black shadow, but he still escaped from the wall.
Li Shun turned back to the house in horror, who was the black shadow? Did the gang find themselves?
He was too frightened to take the jar again, afraid that there was someone else hiding in the darkness, so he sat for one night, and the next day sat dry for another day, and then he came up with another idea.
He would take the jar to the river, hide the money on his raft first, and throw the jar into the river.
When I came, I brought the jar with a fishing net, and now I still have to concoct it and then mention it to the river.
Thinking of this, he wanted to go out with his fishing net, not wanting anyone at the courtyard door to peep inside. Seeing him, the courtyard door was pushed open and a man walked in with a smile.
Li Shun's heart sank, it was not someone else who came in, it was Li Er's prickly skin, what was he going to do?
III.: Inside the house, the Yuan clan lights up, and the strong man saves him in the dark
Li Er came in, walked straight to Li Shun, tilted his head to look at him: "Want to take advantage of the evening to go fishing?" ”
Li Shun nodded: "There are more people during the day, but it is easier at night." ”
Li Er also nodded: "It just so happens that I also want to learn to fish, so I will follow you to see." ”
Li Shun was reluctant, he was ready to take the jar to the river, Li Er followed, he naturally could not bring the jar anymore, nor could he directly refuse, so he had to go out in silence, and Li Er followed closely.
When he arrived at the river, he was absent-mindedly casting a net, Li Er looked at it absently, and after a few nets, Li Eryi patted his eyebrows and said that he had made an appointment with someone to drink and wanted to go first.
Seeing Li Er leave, Li Shun immediately collected the net and went home, but as soon as he arrived at the door, he was stunned, and he saw that there was a light in the house.
Yuan Shi is blind, usually she is not at home, she has never lit a lamp, why is she lighting a lamp today? Could it be that someone has entered their home?
He turned around and wanted to escape, but he thought about it, Yuan Shi was his own mother, and once he escaped, what should he do if he was left alone? She can't see with her eyes, and if a thief really wants to come into the house, she only has bad luck.
He usually loves to take advantage of small things, but he is also greedy, but he is a piece of truth for the Yuan family, and he cannot leave his wife to escape alone.
Thinking of this, he gritted his teeth and pushed open the courtyard door, shouting at the lady in his mouth and entering the house.
Yuan Shi sat at the window table, on which was a lighted oil lamp, and under the window was a half-can of new lamp oil he had bought.
Is the lamp lit by the lady? Li Shun looked around the room while talking to her, but Yuan Shi did not answer the call, and his expression was extremely unnatural, making him more certain that someone was hiding in the house.
Their home furnishings are simple, a bed, a table, against the wall there is a cabinet, the cabinet is small, if you want to hide, it can only be under the bed, the bed was originally placed next to his several pairs of old shoes, at this time it looks a little messy.
"There's not much oil in the lamp anymore, and you need to pour some more."
He picked up the oil can on the table and suddenly fell to the ground, the jar shattered, and the lamp oil flowed out at the same time, and the other hand grabbed the oil lamp and fell on the lamp oil.
The flames on the oil lamp burned with oil, and a wall of fire appeared in the house, and he grabbed Yuan's hand and ran outside, shouting for help as he ran.
At this time, several people also appeared in the house, and they couldn't stop shouting and cursing, trying to stop Li Shun and his wife from going out.
But at this moment, several people sneaked in from the wall, the leader was actually a strong man who talked to Li Shun, the strong man did not talk nonsense, directly with the people lurking in the house, the villagers also rushed over at this time, and quickly put out the fire.
Fortunately, the lamp oil was in the middle of the room, and did not ignite anything else, when the fire was extinguished, the strong man and the people had already taken down the other party, and after all of them were firmly tied, the strong man smiled at Li Shun.
Li Shun's heart palpitated, and Yuan Shi was even more terrified.
"Brother, what about the jar?" Take it out. ”
Listening to the strong man's words, Li Shun no longer dared to hide, and went to the chicken nest to take out the jar and handed it to the strong man, who only took out the cloth with the word inside, and handed over the money to Li Shun, saying that it was his reward.
What's going on here? Why is this jar under the water? Who is the person looking for the jar? Who is the strong man? What happened to the Yuanshi lamp? Why did Li Er follow Li Shun to the river to fish?
In fact, all this is related, and the strong man said the truth with a word cloth.
The few people lurking in Li Shun's house were not ordinary robbers, they made a living by robbery, but this time they were instructed to destroy something. Some time ago, they snatched the jar of an official who had crossed over to his hometown to guard filial piety, and the jar contained the family property that the family had accumulated, that is, the two pieces of money.
In addition, there is evidence of an important case, that is, the cloth, and the main purpose of the gang to find the jar is the cloth with words.
The strong man was the local catcher, he was not on duty at the time, just happened to encounter the other party to commit the crime, and chased after him alone.
The thieves fled to the banks of the Bian River, unable to escape with the jar in a hurry, so they sank the jar into the water, thinking of looking for it later.
The strong man threw the man at the water's edge, and he concluded that the gang could not escape with the jar, but must have hidden the jar somewhere. Since it was hidden, he would definitely come to look for it, and as long as he guarded the river, he would definitely be able to catch these people.
So, he walked around the river every day.
Li Shun was carrying a fishing net, which contained things, and the strong man saw at a glance that there was a jar inside, he initially thought that Li Shun was one of the thieves, and when he interrogated him, he found that Li Shun was not like that, so he was ready to make a plan and use Li Shun to lure out the thieves.
Li Shun returned to the edge of the village and met Li Er, who was going to gamble, and Li Er also saw that there was something in Li Shun's fishing net, but he did not pay much attention at that time. After gambling and losing money, he went to drink on credit, heard the other party talking about the jar, and took the other party to the village, wanting to blackmail the money.
He did not expect that he was a fake pimp who met a real thief, the money was not blackmailed, but was beaten by the other party.
When he returned home, the more he thought about it, the more angry he became, and suddenly he thought of Li Shun coming back from the river, mysterious, and there seemed to be something in the fishing net, like a jar.
He immediately went to Li Shun's house and peeked out the window to find out that Li Shun was just trying to take the jar out of the chicken coop. When Li Er saw Li Shun out, he tried to escape over the wall, but was hit by Li Shun with a shovel.
Back at home again, the more he thought about it, the more angry he became, since the other party was so anxious to find a jar, it must be very important, simply tell them, do not believe that they do not pay.
After dawn, Li Er found the thief and said that he did know where the jar was, but the other party had to give money. The thief had already been fooled by him once, and this time he no longer believed it, saying that he would get the jar and give the money again, so he once again brought the thief to the village, and pointed to Li Shun's family, saying that his daughter-in-law was blind.
Although the thief is fierce, he does not dare to rob it in the daytime, so he came up with an idea, this family looks very poor, and there is no place to hide, it is better to spend Li Shun, leaving a blind daughter-in-law at home, they go in to find it is okay, anyway, the other party can not see them.
This has led to Li Er following Li Shun out of the fishing, and when he arrived at the river, Li Er felt that the gang might have succeeded, so he found an excuse to leave.
Li Shun saw Li Er leave and went home himself.
The thieves did enter his house, but at the same time they found the catcher outside, and they discussed that when Li Shun returned, they threatened Li Shun to hand over the jar, and then they used the two of them as hostages to break out, all of which were heard by the Yuan family.
Yuan Shi also did not say anything, but lit a lamp, using this to remind her husband to flee as soon as possible after seeing it, but did not expect that Li Shun, who usually looked cowardly, did not escape alone, but chose to come in.
Li Shun returned, found the danger from the lamp, decisively broke the oil lamp, prevented the thieves from catching them, and thus escaped the disaster, otherwise, once they were restrained, they would be injured or die.
At this point, all the truth was revealed, Li Shun regretted it beyond belief, if he had listened to his mother's words at that time, there would be no danger in the future. Because of greed and do not listen, this is lucky that there is no danger, if there is an accident, do you not regret it for the rest of your life?
All the thieves and Li Er were taken away by the strong man, and from then on, Li Shun no longer coveted small bargains, and the Yuan clan was safe until he was old.
Guys, Li Shun is actually one of thousands of ordinary people, he has shortcomings and advantages. The disadvantage is that he likes to take advantage of small things, fishes into a jar, has money in it, greed begins to occupy reason, and has been reluctant to give up.
Seeing that danger was coming, he also wanted to take the money, so that he almost caused the disaster of killing himself.
Although the crisis is resolved later, I believe he will learn this lesson.
Yuan Shi is a female streamer, and she is a blind person, but she is extremely intelligent and has great wisdom. When she knew what her husband had earned, she immediately concluded that it was a disaster and not a windfall, and it turned out that she was absolutely right.
Isn't it a manifestation of virtuousness for such a woman to see money and not be moved, and to persuade her husband to stay away?
Folk say that there are few wives and husbands in the family, and the Yuan family is undoubtedly a virtuous wife, she is blind in her eyes and not blind in her heart.
As for Li Shun, he is not blind in his eyes, but half blind in his heart, but we cannot say that he is a bad person, he is just an ordinary person, the money is not stolen by him, nor did he rob it, but it was fished out of the river, and he wanted to possess it as a fault rather than a sin.
When he knew that there was danger in his home, he did not choose to leave, but bravely chose to go in and face it with his wife, which was his advantage.
This incident tells us that sometimes, some cheap can not be occupied, if you are not careful, it may lead to great disasters, whether this cheap is passive or active, you should think twice, what do you think?
(This article was first published by Black Sister-in-law!) ）