There is an uncle named Zhao Dashan, Zhao Dashan is 41 years old. Three years ago, his wife died, and after her death, he and his daughter were called Ling'er, ling'er was 19 years old and very beautiful. Although there are often matchmakers who propose to Zhao Dashan's home, Zhao Dashan can't look up to the men that the matchmakers introduce to Ling'er. Zhao Dashan often said to Ling'er, "Daughter, you must marry a rich man in the future, your father's second half of his life will depend on you, and you must not marry a poor egg." However, although Zhao Dashan often said this to Ling'er, Ling'er fell in love with a man from a neighboring village, and that man was a scholar named Wu Shiwen. Wu Shiwen was 20 years old, his father died five years ago, and he lived with his mother. It can be said that Wu Shiwen is a poor egg.
One evening, Zhao Dashan and Ling'er had dinner together. After they finished dinner, Zhao Dashan said to Ling'er, "Ling'er, you don't have to deal with Wu Shiwen anymore, he is a poor egg." However, after listening to Zhao Dashan's words, Ling Er said, "Father, although he is very poor in poetry now, he is a learned person, and I believe that he will be able to stand out in the future." Zhao Dashan said, "No matter what, you can no longer associate with Wu Shiwen, and if you don't obey, I will lock you up at home." Since then, Ling Er has often met with Wu Shiwen.
One morning, Zhao Dashan locked Ling'er up at home, and since then, Ling'er has lost her freedom. One afternoon half a month later, Zhao Dashan returned home after doing farm work in the field, only to find that Ling'er was missing. He was in a hurry and looked everywhere for Ling'er, but he searched for more than a month and did not find Ling'er. Later, someone told him that it was estimated that Ling'er and Wu Shiwen had eloped. So, he hurried to the neighboring village, only to find that Wu Shiwen was also missing. Three months after Ling'er disappeared, Zhao Dashan gave up the search.
One afternoon, Zhao Dashan went up to the mountain to cut firewood, and suddenly it rained heavily, so he hurried to find a place to hide from the rain, but he found a cave, so he quickly ran into the cave. When he ran into the cave, he found two people in the cave, one a young man and the other a young woman. He recognized the young man and the young woman, the young man was Wu Shiwen, and the young woman was Ling'er. He walked over to Ling Er and said to Ling Er, "Daughter, you are angry with me, and when the heavy rain stops, you hurry home with your father." Unexpectedly, Ling Er said, "Father, I will not go home with you, I will go to the capital with Shiwen, and he will go to the capital to take the exam." ”
Zhao Dashan was on fire, and he raised his hand and slapped Ling Er. After Ling Er was beaten, she began to cry. Zhao Dashan saw Ling'er crying and immediately regretted it. He said to Ling'er, "Daughter, this is the first time your father has beaten you, and since you insist on going with him, I will not force you to go home with me, and you will not call me father in the future." Zhao Dashan finished speaking, ignoring the heavy rain outside, and walked out of the cave.
It turned out that one morning three months ago, after Wu Shiwen found out that Zhao Dashan was not at home, he quietly came to the outside of the courtyard wall of Zhao Dashan's house, and then climbed over the wall into the courtyard, and then he left Zhao Dashan's home with Ling'er and went to a temple on the mountain. The temple is not large, only inhabited by an old monk, who is a friend of Wu Shiwen. There is a small underground palace in the backyard of the temple, and the old monk let Ling'er and Wu Shiwen hide in the small underground palace.
At noon one day, the old monk entered the small underground palace to deliver food to Wu Shiwen and Ling'er. After Wu Shiwen and Ling'er had finished eating, the old monk said to Wu Shiwen, "Shiwen, you should go to the capital to take the exam." Wu Shiwen said: "I also want to go to Beijing to take the exam, but I don't have the travel expenses to Beijing." The old monk said, "I'll give you the money for the road." After wu Shiwen listened to the old monk's words, he quickly thanked the old monk.
The next afternoon, Wu Shiwen left the temple with Ling'er. Unexpectedly, when they came to a hillside, it suddenly began to rain heavily, and they quickly found a place to hide from the rain, and they ran into a cave. They didn't run into the cave for long, and Zhao Dashan ran in.
Moreover, after Zhao Dashan came out of the cave, he braved the heavy rain and returned home. Since then, Zhao Dashan has been sullen and unhappy. His neighbor was a big aunt, and the aunt was always sullen when she saw him, and asked him one day: "Dashan, when the spirit disappeared, you were not so sullen and unhappy, what happened?" After listening to the words of the great aunt, Zhao Dashan told the great aunt about how he had seen Wu Shiwen and Ling'er in the cave. The eldest aunt said to him: "Children and grandchildren have their own children and grandchildren, maybe Ling'er will follow Wu Shiwen and enjoy glory and wealth in the future." ”
Time passed, unconsciously, and half a year passed. Suddenly, one day, Wu Shiwen and Ling Er returned. However, today's Wu Shiwen is no longer what he used to be, and he is already an official of the imperial court. It turned out that half a year ago, after Wu Shiwen took Ling'er to the capital, he quickly took the exam, and when it was time to issue the list, he won the title. Soon after, he was made a beijing official by the imperial court. One night, Ling Er suddenly said to Wu Shiwen, "Shiwen, I think my father is gone." After listening to her words, Wu Shiwen said: "Well, I will take a leave of absence to accompany you back." ”
Three days later, Wu Shiwen left the capital with Ling'er. After they returned to their hometown, the local zhixian and squires came to see Wu Shiwen. Zhao Dashan was very happy to see Wu Shiwen become an official. The villagers congratulated him one after another, but he said, "What's so great, isn't it just to be an official in the capital?" It's not about being prime minister. However, although he said this, his heart was like drinking honey.
After Wu Shiwen and Ling'er stayed in their hometown for 5 days, they left their hometown with Zhao Dashan. After they left, the villagers said that Ling'er was right to elope with Wu Shiwen in the first place, and if she had not eloped with Wu Shiwen in the first place, but succumbed to Zhao Dashan, maybe now she would only marry an ordinary family.