It is said that in ancient times, in Baling County, there was a man named Liu Wu. When he was 6 years old, his mother returned to her mother's house alone. On the way, he encountered bandits and was killed by the robbers. When the father and son heard the news, they could not cry, and the young Liu Wu cried and shouted for his mother. His father, Liu Gui, was a businessman, and the couple had a deep affection.
Since the death of his wife, he did not remarry, but devoted himself to business, leaving his son in the care of two servants in the family. Liu Gui often went out to do business, and Liu Wu's lack of teaching became very mischievous. At the age of ten, when Liu Wu learned that the bandits who had killed his mother in that year were eliminated by a hero who was righteous and righteous to eliminate violence and peace.
Since then, he has had a martial arts dream, wanting to be a hero who acts heroically and righteously. He had no intention of reading, and went to the street to see people selling art on the street, hoping to learn fist and foot kung fu from it. In ancient times, the status of merchants was low, and although Liu Gui earned some money in business, he was looked down upon by readers. The concept of the ancients was that everything is inferior, but reading is high.
Liu Gui wanted his son to study well, and he didn't want him to learn boxing and foot kung fu and be a hero. Father and son often quarrel because of this, although quarrelsome, but the feelings of father and son are very deep. Liu Wu knew that it was not easy for his father to run around all day to do business for the sake of this family. Liu Gui only has such a child, and he is very fond of Liu Wu, and letting Liu Wu study is also for his future.
After each quarrel between father and son, they reconciled again on the 2nd day. Just like this, father and son, no one can convince anyone. As the days passed, Liu Wu was 15 years old. After years of hard work, Liu Gui has earned a lot of family business. But the father and son still lived frugally, and there were still only two servants in the family. Father and son are good-hearted people, and when they meet anyone who has difficulties, they will always help if they can help.
This summer, a small town suffered flooding. Many houses were washed away by floods and the population was displaced. After the Liu father and son knew, they bought a lot of grain to be transported to the town to relieve the victims, and also donated a sum of silver to help the people rebuild their homes. After all this, the father and son got into a donkey cart and returned home. The donkey cart had been moving for about half an hour, when suddenly I heard the cries of a child in front of me.
Liu Wu patted the black donkey a few times, causing the donkey cart to speed up. After a while, the donkey cart turned a corner. The two saw a woman in front of them fall to the ground, and a five- or six-year-old child took the woman's hand and wept. Liu Wu quickly parked the donkey cart, and the father and son got out of the car to check. I saw that the woman's clothes were very dirty, her hair was messy and her face was haggard, very similar to the victims they saw in the town.
Liu Gui had a wide range of knowledge and said: "This woman should be a disaster victim of the town, presumably she wanted to take the child to escape, and she went here and fainted from hunger." "After saying that, hurry up and pinch the woman among the people." After a while, the woman woke up slowly. Liu Gui asked, "This lady, where are you going to take your child?" ”
The woman replied weakly, "Oh, the flood has destroyed my home, and my husband is gone, leaving us mother and son." I want to take my children outside to make a living and leave this sad place. Liu Gui said: "It is not easy for you as a woman to go outside with her children to make a living, it is better to stay in your hometown." When encountering difficulties in the hometown, the neighbors can also help. ”
The woman grabbed Liu Gui's clothes and said, "I see that the two of you are gorgeous, they must be from a rich family." Why don't you just let me go to your house and be a person, I can wash and cook for you." Liu Wu on the side saw that their mother and son were really pitiful, and also persuaded his father Liu Gui to help them. Finally, Liu Gui nodded in agreement.
Liu Wufu's woman sat on a donkey cart, and Liu Gui held the child. So Liu Wu drove a donkey cart and drove to the way home. On the way, I learned that the woman's name was Zhang Meiniang, and the child's name was Luo Xiaobao. After Zhang Meiniang came to the Liu family, she worked very diligently and quickly, and made a good dish, which was appreciated by Liu Gui. In the blink of an eye, half a year passed, and Zhang Meiniang and Liu Gui gradually developed feelings.
One day, Liu Gui came to Liu Wu's room. He said, "Son, for your father, you want to marry Zhang Meiniang, but I don't know what you think?" Liu Wu replied, "Father, you have worked hard for most of your life." Now you can find someone to accompany and take care of you, and your child will be happy for you. Liu Gui has always been worried that his son will not agree, and now that he sees that his son has no opinion, the stone in his heart has finally landed.
Not long after, Liu Gui and Zhang Meiniang were married. Under the care of Zhang Meiniang, Liu Gui was full of red light and glowed with a second spring. However, Liu Wu did not study well and went to the street all day to fool around, which made Liu Gui very angry. One day, Liu Gui returned from business and found that Liu Wu was not at home. Liu Gui was very angry and sat angrily in the lobby waiting for Liu Wu to return.
After a long time, Liu Wu returned. Seeing that his father was very angry, Liu Wu snorted and said, "Father, you are back." This one...... I just went out, by the way, I just went out to buy the four treasures of the literary house. Liu Gui snorted coldly, "Then why are you empty-handed?" Liu Wu snorted, "I said I forgot, do you believe it?" ”
Liu Gui said angrily, "What do you say?" Hurry up and kneel for me. Liu Wu had to swoop down and kneel down and listen to his father's reprimand. Liu Gui reprimanded his mouth to dry, took a sip of tea, and said: "I will stare at you every day at home from now on to see how you still run out." If you don't study well, don't even think of the door in the future. ”
What Liu Gui did not expect was that Liu Wu secretly climbed over the wall at night and ran away from home. The next day, Liu Gui fainted on the spot after he knew. Liu Wu was outside, unaware of anything at home. One day, Liu Wu was wandering the streets, wanting to see where there were street performers, so as to steal some kung fu. Suddenly, someone tapped him on the shoulder from behind.
Liu Wu turned around and saw a Taoist monk wearing a tattered Daoist robe. He asked, "Governor, what's the matter with you?" The Daoist priest counted his fingers for a moment before he said, "This little brother, I saw that your seal hall was black, and I calculated that you would have a disaster." Liu Wu heard this and muttered in his heart: "Behind my back, you can actually see that my printing hall is black, which is obviously trying to cheat money." ”
At this time, Liu Wu suddenly heard a grunting sound in the Taoist's stomach. Liu Wu saw that the Daoist priest was so miserable, and said, "Dao Chief, you will definitely say later, how to help me survive this disaster." Needless to say, I get it. I'm hungry too, so I'll ask you to eat it. Therefore, Liu Wu invited the Taoist priest to eat a meal at the nearby restaurant.
After the two of them had eaten, the Daoist priest wanted to pull Liu Wu and say something. But Liu Wu said, "Elder Dao, you don't need to say those words, I have other things to go first." "Finished talking and left. The Daoist priest looked at the back of Liu Wu's departure and muttered to himself, "What a kind young man, since you invited me to a meal, I will certainly do my best to help you resolve this disaster." ”
Ten days later, in the evening, the old servant of the family found Liu Wu and informed him that his father had died of illness. Frightened, Liu Wu hurriedly ran home, knelt in front of his father's coffin and cried. For a long time, Zhang Meiniang brought a cup of tea over. He said, "Hey, you're in a hurry to come back and you're thirsty, so let's have a cup of tea first." ”
Liu Wu was in the mood to drink tea, pushed the tea cup away, the tea fell to the ground, and he continued to cry with a low headache. Due to the smoothness of the ground, Liu Wu passed through a pool of water on the ground and actually saw the corner of her mouth turned up, revealing a strange smile. Liu Wu was greatly puzzled in his heart, why did his father die, why did the harem still laugh.
After Zhang Meiniang left, he secretly followed and saw Zhang Meiniang return to the room and close the door. He came to the window with a light hand, his fingers drooling and poking open the window paper. I saw that the two old servants of the family had been tied up in the house, and there were several fierce and evil men in the room. The tall man at the head said, "Did the boy drink tea?" ”
Zhang Meiniang shook her head. The tall man said, "I thought I was drugged in the tea, but after the boy drank it, he made him look sad and forgetful." In this way, all the family property will belong to your mother and son, and it will not be in vain for you to hire us at a high price. Now we can only go out and get rid of him ourselves. ”
Liu Wu outside the window was shocked, took a few steps back, and accidentally made a movement. He hurriedly took off a shoe, threw it to the wall, and then immediately ran back to the lobby and climbed up the beam a few times. A few big men opened the door and didn't see anyone, and when they came to the lobby, Liu Wu was gone. A big man found a shoe by the wall.
He shouted, "Head, that boy must have climbed over the wall and fled." The tall man said, "The boy must have overheard us, and if he escapes, we will be miserable, and everyone will quickly chase me." Several fierce and evil men left the Liu family one after another. Liu Wu then came down from the beam of the room and came to Zhang Meiniang.
Angrily, he said, "My father has always been in good health, how could he suddenly die of illness, he must have been poisoned by you." Our father and son were kind enough to take you in, but I didn't expect you to be ungrateful and wanted to harm our father and son. Go, follow me to the official. Zhang Meiniang refused to leave, and Liu Wu tied her up and dragged her to the county court.
What Liu Wu did not expect was that he actually met those big men in the middle of the road. Several big men surrounded him, and Liu Wu knew that he only knew some flower racks, and he was definitely not the opponent of the other side. After shaking a move, he tried to escape, but was grabbed by the tall man. He sneered, "Boy, you still want to escape, suffer death." After saying that, he waved his palm to hit Liu Wu's head.
Just at the moment of this thousand gunshots, a loud voice came: "Immeasurable Heavenly Dignity." Only to see a flash of shadow, a Daoist monk dressed in a tattered Daoist robe came to Liu Wu's side and saved him. The tall man said angrily, "Stinky Daoist, don't be nosy." The Daoist priest laughed and said, "I have taken care of this matter, who let him invite me to dinner?" ”
When the tall man saw that he was not listening to the advice, he shouted, "Brothers beat me." Several big men pounced on the Daoist priest with their teeth and claws. Only to see the Daoist priest flick the dust in his hands a few times, and several people flew out backwards. The tall man was horrified and shouted, "The idea is hard, and the brothers are retreating." Several people got up and fled.
Liu Wu shouted urgently, "Commander Dao, catch them quickly." They hurt my dad, don't let them run. The Daoist priest said, "Forget it, they were only hired, and the lord didn't run away." Besides, your dad isn't dead. Liu Wu exclaimed, "Dao Chief, what's going on?" The Daoist priest said, "Let's take Zhang Meiniang back first." ”
Several people returned to the lobby of the Liu Mansion, and the Taoist priest pushed open the coffin lid with his palm. He said, "Liu Wu, take your father out quickly." Liu Wu did as he said. Only to see the Daoist priest slap Liu Gui's back, and Liu Gui spewed out a mouthful of black blood. The Taoist priest stuffed a pill into Liu Gui's mouth and said to Liu Wu, "I saw your father on the street a few days ago.
I sat on him and lit a few acupuncture points to protect his heart sutra. So he was not attacked by poisonous blood, but only suspended death. Now I forced the poisonous blood out and fed him an antidote, and he will wake up soon. As soon as the words fell, I saw Liu Guiyou wake up. Liu Wuqian asked, "Father, are you okay?" ”
Liu Gui waved his hand and said, "It's all right, you should retreat to the side first." Liu Gui said to Zhang Meiniang: "I was kind enough to help you, but I didn't expect that you would actually want to harm our father and son in order to seek family property." I should have taken you to see the official, but it was once a husband and wife. Forget it, but your mother and son can't stay in this house. ”
After saying that, he wrote a letter of resignation and handed it to Zhang Meiniang. Looking at the young Luo Xiaobao, Liu Gui couldn't bear it in his heart, so he stuffed a silver ticket of one hundred taels into Xiao Bao's arms. He said, "Let's go." Zhang Meiniang took Xiao Bao and left liu mansion. Liu Wu asked, "Father, we were kind enough to help her, but we didn't expect to lure the wolf into the room, and there was no good reward for our kindness." Will we do good deeds in the future? ”
Liu Gui said with a heavy heart: "Of course, we must continue to do good deeds, after all, ungrateful people are a minority." Just the so-called but good deeds, do not ask about the future. We help people from the heart of kindness, but not the return of the tu people. Remember, in the future, when we encounter people who are in difficulty, we must help those who can help. ”
The Daoist priest on the side heard the words and praised, "True is the great goodness." He said to Liu Wu, "I know you want to be a hero who acts heroically and righteously, but you are really not the material for practicing martial arts." In fact, as long as you have a chivalrous heart in your heart and do good deeds and accumulate virtue like your father, you are the hero in the hearts of the people. You are not reading material, and you will learn to do business with your father in the future, which is also considered to be the inheritance of your father's business. ”
Later, Liu Gui did not force Liu Wu to study and let him learn to do business with himself. A few years later, Liu Wu married a virtuous wife, and the two filial pieted to Liu Gui together. The family lived a harmonious and happy life.