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During the Jingtai period of the Ming Dynasty, there was a scholar named Gao Yingdi in Qingzhou Province. He studied diligently since childhood, and at the age of twenty he was admitted to the Xiucai Examination, and soon married a beautiful woman surnamed Chen.
The couple depended on each other for their lives and loved each other incomparably. The husband makes a living by teaching and selling calligraphy and paintings, and in addition to taking care of the housework, the wife also does some embroidery for the large family, and the money earned can also be self-sufficient, and the small life is quite happy.
One day, Gao Cheng, a butcher living in the north of the county, came to visit Gao Yingdi. The two were a pair of friends when they were young, and they had a very thick friendship, but they rarely interacted with each other after they became a family.
Gao Cheng suddenly came to visit, greeted him, and began to spit bitter water with a sad face, saying: "Ying Di, I have not done well in the pork business recently, I owe a lot of money to others, if I can't go to the whole family, I will sleep on the street, can you borrow me ten silver first, and when you get through the difficulties, you will be grateful for your great kindness in the future!" ”
Gao Yingdi thought about his old feelings for many years, thought about it for a while, and went into the back room to take out the ten silver he had painstakingly saved from his wife and lent it to Gao Cheng.
Gao Cheng thanked him and said, "Thank you, after three months, I will definitely return the money with interest!" "Say goodbye to the money and turn away."
Fast forward a year, in the cold winter, Gao Yingdi's wife suddenly fell seriously ill, and after many treatments and drinking medicines, she did not get better. Lang Zhong then proposed that Gao Yingdi take his wife into the capital city and find a more intelligent doctor for treatment.
Gao Yingdi was suffering from lack of money and thought about going, so he remembered the ten silver that he had lent to Gao Cheng last year.
Early the next morning, Gao Yingdi washed up, came to the north of the county, and asked a few passers-by to find Gao Cheng's house.
Gao Yingdi's servants were introduced to Gao Mansion and saw Gao Cheng and his wife and children eating in the middle of the banquet, where there were several plates of pork and a porcelain pot of fish soup, and their lives were very solid.
But Gao Cheng said a few words of greeting, did not ask Gao Yingdi whether he had eaten, and then began to complain bitterly: "Old Brother Gao, the pig I raised died suddenly yesterday, and I lost a lot, so I had to slaughter myself to eat, and this month's expenses do not know where to earn!" ”
Gao Yingdi was very embarrassed, and he greeted the other party for half a day before he said gently: "Brother, my wife has been seriously ill for many days, and there is no silver money in the family, but I have no choice but to ask you if the silver money borrowed from you that day can repay me."
Gao Cheng listened to the sad face, pushed and shoved, and said: "Brother, you wait for me for seven days, and when you sell that pig, you will take the money to pay you back!" When Gao Yingdi saw him like this, he had to leave.
In the blink of an eye, seven days later, Gao Yingdi's wife Chen Shi was already terminally ill, and Gao Yingdi was very anxious, waiting for Gao Cheng to come that day, and then went to Gao Mansion again at night to collect debts.
That night, Gao Yingdi, who was extremely unhappy, said in a loud voice: "The pig is sold, but the money cannot be received, and you wait for three more days, and you will definitely pay it back." Gao Yingdi was even more helpless, pleading: "Brother Cheng, my wife is about to die of illness, waiting for money to save her life, you don't want to delay anymore."
The two discussed for a while, and Gao Yingdi finally listened to Gao Cheng's words that he would pay back the money in three days and returned home first.
Unexpectedly, three days later, Gao Yingdi still could not wait for Gao Cheng to repay the money. So he went to the door again to ask for a debt, and Gao Cheng actually went ill and did not see it, and gave Gao Ying the first closed door soup, Gao Yingdi was very angry, pointed to the door and scolded: "I missed the old love of the day to borrow money from you, and now you are closed and not seen, or is it a person?" "Say goodbye and throw your sleeves back."
Unexpectedly, just after arriving at home, Chen Shi had already died of illness in bed. When Gao Yingdi saw his wife die of illness, he could not do anything about it, and immediately lost his voice and cried bitterly, full of grief.
A few days later, Gao Yingdi buried his wife, and the more he thought about it, the more angry he became, and he said to himself: "Otherwise, if you don't pay back the money that Gao Cheng owes, my wife will not die of illness, and you must pay this blood debt." Late at night, Gao Yingdi's eyes were already red, and he went out to Gao Cheng's house, determined to avenge his wife.
It was three times, the night breeze was accustomed, the moon was hanging high, and Gao Yingdi was walking on the road with a murderous heart.
Just in time, there was an old monk who was sleeping in the clouds, saw Gao Yingdi passing by, and suddenly found that he was followed by a group of evil ghosts with green faces and fangs, one by one, and followed Gao Yingdi.
The old monk hurriedly recited the Buddha trumpet and shouted, "This benefactor, where are you going?" Gao Yingdi turned a deaf ear and went straight ahead, and the monk was not afraid of the ghosts behind him, so he quickly followed and said, "The benefactor must not make mistakes, otherwise he will regret it!" Gao Yingdi snorted, ignored the monk, and walked away quickly.
At dawn, Gao Yingdi came to Gao Cheng's house, but saw that the door was closed. Thinking that Gao Cheng should be selling pork, he asked the neighbors nearby, and then rushed to the south of the city market.
After entering the market, I saw him selling meat at a meat stall. Gao Yingdi was furious, and rushed up at once, grabbing the bone chopping knife placed on the meat case, lifting the knife, and about to cut down Gao Cheng.
Just then, he heard a voice in his ear: "Amitabha, the benefactor quickly put down the butcher's knife!" The sound was so loud that it made his ears buzz, and Gao Ying stayed on the spot for the first time, as if he had fixed it.
At this time, an old monk not far behind him came over, and it was the old monk he had seen last night.
Gao Cheng's face was as frightened as dirt, and he quickly hid to the side, his face was red and white, and finally he didn't even want the pork, and ran back to his home to hide.
After staying for half a quarter of an hour, Gao Yingdi slowly put down the bone chopping knife, turned around and gave a salute to the monk, without saying a word, and then walked home without turning back. The old monk fixed his eyes on it, only to see that the group of ghosts behind him had turned into a group of people with kind faces and high crowns.
The old monk clapped his hands together and smiled, and also drifted away.
At that time, when Gao Yingdi heard the Buddha's trumpet, his heart suddenly trembled, and he thought: If I kill this old Lai, his family will be scattered, and who will take care of his wife and children? At best, I can only vent my anger on my own, and I can't save my wife!
Gao Cheng killed a big pig shortly after, and somehow the green haired pig went crazy, did not kill it with three knives in a row, but jumped off the stage and arched Gao Cheng to the ground, and actually bit off both of his palms alive. After that, Gao Cheng could no longer be a butcher, and slowly became a poor and pitiful guy who was rejected by people, and became a beggar a few years later.
After Gao Yingdi returned home, he studied hard in the cold window of his home and relied on himself, although he sometimes thought of his beloved wife, but more than that, he saw through life and death. After three years, when he was struggling to go to the exam without any trouble, one day he met a nobleman surnamed Chen on the street, and after the nobleman gave him ten pieces of silver, he left without saying much.
After Gao Yingdi had money as a travel fee, he went to the exam alone, and finally won the jinshi on the list.
Later, Gao Yingdi was an official for ten years, and his sleeves were clean, benefiting the people on one side. One year during the Mid-Autumn Festival, Gao Yingdi had a rare time to sit and drink tea in the official residence, and while admiring the moon, he suddenly saw a white-clad girl coming suddenly, and the other party looked and behaved like his wife Chen Shi, who had died that year.
The young girl Mao Sui introduced herself, saying that her father's name was Chen Mao, and she had funded Gao Ying's twelfth silver to go to the examination earlier, and now that the family was in the middle of the road, her father asked her to come to Gao Yingdi before she died.
Gao Yingdi was grateful for the help of the nobles of that year, thinking that this woman was so similar to his wife, it must be her reincarnation, so he married the young girl Chen Shi as his wife. After marriage, this old husband and young wife lived a very loving and happy life, and in the next year they also gave birth to a pair of dragon and phoenix fetuses, and their days were very happy and happy.
(The author of this article | Tang Sometimes) Jing Yue Zhai sent a message:
As the saying goes: "Borrow money to fashion grandchildren, when you want money, you are a great uncle", which is the true portrayal of some old Lai, who said very pitifully when they borrowed money, and swore all kinds of guarantees, saying that they would repay the loan soon, but they did not take the initiative to repay the money after the time came. Creditors go to collect debts, but they shirk them for various reasons, and such people really do not deserve to be human.
However, there are also some people who are unable to repay the money for a while after borrowing money, which is not the same thing as deliberate, and it needs more understanding at this time. Because money is something outside the body, friendship is eternal.
Of course, it is not right for others to be in debt, and it is not right to go to the door with a knife and cut people. Such matters can be resolved by legal means. If you have a kind and inclusive heart, you will eventually get good retribution.