The story takes place during the Song Dynasty, in Feng'an County, the capital of Luzhou, there is a remote village called Wanjiazhuang, in which a nearly sixty-year-old Li Laohan is chopping firewood in the courtyard, and the young man next to him is his only child, Li Fugui.
Li Laohan is a chai man, splitting firewood and sending firewood is all his work, but the silver that can be earned in a day of hard work is also very small, so the father and son are very poor.
Li Laohan was originally a mason, but also has many years of experience, so the work has accumulated a lot of silver two, seeing that the family's life is getting better and better, did not expect that his wife Wang Shi is a serious illness, in order to treat his wife, Li Laohan searched for the famous Langzhong.
Therefore, the family's savings are getting smaller and smaller, but the wife's illness is getting worse and worse, and in the end, the Wang family still did not hold on to the death, and only Li Laohan's father and son were left.
Originally, Li Laohan could guarantee the life of father and son with the bricklayer's craftsmanship, but unexpectedly an accident occurred, resulting in Li Laohan's legs and feet falling disabled, which also made him no longer intersect with the profession of bricklayer.
Since then, Li Laohan had to be a chai man, with the help of Li Fugui, it was difficult to live a life, watching the children getting bigger and bigger, Li Laohan was more and more worried, just by virtue of his current appearance, it can only be a drag of the child, how can this be good in the future.
Although Li Fugui is still young, but his heart is extremely sensible, whenever his father is sad, he will always come out to comfort, so that Li Laohan is very touched in his heart.
Later, an unexpected appearance gave the defeated family a chance to come back to life, and also completely changed the fate of Li Fugui.
On this day, when Old Han Li saw that there was less firewood in his home, he asked Li Fugui to go to the mountain to chop some and come back, so Li Fugui came to the back mountain with a chai knife.
Li Fugui was already extremely familiar with houshan, and soon he found a forest and cut it down, but at this moment, a cry of pain came over, making Li Fugui can't help but stop the movement of his hand.
Li Fugui followed the sound, and soon found the source of the sound under a hillside, it turned out that an old man accidentally fell down, Li Fugui was kind in heart, and soon came to the bottom of the hillside.
Li Fugui said: "Grandpa, you are all right, how can you be so careless?"
Li Fugui gently lifted the old man up, and the old man was also injured in many places, and a huge pain could not help but make him sweat like rain.
Li Fugui did not dare to delay when he saw the situation, so he picked up the old man and walked step by step towards the village, and the old man was also unconscious because of the pain.
Soon Li Fugui returned home with the old man, and then ran to the town to invite Lang Zhong to see the old man, who said that he was not in too much danger, but just broke a few ribs and cultivated for some time.
After sending Lang Zhong away, the father and son took care of the old man on the side, and not long after, the old man finally woke up, and he looked at this strange room and couldn't help but say: You saved me, and I am grateful in the next step.
Saying that the old man was about to get up, suddenly a huge pain came from his body, and he couldn't help but grin his teeth in pain, and Li Fugui hurriedly helped the old man to lie down.
Li Fugui said: Grandpa, Lang Zhong said that you need to rest for a few days, and you should not move when you are recuperating here.
Seeing a simple-looking Li Fugui, the old man's heart was also warm, so he said: Don't hide from the two benefactors, I am the only one in my family, and when I am injured, I will definitely repay the two.
Li Laohan is also a kind person in his heart, he knows that the old man is afraid of causing trouble for them, so he said: Brother, don't be rigid, rest assured here to recuperate, and wait until the illness is better before making plans.
So the old man stayed here to cultivate, and soon a few months passed, and the old man was finally able to walk freely, and through contact these days, the old man knew the Li family father and son very well, so he called the two together on this day.
The old man said: Two benefactors, now that my injuries are almost healed, it is time to leave, and in order to repay the two, I have decided to take the rich man as an apprentice and pass on his carpentry skills."
It was said that Li Laohan was instantly overjoyed, this carpenter is a very high skill, and the status of carpenter is extraordinary, wherever you go, there will be people who will treat it respectfully, if your own children learn carpenter, it will be worry-free.
So Li Laohan hurriedly agreed to come down for the rich man, so Li Fugui performed a worship service to the old man under the instructions of his father, although the ceremony was simple, but the meaning was extremely important.
Because he worshiped under the door of the old man, So Li Fugui had to pack up his manners and set off with the old man, Li Fugui looked at his father with a reluctant face, but his father was full of relief, and warned him that he must listen to the master's words well.
So Li Fugui followed master to a strange town, and when he arrived here, he knew that master's reputation was quite high, and it seemed that everyone was extremely respectful to him, which also made Li Fugui look forward to becoming a carpenter even more.
In the days that followed, Li Fugui began to learn the basic knowledge of carpentry with his master, and Li Fugui knew that this opportunity was not easy, so he studied extremely hard and made master extremely satisfied.
Through a period of study, Li Fugui's talent was revealed step by step, and with his hard work, the progress was rapid, which surprised the master, and he did not expect that the disciple he had inadvertently accepted was actually a carpenter genius.
So in just a year and a half, Li Fugui reached the standard of becoming a teacher, which showed how terrible his talent was, so the master called him to the front and said: Rich gui, now that your skills have been completed, it is time to set up another portal, you will go to the town to temper yourself.
Wen Yan Fugui was extremely touched, he knew that Master was for his own good, originally within three years of the master's silver two had to hand over to a master, but the master allowed him to leave the master early, which showed that the master had a deep affection for him.
However, Master continued: Rich and noble, in the future, you must be careful of a little man named Wang Nianzhi, who was originally my apprentice, but because he was treacherous, he could not help but cut corners and take advantage of the opportunity to steal the property of the Lord's family, so I was expelled from the division, and I was afraid that he would be unfavorable to you.
Wen Yan Fugui also nodded his head in agreement, saying that he would be careful, and then said goodbye to Master and went home packing up his manners.
I haven't seen my father for more than a year, so rich and noble is very worried in his heart, so rich and noble rushed to the house, father and son met is also very emotional, the two seem to have endless words.
Rich And his father agreed to open a carpenter shop in the town, and now that his father was old, Rich Planned to let his father go with him or help him take care of it.
So the next day the father and son came to the town, found a shop to rent, after a simple decoration and opened, because there were not many carpenters in the town, so soon the rich shop came to business.
Rich Gui thought that he had just opened, in order to let more villagers know themselves, he used a very low price to create furniture for the villagers, and the skills were extraordinary, so that the villagers were extremely satisfied.
With the honest management of the rich, soon the reputation of the store was spread out, and the rich who thought it was smooth, but unexpectedly welcomed a special guest.
On this day, the rich man was working in the shop, when suddenly a richly dressed middle-aged man walked in, he looked around at the simple shop, and then he stopped his eyes on the rich man's body.
When the rich man saw the guests come in, he asked: Do you need to make furniture?
The middle-aged man looked up and down at the rich man and then said: Master and brother are really a table of talents, do not invite the master brother to sit in?
When did he have a brother? After some reflection, the rich man couldn't help but be shocked, this person could not be the Wang Nianzhi that Master said.
So the rich man tentatively asked, "But is it Master Brother Wang Nian?"
The middle-aged man smiled and nodded, "Of course, Master has taught both of us in total, and you and I must work together to carry forward Master's skills."
Although the rich man did not know what this man was doing, out of courtesy he still invited him in, and the two of them sat down with each other, and Wang Nianzhi slowly said: Master and brother, you are just starting out, you don't know the dangers of this world, I heard that your price is extremely low, so you are not wasting your skills.
Hearing this, the rich man said: Master brother does not know, most of the people in this town are poor people, if the fee is high, I am afraid they will not be able to bear it, and master also warned me to benefit the people before I can go further.
Unexpectedly, Wang Nianzhi's face changed: Don't listen to the old immortal blind, as long as you and I work together, we will certainly be able to grasp the business in this square mile, and then you and I will not be rich.
Hearing Wang Nianzhi insult Master, Fu Gui also said with a gloomy face: You are not allowed to insult Master, Master regards me as his own, how can I carry Master behind my back and be with you as a little person, and ask Master brother to go back.
Seeing that the rich man was so resolute, Wang Nianzhi also revealed his true nature: You are so ignorant of lifting, then don't blame me for not being polite, let's walk and see.
After saying that, Wang Nianzhi left here, looking at the back of his departure, the rich man couldn't help but tighten his heart, it seems that in the future, he must be careful, don't want this little man's way.
Soon a month passed, and the rich man was still in hot business, and it seemed that Wang Nianzhi was only talking about it, so the rich man forgot what had happened before.
One night, it was pouring rain outside, and the rich man also fell into a deep sleep, and suddenly a rapid knock on the door came in, and the rich man woke up in response to the sound, and he went to open the door with a puzzled face, who would come here in such a big rain?
When I opened the door, I saw a beautiful woman standing outside the door, at this time she was soaking wet, and the rich man saw her pitiful and hurriedly let her into the house.
Through understanding this, I knew that the woman had come here to rely on relatives, but the relatives had already died, and the woman had no choice but to wander on the street, but it rained heavily before she knocked on the door to seek refuge.
Seeing that the woman was so pitiful, the rich man left her here, and found her own clothes to change into first, and then let the woman sleep in his bed.
On the second day, the rich man saw that the woman had nowhere to go, so he asked her to stay here to make a deal for him, so the woman stayed, and the two of them slowly had feelings.
Old Han Li saw that the rich man had now reached the age of marriage, and the woman had not yet married, so he arranged for the two to be married, so three days later they held a marriage in this shop.
After marriage, the husband and wife are affectionate, the days are getting better and better, the rich and noble are also doing more and more energetically, and everything seems to be very beautiful.
On this day, a woman suddenly came to the shop, the woman was wearing worn-out clothes, it seemed that she must be the daughter-in-law of a poor family, Li Fugui asked: I don't know what the girl needs.
The woman said: Big brother, the elder in my family needs to build a body of life, but I don't have silver in my hand, I don't know if the eldest brother can let me pay the account on credit first, and I will definitely repay it in the future.
Saying that, the woman fell to her knees on the ground, and the rich man saw that she was pitiful and hurriedly helped her up, and then said: Rest assured, the girl is assured, you have such filial piety, why should I send you a corpse.
Hearing that the woman was overjoyed in an instant, she bowed and thanked the rich man, and at this time the rich man's wife just stepped out and just happened to pass by this woman, and the woman could not help but tighten her heart, and her brows frowned as if she had thought of something.
At this time, the rich man said: The girl also please come with me, I will build it for you.
So the woman followed the rich man to the back courtyard, which happened to have a semi-finished product here, and the rich man quickly made a life material for the woman.
Later, the rich man found a few people to carry the shou material to the house for the woman, and the woman was extremely grateful, and just before the rich man left, the woman suddenly stopped him and said: Big brother, you must be careful of your wife when you go back, I am afraid that she has some intentions for you.
Hearing that Fugui was also a little angry, he prepared to leave, but the woman stopped in front of him, which told her everything she had seen before.
It turned out that the woman had once gone to Wang Nianzhi's shop to ask for help, but how could a villain like Wang Nianzhi allow her to pay the bill on credit? He drove her out of the house, but the woman waited outside the door still without a dead heart.
At this time, the sound of two people talking came from the house, and the content of the dialogue was aimed at the trap of wealth and nobility, only to hear the woman in the house say: I have changed the wood, just waiting for the silver two to arrive.
Then the woman saw the woman come out, and she clearly remembered that her face was that of the rich wife.
Rich Gui was shocked when he heard this, he carefully recalled, his wife's behavior in recent days is indeed a little suspicious, often going out in the middle of the night, is she really going to hurt herself?
Suddenly he trembled, as if he had thought of something, and recently he had received a big business and was building a house for Hu Yuanwai, and its materials were all high-grade gold silk nan wood, and his wife had secretly replaced the wood.
Thinking of this, the rich man could no longer contain the anxiety in his heart, so he hurried to Hu Yuanwai's home to check it out, at this time he suddenly found that the house he had built had been secretly changed into wood, and he finally determined the matter.
So fugui informed the government in a fit of rage, and the officers and soldiers quickly arrested his wife and Wang Nianzhi, and found a lot of gold silk and nanmu in Wang Nianzhi's home.
Through interrogating Fugui, he realized that his wife was wang Nianzhi's lover, and he had come to hide around Fugui to find an opportunity to attack him, and when he saw the golden silk Nanmu of Hu Yuanwai's family, he exposed himself.
So Wang Nianzhi and the two were thrown into prison, the crisis of wealth was finally lifted, he was very grateful to the woman who told him the secret, saw that the woman was homeless and left her at home to help, and over time the two became affectionate, and finally came together and lived a happy life.