Qingyang Lake is a large lake, and there are three grass houses by the lake, and in the three grass houses are two people, one is a woman and the other is a man. Women are mothers and men are sons. The mother's name is Wu Hehua, and the son's name is Li Shuisheng. When Li Shuisheng was 12 years old, his father died, and it was his mother who raised him. This year, Li Shuisheng was 23 years old and had not yet become a parent. The reason why he did not marry until he was 23 was because he was so poor that the local unmarried women were reluctant to marry him, even a few young local widows.
More than a mile away from the three grass houses, there is a village, the village is called Lijia Village. Li Shuisheng and Wu Hehua originally lived in Li Family Village, and three years ago, Wu Hehua suddenly fell seriously ill. In order to treat Wu Lotus's illness, Li Shuisheng sold three tile houses in Li Family Village. After Wu Hehua's illness recovered, Li Shuisheng built three grass houses by the lake, and then lived with Wu Lotus in three grass houses. As long as it doesn't blow strong winds and rain, Li Aquatic will go fishing in the lake. He had a small boat, but in fact the boat was not his, it was an old bachelor in the Li family village. When old Guanggun was alive, Li Shuisheng often took care of him. So before his death, the old guanggun gave the boat to Li Shuisheng.
Late one night, Li Shuisheng suddenly heard the woman's cry for help coming from a small island in the lake. He quickly woke up Wu Lotus, and then said to Wu Lotus, "Mother, I heard the woman's cry for help coming from the island, and I want to go to the island to see." After listening to Li Shuisheng's words, Wu Hehua said: "Aquatic, there is no moon tonight, you don't go to the island, after dawn, you will go to the island again." Li Shuisheng thought for a moment and then said, "Well, after dawn, I will go to the island again." ”
After dawn, Li Shuisheng did not care about breakfast, so he came to the lake and then got on the boat. The island was about two miles from the lake, so Li Shuisheng didn't take much time to get to the island. After Li Shuisheng went to the island, he began to look for women on the island. Because there are a lot of reeds and weeds growing on the island, it is a bit difficult to find. As a result, Li Shuisheng looked for half a column of incense time, only to find a woman lying in the weeds, looking like a woman about eighteen or nineteen years old. Next to the woman lay a man who looked to be about 20 years old, the man was motionless, and there was a pool of blood beside the woman.
Suddenly, the woman said weakly to Li Shuisheng, "Please, save us." After listening to the woman's words, Li Shuisheng quickly walked to the man's side, and then probed the man's sniffle with his finger and found that the man was dead, and there was a wound on the man's left calf, apparently bitten by a poisonous snake. The woman's right calf was injured, and a pool of blood around her was flowing from her right calf. Now the woman's face is very pale, and it is estimated that she has lost too much blood. Li Shuisheng said to the woman: "Well, I will first rescue you home, and then ask Langzhong to treat you." Li Shuisheng finished speaking, tore off his clothes, bandaged the wound for the woman, and then he carried the woman on his back and walked toward the boat.
After Li Shuisheng carried the woman home, he said to Wu Hehua, "Mother, you hurry up and invite the old man to come." "There is an old man in the Li family village who has good medical skills. After Wu Lotus listened to Li Shuisheng's words, she quickly ran out of the house. After about half a column of incense, Wu Lotus returned with Lao Langzhong. After examining the woman's wounds, Lao Langzhong told Li Shuisheng and Wu Hehua that the woman was stabbed, but there was no danger to her life, and it was enough to recuperate for a period of time, but during the convalescence, she must eat something to replenish blood.
After Lao Langzhong left, Wu Lotus walked to the chicken nest, and then grabbed a chicken from the chicken nest, and she wanted to kill the chicken to replenish the woman's body. When Wu Lotus was killing chickens, Li Shuisheng asked the woman, "Why did you end up on that small island?" Who else was the dead man? The woman thought about it after listening to Li Shuisheng's words, and then said: "You saved me, I will tell you the truth!" The man who died was my brother, my brother and I were the sons and daughters of a bandit in another province, not long ago, the officers and soldiers suppressed the bandits, my father and my mother were killed by the officers and soldiers, my brother and I escaped from death, but the officers and soldiers refused to let us go, and have been chasing us. We found a few pieces of wood by the lake, tied a few pieces of wood together, and finally we went to the island by a few pieces of wood. Unexpectedly, at night, my brother was bitten by a poisonous snake, my right calf was punctured by reeds, and I saw that my brother was about to die, so I shouted for help, but no one came to save my brother. ”
After listening to the woman's words, Li Shuisheng said: "You are really pitiful, you will live in my house from now on!" By the way, what's your name? The woman said, "My name is Qin Meiniang, I can't live in your house, if I live in your house, it will affect you." Li Shuisheng said: "This place is very remote, officers and soldiers will not come here, you can rest assured to live in my house!" Qin Meiniang thought for a moment, and then said, "Well, I live in your house, this place is really very remote, even if the officers and soldiers come, I can hide in the reeds, by the way, can you go to the island and bury my brother's body?" Li Shuisheng said, "I will go to the island now and bury your brother's body." Li Shuisheng finished speaking, walked out of the grass house, and then took a shovel outside the grass house, and then he took the shovel and walked towards the boat by the lake.
After Li Shuisheng went to the island, he dug a pit with a shovel, then buried the man's body and built a new grave. After he returned to the grass hut, he told Qin Meiniang about the burial of the man's body. After listening to his words, Qin Meiniang thanked him. Since then, Qin Meiniang has lived in Li Shuisheng's home.
One morning of the following year, Li Shuisheng went to the lake to fish, and only Wu Lotus and Qin Meiniang were left in the grass house. Wu Lotus said to Qin Meiniang: "Mei Niang, I have a word, I don't know when to say it? Qin Meiniang said, "Aunt Lotus, if you have anything to say, just say it!" Wu Lotus thought for a moment, and then said, "Lady Mei, can you marry aquatics?" Qin Meiniang said, "Aunt Lotus, I just regard Aquatic as my big brother, and I don't want to marry him." Wu Lotus said, "Then forget it." ”
To say that time, passed really fast, unconsciously, Qin Meiniang lived in Li Shuisheng's home for three years. One morning, Wu Lotus went to the town to buy salt, and it turned out that there were more than 10 people dressed up in ding, holding portraits in their hands and asking the people in the town, did they see the two people on the portraits? Wu Lotus walked over and looked at it, and found that there were two people on the portrait, one was a man and the other was a woman, and the woman was very similar to Qin Meiniang. However, although Wu Lotus found that the woman on the portrait resembled Qin Meiniang, she did not talk to more than 10 people dressed up in the family.
After Wu Lotus returned to the grass hut, she asked the people in the town who dressed up more than 10 people with portraits in their hands whether they had seen the two people on the portrait and the situation that she found that the women on the portrait were very similar to Qin Meiniang, and told Qin Meiniang. Qin Meiniang said, "Aunt Lotus, I want to go to town to have a look." Wu Lotus said, "Then I will accompany you." ”
After Qin Meiniang and Wu Lotus arrived in town, Qin Meiniang pulled Wu Lotus to hide in the shadows to observe the more than 10 people dressed up. Not long after, Qin Meiniang pulled Wu Lotus and ran to the more than 10 people dressed up as family members. After they ran to the front of the more than 10 people dressed as family members, the more than 10 people dressed as family members said to Qin Meiniang, "Miss, we have finally found you." ”
It turned out that Qin Meiniang was not the daughter of the bandit boss at all, and she and the man who died on the island were both the daughters and sons of the chancellor. A few years ago, the minister was framed by the adulterers and sentenced to prison, and the wife of the minister died of grief. Late one night, someone found Qin Meiniang and Qin Meiniang's brother, and the traitor planned to send someone to assassinate Qin Meiniang and Qin Meiniang's brother. Therefore, Qin Meiniang and her brother quickly fled the capital. When the traitors learned that they had escaped from the capital, they sent men to hunt them down. One evening, they fled to the lake, found the island in the lake, went to the island, and hid on the island. Unexpectedly, Qin Meiniang's brother was bitten to death by a poisonous snake, and Qin Meiniang was injured by reeds, but fortunately Li Shuisheng went to the island to save Qin Meiniang. A month earlier, the new emperor had ascended the throne and ordered the execution of the traitors and the reinstatement of the chancellor. After the minister was reinstated, he immediately sent his family to look for Qin Meiniang and Qin Meiniang's brother.
Qin Meiniang said to more than 10 family members, "You go with me to a place." The family members said one after another that they were willing to obey Qin Meiniang's orders. Next, Qin Meiniang and Wu Lotus brought more than 10 family members to the grass house. After Li Shuisheng returned, Qin Meiniang said to Li Shuisheng: "Brother Shuisheng, I lied to you at the beginning, in fact, my brother and I are not the daughters and sons of the bandits, we are the daughters and sons of the prime minister, today I am leaving, you can rest assured, I will come back to see you and Aunt Lotus." Qin Meiniang finished speaking and followed more than 10 family members.
Two months later, Qin Meiniang returned, but she did not come back alone, but with a young woman and 6 family members. Qin Meiniang said to Li Shuisheng: "Brother Aquatic, this woman is my family's maid, 18 years old this year, if you like her, you can marry her." Li Shuisheng saw that the young woman was very beautiful and liked her in her heart, so she said to Qin Meiniang, "I am willing to marry her." As soon as Li Shuisheng's voice fell, Qin Meiniang took out a silver ticket and handed it to Li Shuisheng and said, "Brother Aquatic, this is a 5,000 silver ticket, you accept it, you have silver, you can go to town to buy a house." Li Shuisheng took the silver ticket and said, "Can you wait until I am married before leaving?" Qin Meiniang said, "I will wait for you to become a relative before leaving, so you can buy a house in the town first, and then you will become a relative." ”
Three days later, Li Shuisheng bought a large mansion in the town. Two days after he bought the mansion, he married a young woman. After Qin Meiniang attended his wedding with the young woman, she took 6 family members with her.