In ancient times, the widow married a young man, and on the wedding night, the guy laughed, and the widow asked him what he was laughing at, and he said a word in the widow's ear, and the widow stood upside down, got up and walked to the official palace.
In ancient times, there was a girl named Rue Xiang, who was beautiful, gentle and capable. Many young men in the village have a crush on her, but Rue Xiang falls in love with a young man named Shen Qing. Shen Qing's family is average, and his personality is somewhat introverted.
One day, Rue Xiang returned from work in the field and fell at the entrance of the village, and the onlookers laughed at her. At this time, Shen Qing hurriedly went over to help Rue Xiang up, and took off his coat and draped it over her, which moved Ru Xiang.
Later, Shen Qing proposed to Rue Xiang through a matchmaker, and Ru Xiang gladly accepted. The two became a couple, Shen Qing loved Rue Xiang very much, and the little two lived a sweet life. Shen Qing helped people look at the shop in the village during the day, and came back at night to accompany Rue Xiang to cook and talk about home.
In order to increase his income, Shen Qing went out to do business with his neighbor Zhao Liang. One day, when the carriage of the two of them was passing through the mountains, Shen Qing in front accidentally fell off the cliff, died of serious injuries, and Ru Xiang became a widow, grief-stricken.
Zhao Liang often went to Ru Xiang's house to help, and slowly the two became close. Zhao Liang is considerate of Rue on the surface and takes care of her living and eating, but secretly he is planning something. A year later, Zhao Liang offered to marry Rue Xiang, and Rue Xiang's family also persuaded her to remarry, and finally Rue Xiang agreed.
On the first night after marriage, Zhao Liang got drunk and told Rue Xiang the truth that he had designed to kill Shen Qing. It turned out that Zhao Liang took a fancy to Rue Xiang and wanted to replace Shen Qing, so while the two were out, he deliberately frightened Shen Qing's horse, causing him to fall off a cliff and die.
Rue Xiang was shocked and immediately went to the official. Zhao Liang was soon caught and questioned, and he confessed to the fact of plotting to kill Shen Qing, and was eventually punished by law and hanged.
Rue Xiang could no longer trust anyone. After Shen Qing's death, she lived alone and lived a life of pure heart. People from the village often came to ask for relatives, but Rue Xiang refused on the grounds of widowhood.
Once, a scholar passed by this village, fell in love at first sight after seeing Rue Xiang, and expressed his desire to marry Rue Xiang. The scholar's surname is Wang, and he is a Xiucai in a nearby county. He passed by Rue Xiang's hometown on his study trip and decided to live here for a while.
At first, Rue Xiang also rejected Wang Sheng's pursuit. But Wang Sheng repeatedly expressed his sincerity, and was persuaded by the village elders, Rue Xiang finally nodded and agreed. Wang Sheng has a gentle and humble personality, and takes good care of Rue Xiang's living clothes and food, so that Rue Xiang also gradually likes him.
After the two got engaged, Wang Sheng opened a school in the village during the day, teaching children to read and read, and returned at night to accompany Ru Xiang, and the two either played chess and chatted, or enjoyed the moon together. Life is good.
But not long after the engagement, Wang Sheng suddenly contracted the plague, which was diagnosed by doctors as incurable. Wang Sheng did not want to burden Rue Xiang and proposed to dissolve the marriage contract. But Rue Xiang insisted on marrying Wang Sheng, even if there were only a few months left.
Rue Xiang took good care of the sick Wang Sheng, boiling medicine, wiping his body, and boiling water for him. A month later, Wang fell ill and died, and Rue Xiang was widowed again. She didn't regret her decision, but she was even more grief-stricken.
Rue Xiang began to run Wang Sheng's school on her own, teaching until she was 80 years old, and the children in the village affectionately called her Grandma Ru Xiang. Rue Xiang lived a peaceful and meaningful life in her later years, she was grateful for the few kind men who appeared in her life, although they all left her in various ways, Rue Xiang was content and lived her life.
