The Complete Picture of Liao Zhai, Volume 38, Qing Dynasty Picture Books, Collection of the Austrian National Library
The Complete Picture of Liao Zhai is a painted comic book depicting the story of "Strange Tales of Liao Zhai", a complete set of about 90 volumes (scattered all over the world), 17 volumes (8, 9, 11, 23, 31-33, 38, 41, 47, 48, 53, 60, 63-65, 69), this volume is 38 volumes. This set is roughly a picture book of the Guangxu period of the Qing Dynasty.
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Book 38: Lei Cao, Gambling Fu, A Xia, Mao Hu, Qingmei
Book 38: Lei Cao
Book 38: Lei Cao
Book 38: Lei Cao
Book 38: Lei Cao
Book XXXVIII: Gambling Charms
Book XXXVIII: Gambling Charms
Daoist Han lived in the Tianqi Temple in the county seat, and because he was good at illusion, people called him "Immortal". My late father was the friendliest of all of him, and he would visit him every time he went into town.
One day, my father went into the city with his deceased uncle to visit Daoist Han, and happened to meet him on the way. Daoist Han handed the key to his father and said, "You go and open the door first, go into the house and sit and wait for me, and I will arrive later." My father did as he said, entered the temple, opened the door with the key, and saw that Daoist Han was already sitting in the house. There are many weird things about Daoist Han and so on.
Prior to this, there was a clansman who was fond of gambling and also met Han Daoshi through his father. At that time, a monk came to the Big Buddha Temple, who was good at gambling by rolling dice to determine the winner, and the bets were particularly large. The clansmen were very happy when they saw him gambling like this, and took out all the money in the family to gamble, but they lost it all. The more the clansmen lost, the more anxious they became, pawned the land and went to gamble, and lost all their money overnight, and there was nothing to return.
From then on, he was depressed all day long, so he went to Daoist Han, lost his soul and spoke incoherently. Daoist Han asked him what was going on, and the clansmen told him about the gambling as it was. Han Daoshi said with a smile: "There is no reason not to lose when gambling regularly. If you can quit gambling, I'll help you win back the money you lost. The clansman said, "As long as the gambling money can be recovered like the pearls of Hepu, I will smash the dice with an iron pestle!" So Daoist Han wrote a spell on the paper and handed it to the clansman to wear in his clothes.
Han Daoshi instructed him again: "As long as you take back the original property, you can stop, don't be greedy and greedy." After Han Daoshi finished speaking, he gave him another thousand copper coins, and agreed to return it to himself after he won.
The clansmen went to gamble again with joy, and the monk looked at his thousand copper coins, and was very despised and disdained to gamble with him. The clansmen forced him to gamble, and asked for a toss to win or lose, and the monk smiled and agreed. So the tribesmen used the 1,000 copper coins as a bet to win or lose. The monk first rolled a round to show no victory, the clansmen took the dice, and the clansmen won a great victory. The monk put down another two thousand wen as a bet and lost again. Later, the monk's bet gradually increased to more than ten thousand texts, and it was clear that it was the best color picking, and as soon as the clansmen shouted, it became the second color of Lu or the second time of picking pheasants.
In this way, the money that the clansmen had lost before was all won back in a blink of an eye, and the clansmen secretly thought that it would be better to win a few thousand more Wen, so they gambled again, but every throw was inferior, and the gambling luck began to be poor. The clansmen felt strange in their hearts, and when they got up and looked at the charm in their pockets, they had already disappeared, and the clansmen were shocked and quickly stopped.
The clansmen returned to the temple with the money, in addition to repaying Han Daoist 1,000 yuan, carefully recalling and calculating the money that won before and then lost, which happened to be equal to the money that was originally lost. Then, the clansmen were ashamed to ask Han Daoshi to forgive him for the mistake of throwing away the charm, and Han Daoshi smiled and said, "The charm has long returned to me." I told you not to be greedy, but you wouldn't listen, so I took it back myself. ”
Book 38: Axia
Book 38: Axia
Book 38: Axia
Book 38: Axia
Book 38: Axia
Book 38: Axia
There is a man named Jingxing in Wendeng County, who was very famous when he was a teenager. Jing Xing and Chen Sheng are neighbors, and their study is separated by only a low wall.
One evening, when Chen Sheng was passing by a deserted ruin, he heard a woman's cry among the pine and cypress trees, and when he approached, a woman was about to hang herself with a ribbon hanging from the horizontal branch of the tree.
Chen Sheng asked her why she wanted to see her for a short time, and the woman wiped her tears and replied, "My mother left the country and entrusted me to my cousin. I didn't expect my cousin to be ambitious and no longer continue to support me. I'm lonely, and I'm alone, and it's better to be dead!" she began to cry again.
Chen Sheng untied the strap on the branch and persuaded her to marry. The woman worries that there is no one to whom she can entrust her life. Chen Sheng invited the woman to stay at his house for the time being, and the woman agreed.
Chen Sheng took the woman back to the house, lit the lamp and looked at the woman carefully, and found that she was very beautiful. Chen Sheng fell in love with her at once and wanted to have fun with her. The woman shouted loudly, resisting desperately, the shout spread to the next door, Jing Xing heard the sound and crossed the low wall to check what was going on, and Chen Sheng let go of the woman.
As soon as the woman saw Jingxing, she stared intently for a long time before running out the door. Chen and Jing both ran out to chase her, but they didn't know where she had gone.
Jingxing returned home, closed the door and was about to sleep, but saw the woman walk out of the room with a light demeanor. Jingxing was surprised and asked her why she came to his house, and the woman replied, "That Chen Shengde is shallow and cannot be entrusted with life." ”
Jingxing was very happy, so he asked the woman's name, and the woman said: "My ancestor lived in Qidi, his surname is Qi, and my nickname is Ah Xia." Jingxing teased her with light words, but the woman just smiled and did not refuse, so Jingxing went to bed with her and fell asleep.
Usually, there are friends coming and going in Jingxing's study, and Ah Xia always has to close the door and hide in the back room. After a few days, Ah Xia said, "I'm going to leave here for a while. There are so many people here that I hid in and panicked. From now on, it's better for me to come at night. ”
Jingxing asked her, "Where is your home?" and Ah Xia said, "It's not far from here." So Ah Xia left early in the morning. At night, Ah Xia came again, and the two were very affectionate and harmonious.
After a few more days, Ah Xia said to Jingxing: "Although the relationship between the two of us is happy, after all, it is a private life, and we can only meet in private." My father is an official in Western Xinjiang, and tomorrow I will go to him with my mother, and I will find an opportunity to tell my parents about the two of us, so that I can marry and grow old together. Jing Xing asked, "How long will it take for you to come back?" Ah Xia and Jing Xing made an appointment to meet in ten days.
After Ah Xia left, Jing Xing secretly thought to himself that the study was not a place to live for a long time, and if he took Ah Xia home, he was still worried about his wife's jealousy, so he might as well divorce his wife after thinking about it.
Jing Xing had a certain idea, so he began to speak ill of his wife. His wife could not bear his bullying, and wept bitterly, and wanted to die. Jingxing said: "I'm afraid I will be affected if you die, so it's better for you to go back to your parents' house as soon as possible." He kept urging his wife to leave quickly. The wife cried and said: "I have been with you for ten years, and I have never done anything immoral, why are you so ruthless!" Jingxing didn't have the heart to listen to her defense, but drove her away more and more urgently, and his wife had no choice but to walk out of Jingxing's house full of grievances.
As soon as his wife left, Jingxing asked his family to paint the walls white, clean the inside and outside of the room, stretched his neck and crossed his feet and waited for Ah Xia to appear, who knew that Ah Xia was like a stone sinking into the sea, and there was no news.
After Jing's wife was divorced and returned to her parents' home, she asked Jingxing's confidant to intercede many times, hoping to remarry, but Jingxing just ignored it, so she remarried Xiahou. The residence of the Xiahou family borders the Jingxing family, and the two families have formed a feud because of the boundary dispute over the field.
When Jingxing heard that his ex-wife was married to Xiahou, he was even more resentful. However, he still hopes that Ah Xia can come back soon and chat to comfort himself. More than a year has passed, and there is still no trace of Ah Xia.
One day, on the birthday of the god of the sea, scholars and women inside and outside the ancestral temple gathered, and Jingxing was also among them. From a distance, he saw a woman who looked very much like Axia. Jing Xing squeezed closer to see that the woman had already penetrated into the sea of people; Jing Xing followed her closely, watching her walk through the crowd and out of the temple gate; when Jing Xing followed her outside the temple gate, the woman had already drifted away. Jingxing couldn't catch up with her no matter how much she chased her, so she had to return home full of hatred.
After another half a year, Jingxing was walking on the road, and saw a girl in red, followed by a servant, riding a black donkey, Jingxing saw that the girl in red looked like A Xia. Jingxing asked the servant who followed Ah Xia, "Who is this lady?" The servant replied, "It is the step-family of Zheng Gongzi of Nancun." Jing Xing asked again, "How long have you been married?" The servant said, "It's only been more than half a month." Jing Xing secretly wondered if it could be a mistake. At this time, the woman in red also heard their conversation, and when she looked back, she was meeting Jing Xing's eyes, and Jing Xing saw that it was really Ah Xia. Jing Xing saw that she was already married to someone else, and his anger burned, and he shouted: "Xia Niang, why did you forget your original vow?" The servant heard someone reprimanding the housewife of his family, and he was about to hit him with a fist.
Ah Xia hurriedly stopped him, she lifted the veil covering her face and said to Jing Xing: "What other face do you have to see me?" Jing Xing said: "You have failed me, how can I let you down?" Ah Xia said: "You have failed your former wife more than you have failed me! You have treated your wife so coldly, how good can you be to others? I used to think that your ancestors had accumulated profound yin virtues, and you could also be listed in the books of Jinshi and Di, so I am committed to obeying you. Now that you have abandoned your wife for no reason, Yin Cao has cut off your food rank, and Wang Chang, who is sixth in this exam, is the one who replaced your name. Now that I'm married to Zheng Jun, please don't miss me anymore. Jing Xing listened with his head down, unable to say a word. When she raised her head and looked at Ah Xia again, she had already ridden away on a donkey, and Jingxing stood in place, with only infinite melancholy and remorse in her heart.
In this township test, Jingxing really fell to Sun Shan, and the sixth place in the exam was a person named Wang Chang. Ah Xia's husband Zheng Sheng is also on the list. Since then, Jingxing has a notoriety among people, and until he was forty years old, he was still a single, and his family was declining day by day, and he often went to the homes of relatives and friends to eat.
Once, Jingxing came to Zheng's house by chance, and Zheng Sheng entertained him and kept him staying. Ah Xia peeked at the visitors from behind, and when she saw Jingxing's depressed look, she couldn't help but feel a little pity in her heart. She asked her husband Zheng Sheng, "Isn't that guest in the hall Jing Qingyun?" Zheng Sheng replied that it was him, and asked her when she met him, Ah Xia said: "That was when I was not married to you, I once took refuge in his house, and I also won the grace of his adoption." Although his behavior is humble and unkind, the yin virtue of the ancestors has not been broken, and you are old friends, so you should also take care of his situation and give him some help. Zheng Sheng thought that Ah Xia's words were very reasonable, so Zheng Sheng made a new set of clothes for Jing Xing, changed his tattered clothes, and left Jing Xing at home for a few days.
One night, Jingxing was about to go to bed, and a maid brought him more than 20 taels of silver. He heard Ah Xia say to him outside the window: "These are my private money, to thank you for your past affection, you can use this money to find another good lady." Fortunately, your ancestors are virtuous enough to bless his descendants. You don't do anything that hurts nature and reason in the future, so as not to lose your remaining yang life. "Jingxing is very grateful to her.
Back at home, Jingxing bought a maid ring from a gentleman's family for more than ten taels of silver, and the bride was ugly and tough. Later, Jingxing had a son, and when the son grew up, he was admitted to the Jinshi. Zheng Sheng's later official position was promoted to the rank of official of the Ministry of Lang. After Zheng's death, Ah Xia gave him a funeral, and when he returned home, people opened the sedan door to see that the sedan chair was already empty, and then people knew that she was not human.
Alas, a man who has lost his conscience, abandons the old in order to plot a new one, and ends up making an egg and beating the bird, and the retribution of heaven for him is really miserable!
Book 38: Hairy Fox
Book 38: Hairy Fox
Book 38: Hairy Fox
Book 38: Hairy Fox
Ma Tianrong, a son of a peasant family, is in his twenties, and after losing his wife, he can't marry again because of the poverty of his family. One day, while he was weeding in the field, he saw a young woman in full makeup stepping on the ridges of the field with a red face and a very romantic feeling.
Ma Tianrong suspected that she was lost, and when he saw that there was no one around, he stepped forward to tease and tease her, and the young woman didn't seem to refuse. Ma Tianrong wanted to join her, but the young woman smiled and said, "How can you do such a thing under the blue sky and white sun?" When you go home, you wait for me with the door closed, and I will definitely look for you at night." Ma Tianrong didn't believe it, and the young woman swore for a while. Ma Tianrong told her the specific location of his house, and the young woman left.
In the middle of the night, the young woman came, and the two of them shared the same bed and loved each other. Ma Tianrong felt that the young woman's skin was very delicate, and when she lit the lamp, her skin was red and thin, just like a newborn baby, and her whole body was covered with fine fluff, Ma Tianning felt very strange. I also felt that the young woman's origin was unknown, and I secretly doubted in my heart, could she have changed from a fox? So I half-jokingly asked her if she was a fox fairy, and the young woman admitted it unabashedly.
Ma Tianrong said: "Since you are an immortal, you will naturally get what you want in your heart. Since I have received your affection, will you not get a few taels of silver to relieve my immediate poverty?" the young woman agreed to him.
The next night, the young woman came, and Ma Tianrong asked her for the silver, and the young woman pretended to be shocked and said, "Unfortunately, I forgot." When the young woman was leaving, Ma Tianrong told her not to forget to bring the silver next time.
At night, Ma Tianrong asked her again, "I probably haven't forgotten what I begged you, right?" The young woman smiled and asked Ma Tianrong to wait a few more days. A few days later, Ma Tianrong asked her for silver again. The young woman smiled and took out two ingots of silver from her sleeve, estimated to be five or six taels of silver, and the edges of the ingots were upturned and inlaid with fine patterns, which were elegant and lovely. Ma Tianrong was very happy and stored it in the box.
Half a year later, Ma Tianrong happened to be in urgent need of money, so he took out the silver ingot and showed it to others. One man said, "This is tin." As he spoke, he bit hard with his teeth, and immediately he was bitten off a piece. Ma Tianrong was taken aback, put away the two tin ingots and went home.
At night, the young woman came, and Ma Tianrong angrily accused her of cheating. But the young woman smiled and said, "Your life is thin, and I am afraid that you will not be blessed if you have given you real money." Then she smiled and prevaricated the matter.
Ma Tianrong said: "I heard that fox fairies are all beautiful and beautiful, but this is not the case. The young woman said, "We fox fairies all change at any time according to the object of our relationship. You don't even have the blessing of enjoying a silver tael, but you are given a beautiful woman who sinks into a fish and a goose for nothing, how can you bear it? With my ugliness and stupidity, of course, I am not worthy of the upper class, but compared with the kind of woman with a hunched back and a pair of big feet, I am also a national color. ”
After a few months, the young woman suddenly took out three taels of silver and gave it to Ma Tianrong, saying, "You have repeatedly asked me for silver, but I have not given it to you because you have a thin life and should not have stored silver." Now that you are about to get married, I will give you the money to hire a woman as a farewell gift. Ma Tianrong explained that he had no idea of marrying a wife.
The young woman said, "There will definitely be a matchmaker in a day or two." Ma Tianrong said, "What is the appearance of the bride you are talking about?" The young woman said, "If you want the national color, it is naturally the national color." Ma Tianrong said: "I really don't dare to expect a national woman. But how can a woman be bought with only three taels of silver?" said the young woman, "This is arranged by the old man under the moon, and it is not something that can be done by man." Ma Tianrong asked again: "Why did you suddenly say goodbye to me?" The young woman said: "I come and go every day wearing the stars and the moon, and it is not a long-term solution after all. You have your own wife, and what does it mean that I still obey?" Before leaving, she handed Ma Tianrong a handful of yellow powder and said, "After we break up, I'm afraid you will get sick, and taking these powders can cure the disease." ”
The next day, sure enough, a matchmaker came to propose. Ma Tianrong first asked about the woman's appearance, and the matchmaker said: "The woman's appearance is neither beautiful nor ugly." Ma Tianrong asked again: "How much does it cost?" The matchmaker said, "It costs about four or five taels of silver." Ma Tianrong said that the bride price is not a problem, but you must see me in person. The matchmaker was worried that the women of good families would not show their heads. In the end, they agreed to go to the woman's house together, and the matchmaker told Ma Tianrong to act with the camera and not to expose it.
When he arrived at the village where the woman's house was located, the matchmaker took the first step and asked Ma Tianrong to wait outside the village. After a long time, the matchmaker came back and said, "It's done." I have a cousin who is a neighbor in the same house as the woman. When I went to their house, I saw a woman sitting in the house. You pretend to visit my cousin, and as soon as you pass by her door, you can get a closer look. Ma Tianrong did as the matchmaker instructed.
Sure enough, I saw a woman sitting in the house, her upper body lying on the bed, and asking someone to tickle her back. When Ma Tianrong walked briskly in front of her house, his eyes quickly swept over the woman's face, and he saw that the woman's appearance was the same as the matchmaker said. When it was time to discuss the bride price, the woman's family did not fight for the amount of silver, but only asked for one or two taels of silver to buy some new clothes for the woman and send the woman out of the cabinet. Ma Tianrong paid back the price again before taking out the silver. As a result, Ma Tianrong took out the bride price plus the fee for rewarding the matchmaker and writing the marriage contract document, which was exactly three taels of silver, and he didn't spend a penny. When he chose a good day and an auspicious day to marry a woman, Ma Tianrong saw that the woman was hunched over with chicken breasts, her neck shrunk like a turtle, and then she looked down, and the feet under the skirt were as big as a boat, more than a foot long. Ma Tianrong realized that what the fox girl said at the beginning was for a reason.
If you don't have the cultivation of your ancestors, you can't become a high-ranking official, and if you don't have the practice of your own life, you can't marry a beautiful woman. Those who believe in karma will not think that my remarks are too broad to believe!
Book 38: Green Plums
Book 38: Green Plums
Book 38: Green Plums
Book 38: Green Plums
Book 38: Green Plums
Book 38: Green Plums
Book 38: Green Plums
Book 38: Green Plums
Nanjing people are born in Cheng, who is unconventional and unconventional. One day, Cheng Sheng came back from going out, loosening his belt, and felt that one end of the belt was heavy, as if something had fallen. I looked there, but I saw nothing. And when he turned around, a woman walked out from behind her, brushed her hair, and smiled slightly, very beautiful.
Cheng Sheng suspected that the woman was a ghost, and the woman said, "I'm not a ghost, I'm a fox." Cheng Sheng said: "As long as you can get a beautiful woman, you are not even afraid of ghosts, let alone foxes!" and made love to her.
Two years later, the fox gave birth to a daughter, nicknamed Qingmei. The fox girl often said to Cheng Sheng: "You don't want to marry a wife, I will give birth to a son for you." Cheng Sheng believed this, so he did not marry a wife.
However, relatives and friends ridiculed Cheng Sheng. Cheng Sheng was forced to change his original intention and marry the Wang family of Hudong. When the fox girl heard about it, she was furious, and after feeding her daughter, she threw her daughter to Cheng Sheng and said, "This is your family's money-losing goods, and it's up to you to raise her and kill her." Why should I be a wet nurse for others!" I went out and walked away.
Qingmei grew up to be smart and beautiful, very much like her mother. Later, Cheng fell ill and died, and the Wang family remarried and left the Cheng family. Qingmei lives on her cousin, and her cousin behaves debauchedly and has a bad character, and wants to sell Qingmei to make some money for herself.
It just so happened that there was a Wang Jinshi, who was waiting at home for the official position of the Ministry of Officials, and learned that Qingmei was smart, so he bought Qingmei with a lot of money and asked Qingmei to wait for his daughter Axi. Ah Xi is fourteen years old, and his appearance is the best in the modern era. She liked it very much when she saw Qingmei, and lived with Qingmei. Qingmei is also good at observing words and feelings, and she can understand her meaning with a glance and a frown, so the family likes her.
There is a Zhang Sheng in the city, whose family is poor, has no real estate and land, and rents Wang Jinshi's house. Zhang Sheng is extremely filial by nature, pays attention to virtue, is meticulous, and concentrates on learning. Qingmei happened to go to Zhang Sheng's house and saw Zhang Sheng sitting on a stone eating bran porridge, she went into the house to chat with Zhang Sheng's mother, and saw stewed pig's trotters on the case. At that time, his father was sick in bed, Zhang Sheng went into the house and picked up his father, let him relieve himself, urine stained Zhang Sheng's clothes, Zhang's father was very upset after realizing it, and Zhang Sheng covered the urine stains and hurriedly went out to clean, lest his father know. Qingmei appreciated Zhang Sheng a lot because of this.
After coming back, Qingmei told the scene she had witnessed and said to Ah Xi: "My tenant is not an ordinary person. Miss doesn't want to find Ruyi Langjun, forget it, if you want to find Ruyi Langjun, it is Zhang Sheng. Ah Xi was worried that his father thought Zhang Sheng was too poor, and Qingmei said: "It's not like this, it just depends on the decision of the young lady." If you think it's okay, I'll tell him secretly and ask him to ask a matchmaker to come and ask for a kiss. Madame will definitely ask you to discuss, and you just have to answer that it is okay, and it will be done. Ah Xi was worried that he would be ashamed of being poor for life, and Qingmei said: "I think I can look at the people of the world, and I will never be wrong." ”
The next day, Qingmei went to inform Zhang's mother. Zhang's mother was taken aback, thinking that what she said was not necessarily a good thing. Qingmei said: "Miss heard that Childe is a virtuous person, and I deliberately tested her mind, so I said it." The matchmaker went, and the two of us helped out, thinking it would be successful. Even if you don't agree, what's the damage to your son?" Zhang's mother said, "I'll listen to you." So he asked Hou, who sold flowers, to go to the matchmaker. When Mrs. Wang heard that the Zhang family proposed marriage, she thought it was funny, so she told Wang Jinshi, and Wang Jinshi also laughed. They called Ah Xi and told him about Hou's intentions. Ah Xi didn't have time to answer, Qingmei hurriedly praised Zhang Sheng for how good he was, and asserted that he would be rich and wealthy in the future.
Mrs. Wang asked Ah Xi again, "This is your 100-year event." If you can eat bran vegetables, I will do this for you. Ah Xi lowered his head for a long time, looked at the wall and replied, "Rich and poor are destined. If your fate is good, you will not be poor for a few days, and the days that are not poor will be long. If their lives are weak, will there be fewer children of the nobility who have no place to stand? At first, Wang Jinshi asked Ah Xi to discuss, just to win a smile, but when he heard what Ah Xi said, he was unhappy and said, "Do you want to marry Zhang Sheng?" Ah Xi did not answer, and asked again, but still did not answer.
Wang Jinshi said angrily: "Cheap bones! I don't grow at all! I plan to carry a basket to be a beggar's wife, it's really ashamed!" Ah Xi blushed, depressed, and left with tears in her eyes, and the matchmaker had no choice but to flee.
Qingmei saw that she couldn't get married, so she wanted to plan for herself. A few days later, she went to see Zhang Sheng at night. Zhang Sheng was reading a book and asked in surprise where Qingmei was from. Qingmei slurred when she replied, and Zhang Zhidu seriously asked her to go away. Qingmei cried and said, "I am the daughter of a good family, not a woman who eloped." I just think that you are a virtuous person, so I am willing to trust you with your body. Zhang Sheng said: "You love me and say that I am virtuous." Do you think that virtuous people will do this when they have a private meeting in the dark and that they don't do it, do you think that virtuous people will do this? Starting with nonsense and ending with marriage, the gentleman still thinks that this is not good, let alone how can you and I be people if the marriage fails?"
Qingmei said: "If the marriage can be completed, will you take me in?" Zhang Sheng said: "If you marry a wife like you, what else can you ask for? There are only three points that I have no choice but to do, so I don't dare to agree easily." Qingmei asked: "How do you say it?" Zhang Sheng said: "You can't make your own decisions, so there is nothing to be done; even if you can make your own decisions, but my parents are not satisfied, there is still nothing to be done; even if your parents are satisfied, but your worth must be very high, I am poor, I can't prepare money, especially helpless." You go quickly, melons and plums, you are under suspicion, and people are terrible!" Qingmei instructed when she left: "If you are interested, please work with me to find a way." Zhang Sheng agreed.
After Qingmei went back, Ah Xi asked her where she went, and she knelt down and admitted that she had gone to see Zhang Sheng. Ah Xi is very angry at her elopement and plans to beat her. Qingmei cried and confessed that she didn't do anything indecent, so she told the truth. Ah Xi exclaimed: "If you refuse to fornicate, it is a courtesy, you must tell your parents that it is filial piety, and if you don't promise easily, it is a letter." With these three qualities, he will definitely be blessed by God, and he will not have to worry about his poverty. Then he said, "What do you want to do?" and Qingmei said, "Marry him." Ah Xi smiled and said, "Can the silly girl make her own decisions?" Qingmei said: "If you don't do it, you will die!" Ah Xi said: "I will let you get your wish." Qingmei prostrated to the ground and bowed to thank her.
After a few more days, Qingmei said to Ah Xi: "Did you tell a joke a few days ago, or did you really show mercy? If you are merciful, I still have some unspeakable hidden intentions, please have mercy on you." Ah Xi asked what the hidden intention was, and Qingmei replied: "Zhang Sheng can't come to the dowry, and I can't afford to redeem myself, so I must pay the ransom, saying that marrying me is equivalent to not marrying." Ah Xi groaned and said, "It's not something I can help. When I say that it is not appropriate to marry you, I am afraid it is not appropriate, and I dare not say that there must be no ransom, and my parents will not agree. Qingmei listened, tears flowed into threads, and she only begged Ah Xi to have mercy on her and save her. Ah Xi thought for a long time and said, "No way, I have saved some private money, and I will definitely help you." Qingmei saluted and thanked her, so she secretly told Zhang Sheng. Zhang's mother was overjoyed, and after borrowing from many parties, she got a total of some money, saved it, and waited for the good news.
It happened that Wang Jinshi was appointed as the commander of Quwo County, and Ah Xi took the opportunity to say to his mother: "Qingmei is old, and now that my father is going to take office, it is better to send her away." "Mrs. Wang originally thought that Qingmei was too clever, and she was afraid that she would lure Ah Xi to do bad things, and every time she wanted to marry Qingmei, she was just worried that Ah Xi would not be happy, but now she is very happy to hear Ah Xi say this. Two days later, a servant's wife came to talk about the meaning of the Zhang family. Wang Jinshi smiled and said: "He is only worthy of marrying a girl, he was too arrogant before! But selling her to a big family as a concubine, the price should be double than the original." Ah Xi hurriedly stepped forward and said, "Qingmei has been waiting for me for a long time, and I really don't want to sell her to others as a concubine." So Wang Jinshi sent a message to the Zhang family, and still signed a redemption deed according to the original value, and married Qingmei to Zhang Sheng.
Entering the door of the Zhang family, Qingmei honored her in-laws, was obedient, surpassed Zhang Sheng, and at the same time took care of housework more diligently, ate bran and vegetables, and did not think it was bitter, so there was no one in the family who did not like Qingmei. Qingmei is also engaged in embroidery, and it sells quickly, and the merchant waits at the door to buy it, lest he can't buy it. In this way, the money earned can cope with the poor life of the family. Qingmei also advised Zhang Sheng not to miss his studies because of his family, and to take care of the management of the whole family by himself. Since the master is going to take office, Qingmei went to say goodbye to Ah Xi. Ah Xi saw Qingmei and cried and said, "You have a wishful home, I am really not as good as you." Qingmei said, "Who gave this this, how dare I forget? But you think that you are inferior to me, and you will lose my life." So they wept goodbye.
Wang Jinshi came to Shanxi, and half a year later his wife died, and the coffin was parked in the temple. After another two years, Wang Jinshi was dismissed from his post for bribery, fined tens of thousands of ransoms, and gradually became too poor to support himself, and his servants fled in all directions. At this time, the plague was raging, and Wang Jinshi also contracted the disease and died, and only one old mother followed Ah Xi. Not long after, the old mother also died, and Ah Xi became more and more lonely. An old lady next door persuaded Ah Xi to marry, and Ah Xi said, "Whoever can bury my parents for me, I will marry him." The old lady took pity on Ah Xi, sent a bucket of rice, and left. Half a month later, the old lady came again: "I have tried my best for the young lady, but it is still difficult to do it." The poor can't bury your parents for you, and the rich think you're the descendant of a fallen family. I have another idea, I'm afraid you won't agree to it. The old lady said, "There is a Li Lang here, who wants to find a side room, if he sees your appearance, even if he gives him a good burial, he will definitely not lose money." Ah Xi burst into tears and said, "I am the daughter of an official eunuch, but I want to be a concubine for others!" The old lady didn't say anything, and then left.
Ah Xi only eats one meal a day, and waits for someone to pay for the burial of his parents. After half a year, Ah Xi became more and more difficult to support. One day, when the old lady came, Ah Xi cried and said to the old lady: "Life is so difficult, I often want to commit suicide, and I still live secretly, just because of these two coffins." If I die, who will collect the bones of my parents? So the old lady led Li Lang and secretly peeked at Ah Xi, very satisfied. Immediately paid for the burial, and the two thin coffins were carried into the ground.
Afterwards, Li Lang picked up Ah Xi in a car and asked her to go to the main room. The main room has always been fierce and jealous, and Li Lang didn't dare to say that Ah Xi was a concubine at first, but only claimed that she was a girl who bought it. When he saw Ah Xi in the main room, he was furious, and drove Ah Xi away with a wooden stick to prevent Ah Xi from entering the door. Ah Xi was in tears, and there was no way out.
At this time, an old nun passed by and invited Ah Xi to live with her. Ah Xi was very happy, so he went with the old nun. When he came to the nunnery, Ah Xi asked to cut his hair for a nun, but the old nun disagreed, saying: "I don't think the young lady is a person who has not been dusty for a long time. The coarse tea and light rice in the nunnery can be roughly supported, so you can stay here and wait for a while. When the time comes, you should leave. It didn't take long for the scoundrels in the city to see that Ah Xi was beautiful, and they always knocked on the door and said something flirtatious for fun, but Lao Ni couldn't stop it. Ah Xi cried and wanted to kill himself. The old nun went to ask a certain public in the Ministry to post a notice to strictly prohibit it, and the rogue boy relented a little.
Later, someone made a hole in the wall of the nunnery in the middle of the night, and the old nun found out and shouted loudly, and the person left. So the old nun went to the ministry again, caught the first evildoer, and sent it to the state government to be beaten, and then it gradually became peaceful.
After more than a year, a noble son passed by the nunnery, saw Ah Xi, was amazed by it, forced the old nun to convey affection, and bribed the old nun with generous gifts. Lao Ni told him euphemistically: "She is a descendant of an official eunuch family, and she is unwilling to be a concubine." Childe will go back first, and I will give you an answer later. "After the noble son left, Ah Xi planned to commit suicide by taking poison. That night, Ah Xi dreamed that his father was coming, and said bitterly, "I did not fulfill your wishes, and you have become what you are now, and it is too late to regret it." You just have to wait a short time, don't die, and your long-cherished wish can still come true. Ah Xi was amazed.
After dawn, after the washing was finished, the old nun looked at Ah Xi and said in surprise: "I look at your face, the turbidity has completely disappeared, and the son's tyranny and unreasonableness are not to be worried." Blessings are coming, don't forget me. Before the words fell, he heard a knock on the door, Ah Xi's face changed, thinking that the person who came must be a servant of the noble son's family. The servant went straight to the point and asked how the things he was seeking were doing, and the old nun was kind enough to accompany the reception, and only asked for a three-day reprieve.
The servant relayed the words of the noble son, saying that if the matter could not be done, let the old nun go and restore his life. The old nun respectfully complied, apologized, and let the servant go back. Ah Xi was extremely sad and wanted to commit suicide, but Lao Ni persuaded her. Ah Xi was worried that the servant would be speechless when he came back in three days, and the old nun said, "With me, whether I kill or kill is up to me." ”
The next day, when I first arrived in Shen, the torrential rain was pouring down, and I suddenly heard a few people knocking on the door, and the sound of people was noisy. Ah Xi thought that something had happened, and he was shocked and scared, and he didn't know what to do. The old nun opened the door of the nunnery in the rain, and saw a sedan chair parked in front of the door, and several maids helped a beautiful woman out, the servants were very magnificent, and the carriages and horses were also very luxurious. The old nun was surprised and asked who it was, and replied, "This is the family of the manager, and I have come here to take shelter from the wind and rain." The old nun led the lady and her party to the main hall, brought a chair, and asked the lady to sit down. The rest of the family went straight to the meditation room, each looking for a place to rest. When they entered the house, they saw Ah Xi and thought that Ah Xi was very beautiful, so they ran back to tell his wife. Soon the rain stopped, and Madame got up and asked to see the meditation room. The old nun led the lady into the meditation room, and when the lady saw Ah Xi, she was very frightened, and stared at Ah Xi without blinking, and Ah Xi also looked her up and down for a long time.
It turned out that Mrs. was none other than Qingmei. Both of them cried bitterly, and Qingmei then talked about her whereabouts. It turned out that Zhang's father died of illness, and after the expiration of the mourning period, Zhang Sheng was appointed as the manager after the continuous examination of the person and the jinshi. Zhang Sheng first served his mother to take office, and then came to pick up his family. Ah Xi sighed and said: "Looking at you and me today, there is no world of difference!" Qingmei smiled and said: "Fortunately, Miss was frustrated and did not get married, this is God wants the two of us to get together." If we hadn't been hindered by this heavy rain, how could we have today's chance encounter? There are ghosts and gods to help each other, not manpower. Qingmei then took out the beaded crown brocade dress and urged Ah Xi to change her clothes. Ah Xi lowered her head and wandered, and Lao Ni helped Qingmei persuade her. Ah Xi was worried that the name of cohabitation with Qingmei would not be good, and Qingmei said: "In the past, I had a fixed name, how dare I forget your great virtue! You think about Zhang Lang again, is he an unrighteous person!" and forced Ah Xi to change his clothes, bid farewell to Lao Ni, and left together.
After arriving at the office, the mother and son of the Zhang family were very happy. Ah Xi bowed down and said, "I don't have the face to see my aunt today!" Zhang's mother smiled and comforted her, and then discussed choosing an auspicious day to hold a wedding. Ah Xi said: "As long as there is a little way to survive in the nunnery, I will not come here with my wife." If I think about the friendship of the past and give me a straw hut where I can put down the futon, I will be satisfied. Qingmei just smiled and didn't speak.
On the day of the wedding, Qingmei came with a gorgeous outfit, and Ah Xi was in a dilemma, not knowing what to do. After a while, he heard the drums, and Ah Xi couldn't make his own decisions. Qingmei led the old girl to forcibly dress Ah Xi and helped her out. Ah Xi saw Zhang Sheng wearing court clothes and bowing to her, and she couldn't help but bow down. Then, Qingmei dragged Ah Xi into the cave room and said, "I've been waiting for you for a long time in this empty position." He looked at Zhang Sheng again and said, "You can repay your kindness tonight, you have to treat it well." Then he turned around to leave, and Ah Xi grabbed the hem of Qingmei's clothes. Qingmei smiled and said, "Don't keep me, this can't be replaced." He snapped Ah Xi's fingers and walked away.
Qingmei served Ah Xi very respectfully, and did not dare to serve in place of his wife, and Ah Xi was ashamed and uneasy after all. So Zhang's mother ordered the two to call each other Mrs., but Qingmei always pursued the gift of a concubine and did not dare to slack off.
Three years later, Zhang Sheng was transferred to Beijing, and when he passed by the nunnery, he gave the old nun 500 taels of silver, but the old nun did not accept it. Zhang Sheng insisted on giving, and the old nun received 200 taels, built the Guanyin Temple, and erected the monument of Mrs. Wang.
Later, Zhang Shengguan became a waiter. Mrs. Cheng Qingmei gave birth to two sons and one daughter, and Mrs. Wang Ah Xi gave birth to four sons and one daughter. Zhang Sheng wrote a letter to state his matter, and both of them were named wives.
Yi Shi said: Heaven gave birth to a beautiful woman, originally to repay the famous and virtuous, but the secular princes should keep it and give it to the children. This is something that the Creator must contend with. And the things are bizarre, so that the matchmaker struggles to operate, and God is also well-intentioned. Only Mrs. Qingmei can recognize the hero in times of distress, make a vow to marry Zhang Sheng, and decide to die, and the once dignified person, but give up the talent of virtue and seek anointing, his insight is under a ring, why is this?