The story of "Oil Seller Monopoly hua kui" mainly tells the love story between Xin Yaoqin, a famous prostitute who is both talented and famous in Beijing and is known as the "Flower Kui Lady", and Qin Zhong, who sells oil lang.
But I have a friend who, after watching "The Oil Seller Monopolizes the Flower", thinks that this story is nothing more than a love fairy tale that "licks the dog" and licks everything to the end.
For this point of view, I originally wanted to say that the story of "Selling Oil Lang Monopoly Flower Queen" is a famous part in the short story collection "Awakening to the World", which is not only a plot twist and interesting, but also a delicate and moving feeling. Most importantly, this is a story of writing true feelings, telling beautiful things, and exhorting good deeds, not a love fairy tale called licking the dog and licking everything to the end.
However, after I recently re-read the story of "Selling Oil Lang Exclusive Flower Kui" several times, I found that perhaps I was too attached to the plot of the story itself, so I subconsciously ignored a very important problem, that is, "Flower Queen Lady" Xin Yaoqin actually does not like to sell Oil Lang Qin Zhong, and the reason why she married him may be just to be from Liang.
Therefore, I can't help but write this article to talk to you about why the reason why "Hua Kui Lady" Xin Yaoqin will marry Qin Zhong, the oil seller, is actually not related to love, but the two take what they need.
Stills from "The Oil Seller Monopolizes the Flower Queen"
Before that, in view of the fact that many people have not seen the story of "The Oil Seller Monopoly flower", plus in order to facilitate everyone's understanding, I will first briefly explain the general plot of the story:
It is said that during the reign of Emperor Huizong of the Northern Song Dynasty, Xinshan, who originally opened liuchen shop (a grocery store in the Song Dynasty) outside the city of Bieliang, had to take his wife and daughter south in order to avoid the war. Later, in the process of fleeing, Xinshan's daughter Xin Yaoqin was unfortunately separated.
Then, Xin Yaoqin, a young girl who had a beautiful appearance since she was a child, was more intelligent, and could recite poetry at the age of ten, was deceived by her neighbor Bu Dalang and sold her to Wang Jiuma, who ran the Qinglou on the edge of Lin'an West Lake, for fifty taels of silver.
Wang Jiu's mother treated Xin Yaoqin as her "daughter", not only renaming her Wang Mei, but also teaching her to play songs and dances. When Wang Mei reached the age of fourteen, because of her delicate appearance and ability to write poetry and composition, although she did not leave the house, she had a great reputation in the land of fireworks.
In particular, some rich princes in Lin'an City who like to look for flowers and ask for willows not only refer to Wang Mei as the "Lady of Hua Kui", but also choreograph slang tunes such as "Hanging Branches" to talk about Wang Mei's "benefits".
And Wang Mei is "famous" outside, so some people come to talk about "combing". It's just that Wang Jiu's mother regards Wang Mei as gold, and when she sees that Wang Mei refuses, she does not force her.
But the nature of the bustard is to love money, and those prodigal sons have made up a "Hanging Branch", and the language is obscene. Wang Jiu's mother was afraid of ruining Wang Mei's "reputation", so she disregarded Wang Mei's wishes and, after receiving heavy money, used drunken tactics to make people ruin her innocence.
When Wang Mei found out, she was first full of grievances and tears, and then she did not stick to the tea and rice, and refused to go downstairs to meet the guests. This made Wang Jiuma, who hoped to rely on Wang Mei to make money, very helpless, so she had to find her own righteous sister Liu Sima, and let her who could speak well to coax Wang Mei.
After seeing Wang Mei, Liu Sima, who prides herself on being a female Suihe and a female Lu Jia, first used verbal techniques to analyze the situation for Wang Mei, then explained the pros and cons for her, and finally coaxed her to say:
"According to me, the bucket has fallen into his well and cannot be earned. It is better to be overjoyed, fall into the arms of the mother, and end up happy. ”
When Wang Mei heard this, she still refused, saying that she was originally the daughter of a good family, and now she has fallen into the wind and dust by mistake, if you can help me to be good, this is the matter of winning the ninth level of floating slaughter. If I were to lean on the door and sell laughter, and do the business of sending the old and welcoming the new, I would rather die than be willing.
Liu Sima then followed Wang Mei's words and said that congliang is a matter of ambition, which is nothing that should not be done, but from the good to the true and false, bittersweet, take advantage of the good and helpless and so on.
And suggested that Wang Mei might as well see more guests, first, with their own conditions, they can go to and from the rich house, the wind and snow, take advantage of the young to be used. Second, there is also an explanation to Wang Jiu's mother, and the third is to save some private money, so as not to ask for someone in the future.
Wait until ten years and five years later, meet a confidant, and then say that congliang is the most appropriate.
After Wang Mei listened to what Liu Sima said, her heart was greatly moved, and Sizhi also felt reasonable, so she let go of her previous insistence and the shame in her heart, and when guests came to see her later, she was happy to meet.
Soon, Wang Mei, with her extraordinary talent and appearance, was already a guest in the city, and her value rose to a night of silver and twelve. Such a high price, some people flocked to it, which made Wang Jiuma earn enough silver and rejoice infinitely. And Wang Mei also took the opportunity to pay attention, looking for a person who was satisfied, so as to get herself out of the wind and dust.
But he said that on the other side, there was an oil shop in the Qingbo Gate of Lin'an City, Zhu Shilao, who had inherited a small house three years ago. This little town was called Qin Zhong, and like Xin Yaoqin (Wang Mei), she had also fled from Beijing.
Because Zhu Shilao was old and childless, and he had a new hun family, he took Qin Zhong as his own son, not only renamed him Zhu Zhong, but also let him learn to sell oil in the shop.
Later, Zhu Shilao's health was out of condition, so he recruited a guy to come to the store to help.
After four years, Zhu Zhong grew to the age of seventeen and was born a talent. At this time, there was a maid named Orchid in Zhu Shi's hometown, who took a fancy to Zhu Zhong and went to hook up with him several times. Zhu Zhong, on the other hand, was an honest man, and he hated orchids for their dirty and ugly appearance, so he couldn't look at them.
This made Orchid deeply aware that Luohua was deliberately ruthless at the same time, but also secretly hated Zhu Zhong, and when she hooked up with the guys in the store, the two framed Zhu Zhong for greedy money in the ink shop, and told Zhu Shilao that Zhu Zhong also flirted with her many times.
Therefore, the old and confused Elder Zhu Shi listened to what the maid and the companion said, scolded Zhu Zhong, gave him three or two pieces of silver and clothes and bedding, and drove him out of the house.
After bidding farewell to his righteous father, Zhu Zhong, after searching for his biological father without success, rented a small house in Zhong'an Bridge to settle down. Then he thought that he only had three or two pieces of silver and was familiar with the business of selling oil, so he planned to make a living by selling oil.
Thinking of this, Zhu Zhong bought a pair of oil sales burdens and handed over all the silver money on his body to the oil mill to get oil. And the oil mill treasurer and his friends all know that Zhu Zhong is an honest and good person, and he is young and young, and now that he has encountered difficulties, he has some sympathy and unfairness in his heart, so he has a heart to support him.
Therefore, when Zhu Zhong came to get oil, the oil mill sold him good quality net oil, and let him have some on the pound, and Zhu Zhong was willing to make some profits when selling oil.
So his business is very good.
After Zhu Zhong made money, he worried about his own biological father and worried that the other party would come to find him, but there was no reason. So he reverted his surname to Qin, and on the barrel filled with oil, he wrote a big "Qin" character on one side and the word "Bieliang" on the other side, which was used as a logo, so that people could know it at a glance.
Since then, in Lin'an City, Qin Zhong's reputation of "Selling Oil in Qin" has spread.
However, it is said that in February of one year, after Qin Zhong sold oil at Zhaoqing Temple, he picked up an empty load to rest by the West Lake, and happened to see a beautiful woman sending guests out. Qin Zhong fixed his eyes on it carefully, but he saw that the other party had a delicate face and a light posture, which he had never seen before.
Just when he was fascinated and his body was a little numb, in the house where the woman was located, a middle-aged woman and a haired mane came out, and these two people saw Qin's heavy oil burden when they were idly looking at the door, so the middle-aged woman asked the woman to buy oil.
Wait until the mane held the oil bottle and shouted a few times at the side of Qin's heavy burden, "Sell oil!" Qin Zhongfang returned to his senses.
Seeing that there was business coming to the door, Qin Zhong said that today's oil had been sold out and would be sent to the other party tomorrow. After the middle-aged woman heard that the oil seller's surname was Qin, she thought that she had heard about Qin Zhong and knew that he was a loyal person, so she consulted with Qin Zhong and asked him to send oil every day.
After reaching the agreement, Qin Zhong thought in his heart:
"I don't know who this mother is from the lady?" I went to her house every day to sell oil, Mo said to earn her interest, try to see the girl once, it is also a blessing in life. ”
However, a little later, a palanquin with a green silk curtain and two small squatters picked up the beautiful woman and went off into the distance.
Seeing this scene, Qin Zhong had even more doubts in his heart, so he stopped selling oil and found a tavern near the lake, planning to eat wine to relieve his boredom. During this period, Qin Zhong learned from the bartender that the beautiful woman was Wang Mei, a famous prostitute known as the Lady of Hua Kui, who was originally a Person from Bieliang, but was exiled here because of her suffering.
Moreover, Wang Mei is quite talented and learned, playing songs and dances, playing chess, calligraphy and painting is exquisite. In particular, her value is as high as ten silver, which is not something that idle people can come and go.
After listening to what the bartender said, Qin Zhong remembered that the other party was also a Bieliang person, and suddenly became homesick, and secretly thought to himself, it was a pity that a beautiful woman like Wang Mei had fallen into the wind and dust.
After some slander, Qin Zhong secretly thought, "In one lifetime, the grass and trees are autumn, if you have such a beautiful person, you will be willing to die." ”
After saying this, Qin Zhong thought about it a few times, but he couldn't forget the beautiful Wang Mei and was determined to get close to the other party once. Therefore, he decided to accumulate silver money, if he accumulated one point a day, it would only take three years, he would be able to make up ten or twelve, and then he would be able to meet this famous flower lady in the capital for a while.
After making up his mind, Qin Zhong carried the oil burden to Wang Jiuma's place every day to sell oil, and incidentally saw The Flower Queen's side, but he met the other side, but it was only by adding a layer of lovesickness.
After waiting for a year later, Qin Zhong went to the silver shop to exchange the broken silver he had saved for a whole piece of silver, only to realize that he had saved sixteen or two integers, so he planned to complete his dream.
But what he didn't expect was that Wang Jiu's mother hated that he was just an oil seller, and Wang Mei, who could not climb her family, was ridiculed between words. Qin Zhong endured the other party's ugly words, took out ten silver pieces, and two or two small silver ingots, and told Wang Jiu's mother that his intention to be close to Lady Hua Kui had been decided, and he did not need the other party to bother.
After Wang Jiuma put the silver into the cuff, she not only promised Qin Zhong, but also taught him to pick it up, so as not to be looked down upon by Wang Mei. Qin Zhong did as he was told, but unfortunately Wang Mei's schedule was very full and he could not spare it.
In this regard, Qin Zhong was not angry, every morning after getting up and dressed up neatly, he went to Wang Jiuma's mother to wait for the news, if there was no accurate letter, he would go home and change his clothes and sell oil as usual.
During this period, Wang Jiuma repeatedly spoke out to reassure her, and Qin Zhong replied to her:
"I'm just afraid my mother won't make it." If it is still too late, there will be no loss, that is, ten thousand years, and Xiao Ke is willing to wait. ”
Qin Zhong waited for more than a month, until one day there was heavy snow Fang Ji, the snow on the ground became ice and it was not cold, Qin Zhong sold oil for most of the day, and then changed his clothes to listen to the news.
This time, Wang Jiu's mother did not disappoint him, and the other party told Qin Zhong that Wang Mei went to Yu Taiwei's house today to enjoy the snow, and when she returned at dusk, she might as well go to her room to eat wine while waiting for people.
So Qin Zhong obeyed the arrangement and went to Wang Mei's room to wait, and waited until a day later that Ya Gui informed that Wang Mei had returned.
Only to see Wang Mei, who was supported by the beard because of excessive drinking, opened her drunken eyes, looked at the brilliant lights in her room, and the cups and plates on the table were in disarray, and immediately asked who was eating wine here?
Wang Jiu's mother said that she was a Qin xiao official who had mentioned to her in the past, and said that Qin Zhong admired her very much and waited for more than a month to see her.
But after Wang Mei entered the room, she looked up at Qin Zhong, only to feel that the other party was very familiar, but for a while she couldn't remember who it was, but she recognized that Qin Zhong was not a disciple with a head, and she was reluctant to accompany him.
However, she could not help Wang Jiuma, so she had to meet with Qin Zhong.
And Qin Zhong listened to the other party's words of contempt for himself, but pretended not to hear them. When Wang Mei sat at the head of Qin Zhong and carefully looked at Qin Zhong, she was not only confused in her heart, but also very unhappy. And she didn't speak, just asked the lady to take the wine to eat, and after eating ten or so cups, after she realized that she couldn't stand up, she let the lady take her to the bedroom, and then she didn't take her clothes off her clothes and fell asleep.
Qin Zhong, who had been snubbed, was still not angry, and after Wang Mei went to sleep, he sat in front of her bed, holding the teapot and staring at the other party, thinking that he was: he had never been lying in the rain with clouds, and he was also relying on jade and incense.
In the middle of the night, Wang Mei was very thirsty after getting drunk, and Qin Zhong took tea and poured water to take care of her.
It wasn't until dawn the next day that Wang Mei, after waking up, found that there was a person sleeping next to her bed, and she immediately asked, "Which one are you?" ”
After Qin Zhong replied, Wang Mei recalled the events of the night, but she was in a trance and remembered that she did not really remember, so she asked Qin Zhong if he had ever vomited, and Qin Zhong did not admit it at first, until Wang Mei repeatedly asked, which said that he was afraid of staining Wang Mei's bedding, so he used his sleeve to fill it with filth.
Wang Mei was a little embarrassed to hear this, but Qin Zhong said:
"This is Xiao Ke's clothes, and I am fortunate to have the rest of the little lady's lid."
As soon as he said this, Wang Mei immediately felt that Qin Zhong was an extremely knowledgeable person, and he couldn't help but have four or five points of joy in his heart. After Qin Zhong told her about the past, as well as the process of saving money and waiting to call her, Wang Mei only felt that it was rare for her to meet such a good person, who was loyal and honest, but also knowledgeable and interesting, hiding evil and promoting good, but unfortunately he was a person of the city, if he was a well-dressed disciple, his love was committed to him.
After some consideration, Wang Mei gave Qin Zhong twenty-two pieces of silver and said that if you lack capital in the future, you will help him.
Qin Zhong saw that he was pushing but had to take the silver and bid farewell.
It was only this difference that gave birth to many changes, and the general plot was that Wang Mei remembered Qin Zhong's goodness in her heart. And Qin Zhong still sold oil for a living after achieving his wish, but his righteous father, Zhu Shilao, because the maid Orchid and the guy hooked up with each other, rolled away the silver money in the oil shop, and the lonely old man remembered Qin Zhong.
After hearing the news, Qin Zhong returned to Zhu Shilao regardless of his previous suspicions, took care of the other party, and also supported the oil shop for Zhu Shilao, and did a good job in business, and he himself changed from a shouldered oil seller to a big manager of the oil shop.
After waiting for more than a year, some people saw that Qin Zhong was old and unmarried, that his family was good, and that he was sincere, and that he was willing to say family affairs for him. But since Qin Zhong had seen Lady Hua Kui, he was determined to marry a woman with excellent appearance, and he was still single.
Later, Wang Mei encountered unsatisfactory things and was bullied by a person surnamed Wu, and just when she was sadly crying after being taken off her shoes and driven off the ship, she happened to meet Qin Zhong who was passing by.
Qin Zhong was kind enough to help and took care of Wang Mei's decency, so Wang Mei redeemed herself and changed back to her original name Xin Yaoqin, and married Qin Zhong. After the two came together, they each found their long-lost parents and ended up with a happy reunion.
Writing here, we return to what we said earlier, why is it that the reason why "Hua Kui Lady" Xin Yaoqin married Qin Zhong, the oil seller, is actually not related to love, but the two of them take what they need?
The reason is actually very simple, because Xin Yaoqin has always wanted to be good after falling into the wind and dust, but she has not found anyone who makes her feel satisfied. It was not easy to meet a loyal and knowledgeable Qin Zhong, and she felt that the other party was not a rich and high-ranking person, and she was not worthy of herself.
After experiencing the bullying of Wu surname Ya Nei, she realized that she was just a dusty woman, who usually seemed to be sought after by many people, but in fact, no one was willing to be true to her. It just so happened that Qin Zhong, who she remembered in her heart, passed by, and the other party came to help, not only covering up the ugly thing that she was bullied, but also taking care of her decency as a "Flower Queen Lady", which made her feel grateful and finally decided to marry Qin Zhong.
And Qin is heavy?
What he liked from beginning to end was the beauty of Xin Yaoqin, and there was no emotional element in it.
From the time he met Wang Mei (Xin Yaoqin), who was not yet from liang, to the time he saved money to meet each other, during which he just wanted to fulfill his "wish" and never thought of marrying each other.
After he achieved his wish and had a career, from a picky oil seller to a big manager of the oil shop, he never went to Wang Mei again. If the other person had not been bullied and he happened to be passing by, the two might not have any intersection.
It's just that the other party is determined to marry him, and Qin Zhong did not refuse, this is because the reason why he did not marry a wife after he had a successful career was to find a beautiful woman as a wife, but he could not find it for a while. And the woman who had fascinated him was willing to redeem herself and marry him with a large number of private houses, which was a very good thing for him.
Therefore, I think that the "Flower Queen Lady" Xin Yaoqin married the oil seller Qin Zhong, it has nothing to do with love, it is just that the two of them take what they need.