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The world often says: Mother's love is as great as the sky. These little folk stories that the editor wants to tell are related to the great maternal love.
It is said that during the Ming Dynasty's Wanli Dynasty, there was a queen surnamed Housheng in Hangzhou Province. Wang Sheng was studious since childhood, and later married Zhang Shi. Wang Sheng went to the capital to take the imperial examination but unexpectedly failed the list, and he abandoned his pen to become a farmer in a fit of anger.
At the end of the following year, Zhang's imminent birth was imminent, but there was an accident during childbirth. The midwife tried her best but still failed to save Zhang and the child. Wang Sheng wept bitterly and buried his wife Zhang Shi with his children.
There is a cooking cake shop in the town, and the treasurer is a foreigner, who came here with his family and opened a cooking cake shop with ancestral craftsmanship. The treasurer surnamed Wang, is kind and honest, never greedy and cheap in business, the villagers trust him, often come to his shop to buy cooking cakes, his family's business is very good.
One winter night, the wang treasurer closed the door, and just as he turned to go to sleep, a woman's voice came from outside the door: "Treasurer, you open the door, I want to buy bread." ”
"It's not too early, our shop is closed, let's come back tomorrow!" The wang treasurer replied, and he was about to turn around and leave.
The woman was very anxious, and hurriedly said: "Treasurer, my little child is hungry and has been crying, my family has no rice noodles, you can do well, sell me two!" ”
When the wang treasurer heard this, he felt compassion and immediately walked to the door of the store and opened the door. Outside the door stood a young woman, very thinly dressed.
"It's cold outside, come in and sit down!" The treasurer said as he turned to get the bread. The woman stood in the doorway, did not come in, and said, "If you are tired of the treasurer, please bring me two cooking cakes." ”
The wang treasurer brought two cooking cakes and handed them to her, and he took the opportunity to look up and down at the woman, and then said, "I see your eyes, you are not from this town, right?" It's so cold, why don't you wear more clothes? ”
The woman bowed her head and did not speak again. The treasurer saw that she did not speak, nor did he say anything. The woman took a few copper coins from her clothes and handed them over.
The treasurer reached for the copper coin, and inadvertently touched the woman's hand, but felt that her hand was extremely cold. The Wang Treasurer subconsciously retracted his hand, and there were some doubts in his heart. But he thought about it for a moment, the weather was so cold, the woman was very thinly dressed, and it was normal for her hands to be cold.
The woman thanked the king treasurer, tucked the bread into her arms, and turned away. The wang treasurer looked at her departing back and couldn't help but shake his head, he put the copper coin in the drawer, turned around and went back to the house to sleep.
The next morning, the lady of the Wang treasurer asked doubtfully, "This drawer is used for copper coins, why did you put the yellow paper in?" Don't you think it's obscure? ”
Confused, the Wang treasurer hurried over, and when he looked, there were indeed several pieces of yellow paper in the drawer. The king treasurer was surprised and kept scratching his head, and he thought for a moment, and then he remembered the woman who came to buy the cooking cake last night.
"Last night a woman came to buy bread, and I put the copper coin in the drawer, how did the copper coin turn into paper after a night?" The king treasurer muttered quietly.
"You're so confused!" Madame said as she took out the paper and threw it outside the store.
That night, the wang treasurer was preparing to close the store, and the woman from last night came again.
"Treasurer, I'm tired of getting me two cooking cakes." The woman whispered. When the treasurer looked at it, it was the woman again, still very thinly dressed. The Wang Treasurer suddenly remembered the matter of the yellow paper, but he pondered in his heart: "Look at this woman's appearance is thick and honest, she should not do fraudulent things, I am afraid that the lady has made a mistake." ”
The wang treasurer didn't think much of it anymore and handed her the cooking cake. The woman was very grateful, thanked the king treasurer, and left in a hurry. The wang treasurer closed the door of the store and deliberately put the copper coin in his pocket.
The next morning, the Wang treasurer got up to open the shop, after getting dressed, he remembered the copper coin, he reached out, but frightened him, there was no copper money in the pocket, but a few pieces of yellow paper, the Wang treasurer was not calm, the sweat on the door of the brain came out, but he did not talk to the lady about this matter.
At this time, there was heavy snow outside the house, and the snow on the street was very thick. The king's treasurer looked at the shop until late at night, and the woman did not come to buy bread.
"It seems that the woman will not come again, so close the door and go to sleep!" After the wang treasurer finished speaking, he got up and began to close the store. Suddenly, a shout came from not far away: "Treasurer, don't close the door, bother to get me two cooking cakes!" When the treasurer went out, he saw a woman not far away walking toward this side one foot deep and one foot shallow.
He fixed his eyes on the woman who had come to buy bread the night before.
The king treasurer did not make a sound, turned and took two cakes and handed them to her, and the woman took out a few copper coins from her clothes and handed them to him, and the woman thanked him and left.
The treasurer hurriedly put on the thick clothes prepared beforehand and quietly followed the woman. The snow was thick, and the king followed the woman all the way, walking very slowly, but the woman was very fast.
Out of the town, there were fewer and fewer footprints on the ground, a string of narrow footprints kept moving forward, the figure of the woman loomed in the distance, and the king treasurer tried his best to follow the string of footprints.
After a long walk, he came to a wilderness outside the town. There were several graves buried in this wasteland, and when the wang treasurer walked here, he couldn't help but feel a little afraid in his heart. And the woman disappeared right before his eyes.
The treasurer walked along the footprints, but the string of footprints disappeared next to a tomb.
"Why did the woman disappear?" Where did she go? The treasurer looked around and looked around, but found no footprints.
Just when he was puzzled, a woman's voice came from behind him: "Thank you Engong for giving me a cooker cake for my mother and son, there are many offenses, and I hope that Engong will not blame!" As soon as the wang treasurer turned around, the mother and son were kneeling behind him.
He looked closely and saw that it was the woman, and there was a little boy kneeling next to her.
"Hurry up!" The wang treasurer hurriedly helped the little boy up, and the little boy was holding a cooking cake in his hand and had already taken a bite.
"Who the hell are you?" Why stay here overnight? The treasurer continued to ask. The woman took the little boy into her arms and wept softly, "Don't hide from Gong Engong, there was an accident when I gave birth to a child that year, my mother and son both died, and they were buried by their husband's family in this desolate wilderness, and they have not come here to worship in all these years." But my children are often hungry, so how can I turn a blind eye as a mother-in-law? I'll go out late at night to buy him food. If there is an offense, please don't blame the prince! ”
When the Wang Treasurer heard this, he was startled at first, but looking at the poor mother and son in front of him, the Wang Treasurer's nose was sour, and two lines of hot tears immediately flowed down.
"Where does your husband's family live?" Early tomorrow morning, I will go to him and tell him about you and your children. After the wang treasurer finished speaking, the woman told the wang treasurer the address and surname of her husband's family, and also handed him a hairpin on her head.
The Wang treasurer carefully wrote it down, bid farewell to the mother and son and returned home. This night, the Wang Treasurer did not sleep all night.
The next morning, after the Wang treasurer and his wife had said hello, they went to Wang Sheng's house. As soon as I entered the village, I heard a fierce dog barking. The Wang treasurer ignored it, and after several inquiries, he found Wang Sheng's family.
He knocked on the courtyard door, told Wang Sheng what happened to Zhang's mother and son, and handed him a hairpin. Wang Sheng took the hairpin and took a closer look at it, which was worn by His Wife Zhang before she died.
Wang Sheng touched the scene and couldn't help but shed tears. He walked back to the house and took some silver, wanting to thank the Wang Treasurer, the Wang Treasurer smiled slightly, waved his hand, and said: "Raise your hand, don't care, you still give these silver to your wife and children!" ”
The Wang treasurer bid farewell to Wang Sheng, and Wang Sheng bought some tribute to go to the tomb of His Wife Zhang to worship. He laid out the tribute, burned some yellow paper, and repaired the tomb.
After that, Wang Sheng often went to his wife's grave to worship. And the woman, the treasurer of the king, never saw it again. And the business of his shop is getting better and better, the couple has been disease-free, perhaps Zhang Shi has been protecting him and his wife!
Author's Testimonials:
As the editor said at the beginning: Mother's love is as big as the sky, although Zhang's has died, but the younger son is hungry in the belly, as a mother, Zhang Still has the obsession of loving her son, and goes out late at night to find food for her younger son, which shows how great maternal love is.
From another point of view, Xiaobian also hopes that you can cherish the relatives around you and treat your parents well!
Disclaimer: Folk tales are intended to explain the truth to the world, do not sit in line with feudal superstitions, thank you!