During the Zhenguan period of the Tang Dynasty, on a hill about 50 kilometers away from Jeju Prefecture, a middle-aged wealthy merchant wearing a hood, a round-necked robe, a leather belt around his waist, and long boots on his feet was kneeling in front of a grave, repenting deeply and reluctant to get up for a long time, which moved everyone around him.
The rich businessman in front of him is named Peng Danian, and the grave is buried in his old father Uncle Peng, who has passed away for more than a year. The story also starts with Uncle Peng.
Uncle Peng was born in a remote mountain village in Jeju Province, when Uncle Peng was five years old, his father died of illness, leaving the young Uncle Peng and his mother Zhang to rely on each other, in that era of suffering, men are the pillars of the family, is everything in the family, the death of the father made the already poor family even worse.
This made the young Uncle Peng have to take on the burden of the family prematurely, and herd sheep for the landlord's family at a young age, although he failed to earn money, but he also solved his own food and clothing.
In that era, there was an obvious class division between the rich and the poor, and the poor family made Uncle Peng recognize the reality early, and his biggest dream in his heart was to grow up and be a tenant, and solve the problem of three meals a day through his hard work, which was the biggest dream of the young Uncle Peng.
When Uncle Peng was 15 years old, his old mother Zhang died early because she had no money for medical treatment.
Leaving him alone and lonely, fortunately, he has **, because he has been herding sheep for Rich Li's family since he was a child, and he is loyal, he is never lazy, nor does he cheat, which makes Rich Li like it very much.
So as he grew up, Rich Li also rented him a few acres of land, which surprised Uncle Peng.
After becoming a tenant, Uncle Peng felt that his whole body was full of strength, and he was more passionate about his work, and he was also full of yearning for his future life.
Through his hard work and meticulous care, his crops were harvested very well in the first year, and after deducting the rent, he still had a lot of grain left, which made many people in the village envious.
At that time, any ordinary family that could solve the problem of food and clothing was considered better, and when the people in the village saw that Uncle Peng solved the problem of food and clothing through his hard work, they came to him to tell him an endless stream of people.
Due to the family environment, Uncle Peng is silent and not good at words, but deep down he also wants to become a family as soon as possible and make himself stable.
But he knows in his heart that there is a good wife in the family, which is better than **, so he must find someone who is as honest and loyal as him, so that the family can live a happy life.
From the many people who came to the blind date, he took a fancy to the girl named Xu Dan in the next village at a glance
Although Xu Dan looks ordinary and his appearance is not outstanding, his family conditions are similar to him, his father died of illness when he was young, and he and his mother depended on each other.
Xu Dan is the same, he has long heard that Uncle Peng is loyal and kind, and he is down-to-earth and hardworking, after seeing Uncle Peng himself, she has a feeling in her heart, and the first acquaintance with Jun is like returning to an old friend.
In this way, two people who are not good at words, but are sincere and kind, came together.
Within a few days, Uncle Peng chose an auspicious day and married Xu Dan home, although the wedding was simple, but there was no lack of warmth.
After marriage, the husband and wife lived a life of male ploughing and female weaving, Uncle Peng went out every day and returned at sunset, Xu Dan kept the house in order, made hot meals every day, and waited for his return.
Small family, simple and cozy.
Through the joint efforts of the husband and wife, although they are not rich, they are less than the top and more than the bottom.
This makes the couple who have a poor family at a young age very satisfied.
In this way, within two years, Xu gave birth to a big fat boy to Uncle Peng, which made him very happy, because his son was born in the New Year, so he named his son Peng Danian.
In addition to working in the fields during his busy farming time, he would also go to the mountains to collect some medicinal herbs and sell them on the street in exchange for some pocket money to subsidize the family.
Although he was very tired, Uncle Peng looked at his son who was growing up slowly, and felt that it was worth it no matter how tired he was.
Uncle Peng is an ordinary farmer, not good at words, and will not express his love for his son through gorgeous words, so in the heart of the young Peng Danian, his father is a person who does what he says and corrects mistakes.
Under his father's education, Peng Da left the virtues of integrity, kindness and sincerity in his young heart.
The strict father made Peng Danian afraid of him, for fear that if he made a mistake, he would be severely criticized by his father.
At noon in the summer of one year, the second egg in the village found Peng Danian and said: In the New Year, I saw that the big watermelons in the field of Uncle Zhang's house in the next village were ripe, and my saliva flowed out when I saw it.
Danian immediately said: Is this to pick? This is obviously to steal, if my dad knows, it will break my legs, I won't go, I won't go.
Erdan immediately replied: Why are you so daring? You go with me, I'll go down and pick it, you wait for me on it, I picked it, the two of us eat, then you didn't steal it."
Danian thought about it, and said: Forget it? I'm not going, you're going to go alone! Let my dad know, and that's it.
Erdan said: You just go with me, we are good brothers, I will bear it alone if something happens, what are you afraid of?
Danian thought for a while and said: This is what you said, I will accompany you, I will wait for you above, and you will go down and pick it yourself.
In this way, Danian followed Erdan to Uncle Zhang's field in the next village, because it was noon, and people were taking a lunch break, so no one found out.
Soon Erdan picked two watermelons, one handed them to Danian and the other held them himself, and the two of them found a cornfield where no one was, smashed the watermelons open, and devoured them.
Erdan said: What I said in the big year, no one will find out, after eating it, we will throw away the watermelon, and no one will know.
In this way, after a while, the two of them wiped out the two watermelons, and both of them had a full burp.
Then he went back with a round belly.
On the way back, Erdan said to Danian: You go back, don't talk nonsense, your parents asked you where you went? He said he would come with me to the river to bathe.
Danian heard the reply: Is it okay to say this?
Erdan said: Just do what I say, just don't talk nonsense, no one will know.
In this way, when Danian returned home, his mother saw him coming back, and hurriedly asked: At noon on the New Year, on such a hot day, you are not at home to take a nap, you ran away?
Danian replied hesitantly: Oh, the weather is too hot, Erdan told me to go to the small river ditch in front of me to take a bath to cool down the heat.
Hearing Danian say this, he didn't take it seriously.
At this time, his father suddenly returned, and at this time, Danian suddenly had a full burp, and a watermelon smell came out of his mouth.
My father immediately asked: Where did you eat watermelon?
At this time, he knew that he couldn't hide it, and in front of his majestic father, he didn't dare to lie anymore, so he told the second egg about going to Uncle Zhang's field in the next village to steal watermelons.
And also said: It was Erdan who asked me to go, and he went to pick it, but I didn't pick it.
When my father heard it, he immediately said: If you do it, you will do it, and if you don't admit it, you will learn to lie at a young age.
said that it was a severe beating, which opened Peng Danian's buttocks.
and took Peng Danian to Uncle Zhang's house in the next village to apologize.
Uncle Zhang watched Uncle Peng come over with the New Year to apologize, and wanted to give Uncle Zhang the money for the two watermelons they picked.
Uncle Zhang said with a smile: Just two watermelons, children want to eat them, and they will pick them after picking them, it's okay, why do you have to apologize and give money, this is to let my old man's face be put on the **?
But he couldn't twist Uncle Peng's repeated insistence, and in the end there was no way, and Uncle Zhang only symbolically accepted a little money.
After returning home, my mother looked at Danian's buttocks broken by her father, and she was very distressed.
After going to sleep in the room in the New Year, his mother Xu said to Uncle Peng
You really got a dead hand, and beat your son's ass like that, I went to Erdan's house and asked Erdan's parents, and Erdan said that it was indeed he who asked Danian to go, and it was indeed he who picked it alone.
Danian didn't lie, you still did such a dead hand, are you still his father?
At this time, Uncle Peng said slowly: I don't know what kind of character my son has? I know what he said is true, I beat him to teach him a lesson, so that when he encounters anything in the future, he must have his own opinions, instead of listening to other people's opinions, a man doesn't even have his own opinions, how will he do things in the future?
As the so-called strict father produces filial sons, loving mothers have many defeated children, if you are used to him like this, he will be spoiled by you sooner or later.
Xu Shi heard Uncle Peng say this, so he didn't dare to speak anymore.
In this way, under the education of Uncle Peng, Peng Danian became a filial child praised by everyone in the village, a sensible child, who would help his father work in the fields when he was busy with farming, and would help his mother clean the housework when he returned home.
As Danian got older and older, his father Uncle Peng discussed with Xu's and said: I want to work harder to earn money, save some money, and if there is a coincidence, I will give Danian a daughter-in-law, after all, Danian is not small, and it is time to marry a daughter-in-law.
When Danian learned that his parents were going to marry him, Danian said with a reluctant face: The boy has ambitions in all directions, and I don't want to nest in this ravine for the rest of my life, and want to go outside.
The father immediately said: What do you know about your child? Is it so easy to wander outside, we are ordinary people, getting married, having children, passing on the family lineage, just a simple life, it is already very good.
Danian immediately said: I am 18 years old this year, I have grown up, and I also have my own thoughts, that is, I want to go outside, do business, and earn some money so that you two elders can live a good life, and you don't have to work so hard anymore.
Uncle Peng heard and said: No one in the court is an official, there is no silver in his pocket to enter the city, he learns to become a farmer in one year, and it is difficult to become a businessman in ten years.
Danian said: I have grown up, how should I go? I know in my own heart that I don't need you to arrange it for me, and I don't need you to give me money.
When Uncle Peng heard Danian say this, he immediately lost his temper and said: If you don't listen to me this time, you will never come back after you go out, I don't have you as a son.
Mother Xu Shi also hurriedly said to Danian: Son, what your father said is right, how can there be as easy as you said, we are ordinary people who can solve the problem of food and clothing at home with one acre and three points of land, listen to your father, stay at home and live a down-to-earth life, tell you a daughter-in-law, the two of us are still alive, and we can help you, and life is not sad.
Peng Danian knew in his heart that his parents were all for his good, but when he looked at his aging parents, he just wanted to go outside through his own efforts and let his parents live a good life.
He said to his parents: I have decided, I still have to go out and break in, I will never come back.
Uncle Peng looked at his son and made up his mind, so he immediately said angrily: If you leave, you won't be my son, and you won't come back in the future.
Peng Danian said: If you don't come back, you won't come back.
In this way, within two days, Peng Danian packed his luggage and embarked on the journey of going out, before leaving, his mother handed him a package and said: Son! I know I can't stop you anymore, I hope you don't blame your father for what he said, your father is that kind of character, he is also for your good, don't be angry with him, as she spoke, her mother handed a package to Danian and said: There is some food in it, you take it to eat on the road, this time it is a long way to go out, you must pay attention to your body.
Danian didn't speak, took the package and hurried away, after experiencing hardships and obstacles, Danian finally walked out of the mountains, came to the city, looked at the lively scene in the city, made Dalian very happy, and made up his mind that he must break out of the city to be a person.
In this way, Danian found a job as a guy in a restaurant, and because he was willing to endure hardships and was smart, the guys in the hotel liked this young guy very much.
One day, the boss of the store came to check the accounts, but found that the bill was a little wrong, and only charged 85 dishes, so the boss asked the guys in the store, does anyone know how many dishes were served together today?
The guys said that there were so many guests and so many dishes served today, how do we know how many dishes were served, and they were all busy, besides, we only took care of the dishes and bookkeeping, and it was not in our hands.
If you want to ask, how many dishes were served together today, you can directly ask the accountkeeper.
But since it is the boss's half-brother who is in charge of the accounts, if you ask directly, his brother will definitely say, I have written it all clearly, and you still ask me if I don't believe me?
Just when the boss is at a loss, I don't know how many dishes are served today, is it right from the bill?
Peng Danian suddenly walked out and said: Boss Wang, I know how many dishes were served today, the boss immediately looked at him and asked: This is true, Peng Danian said: Yes, Boss Wang, man, every time I serve food, I will use a branch to skim a small section to make a mark, and I took out many small branches in my pocket as I spoke.
We knew by counting how many of these branches were, how many dishes were served, and we began to count them, and we counted 101 dishes served today.
Boss Wang immediately said: That's right, as I guessed, the problem lies in the bookkeeping.
It turned out that Boss Wang's half-brother would remember a few fewer dishes every time he kept accounts, so that he could make some money from them for his own expenses.
After passing this incident, Boss Wang appreciated Peng Danian very much, just like that, Danian worked in Boss Wang's restaurant for 3 years, from the guy to the spoon to the bookkeeper, and finally to a store for him to manage, just like that, through several years of learning and Xi, Peng Danian knows all about the operation and operation of the restaurant.
Through working in Boss Wang's restaurant in the past few years, plus bonuses, Peng Danian also saved some money, he wanted to be able to open a restaurant himself, after Peng Danian had this plan in his heart, he declined Boss Wang's kindness to stay, and it didn't take long for him to resign.
He took the money he had saved over the years and rented a storefront, but when it came to rent, he realized that he was too naïve, and the money he saved was far from enough to save money for renting a house and other money for buying equipment.
When he was at a loss, he lay alone in bed that day, thinking that he was too naïve and thought about everything too simply. In order to come out, he also cut off relations with his father.
Looking at the package that his mother gave him before leaving, he had never opened it, and when he had nothing to do that day, he accidentally opened it and found that there were a few taels of silver in a purse.
Danian thought to himself, this must be because his mother was afraid that he would have no money outside, so she secretly put it in behind his father's back, because his father was reluctant to give him the money.
With these few taels of silver, plus the money that Peng Danian himself had accumulated from working at Boss Wang's place over the years, the store was soon opened, and Danian named his restaurant "Danian Restaurant".
Because Peng Danian is sincere, never cheating, always warm to customers, in the selection of ingredients and the amount is very authentic, many customers after eating his dishes, are full of praise, just like that, his restaurant in the local reputation of the boom, a year down, after deducting the rent and the cost of the guys, he still has 30 taels of silver, which makes Danian confidence greatly increased.
In this way, within a few years, the "Danian Restaurant" opened several branches in the local area, and the local people spread a saying: Which local restaurant is stronger? If you want to eat, you can eat the big year, the taste is good and affordable, and everyone can afford it.
In this way, through Peng Danian's own efforts, he turned from a rural baby into a wealthy businessman in the city, bought a big mansion in the city, and lived a rich life.
At this moment, he thought of his parents who were far away from home, and he also wanted to take them over to enjoy the happiness, but he thought of what his father said before leaving, cut off the father-son relationship, and never come back from now on.
This made Peng Danian unable to let go of his heart for a long time.
After Peng Danian had money, there was an endless stream of matchmakers who came to propose marriage to him, and after so many years of wandering, it also made Danian really want to become a family.
In this way, he chose a woman named Liu Fang who was born in an ordinary family from many women.
Although Liu Fang was born in an ordinary family, she looked like a princess and looked like a Chu girl, which made Peng Danian never forget it after seeing her. I don't see it for a day, and I think like crazy.
Similarly, Liu Fang also saw Peng Da for the first time, exquisite dice and red beans, and he didn't know it.
In this way, the two like-minded people chose an auspicious day, and Danian used a sedan chair to marry Liu Fang back home.
On the wedding night, when the candles were in the cave room, Peng Danian couldn't wait to lift Liu Fang's hijab, looked at Liu Fang's delicate face, and pressed Liu Fang under him
Husband, why did we get married? Didn't you take your parents-in-law over? Marriage is also an important event.
At this time, Peng Danian said to Liu Fang: When I ran away from home, my father said that if I ran away from home, he would cut off the father-son relationship with me, and told me never to go back in the future.
I wanted to pick them up, but when I thought of what my father had said, I still had a lot of complaints about him.
Liu Fang replied: I think my father-in-law is also thinking about you, after all, the family was so poor back then, and it was not a wise move to be able to guard one acre and three points of land at home.
It is not certain that you will be able to succeed when you come out, and when my father-in-law said those words, I believe that he was also angry with you, not his sincere words.
I think it's better to wait for you to stop busy, and take some time to bring your parents-in-law to the city to live together, after all, they have also worked hard all their lives, and it is not easy.
When Danian heard Liu Fang say this, he said that when we were free one day, we would go back and pick up the two elders, and after speaking, they pressed Liu Fang under him, and then slowly fell asleep after a burst of passion.
A year later, their first son was born, which made Peng Danian very happy, so he thought that when his son was older, he took his wife and son back to see his parents who had not seen him for many years.
One night, Peng Danian lay down early to sleep due to a day's fatigue, and in his sleep, he suddenly dreamed of his father, Uncle Peng
Father said to him: Da Nian, I blamed my father for saying those angry words, so that you didn't return home for so many years, no one came to support the elderly after I died, seeing that you have become a family, and your career is going well, I also died with peace of mind, and now your old mother is alone at home, I hope you can go back to see her as soon as possible.
At this moment, Peng Danian suddenly woke up from his dream, so he hurriedly woke up his wife Liu Fang, who was sleeping beside him, and told his wife about the dream he had just now
It may be that you haven't returned home for many years, and you miss the second elder too much, so you have such a dream, if not, let's go back tomorrow to see the second elder!
So the next day, after Peng Danian arranged the things in the store, he immediately took his wife and children on the way home.
As the distance from home got closer and closer, Feng Danian looked at the things around him with a lot of emotion.
Just when he arrived at the door, he saw his childhood playmate Erdan, at this time he was also the father of three children, at first he didn't recognize Peng Danian, but after walking in, he knew that it was Danian who came back and hugged him, and the two childhood playmates hugged each other tightly.
At this time, Peng Danian asked Erdan, my parents are in good health, and then Erdan said in a hesitant manner.
New Year, after you leave, Uncle will stand at the entrance of the village every night when he comes back from farming, hoping to see the shadow of your return, rain or shine, whether it is windy or rainy, you can see it.
Just last year, Uncle became ill due to overwork, and it didn't take long for him to miss you.
When Peng Danian heard the news that his father had passed away, he suddenly felt that the sky was dark, but fortunately, the second egg held him up, and he did not fall.
Danian felt guilty in his heart, howled and cried, and said: I would have come back early if I had known, but there is no regret medicine in the world, and Danian returned home with deep guilt.
At that time, the old mother was eating alone, and there was a little pickle and a little nest on the table.
After Danian shouted Mom, his mother Xu Shi reacted, and when she saw that it was Danian who came back, she hugged Danian and said: Where have you been all these years?
Your father misses you all day long, expecting you to come back, and he didn't wait for you to come back until he died, and he left with regrets.
So the family hugged each other tightly and cried, and it took a while to recover.
Peng Danian also told his mother about his experience of wandering outside over the years, and said that back then, he was really grateful to his mother for the few taels of silver that she put in her package, so that she had the capital to start a business and achieve her current achievements.
My mother was very happy when she saw that Danian had achieved his current achievements and had a family, so she said to Danian: I didn't put those taels of silver in that year, it was your father, he said that since you want to wander outside, you can't do without a little money, so you put the money you saved over the years for your marriage in the package, afraid that you will encounter difficulties outside, which can alleviate it.
You also know his character, and he doesn't want me to say it, so I didn't tell you.
Other people who care about you very much and love you are just expressions that he doesn't understand. All of them made you misunderstand him.
Hearing his mother say this, Danian felt a deep sense of guilt in his heart, and a misunderstanding of his own made him regret it for life, and he failed to provide for his father to the end, so he died with regret.
The next day, he took his wife and children, as well as the Erdan family, to his father's grave, burned a little paper money for his father, knelt deeply in front of his father's grave, howled and cried, and begged his father's forgiveness.
At the same time, he also told his thoughts about him over the years, which made everyone present moved, after taking care of the family, Danian found Erdan and said: Erdan, I heard my mother say, I am not here for many years, thanks to you for taking care of their two elders.
Erdan immediately replied: What are brothers talking about this? Right? If you're not at home, shouldn't I take care of them as if they were my parents?
When Danian heard Erdan say this, he was also very moved.
So he said to Erdan: If you want, you can follow me to do it, it's better than doing it in my hometown.
Erdan said: As long as you don't dislike me stupid, I will do whatever you ask me to do, just like that, Danian took the old mother and the Erdan family back to the city, and within a few years, Danian's restaurant business is getting bigger and bigger, and soon opened a branch in the provincial capital.
After having money, the villagers did not forget that the villagers in their hometown also often donated money and materials, and paid for the construction of bridges and roads, and it didn't take long for the road in their hometown to be built under the funding of the New Year, and the villagers no longer had to go over the mountains and mountains.
The villagers, in order to thank Danian for his contribution to his hometown, the village built a merit monument for Danian, so that future generations will always remember his contribution to the village, which has become a good story praised by everyone in the village.