Folk tales The cave room flowers candle night, and the silly son is difficult to round the house
During the Qing Dynasty, there was a small remote village called Weijiachang under the jurisdiction of Chaozhou, with dozens of families. Due to its remote and mountainous location, the area could not grow abundant food, so it became a notoriously poor place, and girls from all villages were reluctant to marry here.
There is a widow in the village, Zhao, who is nearly 50 years old, who has been widowed for many years and accompanies a mentally disabled son, Wei Dabao, in her daily life. Wei Dabao was once a healthy child, but at the age of three, he fell ill with a fever that caused brain damage and became stupid and stupid.
Now that Wei Dabao is over twenty years old, Zhao closes her eyes every day and remembers what her husband said to her on his deathbed, "Unfilial piety is the greatest", and she is worried that if the Wei family breaks the incense on Wei Dabao's vein, she will be embarrassed to see her husband in the netherworld in the future.
However, the conditions in Weijiachang were too difficult, coupled with the fact that the girls were unwilling to marry here, coupled with Dabao's mental retardation, there was no result after several attempts to media. Zhao once entrusted a number of matchmakers, and even said that it didn't hurt if the girl had a disability, as long as she could have children.
Finally, one day, a matchmaker surnamed Hu came with the news that there was an ordinary family surnamed Wu in Gushu Village. However, the male head of the Wu family passed away a few years ago, leaving only a son and a daughter. The son is now of the age of marriage, but his family is poor, so he plans to marry his daughter first, and then marry his son after receiving the bride price.
Zhao thought about it again and again and decided to pay more bride price, hoping that the girl could marry her. However, Mrs. Hu revealed that she did not truthfully inform the woman of the actual situation of the Wei family, and the woman asked to meet first, and then decided, Mrs. Hu was worried that the other party would not look down on Dabao.
Zhao knew that Dabao's condition was not accepted, so she thought of Dabao's second uncle Wei Bin. Wei Bin is the only person in the village who can read and write, and his age is similar to that of Wei Dabao. So, Zhao asked Wei Bin to go to see the girl instead of Dabao.
Wei Bin was hesitant at first, but Zhao's crying about years of hard work and worries about Dabao, as well as his plea that if Dabao could not marry a daughter-in-law, she would not be able to see her husband after her death finally moved Wei Bin.
The meeting process was very smooth, Wei Bin was elegant and literate, and the woman's family was very satisfied. Zhao also agreed to the amount of the bride price, and the two parties formalized the date of the marriage. On the wedding day, Wei Bin replaced Dabao and the Wu family girl to worship heaven and earth and complete various ceremonies. The girl of the Wu family secretly observed Wei Bin in the red hijab and was satisfied.
As night fell, Wu waited alone in the room, and soon the door opened, and Zhao led Wei Dabao in. Wu saw his mother-in-law leading a strange man, a little cramped, and lowered his head shyly.
Zhao sighed, confessed the truth, and told Wu that Wei Dabao would be her husband from now on. Wu was naturally reluctant and insisted on combining with the one who visited the hall that day, but Zhao was firm in his heart, did not say much to her, and locked Wu and Dabao in the cave room.
Although Wu was unwilling in his heart, it was a fact that could not be changed, so he had to accept it silently. She was full of resentment towards Wei Bin, glaring fiercely at him every time she saw him, but Wei Bin always avoided her gaze and didn't dare to look directly.
One day, Wu was washing clothes by the river, and Wei Dabao was playing by the water, and the village thugs came over and asked who the woman Dabao was. Dabao stupidly said that it was his daughter-in-law, but the gangsters didn't believe it, saying that he was a fool, how could he have a daughter-in-law, and asked him to prove it. The thugs offered to make Dabao take off Wu's clothes to prove it, otherwise he would be lying.
Due to Dabao's limited intelligence, he eagerly ran over and tore Wu's clothes. Wu didn't notice the conversation between the two and was unprepared, and as a result, he was torn into a mess by Dabao. The thugs laughed and confirmed Dabao's statement.
Wu's heart was full of grievances, and he hid in the woods alone and cried. At this time, Wei Bin passed by and saw that her clothes were messy, so he took the initiative to take off his clothes and drape them on her. Wu didn't notice anyone coming, and it wasn't until Wei Bin draped his clothes over her that she saw that it was Wei Bin.
Seeing Wei Bin, Wu was even more sad and beat Wei Bin's chest with both hands. Wei Bin didn't dodge Wu's blow because of guilt, she lay on Wei Bin's chest and cried loudly after beating for a while.
Because sympathy and love are born of pity, Wei Bin feels that Wu's experience was caused by himself. Since then, the two have gradually developed feelings, and soon after Wu became pregnant with Wei Bin's child. Zhao actually knew that the child was Wei Bin's, not Wei Dabao's, but considering that Dabao could not start a family, and the child's surname was Wei after all, she chose to turn a blind eye.
After ten months of gestation, a boy was born. Zhao was very happy in her heart, thinking that the Wei family had descendants, so she concentrated on taking care of her grandson, and did not interfere in the affairs of Wei Bin and the Wu family.
However, the good times did not last long, and Zhao had just held his grandson for three months, but he suddenly suffered a stroke and died. Wei Bin handled the funeral with the assistance of the clansmen, and when everyone was busy, the Wu family suddenly ran out to report that the child was missing. Only then did everyone notice that not only was the child gone, but Dabao had not been seen for a while.
Wei Bin hurriedly searched, and a child in the village told him that he saw Dabao walking towards the river with the child in his arms. In the summer, when the river was rising, Wei Bin led everyone to the river, and witnessed Dabao and the child being swept away by the rapids. Due to the turbulence of the river, it was impossible to rescue them in time, and everyone watched as the two were swallowed by the river. Wu witnessed the child being swept away by the river, and his mind was greatly stimulated, and he also fell into a state of madness.
The elders of the village thought that the Wei family had died so many people in a short period of time, and they all blamed the Wu family for the disaster, and decided to indulge her so as not to bring bad luck to the village. When the old people led the villagers to the Wei family to arrest the new daughter-in-law, they were surprised to find that the Wu family had long since disappeared. Subsequently, the people of the village were surprised to find that Wei Bin had also disappeared.
A few years later, Li Er in the village went to visit relatives in the county seat, and when he passed by a steamed bun shop, he saw that the shopkeeper and proprietress there were very similar to the two missing people in the village. By this time, they had become a family of four, with a son and a daughter.