Folk Tale A guy was abandoned by his girlfriend, but a good deed made him another good fate
When summer time comes, on the bank of the small river outside Luanshan Village, in a lush melon field, all kinds of melons and fruits grow vigorously.
The guardian of the melon field is a young farmer named Lin San. He gazed with joy at the fruits of his hard work, and his heart seemed to be bathed in sweet honey. As long as he succeeds in selling the harvest of this melon field, coupled with the wealth he has worked hard to accumulate before, he will be expected to marry Yao Tao, the beauty of the village, in the autumn.
Yao Tao is the peerless elegance of Luanshan Village, with a delicate and slender appearance, and her skin is better than snow. Compared with other village girls in the village, she is as charming as a pearl in the mud. Yao Tao always attracts young men from the village, including Lin San.
For the dedication of these young men, Yao Tao enjoyed it. She often pretends to be shy, but never shows a clear attitude, but deliberately maintains a sense of mystery, as if waiting for more attention and dedication from the boys.
Lin San was tall and sturdy, with deep facial features, standing among the young men like a lone flower. Yao Tao is a girl who pays attention to her appearance, and she pays more attention to him than other young men, and often throws her eyes at him with flattering eyes.
Lin San went to Yao's house with a dowry last year, but was rejected by Yao Tao's mother. Yao Tao's mother kicked him out with a broom in her hand, shouting that he wanted to eat swan meat like a leper. She categorically said that Yao Tao would never marry such a poor boy, and her daughter would marry a rich and noble family in the future.
Lin San was disheartened, and after being rejected by Yao Tao's mother, he returned home and immersed himself in a depressed mood. However, one day a few months later, Yao Tao reappeared in his life, confessed that his heart had always belonged to him, and invited him to propose marriage.
This time the situation was unexpected, Yao Tao's mother did not send him away as before, but welcomed him warmly and readily agreed to his marriage proposal.
Lin San was ecstatic and happily prepared to marry Yao Tao. Despite his poor background, he is determined to bring a better life to Yao Tao through hard work. He plans to renovate the dilapidated house left to him by his parents, buy a cow, and marry in a beautiful way.
However, when he returned to the village, he found that the village aunts were talking and pointing, and their eyes were full of disdain and ridicule. Lin San felt a little confused, but he still bravely walked towards the village. happened to meet a partner who had a good relationship with him, and after seeing Lin San, the partner suddenly whispered to him.
It turned out that Yao Tao's mother had always wanted to marry her daughter to Chen Million, a wealthy man in the city, as his little wife. Unexpectedly, Chen Million's wife was extremely fierce, and after learning about this, she said that as long as Yao Tao dared to enter their house, she would be allowed to stand up and go in and come out sideways. In order to avoid trouble, Chen Million quickly terminated his marriage with Yao Tao, causing Yao Tao's reputation to be discredited. So, she hurriedly found Lin San and made him a scapegoat.
Lin San thought deeply: he really liked Yao Tao, and it was not Yao Tao's fault. After all, it was her mother's idea, and he didn't want to rub salt on Yao Tao's wounds. So, he chose to pretend that nothing happened, continued to work in the town during the day, and returned to the melon shed at night to guard his watermelons.
However, one morning, when Lin San inspected the melon patch, he was surprised to find that several large watermelons were missing near the side of the road.
At that time, watermelon was still a luxury fruit, and the price of a watermelon was quite considerable. Lin San felt distressed by this, so he strengthened the protective measures for the watermelon field at night, and patrolled it every once in a while with a wooden stick. Under his careful protection, the watermelons in the field were not stolen again for several days.
As the weather gradually warmed up, the watermelons gradually ripened, making Lin San even more unable to slack off, and began to guard the watermelon field all day and night.
One night, Lin San vaguely heard a rustling sound from the field, and thought to himself: "The thief who stole the watermelon is here again, I must make him pay the price today!."He took the stick and stooped out of the shaded shed. Sure enough, under the moonlight, which was as bright as water, a dark figure was running towards the city with a huge watermelon.
Lin San quickly took a long step and caught up with the thief in a few steps. He waved the stick in his hand and threw it out. I only heard a "sigh", and the thief stumbled and fell to the ground, and the watermelon in his hand was broken into several pieces.
Lin San trembled in distress, stepped forward and grabbed the thief's collar and said, "You stole melons like this, and I finally caught you today, come with me to see the official." ”
The thief was caught and couldn't move, so he could only beg in a low voice: "Big brother, please let me go, don't drag me to the yamen." This is the first time I stole it today, and I'm so hungry that there's no other way. ”
After he finished speaking, he sobbed: "Big brother, just spare me, my father is sick and wants to eat some watermelon, kind brother, please don't send me to the government." ”
Under the illumination of the moonlight, Lin San finally saw the thief who was caught. It turned out to be a little beggar who was only sixteen or seventeen years old, and he cried to Lin San, with a dirty face and a very pitiful look.
Lin San's heart softened, and he asked, "It wasn't you who stole melons last time, right?"”
The little beggar sobbed and replied, "Big brother, it's really not me, I only picked this one, and you caught me." My father is sick, he just wants to eat some melons, I beg you, don't send me to the official. ”
Lin San looked at the packets of medicine he was holding in his hand, and he was still holding a large watermelon, and he understood a little in his heart. He remembered the few watermelons he had lost before, which should have nothing to do with the little beggar. So, he asked again: "Your family lives in **?."You take me to see it now, and if what you say is true, I'll send you another melon. But if you lie, I'll have to arrest you and take you to the court. ”
The little beggar hurriedly wiped his tears: "Big brother, I really didn't lie to you, we live in a dilapidated yard outside the town, you can go with me to have a look." ”
Lin San nodded, picked a ripe watermelon on the ground, and strode towards the broken courtyard with the little beggar.
The little beggar was happy like a cheerful magpie, and kept talking around Lin San: "Big brother, you are really a good person, I was wrong, I will never dare to steal anything in the future." His big bright eyes shone with adoration and joy.
Lin San couldn't help but smile when he looked at his cute appearance, and reached out to help him tidy up his messy hair.
The little beggar had two blushes on his face, and he quietly took a few steps back, dodging Lin San's hand.
In the dark, Lin San, a frank straight man, did not notice anything unusual, and still strode forward.
When they arrived at the broken courtyard that the little beggar said, Lin San saw through the window an old man lying on the broken kang, coughing incessantly, while the woman next to him patted him on the back vigorously, muttering incessantly, as if he was complaining.
The old man was filmed panting and coughing more violently.
Lin San didn't want to bother, so he handed the watermelon in his hand to the little beggar. At the same time, he took out the money he had earned from a few days of part-time work from his bosom, stuffed it into the arms of the little beggar, and then turned away. He was already familiar with this situation, although his heart was full of helplessness. That's all he can do.
Two days later, just as Lin San was about to pull a cart full of watermelons to sell at the market, a team of officials suddenly rushed over and unceremoniously detained him into the yamen.
Walking into the lobby, Lin San immediately saw an old man lying on the ground, a woman kneeling next to him, and a "boy" who looked to be sixteen or seventeen years old.
Seeing Lin San, the boy's eyes showed joy, but the woman pounced, grabbed Lin San and cried and made trouble, and asked him to return their family's life.
Lin San felt that things were a little inexplicable, and he had never had a relationship with these three people. However, when he looked up and saw the boy's head with a mess of unkempt hair, he suddenly remembered something and exclaimed, "It's you?".”
Erniang, you can't blame the eldest brother for this!The boy hurried forward and took hold of the woman.
Just as several people were arguing, Luo Xian Ling came up to the hall and stopped the noise with a startling wooden beat: "In the public court, no noise is allowed." ”
The woman stepped forward to cry and said that after her man ate Lin San's watermelon, he suddenly vomited and diarrhea, and died suddenly two days later, asking the county order to make decisions for her mother and son and seek justice.
The boy stepped forward and knelt down, and was about to argue a few words for Lin Sansan, but was held back by a vicious look from the woman.
Lin San shouted aggrieved and quickly told about the watermelon he gave that night. The boy kneeling next to him couldn't help but say that his father was old and frail and couldn't bear the cold of the watermelon, which caused the vomiting and diarrhea, and it had nothing to do with the kind big brother.
The woman was so angry that she grabbed the boy and reprimanded: "You eat things inside and outside, and your family doesn't help you, and you actually go to plead with an outsider, you are really raised for nothing!."”
The boy retorted impatiently: "Big brother is a good person, we can't blame him for the funeral expenses!."”
As soon as these words came out, the people on the outskirts of the county talked about it, and several strong men said indignantly: "Alas!."Seeing this woman crying and begging, it was really pitiful, so I helped her carry the person over, but I didn't expect that she wanted to extort money from others, this woman is really shameless!”
The county commander Luo sat in the hall, examined the whole process without changing his face, and knew the woman's thoughts well. However, for the sake of prudence, he still sent someone to invite the town's doctor Liu.
After some careful examination, Dr. Liu proved that the old man did die of diarrhea caused by long-term weakness, stomach cold, and overeating a large amount of watermelon, and the watermelon itself was not a problem with Lin San.
The conclusion of the matter was naturally that the woman stole the chicken and did not lose the rice, and was dragged out of the yamen after being beaten by Luo County for false accusation.
Lin San also breathed a sigh of relief and hurried home to take care of his watermelon. As soon as they returned to the village, the villagers who were already waiting at the entrance of the village immediately gathered around and asked with concern. Lin San explained to them as he searched the crowd for the figure he was looking forward to.
However, he was disappointed in the end. Not only was Yao Tao, who he was missing, missing, but even Yao Tao's parents were gone.
His good friend Niu Chun knew his thoughts, and quietly told him that two days ago, the Hu matchmaker in the town entered the door of the Yao family with a dowry, and after that, the old couple of the Yao family were smiling and sent the Hu matchmaker out of the country diligently.
After that, no matter how the neighbors tried to understand, the Yao couple maintained a smile and a silent attitude, obviously hiding their thoughts.
Niu Chun usually works outside, and this is what he just came home and listened to his mother tell him.
Lin Sanyi was anxious when he heard this, and rushed to the Yao family's small courtyard and slammed the door slammed shut. The second elder of the Yao family was not there, only Yao Tao was alone, and he came to open the door after hearing the sound.
Lin San broke into the house without hesitation, and when he saw the red and glamorous dowry in the hall, he was so angry that he was smoking, and his eyes were wide staring at Yao Tao.
Yao Tao never thought that Lin San, who was docile before, would look at her so much, she was so frightened that she took a few steps back and asked in a low voice, "What's wrong?."Do you still want to do it?”
Lin San's face was swollen red, and he gritted his teeth and asked, "Tell me, who are you going to marry?"Yao Tao's body was grabbed by Lin San, trembling, and his mind was in chaos.
Niu Chun, who came later, was afraid that the situation would get out of control, so he grabbed Lin San tightly.
The arrival of someone made Yao Tao even more emboldened, she rubbed her numb shoulders, looked at Lin San contemptuously and smiled: "Since you are here in person today, let's make it clear, on the fifteenth day of this month, I will become the second lady of Lin Daguan in the town, don't come to pester me in the future, so as not to cause gossip from others." ”
Lin San roared angrily: "Lin Daguan?."That reckless man with five big and three coarse?Will you have a good life when you get married?”
The corners of Yao Tao's mouth twitched: "You don't have to worry about this, Lin Daguan's eldest wife is very sick, and I can be a housewife as soon as I get married, which is better than you, a poor and sour mud leg." ”
Hearing this, Lin San felt his heart like a knife: "What about the marriage contract between us?"”
Yao Tao chuckled: "Marriage contract?."There has never been a marriage contract between you and me, did you come to give a dowry or did you find a matchmaker?Don't go around talking and ruining my reputation. ”
Lin San was so angry that he couldn't speak, so he could only point at Yao Tao with a trembling hand: "You." You.
What are you?Did you hear me clearly?I have nothing to do with you, get out of my house now. Yao Tao opened the door and pointed out the door and shouted at Lin San.
Let's go, for this kind of woman, it's not worth it!Niu Chun persuaded while pulling Lin San out.
Yao Tao screamed behind him, "What kind of woman am I?".Did I provoke you?Don't go, make your words clear. She cried and made trouble, not at all like a sixteen or seventeen-year-old girl to be married, but more like the most pungent second sister-in-law in the village.
Lin San looked at her like this, and his heart was even colder, why would he be so confused in the past that he fell in love with such a woman who was glamorous on the surface but was actually dilapidated.
Niu Chun is still persuading: "Look, she is so spicy, even if she marries home, she will not have a good life." ”
Lin San nodded: "Brother, I understand this truth, but I can't be angry that they are playing me as a fool, why were I so confused in the first place!."”
Niu Chun patted him on the shoulder and said with a smile: "Okay, it's not just you, how many of the young people in the village haven't fallen for her?"I won't tell you the truth, fortunately you helped my brother once, otherwise, I would be the one who is at her house now. ”
Niu Chun's family background is better than Lin San's, Yao Tao had expressed interest in Niu Chun before, hoping that he would go to her house to propose. But Niu Chun's mother knew about the Yao family's bad virtues and resolutely opposed it, so Yao Tao turned to Lin San.
After Lin San learned of this, he despised Yao Tao even more. In the face of such a situation, he felt that it was pointless to go to the Yao family to say anything, so he simply returned to the melon field outside the village, preparing to sell a cart of watermelons.
After a whole day of tossing, the time to catch up with the market was delayed, but the car of watermelons that had been picked in front of me could not be delayed any longer. So, Lin San dragged the cart to the city, but the market had long since ended, so he had to shout in the streets and alleys, until it was getting dark, and he succeeded in selling a cart of watermelons clean.
By the time I got back to the village, it was completely dark. After a day of traveling, he didn't eat anything except half a watermelon. At the moment, he just wanted to quickly go back to his shack and cook a pot of hot rice to enjoy.
However, as soon as he walked outside the melon shed, he saw a faint candlelight shining through the bamboo fence. Something is wrong, he obviously locked the door when he left, could it be a thief?
Lin San's heart was shocked, and he bent down and quickly got in, but saw a woman greet him: "Big brother!."”
Frightened, Lin San hurriedly hid outside, and said at the same time: "Which family are you from, why did you come to my house?"”
The woman chuckled and said, "Big brother, we just met today, don't you recognize me?"”
Lin San took a closer look, the woman was petite, her face was delicate, her bright eyes revealed wisdom, although she was wearing a simple dress, she couldn't hide the bookish atmosphere on her body. She looked a little familiar, but Lin San couldn't remember seeing her in **.
The woman smiled and said, "I was next to the melon field that day, and I ...... in the court today."”
Lin San's eyes lit up, and he grabbed the woman's shoulders tightly: "You are the little beggar?"He was grateful for her righteous act in court. His anger was directed primarily at the hateful woman, not at the woman. The woman's face flushed, and she pulled Lin San to the table: "Big brother, you haven't eaten for a day, sit down and eat." ”
There was a large pot of rice on the table, as well as two servings of greens. Lin San was hungry, didn't care about saying more, took the rice bowl handed by the woman and stuffed it into his mouth.
It wasn't until a bowl of rice was eaten that Lin San had time to look up and ask about the woman's origin.
The woman also did not hide it, claiming to be Feng Yuru, who was the Feng family Jiren of Mengpu County. Her father, Feng Xiangrong, was originally a showman in the village, but because he offended the powerful, he was forced to take her and Erniang to a foreign country to seek refuge with relatives.
On the way, his father fell ill and collapsed, and in order to save money, the family had to live in a dilapidated house outside the city. One day, when Yuru came back from buying medicine for her father in the city, when she passed by Lin San's melon field, she thought that her sick father had always wanted to eat watermelon, so she cheekily picked one from Lin San's melon field.
As for why she went to court to sue Lin San, this was Erniang's idea. Although Yuru has always been opposed, Erniang coerced and enticed, and in the end she couldn't resist, and considering that if the eldest brother was brought to court, she could testify for him as a witness, so she went.
After the court trial, Erniang angrily accused her of eating inside and outside and kicked her out. Erniang limped back to her mother's house in Mengpu County with what little possessions she had, while Yuru was abandoned in a strange place and had to go to Lin San, the kind-hearted eldest brother.
The next day, Lin San took Yuru to Yizhuang and buried Old Man Feng properly. Considering that Yuru is already an orphan girl, it is not a taboo to marry within 100 days, and a month later, Lin San held a grand banquet and invited all the villagers to come and witness that he and Yuru became a legal husband and wife.
After that, with Lin San's diligence and Yuru's intelligence, the life of the husband and wife gradually improved, and the relationship became deeper and deeper. Every year, they will carefully plant a watermelon, and Lin San often hugs Yuru and says: "Lady, this watermelon is really a testimony of your and my good marriage!."”