During the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty, in Luoyang City, Henan, there was a man named Weng Baoyue, his wife was called Li Yueniang, and his son was already three years old, lively and lovely, and the life of the family was happy and plain.
But there are unforeseen circumstances, Weng Baoyue was injured by a hungry wolf when he went into the mountains to collect medicine, and when people found him, there was only a pile of white bones left, and a bamboo basket for collecting medicine.
After taking care of Weng Baoyue's funeral, Yueniang could only take the child and return to her hometown in the countryside to live, this family has no pillars, which is equivalent to breaking the economy**, because her son Weng Xiaoning is still young, Yueniang can't go out to work, and can only use Weng Baoyue's savings before his death to live.
After two years passed, she soon sat down and ate empty, and everything that could be sold at home was sold, but she still couldn't fill her stomach, and her neighbor Aunt Wang saw her pitiful and often helped them, but Aunt Wang's own life was not easy, and this was not a long-term solution.
Aunt Wang once persuaded Yueniang to let her remarry with her child, but Yueniang was afraid that the child would be wronged, so she never agreed, so she relied on the one-third of an acre of land to live, and then used her free time to go to the mountains to collect some firewood and sell it in the city.
After all, it is a woman's family, with limited physical strength, and she can't sell it for a few dollars in a month, and the mother and daughter live on coarse grains and wild vegetables every day.
Mother, I want to eat meat too, buy me some!Xiao Ning couldn't help it, so he said to Yueniang.
Okay, this month, when my mother sells firewood, I will buy you meat to eat in exchange for the money. Yueniang said lovingly to her son.
You say that every time, but you never buy it. Xiao Ning was obviously unhappy, and pouted and said.
Seeing her son's angry appearance, Yueniang's heart was like a knife, and it was difficult for her family to even fill her stomach, how could she have extra money to buy meat!I can only cry secretly.
If the life alone is hard, Yueniang can still endure it, because orphans and widows are often bullied by others.
Once, Yueniang went up the mountain to chop wood, and suddenly found an injured pheasant, she caught the pheasant without much effort, and happily thought: "Great, my son can finally eat meat." ”
She happily carried the firewood on her back, returned home with the pheasant, and hurriedly killed the chicken and plucked the feathers, and her son Xiao Ning saw it and shouted happily: "Finally, you can eat meat." ”
After the chicken was stewed, before it could be brought out of the pot, I heard someone outside shouting: "Yueniang, I lost a chicken at home, did you come to your house?"”
Yueniang hurriedly went out to see that it was the neighbor's dog leftover daughter-in-law, and hurriedly said, "Your chickens didn't come to my house." ”
The dog's daughter-in-law didn't believe it, so she walked along her yard and didn't find half a chicken, "What is stewed in your pot, why is it so fragrant!."The dog's daughter-in-law said suddenly.
It's a pheasant, I caught it in the mountains. Yueniang replied.
That pheasant is very difficult to catch, ordinary men can't catch it, you must have stolen my chicken, and then killed it for meat. The dog's daughter-in-law roared angrily.
This is really not your chicken, I didn't lie to you!Yueniang argued.
Seeing that Yueniang didn't admit it, the dog's daughter-in-law jumped to her feet and scolded in the yard: "Come and see, everyone, Yueniang stole my chicken, killed the stew and didn't admit it." ”
Her scolding soon attracted the neighbors, everyone stood in the courtyard to watch the excitement, at this time Yueniang was speechless, so anxious that she shed tears, so frightened that her son hid aside and did not dare to speak.
At this time, Aunt Wang said: "The dog is the leftover daughter-in-law, you said that this chicken is your family, is there any evidence?"”
My chicken is a Luhua chicken, you ask Yueniang to take out the chicken feathers and take a look, won't the truth be revealed. The dog's daughter-in-law said to Aunt Wang.
Yueniang, you take out the chicken feathers and let everyone see them, so that you can return your innocence. Aunt Wang said.
The pheasant I caught was also Luhua's. Yueniang said timidly.
Everyone saw it, she opened her eyes and said nonsense, and the pheasant she caught was also Luhua's. The dog's daughter-in-law was even more unrestrained, jumped up and said.
Since they all say that it is Luhua chicken, this matter is not easy to handle, Yueniang, it is better for you to pay him a few dollars. Aunt Wang said to Yueniang.
Yueniang had no choice but to give the only ten cents in the family to the dog's daughter-in-law, and the dog's daughter-in-law left satisfied.
Alright, let's all disperse!Aunt Wang said to the neighbors, and when the neighbors heard the sound, they all dispersed.
Auntie, I was really wronged. Yueniang said with tears in her eyes.
Child, I'm sorry for you, and I know that she deliberately found fault, but there is no way, let's just endure it and wait for the child to grow up. Aunt Wang said.
Yueniang nodded, after Aunt Wang left, Yueniang gave her son a bowl of chicken, Xiao Ning devoured it, Yueniang didn't want to eat it, only drank a little soup, and put the rest of the meat away, leaving it for Xiao Ning to eat the next meal.
The dog's daughter-in-law took ten cents and returned home happily, muttering: "It's up to you, you still want to fight with the old lady, don't you look a little good?"Dare to seduce my man, see if I don't kill you. ”
It turned out that Yueniang's neighbor was leftover, seeing that Yueniang was beautiful and there was no man at home, she had long coveted her, and she always wanted to find a chance to try it.
On this day, he saw that Xiao Ning went out to play alone, so he quietly came to Yueniang's house, at this time Yueniang was making shoes for Xiao Ning in the house, and when he saw the dog coming in, he immediately raised his vigilance.
Because Yueniang can feel that usually when this dog sees her, he always has the wrong eyes, and now he comes to the door privately, he must have a ghost in his heart.
Brother Dog, is there anything wrong with you?Yueniang stood up and said.
Yueniang, you look so smart, much stronger than the yellow-faced woman in my family, let my brother rare you today, I have been thinking about you for many years. Gou Yu said with a greedy smile.
Brother Dog, please respect yourself, or I'll call someone. Yueniang said.
Oh, baby, don't call people, you will satisfy my brother this time. After the dog left, he pounced and hugged Yueniang.
At this time, an angry roar came from the house: "What a shameless mother-in-law, she dares to seduce my man." Gou Yu hurriedly let go of Yueniang and saw that it was his mother-in-law, who immediately turned pale with fright and ran away.
You little slut, if it weren't for the fear of affecting my man's reputation, I would have to stand up in the room and tell me about it, if there is a next time, don't blame me for being unkind. After the daughter-in-law finished speaking, she left angrily.
The dog's daughter-in-law was originally jealous of Yueniang's beauty, and since this happened, she hated Yueniang even more, and always wanted to find an opportunity to clean her up.
Today, she happened to see Yueniang coming back with pheasants, so her eyes rolled, and she had a plan, estimating that when Yueniang stewed pheasant meat, she ran to Yueniang's house to frame her.
In addition to the bullying of the neighbors, Xiao Ning also suffered from the ** of other children in the village.
That day, Xiao Ning was playing outside and saw a few children in the village playing games, so he walked over and said, "Is it okay for me to play with you?"”
Look at you dressed like Hanako, so we won't play with you!A little girl said menacingly.
That's it, my mother said, he is a broom star, whoever gets caught is unlucky, we all stay away from him. Another child said.
At this time, a little boy named Tangbao walked up to him and said to Xiao Ning, "If you want to play with us, you must be a horse for me to ride." ”
If you don't play, you won't play, so I won't give you a horse to ride?Xiao Ning said angrily.
It's too late now, you have to be a horse for me to ride. After Sugar Bao finished speaking, he pulled Xiao Ning and pressed him to the ground, because Xiao Ning's body was weak and weak, he was not Sugar Bao's opponent at all, and he was quickly ridden by Sugar Treasure.
Driving ......Sugar Bao shouted while pulling Xiao Ning's two ears, and Xiao Ning burst into tears in pain, but he was stubborn and refused to climb.
When the other children saw that he would not move, they kicked him in the ass directly from behind, and said as they kicked, "Damn horse, why is it disobedient, hurry up!".”
At this moment, a neighbor saw it, hurriedly walked over, pulled Tangbao off Xiao Ning's body, helped Xiao Ning up, patted the soil on his body, and said, "Child, don't play here, hurry home!."”
Thank you, Aunt Cuihua!After Xiao Ning finished speaking, he went home with tears in his eyes.
This Cuihua is also a poor person, her husband had a strange illness two years ago, and since then he has been paralyzed in bed, at home and outside the house, all supported by Cuihua alone, she looks like a tiger, and no one in the village dares to bully her.
When the children saw that Cuihua had saved Xiao Ning, they were very angry, made a grimace at the woman, and said in unison: "Aunt Tiger, you are a Aunt Tiger......”
The woman, apparently angry, picked up a stick of wood from the ground and said to the children: "No more nonsense, see that I don't break your legs." ”
When the children saw that Cuihua was really moving, they were so frightened that they quickly ran away!
When Xiao Ning returned home, Yueniang saw that he was being bullied, and she was so distressed that she burst into tears.
It was in this situation that Yueniang raised Xiao Ning in a daze, but because the family was too poor, Xiao Ning worked to earn money, which was just enough to fill her stomach, so until Xiao Ning was thirty years old, she had not married a daughter-in-law.
A few days ago, the neighbor Grandma Wang introduced one to a widow in the next village, but as soon as the person heard that Yueniang's house was a family with four walls, he directly refused.
Seeing that her son is so old and has not yet married a daughter-in-law, Yueniang is very anxious, but she can't do anything.
On this day, Yueniang was cleaning the yard, and a beggar suddenly came in outside the door and said to Yueniang: "Big sister, can you give saliva to drink?"”
Yueniang invited the beggar to the house, poured him a bowl of water, saw that he was pitiful, and took him half a piece of dry food, the beggar finished eating the dry food, very grateful, and said to Yueniang: "Big sister, you see that the conditions in this house are not good, you give me back food, thank you so much." ”
Yes, the child's father left early, I am a father and a mother, and I finally pulled the child up, just because I was poor, I haven't married a daughter-in-law until now, if I have money, it will be worth dying. Yueniang said to the beggar.
Big sister, for your son to marry a daughter-in-law, are you really not afraid of death?The beggar said.
I'm really not afraid, but how can there be such a method, even if you sell my old bones, it's not worth much. Yueniang replied.
I have a solution, but ......The beggar only said half a word, and then said no more.
Big brother, hurry up and say, what's the solution?Yueniang urged.
I used to be a Mr. Zhou Yi, I know a lot of Zhou Yi's skills, it is precisely because I leaked too many heavenly secrets, so I was retributed, and it became like this, and now you have a meal for me, I will help you, even if it is a repayment. The beggar said.
After the beggar told Yueniang the method, he turned around and left.
A month later, Yueniang left, and the neighbors heard Xiao Ning say that his mother was walking in her sleep, and Xiao Ning buried her mother three days after keeping the spirit.
Later, the neighbors found out that since Yueniang died, this Xiao Ning's life has become better, even if she goes up the mountain to dig herbs, she can dig up high-quality ginseng, which others have never seen.
Later, he had the capital by selling herbs, and started a business in the city, opened a pawnshop, and the pawnshop's business became more and more prosperous, and a year later, Xiao Ning actually married his daughter-in-law and built a new house, and the little daughter-in-law was only eighteen years old.
After getting married, the two gave birth to a son and a daughter, and the business is still doing quite well, others are greedy when they see it, and they never dreamed that Xiao Ning would live such a good life.
In the blink of an eye, seven years have passed, and it is strange to say that Xiao Ning has had nightmares every night for the past few days, and after a month has passed, he has become haggard, and seeking medical advice has no effect.
Later, I heard that in the Taoist temple of Qingyun Mountain, there was a Taoist aunt with high mana, and the husband and wife hurriedly came here to ask for help and told the Taoist aunt about the situation.
Dao Gu looked at the two people in front of her, and found that they were gorgeously dressed, at first glance, they were either rich or expensive, and then looked at the faces of the two, the man Yintang was narrow, the chin was short, and the woman's cheeks were fleshless, and they were sunken in, and they were unblessed at first glance.
He took another closer look at the man and noticed a mark of partial wealth on his forehead.
Tell me, what kind of dreams do you have at night?Dao Gu asked.
I dreamed of an old woman every night and asked me to save her. Xiao Ning replied.
Do you know who that old woman is?Dao Gu continued to ask.
I ......I don't know who he is?Xiao Ning said in a slurred.
Everything has a cause and effect, since you don't want to say it, I can't help you, so please go back!"Dao Gu gave an eviction order.
Xiao Ning and his wife had no choice but to turn around and walk out, and when they reached the door, Xiao Ning suddenly turned around and said to Aunt Dao: "Actually, I know that old woman, she is ......."”
Before Xiao Ning could say anything, his daughter-in-law hurriedly walked over, grabbed his arm and said, "Forget it, don't look at it, let's go find another place." ”
Xiao Ning shook off his arm at once and shouted to his daughter-in-law, "Just let me say it, otherwise I will suffocate to death." ”
Xiao Ning's daughter-in-law wanted to stop it, but Xiao Ning pushed the door out, then put on the deadbolt, knelt in front of Dao Gu with a plop, and told the story of the dream.
It turned out that the person Xiao Ning dreamed of was his mother, and when he dreamed of Yueniang for the first time, Yueniang came limping, but she was missing half a foot, and when she entered the door, she said to Xiao Ning: "Hurry up and dig a grave to save me." ”
The second time I dreamed of Yueniang, I actually crawled here, Xiao Ning saw that my mother was missing half a leg, and when I dreamed about it for the third time, I didn't have two legs.
In short, every time she dreams of Yueniang, her body will be a little less, and the last time she dreamed of it, there was only one head left, she fell to Xiao Ning's pillow and said to Xiao Ning: "Hurry up and dig the grave, it's too late." ”
Xiao Ning woke up in a daze, and was shocked into a cold sweat.
After Aunt Dao knew the truth, she said to Xiao Ning, take me to your mother's grave tomorrow to have a look, so that I can help you, Xiao Ning is very grateful, and he will go home with his daughter-in-law when he goes out.
Early the next morning, Xiao Ning came to the mountain again and took Aunt Dao to her mother's graveyard, but before she came to the cemetery, Aunt Dao only glanced at it and shouted, "Not good!."”
When Xiao Ning heard this, he panicked and hurriedly asked, "May I ask Daogu, what's wrong?"”
Dao Gu turned her head and said solemnly to Xiao Ning, "Your mother was buried alive, right?"I can only help you if you tell the truth. ”
Xiao Ning couldn't help but take a breath of cool air, and thought: "This Dao Gu is really powerful, even I know this, and the matter has come to this point, so I can only tell the truth." ”
It turned out that the beggar told his mother that he had to bury his son alive if he wanted his son to be rich, and the beggar pointed out a piece of land to his mother.
Yueniang thought for a long time, and finally made up her mind to let her son bury herself alive, and told the beggar what she was worried about: "Big brother, I'm not afraid of death, but lying in the coffin alive, in case I can't hold it back, make a noise, let others know, will blame my son, is there any way?."”
When the beggar heard Yueniang say this, he took out a pill from his tattered pocket, handed it to Yueniang and said: "After taking it, you will sleep for three days and three nights, and when you wake up, you will already be buried in the soil, but at that time it is very uncomfortable, and you will suffocate to death, do you really decide to do this?."”
I made up my mind that this was the only thing I could do for my son in this life. Yueniang said.
When the beggar saw that Yueniang had made up her mind, she stopped persuading and turned to leave!
After Xiao Ning went home, Yueniang told her about it, Xiao Ning said that she didn't agree with anything, this burying his mother alive was a big rebellion, he would rather be poor for a lifetime, and he would never do it.
But Yueniang was hard-hearted, Xiao Ning didn't agree, she didn't eat or drink, and finally Xiao Ning compromised, agreed to her mother's request, let her mother eat the pill given by the beggar, and then buried her mother here.
After listening to Xiao Ning's words, Dao Gu asked again: "Didn't your mother tell you to move her grave before she died?"”
My mother said that seven years after her death, I asked me to move her grave, but I was afraid that it would affect my luck, so I didn't do what my mother said. Xiao Ning said.
Dao Gu sighed and said, "What your mother said is right, but you didn't do what she said, in fact, you hurt yourself." ”
It turns out that the place where Yueniang is buried is indeed a treasure place, surrounded by green mountains on all sides, and the terrain in the middle is like a huge spider, this is the spider's nest, burying the ancestors in this place, and the descendants will continue to be wealthy, but it must be buried alive to work.
Before Yueniang's death, the reason why she told her son to move the grave after seven years was because the old beggar told her that she could only stay here for seven years, and the grave must be moved after seven years, so that future generations can be safe and will not affect their fortune.
Now, seven years have passed, and the area around the spider's nest has invaded the evil qi, slowly devouring the bones of the person, and if the bones are all consumed, the descendants of the person will surely suffer.
After Xiao Ning learned the reason, she quickly knelt in front of Dao Gu and begged her to save herself, Dao Gu said: "Hurry up and go home and get a shovel, it's too late, I'll cast a spell for the time being, and fight against that evil qi for a while." ”
When Xiao Ning heard this, he ran all the way, went to the house to get a shovel, and ran back to the cemetery, already exhausted and panting, and sat down on the ground.
I can't rest at the moment, so hurry up and dig a grave!Dao Gu ordered.
Xiao Ningqiang gritted his teeth, quickly got up and started digging the grave, after the grave was dug up, with the help of Dao Gu, they opened the lid of the coffin, and found that only half a skull was left inside, Dao Gu breathed a sigh of relief and said: "Everything is still in time, if it is too late, the consequences will be unimaginable." ”
Then he pointed out a piece of land, and in the afternoon, Xiao Ning bought a new coffin, buried Yueniang's skull in it, and kowtowed three times in front of the grave.
Just when Xiao Ning looked up, he suddenly saw two figures in the sky, a white-bearded old man and a woman, the woman looked at Xiao Ning, smiled and nodded.
Xiao Ning saw that the woman was his mother Yueniang, as beautiful as when he was young, he hurriedly shouted: "Mother, mother......."”
But Yueniang didn't agree, just waved her hand at Xiao Ning, and then disappeared with the white-bearded old man.
It turns out that this Yueniang is not a mortal, but a god in the sky, reincarnated in the world, and the white-bearded old man beside her is the beggar of the year.
Seven years ago, Yueniang's limit in the world had arrived, and the gods in the sky sent the old man to turn into a beggar to help Yueniang survive the last catastrophe, that is, to be buried alive, and then she could fly into the sky and become an immortal.
After Yueniang was buried alive, her son Xiao Ning immediately turned his fortune, and later made a fortune and asked for his daughter-in-law, in fact, this Xiao Ning is also a kind person.
He has suffered from life since he was a child, and he is often bullied by the children in the village, and he is hungry and full every day.
Later, Xiao Ning developed, never forgot Aunt Wang, often bought her some fish and meat to send over, and chatted with her.
Speaking of which, this Aunt Wang is also a long-lived person, when he was ninety years old, Aunt Wang's two sons also died, and his grandsons were doing business in other places and wanted to take Aunt Wang over, but she didn't agree with anything, Xiao Ning often took care of Aunt Wang's daily life.
This care is nine years, until Aunt Wang died when she was ninety-nine years old, people say that this Aunt Wang can live a long life because of her kindness.
As the saying goes: "People are afraid of being famous, and pigs are afraid of being strong." Just after Xiao Ning made a fortune, the people who bullied him in the village immediately changed their faces, and they ran to Xiao Ning's house when they had nothing to do, and came to call him brothers.
On this day, Xiao Ning's daughter-in-law took the child back to her parents' house, and he was about to go to the pawnshop, but the sugar treasure who rode him as a horse came and shouted when he entered the door: "Brother Xiao Ning, I came to catch up with you." ”
Xiao Ning was very unhappy when he saw that he was a sugar baby, this sugar baby was not only bad when he was a child, but also bullied men and women when he grew up, and his reputation in the village was very bad.
It's Sugar Baby, what's the matter?Xiao Ning hurried up to catch up.
Let's go inside and talk. After Sugar Bao finished speaking, Hao walked into the room unceremoniously, and then continued: "Brother Xiaoning, see that you are rich now, can you take your brother to do it, good brothers are blessed to share, and there are difficulties to share!."”
When Xiao Ning heard this, he snorted coldly and thought, "Why didn't you say that when you bullied me back then." ”
Thinking of this, he hurriedly said: "I still have something to do in the pawnshop today, so I won't chat with you, so please go back!."”
Sugar Bao listened, there was no way, he could leave stupidly, this Sugar Treasure had just left on the front foot, and the neighbor's dog leftover daughter-in-law came again.
As soon as the dog's daughter-in-law entered the door, she shouted loudly, "Is the eldest nephew at home?"”
Here, Aunt Dog, what's the matter with you?Out of politeness, Xiao Ning asked with a smile.
It's nothing, my aunt just misses you, come and see. The dog's daughter-in-law also said with a smile.
Gou Sheng's daughter-in-law stayed at Xiao Ning's house for a long time, and refused to leave anything, Xiao Ning guessed that she must have something, so she said: "Aunt Gou, if you have something, you might as well just say it!."”
When the dog's daughter-in-law saw Xiao Ning say this, she opened her mouth and said: "Xiao Ning, look at the rich people now, which one is not three wives and four concubines, look at you, just one daughter-in-law, it is better to ask for another one, and it is better to spread the ......branches and leaves."”
Aunt Gou, if you come to play at home, I welcome Xiaoning, please don't mention this matter in the future. Xiao Ning didn't wait for Gou Sheng's daughter-in-law to finish speaking, and then interrupted him.
Xiao Ning, think about it again, my youngest daughter is very beautiful, and I like you a lot, so I might as well marry you as a concubine!The dog's daughter-in-law did not give up and continued.
I'm sorry, Aunt Dog, I went to the pawnshop and had other things, so I won't chat with you, please go back. Xiao Ning gave an eviction order.
Last time, I saw you send two bags of rice to Cuihua, why didn't you just give them to them and not give them to me?Do you still have it at home?How about two bags for my aunt?Gousheng's daughter-in-law asked.
No, even if I had, I wouldn't give it to you. Xiao Ning replied.
That's why, we're all from the same village. The dog's daughter-in-law said puzzled.
Because your man is not paralyzed, I will give it to you when he is paralyzed one day. Xiao Ning sneered.
Gou Sheng's daughter-in-law was bored, so she could only stand up, walked out of the door of Xiao Ning's house, and muttered as she walked: "It's really rich and can't enjoy it, the mother-in-law in the family is not beautiful at all, if I am a man, the family has so much money, I must marry a few more beautiful women." ”
Looking at the back of the dog's leftover daughter-in-law, Xiao Ning couldn't help but smile bitterly, the scene of that year resurfaced in front of her, originally the family couldn't open the pot, just because of a pheasant, she took all the money away, causing her mother to cry for a day.
After he made a fortune, he came back and wanted to marry his daughter to him, it is ridiculous that there are such brazen people in the world.
Although her daughter-in-law is not beautiful, she is diligent and diligent, has always helped her take care of her business, and gave birth to a son and a daughter for herself.
Although Xiao Ning has made a fortune, he has always adhered to his duty, never done bad things, and often helped people in difficulty in the village, especially caring for Aunt Cuihua, in order to repay the rescue grace of the year.
Yueniang, who has become a flying immortal, learned that seven years have passed, but Xiao Ning has not moved the grave, she has already left the world, and she should no longer care about mortal affairs, but Xiao Ning's kindness touched her.
So she cast a spell, entered Xiao Ning's dream night after night, urged him to move the grave, and after seeing that the matter was done, she returned to heaven with the old fairy, and never asked about mortal affairs again.
In fact, how can there be the so-called feng shui fortune, Xiao Ning has no support after the death of his mother, and he lives harder than before, and then he has a kind and motivated heart to achieve today's achievements.
It is precisely because Yueniang thought of this that this calamity is a test for her, why not for Xiao Ning?