During the Ming Dynasty, there was a poor man named Ma Jun in Majiazhuang in Qingzhou City, his parents died early, and he had no brothers and sisters, and there were only three hens in the family.
But two of the three hens were stolen one after the other. Ma Jun looked at the remaining hen and gritted his teeth angrily. He pointed to the eggs that could make a meat! In anger, he secretly dug a pit more than one person deep in front of the chicken coop and disguised it.
Early the next morning, Ma Jun found that the pit had collapsed, and hurriedly called for his neighbors to help catch the thief. only to find that the pit was a silver fox that was rare in a century. When the silver fox was brought up, everyone talked about it, and they all praised its good fur, saying that it would definitely sell for a good price. Ma Jun looked at the silver fox, and tears flowed out of the corners of his eyes, and he was moved with compassion. He said to everyone: "Forget it, let him go, no matter how you say it, it's also a life." Ma Jun said, and untied the rope that tied the fox, and the fox disappeared as soon as it slipped away, and everyone dispersed.
That night, Ma Jun had a strange dream. In the dream, it was the silver-white fox, looking at him and saying: I live on the big yellow mountain behind the village, there are too many children in the family, and this year is in time for the disaster year, so I really can't steal your two chickens. I still have one year to cultivate to become refined, what wishes do you have, can you tell me, and I can help you realize it by this time next year. Say, what do you want? Ma Jun thought about it seriously, he reads books and reviews his homework every day, and what he eats at home now is a problem. I still have to go to the exam for the New Year, so I said that I want 50 taels of silver. The fox listened to him and disappeared.
Ma Jun survived a year, and finally one morning, he found 50 taels of silver on the table. With the silver, Ma Jun's life has improved. He repaired the house, bought clothes, and bought a few acres of land. was introduced by a matchmaker to marry a daughter-in-law. His wife, Xiulian, is the most beautiful girl in the village, gentle and virtuous, and their little life is delicious.
Ma Jun was not studying every day, he was busy with the work in the fields, and soon Xiulian gave birth to a son one after another, and the family became lively. Ma Jun bought a few more shops in the town and became a unique wealthy family in the village.
After a few more years, suddenly one day, Ma Jun brought back a beautiful woman, saying that he wanted to take her as a concubine. Xiulian disagreed, and after the quarrel, Ma Jun took her back to her parents' house, and even took the children away.
Ma Jun didn't look for it, and lived a small life with his concubine Lu Wan'er. Lu Wan'er is eighteen years old, she looks like a beautiful country, Ma Jun is tired of being with her every day, and he doesn't care about the business in the fields and shops.
A month later, he had to deal with an urgent matter in the shop. After he returned home at night, he found that Lu Wan'er had disappeared without a trace. Along with her disappeared the family's silver, and the title deed.
Ma Jun sent all the servants of the house out to look for people, but they searched for a night and found nothing. Ma Jun was dejected, and his fields and shops were taken away by pawnshops. That Lu Wan'er took the house deed and the title deed as dead, and Ma Jun now has nothing. He thought of his wife and children. He went to his father-in-law's house to pick up his wife, only to learn that his wife had remarried with her children.
Ma Jun lived on the streets, and later he heard from the people in the town that the original Lu Wan'er and her husband were a pair of rivers and lakes, and they relied on Lu Wan'er's beauty to cheat the rich out of money. She pretended to be a rich lady who sold herself to bury her mother, and she was waiting for Ma Jun there.
Ma Jun beat his chest with regret, if he had been studying, he might have passed the imperial examination now, and if he had a good life with his wife, the family would still be happy now. It's really beautiful and charming, and the wealth is moving!