The man buried his kindness and was unexpectedly the champion of high school
During the Ming Dynasty, there was a young man named Guo Tianxiang in Jiaxing County, he was kind, hardworking and kind, and the neighbors admired him very much, and affectionately called him Xiangzi. Shoko's father, Guo Liangfeng, was a carpenter who made coffins for a living.
When Shoko was five years old, he married another wife. When the stepmother Gao entered the door, she brought a daughter who was a year older than Xiangzi named Lanqin. Gao is very fond of Lanqin, and usually only asks Lanqin to do some simple needlework, while Xiangzi always does heavy work.
Guo Liangfeng saw it in his eyes and didn't say much, he thought that Xiangzi was a man and should learn to take responsibility. Shoko never cared about this, he silently carried water, firewood, and chopped wood, and would do it whenever he needed it.
In addition to the gap in labor, Shoko also differed in her diet. When Guo Liangfeng was at home, the food was normal, and Gao would not be too picky. But as long as Guo Liangfeng goes out to work, Xiangzi's food will drop immediately.
Once, when Shoko came home chopping wood, she smelled a strong smell of chicken soup, but when she counted the chickens in the house, she found that the largest Luhua chicken was missing. He knew that it was the family's stewed chicken, and he was responsible for feeding the chickens every day, hoping to have a sip of soup.
However, for three days in a row, he only ate steamed buns and pickles, and did not see a shadow of chicken soup. He found a pile of chicken bones dug up by a neighbor's big black dog under the locust tree at the back door.
Regarding the chicken, Xiangzi did not mention it to the Gao family, but waited until Guo Liangfeng came back before saying it. However, Gao does not admit it, and instead insults Shoko loudly, thinking that Shoko is too stingy.
However, Shoko didn't bother with her, because he felt that the scholar should stay high and not be worth arguing about trivial matters.
Shoko was born into a poor family in the prefecture, began her enlightenment at the age of seven, and finished her studies at the age of fifteen. This is thanks to Guo Liangfeng's persistence, although he has not read a book himself, he deeply understands the importance of reading.
Although Shoko studied hard, because of her limited talent, the articles she wrote were mediocre. He barely passed his first childhood exam, which made Gao lose confidence in him, believing that he was not a good student and advised him not to study anymore to save some family expenses.
Gao is also very concerned about the marriage of her daughter Lanqin, and she hopes to improve the social status of the family through dowry. She believes that Shoko's future marriage will also need financial support, so she wants him to stop studying to save money.
However, this thought displeased Guo Liangfeng, who thought that if Shoko could open his mind one day, he might be able to pass the exam. Despite the disagreement between the husband and wife over this matter, they tried their best to maintain family harmony.
Gao was a virtuous mother, and her daughter Lan Qin had a crush on a young Hebei merchant named Wei Chuanwen. Wei Chuanwen went in and out every day, followed by small servants, chariots and horses, and several servants at home.
His clothes are gorgeous, his demeanor is handsome, and he is good at stroking the piano, and the sound of the piano always makes Lanqin yearn for it. Gao saw it in his eyes and knew his daughter's thoughts, so he often sent some delicious food to explore Wei Chuanwen's family history.
She slaughtered a hen that laid eggs, stewed it and served half of it, and asked Lanqin to send it over, but Wei Chuanwen was not at home. However, the domestic servant was very polite and said that he would tell the master.
Gao didn't give up, and slaughtered another chicken and sent it over, but he still couldn't see Wei Chuanwen. She doesn't give up, and often sends some food to the past under the guise of neighbors helping each other, sometimes asking Lanqin to deliver it, and sometimes going by herself.
Under the temptation of intentional or unintentional, Gao understood Wei Chuanwen's family background clearly. His family sells furniture, has a lot of money, is very famous in the local area, and his business has done it in many places.
Of the three brothers in the family, he is the last in line, and both parents are still alive. Gao was very satisfied with Wei Chuanwen's family background, and ran more diligently next door, and he was reluctant to eat good things at home, so he hurriedly sent them over.
Gao fell in love with Wei Chuanwen at first sight and thought that he had a family background and was an ideal partner for Lanqin. However, since Lanqin met Wei Chuanwen that day, he has not seen him again. This made Gao anxious and anxious to make the relationship between the two settle as soon as possible.
Guo Liangfeng received a business to work in Yizhuang in a neighboring county, and Gao didn't want her husband to miss this opportunity to make money. She thought this was a good opportunity to save money for Lanqin to buy a dowry, so she insisted that Guo Liangfeng take over the job.
Guo Liangfeng was forced to have no choice but to agree. He packed his things and set out early the next morning.
After Guo Liangfeng returned home, he found that his home had been demolished beyond recognition. The Wei family was expanded next to it, and the original wall was gone. Guo Liangfeng immediately found Wei Chuanwen, and Wei Chuanwen handed him a deed that said that the Gao family had sold the house to him for forty-five taels.
Guo Liangfeng was very shocked, because his house was in a good location and a large place, even if he spent a hundred taels of silver, he might not be able to find such a place to live. He thought that the Gao family had sold the house easily, what should he do in the future?
The housekeeper of the Wei family urged Guo Liangfeng to make way, saying that he still had to rush to work. Guo Liangfeng wanted to cry without tears, and decided to go to Gao, Lanqin and Xiangzi. Xiangzi suddenly came out of the straw stack, his face was covered with dust, and he showed a delicate face, which surprised Guo Liangfeng.
Guo Liangfeng asked Xiangzi why he was here, but Xiangzi stopped talking.
When Xiangzi returned home, he found that the house had been sold by the Gao family to Wei Chuanwen, and he thought that the Gao family would return to his parents' home, so he went there to find someone. But her mother's family didn't know about it at all. Shoko didn't know when his father would come back, and he was afraid that when he came back, he would be anxious if he couldn't find anyone.
So he asked for two haystacks to put under the eaves, and he stayed there day and night. After Guo Liangfeng learned of this, he decided to report to the official. The government can't make a ruling, so it can only file it first, and then talk about it when it finds Gao's.
After leaving the yamen, Xiangzi suggested that Guo Liangfeng go to his biological mother's brother Xie Yiming's house to settle down temporarily. Guo Liangfeng had nowhere to go at this time, so he could only follow Xiangzi's advice. Because Gao's brother couldn't afford to send his husband's property to his mother's house privately, he said that Guo Liangfeng had done something to Gao's and came here to beat him.
This made Guo Liangfeng very angry.
Xie Yiming's family didn't say much about their arrival. But Xie Yiming's wife, Xiao, is an outspoken person. She said bluntly: "I have long seen that the Gao family is not a good person, and I advised you not to marry her at that time, but you didn't listen, and said that Xiangzi needs a mother to take care of her." ”
The more Xiao Shi spoke, the more angry he became, and finally he couldn't help shedding tears: "What did the damn Gao take care of Xiangzi, don't think I don't know, I often just send him away with a bowl of leftovers."
I saw it with my own eyes, and my neighbors told me the same thing. Guo Liangfeng lowered his head and did not speak. When I married Gao, I thought she was kind and virtuous, and I really thought that she could take good care of Xiangzi.
Xie Yiming saw that he was embarrassed, so he wanted to change the topic and pointed to a room in the north: "Before my sister dies, please leave a room for Xiangzi no matter what."
She was prescient, and in the future, you will live with Shoko. Xiao Shi was still puzzled and scolded: "Xiangzi's mother is a good person, do you think Gao is also a good person?"
How can there be such a simple idea, and now I don't even leave a pot for Xiangzi. Xie Yiming pulled her away and asked Xiangzi to take his father to the house. Guo Liangfeng was very ashamed in his heart, and he couldn't defend himself.
If he hadn't been infinitely tolerant of Gao, there would have been no disaster today. Just when everyone was speculating about where Gao had gone, a few days later, she appeared on her own.
What do you do when you come out? Go to the yamen and complain. Sue whom? Sue Wei Chuanwen. Why did you accuse him? said that he cheated her house, but she did not fulfill her promise. This thing is interesting, could it be that Wei Chuanwen owed her the house payment and did not pay it off?
Or did she promise her some benefits, and then regretted it? When the neighbors who had good deeds learned the news, they hurriedly came to Xie's house and informed them to go to the yamen to see the trial.
This case may not be earth-shattering dramatic, but it is very suitable for ordinary people to come and watch. Shoko also joined the onlookers. However, even though he was a scholar, he did not know what to make of the case.
The reason for the incident was that Gao learned from the servants of the Wei family that Wei Chuanwen wanted to buy the Guo family to expand his family's house. However, Guo Liangfeng did not agree, which made Wei Chuanwen very distressed.
Normally, if another woman hears such news, even if she wants to sell it, she will discuss it with her husband first. But Gao was different, she saw this as an opportunity to curry favor with Wei Chuanwen, believing that there would be nothing to lose by selling the house to him, and that if her daughter could marry him, she could also enjoy happiness in the Wei family.
So, she took the initiative to find Wei Chuanwen and expressed her willingness to sell the house to him. Wei Chuanwen was very happy after hearing this, and invited the mother and daughter to his house for a banquet, and played the piano at the banquet.
This kind of hospitality made Gao even more convinced that his decision was the right one. However, she was worried that Guo Liangfeng would scold her when he came back, so as soon as the money arrived, she took Lanqin and hid in the inn.
After a while, she thought that the turmoil had passed, so she went to Wei's house to inquire about her daughter's marriage to Wei Chuanwen. However, Wei Chuanwen was not at home, and his servant told her that Wei Chuanwen already had a wife and could not marry her daughter.
Hearing this news, Gao was so angry that he went crazy and scolded Wei Chuanwen for being **. But the servants of the Wei family said that they had not said anything about the engagement of her daughter in front of Wei Chuanwen, which was a dumb loss that made her bitter and unable to speak.
Gao lost his house due to greed and suffered another theft, and was eventually convicted of theft and fined by the prefectural order. She tried to redeem herself, but ended up being ridiculed and isolated by the public.
This story teaches us that greed and rash behavior can have serious consequences, and we should be cautious to avoid putting ourselves in an irreparable situation.
On the way home for Shoko and his father and uncle, everyone was silent. No one expected that two hours later, Gao would be helped by Lanqin to come to the door.
Xiao Shi drove them out with a broom and said, "You took the money for the house, why didn't you think of the father and son?" Now that there is nowhere to live, I think of them. "Although the Gao family was angry with Wei Chuanwen, she was not afraid of the Xiao family.
She immediately replied: "I came to find my man, what does it have to do with you?" Xiao sneered: "It has nothing to do with me, but you broke into my house, and we don't welcome you." ”
Gao was angry in the yamen and had not yet vented it. She began to curse and tried to fight with Shaw. Guo Liangfeng rushed over when he heard the sound, pulled her away forcefully, and said, "Okay, aren't you ashamed enough?" ”
Gao seemed to see a savior, grabbed Guo Liangfeng's sleeve, and said, "Listen to me, I was also deceived ......."Guo Liangfeng shook her off, took out a letter of resignation from his arms, and threw it to her, "You go."
If you mess around here again, I'll go to your mother's house to ask for compensation. With that, he turned back to the house, and Xiao went in and closed the door. Gao stepped forward and knocked on the door, but no one in the room responded.
There were more and more onlookers, all of whom pointed at the mother and daughter with mocking smiles. And what had happened in the yamen had spread throughout the city. Lanqin was thin-skinned and couldn't stand other people's gossip, so she quickly pulled Gao and left.
Xiangzi asked his father Guo Liangfeng who helped Li Dabao go to a neighboring county, and Guo Liangfeng replied that it was Li Dabao. Because of the heavy burden on his family, Li Dabao often rushes to go to places with high wages, but this time he gave it to others.
Xiangzi guessed that this was because Li Dabao took over the job of Liu Yuanwai's family in the north of the city, and the salary was very high. Later, Xiangzi saw Li Dabao working in Wei Chuanwen's trading house and confirmed his suspicions.
Gao came to Guo Liangfeng again and wanted to restore the relationship with him, but Guo Liangfeng refused. Guo Liangfeng was hit by this incident and became depressed. However, there are also many good things in life.
The hospital test list was released, and although Xiangzi was the last, he was still admitted to Xiucai after all. Guo Liangfeng and the Xie family were very happy, and Xie Yiming hosted a banquet for relatives and friends at home, so as to show everyone that although his sister was weak, her son was very competitive.
Are you looking down on me? Xie Yiming could only acquiesce. After the dismissal, Jia Sixue was drunk and walked staggeringly. Xie Yiming and other friends decided to take him home on a mule cart.
However, the next morning, Jass was found dead at the well outside his house. According to the pestle in the yamen, he may have tripped and stumbled while looking for water to drink at night after being drunk, bleeding profusely and died.
Jia Sixue pursued fame all his life, and he was lonely and pitiful. Shoko felt guilty and thought that if it wasn't his fault, Jia Sixue wouldn't have died. He consulted with his father and uncle and decided to build a coffin for Jia Sixue and bury him.
Guo Liangfeng and Xie Yiming agreed. Together, everyone handled Jia Sixue's aftermath properly.
In the second year of Xiangzi's study at the county school, his father Guo Liangfeng died of illness, and he was devastated. With Xie Yiming's company and guidance, he finally calmed down. The following year, Shoko took the township exam, and although he was promoted in high school, he decided not to do alcohol, but only to worship at his parents' graves.
When he took the exam, Xiangzi wanted to go to the capital for reference, although the grandmaster of the county school might say that he was not ready, Xie Yiming still supported him to give it a try. After Xiangzi left, Xie Yiming gave him enough plate fees, and only told him to pay more attention on the road.
Xiao went to the temple to pray that Xiangzi would be able to go to high school, while Xie Yiming thought that Xiangzi was not so literate.
Xiangzi's return date is approaching, Xie Yiming only hopes that he will return safely, but he didn't expect him to be the champion in high school. This unexpected news made Xie Yiming unable to believe his eyes, even Xiangzi himself, he couldn't believe it.
When talking about the whole exam process, Xiangzi said that he didn't know how to write the essay that he would try, but suddenly the thoughts flowed and the writing was brilliant. In the palace examination, he thought that he was just a foil, but he didn't expect his thoughts to come suddenly.
However, something even stranger is yet to come. The ranking of the candidates was prepared, and when filling in the list, the paper of the first place could not be opened, and the names and places of origin on it became blurred and could not be seen clearly.
The emperor ordered the second-place roll to be moved forward, but the second-place roll could not be opened, and it also became blurred. So, the emperor asked the third place to move forward, and this time it was easily opened, and this volume was written by Xiangzi.
* Unwillingly, I went back and tried to open the first and second place rolls again, but I couldn't open them. The emperor thought that this was caused by the will of heaven, "His name is Tian Xiang, and it really adds auspiciousness to him." ”
So, Guo Tianxiang was appointed as the champion. At night, after Xiangzi fell asleep, he had a dream in which Jia Sixue was laughing and said, "The old man finally got his wish." Then he laughed and walked away, out of sight.
When Xie Yiming heard this, he immediately stood up to check whether the doors and windows were closed, and when he came back, he instructed Xiangzi not to talk about these taboo words to others, so as not to be used by the wicked and cause danger.
Shoko agreed, promising not to forget her uncle's teachings. Xie Yiming also asked the Xiao family to prepare sacrifices, and the whole family went to worship Jia Sixue's grave first, and then went to worship Xiangzi's parents.
Xiangzi took the initiative to ask to go to Feiqiu County, Guangping Prefecture, Hebei Province to be the county magistrate, although he could have been named the editor of the Hanlin Academy, but he thought that he was not talented enough to be worthy of this position.
Therefore, he has always been very diligent in officialdom. Because of his youth and talent, he attracted the favor of people from all walks of life, and one of his superiors married his daughter to him because he liked his stability and steadfastness.
Xiangzi was very grateful for his uncle's help in his life, and he wanted to take Xie Yiming and Xiao to his side many times to support him as his biological parents, but Xie Yiming refused.
He told Shoko that he had four sons, all of whom were capable of taking care of the two old men, and that he wanted Shoko to be a good official and worthy of his dead parents. He also admonished Xiangzi: "Remember, if virtue is not worthy, there will be disaster; A man who does not deserve wealth will lose. ”
Shoko carefully remembered her uncle's words and acted according to them all the time. His career was very smooth, he was promoted all the way, and finally transferred to the capital and became a second-class **.
The story is coming to an end, let's talk about Wei Chuanwen's legendary life. Most wealthy people are reluctant to be neighbors to coffin shops because it is believed to bring bad luck.
However, Wei Chuanwen didn't think so, and before buying the house, he asked a master to measure feng shui, and it turned out that the feng shui here was very prosperous. He didn't think the coffin would affect his fortunes.
However, he did want to expand his house because it was too small. He talked to Guo Liangfeng a few times, although it was reasonable, Guo Liangfeng never agreed.
When Lan Qin first came to deliver chicken soup, he knew what she meant. So he devised a plan to get the servant to tell him that he was not at home, and then he was like hanging a piece of candy in front of the mother and daughter, seducing them and making them itch.
Eventually, Gao was lured and sold to Wei Chuanwen at a parity price. The feng shui of the house is indeed very good, and Wei Chuanwen's business is getting better and better. Later, he returned to Hebei and took over the family business.
His business is still in full swing, and he even joins forces with the government to do business. They make *** knots and make a lot of money. Wei Chuanwen was convinced of the art of feng shui divination, and he wanted to know how high he could reach in the future, so he found someone to divinate him.
As a result, the hexagram says that he will encounter a great calamity when he is thirty-nine years old. The diviner hesitated for a moment, saying that if he wanted to escape this fate, he was afraid that it would be difficult. However, Wei Chuanwen and his relatives and friends did not believe it, because at the time of divination, he was already thirty-eight years old, but his career was still very successful.
On his thirty-ninth birthday, Wei Chuanwen held a celebration to show that what the hexagram said was completely wrong.
The Wei family became a poor family overnight, all assets were seized by the government, and the **dirty officials who had business dealings with the Wei family also followed**. Faced with the governor's questioning, Wei Chuanwen quibbled in every possible way, but the governor sneered: "Do you really regard yourself as a master of business?"
I've been laying this net for years, and I'm just waiting for it to be wiped out. In the end, Wei Chuanwen was sentenced to beheading, and the governor said meaningfully: "You are not worthy of virtue and wealth."
If you use yourself as bait, even an ignorant woman will be fooled, what else can you not do? Wei Chuanwen realized that the method he used to deceive the Gao family back then was the routine that put him in a desperate situation now.
He was remorseful, but it was too late. However, he didn't know that all this was Governor Guo Tianxiang's plan to avenge his father Guo Liangfeng. Guo Tianxiang punished the profiteers and ** in a righteous way and avenged his father.
But as a son, his saddest thing is that "the son wants to support but his parents are not there", and he has not been able to serve his father well, which is an indelible pain in his heart.
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