During the Song Dynasty, there was a scholar named Chen Shanzhou in Huaitian County, who was from a poor family but was upright and motivated, and was deeply loved by the neighbors in the neighborhood. There is a daughter of Cao Yuanwai in the neighboring town, named Cao Sanniang, who met Chen Shanzhou during the Shangyuan Festival, and the two fell in love at first sight. Later, Chen Shanzhou asked the matchmaker to go to Cao Sanniang's house to propose marriage, but Cao Yuan was not allowed, but he couldn't bear his daughter's hardships, so he finally had to agree to this marriage and marry a lot of property.
Cao Sanniang was very virtuous after marrying into the door, doing laundry, cooking, and housework, all of which were diligent. In a cold winter month, when Cao Sanniang was rushing to the market, she saw several children playing on the ice, and suddenly the ice cracked, and a boy fell into the pond, Cao Sanniang rushed into the pond to save the child, and she also fell into the water. Later, passers-by rescued Cao Sanniang and the child ashore, by which time Cao Sanniang was already purple from the cold, and fell ill when she returned home.
At that time, it was the year of Dabi, Huaitian County was more than 1,200 miles away from Kaifeng, and other lifters had already set off to catch the exam, Chen Shanzhou was worried about his wife, so he did not set off for a long time. One day, Cao Sanniang's health improved, persuaded Chen Shanzhou to put his career first, and accompanied him to Beijing to take the exam. On the way to the exam, the two stayed together day and night, and Chen Shanzhou finally won the top prize.