During the Northern Song Dynasty, in a small village on the outskirts of Suzhou, a peasant family gave birth to a beautiful girl, whose face was like jade, her skin was like cream, and her eyebrows were clear, so she got a lovely nickname - "Little White Jade". It's a pity that her family is poor and lacks shelter, which makes her suffer. When Fang was seventeen, Zhang Shun, a widower in the village, set his eyes on her beauty and forcibly adopted her as his wife.
After marriage, Zhang Shun was harsh on Yan Ruyu, depriving her of her freedom, making her work hard in Zhang's house every day and endure all kinds of insults. However, Yan Ruyu is extremely tenacious and has never been aggrieved. Three years later, Zhang Shun died of illness, and Yan Ruyu was finally relieved. However, the Zhang family did not contain her and kicked her out of the house. Yan Ruyu had no choice but to build a simple thatched hut and settle down at the edge of the village.
In the scorching summer, Gusu rained heavily for days. Early in the morning, when Yan Ruyu was about to make a fire to cook, she heard movement outside the house, and walked out to find a female fox standing by the edge of the forest, dragging a long tail on her side, looking like she was about to give birth.
Seeing that the female fox was so miserable, she couldn't bear to expel her, so she took it in. As soon as the she-fox entered the house, she curled up on the edge of the kang and closed her eyes, as if pouring all her strength into it. After feeling Yan Ruyu's tenderness, it gradually took off its guard and accepted her love.
A quarter of an hour later, the she-fox suddenly wailed, and then a little life was born, followed by two others! Yan Ruyu took care of them carefully, and they whimpered and squatted in the arms of the mother fox.
The next morning, the she-fox got up, looked at Yan Ruyu gratefully, then bowed to her, reluctantly glanced back at her children as she walked to the door, and then resolutely turned away. Yan Ruyu obediently washed the blood stains and settled on the straw mat that was built. The heartwarming images of the man and the fox lasted for a whole day and night.
The female fox returned the gratitude and touching as a gift. It stood up straight, saluted Yan Ruyu, and finally with deep nostalgia in its eyes, it turned around and disappeared into the morning light like antelope horns. Yan Ruyu looked at all this puzzledly, but found that there were three fox hairs on the ground that emitted strange light.