During the Tang Dynasty, Nanba Village was a quiet place, and Guan Laohan, the village's old boatman, had been responsible for carrying passengers across the river for many years.
One day, he received a request from a young couple who were carrying a newborn baby to cross the river. Guan Laohan happily agreed, and carried the family of three across the quiet river.
Everything was happy and peaceful, and suddenly, the river was rough and several huge ships suddenly approached. It was full of tall and mighty people, and it was clear at a glance that they were not good people.
The men, wielding large knives, hurried towards Guan Laohan's boat, and their target was obviously the young couple.
Guan Laohan realized that something was wrong and hurriedly rowed desperately, but the group of militants did not slow down at all and locked on to their target.
A storm struck suddenly, and soon the ship capsized, and Guan Laohan saw his wife die tragically in front of him in the huge waves. Then, a powerful wave swept in, sweeping Guan Laohan away, leaving him blank.
When Guan Laohan woke up, he found himself lying on the beach, next to the couple's children, who had also been washed here by the huge waves. Hurriedly checked the child and found that he was safe and sound, and his heart was slightly relieved.
Guan Laohan was childless, tears slid down his face, and he muttered: "Since our fates meet, let's support each other!" He named the child Guan Hao, and the jade wrench finger around the child's neck became the only item that could prove his identity, and Guan Laohan kept it carefully.
He knew that he couldn't predict the future, and maybe one day Guan Hao's family would look for them, so Guan Laohan treasured the jade wrench as proof of identity.
Time flies, and in a blink of an eye, Guan Hao has grown to 10 years old, lively and cute, and helps Guan Laohan every day. Guan Laohan gave up his profession as a boatman and made a living from farming.
The old and frail Guan Laohan is difficult to compare with the young people, resulting in the poverty of the father and son.
One day, a friend of Guan Laohan came to visit, and when he saw Guan Hao, he looked a little hesitant. Guan Laohan knew that this friend was proficient in arithmetic, and he must have discovered something.
In addition to the constraints of life, Guan Laohan's only concern is whether the child's background will bring potential dangers. So he asked eagerly, "Is there anything wrong with the child, and if so, tell me!" ”
The friend suddenly said, "Your child may pursue vanity and become selfish in the future." It may take some hardships to understand that wealth is not everything. ”
Guan Laohan was puzzled by his friend's words, and he only hoped that his son would be safe and sound.
Meanwhile, while chopping wood in the mountains, Guan Hao witnessed Li Wang, the son of the village chief, brutally whipping an innocent fox. Li Wang often bullied other children and relied on his father's identity to do evil, while the villagers often had to swallow their anger because they were afraid of the village chief.
Guan Hao had no intention of interfering, but the fox suddenly fled to his feet and looked at him with pleading eyes. Guan Hao felt pity and decided to escort the fox down the mountain.
Li Wang chased after him and shouted: "This fox is in my way, I am teaching it a lesson, what are you making a fuss about!" ”
He tries to snatch the fox, which ensues a fierce fight. Guan Hao outperformed Li Wang, who wailed and went down the mountain to complain to his father.
When Guan Hao descended the mountain, he found the village chief waiting for him angrily, which was intimidating. Ordinary children were already scared and crying, but Guan Hao was not afraid.
The village chief asked, "Just for the sake of a fox, why would you start beating people?" ”
Guan Laohan looked at his son worriedly, knowing that if Guan Hao did not answer properly, their father and son might be kicked out of the village.
Guan Hao asked rhetorically: "Village Chief, have you forgotten the origin of our village?" ”
The village chief was stunned and lowered his head in embarrassment. Guan Hao went on to tell that their ancestors were looking for shelter to escape the war, and the fox had guided them here, for which the villagers were grateful to the fox and never hunted it. This made the village prosperous.
After Guan Hao said this, the villagers said that he was right, and the village chief had nothing to say when he saw this.
Li Wang was unwilling, wanted to speak and stopped, and was finally punched by the village chief. "Don't be embarrassed here, I'll teach you a lesson when you go home! The village chief reprimanded sternly, Li Wang glared at Guan Hao angrily, and the two formed a bond.
10 years later, Guan Hao is already a young and promising young man, both in appearance and ability.
Guan Hao was favored by the matchmakers and came to the door to propose marriage, but he refused all of them because he already belonged to him.
Cuihua, from the next village, moved with her father to Guan Hao's village last year. She was beautiful and captured Guan Hao's heart at once.
The two get along well and often laugh and talk together. Guan Hao's hard-earned money was carefully spent on Cuihua.
However, Li Wang also fell in love with Cuihua at first sight, and he was even more generous, with gold and silver gifts.
The two men seemed to be in a competition, both eager to win the heart of the green flower.
One day, Guan Hao confessed to Cuihua: "Marry me, I will be good to you." ”
Cuihua asked: "If you want to marry me, you have to prepare 100 taels of silver, otherwise I will marry someone else." ”
Guan Hao hurriedly agreed: "Don't worry, I will be ready." ”
When he returned home, Guan Hao borrowed money from his father, but only got 10 taels.
Guan Laohan was puzzled: "This is all our savings, where are you going to use them?" ”
Guan Hao told his father about the dowry required to marry Cuihua, and when he learned that he needed 100 taels of silver, Guan Laohan was angry.
Our family is having a hard time, how can I get 100 taels of silver for you. ”
Since you met Cuihua, you spend money like water, and you don't even want to work, such a woman is not suitable for marriage. ”
Guan Laohan was quite disappointed, and didn't understand how his well-behaved and sensible son when he was a child could become like this.
However, Guan Hao couldn't listen to his father's words, but he felt that it was because of his poor family that he couldn't marry Cuihua.
While his father was out, Guan Hao searched the house and finally found a jade wrench in a box.
Seeing that this jade wrench was in good color, Guan Hao excitedly got it to the pawnshop, but he didn't expect it to be sold for 100 taels of silver.
Guan Hao was surprised by the value of the jade wrench, and happily took 100 taels of silver to find Cuihua to propose.
Cuihua proposed: "You give me the 100 taels of silver for safekeeping, my father will go to the city to run errands, and come back in three days, and then you will come back to propose marriage." ”
Guan Hao was satisfied and didn't think much about it. As long as he thought of marrying Cuihua, he was filled with happiness.
Guan Hao said to his father: "You are waiting at home to drink the tea from your daughter-in-law!" ”
Guan Laohan thinks that his son is whimsical, and thinks that Cuihua is a girl who scatters eagles when she sees rabbits, but he only hopes that his son will not be too disappointed.
Three days later, Guan Hao happily went to Cuihua's house to propose, but was shocked by the news of the defeat. It turned out that Cuihua and Li Wang were about to get married.
Guan Hao was incredulous and hurriedly looked for Cuihua for verification.
He said sadly: "You obviously accepted 100 taels of silver from me, why do you want to marry someone else?" ”
Cuihua denied it: "Whoever saw you give me money, there is no evidence, don't talk nonsense." ”
Li Wang joined triumphantly and sneered: "Lose to me, it's ridiculous to brag here without money." ”
This double blow made Guan Hao unbearable, and by the time Guan Laohan arrived, Guan Hao was unconscious.
After waking up, Guan Hao cried and confessed to his father: "I sold your jade wrench finger to pay for 100 taels of silver for Cuihua." ”
Guan Laohan was shocked by this sudden news, it was his only token of recognizing his ancestors!
Despite this, he didn't blame his son, because Guan Hao was already in pain enough at the moment.
Seeing Li Wang marry a beautiful wife, Guan Hao was in pain and could only wash his face with tears.
Suddenly, a housekeeper entered the village and asked Guan Hao where he lived.
After the housekeeper found Guan Hao's home, he was very excited to see Guan Hao: "This child looks exactly the same as Gongzi, it should be right." ”
Guan Laohan and Guan Hao were in a state of sadness, but they didn't expect a housekeeper to say a bunch of incomprehensible words.
Guan Laohan suddenly thought of something, and said to the housekeeper: "Are you here to find someone?" ”
The butler nodded and told them all the details. Chen Yuanwai's family is strong, and his only son Chen Gensheng is a talented man he is proud of, both in knowledge and conduct.
When Chen Yuanwai planned to pass on the family business to his son, he found that Chen Gensheng had a relationship with a poor woman, which made the relationship between father and son strained.
Chen Yuanwai decided that the woman was not worthy of his son, so the father and son had a heated argument.
Chen Yuanwai said angrily: "If you choose her, don't call me father again." ”
He even put Chen Gensheng under house arrest, hoping that time would dilute his son's feelings.
However, Chen Yuanwai did not expect Chen Gensheng to escape and leave the house with the woman.
Chen Yuanwai made a lot of efforts to find his son, but only learned that his son was married and had children two years later.
Chen Yuanwai was relieved to learn that he had a grandson, and the previous dispute became less important.
He wrote to his son to tell him not to talk about the old things anymore and to let him take the family home.
Chen Gensheng was very happy to receive the letter, but an accident happened, his son and daughter-in-law died young, and the whereabouts of his only grandson are unknown.
Chen Yuanwai did not give up looking for his grandson, but he was only disappointed again and again.
Recently, Guan Haodian sold a jade wrench, which was given to his son by Chen Yuanwai back then.
Coincidentally, this pawnshop was opened by Chen Yuanwai. He was extremely excited when he saw the jade wrench.
Through searching, it was confirmed that Guan Hao was Chen Yuanwai's grandson.
Father and son listened to the whole story, and their reactions were very different.
Although Guan Laohan had a premonition that someone would find his son one day, he felt very sad when this day really came.
Guan Hao was overjoyed, because Chen Yuanwai was rich, he no longer needed to live a poor life, and he no longer had to be bullied.
That night, Guan Hao left with the housekeeper and said a brief goodbye to his father before leaving.
Guan Hao came to the city, and when he saw Chen Yuanwai, he was already terminally ill.
When Chen Yuanwai saw his grandson, he was very excited and said, "I have been looking for you for many years, and now I have finally found you." ”
The grandfather and grandson talked about everything, as if they had never been separated. Guan Hao took care of Chen Yuanwai for a month, and Chen Yuanwai died in satisfaction, leaving the huge family business to Guan Hao.
Chen Zhong, the righteous son of Chen Yuanwai, is responsible for assisting Guan Hao and doing his best.
Guan Hao has wealth, and the first thing is to go back to the village and take his father to live in the city.
However, Guan Laohan rejected the offer, feeling more comfortable in the village.
Back in the village, Guan Hao learned of something: Li Wang, who had friction with him before, had been in a worrying situation recently.
It turned out that Cuihua and her father were **, and after they deceived Guan Hao, they cheated Li Wang out of a lot of money, and then disappeared without a trace.
Today's Li Wang's wealth is scattered, and his life is quite unruly.
Thinking of Li Wang's ridicule of himself, Guan Hao couldn't help but find him and teased him.
Once upon a time you were dismissive, and now your fate is not as good as mine, look at your miserable appearance. ”
Guan Hao understood that he was short on money and deliberately threw the silver on the ground.
Pick up the silver from the ground, and imitate a few more barks, and I will give you 100 taels of silver. ”
The surrounding audience laughed, but Li Wang was deeply humiliated.
Guan Laohan was deeply worried when he learned about it, and said to his son: "Li Wang is at a low point now, if you humiliate him so much, what might he do." ”
Guan Hao didn't care, Li Wang was a loser now, how could he be compared to him?
Guan Hao was puzzled when he found that a shop always suppressed them when he was doing business, so he asked Chen Zhong about it.
Chen Zhong explained: "Because the owner of that shop has an elder brother who is an official, the merchants in the city give him some face. ”
Guan Hao asked, "Don't we have any relatives in our family who serve in the court?" ”
Chen Zhong shook his head, and then said: "You'd better consider going to Beijing to take the exam, I will use some money to bribe you, even if it is a petty official, it is better than our current situation in the DPRK without relatives." ”
I heard that the shop owner's brother passed the exam and became an official. ”
Guan Hao thought that the housekeeper was reasonable, so he decided to go to the capital to take the imperial examination.
After getting ready, Guan Hao embarked on a journey and chose to stay at an inn at night.
Just as he was about to rest, a fox suddenly appeared.
The fox said: "You have been deceived by others, and you have paid for the number of people, and you are simply killing yourself by participating in the scientific examination at your current level." ”
You're in danger right away, so don't open the door tonight, no matter who knocks. ”
In the middle of the night, someone knocked on the door and kept knocking for a long time, but Guan Hao never opened the door.
When he opened the door the next day, he found that the door was full of spiders, which made Guan Hao very puzzled.
At this moment the fox reappeared and told him: "These spiders are all poisonous, and if you open the door last night, you will inevitably die." ”
In fact, there are two people who pose a threat to Guan Hao, one is Chen Zhong and the other is Li Wang.
Chen Zhong, as Chen Yuanwai's righteous son, has always been ambitious. Guan Hao's parents died, and he had an indissoluble enmity.
He believed that as long as Chen Yuanwai's son died, as a righteous son, he would be able to inherit Chen Yuanwai's family business.
After the successful implementation of the plan, he has been diligently helping Chen Yuanwai to run the family business, which is actually already in his pocket.
However, Chen Yuanwai found his biological grandson 20 years later, which put Chen Zhong's plan in danger of being ruined.
Fortunately, Guan Hao didn't know anything about doing business, and he was deceived into going to Beijing to take the exam.
So, Chen Zhong decided to take this opportunity to get rid of him. After learning that Guan Hao had insulted his sworn enemy in the village, he took the initiative to contact Li Wang.
He assured Li Wang that he would give him 500 taels of silver after the deed was completed, which not only solved Li Wang's urgent need, but also helped him achieve revenge.
Chen Zhong bought some poisonous spiders and planned to quietly kill Guan Hao.
And Li Wang personally sent the spider to Guan Hao's door and knocked on the door.
However, he knocked for a long time, but no one opened the door, and the plan fell through.
In fact, it was Guan Hao who left early to avoid suspicion, and the spider stayed at the door.
Only when the spider approaches Guan Hao will he face the fate of mortality, but this also has some flaws.
These spiders are trained to ensure entry only when someone else opens the door. Otherwise, they can only linger at the door.
After learning about the whole thing, Guan Hao handed over the spider to the yamen, and after investigation, it was indeed Chen Zhong and Li Wang, and they were both punished as they deserved.
After all this, Guan Hao realized that prosperity and wealth were not the most important thing, and he handed over the family property to someone who understood it, while he returned to the countryside to live a happy life with his father.
The two lived happily ever after until their deaths.
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