During the Hongwu period of the Ming Dynasty, a hundred miles away from Zhoushan, Zhejiang, there was a small village called Runyuan Village.
It is a small village with a quiet environment and a view of the sea right outside the door. The people here are able to live a self-sufficient life because of the coast.
Although he is not rich and expensive, he can always have food and clothing for three meals a day.
There is a young widow in this village named **Mei. This woman named Chunmei is thirty years old, with a graceful figure, a beautiful face, and a kind nature.
Chunmei's husband died of illness, leaving her alone and childless.
There is a butcher named Lao Zhang in the village, whose family has been selling pork in the village for generations.
Lao Zhang Ben was a flamboyant and reckless person, but he was pure in heart and friendly to his neighbors.
It's just that because he is a butcher, many families are unwilling to marry their daughters to him, and as the days go by, his marriage is delayed.
After a long time, some people in the village saw that Chunmei and Lao Zhang were single, so they started to match them.
Chunmei is still young, and there are often men passing by in front of the door, in order to avoid causing any other trouble, and for the sake of livelihood, Chunmei decided to marry the butcher Lao Zhang.
Lao Zhang Chu is a good wife, gentle and beautiful, and he is very fond of Chunmei, and he is always afraid that Chunmei will not like it if he does not do well.
The two live a plain and happy life, Chunmei takes care of the housework at home, and Lao Zhang sells pork.
After living like this for several years, Chunmei finally became pregnant, and Lao Zhang was very happy that she was finally going to have a child.
But unexpectedly, Chunmei gave birth to two daughters one after another.
Fortunately, it didn't take long for Chunmei to get pregnant again, and this time, their family was looking forward to getting a man in one fell swoop and giving birth to a son to inherit the lineage.
God did not disappoint them, and sure enough, she was pregnant in October, the fetus fell to the ground, and Chunmei gave birth to a white and fat boy.
Lao Zhang specially asked Mr. Jiaoshu to give him a name, Zhang Wende.
But the good times didn't last long, just when the family was happily living a sweet life with the family, Lao Zhang died unexpectedly because he fell into the ditch on the way home.
At this time, Chunmei became a widow again.
What's worse is that Lao Zhang owed a large amount of debt in order to expand his butcher stall during his lifetime, and at this time, the creditor came to the door and demanded that Chunmei repay it.
Poor Chunmei begged everywhere for a loan, but no one was willing to lend a hand. She was cornered and even wanted to die.
In desperation, she could only beg the creditor for more time to find a way to raise money.
In order to repay the money, Chunmei began to work around the town, working hard to earn money to pay off her debts.
Fortunately, the two daughters at home are very sensible, take care of the housework and take care of their younger brother, and they are very thorough.
After a long time, the money earned from odd jobs is still not enough to pay off debts and support the family.
Chunmei gradually felt powerless, so she began to rack her brains, hoping to come up with a solution to poverty.
One day, it was already dark, and Chunmei got off work and walked on the path home.
Suddenly, she vaguely saw a person lying on the side of the road, who was covered in wounds and was already dying.
Chunmei hurriedly stepped forward to check, and found that there was still a thin breath in his nose, so she made a strong effort to carry him back home.
After a few more days, the man finally woke up, looked around, and saw that it was a hut, and there was no enemy beside him, so he took it to heart.
It turned out that this man's name was Zhu Baocheng, who was originally from Yiwu, because he came here to discuss business, but he was unexpectedly targeted by the other party, and he actually bought a murderer and wanted to hack him to death.
When Chunmei heard him, she couldn't help but feel some pity in her heart, and some sympathy rose.
In addition, although Zhu Baocheng is already in his early forties, he has an elegant temperament and a slender body, which gives people a very good impression.
So he stayed at home to recuperate from his injuries.
Slowly, Zhu Baocheng's injuries began to improve, in order not to eat idle meals at other people's homes, and in order to repay Chunmei's kindness, he began to help do some physical work at home.
came and went, and the two gradually developed a good impression of each other. Chunmei is not very old, and seeing that he has a gentle personality and treats people politely, she can't help but think about him.
One day, several women in the village sat under the big tree at the head of the village and chattered, talking about the shortcomings of their families.
At this time, Chunmei and Zhu Baocheng came from a distance with dry firewood and a basket on their backs. So the women began to coax, saying that they had lived in the same room for so long, and that the relationship had long been impure, and that it was better to get married.
Chunmei's face was flushed with shame, and she didn't know what to do. At this time, Zhu Baocheng stepped forward and stood up and said to several women: Chunmei and I have long been in love, and when I return home, I will send someone to give a dowry gift and officially marry Chunmei as my wife.
After returning home, Chunmei was at a loss for what to ask about it.
Zhu Baocheng smiled and said to her: Chunmei, I actually like you a lot. I used to have a wife, but she died in childbirth, leaving me with a child who is now five years old.
If you want, I am willing to marry you, and I will be good to you, I don't know what you think.
Chunmei thought about all these years of hard work, thought about the debts left by her ex-husband, and thought about her three children, and she hesitated a little.
She looked up at Zhu Baocheng: I, I have arrears, I have children, I am not worthy of you Zhu Baocheng stretched out his hand and took her into his arms and said: This is nothing, as long as you and I truly love each other, all difficulties can be solved.
Your child is my child, and I have the ability to help you pay back what you owe. My five-year-old child will be your child too.
Chunmei was very moved when she heard this, and couldn't help nodding her head in agreement.
The next day, Zhu Baocheng took Chunmei to the creditor's house, and promised to repay all the debts when he came back with Chunmei the next year.
Then he put on a carriage and drove to his hometown with Chunmei and three children.
Chunmei and the child thought that they could live a good life from now on, but they didn't know that this was the beginning of another nightmare.
Zhu Baocheng is not a good person, but also because he misbehaves outside and offends people who should not be offended, he will be secretly sent to hunt down and kill, he is born with a good skin, and often uses his handsome appearance to deceive many women from good families.
This time, Chunmei's family was deceived back.
When I returned home, I had a good life with nothing to do for a few days.
On this day, Zhu Baocheng lied that there was a shop in the town that recruited female workers and that they could eat and live, and asked Chunmei to send her two daughters over.
As everyone knows, Zhu Baocheng has sold his two children into slavery and accepted the money from them on his body.
Another day, Zhu Baocheng came back and said that there was a academy recruiting scholars, and persuaded Chunmei to send her son Zhang Wende over. Chunmei didn't know that with this send-off, her son became someone else's little girl.
In this way, another half a month passed, and this night, Zhu Baocheng returned home with great interest with a man who exuded evil spirit and behaved obscenely, saying that his good brother was here and wanted to get drunk before resting.
The man stared at Chunmei with bad intentions and asked Zhu Baocheng to hurry up and buy wine. A sense of foreboding rose in Chunmei's heart.
As soon as Zhu Baocheng stepped out of the house, the man hurriedly closed the door of the house, turned around and threw himself towards Chunmei, wanting to do something indecent.
It turned out that Zhu Baocheng had already used her as a bargaining chip to pay off her debts, and sold her overnight at a clear price.
Chunmei was unwilling to be humiliated and struggled desperately, shouting loudly in the hope that someone would hear her and save her.
However, in the dead of night, not a single family around heard her cries for help.
Just when Chunmei was hoarse and unable to resist anymore, suddenly a big green snake suddenly came down from the roof beam and entangled the man.
Chunmei was suddenly rescued and ran out of the house with a rolling belt. When she calmed down and went into the house to look again, there was no longer the big green snake and the man in the house.
This time, Chunmei fell asleep in a state of panic. I had an unusually absurd dream.
In the dream, a fairy with a snake face told her that every generation of the old Zhang family would bury a pot of gold under the osmanthus tree in their own family, and these properties were enough for her to pay off her debts and live well with the children.
Chunmei then remembered that there was a god in the ancestral house of the Zhang family, and a green snake was engraved on the sign. It turned out that this was the god of Zhangjiazhen's house.
On the second day, Chunmei hurriedly hired a carriage and drove to Runyuan Village. Taking advantage of the darkness of the night, no one paid attention, and she really dug out a few jars of gold from under the osmanthus tree.
Chunmei realized that this was the manifestation of the ancestors, and it was the gods of the town house invited by the ancestors who saved her at a critical time, which was equivalent to saving the descendants of the Zhang family.
Chunmei burst into tears, grateful, and couldn't help bowing to the sky and thanking her.
Chunmei stayed up until dawn and secretly took ten ingots ** to sell. paid off the debt owed by Lao Zhang, and bought a square, not big or small cottage in the town, which was enough for their family of four to live.
hurriedly went to redeem Wende and his two sisters separately, and the family of four was finally reunited, hugging and crying.
Chunmei looked at her three children, who were half the age and not small, and couldn't help but have mixed feelings in her heart.
I feel that I have been miserable for half my life, I have suffered so many sins, and I am finally going to be bitter. Now she doesn't have any extravagant thoughts, and she doesn't want to expect to marry anyone anymore, she just wants to raise her three children well.
Especially Wende, he has to be sent to Shuyun to study hard, and he will be famous in the future, so that he can rely on his two sisters.
Wende also worked hard, studied hard day and night, studied hard, and asked the teacher for advice on various difficult questions from time to time, and finally passed the Jinshi examination and became a senior official in Beijing.
He also took his mother Chunmei and two sisters to the capital, and he promised the two sisters that they would find the best marriage for the two sisters in the capital.
Chunmei looked at the small courtyard purchased by Wende and couldn't help but feel emotional. She can finally rest assured that she will hand over this home to Wende, and after years of hard work, she can finally put down her burden and live a peaceful life.
Chunmei understands that the difficulties and setbacks in life are temporary, as long as you have hope and move forward bravely, you will always usher in a bright future.
She regards her life experience as the most precious treasure in her life, and often admonishes those around her to cherish the present moment and face difficulties bravely. (*From the Internet, if offended, contact to delete).