In Yuegang, the rich daughter of the powerful tax collector Qiu Jiucheng's family, Huarong, actually married the poorest young man in the area for nine generations. Do you think it's strange?
Even Jiudaiqiong himself couldn't name anyone. Anyway, his ancestors have been poor fishermen for generations, living a poor life of "a broken boat carrying broken nets, and three generations of a family crowded into one cabin". By the time Jiudaiqiong's generation has reached the There is a point where there is no last meal. Jiudaiqiong was very stubborn. He would swing his broken boat to Jiujiu Bay and cast three large nets every day. No matter how many fish and shrimps he caught, he would never beg for help. When people in Yuegang saw how poor he was, they all called him "poor for nine generations."
Once, his uncle, who was poor for nine generations, came to visit him. Local custom: "God in heaven, mother-in-law in the earth", that is very respectful and must be well entertained. But he touched his pocket and found only four cents left! My uncle said, "Hey! Just cook a bowl of tofu, stir-fry leeks, and treat me to it!"
Four cents was only enough to buy a piece of tofu, but there were no leeks. As he walked, he thought that at the beginning of spring, the tax collector Qiu Jiucheng sent him to his house to work for more than ten days. Now the leeks in the back garden should have seven or eight leaves. right! Why don't I ask Uncle Shi, the gardener, for a handful of leeks? Jiudaiqiong came to the back garden of Qiu's house. The garden door was ajar, and no one answered after he shouted several times. He hesitated for a moment, thinking, a handful of leeks is not worth a few cents, I'll just cut it first and tell Uncle Shi later.
Just as Jiudai was harvesting leeks, two people came behind him. They turned out to be Qiu Jiuzheng's daughter, Miss Chunhong, and his girl Chunhong. They came to the back garden to relax. When they saw Jiudaiqiu shouting "Uncle Shi, Uncle Shi" outside the garden, they hid behind the pomegranate tree and watched. Later, when she saw Jiudaiqiong cutting leeks, Chunhong wanted to make fun of him. She deliberately stepped forward and grabbed Jiudaiqiong, saying that he stole leeks and wanted to send him to the county government for strict punishment. As the saying goes, "The first time you pick up pig excrement, you will encounter pig diarrhea." Jiudaiqiong was so full of words that it was difficult to explain, so he had to beg in a low voice, please don't send him to the official, otherwise he will be imprisoned for half a year and no one will give him food.
Chunhong said: "It's okay if you don't send me to the official position. Then you can crawl under our lady's pomegranate skirt on your stomach." Jiudaiqiong said with a red face: "I grew these leeks myself. I worked hard for many days. , you didn’t even get a penny of wages, why is your family bullying people like this?”
Miss Huarong suddenly felt pity after listening to the awkward conversation between Jiudaiqiong and Chunhong. cough! Dad had blackmailed so many people, and even this loyal young man was deceived so hard. She really wanted to cut some leeks and give them to him with her own hands.
However, after all, she is a girl who has not yet left the court, and it will inevitably lead to trouble if people see her! So she turned around and ran into the embroidery building with a red face, Guishu Shigure , and asked the girl Haruhong to invite Jiudaiqiong into the embroidery room.
Chunhong is a very smart girl. When she saw that the young lady had a good impression of Jiudaiqiong, she immediately became enthusiastic. She specially prepared several dishes, stole a bottle of wine from the kitchen, and treated Jiudaike to drink as much as she could.
Jiudaiqiong has never drank alcohol before, but now he drinks three drinks in a row due to the kindness of Miss Huarong and Chunhong. After three glasses of wine, Jiudaiqiong immediately became dizzy and fell drunk in Miss Huarong's embroidery room.
This frightened Miss Huarong and her maidservant to the point of panic, with their hands and feet trembling… It was already dark, and if a strange man was left in the embroidery building for the night, it would be known that even if he jumped into the sea, he wouldn't be able to clean himself. But what if we don’t keep him? Jiudaiqiong was drunk into a puddle of mud and could not be pushed away or helped. Huarong had no choice but to let Chunhong guard the stairs of the embroidered building to prevent anyone from coming in. She herself did not dare to sleep and sat uneasily. At the door, I wanted to let Chunhong take him away when he woke up. Unexpectedly, Chunhong was sitting under the stairs, leaning against the handrail, and fell asleep.
Chunhong didn't wake up until it was dark. She quickly and quietly climbed upstairs, only to see that the door to the lady's embroidery room was bolted tightly and there were voices inside. So she stuck to the crack in the door and peeked.
"This money is my savings, you can use it." Miss Huarong said.
"Hey, no… no, how can I take your money…"
"Why not? You have worked for my family for so many days, but my father deducted your wages, which is a mistreatment of you."
"No, no, what if your father finds out?"
"He is not my father at all. Not long ago, my mother secretly told me that my father's name is Chen Shi'en, and he used to open a 'Jubaocheng' jewelry store in Yuegang City. Eight years ago, Qiu Jiucheng was still wandering around. What a scoundrel. He learned that my father was returning from a trading trip, so he recruited a few pirates to sail off the island to block the road and rob us. The pirates beat my father and the boatman to death and threw them into the sea, and then arrested us, mother and daughter. Qiu Jiuzheng, a villain, saw that my mother was very good-looking, so he forced my mother to marry him. If my mother refused, he would kill me. My mother had no choice but to endure the humiliation and agree for me, hoping to find an opportunity to sue the government. Who knew that Qiu Jiuzheng had colluded? Gao Cai, a corrupt official, is so intimidating that our mother and daughter still have nowhere to appeal for their grievances."
"This bad guy will be punished one day!" Jiudaiqiong was angry and swept his hand with his hand, hitting Miss Huarong on the shoulder. He touched the young lady's shoulder uneasily and asked, "Does it hurt…"
"It doesn't hurt, it doesn't hurt." Not only did the young lady not blame him, she threw herself into his arms.
Chunhong girl was too embarrassed to look any further and walked quietly downstairs.
At dawn, Chunhong hurried to the door of the lady's embroidery room and whispered: "Miss, it's daybreak. If the master gets up, it will be difficult to go out!"
Miss Huarong woke up from her dream, and a red cloud flew onto her face. While she was getting dressed and getting up, she woke up the nine generations of poor people.
Jiudaiqiong got up from the bed. His clothes were as torn as colorful flags, and his bare feet were still muddy. The girl Chunhong opened the door and almost laughed when she saw it. Jiudaiqiong looked at Chunhong and Miss in a daze, lowered his head and suddenly said: "Is this a dream?"
"It's not a dream, it's real." The young lady said with beautiful face.
The rooster crows, and the girl Chunhong becomes even more anxious. I want to drive him away, but I dare not, because he is already the one that the rich lady loves, and it is impossible not to drive him away. What will happen if someone in the house finds out later? Chunhong had no choice but to signal Jiudaiqiong to leave quickly!
Jiudaiqiong understood that he had caused a big trouble. The more he thought about it, the more afraid he became. Regardless of what happened, he rushed out of the room and ran downstairs. Jiudai went out of the back garden and bumped into Uncle Shi, who was in charge of the garden. Uncle Shi thought it was a thief and held Jiudaiqiu back. Chunhong girl rushed over panting and said, "Miss, please let Jiudaiqiu go back!"
"Miss? Jiudaiqiong? It's not dawn… Well, um…" Uncle Shi smiled knowingly and let Jiudaiqiong go.
As the saying goes, "No matter how dense an egg is, there will still be cracks." The story of the nine generations of poor people spending the night in Miss Huarong's embroidery building spread somehow. This matter soon reached Qiu Jiuzheng's ears, and Qiu Jiuzheng almost fainted!
It turns out that this villain who licks hemorrhoids and smells farts is planning to dedicate his beautiful face to Gao Cai in order to make a fortune. Gao Cai, the eunuch, was very powerful in Yuegang, and many corrupt officials and gentry tried their best to flatter him, but his daughter had an affair and had been poor for nine generations. Wouldn't this mess up his wishful thinking? He thought twice, but decided to take the initiative and send Miss Huarong to the palace. She was not his flesh and blood anyway!
Huarong's mother found out about this. Eight years ago, Qiu Jiuzheng killed her husband, and now he killed her daughter again. She was anxious and resentful. He quickly told his daughter about this.
When Huarong heard this, it was like a bolt from the blue, disaster fell from the sky! Nowadays, the mother and daughter live under the roof of someone else's house, with both their lives in someone else's hands. The sky and the earth are not responding to their calls, and the earth and the earth are not working. Rather than entering a high-ranking mansion and being a plaything for high-ranking officials, it would be better to die.
But the girl Chunhong is eager to find Jiudaiqiong. She hopes that Jiudaiqiong will get ahead of her and marry the young lady quickly. However, Jiudaiqiong suddenly disappeared.
It turned out that Jiudaiqiong heard the news that Qiu Jiuzheng wanted to arrest him and parade him through the streets, then skin him and put him in a frying pan. He had to take a break and fished at the exit of the Jiulong River. He went to Haicang every day to sell fish and secretly inquired about Hua Cang. Miss Rong’s situation.
Miss Huarong was forced by Qiu Jiuzheng and could not see Jiudaiqiong's face, so she had no choice but to hang herself from the beam in despair. Qiu Jiuzheng ended up in vain.
Miss Huarong's mother, Meiniang, cried so hard that she almost went crazy. Ever since she was taken over by Qiu Jiuzheng, she has been swallowing her anger and placing her only hope on her daughter Huarong. Now that Hua Rong is dead, her hopes are shattered. She hated the wolf-like Qiu Jiuzheng so much that she wished she could burn the Qiu family to pieces. In the middle of the night, she asked her maid Chunhong to put all the gold, silver, jewelry and valuables she and the lady had into the lady's coffin, preparing to burn them all after her daughter was buried.
At this time, Qiu Jiuzheng came with the coffin-carrying workers, and Meiniang quickly covered the coffin and let them carry it away.
Qiu Jiuzheng had the lady's coffin transported to a mass grave on the other side of the Jiulong River for burial. That night, it was so dark that I couldn't see my fingers, thunder roared, lightning flashed, and it rained heavily. The boat carrying the coffin was bumping up and down in the river. Suddenly a big wave lifted the boat half a height high, and the coffin and everyone fell into the river. Several workers swam ashore, but the lady's coffin was washed away by the river.
But he said that Jiudaiqiong heard that the young lady hanged herself and cried bitterly all day long. He learned that the lady was going to be buried in a mass grave, so he rowed a fishing boat to wait for the coffin, hoping to see the lady one last time! In the middle of the night, the wind and rain stopped, and the moonlight was like water. Jiudaike seemed to be awake but suddenly he saw Miss Huarong appearing on the shore and said to him: "Junidai Jiu Shigure , why have you forgotten me?"
Jiudaiqiong said: "Miss, you wrongly blamed me. I come to your back garden every night to look for you, but Qiu Jiuzheng sent people to keep a close eye on me, so I can't get in!"
Miss Huarong smiled sweetly and said, "It's okay now. My mother made the decision to betroth me to you as your wife. The dowry of gold, silver and jewelry is worth thousands of gold, and it's packed in a coffin."
Jiudaiqiong said: "I love you, it doesn't matter whether you have a dowry or not."
Jiudaiqiong felt very strange in his heart. How could there be a dowry in a coffin in the world? He jumped up and ran towards Miss Huarong, only to realize that it was a dream.
When Jiudaiqiong woke up, it was already the rising sun. At this time, he saw something floating from upstream. It looked like a small wooden boat from a distance. What was strange was that there was no one on the small wooden boat. Jiudaiqiong opened his eyes wide, wanting to take a closer look, and suddenly shouted: "Ah, coffin!"
Strangely enough, the coffin came down the river and approached Jiudaiqiong's fishing boat. Jiudaiqiong thought to himself: What kind of poor person is this? He doesn't even have a coffin to bury him after he dies! I should salvage the coffin and bury it in a good place.
Jiudaiqiong spent a lot of effort to drag the coffin ashore. Suddenly he found that the coffin lid was loose, and then a girl sat up holding the coffin lid. She was wearing a red top, a pomegranate skirt, and flowers in her hair. She was her beloved beautiful lady.
It turned out that Miss Huarong did not completely die after hanging herself. She was put in a coffin and was shaken and hit in the rapids, and she came back to life.
She asked doubtfully: "Is this a dream?"
Jiudaiqiong replied: "No, it's not a dream, it's real…" Miss Huarong was full of tears and hugged Jiudaiqiong tightly.
One day later, news came that Miss Huarong's mother had set fire to the Qiu Mansion and died together with Qiu Jiuzheng. The two burst into tears and burned paper money in memory of their respectable mother.
From then on, Jiudaiqiong and Miss Huarong shared a fishing boat and a net. The couple made a living by fishing and lived a happy and free life.