Ghost Story of Liaozhai

Zhao Wang and his wife in Tengxian County believe in Buddhism and do not eat meat. They are known as "good people" in the village and their family is well-off.Zhao's female name is Xiaoer, she is intelligent and beautiful, and Zhao loves her very much.At the age of two or six, he and his elder brother Changchun studied in a private school, and they have mastered the Five Classics within five years.The classmate, Ding, whose name is Zimo, is two or three years old. He is talented in literature and loves each other.Ding Sheng asked his mother to propose to the Zhao family, but Zhao Wang refused.

Not long after, Zhao Wang took refuge in the White Lotus Sect and rebelled with Xu Hongru, and all of them became bandits.Xiao Er knows books and is good at explaining. He can learn all kinds of spells such as paper-cutting into horses and scatter beans into soldiers.Xu Hongru had a total of six female disciples, and the youngest student was the most promising, who got all of Xu's true biography.

Zhao Wangzhan's daughter's glory is also very popular.In that year, Ding Sheng was single and unmarried, and he refused to discuss marriage. He never forgot Xiao Er, so he joined Xu under his command. Xiao Er was very happy to see him, and the two had a close relationship.Xiaoer, as a student of Xu, is in charge of military affairs, and goes in and out day and night, and it is difficult for his parents to see each other.

But every night, he would meet with Xu, screen back and forth, and talk until three o'clock. Ding Sheng privately persuaded Xiaoer, "What is the original intention of Xiaosheng's visit, do you know?" Xiaoer said: "I don't know." Ding Sheng said: "I You are not a person who climbs the dragon and attaches himself to the phoenix, and is greedy for power and position. The reason why he came here is actually for you. The White Lotus sect is heresy and self-defeating. You are a smart person, and you can't fail to see this. Come with me." Xiaoer heard the words, Suddenly he woke up from the dream and said: "It is unrighteous to run away from your relatives. You have to tell your parents first." The two went to see Zhao Wang and complained about their interests. "

Seeing that his father didn't listen to his advice, Xiao Er was disheartened, so he disguised himself and took out two paper kites from his sleeves, and straddled one of them with Ding Sheng.At dawn, when he arrived at the boundary of Laiwu, Xiaoer pointed the paper kite neck, landed on the ground, changed his mount, rode his horse to the north of the mountain, built a thatched hut, and lived in seclusion to avoid chaos.

When the two came out, they were in a hurry, they forgot to pack their bags, and they were short of food. Ding Sheng was very worried.Borrowing rice from neighbors, no one is willing to help.Xiao Er didn't look sad, she took it lightly and sold her bracelets and earrings to subsidize her family.The two would face each other quietly behind closed doors every day, guessing lantern riddles and reciting poems.

Neighbor Weng Mou is a green forest hero.One day after hunting, Xiaoer said, "The Weng family is rich, so why should I worry? Do you think he will agree to borrow a thousand pieces of gold?" Ding Sheng said, "I'm afraid it will be difficult." He is willing to borrow money." Nai cut out paper as a judge's form, placed it on the ground, and covered it with a chicken coop.Then he took Ding Sheng to bed, cooked wine, read "Zhou Li", performed drinking orders, and guessed crossword puzzles. Either party would casually point out the page, line, and word of the book, and check together. , next to water, and next to unitary, the other party will be punished to drink a glass of wine, and if the word for wine is turned out, the punishment will be doubled.

Then Xiaoer turned out the word "wineman", and Ding Sheng filled up a large glass of wine, urging her to drink quickly.Xiaoer took the opportunity to pray: "If you can borrow money, turn out the word 'drink' for me." Ding Sheng turned the scroll and got the word "turtle", Xiaoer smiled and said: "The matter is over, I will punish you for drinking. " Ding Sheng refused to accept it, and the second child said: "You are from the aquarium, so you should drink it as a turtle." The two were playing with themselves, when they heard a screeching sound in the chicken coop, the second child got up and said, "The gold and silver are here." Looking at the cage, the cloth bag was full of gold, Ding Sheng was overjoyed when he saw it.

Later, Weng's wife came to the house and ran through the door, and talked about the loss of gold in the chat, "The husband returned home for the first time, and sat at night with the lamp on. The ground suddenly burst into cracks, and the bottom was bottomless. A judge came out of the crack and said to himself, 'I am the official of the underworld. The emperor of Mount Tai summoned the underworld official to write the crimes of the wicked, and he required a thousand silver lamps, ten taels each. You have committed countless crimes in your life. If you want to atone for your sins, hurry up and donate a hundred silver lamps. A gift of a thousand pieces of gold. The judge flew away, and the cracks in the ground closed." Hearing the words, the young couple pretended to be amazed, and clicked their tongues in amazement.

Since then, the two bought cattle and horses, raised slaves and maidservants, built their own mansions, and their family was rich.The rascals in the village are greedy for money, gather accomplices, and climb over the wall to rob.Ding Sheng and his wife wake up from their dream, the hall is lit by torches, and the house is full of robbers.Two scoundrels arrested Ding Sheng, and the other went to catch Xiao Er. Xiao Er stood up naked, pointed at the bandits, and said, "Don't move, don't move." puppet.

Xiao Er put on his clothes, called his family, cut off the hands of all the robbers one by one, asked the reason, and reprimanded him: "My husband and wife came here to seek refuge. If you are in urgent need, you may as well tell them clearly, am I a miser who loves money like his life? You should be punished for committing wolves. But I can't bear it, let you go, if you do it again, you will No forgiveness." The group of thieves kowtowed and left. <Young son, take good care of him.The child had just turned three years old, and he was treated as his own, and his surname was changed to Ding, and his name was Chengyou.Therefore, everyone in the village knows that Xiaoer and his wife are the remnants of Bailian.Just in time for the locust plague, Xiaoer placed hundreds of paper kites in the field, so that the locusts would stay away and not enter the land, and the crops would be safe.On the contrary, all the villagers had nothing to gain, and they were jealous one after another, sued the officials for leaking secrets, and testified that the husband and wife were the accomplices of Bailian.The government took the opportunity to extort money, and Ding Sheng spent money to eliminate the disaster, and bribed the county magistrate with countless gold and silver, so he was spared.

Xiaoer said: "Our money came from a bad way, so we should disperse it. But the hometown of snakes and scorpions cannot be lived for a long time." The two sold their property cheaply and moved to the west of Yidu.

Xiaoer is dexterous, well-managed, and better than a man as a broker.He once opened a Liuli factory, recruited workers, and taught the crafts himself. All the lamps produced in the factory are novel in style, unmatched by peers, and the price is high, and they sell quickly.A few years later, the husband and wife have a strong family fortune.Xiao Er was under strict control, hundreds of workers worked diligently, and none of them dared to be lazy.

In their spare time, the husband and wife enjoy drinking tea and playing chess, or reading history books.The entry and exit of Qiangu and the work of servants are inspected every five days. Xiao Er brings his own bamboo chips, Ding Sheng holds the roll call, rewards for hard work, and punishment for lazy ones.On the day of the inspection, there was a holiday at night, the husband and wife set up a banquet, called their slaves and maidservants, sang slang songs and made music.

Xiao Er is as observant as a god, and no one dares to bully her.Rewards and punishments are clearly defined, and everyone respects them.There are more than [-] families in the village, and most of the poor are subsidized by the second child, so the jobless people have disappeared.

There was a severe drought at the time of the year, and Xiaoer ordered the villagers to set up altars in the wild, and went out in sedan chairs, stepping on their feet, and the heavy rain poured down, and the seedlings in a five-mile radius were all moistened by the rain, and everyone admired them.

Xiao Er never covered his face when he went out, and when the young men saw his face, they praised him in private, but when they met face to face, they were in awe and did not dare to look up.Every autumn, the boys in the village don't have to farm, and the second child pays wages and orders the children to collect wild vegetables to dry.After 20 years of accumulation, the house is full of dried vegetables.

Not long after the famine in Shandong, people cannibalized each other. Xiaoer took out wild vegetables to satisfy his hunger, mixed them with coarse rice and steamed them, and rescued the victims. Countless people lived, and no one in the village starved to death.