During the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty, there was an old hunter named Li Danian at the foot of Wuyi Mountain. He had no children under his knees and only one daughter named Lotus. Because Lotus was beautiful and well-behaved, Li Danian wanted to use this as capital to find a good in-law for his daughter. Who knew, it was really hard to find a good in-law, and it was too high to be low. A few years later, seeing his daughter getting older year by year, Li Danian was very anxious and regretted that he should not have been so picky at the beginning. Now that his daughter has become a leftover woman, she is poor and doesn't want to be rich, and no one dares propose marriage anymore, which makes the scene cold.

That day, Li Danian was growing vegetables in the backyard, and his wife, Li shi, ran over excitedly to tell him that Cui Wanshun from Nanzhuang had asked someone to come to his house to propose marriage. Li Danian was stunned and said in surprise, "This Cui Wanshun, didn't he come to mention a kiss before?" Li shi said discontentedly, "No, he's a very good young man. At the beginning, you just disliked that his family was poor, and you were obsessed with him and threw him out!" Hearing his wife say this, Li Danian was even more surprised: "Then he ate bear hearts and leopard gall today, how dare he send someone to propose marriage?" Li shi said: "Now he is bold, you know, he got a treasure recently!"

"Baby, what baby?"

"It's a tiger whisker! Cui Wanshun was lucky when he went up the mountain to hunt some time ago, and he caught six South China tiger whiskers!"

Hearing that Cui Wanshun had hunted the South China tiger whiskers, Li Danian couldn't help but open his mouth in surprise. As an old hunter, he knew that South China tiger whiskers were amazing. On both sides of the male tiger's nose and on both sides of the left and right lips, there were three very long tiger whiskers. These six tiger whiskers were said to cure all diseases, so they were worth a hundred gold. However, this hundred gold tiger whisker was not easy to get, and he had to get it before the tiger died. Otherwise, if the tiger died and his body got cold, the six tiger whiskers would be broken into powder one by one, and it would be worthless at all.

Li Danian knew that even if he hunted for a lifetime, he might not be able to hunt a tiger, and a tiger was the king of beasts. Even if he died, his eyes would widen.

At this moment, Li Danian came to the front yard with a smile on his face and met the matchmaker. He said that if Cui Wanshun really hunted the tiger whisker, he could betroth his daughter to him, but the premise was that Cui Wanshun must bring the tiger whisker and let himself verify the authenticity before getting married! The matchmaker immediately agreed.

The next day, accompanied by the matchmaker, Cui Wanshun came to the door with a delicate box containing the six tiger whiskers. Li Danian held a silver needle in his hand, dialed the tiger whiskers around, watched for a long time, then used a small piece of knife to cut a little bit on one of the tiger whiskers, then took a copper basin, added hot water to the copper basin, and put the little tiger whiskers into the basin. Suddenly, the hot water in the copper basin turned blood red!

At this time, Li Danian said, "This tiger whisker is real!" Hearing Li Danian say it was real, Cui Wanshun wiped the cold sweat off his forehead and let out a sigh of relief. After appraising the tiger whiskers, Li Danian also put his heart into his stomach. With these six valuable tiger whiskers, Cui Wanshun's daughter can be counted on in the future.

Next, Cui Wanshun and Lotus exchanged the eight characters of birthday and made an appointment. Half a year later, Cui Wanshun chose a good and auspicious day and married Lotus into his house. After marriage, the two of them loved each other and lived a harmonious and beautiful life.

On this day Lotus went back to her mother's house, but not long after, she ran back in a hurry. Seeing his wife's anxious face, Cui Wanshun hurriedly asked what was going on. Lotus wiped the sweat on her face and said that after she returned to her mother's house today, she found out that her father Li Danian had been sick for several days, and she found several doctors, but she couldn't tell what the illness was. Lotus said, "Father is so sick, it seems that he needs to use half a tiger whisker for treatment!" After saying this, Lotus kept urging: "Wanshun, where is the tiger whisker, hurry up and take it out!" When he heard that his father-in-law was going to use the tiger whisker for treatment, Cui Wanshun hesitated for a while. Seeing this, Lotus said angrily, "Cui Wanshun, do you want to give up your tiger whisker? Say something nice, this tiger whisker, do you want to take it or not? "

Cui Wanshun's face was as red as a lantern, and he muttered, "Lotus, you, listen to me, I, I am not reluctant, but, but..." "But what?" Lotus refused to forgive. Cui Wanshun gritted his teeth and told the truth: "My six tiger whiskers are fake!"

Cui Wanshun told Lotus that because Li Danian disliked his family's poverty at the beginning, he had hit a nail in the door to propose a marriage, and he was completely dead. Unexpectedly, one day three years later, Uncle Li, who often came to help carry water, pulled him and mysteriously asked him if he still wanted to marry Lotus. Cui Wanshun said of course, but what's the use of just thinking about it? Uncle Li said leave it alone, he has a way. Uncle Li pulled him into the house and gave him six tiger whiskers. Cui Wanshun also knew the value of tiger whiskers, so he said nothing. Uncle Li said: "These six tiger whiskers are fake, but they are made enough to be real. Then Li Danian is an old money fan. With these six tiger whiskers, you can go to the Li family to ask for relatives again, and it will be done."

Only then did Cui Wanshun have the courage to ask someone to go to Li Danian's house to ask for marriage. When Li Danian proposed to verify the authenticity of tiger whiskers, Cui Wanshun's heart almost jumped out of his chest. Fortunately, he finally got through it.

After hearing her husband finish, Lotus sat on the ground in despair. Cui Wanshun hurriedly stepped forward to help his wife, then stomped his feet and said, "Let's go, let's go to your house. I'll explain the reason to my father-in-law, ask him for forgiveness, and then I'll take out all my savings to treat his illness!"

The two hurried to Lotus's house. When they arrived at Li Danian's bed, Cui Wanshun knelt down and explained the reason. He said he was willing to take all his savings to see his father-in-law.

Hearing his son-in-law finish speaking, Li Danian got up from bed, helped Cui Wanshun up, and laughed. Cui Wanshun was extremely surprised: "Father-in-law, is your old man's illness cured?" Li Danian said to himself, if I don't pretend to be sick, when will your fake tiger beard be exposed?

It turned out that Li Danian was very anxious when he saw his daughter getting older and older. He remembered Cui Wanshun, who had proposed marriage back then. Since he had met this young man several times when he was hunting, he thought this young man was very good. But he thought he had rejected the poor family because he disliked them at the beginning. How could he bring himself to find them now? So he found Nanzhuang's real-world friend Li Wantong, who was also the old man Li who Cui Wanshun often helped carry water, and asked him to help him. He personally made six tiger whiskers and handed them to Li Wanshun, who encouraged Cui Wanshun to propose marriage.

Of course, Li Danian couldn't say what was on his mind. He said with a haha, "When I see that your younger generation has ambition, I am happy, and most of my illness is cured!"

Sending away his daughter and son-in-law, Li Danian told his wife the truth, and then sighed: "It's really difficult to find a son-in-law, and you have to secretly add firewood yourself!" Li Shi couldn't help but laugh and scold: "Damn, old man, who made you fascinated! If you didn't add firewood, our daughter wouldn't be an old girl!"

Li Danian knew what Li Shi said, otherwise he didn't need to use "tiger whiskers" to fish for his son-in-law! But then again, since he married his daughter, he thought it would be impossible to do nothing like this, and he had to burn the fire again, so he had to pretend to be sick. It was not until his son-in-law promised to get the real tiger whiskers that he breathed a sigh of relief. In fact, it doesn't matter much if you can't get tiger whiskers. The key is that young people can't be confused all day long, and they have to have ambition, which is the most important thing!