Chen Xiu was 30 this year,and he was a poor scholar who had no other strengths except for a stomach full of sour and rotten knowledge.The family had only two acres of thin fields,which were taken care of by his mother,Aunt Xu,who was over 60 years old.Who would have thought that he had recently married a beautiful lady named Bai Zhen,who looked weak,but after passing the door,he did all the farm work.People all regretted that there was really a flower inserted in the cow dung.

Strange to say,the villagers talked about family affairs on weekdays,and found that no one knew the origin of Bai Zhen.Asked Aunt Xu,where is this daughter-in-law,and no one from the mother's family came on the day they got married,Aunt Xu said:"God has favored our orphans and widows.The day before yesterday,my son passed by the stream at the head of the village and found a wooden board floating on the stream.There was a girl sitting on the board.After asking,I found out that the girl was from Qingyan Town,thousands of miles away.Due to the flood in her hometown,she leaned on the board and floated on the river for three days and three nights,and happened to be rescued by my son.Do you think God gave me the daughter-in-law of the Chen family?"Such anecdotes are unheard of,and the villagers are amazed.

In response to Aunt Xu's words,Bai Zhen was really a lucky star.Since she entered the door,Chen Xiu seemed to have a head start,picked up the book and studied hard,determined to get a reputation next year.

The good times didn't last long.One day,a Taoist priest passed by the Chen family and came in to ask for water.Seeing Bai Zhen from the gate,he was stunned for a moment,then pulled out the peach wood sword at his waist,pointed at her and shouted angrily,"Evil!"

Bai Zhen ran into the house trembling,and the Taoist priest wanted to step forward to take her,but was blocked by Aunt Xu.The Taoist priest said anxiously,"Auntie,get out of the way,this fox spirit is not shallow,if you don't get rid of her,your son will be sucked dry by her little by little,and finally eat his heart and liver!"

Aunt Xu was stunned for a moment,Chen Xiu rushed out,picked up the broom at the bottom of the wall and drove people:"Where did the mad Taoist come from,full of nonsense!"

The Taoist priest left unwillingly,and for a time rumors spread in the village.The villagers were talking behind their backs,no wonder the Chen family's daughter-in-law was not as beautiful as a real person,it turned out to be a fox spirit!

As rumors spread,Aunt Xu gradually became less enthusiastic about Bai Zhen than before.Although Aunt Xu gradually became suspicious of her daughter-in-law,she did not show it on her face.

The weather turned cooler.I don't know if it was a cold wind,or if I studied too hard,Chen Xiu fell ill.

Chen Xiu was lying on the bed with a sick face.Bai Zhen was feeding him medicine when suddenly a woman from the same village pushed the door and broke in.

The old woman pinched her waist with both hands,raised her thin eyebrows,looked Bai Zhen up and down,and said,"Yesterday my chicken coop was thieves,and the hearts and livers of more than a dozen chickens were eaten.I heard the movement and went to the yard to see what a big blue-eyed silver fox was.I took the opportunity to pick up the rake at the root of the wall and hurt its leg.The fox turned around and ran away when it saw that the situation was not good.I saw it limping and running in the direction of your house!"

Aunt Xu's heart drummed,and she said with a straight face:"What fox,we have never seen it!"

As if nothing had happened,Bai Zhen lowered his head and fed Chen Xiu the medicine.While Bai Zhen went to the yard to fetch water and wash dishes,Aunt Xu sat by her son's bed and whispered to him.

"Mother,don't think too much..."Chen Xiu's face was full of disbelief.Aunt Xu held down her son's hand and instructed again and again:"Just listen to the mother,take a good look at her at night."

At night,listening to the even breathing of the people next to him,Chen Xiu remembered what his mother had said to him during the day.In the end,she was no match for suspicion in her heart,so Chen Xiu propped up half of her body and gently lifted a corner of the quilt.Through the weak candlelight,Chen Xiu saw that Bai Zhen's right leg was wrapped in gauze and there were traces of blood oozing!Chen Xiu was so frightened that she lay straight back on the bed,eyes open and sleepless all night.

Bai Zhen usually has to do farm work and wait on Chen Xiu in bed.She is too busy to touch the ground.The strange thing is that she is not tired and haggard at all,but more and more radiant.

Her son had been ill for a long time.Coupled with the rumors in the village,Aunt Xu completely showed a bad face."I thought it was a good marriage from God,but I didn't expect it to be a lost star!"

Bai Zhen's eyes were red and she explained,"No,mother,listen to me."

Aunt Xu pushed her:"Since marrying you,my son has not stopped taking bitter medicine for a day,and he said it wasn't you who took it!"

Chen Xiu was wrapped in a quilt and sat by the bed without saying a word.After he knew that Bai Zhen was a fox demon,he was afraid of her in his heart and did not dare to get close to her.

Bai Zhen endured her mother-in-law's pushing and pushing,protecting the medicine bowl with both hands to prevent the juice from spilling.Seeing her protecting the medicine like this,Aunt Xu asked,"Why do you care so much about this medicine?"Then she woke up,"Did you poison it?"

Chen Xiu broke out in a cold sweat,and he had been sick for a long time,so she must have done something to the medicine.He was really blind,and for more than a year,the fox demon that wanted to harm him was sleeping beside his pillow!Thinking of this,Chen Xiu was on the verge of collapse.

Aunt Xu was about to snatch the medicine bowl from Bai Zhen's hand,and Bai Zhen turned around,and Aunt Xu threw herself empty and fell to the ground.This scene broke Chen Xiu's last string,and he shouted violently,jumped from the bed,grabbed the scissors in the needle and thread box,and stabbed Bai Zhen straight into the heart…

Bai Zhen did not take any precautions,the sharp blade went into her chest,and she was in the center of the room.Bai Zhen endured the severe pain,looked at the indifferent mother-in-law,n at her ferocious husband,squeezed out a bleak smile,and said to herself,"You saved my life back then,but now that I have returned it to you,it will be over."

At this time,a figure flashed into the house,and it was actually a Taoist priest who came to his house half a year ago to ask for water.

The Daoist hurriedly squatted down to look at Bai Zhen's injury,and there was no more breath.The Daoist sighed at Chen Xiu and said,"I'm doing a sin!"The Daoist tore open the gauze on Bai Zhen's leg and saw that the wound was neat.

The Taoist priest closed his eyes in regret:"Silver Fox's flesh and blood is a good medicine for tuberculosis.It was she who used her own flesh and blood as medicine and mixed it with medicine to feed you,so that you can live to today."

It turned out that the Taoist priest was kicked out that day and did not leave.He was afraid that Bai Zhen would harm others,so he borrowed a house in the village and quietly observed Bai Zhen.

After half a year,the Taoist priest found that Bai Zhen was not a fox demon,but came to repay her kindness.When she was still a fox,she had been saved by this scholar,and now that she had achieved great cultivation,she had turned into a human being to repay her.The Taoist priest was impressed by the benevolence of this fox demon and decided to let her live.He was about to leave the village today,but such a tragedy happened unexpectedly.

Aunt Xu's gaze was scattered and she murmured,"She was saving my son..."

Chen Xiu woke up like a dream,hugging Bai Zhen's cold corpse and crying.

However,the bad consequences have been cast,and a good relationship has been buried.

No silver fox in the world was willing to sacrifice his flesh and blood to continue his life.Chen Xiu's condition worsened day by day,and it didn't take long for him to die on the couch.