In the past, there was a young man named Du Dayang in Qianshan Villa. His parents died in an epidemic, and he was the only one left to live. Although Xiao Du was young, he was a loyal and honest person, and he was diligent and not afraid of hardship, which attracted praise from many people. Because he was poor, he couldn't talk about his daughter-in-law.

That day, there was nothing to do at home, so he decided to go to the back mountain to cut some firewood. He picked it up and came to the back mountain with a pick. After arriving at the back mountain, he found that he hadn't come for many days, and the dry firewood near was basically cut down, so he had to look inside.

Who knew that the trees were getting thinner and thinner as he went in, so he had to stop and look around to see if he could find some trees that were not good enough to cut down. However, the trees in the sparse areas of the village were thick and there were very few dry branches to cut down. What should he do? Go back, it's getting late. If you don't go back, there is no source of firewood for chopping. He is in trouble. Suddenly, he heard someone moaning. He looked around and found a man asleep on the edge of a rock not far away, where the voice came from.

Du Dayang thought to himself, how did this person sleep here? Could it be that he also came to find firewood and fell ill without finding a place to cut it? When people are in trouble, they should help, and as for firewood, they can not cut it for the time being. Thinking of this, he hurried to the person.

Du Dayang stood down. How could there be a woman in this deep mountain? He couldn't help but stand down and thought to himself, there is a woman sleeping there in the deep mountain. If I go to see, what if there is an accident with the lonely man and the widow? However, the woman's moans sounded again, as if she was specifically humming at him and wanted him to save her. Du Dayang hesitated for a while, but still went to see.

He came to take a look and was relieved to see that she looked like an old woman. He helped the old woman up and asked, "Auntie, why did you sleep in this deep mountain? What's wrong? What's wrong?"

The old woman did not move her eyelids, and while humming, "I'm from Shannan, I got lost and touched here, and I can't find my home. Brother, you have to save me."

Du Dayang said, "Okay, auntie, where is your house? I'll take you there." As he spoke, he chopped a branch to make a cane and handed it to the old woman.

"Where is this? Where is it?" The old woman took the crutches and asked.

Du Dayang gave the general direction, and the old woman said, "I understand, let's go here." With that said, the old woman pointed the direction to Du Dayang, and Du Dayang supported her and walked forward step by step.

After walking very far, the old woman sat down and said, "Brother, I really can't walk anymore. What do you think?"

Du Dayang looked around, chose a few wooden sticks, and made a shelf to drag the old woman. After walking for a while, the shelf broke again. Du Dayang said, "Old man, how far is it? I'll carry you."

The old woman looked around and said, "Can you do it? I guess it's still a mile or two away. Let me rest and go by myself."

Du Dayang said, "One or two miles? Not far, let me carry you. How did you get lost so far at such an old age?"

The old woman said: "When you get old, you forget the way. When you wake up in the morning, the sky is foggy, and you feel so far away without realizing it. Now it's hard to call you a little brother."

Du Dayang said, "People get old, it's normal to get lost, but in the mountains, if you meet tigers and wolves and bad guys, there will be problems."

The two talked while walking, and unknowingly they walked for a mile or two, and they really saw a small courtyard. At this time, the old woman said, "Brother, let go, I can walk these few steps."

Du Dayang put down the old woman and wiped his sweat. He saw that the old woman had already arrived at the door and shouted, "Girl, open the door."

The door opened with a creak. A beautiful girl walked out the door.

"Grandma, where did you go at dawn? I looked everywhere and you couldn't find it." The girl came to the mother-in-law and took her arm as she spoke.

"Girl, didn't you see the guests? Why don't you ask them to come in and rest." The old woman said.

The girl looked up and met Du Dayang's eyes. Both of them were stunned.

The girl said, "Why is Brother Dayang here?"

Du Dayang also recognized that it was a woman surnamed Yang from Zhuang Shang. When they were young, they played together, and then the family moved away, so they never met. How did she get here? Seeing that girl calling him Dayang brother, she blushed and said, "You… are you Xiuxiu How did you get here too?"

The girl said, "Let's go inside and talk about it."

The two of them came to the yard, but there was no one in the yard, only a crooked poplar tree, which was gently swaying its leaves by the wind, as if welcoming the arrival of a big cow.

The two entered the room and saw the old woman sitting on a chair. When they saw the two coming in, they smiled and said, "How about the little family I prepared for you?"

Dayang was stunned for a moment, then looked at Xiuxiu again, and his face turned red and said, "Grandma, I don't know if Brother Dayang agrees or not."

The old woman turned to Dayang and smiled and said, "Brother Du, I will find this wife for you as a reward for saving me.

Dayang's face also turned red, but he looked at his toes, coughed dryly, and was speechless.

The old woman laughed out loud and said, "You buried your parents in filial piety." Brother Du is hardworking and kind to help others. He is a good couple, but it seems that neither of you want to be together.

Dayang pounced, knelt on the ground and said, "Thank you, old man."

The girl knelt down and said, "Thank you, Grandma."

The old woman stretched out her hand to grab both of them and said, "Since you have no objections, this is your home, let's live here well. I'm leaving..."   As she spoke, she let go of their hands and turned to leave. The two of them chased outside, but there was no sign of her.

At this time, Xiuxiu told Dayang that her family moved to a relative's house in other places, and a few years later, there was a disaster there. After her parents died and she buried them, the people there wanted to bully her, so she ran away overnight, begging for food all the way to the back mountain. When she met the old man just now, she brought me here, said that her surname was also Yang, and asked me to call her grandma, and she was in charge of helping me find a husband...

Du Dayang thought to himself, who is this grandma Yang?...   Half a year later, he passed by the mountain temple and there was a statue of a god, very similar to that old woman.