During the Guangxu period of the Qing Dynasty, in Henglin Town, Changzhou, Jiangsu, there was a man in his forties named Xu. He was a boatman who was kind and helpful.

This summer, a woman surnamed Zheng passed away in the same village as Xu, and Zheng's husband had long since passed away. She had only one son, Li, who was a soldier in the Liyang military camp, and it would take five or six days to return.

At that time, the weather was hot. If he had waited for Li to come back and bury his mother, the body would have rotted long ago. Xu felt that he and Zheng were fellow villagers, so he paid someone to bury Zheng.

In fact, Xu's family was not wealthy, and he even borrowed some money from others to bury Zheng's family. After Zheng's son came back, he was very grateful to Xu, and Xu said, "We are all neighbors, so this is not a big deal."

A few years later, war broke out in Xu's hometown, and Xu's only daughter was kidnapped by soldiers. At that time, Xu was only nine years old. Xu came to Shanghai to escape the war and still earned a living by boating.

One day, the wind and waves were very strong. When Xu was driving a boat, he accidentally crashed into a big boat, and the glass window on the big boat was smashed. At that time, glass products were relatively rare and valuable items.

The owner of the big ship was so angry that he asked Xu , otherwise he would not let Xu leave. The money in Xu's hand was not enough to compensate at all, so he was very embarrassed and begged the boat owner if he could accommodate him and accompany him with less money.

Just as the two were arguing, a middle-aged man in gorgeous clothes on the boat came over and said a few kind words to Xu, and paid compensation on his behalf.

Xu hurriedly thanked the middle-aged man. The man scolded Xu and said, "You are so old, you should have been rowing for a long time, right? Why don't you take good care of your boat and hit someone's glass?" Xu replied apologetically: "I usually row on the mainland river. The wind and waves on the Huangpu River are too big, and I 'm not used to driving the boat, which led to this mistake."

The man listened to Xu's words, stared at Xu for a while, and then asked, "Old man, you live in Henglin Town, Changzhou, right?" Xu replied, "This old man is from Henglin Town, Changzhou." The man asked Xu's name again. Xu replied, "This old man's name is Xu Fubao."

Hearing this, the man hurriedly ran down from the ship, respectfully invited Xu to the ship, then knelt down to Xu and said, "You are my father-in-law and my benefactor. I am Zheng's son Li, and my wife is your long-lost daughter."

Xu hurriedly helped Li and asked him what was going on. Li then explained the reason to Xu in detail.

It turned out that Xu's daughter, Miss Xu, was abducted by rioters at the beginning. Because she was too young, she was not violated by the rioters. Later, Miss Xu waited for an opportunity to escape. After escaping from claws of the devil, Miss Xu wandered around and came to Li's residence.

By that time, Li had already become a general in the military camp. When he knew that the woman in front of him was the daughter of his benefactor Xu, he was grateful for Xu's kindness in burying his mother, so he married Xu.

After Xu and Li got married, she missed her father even more, so she told her husband to pay attention to finding his whereabouts. This time, Li was in Shanghai on a business trip and happened to meet his father-in-law, Xu.

Xu did good deeds all his life without asking for anything in return. Although he went through the twists and turns of being separated from his daughter, he finally met his daughter and son-in-law and was able to enjoy a happy old age. The old saying goes, "Do good and bring auspicious", "A family that accumulates good will have Yu Qing," which is the truth.