During the Yongzheng period of the Qing Dynasty, there was a scoundrel named Zhang Qi in the capital. Zhang Qi was fierce and lazy, often fighting and stealing chickens and dogs, so his clan elders despised him very much. Even his parents and sister were afraid of being implicated by him and wanted to poison Zhang Qi to make the house cleaner.

Zhang Qi didn't know anything about this. He still went out to gamble every day, and sometimes he didn't even go home for a month. Therefore, his parents did not have the opportunity to poison him. One day, Zhang Qi was wandering on the street when he suddenly saw a beautiful girl sitting in an exquisite oil wall car, followed by a few maids, walking slowly.

Zhang Qi walked in and saw that the curtain of the oil wallcar was still rolled up high, and the girl inside was beautifully dressed and as beautiful as Chang'e in the painting. Zhang Qi stared at the girl and was reluctant to blink. At this time, the girl suddenly spat out a betel nut from her mouth, put it in her hand, and then stretched out her palm to let the sun shine on the betel nut.

Seeing this, Zhang Qi couldn't help himself. He grabbed the girl's wrist and swallowed the betel nut in the girl's hand. Zhang Qi was so brusque and beautiful, but the girl was not angry at all, and she even nodded at Zhang Qi and smiled slightly.

Seeing this, Zhang Qi was so happy that his soul flew away, and he followed the girl's oil wall car non-stop. But at this time, the speed of the car suddenly accelerated, and Zhang Qi tried his best to catch up, but he couldn't catch up, so he had no choice but to give up melancholy.

On the way home, Zhang Qi happened to pass Zhang Qi's sister's house. Zhang Qi was sweating and hungry after chasing the car, so she went to her sister's house for dinner. Zhang Qi's sister remembered her parents' instructions to poison her younger brother, put poison in the food, and then brought it out to Zhang Qi to eat.

After Zhang Qi finished eating the poisoned food, he suddenly felt strong nausea, and then vomited and spit out all the food he had just eaten. After vomiting, Zhang Qi felt weak all over, so he held on to his body and staggered back home.

Zhang Qi's parents asked Zhang Qi why she was so listless, and Zhang Qi told the truth, and her parents said, "Then have some more dinner and go to bed." Zhang Qi's parents cooked food for Zhang Qi, and put poison in it, and let Zhang Qi eat it again. After Zhang Qi finished eating, he began to feel nauseous and vomited again, and he had no energy, so he had to drink some water and go to bed.

In the middle of the night, someone suddenly pushed the door into Zhang Qi's bedroom. Seeing that it was the beautiful girl she met during the day, Zhang Qi couldn't help but be overjoyed and jumped up from the bed, ready to hug the girl. However, Zhang Qi thought about it, during the day, the girl's gorgeous clothes, sitting in a carriage, and accompanying maids should be the daughter of a big family; but how could the daughter of a big family come to my house alone at night? Could she be a ghost and want to hurt me?

Before Zhang Qi could speak, the girl knew what he was thinking. The girl said to Zhang Qi, "I'm not a ghost, if you hadn't met me during the day, you would have died today!" Zhang Qi asked in surprise, "What do you mean by that?" The girl said, "You threw up after eating two meals today, do you know why?"

Zhang Qi replied, "I don't know, I'd like to hear about it!" The girl said coldly, "That's because your parents and sister hate your usual rascal behavior and are afraid of being implicated by you, so they poisoned you in the meal and wanted to poison you to death!

When Zhang Qi heard the girl's words, he suddenly realized, but he liked the girl's beauty, so he said to the girl, "Thank you for your rebirth, I have no way to repay it, and I am willing to be happy with fish and water!" The girl was suddenly angry when she heard it, and she angrily scolded Zhang Qi and said, "Ask yourself, your parents don't treat you as a son, and your sister doesn't treat you as a younger brother. What face do you have to do such a thing with me!"

Zhang Qi woke up from a dream: Yes, his closest parents and sister are going to poison him, what's the point of living? Thinking of this, Zhang couldn't help but burst into tears, and she was in pain. Seeing this, the girl smiled and said, "It seems that you still have a heart of repentance, and you should be able to change your past! I tell you, there are three hundred taels of silver buried under the locust tree in front of your house, you can find an opportunity to take out the silver, do business, don't be disengaged, and be filial to your parents!"

Zhang Qilian nodded in gratitude. The girl then said, "I don't have the fate to share the bed with you, please show some respect. But in the future, my sister will marry you as your wife. If you treat my sister better, you can repay me!" After saying that, the girl said goodbye and left.

Later, Zhang Qi dug up three hundred taels of silver under the locust tree. He was grateful to the girl for saving his life, and changed his past mistakes. He used three hundred taels to go into business, and later became rich, which impressed everyone. Zhang Qi's parents were also very happy when they saw that Zhang Qiyi change his past misdeeds, and asked someone to tell him about the marriage.

On the night of the bridal chamber, Zhang Qi found that the bride's appearance was as beautiful as a fairy, just like the girl from before, so Zhang Qi told the bride about the past when the girl saved her life. The bride listened to the recollection and said, "I heard that when my father was young, he had a relationship with a fox fairy and gave birth to a daughter. Later, the fox fairy and the daughter disappeared. Could it be that the woman you mentioned is the fox fairy sister I have never met?"

The story ends here, but I think this girl is more like an actor hired by Zhang Qi's parents. The silver was also buried by Zhang Qi's parents, with the purpose of making up a story to make Zhang Qi change. Otherwise, they really poisoned Zhang Qi. How can a chewed betel nut detoxify it?