During the Northern Song Dynasty, there was a scholar named Jiang Ping in Suzhou, who talked casually and informally. One day, he and two students went to visit Bianjing, which was far away from home. All the way, he only cared about the scenery, but missed the hotel. When the three of them walked to a village called Tao Village near Jinggi, it was already dark, and the weather was not beautiful, and it started to rain. The three hurried to a gate building to take shelter from the rain. Jiang Ping stepped forward to push the door, and the second student stopped him: "Brother Jiang, if the master blames you for knocking on the door rashly, what should I do?"

Jiang Ping smiled and said loudly: "This is my Yuezhang house, what's the harm of my son-in-law knocking on Yuezhang's door?"

Just at this moment, two doors of vermilion paint suddenly opened, and an old man came out from inside. It turned out that the old man's surname was Tao, and he was taking a nap in the toilet. He heard Jiang Ping's words clearly and asked, "Who did you say the old man was his husband-in-law?"

Jiang Ping consciously lost his words, his face was red, and he bowed his head and was speechless. When Tao Yuanwai saw this scene, he already knew it well, so he said to the second student: "If you don't dislike it, please come to the humble house for a while. This scholar is already my son, and unlike the guests, you don't need to come in and guard the door for the old man for the time being." Tao Yuanren entertained the second student at a banquet for the time being.

Let's talk about Jiang Ping being locked outside the gate, thinking about the gaffe of just now, the boss is not interested. Alone, he was very snubbed, thinking of walking away in one breath, but the rain was heavy and the sky was dark, so he was timid and had to swallow his breath and wait patiently.

After about two hours, the rain gradually stopped, and the moon flickered in the clouds. Jiang Ping thought to himself, "Xueyou only cares about yourself, I might as well leave them and go away."

At that moment, someone at the door suddenly whispered, "Don't go." Jiang Ping heard this and replied, "I understand." After a while, he heard the door whisper, "Some things are handed out, you can pack them up." Jiang Ping thought to himself, the two of you rubbed the old man's meal in vain and took other people's things, which is really deceiving.

At that time, I saw two things "flapping" on the wall. When Jiang Ping walked up to look, it was two burdens. When he mentioned it, it was very heavy, and he stretched out his hand to pinch it.

Jiang Ping thought to himself, this can't be blamed on me for being unjust, and just carried the burden on his shoulders. After walking about twenty steps, looking back, two people jumped off the wall. Jiang Ping guessed that it was two schoolmates, but he didn't stop. Jiang Ping walked in front, and the two behind were not in a hurry, just slowly following behind.

After doing this in the middle of the night, when the sky was clear, the two people behind him caught up. Jiang Ping looked back and couldn't help but be surprised. The two people in front of him were not his schoolmates, but two young women. One girl was dressed with a small face like a fairy; the other maid was dressed and looked very obedient and clever.

Jiang Ping led the two into an inn, saying that the husband and wife went up the mountain to worship Buddha and burn incense. When they passed by this place, the shopkeeper believed it and prepared food for the three of them to eat. Jiang Ping asked the girl about her origin, and the girl said, "My surname is Tao, and my nickname is Xiao'e. I am the daughter of Tao Yuan in Tao Family Village, and my mother is Wang. I was betrothed to the Hu family in my hometown as a marriage when I was young. How can I not marry Hu Gongzi, who is idle and does not do his job properly, and grows up to be a chicken breast behind a pot? I don't want to marry him. But my father's order is difficult to violate, and I can only wash my face with tears every day. It just so happens that I have a cousin named Wang Jin, who is young and beautiful. I agreed with him to elope tonight. For some reason, I didn't see him echo during the day. At night, I suddenly heard my father come in and shout, saying that there was a young man in front of the door, who said that this was his husband-in-law's house. I thought to myself that the person I had made an appointment with must have arrived. I hurriedly packed up the jewelry and silver taels, led the maid Cui'er as my company, and came out over the wall. When I saw you walking away with your backpack in front of me, I thought it must be my cousin, but I was afraid that others would see it, so I didn't dare to approach all the way. Now I don't dare to go back,

Jiang Ping was overjoyed when he heard the words, and thought to himself. Could it be that God gave me a beautiful girl because of a joke I made? This marriage is really destined!

At this time, Jiang Ping was also hesitant: If Xiao'e and Cui'er were rashly brought home, their parents would surely be puzzled; if they were not brought home, where would they be allowed to live? As the saying goes, people are quick to make sense, and he suddenly thought of Ruan Dashan.

Ruan Dashan was originally a son of a rich family, but because his family was in a fire, all his property was reduced to ashes, so he had to beg for a living with his wife. Seeing his pity, Jiang Ping took out 50 taels of silver from his family and gave it to Ruan Dashan, asking him to do a small business in order to support his family. Unexpectedly, the business became bigger and bigger, and now he has become a famous wealthy merchant in Suzhou.