In the Song Dynasty, there was a county magistrate in Zhaoxin County, surnamed Chen, who was from Taiyuan, Shanxi. She was nearly 50 years old. She had a daughter named Chen Lanlan, who looked like a crown jade, slim and beautiful, and was like a fairy. Since childhood, she has been able to read and write, play piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, and is very good at everything. Chen Zhixian regards it as the pearl in his palm.
It was a poor county with few shops and a depressed market. Chen Zhi County pearl in the palm of his hand easily refused to be allowed to marry others.
In the autumn of this year, one day Lan Lan and the maid were playing in the back garden when they suddenly saw the servant jujube holding a bamboo pole to beat jujube in the garden, and the purple-red jujube trees fell to the ground one by one. The jujube dropped the bamboo pole and picked up the big purple jujube one by one. While eating, she carried it in her arms. Seeing the scene, Lan Lan blurted out: Jujube beats, jujube falls, jujube is happy. Lan Lan blurted out the upper couplet, feeling very satisfied, and wanted to make the lower couplet, but after thinking about it for a while, she didn't come up with it, and was so angry that she was sullen.
At dinner in the evening, Chen Zhixian saw at a glance that his daughter was in the mood, so he quickly asked, and asked several times in a row. Finally, the maid said that the young lady was blurting out the first couplet for the afternoon garden, and she could not think of the second couplet for a while and was displeased. Chen Zhixian knew that her daughter was a competitive girl, so she didn't dare to fight. Unexpectedly, the young lady was sullen for a few days in a row, and she actually became ill with hard thinking and became bedridden. At that time, Chen Zhixian was in a state of confusion, and he discussed with the lady what to do. Or the lady had an idea and said, " The daughter is also old and not young, so it is better to take this opportunity to post a list. If someone can make the second couplet and cure the young lady's heart disease, the elderly will be rewarded with gold and silver, and the young will be recruited as a good son-in- County Magistrate Chen also felt that this method was feasible, so he posted the list at the intersection of Zhaoxin County Street early the next morning, and there was an endless stream of onlookers. There were indeed not many people in Zhaoxin County, and there were many people who came to see the list, but none of them dared to reveal the list.
Chen Zhixian saw that the young lady's condition was getting worse day by day, and she was so anxious that she sighed all day, like ants in a hot pot, so anxious.
Until the evening of the fifth day, there was a child whose surname was Wang Xiao, and his surname was Wang Xiao. He was fifteen years old this year, and there was an old lady in her sixties at home, and the family was very poor. But Wang Xiao was naturally smart, so he relied on going to the city to sell fish and shrimp every day. He eavesdropped on the windowsill of the school and learned many words, and he could also memorize many poems. After Wang Xiao sold the fish, he saw that many people had been watching something for a few days and were still discussing, so he squeezed into the crowd. Seeing that Zhang Bang recruited people to renew the coupon and gave gold rewards and silver, but the son-in-law, who was a good son-in-law, could not recognize it. After reading the coupon, he thought for a while and reached out and took off the list.
As soon as the guard's yamen saw that someone had revealed the list, he didn't care about it, so he brought it back to the yamen first. When the maid next to the lady heard that someone had revealed the list, she hurried to the lady's boudoir to report. The lady heard that the list was of a young man when she was ill, and wanted to see the young man. She had no choice but to stay in bed for many days and couldn't get out of bed for a while. She had to send the maid to inquire about the details and ordered not to omit every detail.
The county hall was full of people inside and out, and Chen Zhixian sat upright, solemnly trying to test the talent of the person who revealed the list. Unexpectedly, the yamen brought only a stinky child into the hall.
Chen Zhixian asked: Did you open the list? Wang Xiao took the list out of his arms and said, "It's me. Chen Zhixian saw the child in the majestic lobby without fear, thinking that the newborn calf is not afraid of tigers, and the toad wants to eat swan meat.
Wang Xiao had never been to the lobby, and he didn't know the depth. Seeing that the master took the board and thought it was a lobby procedure, he said: The surname is Wang Mingxiao, who fish and touch shrimp in Donghu Village, is fifteen years old this year, and there is an old mother in her sixties at home. Seeing that the hairy child was completely indifferent, Chen Zhixian replied seriously, he really didn't know whether to cry or laugh, and asked again: What ability do you have to dare to reveal the list? Seeing that the master looked down on him, Wang Xiao tilted his head and glanced at the lobby, and hugged his arms: Isn't that just the next link? It's a piece of cake. Chen Zhixian Road: The list says that the elderly will give gold and silver rewards, and the young will be recruited as a good son-in-law. You are neither old nor young. A hairy child, who should you be? When Wang Xiaoyi heard that the young man was going to be recruited as a good son-in-law, he took a breath of cold air and thought to himself: Yes, I'm not old, but I should be considered young, but the daughter of the county master is golden branches and jade leaves, and I heard that he is twenty, can you marry me? Wang Xiaoyi regretted it, regretted why he didn't ask the unrecognizable son-in-law at the beginning, if he knew that it was a son-in-law, I wouldn't dare to kill him. But then he thought again: he had removed this list, and the corner of the stage has to sing if he doesn't sing. If he loses his butt and leaves, doesn't this old man say that I'm here to make trouble? Forget it, slips and falls are all falls, go ahead and talk about it. So he straightened his chest and said, "Of course it's younger gear! But to recruit me as a son-in-law, I have to ask my mother if she agrees or not. Wang Xiao's words made him burst into laughter.
As soon as Chen Zhixian saw that this kid was bold and stubborn, he also liked it for three points. He thought it was much better than those sour scholars who bit words, but how could he marry this young lady like flowers and jade to this hairy child? He thought again: After being poor for a long time, he has not seen his real ability! It's better to embarrass him with the real book and let him not retreat. So Chen Zhixian said: Don't talk about gossip, you can come to the next couplet. Wang Xiaoxiao was not in a hurry and said with a wishful eye: Let the calf let the calf, the calf jumps, and the calf is happy.
Chen Zhixian took a deep breath and thought that the next link was neatly matched. It seems that this young man is extraordinary, but I don't know if he made the next link himself, so he said: What happened to these four 'calves'? Wang Xiaodao: The first 'calf 'is the youngest son of our village's uncle Niu's family. He is also fifteen years old this year. His nickname is 'calf', and the second 'calf 'is the little flower cow. One day, the calf was putting on the little flower cow, and the little flower cow jumped and jumped when crossing the ditch. The calf looked funny and laughed happily. Wang Xiao explained this, and the onlookers in the hall cheered in unison. Chen Zhixian also lost his mouth and followed suit.
Just as Wang Xiaoxiao sent out the next couplet, the maid had already run to the young lady and reported everything to the young lady. The young lady was also a little angry when she heard that it was a teenager.
But I heard the maid say that this Wang Xiao is young and mature, and the next couplet is good, winning the applause of the whole house, and the master also said it is good. The lady weighed in her heart: jujube beats jujube, jujube falls, jujube is happy; calves put calves, calves jump, calves are happy. She couldn't help but say to herself: Good connection, neat. Miss Lan Lan sat up and asked the maid to take the four treasures of the study, and wrote: The Milky Way hangs high for nine days, the immortal world is divided into two sides, the cowherd and the weaver girl are separated from the river, and the magpie is at the expense of the fairy bridge. The cowherd waits for a whole year, and they only have one day with each other. There are lovers and children who become family members. Although Lang is a cow and his wife, he doesn't mind. After writing, she handed it to the maid and said: "If the maid came to the lobby and listened to Wang Xiao and the master returned your words to me.
The old man said: Although you have some skills, your age is too old. When Ganluo, a young man at the end of the Warring States Period, became the prime minister at the age of twelve, Who in the Manchu Dynasty refused to accept it? This made Chen Zhixian speechless.
The maid handed it to Wang Xiao, and Wang Xiao looked at it and asked the maid, Miss, do you want you to bring a message? The maid nodded, Wang Novel: Please rest assured, Miss Wang Xiao will never miss the appointment. After Wang Xiao left, Chen Zhixian ran to his daughter's room to see that her daughter was much better, and was very surprised, thinking: Could it be that her daughter's marriage is destined? Chen Lanlan saw her father's face and said, "I heard that this Wang Xiao is very smart, and he can recite poems against him just by eavesdropping. If he wants to be well cultivated, he will make great achievements in the future. In the future, Wang Xiao will not dislike me when he grows up, and that will be a blessing.
After his daughter's suggestion, Chen Zhixian suddenly became much more enlightened, so he asked his daughter what it meant to write poetry? Lan Lan said: I asked him to meet me on the seventh day of July and make a reservation for life. Chen Zhixian asked: Why? Lan Lan said, "There are only four days on the seventh day of July. If he borrows money to raise money and buys a betrothal gift during these four days, then he is just an ordinary person and has nothing to love. If there is no marriage proposal or betrothal gift, this person can become a great thing.
Chen Zhixian was puzzled and asked, "Why? Lan Lan said, because my poem explained the time of the meeting, and at the same time it also showed that I am not poor. On the seventh day of July, Wang Xiao did not go out of the lake to fish, but changed into clean clothes to see Lan Lan. When the two met, they couldn't help but be taken aback. Wang Xiaoxin thought: There is really a woman like a fairy in this world, and no matter how you look at it, they can't connect their marriage. Wang Xiaoyue looked at it, and the more he felt that Chen Lanlan looked like a husband and sister. Lan Lan thought that the child in front of him was like his own younger brother, fishing and touching shrimp, the wind and the sun were blowing, and the skin was so black that it was like rolling into the charcoal pile. Without blinking your eyes, you didn't think there was still someone in the charcoal pile. It was his eyes that made people see extraordinary.
Chen Lanlan joked: The teenager was originally a black tiger star. He was born in a pot house in the middle of the night, but the pot house did not light up at all, and he was covered in pot navel ash. Wang Xiaoyi smiled and casually replied: When my mother was in the mill, she put it in the white noodle tank, pulled off three feet of white silk cloth, and wrapped it in a jade gum bed. Chen Lanlan heard that and felt respect in her heart. When Chen Zhixian heard that, he was so happy that he stretched out his thumb, thinking that Wang Xiao was talented and wise. If he was well cultivated, his future would definitely be great.
Just as he was talking, he heard a noise outside the house. Chen Zhixian called the yamen to ask, only to find that there were many people crowded outside the door to watch the fun, asking what happened to Wang Xiaohe and Miss. This Chen Zhixian is also a straightforward person, and he asked the yamen to tell everyone that his Chen family would never breach the contract and accept Wang Xiao as his son-in-law.
It is said that at the end of that year, Chen Zhixian married women according to local customs and separated them. Three main rooms were built next to the county yamen, two wing rooms, and a small courtyard was enclosed to take over Wang Xiao and his mother. Chen Zhixian invited a gentleman to Wang Xiao. Wang Xiao lived up to the painstaking efforts of the lady and her father-in-law, and was admitted to the Pan Xiucai in a township examination at the age of 18. Chen Zhixian also completed the house for Wang Xiao and Lan Lan. Wang Xiao was 22 years old, and later worked in Zhaoxin County for three years. Because of his integrity and integrity, he was deeply loved by the people. The people gave him an umbrella from the people, and the later officials reached the second rank. The husband and wife loved each other and grew old.