During the Guangxu period of the Qing Dynasty, there was a Lin Yuanwai in Jiangbei, Wenzhou, with many fields and tens of millions of wealth. There was a daughter named Qiongying outside Lin Yuanwai, who was born with beautiful looks and was smart. The husband and wife of the foreign member cherished her more than the baby.

There was a long-term worker in Lin Yuanwai's house, Xu Axing, who was loyal and honest, had a good character, and had a lot of power. He worked non-stop in the dark early in the morning, and everyone praised him for his hard work. Once, the gold and silver jewelry in the lady's building was stolen by thieves, and it was thanks to Ah Xing's fast hands and feet that he recovered the goods. There was a seven- or eight-year-old son outside the yuan named Yulang. Once he fell into the water by the river after school, Ah Xing rushed to jump into the river to rescue him and carry him back to the house. In this way, Qiongying was very grateful to Ah Xing. As the days went by, she looked at Ah Xing more and more.

The Meng Hall where Yulang studied was quite far from home, and the road was slippery on rainy days, so the members were not at ease, so they often asked A Xing to pick them up and drop them off. Qiongying secretly taught Yulang to call A Xing brother-in-law. When A Xing heard it, his face was as red as Guan Gong. He thought, how could he have this blessing to be worthy of a daughter, and if the members heard that he would be scolded, he would tell Yulang not to bark in the future. As for Yulang, he is used to calling him brother-in-law every day.

The lady only thought that Ah Xing wanted to live and climb up to Qiongying, but she didn't expect that when she asked Yu Lang, she knew that Qiongying taught him to call. The lady was angry and asked her daughter if that was the case. Qiongying blushed, lowered his head, and said softly, "Mom, Ah Xing is a good person, I like him." The lady said, "There is no tile on Ah Xing's head, and there is no rice stalk under his feet. You will suffer with him."

Qiongying said, "I'm willing to beg for food with him." Madam usually dotes on her daughter. Thinking of Ah Xing's hard-working and obedient, she said, "Mom is willing, I'm afraid your father won't."

The lady told the outside party about it, and the outside party lost its temper. The dignified daughter went to marry a long-term barefoot worker, and she was not a good family, and she had a bad reputation. She also let Grandfather down! But the daughter liked it and couldn't refuse it at once. He bullied Ah Xing poor, and let out a tone: "Hehe! Toad also wants to eat swan meat. If you have the ability, take out five taels of gold as a betrothal gift, but if you can't take it out, die as soon as possible!"

The maid passed the words from the outside to the young lady. After listening to it, Qiongying thought about it for half a day and came up with a way. These days, it happened that the house needed paint to make a wardrobe stool table, so she secretly said to Ah Xing, "My father knows about you and me, and he wants you to take out five taels of gold as a dowry. Come to Wenzhou in the Ming Dynasty to buy four taels of paint, and give it to my father in person, so that you can paint the wardrobe stool table. Listen to me in the future, don't worry."

The next day, Ah Xing bought four taels of paint and gave it to the staff: "This is four taels of paint, please put it away." The staff said casually: "Okay, you give it to Madam, and ask her to tell the paint master to paint the wardrobe stool table."

After a few days, the wife asked her aunt to be a matchmaker. Take out the silver and tell A Xing to buy fish, meat, red dates, peanuts, longan, lotus seeds six gifts. Qiongying also taught him a set of words.

The aunt accompanied Ah Xing to send the dowry, and the staff was very angry: "I have something to say first, I don't have five taels of dowry money, don't even think about making an appointment!" A Xing said: "Didn't I give you the dowry money?" Outside the staff stared: "Where did you get the dowry money?" At this time, Qiongying came out from behind the screen and said: "Dad, Ah Xing has been a long-term worker in my house for three years, and the five taels of dowry money has been given to you long ago." The staff said: "Nonsense, a long-term worker is a long-term worker, and the dowry money is a dowry money; the bridge returns to the bridge, and the road returns to the road!" Qiongying said: "A Xing clearly gave it to you in person. Dad is old, maybe he forgot." The more the member talked, the angrier became: "You short-lived, how can you forget the five-tael dowry fee?" "Dad won't forget, do you dare to go to the court to explain it clearly?" The member jumped three feet high: "It's the other way around, it's the other way around, my daughter is going to file a lawsuit with my father, will the seniors lose to the lower generation?" Qiongying said: "I'm afraid my father won't dare to speak in the court!" Even the beard outside the member was so angry that it trembled: "What are you talking about, I dare not speak? Go, go and see the official immediately!" Just like this, the husband and wife, aunt, Qiongying and A Xing came to the county yamen together.

The drums were beaten three times, and Hu Zhixian rose into the hall. Outside, the magistrate rushed to tell the first one that his daughter was unfilial and insisted on marrying a long-term worker, so he asked the eldest master to make a decision. Hu Zhixian turned to Qiongying, and Qiongying said, "I like the long-term worker A Xing, and it was my father who promised the marriage." The magistrate asked her what proof she had, and Qiongying said, "My father said that A Xing took out the five-tael betrothal fee and promised the marriage. If you can't take it out, don't think about making an appointment." The magistrate asked the magistrate if he had said this, and the magistrate nodded and said, "I refused to accept this marriage at that time, but I said this." The magistrate asked again, "Did A Xing give you the five-tael betro

The staff said, "No."

Ah Xing said, "Master, I handed over four taels of paint to the staff half a month ago."

Hu Zhixian asked the staff member, "Did Ah Xing give you four taels of paint?" Lin Yuanwai remembered the four taels of paint used to paint the wardrobe stool table, and immediately reported: "Yes, I asked A Xing to give the four taels of paint to my wife for collection. The magistrate asked the wife of the staff member, and the wife said, "I received the four taels of paint from A Xing."

Qiongying hurriedly said, "Master, you have heard it with your own ears. My parents admitted that they received four taels and seven taels. This is obviously the marriage promised by my father. I beg Master to make the decision for my little daughter!"

Hu Zhixian thought about it, you are really greedy for money, you have received four or seven taels of dowry money, and you only need three money, so you have to rely on marriage, which is too unreasonable. Immediately mentioned the red vermilion pen and wrote four poems, and the court pronounced the sentence: The long-term worker of the thousand gold has become a confidant, and the bride price is five taels; if you only lack three money, don't worry about it, the county court sentenced two marriages!

When the outside staff heard it, they knew they were fooled. This marriage was sentenced by the county master, so naturally they did not dare to disobey, so they had to marry Miss Qianjin to the long-term worker Xu Axing.