2 Qiao Sanjuan

During the Xianfeng period of the Qing Dynasty, there was a wealthy Qiao family in Nanmazhai Village, Dingzhou, Hebei Province. The head of the household was Qiao Huang, who once served as a Taoist official. Later, he retired and returned to his hometown. Huang had three daughters and no children. He had a grandson named Qiao Jingde. How could he have any grandchildren if he had no children?

Why? Why is this so?

There is a son of a poor family in Qianying Village, four miles away from Mazhai, named Lu Yuanqing. In his early years, his grandfather and father went bankrupt due to smoking. His grandfather and father died successively. Lu Yuanqing and his mother depended on each other, earning a living by collecting firewood and doing part-time labor.

Although he has passed the age, he still has not married a wife.

On the first day of the Mid-Autumn Festival, after Yuanqing entered the city to sell firewood, it was noon and he was about to return. It suddenly rained heavily and kept raining for a long time. Yuanqing took shelter under the city gate. Although he had the money to sell firewood, he was reluctant to buy it.

After eating to satisfy his hunger, he endured hunger and returned home when the rain stopped in the evening. The rain stopped, but the sky was still gloomy and not clear. It was getting dark, Yuan Qing was walking on the muddy road, and suddenly he saw a light shining in front of him. He looked carefully and saw ten feet away.

There was a man carrying a lantern who was walking forward. He was shouting and waiting slowly, hoping to use the light to walk along.

Yuan Qing quickly chased after the lantern holder. When he got close, he saw clearly that the lantern holder was wearing embroidered shoes and a pink cheongsam. She was a young woman. However, the young woman was covered with a red gauze scarf and had flowers in her hair and a bun. It was difficult to distinguish her face. Yuan Qing could not tell her face clearly.

The female companion wanted to stop, but she was very close and had no choice but to talk to her, "Sister, it's already late, why are you walking alone?" The female replied, "I went out to visit a relative, and when I came back, it rained, which delayed my time, so I left late.

." The woman looked back and asked, "Are you Lu Yuanqing from Qianying Village?" Yuan Qing was startled and thought to himself: Who is this woman? How do you know my name? She couldn't help but feel tight in her heart. The woman seemed to understand Yuan Qing's thoughts and explained.

"I am a native of Nanmazhai, and you happen to be traveling with me from the neighboring village." Hearing the woman's words, Yuan Qing calmed down a little. He originally wanted to ask her about his wife, but instead he thought, it is inconvenient for men and women to travel together, so why bother?

Asked, he followed the light and walked silently.

After walking for about two miles, a large well suddenly appeared in front of him. The mouth of the well was more than six feet long. Huh! On the fork in the road? Yuan Qing was shocked and looked carefully. This was the big well in the north of Nanmazhai Village. Yuan Qing was familiar with this place. This well irrigated hundreds of acres around it.

Field. This spring, a woman drowned herself in a well. The woman who fell into the well was Qiao Huang's youngest daughter, named Qiao Sanjuan. Yuan Qing recalled the scene of working at Qiao's family this spring, and vividly saw before his eyes that Qiao Huang had three daughters. The eldest daughter and the second daughter were already married.

Only the younger daughter Sanjuan is unmarried. Sanjuan is beautiful, with a pink face and peach blossoms, willow eyebrows and almond-shaped eyes. A red mole on the hall between her eyebrows makes her more handsome and charming. Qiao Yuan is not confused when she is young, but because she has no children under her knees, she sees Sanjuan.

Juan is like the apple of her eye, so she leaves Sanjuan to look for a son-in-law. When he heard that the little daughter of the Qiao family was looking for a son-in-law, there was an endless stream of people coming to visit her to say goodbye. Qiao Yuanwai selected a good son-in-law among the crowd and chose a good day to marry Sanjuan. After the marriage, Sanjuan and

The new son-in-law fell in love with each other, and the relationship was good. Unexpectedly, the beautiful scenery did not last long. A hundred days after the wedding, the new son-in-law was kidnapped by bandits when he entered the city. The bandits offered three thousand taels of silver and the beauty Sanjuan in exchange for him. Qiao Yuanwai angrily refused, and the new son-in-law was voted out.

After hearing the bad news, Sanjuan cried bitterly. After the death of her husband-in-law, Qiao Yuanwai was eager for her grandson. Seeing that Sanjuan was not pregnant, she wanted to find another wife. Sanjuan would rather remain a widow than remarry. One day, the father and daughter had an argument over this, and Qiao Yuanwai

She became angry and slapped Sanjuan in the face. Sanjuan was so angry that she rushed out of the house and ran to the well and drowned herself. When everyone saw her, they hurriedly went down the well to rescue her, but there was no trace of Sanjuan in the well. They washed out the water in the well, but she was still missing.

Sanjuan's body was found dead, and its whereabouts were unknown. Everyone was shocked by this strange thing.

How could Yuan Qing not be afraid when he saw this well? He was frightened and said: "The road is bad, please go back and find another right path." However, the woman didn't think so, raised her hand, hung the lantern on the branch of the tree beside the well, and opened it.

She wore a gauze scarf, revealing her true face, and said with a smile: "Who do you think I am?" Yuan Qing saw this girl with pink face, peach cheeks, willow eyebrows and almond-shaped eyes, and a red mole between her eyebrows. Ah! It was Qiao Sanjuan who drowned herself in a well!

Yuan Qing was horrified, screamed loudly, and fainted on the edge of the well.

In the haze, Yuan Qing woke up and saw Sanjuan reaching out to pull him up and comforting him: "Brother Yuan Qing, don't be frightened. I won't hurt you. I see you are hungry. Please eat with me first and then say goodbye."

." Yuan Qing was in a trance, feeling that his body was as light as a leaf. He joined hands with Sanjuan and floated into the well. When he fell to the bottom of the well, he felt that his eyes were dark. After walking about a few hundred steps, he saw a bright spot in the distance, shining like a star. The two of them

Running towards the bright spot, the bright spot becomes bigger and bigger. When I get closer, I see the lights here are as bright as day, the pavilions and pavilions are adjacent to each other, the long bridges and roads are lying on the waves, the fragrance of exotic flowers and plants is overflowing, and the beautiful scenery is dizzying.

People feel relaxed and happy.

Sanjuan brought Yuanqing into a side hall and was greeted by several maids. Sanjuan introduced: "This is my sister." She also said: "Sisters, please prepare a banquet for my brother to entertain him." After a while, the banquet was ready.

The table was filled with delicacies from the mountains and seas, wine and delicacies that Yuan Qing had never seen before in his life. Everyone was salivating and everyone sat down one by one. Yuan Qing was so hungry that he didn't wait to give in. He picked up the food with chopsticks and wolfed it down. Everyone at the table encouraged him to drink, and Yuan Qing raised his glass.

Drinking heavily, spilling wine on clothes, not caring.

Yuan Qing was full of wine and food, and was very drunk. He wanted to get up and say goodbye. Sanjuan advised: "It's getting late now. Why don't you sleep here and leave tomorrow?" Without any hesitation, Sanjuan took Yuan Qing with her.

Enter the dormitory.

The fragrance in the dormitory was lingering and refreshing. Yuan Qing and San Juan sat side by side on the gums. San Juan smiled and said: "I tell you the truth, I did not drown in the well. My brother and I belong to two realms. I was originally a maid of the Dragon King.

I escaped privately and was reincarnated in the human world, and now I am back. Our love in this world is not over. I miss my family so much tonight that I hurriedly went home to visit my parents. I saw my parents' faces were full of sorrow through the window. I regret that I should not have drowned myself in the well. On the one hand, I made my parents sad.

Secondly, there was no hope for the Qiao family to have children, and thirdly, it was difficult for me to repay the kindness of my parents in raising me. I did not dare to stay for a long time, so I returned with tears in my eyes. When I returned, I saw that my brother was hungry and trudging along in the dark. I couldn't bear it, so I specially held a lamp to shine for my brother.

road……"

Yuan Qing stood up, clasped his fists frequently and thanked her, saying, "Thank you, Third Miss, for your kindness, and thank you, Third Miss, for your hospitality." He no longer had any fear in his heart, and he completely believed what Sanjuan said.

Sanjuan smiled sweetly and said: "Brother, there is no need to be polite. Please sit down, I still have something to say from the bottom of my heart." Yuan Qing sat down again, and Sanjuan said: "Before I got married, my brother worked in my house. I saw that my brother worked in my house.

My brother is handsome, tall and strong, and he is honest and sincere in his work. I have already developed feelings for him. However, my brother’s family is poor and he is not a good member of my family. If I show love, my parents will definitely not allow it. How can I dare to go against my parents’ orders and become a matchmaker?

But I have intentions for my brother, but I dare not say anything..." He stopped talking and looked at him affectionately, Yuan Qing's heart suddenly beat.

Yuan Qing also revealed his innermost feelings. He confessed: "Third Miss, I worked in Qiao's family last year. I saw that Miss was beautiful and dignified, and she was kind to others. She did not dislike the poor and loved the rich. I had already fallen in love with the Miss, and I only hated the fact that my family was in decline and poor.

, I dare not reach high. On the day the lady got married, I cried secretly and silently blessed the lady. On the day the lady fell into the well, I was heartbroken alone. I was afraid of being laughed at, so I didn’t dare to show it in public..."

Sanjuan and Yuanqing's new and old love poured into their hearts, and they fell in love with each other. They suddenly embraced each other, fell to the gums, and went to Wushan...

In Yuanqing, he suddenly heard the rooster crow, and felt chilled all over. He suddenly woke up, bleary-eyed, and saw that it was bright. He was sleeping next to the well, with his head on the edge of the well and his braid hanging on the well wall. He hurriedly got up and looked around, but there was no hall.

The dormitory was full of green gauze tents and was lonely. Only a red lantern hung on a tree branch, the wax had burned out. He looked into the well and saw the clear water reflecting the shadow. He smelled the wine on the front of his clothes and the wine sprinkled on his clothes. The aroma of the wine was strong.

, Recalling the scene last night, he was still not satisfied. He shouted into the well: "Lord Dragon, return my three Juans, return my three Juans..." The cry echoed in the well, but no one answered for a long time. He wanted to throw himself into the well to find it, but then he

Si Lao Mu had no one to take care of her, so she had to get up and leave sadly.

When Yuan Qing returned home, his mother asked why he had not returned all night. Yuan Qing lied and said that he stayed in the city gate because of the rain and did not mention anything about the romantic encounter last night. Yuan Qing missed Sanjuan and was restless, so he went to Qiao Mansion.

He told Yuan Qiao what happened that night. When Yuan Qiao heard about it, he became furious and scolded Yuan Qing, saying: "Don't make up this bizarre story to deceive me. You are just trying to steal my family's property. How can I believe it! My daughter!"

If he becomes an immortal, how can he be friends with poor men like you?" Yuan Qing was frustrated and wanted to die to prove it.

From then on, Yuan Qing was depressed for a long time. When his mother saw him, she thought he was unhappy without a wife, so she went around looking for matchmakers. Although there were people who said they were relatives, Yuan Qing refused to see them. A few months later, Yuan Qing became ill due to depression.

He died due to ineffective treatment.

In the mid-summer of the next year, one morning, when Qiao Yuan was about to get up, he suddenly saw Sanjuan floating into the bedroom and said to him: "Father, I have come to tell you that I will ask you to go to the place where I threw myself into the well, and you will find a baby born to me."

." Qiao Yuanwai was surprised and asked: "Who are you born to?" Sanjuan replied: "Born to Lu Yuanqing of Qiantun Village." After saying this, Sanjuan turned around and disappeared. Qiao Yuanwai woke up with a start. It was just a dream. Qiao Yuanwai got up.

, doubtful, he came to the north of the village and suddenly heard the cry of a baby. He followed the sound and went to the place where Sanjuan threw himself into the well. He saw a swaddling baby under the tree. The baby inside the swaddling baby's cry was deafening. The members of the Qiao family were overjoyed and rushed forward to hug him.

rise.

Qiao Yuan returned home with the baby in his arms. He hurriedly called his wife and opened the swaddling clothes. It was a boy. The couple was overjoyed to have a grandson. They quickly hired a wet nurse to feed him. He got it near a well, so he named it Qiao Jingde. Jingde looked like Yuan Qing.
Chapter completed!