Chapter 378 Joe Girl

Qiao's daughter in Pingyuan County, with an ugly face and a lame nose, is 25 or 26 years old and still not married. There was a Mu Shusheng in the county. He was in his forties. His family was poor. His wife died early and he was alone, so he married Qiao's daughter. Three years later, she gave birth to a son. After a while, Mu Shusheng died of illness, and his family became poorer and poorer. It was quite difficult for Qiao Nv to raise the child alone. In desperation, she went to her mother's house for help. My mother was indifferent and refused to help. Qiao Nv returned home sullenly. Since then, she has been self-reliable and no longer relies on others, spinning and weaving to make a living.

It happens that there is a Meng Sheng who is widowed and lives alone. He has a young son named Wutou under his knee. He is just one year old. He lacks breast milk and has no one to take care of him. I was eager to find a spouse and blind dates several times, but I didn't like it. I happened to hear that Qiao's woman is virtuous, so she came to propose marriage. Qiao's daughter did not agree and said, "I know that after marrying the prince, I can have no worries about food and clothing, and I have been moved. But I'm ugly, and the only thing I'm confident about is my good conduct. If you marry a prince, you will not be chaste. If you have one daughter and two husbands, I can't do this.

When Meng Sheng heard this, he admired Qiao's daughter more and more. He asked the matchmaker to prepare a generous gift and went to Qiao's house to propose marriage. Qiao's mother was very happy and personally persuaded her daughter to remarry. Qiao's daughter didn't listen. Her mother couldn't force her, but she was greedy for the gift money and planned to marry her youngest daughter to Meng Sheng. Meng Sheng only had Qiao's daughter in his heart and refused.

Soon after, Meng Sheng fell ill and returned to the west, and Qiao Nv went to the house to mourn. Meng Sheng had no relatives in his life. When he died, the scoundrels in the village came to loot the family property and secretly planned to divide Meng Sheng's land. The servants in the family were even more malicious. They took advantage of the fire to rob, steal property, and scattered birds and beasts. Only one old girl is loyal and holds Meng Sheng's son in the mourning hall.

When Qiao Nv learned the story, she was indignant. She heard that Lin Shusheng and Meng had a good relationship, so she came to visit and asked him for help. She said, "Couples and friends are the most people. My poor concubine is ugly and despised by the world. Only Meng Sheng can know me. Although I rejected him before, I have already regarded him as an acquaintance in my heart. Now that Meng Sheng is dead and his youngest son is left unattended, I can't ignore him. But it's easy to take care of children, but I can't resist scoundrels. As a good friend of Meng Sheng, the prince saw that his family property was taken away and his youngest son was humiliated. How could he not be saved? Please write a complaint to express your grievances for the deceased. I am very grateful to the concubine. As for raising orphans, I dare not refuse to bear it. Lin Shusheng said, "Okay." When Qiao Nv saw his promise, she said goodbye and left.

Lin Shusheng was entrusted by Qiao Nv and was preparing to write a piece of paper. When the scoundrels heard the news, they were furious and came to the door with a knife and threatened to settle accounts with the scholar. Lin was so scared that he closed the door and dared not go out. Qiao Nv was waiting for a reply at home. She didn't make any progress for a few days. She asked someone to inquire about it. She learned that Meng Shengtian's property was not an inch left, and she had been divided up by the scoundrels for a long time.

Qiao Nv was full of anger and went to the government to complain alone. The county magistrate asked, "What do you have to do with Meng?" Qiao Nv said, "Your excellency is the head of a county. You only need to be fair when handling cases. Why do you ask about the origin? If I open my mouth, I will punish you; if what I say is false, you should uphold justice and capture the culprit. Seeing her speak rudely, the county magistrate was unhappy and ordered her to be expelled.

Qiao Nv had a grievance and couldn't help crying. When a gentry heard about this, he couldn't bear it, so he complained on her behalf. The county magistrate ordered a thorough investigation, took the detainers, and ordered him to hand over the stolen goods. After going through twists and turns, I finally got revenge.

After this incident, someone persuaded Qiao's daughter to stay in Meng's mansion to raise orphans; Qiao's daughter refused, closed the door of Meng's mansion, and took the black head home with the old woman to take care of her. However, all the needs for daily use of black head are taken from Mengfu. You can clean yourself and don't get any benefits. Carefully raise his own son, be poor and self-sufficient, as usual.

After a few years, Wutou gradually grew up, and Qiao's daughter hired a gentleman for him to teach him knowledge; as for his own son, he was ordered to work in agriculture. The old woman advised her, "Why don't you let the two children study together?" Qiao Nv said, "The cost of studying in Wutou is what his father left before his death. I can't take advantage of this advantage of teaching his children to study with other people's money."

In a blink of an eye, a few years have passed. During this period, Qiao's daughter managed the land for Wutou, saved hundreds of stones of grain, married a lady for him, repaired the house, added furniture, sent the couple home, and separated.

Wutou sincerely invited her to go back together. Her words were sincere. Qiao Nv couldn't bear to refuse and nodded obediently. But it is still spinning every day, and it doesn't cost a penny. The black-headed couple didn't want her to work hard and took away the spinning wheel. Qiao's daughter said, "If my mother and son eat and drink for nothing, how can we be at ease?" He got up early and went to bed late, made some property for the black head, and asked his own son to inspect the crops and help with the work.

Qiao Nvzhi's family is strict. If the aconied couple is slightly wrong, they will be reprimanded. A few days later, Wutou was admitted as a scholar. Qiao Nv resigned again. Wutou did not allow it and paid to marry Qiao Nv's son. Qiao Nv saw that her son had married and could no longer stay in Mengfu, so she ordered him to go back first. When Wutou knew this, he knew that he could not keep him. He bought a hundred mu of fertile land nearby and gave it to Qiao Nv.

Soon after, Qiao's daughter was ill and asked to return home, but Wutou didn't listen. A few days later, Qiao's condition became more and more serious, and she knew that her fate was not long ago. She said, "After I die, I must be buried in the Mu family cemetery." The black head is perfunctory, but he has other plans in his heart.

Not long after, Qiao died of illness. Wutou had long regarded her as her biological mother and wanted to bury her with her father. He was also worried that Qiao's son would not agree, so he secretly sent him a lot of silver taels. Qiao's son accepted silver taels and was happy to be a favor without objection.

On the day of the funeral, the coffin was very heavy. More than 30 people worked together and still couldn't lift it. At this moment, Qiao's son suddenly fell to the ground and bleed. He said to himself, "No Xiaoer, how can you sell your biological mother?" The black head knew that it was Qiao Nv's manifestation. He was dissatisfied with the funeral of her. He knelt down and prayed and repented. After praying, Qiao's son recovered immediately. Wutou did not dare to neglect. He respectfully sent Qiao Nu to the Mu family cemetery and buried with Mu Shusheng.