During the years of Song Taiping and Xingguo, there was a poor scholar named Lv Mengzheng outside Luoyang. Because the poor have no tiles and no land. Had to live in a broken kiln.

Although he is poor, he never forgets to study hard day and night. On that day, he met Kou Zhun, a scholar in Huayin, Shaanxi. They hit it off and went to the city together. When they came to a house in East Street, they saw many people looking up at a stage decorated with lanterns. After careful inquiry, it turns out that this is a rich Mr. Liu who wants to throw colored balls for his daughter and choose a husband. They dare not dream, just stop and watch the fun.

Without much effort, I saw several maids, surrounded by a girl of seventeen or eighteen, coming to the stage. She raised her eyelids and looked around, took the hydrangea handed by the maid, mumbled something and threw it to the audience. It rolled in the crowd like the wind. People in the audience, like crazy, crowded and hugged each other, trying to grab hydrangea. I'm afraid the ball landed in Lv Mengzheng's arms. Planting flowers and flowers is indeed intentional, but it is unintentional. Lv Mengzheng quickly lifted his torn blue and wrapped the hydrangea.

Soon, Mr. Liu's family came and invited Lv Mengzheng to Liu's living room. Seeing that he was a poor scholar in rags, Mr. Liu studied him from top to bottom and left and right for a while, then frowned gradually, and turned to his daughter Yue 'e and said, "There are many rich children in the official family. How can you beat a beggar-like person without fighting?" Why don't you give him some money and let him go?

Never thought, my daughter Yue E lowered her head and said softly, "What Dad said was thoughtless. How can you call yourself poor and cheap, because it's all providence. Since he has the ball and thinks that my life should be like this, I would rather marry him, my daughter. "

After listening to his daughter's words, Mr. Liu unconsciously moved his mind and pretended to be angry and said, "You girl, you are really ungrateful. Since you are not afraid of not giving a penny, if you don't regret it, go with him at once! "

Yue-also unambiguous. As soon as her father said this, she immediately took off the gold and silver jewelry on her head and the satin clothes on her body. No matter how her mother and brother persuaded her, she left home with Lv Mengzheng and walked out of the city without looking back.

That night, she and Lv Meng got married in a hurry in the cold kiln, and only Kou Zhun and several poor neighbors came to congratulate her. Lv Mengzheng used to eat well by himself, but now he is a family, so things are not so simple. He thought about it, but he had no idea. Later, I came up with a clumsy plan to write letters to city people every day or make copies to earn some money. When I earn money, I will buy some rice noodles to take home and let my wife cook with some wild vegetables. He eats two meals a day, but he has to go to Longmen Temple to fast.

One day, he heard the rice bell ringing in Longmen Temple. When he got to the temple, the monks had already eaten. The old monk said, "What a scholar! To put it bluntly, monks eat eighteen squares and you eat nineteen squares! There is an old saying in the temple,' A full house of monks is tireless, and there are many laymen'. You are not a monk! "

Lv Mengzheng listened to flushed, tongue-tied, couldn't say a word. The old monk didn't stop, and then said, "Scholar, you are full of talents in vain. Why don't you go to Beijing to be an official and eat fast food in the monk temple all day? " Let's go! Do not come to the temple again. "

Lv Mengzheng returned to the cold kiln in shame and annoyance. When he saw the broken pots and tiles on the ground, his wife didn't greet him as happily as before, but sobbed with a runny nose and tears. Only after asking did I know that it was the first time that Mr. Liu, the old father-in-law who had never been to his home, came and wanted to take his daughter home. His wife didn't leave. He was angry and smashed a broken casserole and two bowls for eating in a rage.

The couple are sad and helpless. Suddenly someone outside the kiln said, "Is Lu Xiandi at home?" Say, I saw Kou Zhun came in. Seeing them like this, Kou Zhun asked, "Did the brothers and sisters quarrel?"

Lv Mengzheng said, "No, the temple didn't ask me to fast again, and my father-in-law wanted to take my daughter back. When your sister-in-law refused to leave, he got angry and smashed all the pots and pans. We are worried about the future! "

Kou Zhun said, "Oh, have something to say. What are you doing smashing things? But god never shuts one door but he opens another, so don't worry, brother. I just met a good friend in the street, and now he is rich. I heard that I was poor and gave me a hundred taels of silver. " Kou Zhun said from the pocket glistening silver. "This year is a big year. I think we should leave two hundred and twenty for our siblings. Let's go to Beijing to catch the exam! If you can find a part-time job, this hard life will come to an end. "

Lv Mengzheng was overjoyed and thanked Kou Zhun. He left twenty taels of silver to settle Liu Yuee and went to Beijing with Kou Zhun.

Lv Mengzheng and Kou Zhun scrimped and saved all the way to Beijing. In order to save money, I found a temple to live in, day and night, just studying hard. On that day, they entered the examination room, and their fate changed with real talent and learning. After three games, they all won, and Lv Mengzheng also won the first prize. So, they went back to China together, and each went home to build a grave to worship their ancestors. One went to Huayin, Shaanxi, and the other went to Luoyang.

At this time, it is not what it used to be. It wasn't a kiss, it was a kiss. Sanliwu Village, outside the city, I heard that Lv Mengzheng, a poor scholar who sells words in the street and drives fast in the temple, won the first prize. Which one is not here to curry favor with him?

On this day, Lv Mengzheng took his wife Yue to Longmen Temple to burn incense. When the old monk heard that the champion was coming, he had already cleaned the temple spotless and had been standing outside the temple gate waiting for him. Many neighbors heard that Lv Mengzheng had been to the temple.

Dalbergia odorifera also came to join in the fun. He and his wife came to the temple, burned incense, worshipped Buddha and played around the temple.

Lv Mengzheng said to the old monk who accompanied him, "I feel very ashamed. If you hadn't rung the doorbell after dinner, if I hadn't gone to Beijing to take the exam, I wouldn't be here. "

When the old monk saw the old story mentioned, he immediately said in horror, "It's not the old monk's fault! This is ... "Just then, a man came to report:" Lord Kou has arrived. " Lv Mengzheng thought, why did Kou Zhun go back to his hometown so soon and build a grave to worship his ancestors? Hurriedly rushing out. When they sat down in the hall, they began to talk and had a good talk. Kou Zhun said; "Have you seen Mr. Liu? What happened? "

Asked, "which member Liu? '

"Dongjie Liu urged the real Liu to be a foreign minister."

Lv Mengzheng said: "The other day, his young master came to worship me with a gift, and I was rudely driven away."

Hearing this, Kou Zhun said, "My dear brother, you made a mistake. He is a great benefactor to you and me! "

"He is heartless to me. What benefactor is he? "

Kou Zhun said, "My dear brother, you only know one thing, but you don't know the other. You still don't know! I came in a hurry before I finished my family business, just for this matter. " Then I told the whole story again. He said, "That year, my sister-in-law hit you with a hydrangea on the colorful building and invited you into the house. Teacher Liu thinks you are a talented person, but he is more careful. He is afraid that once you become a rich son-in-law, you will covet ready-made wealth, make no progress and delay your studies. That's why I deliberately fell out with my daughter and drove you away. I hope you study hard and make progress. Who knows that after you get married, you will sell words in the street and drive fast in the temple. Although life is hard, you are not angry. So the old man went to the temple and told the monk to break your fast and humiliate you. I smashed your pots and pans in the cold kiln again, which aroused your ambition. He found me and gave me one hundred and twenty pieces of silver to accompany you to Beijing to take the exam. He took great pains to help you and me secretly. If he is not a big benefactor, what is it? "

He Yue woke up from a dream and said guiltily, "We are so ignorant! We really misjudged his dad. Not only thank you, but also make a good confession. Let's apologize tomorrow! "

Kou Zhun said, "No! Do it before it's too late. The villager came today, so we invited his old man to come over. You will plead guilty to him, explain the previous situation in public, thank him for his painstaking efforts, and brush away his grievances. " Hearing this, Mr. and Mrs. Lv Mengzheng agreed very much, so they invited Mr. Liu together. Since then, the saying that "I only know one, but I don't know the other" has spread among the people.