Dong Yong buried his father and went to work at Fu Yuan’s wife’s house three days later. Along the way, his heart was in pain, his brows were furrowed, and he kept sighing. As I was walking, I saw an old locust tree in front of me and an earth temple under the tree. I wanted to sit down here and have a rest.
Just as Dong Yong was about to sit down, he saw a girl with simple clothes and beautiful appearance walking towards the old locust tree and standing beside him.
Dong Yong was a little embarrassed. After a moment of silence, the girl spoke first: "Where is this eldest brother going?"
"Go to the servant's wife's house to work hard."
"Seeing how honest and loyal the eldest brother is, why? To do hard labor in the Fu family?"
"I am a poor person. My father passed away and I couldn't afford to bury him. The servant loaned me money to bury my father. Now I have to sell myself to pay off the debt and have to work hard for three years. Ah!" Dong Yong finished speaking and sighed.
"Brother is really a miserable person, even more miserable than me, little sister!" the girl said, shedding tears.
"Why are eldest sisters sad?" Dong Yong asked.
"My mother died and my father married a second wife. My stepmother wanted to sell me to a businessman as a concubine, but I escaped, so I was sad."
"Both of us have a hard life. Such a person!" Dong Yong sighed.
"The little girl is homeless. I wonder if the eldest brother will take her in and marry her for a hundred years?"
"The eldest sister is gone." Dong Yong said hurriedly, "You and me?" How can we get married privately if we are strangers, with no instructions from our parents, and no advice from a matchmaker!"
"Why should I be stubborn, brother? If you think there is no matchmaker, please ask this old locust tree to be a matchmaker, and ask the land master to be a matchmaker. How about officiating the marriage?"
"How can the old locust tree be a matchmaker? How can the land master be the matchmaker?" Dong Yongyong asked incomprehensively.
"You can ask the old locust tree three times: Are you willing to be a matchmaker for the Seventh Sister and Dong Yong? If the old locust tree agrees three times, it means you are willing. After asking the old locust tree, ask the Earth Master again. "
So Dong Yong stepped forward and asked the old locust tree: "Old locust tree, old locust tree, are you willing to be a matchmaker for us?"
The old locust tree suddenly said: "A fairy matches a virtuous man, and the happiness is unparalleled in the world. I am willing, I am willing!" Dong Yong asked three times in a row, and the old locust tree answered three times.
Dong Yong went to Tu Tu again and asked: "Lord Tu Tu, are you willing to marry us?"
Lord Tu Tu said: "A fairy matches a virtuous man, a pair of golden phoenixes. I am willing. , willing!"
Dong Yong asked three times in a row, and Tu Tuye answered three times.
That night, Dong Yong and the Seven Fairies got married under the old locust tree.
Dong Yong married the Seven Fairies, and they both went to work at the Fu Yuan’s maternal home. Because the original sale contract said "no worries", now a woman appeared out of thin air, and Mr. Fu deliberately made things difficult and refused to take her in. After repeated pleading, Fu Yuanwai agreed, but put forward a harsh condition: Dong Yong and his wife were required to weave ten pieces of cloud brocade that night. If they could weave it, the three-year long-term labor would be changed to a hundred days. If they could not weave it, they would not be able to weave it. After three years, add another three years. The Seven Fairies readily agreed, but Dong Yong was extremely anxious.
In the evening, Dong Yong sat in front of the lamp with a sad face, thinking: Not to mention ten pieces of cloud brocade can be woven in one night, even one piece can't be finished! If you can't weave it, it will take three years of long work. After that, three more years will be added. The more he thought about it, the more terrible he felt, and he secretly complained that his wife had agreed to Yuan Fu's conditions. But the Seventh Fairy was not anxious at all. She told her husband to go to bed peacefully, saying that she had her own way.
In the dead of night, the Seven Fairies lit up a stick of "hard incense" given by the sisters when they came to earth in the house. The fairies in the sky smelled the fragrance and knew that the little sister had encountered difficulties in the world, so they immediately came to Fu Yuan's wife's house. After listening to the little sister's story, they started working together. These skilful girls in the sky, fairies who are good at weaving, had woven ten pieces of colorful brocade before dawn.
The next morning, Dong Yong was surprised and happy when he saw these ten beautiful brocades. He thought that his wife must be a fairy! They carried ten pieces of brocades and sent them to the owner, including Fu Yuan. He was so surprised that he had to reduce the three-year construction period to a hundred days.
After the expiration of the term, the couple happily returned to their home. Only then did the Seven Fairies tell Dong Yong that she was a fairy from heaven and descended to earth, and that they were going to have a baby. Dong Yong was even more happy after hearing this. From then on, the couple, the man farming and the woman weaving, loved each other and lived a happy life.
Later, the Jade Emperor in heaven finally found out that his youngest daughter had married Dong Yong in the mortal world, and he couldn't help but became furious. He ordered the messenger to come to the human world and deliver the imperial edict that the seven fairies must return to heaven at three quarters at noon. If there is any disobedience, heavenly soldiers and generals will be sent to arrest and question Dong Yong, and his body will be smashed to pieces.
The bells in heaven rang, and it was three quarters past noon. In order to prevent her husband from being killed, the Seven Fairies had no choice but to bid farewell to Dong Yong in pain under the old locust tree where they fell in love.
Dong Yong cried to heaven and earth, grief-stricken.
He stepped forward and asked the old locust tree: "Old locust tree, old locust tree, you said that we are a fairy and a virtuous man, and our happiness is unparalleled in the world. Why do some people insist on separating us today? Old locust tree, why don't you speak!"
But that old locust tree, even if you call it a thousand times or ten thousand times, it will not respond and turns into a dumb piece of wood!
Dong Yong knelt on the ground again. The man in front of the temple shouted: "Lord Tutu, Lord Tutu, you said that we are a pair of golden phoenixes and you are willing to marry us. Why do some people insist on forcing her back to heaven now? Grandpa Tutu, you want to Make the decision for us!"
But the smiling old man with a white beard did not even dare to say a word and became a mute!
When parting, the Seven Fairies shed tears. He made an agreement with Dong Yong: "In the coming year, when the peach blossoms bloom, I will give you the child under the shade of the locust tree." After saying this, he was captured by the evil god.
Dong Yong took a few steps forward to catch up and fell to the ground.
A loving couple was cruelly separated.
Seven Fairies