Lin Xiangfu is a northern man with a well-off family. He lived a lonely life after losing his parents. One day, A Qiang and Xiaomei, who claimed to be brother and sister, came home. A Qiang told Lin Xiangfu that they came from Wencheng in the south and their parents died. He had to go to Beijing first, leave his sister here first, and then pick her up when he has settled down.
In the contact between Lin Xiangfu and Xiaomei, Lin Xiangfu found that Xiaomei was clean and capable, and most importantly, she could make the loom left by her mother creak again, so he chose to marry Xiaomei. Just when Lin Xiangfu thought he could live happily with Xiaomei, one day Xiaomei left him and took away almost half of the gold bars she had accumulated after she left.
From then on, Lin Xiangfu fell into endless waiting, missing, regret and anger, and he also began to learn a woodworking craft. Just as he was about to accept the matchmaker's suggestion and marry another daughter-in-law, the woman named Xiaomei came back pregnant.
Although Lin Xiangfu was very angry, he saw Xiaomei's bulging belly and accepted Xiaomei. But just after Xiaomei gave birth to a baby full moon, Xiaomei left again.
When Lin Xiangfu found out that Xiaomei had left again, he exchanged all his possessions for a silver ticket, held his infant daughter, and turned around and went south to look for Xiaomei.
However, there is no place called Wencheng. Lin Xiangfu knew that the place names they said were false. Maybe they are not brothers and sisters at all. However, according to their accents, Lin Xiangfu came to a place called Xixi Town with her daughter in her arms. After that, with the help of others, she settled down in Xixi Town and opened a wood shop, looking for it while waiting. It was not until 17 that he was killed by bandits.
Originally read here, for Xiaomei, I have a very strong anger, but when I read the story of Xiaomei and A Qiang, I don't have any hatred.
Xiaomei, A Qiang's child bride, came to A Qiang's home at the age of ten. A Qiang's family runs a darning shop in Xixi Town. Although Xiaomei is smart, hardworking and kind, because of her status as a child bride, she lives carefully for fear of being sent back to her parents' home if she slips. Even if she is so humble, she was forced by a strong mother-in-law after helping her brother (because her father-in-law is a door-to-door son-in-law, she has been afraid to resist her mother-in-law for decades, but because of Xiaomei, her father-in-law and A Qiang are fighting for it.
I think A Qiang loves Xiaomei, so while her parents-in-law are away, A Qiang decided to betray her parents, take away half of her savings, take Xiaomei out of her parents' house and elope with them.
They came to Shanghai together and lived comfortably for a period of time. I'm going to Beijing to find an uncle I've only heard of. However, the farther north they go, the more confused they are. When they came to Lin Xiangfu's home and saw Lin Xiangfu's well-off family, A Qiang started his own plan and described Xiaomei as his sister.
When Xiaomei and Lin Xiangfu lived together, A Qiang waited for Xiaomei not far away. When Xiaomei left Lin Xiangfu for the first time, on the way south, Xiaomei found herself pregnant, and A Qiang even decided to treat the child as her own. When Xiaomei decided to send her children back to Lin Xiangfu, A Qiang still chose to support her.
When Xiaomei left Lin Xiangfu for the second time, they chose to go back to Xixi Town, so when Lin Xiangfu took the children to Xixi Town to inquire about them, they knew. Xiaomei is very entangled in her heart. For Lin Xiangfu and her daughter, she is missing and guilty.
In fact, what Lin Xiangfu didn't know was that all the clothes he received from young women were made by Xiaomei, the child's mother. Xiaomei died in the snow near him when he passed by the temple with her child in her arms to pray. In fact, he is always in the same place with Xiaomei and their daughter. He often took their daughter to the Western Hills, so close to her grave, even after Lin Xiangfu's death, when his servants dragged him.
These are two stories full of love and waiting, love and missing, love and seeking, love and betrayal, but at the same time they make people feel sorry, pity and admire, and they are also stories that people can't hate and hate.