For a woman, the three things that cannot be lost in her life are money, beauty and thoughts. But there is such a woman, who obviously combines beauty, wealth and intelligence, but in the end she commits suicide with her treasure chest, leaving a sigh for future generations. She is Du Shiniang, the sad heroine in Feng Menglong's "Jing Shi Tong Yan".
Du Shiniang entered the brothel at the age of 13. Because of her natural beauty, she kept benefactors for seven years. "A pitiful piece of flawless jade, falling into the wind and dust in the flowers." But it is also because of his beauty that he is favored by the sons of Wang and Sun. It is estimated that he was younger than the pipa girl in the pipa line, "a red ribbon is unknown", so he accumulated such a rich wealth.
But she understands that this kind of life is not a long-term solution. She has to plan for the future and leaving is the best choice. The only way to leave is Congliang. Among the many princes and grandsons, she took a fancy to Li Jia. Li Jia is a rich second generation, official second generation. Born in a scholarly family, he is a noble family, and he has been pampered since childhood.
But because of Du Shiniang's love, Li Jia never thought of making progress anymore, spending a lot of time with Du Shiniang every day, and quickly spent all his money and even the clothes he carried with him. This is exactly what Du Shiniang meant. But the mother who raised Du Shiniang was very impatient, because Du Shiniang was her cash cow, and Li Jia was there, which blocked her way of making money.
So, Du Shiniang deliberately urged her mother to promise: As long as Li Jia can put out 300 taels of silver within ten days, she can redeem her for ten days. Li Jia couldn't borrow money, so he had no face to go back to see Shi Niang, and he wandered in the street every day. After Shi Niang heard about it, she took out 150 taels by herself. Du Shiniang was very mindful, and she was sitting on a treasure chest with ten thousand gold. She could directly take 300 taels to Li Jia to redeem herself, but she didn't.
The reason why she gave half of the money was to give Li Jia a hope and to test whether Li Jia really loved her and wanted to redeem her. Moreover, she is very clear that a relationship depends on the joint efforts and management of both parties. If our distance is 100 steps and I have walked the first 99 steps, then you must take the last step! Fortunately, Li Jia passed the test and borrowed money to redeem Shi Niang. That's why Shi Niang entrusted her wholeheartedly, so that she was desperate in the end. After
, Du Shiniang left with Li Jia, but thinking about it with her knees, how could Li Jia's scholarly family accept Du Shiniang. After embarking on the return journey, Li Jia started to face reality when he got closer and closer to home. Therefore, the appearance of the salt merchant Sun Fu, for him, was simply God's help.
Shi Niang has a strong and stubborn temperament. She has changed into an ordinary girl, and she is afraid that she will cry and hang herself early, and beg the son to take care of the old relationship and don't sell herself. Shi Niang's first reaction turned out to be a "sneer"! But after the anger, Shi Niang still had a fluke and tried to save it. She pretended to help Li Jia get her daughter, and when she "looked at the son, Xinxin seemed to be happy", she was shocked to realize that she had really seen the wrong person. Li Jia's heartlessness completely shattered the hopes in Shi Niang's heart.
She opened the treasure box and asked the son to draw the first layer to look at it. She saw a dazzling array of jade jewels, which she threw into the river lightly. Draw another layer, jade flute gold tube, jade purple gold playing, worth about several thousand gold, Shi Niang threw it away without even looking at it. With another layer, the bright night pearls are dazzling, emeralds, cat eyes, all kinds of precious treasures, countless worth. This time, Shi Niang jumped into the river together with the treasure box in her arms, poignantly decisive.
Although Shi Niang was born in a brothel, she is a fierce woman who dares to love and hate. Since Li and Sun had ruined her hopes, she would rather be broken than perfect. Li Jia is greedy for money, and she sinks into the treasure chest; Sun Fu is lustful, and she destroys herself. Du Shiniang is respectable. She will not look down on herself first because of her low status; she has self-respect and self-love, and she has lived the appearance of the most senior woman.
