Xie Duan recalled his previous life, and felt that his chest was like a hoop, and it was so stuffy.

In his previous life, he had a wealthy appearance, and he was a fifth-rank doctor in the Ministry of Rites, with a leisurely and decent job.He climbed from a peasant scholar to such a high position, don't know how many people have envied him, and how many poor scholars have regarded him as an inspirational model.

However, his rich scenery is only superficial.

In fact, he was not living happily.

To him, the mansion of his father-in-law, who lives in first rank and has a high position and weight, never felt like home.

And every time he returns home, he can't help but miss his early years, and think of his gentle and beautiful wife, Luo Niang, who cooked delicious meals at home and waited for his return.

That is his real home.There, there is a warm, cozy and relaxing home feeling!

Xie Duan looked in the direction of the capital in the north, his eyes were involuntarily stained with hatred; when he looked at the big snail girl in the net pocket in his hand, the corner of his mouth showed a smile of the survivors.

In his previous life, he had two wives.The first wife is a little-known Luo Niang who was married when he was in his hometown; the first wife is Li Baozhu, the daughter of the well-known Minister of the Ministry of Household Li.

As the name suggests, Li Baozhu was raised and raised in the palms of Mrs. Li and Mrs. Li. She was regarded as the jewel in the palm of her hand, and she was a precious treasure. She had never been wronged, and she had always had a proud and bossy temper.Therefore, even though Mr. Li has a high position and power, Li Baozhu's marriage is still a big problem.People who belonged to Li's family all politely rejected Mr. Li, unwilling to let their nephew and nephew marry Li Baozhu.

In desperation, Mr. Li had no choice but to adopt a method that can only appear in the scriptures—to catch a son-in-law under the list, and deliberately selected the fellow Jinshi Xie Duanzuo who was from a poor background, good-looking, honest and easy to handle, and ranked the lowest ranking.son in law!

Thinking of this, Xie Duan couldn't help spitting, and thought to himself: "I think he is a talented person with real insight, he sees my potential, and he does not hesitate to accept Luo Niang and He'er to marry his daughter to me. But it turns out that it is because of my daughterI can't get married, I want to find a spendthrift and foolish to take over, so I was chosen!"

"I hate that for them, I wronged Luo Niang to be a concubine, endured it, and watched their mother and son being treated harshly by the people in the house. Luo Niang's motherly heart, how could He be willing to starve? She secretly cooked meals for himEat, I didn’t expect to be discovered by them once and denounced as evildoers, they escaped with great difficulty, and have never been seen since then.”

"Well, I really want to save them. However, I have to bow my head under the eaves. I still have to obey my father-in-law and wife. Even if I want to help them, I am powerless."

Xie Duan hated Lord Li and Li Baozhu very much.

Xie Duan thought, Master Li, as the Minister of the Household Department, has a wide network of contacts and great power, but he didn't want to promote him as a son-in-law, so he just stuffed him into the Ministry of Rites, a place where there is very little oil and water.Starting from the middle school, he will become a doctor of the Ministry of Rites of the fifth rank until he dies.

"He just suppressed me on purpose, so he wouldn't see me get promoted and gain real power, and he was afraid that my wings would harden and escape his control!" But he never considered that if it weren't for Mr. Li, he would be a fellow Jinshi with no roots, let alone beStaying in Beijing to do the Ministry of Rites is a matter of course, and even being a county magistrate in a small remote county is reluctant.Master Li put him in the Ministry of Rites because the Ministry of Rites is the most error-prone place, and he would not be able to do it elsewhere.

Xie Duan thought again, as his wife, Li Baozhu should have obeyed the Three Obediences and Four Virtues, and regarded her husband as the god, but after marrying him, she still listened to her parents in everything, not him.Every day I just focus on going to banquets, visiting gardens, listening to operas, playing polo, and having fun outside all day long, and I don’t have the slightest bit of good wife

mother's shadow.

"This woman is far behind Luo Niang. I have been married to her for 15 years, and she has never cooked me a meal or sewed a piece of clothing for me!" Xie Duan said to Li BaozhuThere are many dissatisfaction, thinking that she has a lot of expenses, and that she can't cook and do housework, but he never thought that this is how she lived before marrying him.She just didn't reduce her quality of life after marriage.

Xie Duan thought again, Mr. Li has a strong desire for control. He has already married his daughter to him, but he never thought of choosing one of the many houses under his name.

Instead of letting them live independently, he insisted that they live under his nose all the time.After fifteen years of marriage, until the moment he died of illness, he lived in the Li family mansion!

"I am like this, what is the difference between being a married man? A man loses all face! No, they just treat me as a married son-in-law. My two sons and one daughter with Li Baozhu all take the surname Li after his grandfather!"It was the most intolerable thing for Xie Duan.In his opinion, if the children don't bear his surname, how can they be considered his children?Only when He'er's surname is Xie can he be regarded as his own son!But he didn't dare to compete with Lord Li and Li Baozhu for his surname, all the resentment was buried in his heart, but he always had a submissive and honest look on his face.

He really never knew how he could hide his thoughts from Mr. Li, an old and powerful minister. It's just that Mr. Li didn't take him seriously at all.Anyway, he can afford to raise a wimp who always murmurs in his heart but dares not do anything.As for Xie Duan's idea of moving out?Oh, dreaming!If you want to move alone, Baozhu and the grandchildren are all from our Li family, so it is impossible to go with you!

But Xie Duan thought again, Master Li is nearly thirty years older than him, as long as he endures, as long as he endures until Master Li dies, isn't this huge mansion all up to him?It's okay, he can wait!

However, he waited for a long time, but still did not wait for this day.

Mr. Li is old and strong, he is almost eighty years old, and he is still blind and deaf, and he trots effortlessly when he goes to court.Li Baozhu is still in good shape at the age of fifty, playing outside like a butterfly all day long, rarely having a headache.On the contrary, he was Xie Duan, who suffered from illnesses in his early forties, and died of illness just after his fiftieth birthday.

Then, back to the year when he was eighteen.

The family lives in a wooden shack and is poor.Not only did he have no servants and maids to serve him, but he had to go out to do farm work early every day, otherwise he would starve to death.Meat is of course unaffordable, so can only try luck to catch fish and shrimps by the river, and hunt pheasants in the mountains to satisfy hunger.

For Xie Duan, who has been pampered and pampered for more than ten years, it is really difficult to go back to before liberation.

it's OK!Xie Duan cheered himself up silently, soon, as soon as Luo Niang came, his hard days would be over, and the good days would come!

In this life, he must be a loving couple with Luo Niang for the rest of his life, and never be separated by those people whose eyes are above the top!

Xie Duan counted the days with his fingers, and finally made it to the day when he caught the snail girl in his previous life, and hurriedly brought a net bag to the river to fish early in the morning.Sure enough, as he imagined, he quickly caught a huge snail.

"Luo Niang, you have finally returned to my side." Xie Duan was so excited that tears filled his eyes, "In this life, I will never be separated from you again."

But they don't know that the person living in the big snail is no longer the former snail girl, but An Xiu.

Xie Duan brought the big snail girl home, and carefully put it in the water tank that had been cleaned long ago and filled with clear well water.His every move is more careful and pious than in the previous life, as if this big snail girl is a supreme treasure.

He remembered this time in his previous life, when he was carrying a big snail girl on his way home,

The old Taoist priest with white beard and hair he met.

At that time, he had such a conversation with the old Taoist priest.

The old Taoist stopped Xie Duan: "Little friend, you are full of heaven, your face is full of red light, and there is a hint of purple gold between your brows. Congratulations, you are destined to bring blessings, and you are a person who will enjoy blessings all your life."

Xie Duan said angrily: "What fate brings blessings? What life enjoys blessings? Don't tease me, my parents left early and only left me a box of books and a few acres of Susukida, saying that they let me rely on the output of the fields.I study hard to test my merits. But I am exhausted just doing farm work in the fields every day. I just want to eat some meat.Do you still have time to read?"

"How can someone like me be blessed? Daoist priest, go find someone else to tell your fortune. I'm poor and I can't afford to give you the fortune-telling money. Don't waste your time on me."

The old Taoist smiled and shook his head: "The old Taoist doesn't count fate, he only saves those who are destined. My friend, your original fate is indeed poor.

You have suffered a lifetime and ended up in poverty, but today, you have a great opportunity.As long as you can grasp it, your fate will usher in a turning point, and your poor life will become blessed."

Xie Duan was still skeptical, but there was already a light of desire in his eyes: "I would like to ask the Taoist priest to clarify, what is the opportunity?"

The old Taoist smiled and pointed to the big snail girl in his net pocket: "That's it, it's a big lucky snail, and it's the only chance in your life to change your poor life into a good one."

"Don't treat it as an ordinary snail girl and fry it, it will only fill your stomach, it is tantamount to killing a chicken and picking its eggs; instead, you should raise it well, change its water every day, feed it, and take it easyTalk to it, and treat it as your closest friend. By the way, it is like a human being, it eats rice, but not those messy grass leaves and tree roots, you have to remember.”

Xie Duan frowned: "Master Dao, are you kidding me? Whoever catches a snail girl won't eat it, but still feed it with rice? I want extra rice, so why don't I eat more?To feed a snail girl?"

The old man withdrew his smile: "Believe it or not, it's up to you. The old man has already reminded you. Whether you can grasp it or not depends on your life. Don't let it go." He swung his whisk and walked away.

Xie Duan saw that the old Taoist priest was seventy or eighty years old, walking like the wind, stepping on the ground almost without a trace, he couldn't help but look serious, so he thought that he would give it a try, at worst he would be hungry for a few meals, and did as the old man said.Change water, feed, talk.

Sure enough, within a few days, when he was about to give up because of hunger and thought the old Taoist priest was a complete liar, he finally ushered in a big opportunity!

Since then, he no longer has to worry about being hungry; since then, he has a beautiful woman

He has a gentle, virtuous and capable wife Luo Niang; since then, he and her have had a good time for six full years!

Xie Duan recalled the experience of his previous life like this, his smile grew wider, and he looked at the big snail girl who lived in An Xiu in the water tank, his eyes were full of longing.

In this life, he will definitely live a better life!