During the Han Dynasty, there was a poor scholar named Zhu Maichen at the foot of the dome mountain in Suzhou. His family had a wife who relied on him to support herself by firewood. This wife is a lazy woman with a greedy mouth and dare not do it with both hands. She is sleepy every day and stretches in bed. On New Year's Eve, every household bought fish and meat to prepare for the Spring Festival. Zhu Maichen's family only bought some vegetables and didn't burn them in oil. The lazy woman couldn't stand this hard life any longer. She said angrily to Zhu Maichen, "I said books are poisonous. It's New Year's Eve, and it's still three meals of porridge and a bowl of vegetables, and my stomach is green! Don't do anything! "

Zhu Maichen was laughed at by the lazy woman and said helplessly, "Dear, please be patient. Eat bitter now, and you will have a good life in the future. " Later, Confucius read the poem again.

The lazy woman scolded again: "Hum! This book is so poisonous to you that I have to eat vegetable roots and wear patches all my life. One day, Liang will hang up and die for you. "

These words, Zhu Maichen when not heard, still concentrate on reading. The days of bitter herbs and coarse chaff have sharpened Zhu Maichen's articles more and more brilliantly. As for the lazy woman, she feels more and more hopeless. She scolded every day and every night, saying, "It is said that sweet zongzi is sweet and bitter zongzi is bitter. I hope I can become a widow as soon as possible ..."

Zhu Maichen still said politely to her, "Honey, don't bother so much every day. I know life is hard, but if I study hard in the future, I can be an official and you can enjoy it ... "

The lazy woman said coldly, "You really ate the lamp grass and talked lightly. As the saying goes, sedan chairs are born with long feet and hard shoulders. Being an official is blessed. You look at yourself in that basin of clear water on the stage. Hum, fast and thin, looking like a beggar! I want to rely on your happiness, only my nose faces north! "

Zhu Maichen still held her breath and said, "It's no use saying these words without ambition all day. Or dig some wild vegetables up the mountain. Husband and wife should share happiness and hardship. "

Hearing this, the lazy woman jumped up from the footstool with anger, spilled the basin of water on the stage all over the floor, and gnashed her teeth and said, "Dream big! Do you want me to pick wild vegetables to support you? What did you do in your last life? As the saying goes,' if you want to eat, you must marry your husband, and if you eat, you will be empty'. You can't let your wife live! I got a divorce certificate and let me go another way! "

Zhu Maichen blushed with anger and said, "Honey, it's as easy to write a divorce certificate as it was when you spilled that basin of water just now, but it's hard to put it away."

The lazy woman sneered, "Don't hold your nose and dream. Get the divorce certificate and let me go! " "

Zhu Maichen was so angry that he froze for a long time. He sighed and said, "Honey, it's heavy to put pen to paper. If I go on like this, you and I will both be strangers. I hope you think twice ... "

The lazy woman's face was livid and said, "I got a cocoon in my ears when I heard these words." Today, you spit out lotus flowers in your mouth. I thought you ate lotus root. If you don't write a divorce certificate today, I'll die for you right away. "

Zhu Maichen saw that her cart hit a wall, and it was irreparable, so she had to write a divorce certificate to her. That lazy woman never looked back.

In the spring of this year, Zhu Maichen learned that a rich scholar was going to the capital (Xi) for an official and needed a servant. Zhu Maichen served him all the time. In this way, Zhu Maichen went all the way to Beijing and finally found an opportunity to dedicate a book he had worked hard for decades to Emperor Wu of Han Dynasty. The emperor saw it, repeatedly called it good, and let him be the prefect of Huiji.

Zhu Maichen returned to Suzhou as a senior official, still thinking about the place where he once lived. That day, he rode a white horse to visit the villagers in Dome Hill. The news reached the ears of the lazy woman. She muttered to herself: hey! I thought he was a dead mulberry tree and pulled him out, but I didn't know it was a sweet clover flower! Now I can only smell it, but I can't climb it. What should I do? Later, she heard from the villagers that he was a "gentleman who never forgot his past." She thought: I used to be his wife, and my "old" is deeper than others. I decided to meet him at Dome Hill early tomorrow morning.

When I woke up the next day, I was three strokes higher. This time she complained that she was sleepy again. When she reached the mountain, Zhu Maichen was ready to ride back. The lazy woman rushed to the horse's head and stopped and shouted, "Go slowly, my wife has something to say!" " "

When Zhu Maichen looked up, she turned out to be a lazy woman. She paused and pointed and asked, "How have you been recently? If you have something to say, just say it! "

After listening to Zhu Maichen, the lazy woman is as kind as before. Looking at this man again, I thought, "If you were like this before, I wouldn't give up your book even if I beheaded you." . Now only old people can admit their mistakes and really enjoy a lifetime of happiness. So he said to Zhu Maichen, "xianggong", I forced you to write a divorce certificate before, but it was just a moment of confusion ... "

Zhu Maichen shook his head and said, "Alas! Don't mention these things in the past ... "

The lazy woman quickly said, "Since the" xianggong "is generous, please take back this divorce certificate! It is also doomed that we will grow old together. "

Zhu Maichen listened to the flowers and ignored them. He walked into the villagers' home and brought back a basin of clear water. "bang!" He threw it on the ground: "Excuse me, can you still put the spilled water into the basin?"

A lazy woman is speechless, like a pot of water spilled on tofu, unable to lift her head.