"Huang Ying"
Ma Zicai, a native of Shuntian, has been fond of chrysanthemums for generations in his family. His love for chrysanthemums became even deeper when he arrived at Ma Zicai. As long as he heard about good varieties, he would definitely think of them. Buy it and don’t worry about the long journey.
One day, a guest from Jinling stayed at his house and said that one of his cousins ??had one or two varieties of chrysanthemums that were not available in the north. Ma Zicai was delighted and immediately prepared to pack up and follow the guests to Jinling. The guest tried every possible means to seek for him, but only got two young buds. Ma Zicai wrapped it up and hid it as if he had found a treasure.
On the way home, Zicai met a young man who was riding a donkey and following behind a gorgeous car. He was handsome and generous. Ma Zicai slowly came to the young man and started chatting. The young man himself said: "My surname is Tao." He spoke elegantly. When he asked Ma Zicai where he came from, Ma Zicai told him the truth. The young man said: "There are no bad varieties of chrysanthemums. They are all cultivated and irrigated by people." After talking to him about the techniques of growing chrysanthemums, Ma Zi was very happy and asked: "Where are you going?" The young man replied: " My sister is tired of living in Jinling and wants to find a place to live north of the Yellow River." Ma Zicai said happily: "Although my family is very poor, we have a thatched house to live in. If you don't mind it being shabby, don't look for anything else. There's a place." Tao Sheng quickly walked to the car to discuss with his sister. The person in the car opened the curtain and spoke. It turned out to be a stunning beauty in her twenties. She looked at her brother and said, "I don't care if the house is good or bad, but the yard must be. Spacious." Ma Zicai hurriedly agreed for Tao Sheng, and the three of them went home together.
There was a deserted garden to the south of the Ma family's house, with only three or four small rooms. Tao Sheng took a fancy to it and lived there. I go to the North Courtyard every day and manage the chrysanthemums for Ma Zicai. Once he removed the withered chrysanthemums and replanted them, they were all alive. Tao Sheng's family was poor, so he and Ma Zicai ate and drank together every day, but his family never seemed to have a fire to cook. Ma Zicai's wife, Lu, also liked Tao Sheng's sister very much and often gave them one and a half liters of grain. Tao Sheng's sister, whose nickname is Huang Ying, is very talkative and often goes to Mrs. Lu's room to do needlework with her.
One day, Tao Sheng said to Ma Zicai: "Your family is not rich to begin with, and adding our two mouths to drag you down, how can this be a long-term solution? For the present plan , Selling chrysanthemums is enough to make a living." Ma Zicai, who had always been upright, heard Tao Sheng's words and said with disdain: "I thought you were a romantic scholar who could live in poverty, but today you said such a thing and regarded the place where chrysanthemums are planted as a place. Market, that's an insult to chrysanthemums." Tao Sheng said with a smile: "Being self-reliant is not greedy, and selling flowers as a career is not vulgar. Of course, a person cannot use unfair means to make profits, but there is no need to pursue poverty." Ma Zi Without saying anything, Tao Sheng stood up and left.
From that day on, Tao Sheng picked up all the bad branches and branches that Ma Zicai had thrown away and stopped eating at Ma's house. Ma Zi just called him, and he only went there once. Soon, the chrysanthemums were about to bloom, and Ma Zi heard the noise in front of Tao Sheng's house, which was like a market. He felt strange, so he secretly went over to take a look, and saw a steady stream of people coming to Tao's house to buy flowers, either carried in cars or carried on their shoulders. Absolutely. The flowers I bought were all exotic varieties that I had never seen before. Ma Zicai hated Tao Sheng's greed for money and wanted to break up with him. He also hated him for hiding good seeds from himself, so he went to his door and called to scold him. Tao Sheng came out, held his hand and entered the door. Ma Zi saw that half an acre of wasteland had been planted with chrysanthemums, and there was no open space except for those few houses. I dug out the place where the chrysanthemums were removed, and cut off other branches and inserted them in. All the chrysanthemums in bud in the border were of a strange variety. After careful identification, I found that they were all thrown away by me in the past. Tao Sheng entered the room, brought out wine and food and placed them next to the chrysanthemum border. He said, "Because I am poor, I cannot abide by the rules. Fortunately, I got a little money for several days in a row, which was enough for us to get drunk." After a while, he heard people shouting "Sanlang" one after another in the room. ” Tao Sheng agreed and went; soon he brought some delicious dishes, and his cooking skills were very good. Ma Zicai asked, "Why is your sister not married yet?" Tao Sheng replied, "Not by that time." Ma Zicai asked, "When will it be?" Tao Sheng said, "Forty-three months." Ma Zicai asked again. "What do you mean?" Tao Shengguang smiled and said nothing. They didn't leave happily until they were full of wine and food.
After one night, Ma Zicai went to Tao's house again. He was very surprised to see that the newly planted chrysanthemums had grown to more than one foot tall, and he begged Tao Sheng to teach him the planting techniques.
Tao Sheng said: "This is not something that can be explained in the first place. Besides, you don't use it to make a living, so why learn it?" After a few days, the courtyard became quieter, so Tao Sheng wrapped the chrysanthemums in mats, tied them up, and loaded them. Several cars were pulled away. After the Chinese New Year, half of the spring was over, and Tao Sheng brought back some rare flowers from the south in his cart. He opened a flower shop in the city and sold out all the flowers in ten days, but he still came back to cultivate chrysanthemums. Last year I bought chrysanthemums from Tao Sheng's house but kept the flower roots. The next year they all turned into inferior varieties, so I came to Tao Sheng again to buy them. Tao Sheng became rich day by day from then on. In the first year, he built more houses, and in the second year, he built a tall house. He built whatever he wanted without consulting the owner. Slowly, the old flower beds were all covered with houses. Tao Sheng bought a piece of land outside the wall, built an earthen wall around it, and planted chrysanthemums all over it. In autumn, he drove away with the flowers and did not come back the next spring. At this time, Ma Zicai's wife fell ill and died. Ma Zicai took a fancy to Huang Ying, so he asked someone to tell Huang Ying a little bit. Huang Ying smiled, and it seemed that he agreed, and was just waiting for Tao Sheng to come back.
More than a year later, Tao Sheng still did not come back. Huang Ying guided the servants to plant chrysanthemums, just like when Tao Sheng was at home. With the money from selling flowers, he entered into a joint venture with a businessman, bought twenty hectares of farmland outside the village, and built an even more spectacular house.
One day, a guest suddenly came from Guangdong and brought a letter from Tao Sheng. Ma Zicai opened it and saw that it was Tao Sheng who asked his sister to marry Ma Zicai. Looking at the date of the letter, it was the day his wife died. Ma Zi recalled that time when he was drinking in the garden. It was now exactly forty-three months, and Ma Zi was very surprised. He showed the letter to Huang Ying and asked her where to send the betrothal gift. Huang Ying refused to accept the betrothal gift, and because Ma Zicai's old house was too simple, she wanted him to live in her own house, just like recruiting a son-in-law. Ma Zicai disagreed and chose an auspicious day to marry Huang Ying into his family.
After Huang Ying married Ma Zicai, she opened a private door in the wall to the south house and went there every day to supervise the servants in their work. Ma Zicai felt that it was shameful to live on his wife's wealth, so he often asked Huang Ying to keep separate accounts for the north and south houses to prevent confusion. However, Huang Ying always brought things needed at home from the south house. Within half a year, everything in the house was belonging to the Tao family. Ma Zicai immediately sent someone back one by one, and warned the servants not to bring anything from the south house over again. But within ten days, it got mixed up again. This was done several times before Ma Zi was very troubled. Huang Ying smiled and said, "Don't you think it's too much trouble for you to pursue integrity so much?" Ma Zicai felt ashamed, so he stopped interfering and listened to Huang Ying.
Huang Ying then summoned craftsmen, purchased building materials, and carried out large-scale construction. Ma Zicai couldn't stop it. Within a few months, the buildings were connected and the two houses merged into one, and there was no longer any boundary. But Huang Ying also listened to Ma Zicai's advice and closed the door no longer cultivating or selling chrysanthemums, but her enjoyment of life exceeded that of the rich and powerful. Ma Zicai felt uneasy and said: "I have been honest and self-sufficient for thirty years, and I have been dragged down by you. Living in the world now, it is really not manly to rely on my wife for food. Others pray to be rich, but I pray that we will soon be poor. Go!" Huang Ying said: "I am not a greedy and despicable person, but I don't have any wealth, so future generations will say that Tao Yuanming, who loves chrysanthemums, is a poor man and will not be able to get rich in a hundred years, so I give our Tao Gongzhu this tone. "But it's hard to go from poor to rich, but it's easy to go from rich to poor. I won't begrudge you the money on your bedside," Ma Zicai said, "It's also shameful to spend other people's money." : "You don't want to be rich, and I can't be poor. I have no other choice but to live separately from you. In this way, I will be pure and noble myself. If I am muddy, I will be muddy, and it will not harm anyone." So he built a thatched house in the garden. Let Ma Zicai live there and choose a beautiful slave to serve him, so Ma Zicai can live with peace of mind. But after a few days, I missed Huang Ying bitterly and asked someone to call her. She refused to come, so I had no choice but to go back to find her. I have become accustomed to going there every other night. Huang Ying smiled and said, "You eat in the east and sleep in the west. An honest person shouldn't be like this." Ma Zicai also laughed and had no words to answer, so he had to move back and live together as before.
Once, Ma Zicai came to Jinling because of something. It was the autumn when chrysanthemums were in full bloom. One morning he passed by the flower market and saw many pots of chrysanthemums in the flower market, with strange and beautiful varieties. Ma Zicai's heart moved, and he suspected that Tao Sheng had trained him. Not long after, the owner of the flower came out, and Ma Zicai saw that it was indeed Tao Sheng. Ma Zicai was so happy that he talked about his longing after a long separation, and stayed in Tao Sheng's flower shop at night.
He asked Tao Sheng to go home with him. Tao Sheng said: "Jinling is my hometown. I want to get married and have children here. I have saved a little money, please give it to my sister. I will go to your house to stay for a few days at the end of the year." Ma Zicai He refused to listen, and begged him hard to go back, and said: "My family is fortunate to be rich. I just sit at home and enjoy the happiness. There is no need to do business anymore." Having said that, Ma Zicai sat in the flower shop and asked his servant to take care of Tao Sheng. The flowers were sold at low prices and all were sold out in a few days. He immediately forced Tao Sheng to prepare his luggage and rent a boat to go north together. As soon as he entered the door, he saw that Huang Ying had already cleaned a house, and the beds and bedding were all ready, as if he knew in advance that his brother would come back.
After Tao Sheng came back, he put down his luggage and ordered his servants to overhaul the pavilion. I only play chess and drink with my horse every day, and never make any friends. Ma Zicai wanted to find a wife for him, but Tao Sheng refused. Huang Ying sent two maids to serve him in his daily life. After three or four years, he gave birth to a girl.
Tao Sheng has always been a good drinker, and I have never seen him drunk. Ma Zicai had a friend, Zeng Sheng, who also had a drinking capacity that was unrivaled. One day Zeng Sheng came to Ma's house, and Ma Zicai asked him to compete with Tao Sheng in their drinking capacity. The two drank heavily and drank very happily. They only regretted that they met too late. They drank from Chen time to the fourth watch of the night. Each person drank a hundred pots. Zeng Sheng was so drunk that he fell asleep on his seat. Tao Sheng got up and went back to his room to sleep. As soon as he went out, he stepped on the chrysanthemum border and fell down. , the clothes were scattered aside, and the body immediately turned into a chrysanthemum, as tall as a person, with more than a dozen flowers blooming, each one bigger than a fist. Ma Zicai was frightened and hurriedly went to tell Huang Ying. Huang Ying hurried to Juqi. She pulled out the chrysanthemum and put it on the ground and said, "Why are you so drunk?" She put her clothes on the chrysanthemum and asked Ma Zicai to go back with her, telling him not to look at it again. After dawn, Ma Zicai and Huang Ying came to Juqi together and saw Tao Sheng sleeping nearby. Ma Zicai then realized that the Tao brothers and sisters were both Jujing spirits, so he respected them even more.
After Tao Sheng exposed the truth, he drank more and more boldly. He often wrote invitations to Zeng Sheng in person, and the two became sworn friends. On the Flower Festival on February 15th, Zeng Sheng and two servants came to visit Tao Sheng, carrying a jar of white wine soaked in medicine, and agreed that they would drink it together. The jar of wine was almost finished, and the two of them were still not very tipsy, so Ma Zicai secretly took another bottle of wine and poured it into the jar. After the two drank all, Zeng Sheng was so drunk that he was unconscious, and two servants carried him back. Tao Sheng lay on the ground and turned into a chrysanthemum again. Ma Zicai didn't panic after seeing him many times, so he used Huang Ying's method to kill him and stayed by to observe his changes. After staying for a long time, Ma Zi became frightened when he saw that the flowers and leaves were getting more and more withered, and then he went to tell Huang Ying. Huang Ying was very surprised when she heard this and said, "You killed my brother!" She hurriedly ran to see the chrysanthemum, but the roots were already withered. Huang Ying was so distraught that she pinched its stem, buried it in a basin, took it back to her room, and watered it every day. Ma Zicai was filled with regret and resentment.
A few days later, I heard that Zeng Sheng was drunk to death. The flower stalks in the pot gradually sprouted, and the flowers bloomed in September. The branches are very short and the flowers are pink. It smelled like wine and was named "Zuitao". Pour it with wine, and it will grow more lushly. Later, Tao Sheng's daughter grew up and married into an official family. Huang Ying never had anything unusual happen to her until she was old.
Yishi's comment: "The handsome man like the green mountains and white clouds actually got drunk to death. Everyone in the world felt sorry for him, but he himself might not think it was a great pleasure. Plant "intoxication" in In the courtyard, it's like seeing a friend or facing a beautiful woman. You must find one to plant."
Original text
Ma Zicai, a native of Shuntian. There are good chrysanthemums in the world, especially when you are talented. If you hear about a good species, you will buy it, and you will not be afraid of it even if you travel thousands of miles.
One day, a guest from Jinling stayed at his home and said that there were one or two kinds of cousins ??among them, which were not found in the north. Ma Xingtang immediately dressed up and went to Jinling from the guest. Many visitors came to seek it, and they got two buds, which were wrapped and hidden like treasures.
On the way back, I met a young man, stepping out of an oil and blue chariot, looking handsome and graceful. Asymptotically speaking. The young man said to himself: "My surname is Tao." He talked elegantly. Because he asked the horse where he came from, he told him the truth. The young man said: "The seed is not bad, it is up to the people to cultivate it." This is because of the method of discussing the art of chrysanthemum. Ma Dayue asked: "Where are you going?" The answer was: "My sister hates Jinling and wants to live in Heshuo'er." Ma Xinran said: "Although I am poor, I can stay in the thatched cottage. I don't mind it being shabby, and I don't want to bother him." "Tao Qi came to the car and asked his sister. The person in the car pushed the curtain and said, "There are twenty peerless beauties." Gu Di said: "The house is not too humble, but the courtyard should be wide." Ma Dai promised him, and then he returned home with him.
There is a deserted garden in the south, with only a small room with three or four rafters, where Tao Xi lives. When the sun passes by the north courtyard, I treat horses and chrysanthemums. If the chrysanthemum is withered, uproot it and replant it, it will survive. However, his family was poor, and Tao Ri and his horse went to eat and drink, but when he looked at his house, he didn't seem to raise any fire. Ma's wife, Lu, also loved Sister Tao and would give her a bucket of cash from time to time. Sister Tao's nickname is Huang Ying. She is elegant and good at talking. She often visits Lu's office and makes progress with Li Xun.
One day Tao said to Ma: "The king's family is not rich, and the servants are tired of making friends with food and drink. Hu Ke is normal. For now, selling chrysanthemums is enough to make a living." Ma Sujie heard Tao's words and was very surprised. He despised it and said: "As a servant of the king, a noble scholar should be able to live in poverty. Now that I am commenting on this, I will treat Dongli as a market place, which is an insult to Huang Hua." Tao Xiao said, "It is not greed to earn one's own living, and it is not to sell flowers as a career." It's a common thing. People can't be rich, but they don't have to be poor." The horse said nothing and Tao came out.
Of course, Tao Xi picked up the broken branches and inferior seeds abandoned by the horse and took them away. From then on, there is no longer any need to sleep or eat on horseback, and the beginning of the move comes as soon as possible. Soon, the chrysanthemums will bloom, and I can hear the noise at the door like a market. What's strange is that when I passed by and took a peek, I saw people in the city buying flowers, carrying their carts and shoulders, which is related to the road. The flowers are all of different species and have never been seen before. The heart is disgusted with his greed and desire; but he also hates his secrets and secrets, so he tries to keep them secret and gives up. Tao comes out, shakes hands and drags in. I saw that half an acre of the desolate courtyard was covered with chrysanthemum borders, and there was no open space beyond a few rafters. 斸 ㄓ ㄨ ˇ; if it is cut off, break off other branches and insert it; if its buds are in the border, they are not good, but if you look carefully, they will be pulled out and discarded. Tao entered the house, brought out wine and food, set up a banquet beside the border, and said: "The servants are poor and can't keep the clean rules. Fortunately, the court has received a small amount of money, which is enough for drunkenness." In the next room, "Sanlang" was called in the room, and Tao Nuo left. . Russia presents delicacies and cooks them well. He asked: "My dear sister, Hu Yibu?" The answer was: "The time has not come yet." He asked: "When?" He said: "Forty-three months." He asked again: "What do you say?" But he smiled and said nothing. After all the fun, it’s time to leave.
After spending the night and studying again, the newly inserted one is already full of feet. It is a great wonder, and I have been seeking for its skills. Tao said, "This is beyond words, and if you don't make a living, how can you use it?" After a few days, the courtyard was slightly quiet, so Tao wrapped the chrysanthemums in mats, bundled them in several carts, and left. When the age is over, and half of spring begins, exotic flowers from the south begin to return, and a flower shop is set up in the capital. They sell all the flowers within ten days, and return to the art of chrysanthemums. I asked the person who bought the flowers last year and kept the roots. The next year they all changed and deteriorated, so he bought them again from Tao. Tao became rich from this, adding more houses in one year and building a summer house in the second year. Work from your heart, not to mention the masters. Gradually, the old flower borders were turned into corridors and houses. He also bought a field outside the wall and planted chrysanthemums around the building. In autumn, I carry flowers away, but spring never returns. But Ma's wife died of illness. The meaning belongs to Huang Ying, and the slightest hint of wind indicates it. Huang Ying smiled, as if he agreed, but was only waiting for Tao to return.
After more than a year, Tao Jing did not arrive. Huang Ying's class servant grows chrysanthemums, just like pottery. After getting Jin Yi, he cooperated with merchants and managed 20 hectares of farmland outside the village, making Jia Di strong.
Suddenly a visitor came from East Guangdong and sent a letter from Tao Sheng. After sending it, he asked his sister to return home. The date when he sent the letter was the day of his wife's death; when he recalled the drink in the garden, it was the 43rd month of the year, which was very strange. I used a letter to show my talent, and asked: "Where are you going to hire me?" His English words were not accepted, and his former residence was humble, so if he wanted to live in the south, it would be too much for him. If you can't do it, choose a day to get married.
Since Huang Ying was suitable for the horse, he opened the door to the south in the partition wall and passed the lesson every day to his servants. Ma was ashamed that his wife was rich, so he always asked Huang Ying to be registered in the north and south to prevent confusion. As for the needs of the family, Huang Ying always took the southern lands. When he was less than half a year old, everything in his house was made of pottery. Ma immediately sent people to return the gifts one by one, and be careful not to take them back. Before it was over ten days, it was mixed again. Every time you watch the horse, it will be very annoying. Huang Ying laughed and said, "Isn't it true that Chen Zhongzi is working hard?" Ma Xun, no longer interested, listened to Huang Ying.
After several months, the buildings were connected to each other, and the two buildings merged into one without any boundaries. However, if you follow the horse teachings, you will not resume your career behind closed doors, but enjoy the benefits of being a noble family. Ma was uneasy and said, "I have been a pure and virtuous servant for thirty years, but I have been burdened by you. Now that I am no longer in the world, I only live according to my nepotism. I am really unmanly. Everyone wishes you wealth, but I wish you poverty!" "Huang Ying said: "I am not greedy, but I have a lot of wealth, so I ordered my servants for thousands of years to say that Yuanming was poor and humble and could not make a fortune in a hundred generations, so I talked about my family, Pengze Tao Yuanming, being the magistrate of Pengze County. However, it is difficult for a poor person to want to be rich; it is easy for a rich person to seek poverty. If you let the king throw away the gold on his bedside, I will not give up. It is stingy. "Ma said: "Donating other people's money is both good and ugly. " Ying said: "You don't want to be rich, and your concubine cannot be poor. I will analyze your residence. The pure will be pure, and the turbid will be turbid. What's the harm? Waiting horse. Ma Anzhi. However, after a few days, I missed Huang Ying hard. If you call them, they won't come; if you have no choice, you will do it. It's normal to come here every other night. Huang Ying laughed and said: "Eating here and there, living in the west, a humble person should be better off than this." Ma also laughed at himself and had no answer, so he reunited and lived as before.
It is the chrysanthemum autumn that I will visit Jinling for a business trip. I passed the flower shop early in the morning and saw that the rows of pots in the shop were very complicated, with beautiful flowers and flowers. My heart was moved, and I suspected they were made of pottery. After a while, the master came out and Guotao came out. I was extremely happy and had a broad understanding of the Tao, so I stopped staying there. When he wanted to return home, Tao said: "Jinling is my hometown, and I am about to get married here. I have a small amount of money, so please send it to my sister. I will leave at the end of the year." The horse will not listen, and it will be painful to ask him. He also said: "My family is very lucky, but I can enjoy it here without having to return to the family." I sat in the restaurant and asked my servants to discuss the price. They were very honest and sold everything in a few days. He was forced to pack his bags and rent a boat to go north. Upon entering the house, the sister has already cleared out the house, and all the beds and mattresses have been set up. If she had predicted that the younger brother would also return.
Tao Zi returned home, unpacked his duties, and overhauled his pavilion and garden. He only played chess and wine with horses and horses, and no longer had any guests. I choose to marry him, but I don't want to say goodbye. My sister sent two maidservants to attend her sleeping place. She stayed there for three or four years and gave birth to a daughter.
Tao drinks so much that he never gets drunk. There was a friend who was born, but the measurement was wrong. It is suitable to cross the horse, and the horse will drink compared with Tao. The two drank and had a lot of fun, and they regretted meeting each other so late. There are four leaks from Chen to the present, and each of them has consumed a hundred pots. I was so drunk that I fell into a deep sleep. Tao Qi went back to bed, went out to practice the chrysanthemum border, and the jade mountain collapsed. He put his clothes on his side, and the ground turned into chrysanthemums, as tall as a man, with more than ten flowers, all larger than a fist. Ma was shocked and sued Huang Ying. Ying rushed over, pulled it up and put it on the ground, saying, "You're so drunk!" He covered himself with clothes and ordered the horse to go away, but he didn't look at him. As soon as it was clear and went there, the pottery was lying on the edge of the border. Ma Naiwu's sister and brother are also Ju Jing, so I love and respect them.
The pottery reveals its traces, and the drink is released. During the Flower Dynasty, I came to visit him. I soaked a jar of white wine with two servants of poisonous medicine and made an appointment to finish it. The altar was almost empty, but the two of them were still not very drunk. Ma Qian took a 瓻; a vessel for holding wine; a stone was placed in the big 瓻, and five buckets were added to the small 瓻, and the two of them finished it. Once drunk and exhausted, all the servants carried him away. The pottery lay on the ground and turned into chrysanthemums. The horse is used to not being frightened when it sees it, and pulls it out as if it were a method, and stands aside to watch its changes. Over time, Ye Yi became haggard. Terrified, he sued Huang Ying. Ying heard that he was horrified and said: "Kill my brother!" He ran to look at it, but the roots were withered. When it is painful, pinch its stem, bury it in a basin, carry it into your boudoir, and irrigate it every day. Ma was filled with regret and resentment.
After a few days, I heard that Zeng was drunk to death. The flowers in the pot are gradually budding, and they will bloom in September. The flowers are short and dry, and the flowers smell of wine. They are called "Zui Tao". When they are poured with wine, they will flourish. The daughter grew up and married into a noble family. Huang Ying died in old age, no different.
Yishi said: "The people from Qingshan and Baiyun died of drunkenness, and cherished them for the rest of the world, but they may not feel happy about it. Planting this kind in the courtyard is like meeting a good friend, like meeting a beautiful woman - ─Don’t miss it.”