There was a Mu Gongzi who was born in a business family, but he loved poetry and was very clever. His father thought that reading too much would make him stupid, so he took him out to learn to do business.
The father and son traveled by boat and passed through Dongting Lake. Mu Gongzi used to recite poems every night, and in those days he always felt that there were shadows shaking outside the window, as if listening to him read, but he didn't care.
That night, his father went out to a banquet and did not return, he was still reading in the house, and he saw the figure shaking. When he went out, he saw a fifteen or sixteen-year-old girl with a beautiful face.
When the girl saw him come out, she turned around and disappeared.
A few days later, when his father was not there again, an old woman came in and said to him, "Son, you are going to kill my daughter."
Mu Gongziqi said: We have never known each other, where did this come from?
The old woman said: My daughter Bai Qiulian came every night to listen to your poetry, and she fell in love with you and suffered from lovesickness, and I wanted to promise her to you.
Mu Gongzi knew that it was the girl and said: Naturally I am willing, but I still need my father's consent.
The old woman asked Mu Gongzi to agree immediately, and Mu Gongzi insisted on telling his father first. The old woman was angry and said: Many people can't ask for marriage, I take the initiative to match you, you still don't agree, it's too angry, your ship won't want to go home.
After saying that, the old woman left. After Mu Lao Dad returned, Mu Gongzi told him that Mu Lao Dad felt that he was out of the house, and this matter was unreliable, so he did not agree.
The next day, the boat opened, but found that the river sand had accumulated in front of it, and the boat could not move forward, so it could only wait until next spring, after the river was high.
Mu Lao Dad is not in a hurry, at that time the price of goods will rise, you can also sell several times more, but the coils he carries are not enough, he will leave Mu Gongzi to guard the ship, and go home to get the coils.
After Mu Lao's father left, that night, the old woman came in with a yahuan, helped a girl in, put the girl on Mu Gongzi's bed, and said: People are about to die of illness, you can watch and do it. After saying that, he left with the ring.
The white girl was sick, but it did not diminish her stunning appearance in the slightest. Mu Gongzi's heart fluttered, he held her hand and said affectionate words to her. The white girl's spirit gradually improved, and soon recovered as before, and the two of them enjoyed the night.
The two spent several months together, counting the days, Old Father Mu was about to arrive, and the white girl shed tears. Mu Gongzi said: This time, I must ask my father to agree.
The white girl said: It is difficult to force the marriage, I will go first, and when your father agrees, I will come back to you.
Mu Gongzi asked where the white girl lived, but the white girl refused to say.
Mu Gongzi told his father about the matter, and his father thought that the woman must not be a good family woman, and resolutely disagreed, and Mu Gongzi had no way.
In the spring, the boat still could not go, and the merchants were anxious and went to the lake temple to burn incense and bow down. When it came to the Dragon Boat Festival, it finally rained heavily and the water rose, so that the Mu family father and son were able to sail home.
After returning home, Mu Gongzi missed the white girl day and night, and also suffered from lovesickness. His mother asked why, and wanted him to marry the white girl.
Old Father Mu resolutely disagreed at first, but when he saw that his illness was getting worse and worse, he had to agree and take him to Dongting Lake again to inquire about the white girl's residence, but no one knew that there was a family with the surname Bai.
At this time, the old woman rowed over and invited Old Father Mu to her boat. When Father Mu saw the white girl, she was a beautiful woman, and her heart changed slightly, and she told the old woman about her son's illness, hoping that the white girl could go to see her son, and maybe his illness would be fine.
The old woman disagreed, saying that the two did not have a marriage contract and could not go. Old Father Mu pleaded bitterly, and the white girl was in tears next to her, and the old woman had to agree.
The white girl went to see Mu Gongzi, and the two of them poured out their heartfelt feelings, and Mu Gongzi was indeed well.
However, Old Father Mu still had no intention of mentioning his relatives, and felt that the fisherman girl had shown her face since childhood, afraid of misconduct.
The white girl said to Mu Gongzi: The only way to send him to the door is to be despised, and it seems that he can only find a way to let him take the initiative to go to the door to ask.
Mu Gongzi asked what was the way, and the white girl said: I see the goods in your ship, I can't make any money, I write a list, let your father buy according to this, you can make three times the profit.
Mu Gongzi gave the list to his father, who was half suspicious and only took half the money to buy. After going back, sure enough, the goods he bought himself lost money, and the goods on the white girl's list made a lot of money.
Old Father Mu was very happy, and Mu Gongzi took advantage of the exaggeration that the white girl had the ability to predict the prophet, and with her guidance, he only made no loss.
Old Father Mu was moved, took the expensive dowry, went to Dongting Lake to ask for relatives, and the old woman confiscated the dowry and married the white girl to Mu Gongzi.
Since then, Mu Laopa has purchased goods according to the list of white girls and has been making steady profits.
The white girl and Mu Gongzi went home and brought two altars of Dongting Lake water, and every time they ate, they had to put a little lake water. Mu Gongzi thought that she missed the taste of her hometown, and she did not think so. Every time Father Mu went out to buy goods, he brought her two pots of lake water back.
A few years later, one day, the white girl suddenly burst into tears, saying that she was homesick and asked Mu Gongzi to accompany her home immediately.
When I arrived at Dongting Lake, I couldn't find the old woman everywhere, and the white girl was going crazy, so the two looked for her separately.
Mu Gongzi saw a fisherman at the edge of the lake, and caught a large white fish, which was one person tall and resembled a person.
Mu Gongzi felt novel, and after going back, he told the white girl, and the white girl listened, her body trembled, and said: I have always wanted to do the release of life, you hurry to buy the white fish and put it in the lake.
But the fish seller offered a very high price, and Mu Gongzi was a little hesitant. The white girl said: In the past few years, I don't know how much silver I have earned for your family, and if you refuse to give this money, I will jump into the lake and commit suicide.
Mu Gongzi hurried to buy a release, but when he returned, he did not see the white girl.
In the middle of the night, the white girl came back and said to him: Tell you the truth, I am not a mortal, but a white fish in this lake, you released my mother, recently the Dragon Palace concubine, the Dragon King heard earlier that I was extremely beautiful, want to choose me, but the mother said that I have married you, the Dragon King was angry, he punished my mother, almost starved her to death, only to be caught by the fisherman, and now if you still love me, you will go to the True King for me, exempt from the punishment of my mother; if you do not love me, I will marry into the Dragon Palace.
Mu Gongzi was shocked and agreed to go to Zhenjun.
The next day, mu gongzi followed the instructions of the white girl and saw a lame Taoist priest by the lake, so he rushed up to his knees and begged. The Taoist priest jumped into the lake, and Mu Gongzi jumped in with him.
The Taoist priest couldn't get rid of it, so he asked him what was wrong. Mu Gongzi told the story, took out a piece of fish scale, and begged him to write a free word on it.
The Daoist priest laughed: "White fish loves Caizi, the Dragon King is too unreasonable, I helped with this." Just wrote a free word on the fish scales.
The white girl took the fish scales and saved her mother. The two went home again.
Once, When Father Mu went out for a long time, he didn't return, and the lake water in his home ran out. The white girl was breathing heavily, and said: I am about to die, you put me in the ice cellar, chant poems to me every day, and when the lake comes, then put me into the water.
Half a month later, Mu Laopa returned with the lake water, and Mu Gongzi quickly took out the white girl and put her into the water, and after an hour, she woke up.
Later, Mu Lao's father died, and the white girl missed her hometown, so Mu Gongzi took the whole family and moved to live by Dongting Lake.