Fan Shiyi Niang is the daughter of Tian Lucheng Sacrificial Wine. She is young, beautiful, and talented, and her parents love her for ten minutes. When someone came to propose, she always let herself choose, but Eleven Niang never found anyone she liked. On the occasion of the Shangyuan Festival, the nuns in Shuiyue Temple held a “Obon Festival”. On this day, You Nv Ruyun and Fan Shiyi Niang also came. While playing and watching, a woman kept following Eleven Niang, constantly scrutinizing her as if she had something to say. Eleven Niang carefully looked at her and saw that she was a peerless beauty of fifteen or sixteen years old. Eleven Niang liked her very much and turned to stare at her closely. The woman smiled and said, “Isn’t Sister Fan Eleven Niang?” Eleven Niang replied, “Yes.” The woman said, “I’ve heard for a long time that Sister is a talented and beautiful woman, and what people say is true.” Fan Eleven Niang also asked her name and place of residence. The woman smiled and said, “My surname is Feng, third in line, and I live in a nearby village.” She then took the arm of Eleventh Sister. Talking and laughing, with gentle and gentle language. Two people love and enjoy each other, and are attached and reluctant to part ways. Eleven Niang asked, “Why don’t you have anyone to accompany you?” Three Niang said, “My parents have passed away long ago, and there is only one old mother left at home to guard the house, so I can’t come with them.” Eleven Niang was about to go back, but Feng Sanniang stared at her intently, tears almost falling from her eyes. Eleven Niang also felt lost and invited her to her home to play. Feng Sanniang said, “Sister is from a wealthy family, and we are not related. I’m afraid of being ridiculed!” Eleven Niang insisted on inviting her, and then Three Niang said, “Let’s go another day.” Eleven Niang took off a golden hairpin and gave it to her, and Feng Sanniang also took off a green hairpin from her hair bun as a gift. After Eleven Niang returned home, she missed Feng Sanniang very much. She took out the green hairpin that Sanniang had given her and saw that it was neither gold nor jade. She didn’t know anyone in her family, which was very strange. Eleven Niang hoped for Three Niang to come every day, but was always disappointed, so she fell ill. When her parents found out the reason for her illness, they sent people to the neighboring village to inquire, but no one knew about Feng Sanniang.
By the Double Ninth Festival on September 9th, Eleventh Sister had become exhausted and bored, so she asked her maid to support her and reluctantly came to the garden. She laid a mattress and admired chrysanthemums under the eastern fence. Suddenly, a woman leaned over the wall and looked over here. Upon closer inspection, it turned out to be Feng Sanniang! San Niang shouted, ‘Come and help me!’ The maid hurriedly went over and helped her down. Eleven Niang was both surprised and delighted. She stood up and sat down with Three Niang on the mattress, blaming her for not keeping her word; Ask her again where she comes from. San Niang replied, “My home is still far from here, but I often come to my uncle’s house to play. Before, when I said I lived in a nearby village, I was talking about my uncle’s house. After parting ways, I missed you very much, but the poor and humble people associate with the wealthy and powerful families, and before I could even reach my doorstep, I felt ashamed and afraid that I would be looked down upon by the maidservants, so I didn’t come. Just now, when I passed by the wall and heard a woman talking, I dug up the wall to see if it was my sister, and I hoped it was really you! No!” Eleventh Sister agreed. The two of them returned to the boudoir together, ate and lived together, and spoke their hearts together. Eleven Niang soon recovered from her illness, and they became sisters. They always changed their clothes, shoes and socks. When someone came, Feng Sanniang hid behind the curtain. After five or six months, Eleven’s parents finally heard about this matter. One day, the two were playing chess when Fan Mu quietly walked in and carefully examined San Niang. She was pleasantly surprised and said, “You are truly a good friend of my daughter!” She then said to Eleven Niang, “You have such a good friend, and both of us are happy. Why didn’t you tell me earlier?” Eleven Niang told her mother about Feng San Niang’s concerns. Fan’s mother looked at San Niang and said, “I feel very relieved that you are with my daughter. Why are you afraid of people knowing?” San Niang’s face was full of shame, but she silently rubbed her clothes. As soon as Fan Mu left, Feng Sanniang had to say goodbye. Eleven Niang tried hard to keep her, only then did she stay again. One night, Feng Sanniang hurriedly ran in from outside the door, crying and saying, “I said I couldn’t stay here anymore, and now I’ve been subjected to such a great insult!” Eleven Niang was surprised and asked her what was going on. Three Niang said, “Just now when I went out to the bathroom, there was a young man who forcefully pulled me, but luckily he escaped. How could I see him again like this?” Eleven Niang carefully asked about the person’s appearance and apologized to Three Niang, saying, “Please don’t take offense, that person is my silly brother. I will tell my mother and beat him with a stick!” Feng Sanniang insisted on leaving, but Eleven Niang asked her to wait until dawn, and Feng Sanniang said; Uncle’s house is very close, just use a ladder to send me over the wall. “Eleventh Sister knew she couldn’t keep it anymore, so she sent two maids to send her over the wall. After walking more than half a mile, Feng Sanniang thanked them and left on her own. After the maid returned, she saw Eleventh Sister lying on the bed crying sadly, as if she had lost her closest lover.
After a few months, the maid went to Dongcun for some business. On her way back in the evening, she met Feng Sanniang walking with an old woman. The maid was very happy and greeted her. Feng Sanniang felt very sad and asked about the situation of Eleventh Niang. The maid pulled Feng Sanniang’s sleeve and said, “Sanniang, come to my house. My aunt is looking forward to you so much!” Feng Sanniang said; I miss her too, but I don’t want her family to know. When you go back, open the garden door and I will go myself. “The maid went back and told Eleventh Sister. Eleventh Sister was very happy and did as she said. She saw that Feng Sanniang was already in the garden. Two people meet and each expresses their feelings of separation. The words grew longer and longer, and I couldn’t even sleep. Seeing that the maidservants were all asleep, San Niang got up and lay on the same pillow as Eleven Niang, whispering, “I know you haven’t been betrothed yet. With your talent, appearance, and social status, you don’t have to worry about finding a noble son-in-law. But those vagabond children are not worth mentioning. If you want to get a good husband, please don’t judge people based on wealth.” Eleven Niang repeatedly called out. Feng Sanniang said, “The place where we met last year has now become a dojo. Please come back tomorrow, I want you to meet a suitable husband. I read a book about physiognomy when I was a child, and there was absolutely no mistake.” Feng Sanniang left before dawn and made an appointment to wait for her at the dojo. Eleven Niang indeed arrived at Shuiyue Temple, and Feng Sanniang had already been there. After a week of sightseeing, Eleventh Sister invited Third Sister to get on the bus together. The two of them walked out of the temple, holding hands, and saw a scholar who was seventeen or eighteen years old, wearing a simple cloth robe, but handsome in appearance and extraordinary in appearance. Feng Sanniang secretly pointed to the scholar and said to Eleventh Niang, “This person is capable of becoming a Hanlin scholar.” Eleventh Niang glanced slightly sideways. Feng Sanniang said again, “You go back first, I’ll be there soon.” At dusk, Feng Sanniang did come and said, “I just found out that the scholar is from this place, named Meng Anren.” Eleventh Niang knew that Meng Anren’s family was very poor and felt it was not suitable. Feng Sanniang said, “Why have you fallen into the secular world? If this person has been poor and lowly for a long time, I will gouge out their eyes and no longer show face to the world!” Eleven Niang said, “So what should we do?” Feng Sanniang said, “Please give me something to give to him, even if we have a engagement.” Eleven Niang said, “Sister is too hasty. With your parents around, what if you don’t agree?” Feng Sanniang said, “I’m doing this because I’m afraid they won’t agree. If you have a firm mind, even death won’t stop you.” Eleven Niang insisted on refusing. Feng Sanniang said, “Your marriage has come, but the calamity has not been eliminated. So I am doing this to repay the kindness you have shown me before. I will go now and give him the golden phoenix hairpin you gave me before, pretending to be in your name.” Eleven Niang was about to discuss further when Feng Sanniang had already left the house.
At that time, although Meng Sheng was knowledgeable and talented, he had not yet decided on a marriage at the age of eighteen due to his poor family background. During the day at the temple, I suddenly saw two beautiful women and have been longing for them since returning home. At the end of the shift, Feng Sanniang called for the door to open and come in. Meng Sheng took a look at the candle and recognized one of the women he had seen in the temple during the day. He happily asked who she was. San Niang said, “My surname is Feng, and I am the female companion of Fan Shiyi Niang.” Meng Sheng was extremely happy and didn’t hesitate to ask, so he suddenly stepped forward and hugged her. Feng Sanniang pushed him away and said, “I’m not Mao Sui who volunteered, I’m here to act as a matchmaker for someone else. Fan Shiyi Niang is willing to marry you, please entrust a matchmaker to propose marriage.” Yu Sheng was surprised and didn’t believe it. Feng Sanniang took out a golden hairpin and showed it to him. Meng Sheng was so fond of it that he swore, “Thank you for your love for me so much. If I don’t have Eleventh Niang as my wife, I would rather not marry for life!” Feng Sanniang left.
The next morning, Meng asked his neighbor’s old mother to meet Mrs. Fan and propose marriage to him. Madam Fan disliked him for being poor and did not discuss with her daughter, so she immediately sent her old mother away. After learning about it, Eleventh Sister was very disappointed and blamed Feng Sanniang for delaying her. But if Jin Chai doesn’t come back, she has to decide not to marry anyone else. A few days later, a gentleman came to propose to the Fan family for his son. He was afraid it wouldn’t work, so he asked the county magistrate to act as a mediator. At that time, the gentleman was very powerful, and the Fan family was afraid of him, so they asked for the opinion of Eleventh Sister. Eleventh Mother was unwilling, and when her mother asked her why, she didn’t speak and just shed tears. Eleventh Mother instructed someone to secretly tell her mother that if it’s not Meng Sheng, she won’t marry even if she dies. Fan Gong was very angry when he found out, so he promised his daughter to the gentleman’s son. Suspecting that Eleventh Sister and Meng Sheng have an affair, she chose an auspicious day to marry her as soon as possible. Shiyi Niang is so angry that she doesn’t eat and just lies in a daze every day. On the night before the wedding, Eleventh Sister suddenly got up and dressed herself up in front of the mirror. Mrs. Fan was secretly happy. After a while, the maid ran over and said, ‘Miss hanged herself!’ The whole family was shocked, crying bitterly. It was too late to regret, and three days later they had to be buried.
Since Meng Sheng’s neighbor’s old mother told him that the marriage couldn’t go through. I was filled with grief and anger, but I continued to inquire about the news in a roundabout manner, dreaming of salvaging my marriage with Eleventh Sister. I heard that Eleventh Sister has already been betrothed to someone, and I was so angry that I had no further thoughts. Soon after, Meng Sheng heard that Eleventh Sister had passed away, and he was filled with grief and anger. He wished he could die with Eleventh Sister. In the evening, I walked out of the house and wanted to cry on the tomb of Eleventh Sister in the dark. Suddenly, someone walked over and, upon closer inspection, it was Feng Sanniang. San Niang said to Meng Sheng, “Congratulations on your marriage finally coming true!” Meng Sheng tearfully said, “Don’t you know that Eleventh Niang is already dead?” Feng San Niang said, “What I said she could come true is because she’s dead. Hurry up and ask your family to dig up the grave. I have a strange medicine that can revive her!” Meng Sheng listened to her words, dug up the grave, opened the coffin, carried Eleventh Niang out, and reburied the grave. Meng Sheng carried the body on his back and returned home with Feng Sanniang. He put Shiyi Niang on the bed and Sanniang drugged her. After a while, Eleven Niang slowly woke up and looked at Feng Sanniang, asking, “What is this place?” Feng Sanniang pointed at Meng Sheng and said, “This is Meng Anren.” She then told her the whole story, and Eleven Niang finally woke up from a dream.
Feng Sanniang was afraid of leaking the news, so she accompanied them to hide in a mountain village fifty miles away. Feng Sanniang wanted to take her leave and go back, but Eleventh Niang begged her to stay as a companion and let her live in another courtyard. I sold funeral jewelry again to make ends meet, and my life is still manageable. Feng Sanniang always avoids Meng Shengsheng every time she meets him. Eleven Niangs calmly said, “The friendship between our sisters is not comparable to that of our sisters, but how can we get together for a hundred years? I think it is better to follow Nvying and Ehuang and marry Meng Sheng together.” Feng Sanniang said, “Since I was young, I have learned the secret of life, so I don’t want to marry.” Eleven Niangs smiled and said, “There are many books about health preservation in the world, but where can they be effective?” Feng Sanniang said, “What I get is not the kind that is handed down in the world. What is handed down in the world is not the true secret, only Hua Tuo’s five birds picture is similar. Anyone who practices It’s just to let the blood flow; if you get catastrophes, you will get better soon if you learn the tiger’s body movements. Isn’t that the place where it works?” Eleven Niangs talked with Meng Sheng privately and asked him to pretend to be a distant man. At night, using alcohol to get San Niang drunk, Meng Sheng quietly came in and slept with her. After waking up, San Niang said, “Sister has harmed me. If I don’t break my sexual precepts and succeed in my Taoist cultivation, I can ascend to the first day. Now that you have calculated it, this is fate.” She stood up and said goodbye. Eleventh Sister told her her her true feelings and begged her not to blame herself. Feng Sanniang said, “To be honest with you, I am a fox fairy. Because I saw your beauty, I suddenly developed feelings of admiration for you, but today I am trapped in a cocoon. This is also a disaster of the love demon, not caused by human labor. If I stay here any longer, the love demon will continue to entangle me endlessly. My sister’s fortune is not shallow, and her future is bright. Please cherish and love yourself.” After saying that, she disappeared without a trace. The couple was amazed for a long time.
After a year, Meng Sheng passed both the township and national exams and became an official in the Hanlin Academy. He took his name tag to pay respects to Fan Shiyi’s father. Fan’s father was both ashamed and remorseful, refusing to see him. Meng Sheng repeatedly requested before meeting. Meng Sheng came in and respectfully greeted him with the etiquette of a son-in-law. Fan Gong was very angry and suspected that Meng Sheng intentionally humiliated him lightly. Meng Sheng asked him to go to an empty place and told the story of what happened. Fan Gong still didn’t quite believe it. After sending someone to his house to check, he was greatly surprised. I secretly told Meng Sheng not to publicize it, for fear of causing trouble. Two years later, the gentleman was investigated for bribery, and both father and son were conscripted to Liaohaiwei. It was not until then that Eleventh Mother returned to her mother’s home.
