What is the whole story of Du Shi Niang

During the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty, Du Shi Niang, a famous prostitute in the south of Beijing, met Li Jia, the son of the old man of Nanjing, when receiving guests, Li Jia loved his beauty and red face, and Du Shi Niang poured his demeanor into elegance, and the two fell in love. Li Jia ignored his studies and immersed himself in the gentle countryside day by day, gradually running out of money. When his father heard this, he was furious, cut off his supplies, and persuaded his relatives in the capital not to lend him money.

Shi Niang is determined to entrust her life to the gentle and loyal Li Jia. The old bustard agreed that as long as Li Jia took out three hundred taels of silver within ten days, he could redeem Shi Niang. But he had already had a bad reputation among his relatives and friends, and no one would give him money to fill the brothel.

Li Jia ran around for several days, at a loss, Du Shi Niang took out one hundred and fifty taels of broken silver sewn in the quilt, Li Jia's friend Liu Yuchun was moved by the behavior of this dusty woman, and managed to make up enough one hundred and fifty taels of silver. Ten days later, he handed over the silver taels to the old bustard, the old bustard wanted to repent, Du Shi Niang knew the benefits, and the old bustard had to let go.

So the two lovers tied the knot for a hundred years at Liu Yuchun's residence. Du Siniang and Li Jia were going to return to their hometown, but Li Jia was worried, and it was difficult to explain to his father when he returned with a prostitute. Du Shi Niang said

first went to the resort of Suzhou and Hangzhou for a tour, and then Lang Jun went home and begged relatives and friends to persuade him to be reconciled in front of his father; After Father Li is angry, he will come to pick her up. Li Jia did as he was told.

When the two traveled to Guazhou Gudu, they met the lascivious and insidious rich man Sun Fu. He returned to the boat after drinking at night, and when he heard Du Shi Niang's singing, he was moved. After dawn, looking inward from the window, I felt my heart shake even more.

Sun Fu pretended to be close to Li Jia, drank and talked, and when he talked about Du Shi Niang, Li Jia told him what happened, Sun Fu sighed: Respect your father's high position, how can you marry a prostitute as a wife! When the time comes, you will be in a dilemma, won't you end up disloyal, unfilial, unkind, and unjust?!

As soon as he said this, Li Jia felt even more difficult, and Sun Fu took out a frame that was willing to stick a knife in the ribs for his friend and said: I am willing to give a thousand gold gifts, you take the silver money back, and only say that in the Beijing Pavilion, your father will definitely forgive you. Li Jia was moved by what he said, he was always afraid that he would not be able to make a deal after returning home, on the one hand, he felt that doing so would be a negative for Du Shi Niang, and asked to go back to get Du Shi Niang's promise.

Du Siniang listened to Li Jia's discussion, like thunder, recalling that she was sold in her childhood, suffered humiliation, and saw that she had escaped from the fire pit, thinking that she would live a happy life with Li Jia, but now she saw that he had no idea, so she made up her mind to die in exchange for Li Jia to understand her friendship, and then helped Li Jia plan to get the daughter promised by Sun Fu.

The next day, Du Shi Niang dressed up in full costume and asked Sun Fu to put the silver taels on Li Jia's boat. Standing on the pedal by himself, he opened the treasure chest, which was filled with all kinds of rare toys of gold, silver and jade. Du Siniang pointed to the priceless gold, silver and jewelry, angrily scolded Sun Fu for breaking up their husband and wife, scolded Li Jia for not being able to trust himself, having eyes without beads, throwing treasures into the river, and finally jumping into the rolling waves.