The story of Naiwu and Chinese Cabbage:
When Chinese Cabbage was 11 years old, Chinese Cabbage's mother and Ge Pinlian's mother booked a young marriage to give Chinese Cabbage to Ge Pinlian as their wife. Ge Pinlian was recommended by his stepfather as a buddy in a tofu shop when he was an adult. When Chinese cabbage was 16 years old, Ge Pinlian married Chinese cabbage into the door.
At this time, Yang Naiwu was just building three new houses at the corner of the lane. Ge Pinlian's stepfather was in charge of the building supervisor. When he learned that there were extra new houses for rent in Yang Naiwu, he rented a house for Ge Pinlian and the Chinese cabbage couple at a monthly rent of 8 Wen. In this way, Yang Naiwu and Chinese cabbage lived in the same building.
Ge Pinlian still helps in the tofu shop. Because he gets up early in the morning, he sometimes stays in the shop at night. Chinese cabbage is at home alone, and has nothing to do. He often goes to Yang Naiwu's home for a walk, and sometimes eats at Yang Naiwu's home with Yang Naiwu.
At this time, Yang Naiwu's second wife, Dayan Zhan's, was still alive, and the frequent contacts between Chinese cabbage and Yang Naiwu were not criticized. Later, Yang Zhan's family died during childbirth, and the whole building was sometimes left with only two people, Yang Naiwu and Chinese cabbage. Chinese cabbage is still the same as before, not to avoid suspicion, and Yang Naiwu is very close.
Later, rumors about Yang Naiwu having an affair with Chinese cabbage spread. After the Chinese cabbage couple lived in Yang Naiwu for a year, Yang Naiwu asked to increase the rent to 1, yuan per month. The Chinese cabbage couple found it unbearable, so they rented a house next to Wang Xinpei in Taiping Lane.
Three months after the death of Yang Zhan, Yang Naiwu married Xiao Yang Zhan, namely Zhan Caifeng. In August of the following year, Yang Naiwu took part in the provincial examination of Guiyouke and won the 14th place in Zhejiang Province.
Extended information:
Yang Naiwu was born in the 16th year of Daoguang (1836), a well-off family in Yuhang County, Zhejiang Province. He was diligent and studious since childhood, and he was honest. Yang Naiwu was married three times. The first wife was Wu, and the second was Yang Zhan, who died in dystocia and finally married Xiao Yang Zhan.
Chinese cabbage's real name is Lifelong Gu, whose milk name is A Sheng, and Yang Naiwu Jr. is 15 years old, and his father is Bi Chengxiang, but it is also called Bi Xiugu in some later literary works. When Chinese cabbage was eight years old, she remarried to Yuhang County with her mother, and her mother married Yu Jingtian. Yu Jia and Yang Naiwu were neighbors, and Ge Pinlian were neighbors.
The case of "Yang Naiwu and Chinese Cabbage" took place during Guangxu reign of Tongzhi in Qing Dynasty, which was the first of the four mysterious cases in the late Qing Dynasty. In the 199s, the TV series "Yang Naiwu and Chinese Cabbage" starring Tao Huimin made this story a household name. "Yang Naiwu and Chinese Cabbage" in the form of film and television plays has been widely known.
Reference: Baidu Encyclopedia-Yang Naiwu.