Once upon a time there was a man named Zhu Yaozong, who was a scholar. His father died when he was very young. His mother didn't remarry, but she brought him up by herself. When he grew up, he was sent to a teacher named Zhang Zhongju to learn writing.
Zhu Yaozong is very clever and hard-working. Later, he really won the first prize and was summoned by the emperor. Seeing that Zhu Yaozong was a man with a good temperament, the emperor liked his talk very much and wanted to call him Xu.
At this time, Zhu Yaozong thought of his old mother, who had never been married in his life, and asked the emperor to set up a piece for his mother? Chastity archway? . The emperor was moved by Zhu Yaozong's filial piety and agreed.
Zhu Yaozong answered his hometown happily. He told his old mother about it when he met her. But he didn't want his mother to be reluctant. It turned out that Zhu Yaozong had been studying under Mr. Zhang Zhongju for a long time, and his mother and husband had a friendship and were going to hold a wedding after his return.
When Zhu Yaozong heard this, he immediately knelt down to his mother, said that he was unfilial, and told her that if so, it would be a crime of deceiving the monarch! Hearing this, the mother took off her apron and let Zhu Yaozong wash it. After washing, she hung it in the yard.
If I get up the next day and my apron is dry, then my mother won't marry. If the apron is still wet, get married Zhu Yaozong is very happy. He thinks aprons are naturally dry. But unexpectedly, after the apron dried, it began to rain, and it didn't stop all night.
Zhu Yaozong knew that this was an act of God and could not be disobeyed, so he told the emperor the whole story. Who knows the emperor actually said: it's going to rain, and mother is getting married. It's a perfect couple. Let her go. . Later, this sentence was gradually quoted by everyone.