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1、GreatWallCollapsedasMengJiangnuCried ThisstoryhappenedduringtheQinDynasty(221BC-206BC).TherewasonceanoldmannamedMengwholivedinthesouthernpartofthecountrywithhiswife.Onespring,Mengsowedaseedofbottlegourd2inhisyard.ThebottlegourdgrewupbitbybitanditsvinesclimbedoverthewallandenteredhisneighborJ
2、iang'syard.LikeMeng,Jianghadnochildrenandsohebecameveryfondoftheplant.Hewateredandtookcareoftheplant.Withtendercareofbothmen,theplantgrewbiggerandbiggerandgaveabeautifulbottlegourdinautumn.Jiangpluckeditoffthevine,andthetwooldmendecided3tocutthegourdanddivideitbyhalf.Totheirsurprisewhentheyc
3、utthegourdaprettyandlovelygirlwaslyinginside!Theyfelthappytohaveachildandbothlovedherverymuch,sotheydecidedtobringthechilduptogether.TheynamedthegirlMengJiangnu,whichmeansMengandJiang'sdaughter.Astimewentby,MengJiangnugrewupandbecameabeautifulyoungwoman.Shewasverysmartandindustrious4.Shetook
4、careofoldMengandJiang'sfamilies,washingtheclothesanddoingthehousework.PeopleknewthatMengJiangnuwasagoodgirlandlikedherverymuch.Onedaywhileplayingintheyard,MengJiangnusawayoungmanhidinginthegarden.Shecalledouttoherparents,andtheyoungmancameout.Atthattime,EmperorQinShihuang(thefirstemperorofQi
5、n)announcedtobuildtheGreatWall.Solotsofmenwerecaughtbythefederalofficials.FanQiliangwasanintellectualmanandveryafraidofbeingcaught,sohewenttoMeng'shousetohidefromtheofficials.MengandJianglikedthisgood-looking,honest,andgood-manneredyoungman.Theydecidedtowed1theirdaughtertohim.BothFanQilianga
6、ndMengJiangnuacceptedhappily,andthecouplewasmarriedseveraldayslater.However,threedaysaftertheirmarriage,officialssuddenlybrokeinandtookFanQiliangawaytobuildtheGreatWallinthenorthofChina.ItwasahardtimeforMengJiangnuafterherhusbandwastakenaway-shemissedherhusbandandcriednearlyeveryday.Shesewed
7、warmclothesforherhusbandanddecidedtosetofftolookforhim.Sayingfarewelltoherparents,shepackedherluggageandstartedherlongjourney.Sheclimbedovermountainsandwentthroughtherivers.Shewalkeddayandnight,slippingandfallingmanytimes,butfinallyshereachedthefoo