When Magistrate Tao was in his fifties, the donkey that had been with him for many years left before him.
He always insisted that the donkey was his wife who died young.
Therefore, as soon as the donkey left, his whole body lost all vitality, as if he had aged dozens of years all of a sudden.
At that time, Magistrate Tao had resigned from office to provide for his retirement, and his son also became an official.
When his son saw his father like this, he picked a few more similar-looking donkeys and gave them to Magistrate Tao to raise.
Magistrate Tao walked over tremblingly. He was only in his fifties, his hair was completely white, his teeth were all gone, and his back was a little hunched.
He looked at each one carefully and found that no donkey was his wife anymore.
After this, Magistrate Tao fell ill and stayed in bed for several months before finally passing away.
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After reincarnation, Magistrate Tao had long lost the memory of his previous life.
The people in the village were enthusiastic. When the girl's parents heard this, they called Magistrate Tao outside to come inside and sit down.
Magistrate Tao was not good at words and didn't know what to say. Moreover, he felt that it was enough to keep some things in mind and there was no need to say them all.
Therefore, after Magistrate Tao wrote to his parents, he went to find out whether the girl was getting married or getting married.
The clothes on his body were soaked through, so the girl's father borrowed some clothes for him to change into.
The girl in green clothes stood inside the house, and through the rain curtain, she saw a young man dressed as a scholar standing under the eaves of his courtyard gate.
He was lucky enough to pass the Jinshi examination this time, and was later sent to serve as the county magistrate in the county where the girl lived.
In this life, his surname is Tao, the same as in his previous life.
When someone called him Magistrate Tao, that feeling of familiarity came to mind again.
After staying here for two days, Magistrate Tao continued on his way after the weather improved and the road became easier to walk.
Magistrate Tao felt familiar from the first moment he saw the girl, as if they had met a long time ago, but he was afraid that if he told her, the girl and her family would think his words were frivolous.
On the way to Beijing to take the exam, he encountered a heavy rain. He jogged into a village and hid under the eaves of a family.
The girl was just an ordinary farmer, so she was not worthy of Magistrate Tao, but since the son was willing, his parents didn't say anything more.
After becoming the county magistrate, Magistrate Tao managed the county under his jurisdiction very well, and the people's lives became better and better.
After the rain stopped, the girl's mother went to the kitchen outside to make a pot of ginger soup for him to drink.
When he left, he said goodbye to the girl and her parents and expressed his thanks.
He doesn't want to get married, but if the target is her, he can consider it.
After confirming her situation, Magistrate Tao invited a matchmaker to come to her house to arrange a marriage.
This time, he was a scholar just like in his previous life.
Magistrate Tao immediately thought of the girl he met by chance while taking shelter from the rain.
Eighteen years later, another world.
The girl's parents also agreed to the marriage.
Magistrate Tao hesitated, but finally trotted in.
The girl told her parents at home: "There are people outside, it seems they are taking shelter from the rain."
Magistrate Tao's parents in his hometown wrote to him urging him to get married.
So Magistrate Tao didn't say anything.
Magistrate Tao was so excited that he couldn't sleep.
Later, the girl finally became his wife, and Magistrate Tao said what he wanted to say when he first saw her.
"When I first saw you, I felt like I had seen you somewhere before."
After saying that, Magistrate Tao thought he would be scolded for being picky, but his wife smiled and said, "Really? Me too."
