The future husband of a woman engaged dies and she vows to marry no other against the wishes of her family (but thus demonstrating her virtue by remaining faithful to her deceased fiance). She goes to live with her fiances family and during a famine begs for food for her 'mother-in-law' and is rewarded by a sympathetic god. Alternative title: jie nv shou qing: A Chaste Woman Guards Her Purity

Qi Mi Yangjia, Po Xianyan Bao Begging for Rice to Feed the Family, a Woman is Rewarded for the Suffering She Has Endured

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