Outside the east gate of Wuxi County in Changzhou Prefecture, Jiangnan, lived three brothers of a modest household. The eldest was Lü Yu, the second Lü Bao, and the youngest Lü Zhen. Lü Yu married Lady Wang, and Lü Bao married Lady Yang, both women of respectable families, gentle and kind in character. Only the youngest brother, Lü Zhen, was still too young to marry. The brothers and their wives lived together in harmony.
Lady Wang, the eldest sister-in-law, gave birth to a son named Xi’er, whom the entire family cherished. But when the boy was six years old, he went out with neighborhood children to watch a temple fair and somehow became separated from them. Despite frantic searching, posted notices, and days spent calling out for him, no trace of the child could be found. Grief weighed heavily upon Lü Yu and his wife. Hoping both to distract himself and perhaps uncover news of his missing son, Lü Yu borrowed money from a wealthy household and set out to trade cotton cloth in Jiading and beyond.
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