Chapter 3 Steamed Buns

This is the story of 35 years ago......

War filled the land of fire, the iron horses were restored, the spears and gold armor were restored, the whole country of fire was full of smoke, and the earth was stained red with blood again and again, and finally it was all dust...... History has confirmed countless wars, but it only makes people's flesh and bones and countless blood return to the soil, waiting for another reincarnation......

Eight hundred miles north of the imperial city, near Changbai Mountain, there is a small town, where the horse-like army passed back and forth, taking away most of the men, and the rest of the powerful people also left their hometowns to find a livelihood...... The town seems to be the only one where the old man and the widow are surviving......

The clear sky was suddenly overcast, accompanied by black clouds, and torrential rain poured down! On a hill to the west of the town, a woman in her forties walked among the mountains, this woman was skinny and her eyes were full of vicissitudes. She staggered, step by step through the mud, fell and got back up...... Fall down and get up again......

The woman was sick, and the high fever even made her will a little blurred, but she held some wild vegetables and wild fruits firmly in her arms, and muttered in her mouth: "I can't fall, I want to go back, my child is hungry......"

The indomitable will supported the woman to walk more than ten miles, and she finally came to the door of her house, holding on to the door frame and slowly falling down...... The dilapidated door squeaked and alarmed the three children inside......

"Mother! What's wrong with you......"

Thirteen-year-old Cheng Ruobing rushed out in the torrential rain, followed by Cheng Ruoshui, only five-year-old Cheng Yao did not come out of the house, just watched her sisters drag her mother into the house......

Cheng Ruobing cried: "Mother, what's wrong with you!" What's wrong! ”

The woman took out the wild vegetables and wild fruits in her arms with difficulty, and said intermittently: "Ice... Son, you... You make a fire and cook it for your sisters... They're hungry......"

Cheng Ruobing's tears kept flowing: "Mother! You wait, I'll cook for you, you haven't eaten in days! ”

The woman nodded silently: "Bing'er, you can do it since you were a child, in case I can't do it, you must take care of your sister......"

"Don't talk about it! You won't die! You wait for me to cook for you......" Cheng Ruobing quickly ran towards the stove!

But the woman slowly closed her eyes and never opened them again......

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A woman died, leaving behind three orphans, three helpless girls......

The next day, Cheng Ruobing and Cheng Ruoshui dug a pit outside the town with broken iron tools and buried their mother!

Five-year-old Cheng Yao looked at her sister and said, "Sister! Why did you bury your mother in the earth? Why......"

Cheng Ruobing's eyes were filled with endless sadness, but this girl who had been in charge of the family since she was a child was so tenacious, at this time she raised her head and said to her two younger sisters: "Our mother is dead, but we have to live, and I will try to support you in the future, because... Because you are my relatives..."After speaking, Cheng Ruobing's tears rolled down, maybe such a heavy responsibility is really too cruel for a girl......

Cheng Ruoshui's voice was much lower than her sister's, and she cried softly: "Sister! I'll help you! ”

Cheng Ruobing pulled her twin sister and Chen Yao tightly together, and the two slightly sensible girls cried loudly! Although Cheng Yao is not sensible, sadness is easily contagious, and she also cried......

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In the war-torn era, barren crops, and sparse population, how difficult it is for three girls to survive! Cheng Ruobing took her sister around begging and digging wild vegetables, but this was far from satisfying the three children who were growing up!

On this day, it was raining again, and the three children were huddled at home and couldn't go out!

Cheng Yao cried and said, "Sister, I'm so hungry!" I especially want to eat Li Si's steamed steamed buns, I don't want to eat wild vegetables! ”

Cheng Ruobing touched Cheng Yao's messy hair and said, "We don't have money, we can only eat wild vegetables!" ”

Ruobing suddenly remembered that Li Si, who was selling steamed buns, looked at his obscene eyes......

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"Uncle Li! Please, give me a treat... My sister is hungry! ”

Li Si: "Get out, this is all set by Chen Yuanwai, otherwise where will there be white-faced dumplings this year..."

Cheng Ruobing: "Please, my sister is really hungry..."

A gust of wind blew, Cheng Ruobing's messy hair was blown away, and the beauty of the falling geese could not be concealed...... Li Si's eyes couldn't help but look straight: "I can't see that you are still a beauty!" Come! Come and let my uncle hug me, and I'll give you a fragrant steamed bun! ”

Cheng Ruobing couldn't help but take a step back, turned around and wanted to leave......

To be honest, this town is not big, everyone knows each other, and everyone knows that Cheng Ruobing's mother died and left three orphans! At this time, Li Sise's heart rose, and he couldn't help but pull Cheng Ruobing......

"You let go of me, come on!"

Li Si's backstage is very hard, and a few people on the street take a look at it and treat it as if they didn't see it! After all, I can't take care of my own affairs...... Li Si smiled and dragged Ruo Bing into his room......

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The dreary air froze on this street, and many people shook their heads helplessly!

Just after a while, suddenly there was a scream from inside the house: "You dead girl! You let go of your mouth! ”

It turned out that Cheng Ruobing bit Li Si's neck and refused to let go......

"Good! Good! You let go of your mouth, the fourth master will let you go! ”

Cheng Ruobing slowly let go of his mouth, and Li Si touched his neck, blood in one hand...... Angrily, he stretched out his hand and slapped Cheng Ruobing, "Dead girl, Lao Tzu is playing you to death!" ”

But Li Si suddenly saw Cheng Ruobing's eyes, full of unyielding murderous aura, which didn't look like the eyes that a thirteen-year-old girl should have! Li Si was a little soft, and he couldn't imagine that a man in his forties actually scared a thirteen-year-old girl......

"Let's go! I don't believe you can't starve to death! ”

Chen Ruobing tightly put away her messy clothes, stood up arrogantly and walked out!

Li Si said in the back: "If you are really hungry, you can come to me, I have fragrant steamed buns here at any time, but you still don't look very hungry today!" ”

Cheng Ruobing's figure paused slightly, but he still walked out slowly!

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Cheng Yao said that she wanted to eat steamed buns, Cheng Ruobing couldn't help but think of the past, she sighed, tears rolled in her eyes involuntarily! But she wiped her eyes with her sleeve fiercely, and shouted in her heart: "I will never cry again, I will live like a man to take care of my sister!" I won't let them be wronged! ”

Cheng Ruoshui suddenly whispered: "Sister, you are really too hard, but I... But I can't help you, I can only dig vegetables, I don't even dare to kill a frog......"

Cheng Ruobing said: "Ruoshui, your heart is too good, but this world is really too sinister, alas, ......"

As he was talking, Cheng Ruobing suddenly picked up a stone and threw it out...... There was a "meow" outside, and a wild cat fled quickly!

Cheng Ruoshui said: "Sister, you can't kill the cat, it can run fast!" ”

Cheng Ruobing snorted: "It's always going to be killed, you wait for me and me to cook, maybe we still have some wild vegetables!" ”

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After a while, Cheng Ruobing walked in with a broken pot!

Cheng Yao immediately stopped crying, and shouted happily: "It's so fragrant!" "Ran to the edge of the pot quickly!

The three of them formed a circle, and Cheng Ruobing divided the three bowls! Although Cheng Yao was hungry, she didn't do it for a long time, she was waiting for the eldest sister to speak!

Cheng Ruobing looked at her two younger sisters, and an indescribable warmth suddenly appeared on her psychological face, this is her family, the person I need to protect for the rest of my life......

"Let's eat!"

Cheng Yao shouted happily, immediately served the vegetable soup in a bowl, and ate it happily!

Cheng Ruobing and Cheng Ruoshui just ate slowly, and it seemed that they were deliberately letting the rest of the people, only Cheng Yao kept eating......

"Sister, today's food is so fragrant, it's delicious!"

Cheng Ruobing smiled bitterly and thought, "How would you know what this is made of......

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It turned out that Cheng Ruobing hit the cat with a stone just now, but drove the cat away, and her real purpose was a mouse that was bitten to death by the cat......

Cheng Ruoshui suddenly took out a piece of bone from his mouth, frowned slightly and said, "Sister, what kind of bone is this!" ”

Cheng Ruobing said without raising his head: "It was the frog bone last time, I didn't brush the pot!" She didn't dare to say it, he knew that Cheng Ruobing was a very kind person, even so good that he wouldn't kill even if he starved to death......

Sometimes Cheng Ruobing couldn't help but think silently: "Ruoshui is not his own sister or not, it is completely different from his own personality, but the two of them are almost the same, and it is not okay if you want to admit it......"

Sure enough, Cheng Ruoshui sighed, silently put down his bowl, and muttered, "I didn't mean to eat you!" ”

Cheng Yao: "Second sister, if you don't eat it, then I'll eat it!" ”

"Eat it!"

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The three sisters passed like this for five months, but winter came, there were no wild vegetables, and the snow was secretly falling! How the three sisters should face their future lives!

On this day, Cheng Yao had a fever and lay on the bed dreaming: "I'm so hungry!" Sister... Sister..."

Cheng Ruoshui cried silently beside the bed, without any way.

Cheng Ruobing walked back and forth by the bed, muttering, "Yaoyao has a fever, she has been burning for several days!" My mother also burned for several days...... No, no... I can't let my sister do this, I'm going to save her! Cheng Ruobing suddenly pushed open the door and rushed out quickly! Outside, there was a bitter cold wind......

Cheng Ruoshui shouted loudly: "Big sister! What are you going to do? ”

"You wait, I'll look for something to eat, I'll be back in a moment!"

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Li Si was sleeping with his head back in the house, and the door creaked open!

"Who's ......"

"It's me! I'm hungry and I want to eat! ”

Li Si's eyes narrowed: "Girl, I haven't seen you in the past half a year, and I'm getting more and more Peugeot!" What's the matter, figured it out! ”

Cheng Ruobing's eyes were bloodshot, and he gritted his teeth and said, "I want steamed buns, I want to save my sister!" "She straightened her waist and raised her head high! Even if she came to ask for someone now, Cheng Ruobing didn't seem to lower her head, she was like a goddess......

Li Si's eyes lit up, and he didn't even know where he already had some impulses, he stood up, slowly approached Cheng Ruobing, and closed the door with his hand!

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After a while, there was a heavy wheezing sound from inside the door......

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Cheng Ruoshui's eyes were already straight: "Eldest sister!" Where did you get the steamed buns! And eggs! Oh, my God! ”

"Don't worry about it, hurry up and feed Yaoyao......"

Watching Cheng Yao eat the steamed buns of her dreams, Cheng Ruobing felt that blood was flowing on her psychological side......

(End of chapter)