Cui Fengming has been recuperating in the hospital for more than two months, which is like being confined for more than two months. While recuperating from his injuries, he received a letter from Wang Hongju from Beiping before he went south, in which he told Cui Fengming that his old father had died of illness half a year ago, and he had left with his name in mind; His mother is still alive and is being cared for by his sister. In addition, Chunxiu no longer works in Juxianlou Restaurant, and after several inquiries, she has not received accurate information from her.

After reading this letter, Cui Fengming's heart was very uncomfortable. He didn't want to stay in the hospital to recuperate, and his only thought was to return to the team to fight immediately, and he approached the dean and asked to be discharged. The director of the field hospital was an old scholar with gray hair, and his glasses as thick as the bottom of a bottle were always low on the tip of his nose. When he saw Cui Fengming breaking into his office and making a fuss about being discharged, he slowly walked up to Cui Fengming, rolled his bloodshot eyes and carefully looked at Cui Fengming from the frame of his glasses, as if he was studying something that interested him. Cui Fengming was furious by Dean Fang's strange eyes, he didn't have the confidence he had when he first entered the office, so he forced a smile to try to please the dean, who knew that Dean Fang said as if he had a prescient feeling: "You are an amputated injury, you haven't been neat yet, and you can't be discharged from the hospital now according to the regulations." After that, no matter how hard Cui Fengming grinded and soaked, Dean Fang just repeated this sentence. Later, when he saw Cui Fengming in the office and didn't leave, he simply picked up a medical book and looked like no one was around, and left Cui Fengming aside. Almost every day, Dean Fang encounters wounded people like Cui Fengming who are about to be discharged from the hospital before they have recovered from their injuries, and he believes that the most effective way to deal with these people is to turn a blind eye to them and ignore them.

Cui Fengming saw that the dean ignored his love, and although he was holding back his anger, he couldn't make trouble if he wanted to, so he returned to the ward listlessly. At this time, even lying on the hospital bed for a minute was unbearable for him, and he wanted to escape, so he quietly picked up his backpack and slipped out of the hospital room while others were not paying attention, and he was caught by the guards and pressed on the hospital bed as soon as he walked out of the hospital door. There was no way, Cui Fengming spent some time in bed for a while. Wait until you are discharged from the hospital. The organization told Cui Fengming that he was now a disabled soldier and had lost his combat capability, and that he would be arranged to work in the local area. Although he was reluctant to leave the combat life of the army, he had to obey the organization's arrangements. Cui Fengming, a native of Peking and with an old mother to take care of at home, was organized and arranged to serve as the vice principal and teacher of a school for revolutionary disabled servicemen in Beiping.

After returning to Beiping, Cui Fengming's work was relatively leisurely, and he did everything possible to inquire about Chunxiu's news after work, and he almost walked in to the restaurant to ask if there was a woman named Chunxiu. At that time, the identity of a revolutionary soldier was the idol pursued by many girls, and the heroic Cui Fengming had no shortage of suitors even though he had a broken arm. The organization introduced several objects to him, including many young, beautiful and educated girls, but they were all rejected by Cui Fengming for various reasons. Cui Fengming thinks that no matter how difficult it is, he has to find Chunxiu, and if he can't find Chunxiu, he would rather never marry. I don't know how many times he saw Chunxiu in his dreams, but when he woke up, he only brought endless melancholy.

Chunxiu did not leave Beiping. Since Cui Fengming left Beiping, Chunxiu felt that she couldn't do anything empty, and Cui Fengming's shadow was dangling in front of her when she was lonely and bored. Young, simple, kind and somewhat willful Cui Fengming has been deeply imprinted in her heart and will never fade.

In Juxian Building, the lustful peanut skin is still entangled with Chunxiu, and Chunxiu resolutely dissociates with him. Peanutskin refuses to let go easily. He kept threatening and luring Chunxiu to get him to comply, but in desperation, Chunxiu had no choice but to leave Juxian Building. After leaving Juxian Building, Chunxiu found another restaurant to work in the back kitchen. At this time, Chunxiu suddenly felt that her body had reacted, and she was often dizzy, nauseous, and weak. Soon after, she noticed that her belly was slowly getting bigger, and she became pregnant. Faced with her pregnancy, Chunxiu was very nervous, and at first Chunxiu wanted to find someone to kill the child. But she later changed her mind, because she knew that the child belonged to Brother Feng Ming, and she wanted to keep the child. The restaurant owner watched Chunxiu's belly grow day by day. The work seemed very clumsy, and she couldn't do the work with a little effort, so she was dismissed. However, this boss still has some conscience and gave Chunxiu half a month's salary.

Chunxiu cut off her source of livelihood when she had nothing to do, and it didn't take long for her to run out of money, and she couldn't even pay the rent in embarrassment. She wanted to go back to her hometown in Shandong, but she had a stomach and no face to go back, at this time Chunxiu felt that she was at a loss, how much she needed a man's shoulder to lean on! But there was no man who could help her.

When she returned home, she saw that her bedding rolls and simple belongings were placed under the eaves of the house, and a new tenant lived in the house, which was the landlord's eviction order for her. Chunxiu, who had a strong temperament, didn't say anything, picked up his luggage and turned to leave.

It was the midwinter wax moon in Beiping, and Chunxiu begged for food during the day against the biting cold wind, and slept in the doorway of the big house wrapped in a torn quilt at night. Although life is difficult, there is a kind of thought supporting Chunxiu: no matter how hard and difficult it is, you must live tenaciously, you must give birth to a child and raise it as an adult, and Chunxiu is suffering day by day for this thought.

On the morning of the 23rd day of the lunar month, the heavy snow that had fallen all night still did not stop, and the snow flakes were fluttering all over the world. Two vermilion gates in an alley squeaked open, and an elderly servant came out with a broom to sweep the snow. A road down. Frightened, he threw away his broom and turned around and ran back into the courtyard.

When everyone heard the noise, they hurriedly came out of the courtyard to watch, only to see a woman curled up on the ground with a broken quilt wrapped in a mantle in the doorway. The woman's eyes were closed, her face was like a blank sheet of paper, and her hair and eyebrows were covered with thick frost. Someone stepped forward and pushed the woman a few times, only to feel that her body was hard and motionless. I don't know who said: "Today is the New Year, and it's unlucky to lie on the road at the door!" Carry the dead man somewhere else. Several people stepped forward to lift the woman lying on the ground, and when everyone lifted the broken quilt, they saw that the woman was pregnant.

Mrs. Su, the hostess of this courtyard, walked out of the courtyard gate after hearing the movement, and everyone hurriedly shouted "Mrs." and flashed aside. Mrs. Su leaned over and looked at the woman lying on the ground with a big belly, shook her head and sighed, "Amitabha! Whose woman is so miserable, she lost two lives at once. She folded her sad hands and closed her eyes tightly, and her mouth kept muttering scriptures such as Nam Mu Amitabha. At this moment, the woman lying on the ground suddenly moved, and a slight gasp came out of her mouth. It turns out that this woman is still alive! Mrs. Su hurriedly asked her men to carry the woman into the courtyard, and found a room where no one lived and put her down. Mrs. Su found a thick old quilt for the woman to cover, and asked someone to find a briquette stove and set up a chimney in the house to light a fire. When the room was warmed, the woman slowly woke up. Mrs. Su was busy and asked her to burn a bowl of ginger syrup for her to drink. The woman's face grew bloodshot and she was able to speak.

The woman who was saved by Mrs. Su was none other than Chunxiu. Chunxiu didn't get anything to eat during the day, and after dark, she was exhausted and curled up in the door of the Su family to rest. Who knew that in the middle of the night, there was goose feather snow in the sky, the weather was cold and biting, Chunxiu, who had not eaten for a day, fainted in front of Su's house under hunger and cold, and if he was not rescued by Mrs. Su in time, he might have died.

Chunxiu was able to get down the aisle after recuperating in bed for a few days. Mrs. Wang saw that Chunxiu's body was recovering well, and asked about her life experience when she visited Chunxiu. When Chunxiu told what happened, the soft-hearted Mrs. Wang was sad and shed tears, and she decided to leave the hard-working Chunxiu. She said to Chunxiu: "You are pregnant now, it is important to keep the child, you can no longer beg outside with a belly every day." After that, you can stay at my house and do some chores in the kitchen first. On the surface, our family is still a big family, but in fact, the business has not been as good as before in recent years, but leaving you is just an extra pair of chopsticks for eating, but I can't pay you. ”

"Thank you for your great kindness and saving the lives of our mother and son. I don't want to be paid, as long as I have food and a place to live. Chunxiu knelt in front of Mrs. Su and thanked her for her kindness.

Mrs. Su hurriedly helped her up and said: "I am a person who believes in Buddhism, and the Buddha said: Saving one life is better than creating a seventh-level floating slaughter, not to mention that I saved two lives, I have accumulated great virtue!" Don't thank me. If you want to thank the Buddha, thank the Buddha. ”

It didn't take long for Chunxiu's body to recover, and she went down to the kitchen to help. Chunxiu is diligent, easy-going and practical, and gets along well with everyone. At first, Chunxiu worked in the kitchen to do what she could. Later, the cook asked for leave for something at home, so she took charge of the stove with her stomach up, and used all the skills she saw and learned in Juxian Building. The meals cooked by Chunxiu are authentic and delicious, which is very suitable for the taste of the owner. The owner named her to eat the Shandong food she made, and he didn't let others take charge of it.

The male owner of this house, Boss Su, specializes in buying and selling Chinese herbal medicines. Several pharmacies were opened in the city of Beiping. Boss Su is in his fifties, kind-eyed, easy-going, not only can do business but is also a gourmet, and he has eaten all the well-known restaurants in the city. Boss Su, who is very particular about eating, is full of praise for the dishes made by Chunxiu, saying that it does not lose the taste of a big restaurant, and will give Chunxiu an extra reward every month. Boss Su once joked to Chunxiu: If Chunxiu leaves the Su family, he would rather stop eating.

Chunxiu gave birth to a son within a few months after arriving at the Su family, this child looks white and clean, and his nose and eyes are very similar to Cui Fengming.

As soon as Chunxiu's child passed the full moon, Mrs. Su called Chunxiu to her room and said that there was something to discuss. Mrs. Su closed the door, let Chunxiu sit on the Taishi chair where she often sits, poured her a cup of tea with her own hands, and then took out a gold bracelet and a silver longevity lock with a smile and put them in Chunxiu's hand and said, "A little meaning, take it." ”

Chunxiu didn't know why Mrs. Su did this, she was flattered and put these things back in front of Mrs. Su: "Madam, what are you doing here?" ”

Mrs. Su said; "Chunxiu, you just take these things, this longevity lock is for children, and you put a picture on him when you turn around. This gold bracelet is given to you by the master, he sees that you are very diligent, and especially loves to eat the Shandong food you make, during your confinement he always said that the food has no taste, he wants you to stay here for a long time, so I asked me to give this to you, it is a reward for you!"

Chunxiu felt strange and asked: "Madam, I am a helpless person, I work in your house, I can still get paid for food and housing, I am already very satisfied, why do you still give me this valuable thing?" ”

Mrs. Su just lowered her head to drink tea as if she hadn't heard Chunxiu's words, and after a while, she put down the teacup and sighed and said, "Chunxiu, I'll tell you the truth!" I saved you because you were a pregnant woman, and if you weren't pregnant, I wouldn't have kept you after I saved you, do you want to know why? ”

Chunxiu looked at Mrs. Su curiously, she nodded and said she wanted to know.

"I married my husband when I was sixteen, and I have been married for more than 40 years but have never given him a child. My lord loved me very much, he never complained about me, he said to me: Not being able to have children is not necessarily a woman's business. But I always felt sorry for him in my heart, and I felt that I was a hen that couldn't lay eggs. If the old man had married another woman, he might have had a group of children long ago. Now that the master is almost sixty years old, no one takes the business in his hand, and there is no successor to the family's incense, I am afraid that the evening will be bleak! Mrs. Su said as tears fell like beads with broken threads.

Chunxiu saw Mrs. Su crying, and she also felt a little sour in her heart.

Mrs. Su continued: "Actually, when I rescued you that day, I also had a little calculation in my heart, I saw that you were a pregnant woman and helpless, and even if you gave birth to a child in the future, you would not be able to support it, so I took you in, and if you gave birth to a boy, I persuaded you to pass the child to the master, and then give you some money to send you away." It's easy to do and there's no hassle in the future. ”

Chunxiu was anxious when she heard this, and she said to Mrs. Su: "Madam, this child is my life, and my life will be gone without him!" ”

Mrs. Su made a don't be anxious gesture to Chunxiu and said, "Chunxiu, my lord and I don't have the idea of separating you from the child!" These days, the lord saw that you were simple, kind-hearted, good-looking, and helpless, so he moved his heart to marry you as the wife of the second room. If you become a member of the Su family, your child will naturally pass on to the Su family, which will be beneficial to you and the child, and your mother will be much more stable in the future. Do you think that's good? ”

Mrs. Su's words are difficult for Chunxiu to answer, Chunxiu gave birth to a child, and she can't go back to her home in Shandong. This child is Cui Fengming's, Chunxiu wants to raise this child to be an adult and let him recognize his ancestors and return to his ancestors in the future, but Cui Fengming has no news now, and it is unknown whether they can meet again in this life and this life. Chunxiu bowed her head and said nothing.

Mrs. Su thought that Chunxiu was a little moved, and she said softly: "Sister Chunxiu, the master and I are both honest and law-abiding businessmen, the master is familiar with the four books and the five classics, I am a good person who must follow the three virtues and four virtues in words and deeds, and I will never treat you and my children badly in the future." Besides, you are still young and we are all old, and sooner or later you will be in charge of the family's business, and your children will be able to inherit the family business. Of course, it wouldn't be better if you gave birth to a son for your lord in the future! ”

Chunxiu still bowed her head and remained silent, and Mrs. Su put the gold bracelet and longevity lock in front of her again and said, "This is just a little meaning, you can accept it!" It's okay if you don't agree to this marriage. But you must still marry in the future, it is not easy to marry with a child, and you must think carefully about the future of your child. Let's talk about this first, think about it again, and if it doesn't work out, you can just tell me something. ”

"Madam, I appreciate the kindness of you and the master. I'll take this silver lock and put it on my child, but I won't take this bracelet. Chunxiu stood up and said. Mrs. Su was not reluctant, she sent Chunxiu out of the house with a smile on her face.

Half a year later, Chunxiu felt that it was difficult to see Cui Fengming in her life, she felt that Boss Su and Mrs. Su were good people, in order to have a stable home for herself and a good living environment for her children, so she married herself to Boss Su. (To be continued......)