"Ning'er, don't come in, stay away."

A short little girl stood at the door of the house, looking at the red light in the house, heard the cry of her brother in swaddling clothes, and could vaguely see her mother standing by the bed with her brother in her arms.

Ning'er knew that her mother wanted to rush out with her younger brother in her arms, but her mother was weak, and when she encountered a fire in the house, the house was full of fire, and after a while, a choking smell came out. Seeing that her mother had rushed several times but still couldn't rush out, Ning Er was so anxious that she cried and shouted to the house, "Mother, come out, Mother."

Seeing that her mother didn't respond to her, Ning Er felt that her mother didn't have so much strength anymore, and her heart suddenly tensed. Then he quickly turned his head and ran to the yard while crying, "Come on, it's on fire, save my mother and brother, come on." ”

Ning Er shouted as loudly as she could, because it was night, and the family members were all resting, Ning Er shouted for a long time, and after a while, there were more people, and when the family heard the shouting, they all began to take buckets of water, and buckets were splashed on the burning house.

Ning'er watched the fire in the house getting bigger and bigger, and the fire in the house became more and more red, but her mother was still trying her best to run out, seeing that her mother finally left the bed with her younger brother in her arms, and when she had the opportunity to rush out, the fire was so big that it burned to the bed and roof, and the wooden bed fell down after being burned to the ground. The wood fell into the flames, and the fire grew even stronger, and the fire burned more violently.

In a puff of smoke, Ning Er saw a piece of wood smashed down on her mother, "Mother, run, get out of the way", Ning Er cried loudly, trying to let her mother avoid the fallen wood behind her, but the sound of watering, the sound of burning wood, and the shouts of the family were mixed with each other. In the chaotic scene, the sound was noisy, and the mother finally failed to hear Ning'er's voice, and was hit by the falling wood.

Ning'er watched her mother fall down with her brother in her arms, and wanted to rush in to find her mother, but she was stopped by the nurse, Ning'er struggled desperately, crying, "Let go of me, I'm going to find my mother and brother, let go of me."

"Mother, don't leave me, mother" A tear dripped from the corner of Ning'er's eyes, soaking the pillow.

"Mother" shouted, Ning Er suddenly woke up from her dream, sat up all of a sudden, and the scenes in the firelight reappeared in front of her, Ning Er hated that she couldn't find out about the fire earlier, and she couldn't rush into the fire to find her mother, Ning Er sat on the bed, her legs together, her head buried in her arms and cried.

Although many years have passed, the things in the firelight always reappear in Ning'er's dreams, making Ning'er unable to come out for a long time. For ten years, that eight-year-old girl has been appearing in her dreams and will never forget it.

Ning'er covered her head and cried for a while, wiped away the tears on her face, put a coat on her body, and walked out of the door. The wind at night was already very cold, blowing Ning'er's thin body, her body trembled slightly, Ning'er put her coat back on, so that her coat could cover her body, tugged at her clothes, and shrunk into her clothes.

Ning Er walked into the ancestral hall along the path in the house, and the ancestral hall was full of the spirit cards of the Liu family. The youngest spirit card in this is his brother's, if his brother is still alive, he should be more than ten years old this year, and the house must be a lot more lively.

Ning Er knelt down and kowtowed three times in front of her mother and younger brother's spirit cards, before slowly standing up, Ning Er took off her coat and took her sleeve to gently wipe her mother and younger brother's spirit cards. In the ancestral hall of the Liu family, in addition to Ning Er herself, there are also some maids who are cleaning, I am afraid that no one comes often, and there is a lot of dust on the spirit card.

Ning Er sat on the ground with her mother's spirit card, constantly stroking the spirit card with both hands, telling it about what had happened to her recently, telling her mother that she had grown a lot taller recently, and the amount of food she ate had grown a lot, the second lady was very good to herself, her mother didn't have to worry, the second lady's daughter Lu'er often took herself out to play, bought herself beautiful jewelry, and bought some delicious food for herself.

Every time she comes, Ning'er will say something that she doesn't have, although it's just some trivial things, but it's also Ning'er expressing her longing for her mother, and often comes to the ancestral hall to talk to her mother, as if her mother hasn't left, and has always been by her side, every time she comes to the ancestral hall to talk to her mother, it's Ning'er's happiest time.

Every time Ning'er comes to the ancestral hall for a long time, she will often hold her mother's spirit card, talk about the recent events and fall asleep, the ancestral hall is also the only place where Ning'er can miss her mother. The room where my mother lived in Liufu before was not repaired, and my mother's clothes and supplies were all thrown away, and the ancestral hall was the only place in the family where my mother still existed.

"Don't sleep, hurry up and clean the yard." A maid shook Ning'er's body vigorously with her hands, Ning'er rubbed her eyes, looked at the spirit card in her arms and smiled, her legs were a little numb after sitting all night, but Ning'er did not slow down for a while and then got up, but slowly stood up little by little, and after standing up, she wiped the spirit card with her sleeve, glanced at it, smiled, and gently put it back.

"Tell Madame, I'll change my clothes and go clean up right away." Ning Er put on her outer clothes, walked out of the ancestral hall, and went back to her room to change her clothes, without even combing her hair, and did not dare to delay for a moment.

Ning'er changed her clothes and walked to the courtyard. The clothes worn by Ning Er are still the usual plain clothes, even compared with those worn by the people in the house, the clothes are much older, and they are even better.

Every morning, Ning'er has to clean the yard with a broom, every day, only when the master comes back, the second lady relieves Ning'er of the responsibility of cleaning the yard, and Ning'er can sleep lazily in the morning and have breakfast with the second lady and Lu'er.

The second lady set the rules for Ning'er: the yard must be tidy and there must be no dirty places, and dirty things must be cleaned up, otherwise you can't eat; Sometimes when the second lady is in a bad mood and deliberately finds faults, she will pick bones in the eggs and find some dirty places for Ning'er to clean.

Every day, Ning Er can only go to eat after cleaning the yard, after cleaning the entire courtyard of Liufu, the second lady and Lu'er have already finished breakfast, and Ning Er can only eat with the people, the meals of the people in Liufu are very vegetarian, and they can't even see the meat of meat. Sometimes Mrs. harshly punished Ning'er, and Ning'er couldn't even eat.

Originally, when the eldest lady was still there, the subordinates always regarded Ning Er as the eldest lady of Liufu, and they were all respectful to Ning T'er, and they didn't dare to offend in the slightest, and they all listened to Ning Er's words. But since the death of the eldest lady, the lord married the second lady into the door, and the second lady began to be the master of the house.

As soon as the second lady entered the door of Liu's house, she first gave Ning Er a dismount, the second lady not only replaced the original family with the person she bought, but also adjusted Ning Er's monthly food and clothing, as well as the monthly money to the same amount of silver as the next person.

Regarding the situation of the second lady bullying Ning Er, Master Liu saw it in his eyes, but he didn't dare to say a few words for Ning Er. After a long time, those family members are also dogs and people, and seeing that the second lady is favored, they naturally go to serve the second lady. Those family members naturally obeyed the words of the second lady more, obeyed her orders, and according to the orders of the lady, they had no respect for the eldest lady Ning'er, and some were just bullying and ridicule.

Ning'er's father has been doing business abroad all the year round, and only comes back once or twice during the New Year's holidays, and at this time, Ning'er's clothes will be better than usual, but there is still nothing gorgeous to speak of, but the clothes are not covered with those shabby puddings; Ning'er can also sleep for a few days, and get up early to clean the courtyard without the rooster crowing.

The second lady will also treat her better at that time, pretending to be in front of the master, it is not so excessive, she will let Ning'er get up early to have breakfast with them, and when the master comes back, the people will not dare to bully Ning'er in those days.

Even if the old man knew about Ning Er's bullying from his subordinates, he didn't dare to say anything, after all, the second lady supported the family a lot after marrying in, and now a lot of business is also tied by the second lady's family, and the old man has to turn a blind eye to Ning Er's bullying, as long as it is not too much, the old man will rely on the second lady.

In this house, the subordinates who can usually talk to Ning'er and take care of Ning'er are only their own wet nurse and the wet nurse's daughter. The wet nurse followed Ning'er's mother when she was young, and after her mother married into Liufu, the wet nurse was afraid that the maids in Liufu would not serve Ning'er's mother well, so she married with her mother. Over the years, he has been serving his mother in the Liu family.

After her mother died unexpectedly, the nurse acted as Ning'er's mother, although she was not her biological mother, but the nurse took care of Ning'er meticulously. But after all, the nurse is also a subordinate in Liufu, and when Ning'er faced the harsh criticism and bullying of the second lady, she dared not speak out, so she could only help Ning'er secretly.

However, the second lady's daughter Yiyi is very good to Ning'er. Although Yiyi was born to the second lady, she was born to like Ning'er's sister, and she has been pestering Ning'er to play with her since she was a child, and when she grew up, she always asked Ning'er to accompany her to buy jewelry on the street, and often took Ning'er out of the house to play.

The second lady sometimes harshly punished Ning'er, and it was Yiyi who was coquettish to the second lady, so that Ning'er was exempted from punishment, and Yiyi often secretly took Ning'er out of the house to play, and bought some food for Ning'er, and many small objects in Ning'er's room were sent by Yiyi.

may be because the second lady only has such a child, Yiyi, which makes the second lady love her daughter very much. When she was a child, Yiyi often fought with other children outside, which made many people dissatisfied with Yiyi, hoping that the second lady could discipline Yiyi and let her look like a girl's family, but the second lady didn't pay attention to what those people said, and still loved Yiyi very much.

For Yiyi and Ning'er playing together, the second lady didn't say anything. Because Yiyi said that she liked to play with Ning'er's sister, the second lady let Ning'er and Yiyi play together. Sometimes Ning'er and Yiyi made something wrong together, and the second lady put all the blame on Ning'er's head, blaming Ning'er for taking her own child.

Every time Ning Er and Yi Yi got into trouble, the second lady pulled Yi Yi and often warned her daughter to stay away from Ning Er and not get too close to her, after all, her daughter will marry a big family in the future. Ke Yiyi's words to her mother were also in her left ear and out of her right ear, still playing and chatting with Ning'er.