There is a poem that says: Coarse tea and light rice are rested when they are full, and they are rested when they are covered with cold and warmth. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

The gist of the verse is that coarse tea and light rice can fill the stomach, and for clothes, even if they are sewn and mended, it is enough to keep warm from the cold. This is a perfect description of Li Ting's current life.

The lunch that Li Ting prepared for his sister was small steamed buns and egg noodle soup. On the one hand, it is limited by the conditions, and on the other hand, Li Ting sees that his sister often eats fine and sweet food, so he specially made something simple and light. "The Yellow Emperor's Neijing" mentions that if the food is properly blended, the bones will be straight, the muscles and veins will be soft, the qi and blood will circulate, and the intestines will be solid. It can be seen that the importance of a light diet is very important.

Of course, Yuzhu and Xuemei don't want Miss to eat these.

But Li Xi'er is not a picky eater, she eats very happily, in addition to the good taste of the noodle soup, but also because she has a brother to eat with her, she feels very warm. The last two maids saw that Li Xi'er had eaten a few more bowls than usual, and began to speak silently.

The two maids realized that although the young lady did not come to Li Ting's courtyard many times, she was very happy every time she came, and she always had a smile on her little cheeks, and she looked very happy.

After eating, Li Ting took Xiao Xi'er and sat under the big tree in the courtyard.

A month ago, when Li Xi'er came to visit him in Li Ting's courtyard for the first time, Li Ting saw that there were no children's gadgets at home, so he told his sister Hans Christian Andersen's fairy tale, and Li Xi'er was fascinated at once. Children seem to be particularly fond of listening to stories, and Li Ting remembered that when he was still in modern times, his little cousin liked to listen to stories.

There are many entertainment projects for children in the countryside, and the entire mountain forest is their paradise, but for a little girl like Li Xi'er, who is from a scholarly family, her parents are strict, but there are not many entertainment activities. Maybe that's why my sister likes to listen to him tell stories so much.

No, as soon as he finished eating, Li Xi'er stuck to him.

Li Xi'er sat on her brother's lap, raised her big clear eyes, and stared at him expectantly.

Li Ting was amused by his sister who was lying in his arms, and saw that Yuzhu and Xuemei also looked attentive to the lecture.

The magic of fairy tales is really hard to stop for children.

Li Ting touched his sister's head, thought about it, and said with a smile: "The story I want to tell today is the daughter of the sea." ”

Li Xi'er's eyes were full of yearning: "Xi'er has heard her mother talk about the sea, but she hasn't seen the sea yet." ”

Yuzhu and Xuemei have never seen the sea, but they have heard people say that the sea is full of endless water and cannot live in people. Xuemei frowned, but Yuzhu couldn't help but interject: "The sea also has a daughter?" ”

Li Ting nodded and slowly told the story.

"In the depths of the East China Sea, the water is so blue and clear, but it is bottomless, and it takes days for fish to swim from the surface to the bottom of the sea. Beneath this beautiful sea lives mermaids...... Our story is about the Little Mermaid Princess. ”

"Mermaids?"

Li Xi'er was curious, and heard about mermaids for the first time.

Li Ting looked at his sister's confused expression and was slightly stunned, so he had to patiently explain that the mermaid is a legendary creature, the upper body is suffocatingly beautiful, and the lower body is a cold fish tail covered with scales.

Li Xi'er couldn't help but widen her eyes when she heard this: "Is there really a mermaid?" ”

Do mermaids really exist in the world? Where did Li Ting know, but he heard some American scientists swear that in ancient times, ancient apes entered the sea life and evolved into mermaids. Facing his sister's question, Li Ting just smiled:

"Of course."

Li Xi'er's eyes suddenly shimmered with crystal.

She believed her brother's words so much that she imagined a blue sea and mermaids with fish bodies.

Li Ting continued: "The skin of the little mermaid princess is light and smooth, like the petals of a rose, and her eyes are blue, like the deepest lake. ”

In order to make it easier for his sister to understand, Li Ting made a small adaptation of the story and set the background of the story in China, and the prince did not fall in love with the princess of the neighboring country because of the grace of saving his life, but only married the princess of the neighboring country according to the orders of his parents. But the gist of the story hasn't changed.

The little mermaid princess rescues a prince who is shipwrecked at sea and falls in love with him.

The prince woke up, but thought that the princess of a neighboring country had saved him. In order to pursue love, the little mermaid princess endured great pain, took off her fish form, and exchanged her sweet voice for a pair of human legs with the East China Sea Immortals......

"The little mermaid was going to go ashore to look for the prince, and she felt that the stars were falling on her, and she had never seen such beautiful fireworks. Many suns booed around, and the dazzling fish leaped into the blue sky. ”

"I can finally see the prince. She saw a stretch of land and a group of mountains unfolding in front of her, the snow shining on the top of the mountain like a sleeping cloud. ”

But, as the fairy had told her, she felt like she was walking on an awl and a blade. But she was willing to endure the pain. ”

She held the prince's arm, and walked lightly like a blister.

When Li Ting said this, he really saw that his sister listened to it with relish, but when it came to the severe pain of the little mermaid's walking, the smile on her sister's face disappeared, and she pursed her lips a little unbearable.

Of course, not only my sister, but even Yuzhu and Xuemei listened very attentively, and they were a little shocked by the little mermaid's infatuation.

In this era, marriage pays attention to the orders of parents, the words of matchmakers, and girls from wealthy families have been taught to abide by women's morals and be knowledgeable since childhood. Despite this dogma, it can't stop the girl from being full of simple and passionate imagination about love.

The little mermaid princess is good at advocating leaving the sea, infatuated with the prince, and they have accepted the diametrically opposite concept of marriage contract since childhood, which has a certain impact on Yuzhu and Xuemei's hearts. Although Yuzhu and Xuemei felt that it was inappropriate, they asked themselves and especially hoped that the little mermaid could pursue their love.

Li Xi'er didn't feel much, she just thought the story was good, and blinked her big eyes: "Has the little mermaid princess become a human?" ”

"For the sake of the prince, she became a human."

Li Ting replied with a smile, he always felt that the concept of marriage was incompatible with this era, and seeing that Xiao Xi'er accepted his story easily, he suddenly couldn't describe the feeling in his heart. The concept of adult thinking has long been solidified, and his modern thinking is full of estrangement, only his sister is simple and clean like a blank piece of paper, and her thoughts are so simple.

He always wished he had a younger sister in his childhood. crossed to Daming, but suddenly a younger sister pillowed his arm, listening to him tell the story, and his heart was a little warm.

Yuzhu couldn't help but ask: "Later, what happened to the little mermaid princess?" ”

Xuemei frowned and said coldly, "The little mermaid and the prince must have eloped." ”

Li Ting shook his head, "The price of the little mermaid becoming a human is that he can't speak, but he just silently guards the prince." ”

"She was bleeding from her feet every day when she walked...... Even though her slender feet were bleeding and everyone was able to see her, she just smiled and continued to follow him. ”

At the end of the story, it was really beyond the expectations of the two Yahuan. The little mermaid endured great pain and danced the most beautiful dance in the world for the prince. The prince did what his father asked him to do, and he married the princess of a neighboring country. The little mermaid princess did not want to kill the prince and turn into a mermaid again, so she chose to wait quietly for the dawn to come, and in the first rays of dawn she turned into a bubble......

This is an out-and-out tragedy.

Before she died, she wanted to give her beloved prince one last dance, so she whirled and flew, like a swallow being chased. Everyone was applauding and praising her, she had never danced so beautifully. The sharp knife seemed to be cutting at her delicate feet, but she didn't feel any pain, because her heart hurt more than that. ”

When Li Ting said this, he looked down and saw Xiao Xi'er's eyes blinking, and her eyelashes were still hanging with teardrops, and her emotions were as delicate as water.

Yuzhu and Xuemei also heard the sparkle in their eyes.

It was actually different from what they thought, the prince didn't pay attention to the little mermaid, but just obeyed his parents' orders and married the princess in a proper manner. Reason told them that it was right for the prince to obey his parents' orders, but the little mermaid princess would rather turn into a bubble in the dawn than let the prince be happy, which was really pitiful.

Yuzhu hates this prince.

Xuemei, who has never liked to talk, is also entangled, not knowing whether the prince is right or wrong.

"That's what I'm talking about, daughter of the sea." Li Ting finally said, "Like other stories, from then on, the prince and the princess lived happily ever after. ”

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Xuemei finally began to hate this prince as well.

Li Ting's words are extremely lethal, the prince and the princess live a happy life, and the hidden words are that no one cares about the little mermaid who disappears. This prince is also too cold and ruthless.

At this time, Li Xi'er had tears in her eyes and fell silently.

Li Tingcai felt that he shouldn't tell his sister these tragic stories, and touched his sister's head to comfort her. Li Xi'er arched over him, and hugged her brother's arm when she was sad, so that she didn't cry so much.

"The little mermaid princess is so pitiful!" Li Xi'er bit her lip and said.

"The prince has to obey his parents' words, and the marriage contract cannot be decided, there is no way to do it." Li Ting was relieved and said, "When the little mermaid princess saw the prince's happiness, she was willing to turn into waves in the sea. ”

After telling the story, Li Ting appeased his sister, and then sent his sister away with mixed feelings.

Li Ting didn't know that that night Li Xi'er dreamed that the little mermaid princess and the prince were living happily together.