Opposite Liu Dahe's house lives Liu Ergou's family, and Liu Ergou is Liu Dahe's cousin who has not come out of five suits.

Liu Ergou's family is very poor, very poor, he has an older brother named Liu Dagou starved to death when he was a child, and later his father also fell ill and died. His mother raised him alone, because he was too poor, until he was thirty years old, he couldn't marry a daughter-in-law to Liu Ergou, his mother never gave up, saved money and worked hard to save money to marry a daughter-in-law for her son, and then his mother was seriously ill and was afraid of spending money and died in the river.

Liu Ergou is silent on weekdays, but he works very diligently, and he does a good job in the fields, in order to fulfill his mother's wishes, he tries to save money to marry his daughter-in-law, but everyone in these ten miles and eight villages knows the situation of his family, and no one is willing to marry his daughter to him.

Later, there was a woman in the village, and there was a woman in Ya Po's hand who was very cheap, and I heard that she made a mistake in doing things in a big family and was sold by being poisoned blindly, so Liu Ergou bought the woman as a daughter-in-law.

The women in the village don't like to associate with Liu Ergou's daughter-in-law, and no one even knows her name, and they only call Liu Ergou's family when they talk about her.

Although Liu Ergou's eyes are blind, he is extremely beautiful. Later, Liu Ergou's family gave birth to a daughter and two sons, and the three children inherited their mother's appearance, and they were very beautiful, but their health was not very good, the eldest son died early, and the younger son was often sick, and it cost a lot of money all year round, so Liu Ergou's family had a miserable life.

Liu Ergou's daughter was very white, as beautiful as a white pear blossom, and she was named Pear Blossom.

In the sixth year of Qing'an, Liu Xiao was seven or six years old, white and fat, a person could eat twice as much food as his brother Liu Afu, and often followed his brother Afu to run around, and his body was as strong as a calf.

When Liu Dahe is not at work, he often puts Xiao Qi on his shoulders and wanders around the village, and the people in the village are more enthusiastic, and they usually greet each other when they meet.

"Dahe, is this your little seven, it's so good-looking to be white and chubby."

"Dahe, this is your little girl, her round eyes are really cute."

"Dahe, your daughter is very heavy."

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On this day, Xiao Qi and Ah Fu squatted at the gate of the courtyard with mixed noodles and steamed buns and ate green onions, and the pear blossom at the opposite door sat on the edge of the stone mortar at the door, holding her thin brother little mouse in her arms.

Lihua's withered yellow hair was neatly combed, and the cotton clothes were torn through a few holes, revealing the black and yellow cotton inside, and the eyes on her thin face were extraordinarily large, and the tattered clothes did not affect her beauty at all.

At this moment, Pear Blossom's eyes were shining at the mixed noodles steamed bun in Xiao Qi's hand, when Xiao Qi looked at her, she hurriedly turned her eyes away, Xiao Qi handed the steamed bun to Pear Blossom, Pear Blossom shook her head: "No need, Sister Xiao Qi, I'm not hungry." But the gurgling belly betrayed her.

Xiao Qi stuffed the steamed bun into Lihua's hand: "Sister Lihua, I'm full, my mother steamed buns and tofu stuffed at night, but it's delicious, I have to keep my stomach to eat it, this steamed bun is not delicious, you can help me eat it." ”

Ah Fu also stuffed the steamed bun in his hand into Lihua's hand, turned around and ran into the yard.

Pear blossom blinked her eyes full of tears, put her younger brother little mouse down, took the steamed bun into her own low thatched house, and ran back after a while, took Xiao Qi's hand, and stuffed a very beautiful colored stone to Xiao Qi: "I gave another steamed bun to my mother, Xiao Qi, this small stone was picked up in the river, I think it looks good, I want to give it to you." ”

Xiao Qi looked at the stone in the palm of his hand, the oval stone shining with colorful light is indeed very beautiful: "I like it very much, the stone is so beautiful, thank you Sister Lihua." ”

Pear blossom sat on the edge of the stone mortar and took a small bite of the steamed bun, eating a bite and feeding her brother a bite, she felt that Xiao Qi's steamed bread tasted very fragrant, so she said to Xiao Qi: "Just now in the house, my mother praised your steamed bread for being delicious, it is the best steamed bread she has ever eaten." ”

The stone mortar at the door of the pear blossom house is shared by several families nearby, the village lady Wang took the sun-dried sweet potato chips, she planned to put the sweet potato chips in the stone mortar and smashed them to cook porridge, heard the words of the pear blossom and took a small bite from the steamed bun and stuffed it into her mouth, and praised while chewing: "The steamed bun made by the Niu family is really fragrant." ”

Xiao Qi scratched his head embarrassedly: "The things my mother makes are delicious, this steamed bun is a mixture of wheat flour and bean flour." ”

Xiao Qi said that she felt hungry again, she usually eats a lot, and she is hungry fast, so she plans to go home and get another steamed bun to eat, Xiao Qi just opened the kitchen cabinet after entering the house, Niu came over and pointed Xiao Qi's forehead and said: "You loser, one person eats the amount of food for several people, and the best mixed noodles steamed buns are given to others, why did I give birth to you, a debt collector......"

Ah Fu hugged Niu's arm: "Mother, I asked my sister to give it, the pear blossoms and little mice on the other side of the door are not full of food and clothing, I pity them for giving it, don't blame my sister." ”

Niu said to Ah Fu: "In this year, which family is not pitiful, how many families in the village can't eat enough, can you be pitiful, fortunately, your father has skills, so we can eat full." ”

Xiao Qi took advantage of Niu's inattention and kissed Niu's face: "Mother loves us the most, you see how neat and beautiful my shoes and my brother are, but Pear Blossom's shoes are torn and exposed, and it's cold in winter." My brother and I were able to eat enough every day, but Pear Blossom was often hungry. Pear Blossom just praised the fragrant steamed buns made by my mother, and Aunt Wang also praised the steamed buns made by my mother for being delicious, my mother is really amazing. ”

Niu saw that Xiao Qi's clothes were crooked, so he helped Xiao Qi straighten his clothes: "What is fragrant, so that you can't eat enough every day, you can also eat it." ”

Ah Fu hugged Niu's waist affectionately: "Mother, you are the most kind-hearted, good people will be rewarded." ”

Niu gently patted Ah Fu's little hand: "At a young age, I don't know who I learned from, I am used to slapping sycophants, remember not to give steamed buns to others in the future." ”

In fact, Niu's heart also felt very pitiful for the family, but there were too many poor people, how could she have the ability to help so many people.