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The Liu family is a family in Qin'an Town, and has been rooted here for hundreds of years. The strange thing is that the Liu family has not been prosperous for so many years, and he is the only male in Master Liu's generation. In the past few years, Mrs. Liu has been deeply simplified, sincerely eating fasting and reciting Buddha, praying every day that she can hold her grandson as soon as possible, and she wants to wear it. Seeing that she was getting older and older, she became more and more anxious. originally planned to give Master Liu one or two more concubines, but the husband and wife were very affectionate, and their son refused to accept a concubine. Old Madam Liu's words, Master Liu is obedient, except for this concubine.
Fortunately, the sky has eyes, just when Mrs. Liu was sad that she was about to enter the wood, and the Liu family had no queen, even if she died, she had no shame to see the ancestors of the Liu family, Mrs. Liu was pregnant.
As soon as Mrs. Liu became pregnant, Mrs. Liu was very happy. She hurriedly went to the nearby Lotus Mountain, climbed to the top of the mountain in person, bowed sincerely to Guanyin, the son of the Lotus Mountain Temple, and ate fast in the temple to make vows, and donated one hundred taels of incense money to the temple. Since then, she happily waited for her little grandson to be born every day, and went to the house more often than before, and said that the daughter-in-law must be a boy in her belly, and said that she sent her son Guanyin to give her a dream, and fulfilled her wish and added Ding to their Liu family. Because of this, the whole town is waiting for the birth of the child in Mrs. Liu's womb.
Who knows, it backfired, Mrs. Liu had a difficult birth on the day of delivery, and the child couldn't even cry when he was born because he stayed in the belly for too long, and then he was scared to cry because a black cat ran into Liu's house. It's just that since that crying, I haven't heard him cry again.
So the people in the town quietly spread that the little grandson born in the Liu family was a fool, and the Liu family became a laughing stock in the town. Mrs. Liu never went out after her little grandson was born. Her love, enthusiasm, and hope were completely shattered after the birth of her grandson. Mrs. Liu injured her uterus due to dystocia and was unable to give birth again, and since then, she has only had one son to die of old age.
Master Liu's attitude is completely different from that of his mother, since his son was born, he has been smiling all day long, no matter what others say, he is reluctant to let go of his son every day, his son does not cry or make trouble, and he is cuter than all newborn children in this world. Such a lovely child, who can say that he is a fool? He didn't believe it! Besides, even if his son is a fool, then he can afford to raise him. He held him in the palm of his hand, did his best to cultivate him as an adult, and passed on everything about the Liu family to him, so that he would have no worries for the rest of his life. Therefore, he gave his son a name, Liu Ping'an, as long as he lived his life peacefully, there was nothing else to ask for.
The days went by day by day. Liu Ping'an couldn't speak when he was one year old, and he still couldn't speak when he was two years old. Under the careful cultivation of Mr. Liu and his wife, he looks like a porcelain doll quietly. Every day he just stayed quietly, never spoke, and hardly showed interest in anything except the black cat beside him. The black cat was his playmate, his only playmate. Wherever he went, the black cat would stay quietly by his side, just like him, without making any noise. The Liu family and his wife were very surprised, thinking that their son liked cats, and specially bought a few beautiful kittens to accompany him. The couple had no choice but to send the other kittens away, leaving only the black cat.
When Liu Ping'an was five years old, Mrs. Liu fell ill. Since she knew that Liu Ping'an was an idiot, she had not had a good day. I always feel sorry for the ancestors of the Liu family, except for eating fasting and reciting Buddha, I have hardly stepped out of the door, and even the grandson who just started to look forward to it, I didn't take a few more looks. She felt uncomfortable, and when she thought that her only grandson was a child like a wood, who would not cry, make trouble, or speak, and sit there quietly every day, she could not eat or sleep. Every night when I close my eyes, I will dream of the dead old lady Liu, and accuse her in my dream. What kind of sin did she create in her life to get such a grandson? After so sad day after day, she finally fell ill.
The winter when Mrs. Liu died was particularly cold. On the day she left, the snow fell heavily, covering Liu's house tightly. When Mrs. Liu died, her eyes widened, and she didn't wait for Liu Ping'an to call her "Grandma!" at the moment of death. "She didn't blink an eye. Master Liu was grief-stricken, and led Liu Ping'an to kneel in front of the old lady's bed, and he couldn't stand it for a long time. When Master Liu cried bitterly, Ping An just knelt quietly and didn't say a word. Mrs. Liu felt uncomfortable in her heart, and held him tightly in her arms, and cold tears, drop after drop, all fell into Ping'an's neck. But he didn't seem to feel cold, he never spoke, and his face never changed.
"My miserable son! Your grandmother is dead! Call her today! Mrs. Liu's eyes were red, she held Ping'an's little face, trembled her voice, and said loudly to him.
Ping An looked at his mother for a while, lowered his eyes, and didn't make a sound. His mouth opened, but he couldn't shout. Master Liu over there cried in front of the bed, shouting "Mother!" in his mouth. Mother! The son is not filial, the son is not filial! ”
"Meow!" At this moment, a cat meow was heard outside the door, and a black shadow rushed in. The black shadow pounced on Ping'an's body, rubbed against him, cocked his tail and waved, followed by another "meow".
"Grandma! Grandmother! Two crisp voices seemed so sudden in the midst of the crying of the room. As soon as the voice fell, the people who were crying stopped crying and forgot to cry for a while.
Mrs. Liu wiped the tears from her face and looked at the person in her arms in surprise. "Ping, did you speak just now? Did you call Grandma? Come on, call again! ”
Master Liu crawled over on his knees, the sadness on his face receded a lot, and with a question mark on his face, he said to Mrs. Liu: "Madam, are you sure that you are calling out Ping'an?" ”
"Yes, sir. Indeed, peace is cried out by what I have heard. Quick, peace, call Daddy again. Mrs. Liu looked anxious, she wanted to confirm this matter, and wanted to tell everyone that her son was not a dumb person, let alone a fool, he could speak, he would call grandma, and he would call dad and mother in the future.
There was silence in the room. But Ping'an's face was calm, and he didn't call out again. At this time, the black cat in his arms stretched lazily, waved its tail again, and then lowered its head and lay down in Ping'an's arms again.
"Grandma! Grandmother! The heavenly voice sounded again. Old Man Liu exclaimed in surprise, turned around and threw himself on Old Madam Liu's bed, and shouted loudly: "Mother, did you hear it? Your grandson is calling you! Master Liu cried again in front of the bed. When he was dizzy from crying and his feet were full of strength, he looked up at the deceased Mrs. Liu on the bed, and he was pleased to find that Mrs. Liu's eyes that were still open and refused to close just now had been closed, and her expression was peaceful, as if she was asleep. He knew in his heart that it was the call of peace that made her leave with peace of mind. Her grandson can speak, her grandson is not a fool, she died underground and has the face to face the ancestors of the Liu family.
Master Liu turned around and hugged his son tightly in his arms. His peace can speak, his mother, death is blind, he is no longer a sinner of the Liu family, and no one can laugh at his son anymore.