Apricot Blossom returned to the stone house, and everything seemed so strange. "Linliu, I'm your mother, let my mother hug me." Xinghua said. She went to hug Linliu, but Linliu timidly avoided it. My mother seems to be a stranger from outside.

The stone has become more diligent than before, and he can contribute to the housework without feeling tired. But no matter how the stone behaves, it can't go into the heart of the apricot blossom. Every day, Apricot Blossom faces the stone with a cold face. Xinghua feels that he is just living with the stone, and he is still far from the lover of Xinghua's dream. Apricot blossom is like a wandering prodigal son, although the body has returned, the heart is still wandering.

One day, the stone dug a pit in the ground and roasted a few sweet potatoes, carried them in his arms, and when he got home, he handed the hot sweet potatoes to Xinghua and said, "Queen, please use the imperial meal!" "Get out of the way! Who scarces your broken sweet potato! Xinghua roared.

Stone looked stunned and walked away. Stone went out that day and drank a lot and got very drunk. Although the sweet potato incident is a small matter, it is a signal released by apricot blossoms. Stone felt that the hope of a happy marriage was dashed.

Before Xinghua got angry that day, she met a male classmate named Dawei from elementary school while watching a play. As an outstanding talent in his hometown, Dawei returned to his hometown to give a report to the village cadres at the invitation of the leaders of the commune. Dawei is particularly handsome, and he was a childhood sweetheart with Xinghua, and the two had no guesses. In Xinghua's heart and dreams, David is Prince Charming. But then David got the green light all the way to school and went to college all the way. Since then, the two have never met again, nor have they passed letters. She and Dawei went to an inaccessible place outside the village. Dawei said: "I have been loving you all these years, and I have been missing you in my heart, but it is too late, wait for the next life to get married." Dawei's words were like a stimulant, which made Xinghua excited and even dizzy with happiness; At the same time, it is also a poison, which will cause Xinghua to live in loneliness and helplessness for many years to come, and knock the already broken marriage again.

Xinghua began to regret remarrying. couldn't sleep late at night, Xinghua thought: If she married Dawei at the beginning, lived in a big city, put on beautiful clothes, and loved him, how sweet it would be; If there is no Linliu, it is impossible to remarry, maybe there is hope for marrying Dawei. Xinghua even sees Linliu as the reason for her wrong decision. This kind of crankiness affected her relationship with Lin Liu.

Lin Liu gradually became familiar with her mother, but it was difficult to get close to her mother. Mother's love before the age of three is so important to a person's psychological growth. But Linliu lost this opportunity and became a lifelong regret.

Xinghua drinks to anesthetize herself and tries to live like a puppet. She knows that fools are carefree.

One day, Lin Liu broke a bowl. Xinghua immediately got angry, picked up the broom and hit Linliu. Lin Liu was beaten for the first time and cried to death. The mother-in-law came out to dissuade her, and Xinghua said reasonably: "The stick hits the filial son, and if you don't fight, you can't make it!" The mother-in-law cried and said, "Liu'er is a three-year-old child." ”

In the second year of remarriage, Xinghua gave birth to another girl. In the fourth year, another boy was born.

At this time, Lin Liu was already 7 years old. The shabby clothes can't hide the natural beauty of Linliu. She has a thin figure, a fair melon seed face, and sad eyes that seem to be able to speak, except for clothes, she is like the daughter of a big family. This is in line with an old folk saying: "Dignity is not in thick braids, and beauty is not in wearing crossed pants." ”