() In a mountain village, there was a poor family.

This day is the day of his wife's birth. The husband couldn't even afford to hire a midwife, so he had to deliver the baby himself. Fortunately, his wife and daughter are safe. The husband looked at the baby babbling and crying with a sad brow, and sighed, "Alas, poor baby, have you suffered?"

With an additional child, the burden on the couple has increased a lot. Seeing that he couldn't go on, the husband gritted his teeth and left the village to do business in other places, leaving his wife and daughter who had just turned one year old. Although the wife is virtuous, but the good woman is difficult to cook without rice, the days of eating the last meal and not knowing the next meal are too hard, looking at the daughter who is so hungry that she is crying, the wife is so distressed that she wipes her tears. But she never despaired, and every day she would go to the entrance of the village to look, looking forward to seeing her husband's return.

No, half a year later, someone brought back the bad news, and her husband was seriously ill and finally died in a foreign country.

The wife felt as if the sky had fallen, and walked back to her small dilapidated house in a daze, crying and fainting again and again with her young daughter in her arms. Overnight, she seemed to be twenty years old, and even the hair on both sideburns turned gray.

The wife really wanted to die and go to another world to accompany her husband, but looking at the daughter sleeping soundly in her arms, she couldn't give up her heart. When the day dawned, the wife had to knock on the door of a wealthy family with her daughter on her back, kneeling and begging them to let her work long hours. Since then, his wife has been doing hard work such as carrying water and laundry, just to get a few mouthfuls of food for herself and her daughter.

In this way, the hard-working mother and daughter depend on each other, and the daughter gradually grows up, just like her name "Lily", she is very spiritual. But this beauty was also jealous of the owner's daughter. At every opportunity, the daughter of the owner will bully Lily and make things difficult for Lily's mother. Lily threw herself into her mother's arms countless times and cried about how arrogant and unreasonable the daughter of the owner was. The mother burst into tears, but she still forced a smile, stroked Lily's head, whispered comfort, and told her a nice story. Lily feels that her mother's arms are the warmest place in the world, and being held by her mother will make her anger and grievances disappear.

In the winter of the year when Lily was twelve years old, her mother was ill due to long-term fatigue, and the ruthless proprietor drove the mother and daughter out, and Lily tearfully picked up her mother who had fallen on the snow, and returned to the old dilapidated hut exhausted, and gently laid her unconscious mother on the bed, and found a rag for her mother to cover, which was the only thing she could find to keep warm.

Lily squatted next to the bed, holding her mother's skinny hand, and kept crying: "Mother, wake up quickly......" "Mother, open your eyes and look at Lily......" "Mother, don't leave Lily ......"

Lily was tired of crying, so she lay on the edge of the bed and slept for a while, and continued to cry after waking up, she climbed on the bed, gently hugged her mother, stroked her gray hair, and choked up: "Mother, Lily likes to be held by you the most, you must also like to be held by Lily......, right?"

Feeling Lily's body temperature, the mother who had been in a coma for a day actually opened her eyes, she raised her hand to caress Lily's tear-stained face, and said angrily: "Lily doesn't cry, my mother is fine, my mother will definitely get better......" Lily nodded happily with tears in her eyes.

Sadly, the only brief lucidity was the return of light before the death, and the withered mother did not survive that bleak winter night, she was reluctant to leave the lily, but she was helpless. When she swallowed, she suddenly clenched Lily's little hand tightly, and slowly closed her eyes with endless affection, and the last unwilling tears overflowed from the corners of her eyes.

Lily looked blankly at her mother in her arms: "Mother, you are just asleep, it will be fine tomorrow morning...... Lily also wants to listen to her mother's stories and eat wild vegetables made by her mother...... Mother, woo ......" She finally couldn't help crying, but her tears had long since dried up. She rubbed her mother's hands desperately, hoping to bring her a touch of warmth. Rubbing and rubbing, the mother's cold body gradually stiffened.

When it was daybreak, Lily's eyes were swollen to see the dilapidated hut, but her mother's eyes never opened. She gently put her mother down, walked outside the house and picked up a handful of snow, returned to her mother, dripped the melted snow on her chapped lips, and then picked her up again and sat quietly against the wall.

It was evening again, and Lily sighed softly, and she finally believed that her mother had left her. She came to the back of the hut and lifted the snow with her hands, plowing the hard, cold ground one by one. The nails were cracked, the fingers were worn out, and the biting cold made the pain exponentially worse, but Lily never stopped. It wasn't until the sun rose that she dug out a pit that was just big enough to hold her mother's body.

Lily supported her tired body on her numb legs, staggered back to the hut, carried her mother to the side of the dirt pit, and put her inside. She sat down beside the pit and gazed at her mother's kind face, which she wanted to imprint deeply in her mind and never forget.

A puff of loess gradually obscured her dearest mother, and at last, using a stone as a tombstone, Lily gave her mother ten deep knocks on the ground, and left this familiar and sad place.

......

There is a village courtyard in the city, and a large family surnamed Wang has moved to the courtyard.

The head of the Wang family is a very powerful official, and there are a group of servants and slaves in the family. One day, after the head of the Wang family returned home, he suddenly ushered in his wife's complaints.

"Look at these maids you bought, none of them know how to do things, they are clumsy in everything, how can they serve me?" Mrs. Wang was full of anger.

Madame was furious

, Isn't this little green good, didn't you praise her a few days ago?" said the head of the Wang family.

"I praise her for her ability to endure hardships, how do you know that her hands and feet are so thick, yesterday she broke your jade cup, and today she broke my white jade bracelet, can I not be angry? Last time, that little warbler actually stole things! Alas, since I moved to a new home, I have not been comfortable. Why don't you bring those servants with you?"

The head of the Wang family said helplessly: "I am transferred thousands of miles away, how can I take dozens of people to work hard? Madame bear with me, I will buy some maids again, you also carefully train and train, there will always be something that satisfies you." ”

"Well, that's all there is to it. Mrs. Wang sighed.

A few days later, the lord of the Wang family took his wife to the city lord's house as a guest. During the feast, a little maid in charge of serving food attracted Mrs. Wang's attention. The little maid was handsome, with bright eyes and bright teeth, and clever hands and feet, Mrs. Wang said in her heart: "If only I had such a maid......

Seeing that Mrs. Wang often looked at the little maid, the city lord's wife asked with a smile, "What, sister, do you want that maid?"

Mrs. Wang smiled embarrassedly: "Sister, didn't I just move here." Lao Wang, he bought a batch of maids from somewhere, and none of them liked me. Look at you little girl, how nimble your hands and feet are. ”

The city lord's wife said generously, "What's so difficult about this? She beckoned to the little maid: "From today on, you will follow and serve this Mrs. Wang, but you have to use a little heart to don't make Madame unhappy." You know what?"

The little maid asked a little anxiously, "Madam, am I not doing well here?"

The city lord's wife smiled: "Silly girl, following Mrs. Wang as a personal maid is much better than being a vegetable maid here with me." ”

The little maid had no choice but to respond: "Yes, thank you Madame for promoting." ”

The more Mrs. Wang looked at the little maid, the more satisfied she became, and after the dinner was over, she took her back to Wang's house with her.

Since then, this little maid named Lily has been responsible for taking care of Mrs. Wang's diet and daily life, she is sensible and obedient, dexterous, delicate, smart and clever, so that Mrs. Wang is very satisfied, and the Wang family treats her well.

After a few years, Lily had grown to the age of nineteen, slim and lovely. Many servants took a fancy to the lily and begged the head of the house to give them the lily, but Mrs. Wang never agreed.

Lily didn't look down on those vulgar servants at all, she already had a heart for it, and she had a love for it. There was a young carpenter who often came to Wang's house to work, and unknowingly knocked on Lily's heart. The carpenter's hands are skillful and he will make all kinds of beautiful furniture. When Mrs. Wang had nothing to do, she liked to watch the carpenter at work, and Lily was serving tea and water on the side, listening to the carpenter and Mrs. Wang chatting.

It turned out that the carpenter's family was poor, his mother died early, and his father who was paralyzed in bed needed to be supported, so he did not bow to fate, but learned the carpenter's trade from others, earned some wages to buy medicine for his father, and could also provide for his own education. He is bent on gaining fame and changing his hard life.

Lily felt that the carpenter's eyes were sincere and clear, and she loved to watch the carpenter at work and listen to the carpenter tell her story and ambitions. When making tea for Mrs. Wang, she would also pour a cup for the carpenter. The carpenter's bright smile as he took the teacup made Lily's heart pound. The carpenter is very caring, and sometimes carves some interesting kittens and puppies from the leftovers of furniture as gifts for Lily. These little things are treasured by her and treasured in a small wooden box.

Lily doesn't care about the poverty of the carpenter's family, she only cares about the carpenter's own motivation and sincerity, she feels that the carpenter is a person worthy of her life. She could also feel from the carpenter's fiery eyes that the carpenter liked her as well. She finally mustered up the courage to mention it to Madame Wang, but to her surprise, Madame Wang, who had always been kind to her, suddenly started a fire, saying that she did not love herself and was not chaste. Lily had no choice but to hide this feeling in her heart aggrievedly, looking forward to the day when she could get what she wanted.

Madame Wang seemed to be so disillusioned with Lily that within a few days she sent her to her sister's house elsewhere in the city. This family is also a famous local family, but Lily's life is not very easy, and she serves the wife of the young master.

The tricky woman was embarrassed by Lily everywhere, and always arranged some impossible tasks for her to do, and if she couldn't finish it, she would speak ill of her, punch and kick her. Lily had no choice but to swallow her anger, broke her teeth and swallowed it in her stomach. What makes her even more difficult is that the young master who is handsome often does things to her. But when Lily had no choice but to tell the young master's wife, she was scolded for not keeping her duty, seducing the young master to show off in front of the young grandmother, and the harsh words kept reaching Lily's ears, but she could only bow her head and cry silently.

Repeatedly wronged, Lily sometimes misses Mrs. Wang, she doesn't understand, how can such a simple thing that men and women love so ruthlessly wipe out her years of careful service.

Soon, Lily knew why. It turned out that it was because the young master of Mrs. Wang's sister's family had long taken a fancy to Lily, but as Lily, she was not worthy of being the daughter-in-law of a famous family at all, so the disgusting man married a young lady from another family first, and then asked his aunt to come to Lily and plan to take him as a concubine. And it is precisely for this reason that the young master's wife does not like Lily. How is Lily willing to marry a playboy, whenever the young master bullies her, she forces her to die, and in the long run, the young master finally loses his patience and sweeps her away.

Lily is not sad, she is finally free, she can go to the carpenter, marry him, have children, and grow old together. Lily inquired about the carpenter's whereabouts, but the news she received made her desperate. After the young master learned Lily's intentions by chance from his aunt, Mrs. Wang, he became jealous and immediately used his power to kill the carpenter father and son

The two were arrested and imprisoned, and falsely accused of trumped-up crimes. The carpenter's father, who was already sick and weak, could not bear the pain of prison, and soon died. The carpenter was in great pain, thinking that he had been delayed by the sudden calamity, and that he did not know what kind of cruel retribution he would suffer in the future, so he slammed his head against the wall and died.

Lily's heart was like a knife, and she felt that she had killed the carpenter, and killed the person she loved the most. Disheartened, she left the city and walked aimlessly into the distance. Her heart can't love anyone anymore.

......

It's a small city, but it's not famous. Because there is a doctor in the city who is a skilled doctor. She never charged a penny for the poor, but it was surprisingly expensive for the rich to see a doctor, but the rich could afford it, and she was the only one who had the medical skills to bring the dead back to life, so both the rich and the poor respected her immensely. She is known for her rejuvenation skills, but she has no husband or children. She spends all her time seeing people and digging up the mountains to dig medicine. People don't know her specific name, but they just call her "Doctor Lily".

It is often praised that "when Dr. Lily was young, he must have been a great beauty." ”

The children of the neighborhood loved to go to her pharmacy and listen to the kind doctor Lily tell them many beautiful stories.

A child once asked Dr. Lily, "Who told you all these beautiful stories?"

Dr. Lily replied, "It's my mother." The child noticed that at that moment, there seemed to be tears in her eyes, but there was always an amiable smile on her face.

As the days passed, Dr. Lily cured countless patients, and her pharmacy was bustling during the day, but she was always alone at night. She often opened a small wooden box at the head of the bed, took out a few wooden knick-knacks, and stroked them gently, dazed. Judging from the shape of those gadgets, they should be kittens, puppies, rabbits and the like, but due to her long strokes, the edges and corners have been smoothed. After a long pause, Dr. Lily sighed and carefully put the knick-knacks back into the wooden box.

There are also people who have taken a fancy to the kind-hearted Dr. Lily, some are widowed dignitaries, and some are wifeless mountain village husbands, but Dr. Lily has not accepted anyone's feelings, she just smiled faintly and shook her head gently: "I have a husband, but he is waiting for me far away." ”

Some people also asked her, "Then why don't you go to your husband?"

"When the time comes, I'll definitely go to him. Dr. Lily always replied.

It was not clear what she was waiting for, and over time, no one expressed her love to Dr. Lily anymore.

Time flies, and the ruthless years have left deep wrinkles on Dr. Lily's face, and the children who used to listen to her stories have grown up, become families, start businesses, and have children. They all like to send their children to Dr. Lily's pharmacy and let her tell them the stories they have heard back then.

Dr. Lily loves children, and so do children. But as he grew older, Dr. Lily's eyes gradually became blind, his ears gradually became deaf, his back gradually became rickety, and his legs and feet gradually trembled. She had no choice but to close her small pharmacy. But it is still the liveliest place in the town during the day, with children huddling around Grandma Lily's lap and parents coming out of the house after tea and dinner to listen to Grandma Lily tell familiar stories and reminisce about the carefree and happy days of childhood.

Dr. Lily's legs and feet were inconvenient, so people spontaneously organized themselves and took turns to take care of Dr. Lily. Over the decades, Dr. Lily has saved the lives of many people in the city, and this credit is indelible.

Unfortunately, one day when people finally grew old, Dr. Lily fell seriously ill. The people were so anxious that they invited a lot of doctors from the cities of the great and small states, but each of them finally walked out of the hut with a gentle head shake.

Just when people were helpless, they heard the hoarse voice of Dr. Lily, calling everyone into the house.

The children lay in front of Dr. Lily's bed, all of them tearful with sadness, and the adults also had red circles under their eyes, holding back the tears that rolled in their eyes.

Dr. Lily touched the children's heads in distress and comforted them softly: "Children, don't cry, don't cry. I'll tell you another story. ”

The sensible children sobbed and wiped the tears from their faces, listening intently to the final story of Grandma Lily. This story is different from the past, very long, very sad, the protagonist of the story is also a girl called "Lily", lost her father when she was a child, met a ruthless owner, lost her mother, became a maid, met her beloved, but killed him because of the coveting of the wicked, and then worshiped an old doctor as a teacher to learn medical skills, in order not to let the tragedy of her mother happen to others, so she gave the poor a penny to see a doctor, and won the respect of the people, and finally grew old, got sick, and died.

"I'm done. Dr. Lily, who had his eyes closed all the time, smiled, brushed the hair on his forehead, and muttered, "I'm here...... I'm coming......" A tear spilled out of the corner of her eye.

Dr. Lily's hand hung limply.

The people listened to this long story in silence, and it was clear to everyone, including the children, that the last story of Dr. Lily was about his own bleak life. At this moment, no one was crying, no one was whimpering and sobbing, and everyone was smiling with tears in their eyes, knowing in their hearts that Dr. Lily had finally waited for that "time" to go far, far away to find her husband.

......

Suddenly, a white light flashed, and Liu Yinyin, who had a trace of tears in the corner of her eyes, opened her eyes.