On the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, the Lantern Festival, it was still a day of heavy snow.

In the poor winter in Daxi Village, Lao Fu, who only had one meal a day and drank porridge, actually picked up a baby girl.

When Fu Erbai from the second room came into the big house with a cold look on his face.

When what he carefully took out from his arms was not an unlucky rabbit, but a little girl whose whole body was purple from the cold, Yuan could clearly hear sighs from everyone in the room.

The sound, coupled with the howling cold wind outside, seemed particularly desolate.

Yuan's third birthday, which was filled with hunger and suffering, seemed to be shrouded in an indelible shadow because of this sigh, making it seem particularly unlucky!

The little girl, who was not even as tall as her thigh, squatted at her father Fu Dabai's feet. She was so hungry that her face was numb and she didn't want to make any expression.

Her biological mother, Li, didn't know where she got the strength from. She jumped up from the stool with a roar and roared angrily:

"Fu Lao Er! Are you crazy? Your family is so poor and desperate! And you're still picking people up! Why are you picking up people who are not related to you? You're going to let the whole family starve to death with your second branch!"

Ah Yuan used his large but lifeless eyes to look at the brazier that everyone was surrounding to keep warm.

It was quite far away, so it was obvious that her mother was not burned.

Ah Yuan looked at his mother with envy and raised his head——

Adults are so powerful!

She was so hungry that she wanted to lie down and rest, but her mother was able to jump up. How amazing!

When Fu Erbai was scolded by his sister-in-law, the joy on his face disappeared immediately. The tall and big man stood there holding the child who was shivering from the cold and couldn't even cry, at a loss, not knowing what to do.

This man is a bit honest and silly. He has been married to his wife, Xiao Yang, for many years. They have four sons but no daughters. However, he likes daughters very much.

Normally, he gets jealous when he sees a baby girl and always says that he will give birth to one sooner or later. It’s snowing so heavily today and he shouldn’t go anywhere.

But he felt as if he had grown weeds in his heart early in the morning. He always felt that something was waiting for him outside and wanted to go out and take a look. He told his mother, Old Yang, that he wanted to go to the mountain to see if there were any frozen rabbits, and then turned and left.

Old Mrs. Yang couldn't stop her stupid son even after calling him.

Fu Erbai went up the mountain and searched for half a day, but didn't see even a single rabbit.

Erniu, the grandson of our neighbor Aunt Shi, went up the mountain to play and picked up a frozen rabbit.

The delicious smell of meat these two days made the kids at home drool all day long. Fu Erbai often went up the mountain to try his luck, but he got nothing and was freezing.

I thought there would be some changes today, but the result was still the same. Fu Erbai wanted to turn around and go down the mountain, but he accidentally saw a small snow pile not far away, which was moving.

He thought it was a wild animal digging the hole, but when he dug it up, he saw a baby girl whose legs were kicking from the cold, and the swaddling clothes she was wearing were frozen and stuck to the snow.

Fu Erbai got excited and brought the child back in his arms.

I was thinking of raising this child as my own daughter.

As a result, before he could even open his mouth, he was scolded by his sister-in-law, and his blood immediately cooled down.

Then look at the bunch of hungry kids at home with starving eyes.

Fu Erbai suddenly felt as if cold water was poured over his head. Holding ice in his arms, a feeling of chillness came over him both physically and mentally. He almost wanted to lie down and take a rest.

The whole person stood there like an ice sculpture that had not been frozen.

It was my mother, Old Yang, who reacted faster. She sighed deeply and made up her mind without much thought. She ordered straightforwardly:

"Okay, old man, don't talk about it for now. I've found it all. This is not the right time to throw it away. If you throw it away in the snow, it will be gone.

Second son's wife, go cook a bowl of rice soup and see if you have any ginger and brown sugar at home. If you do, put some in and cook together. If not, go and borrow some.

Second brother, don't just stand there like an idiot. Give the child to me and go get some more charcoal and firewood. The room is too cold. Light up the brazier and the kang.

Third brother, there are a few eggs at home. Take them and ask Doctor Zhang to come.

Third brother's wife, go and get the quilt that your little boy used when he was a child, the thick one with cotton quilt.

The fourth son’s wife went to boil some hot water, as the baby was too small to withstand being rubbed with snow.

Fourth brother, go to Zheng the butcher's house and see if his ewes have given birth. If they have, lend me some goat milk. If not, go and find out whose cattle or sheep have given birth recently.

No one in the village has had a baby recently, and if the cattle and sheep don’t give birth, I’m afraid I won’t be able to get milk, so I can only feed them rice soup.”

Old Madam Yang paused for a moment, and with her dim eyes she looked at her eldest daughter-in-law who was about to explode with anger, and her second granddaughter who seemed to be getting shorter and shorter at her eldest son's feet because of hunger, and then she continued:

"Third brother, leave one egg for me. Second brother, wife, cook some while you're cooking rice soup. Today is Yuan's birthday. Give it to her."

A Yuan——Happy＾－＾V

Li, who was about to curse, suddenly lost all his anger and twisted the curse words he was about to say into:

"Oh, why bother you, second sister-in-law? I'll go and cook. You stay here and help mother take care of the little girl. Cooking rice soup is what I'm best at. There's no need for you.

Fourth brother’s wife, please stay and help mom. I’ll just boil some hot water and bring it over in a while. There’s no need for so many people. I’ll take care of it all by myself and bring it over in a while.

Come, Yuan, help mother light the fire."

Li didn't give A Yuan any time to refuse. She grabbed him and rushed to the kitchen.

"Mom, this..." The second and fourth sons' wives looked at their mother-in-law hesitantly.

Old Yang nodded: "Let her go."

After hearing the instructions, everyone started to move one by one.

A Yuan was driven by Li to the door of the kitchen. Li lit the fire quickly, took out the only big pot in Lao Fu's family, boiled hot water, and put an egg in the hot water to cook.

Yuan leaned forward, looking up at Li with anticipation for the eggs, and said:

"Mom, let Yuan help you light the fire."

Li reached out and pulled her away without even turning back:

"Go, you can't burn a fart, don't mess with your mother, you're tripping her up, she'll step on you later."

Yuan was dragged to a corner by Li's force to stay with the firewood.

Yuan, who was almost confused by the scratching, squatted down with some sadness——

Mother dislikes her again!

But before she could be sad for too long, Li handed her a peeled egg.

The white and tender egg was steaming. Yuan reached out to take it and opened his mouth unconsciously.

There was sparkling saliva hanging from the corners of his mouth.

Li rolled his eyes in disdain and babbled to her:

"Oh! Look at what you have accomplished!

You're so greedy for an egg, it's not like you haven't eaten it before, but be careful, it's still hot when it comes out of the pan.

This is only me, your mother. I find some food for you every now and then. If you had those guys as your mothers, you little girl would have starved to death by now!

My sisters-in-law all look honest and loyal, but they always feed their son with whatever they want in private.

Look at your two sisters, they are so hungry that they are staggering as they walk, and their eyes turn green when they see food."

Yuan bit the egg in small bites, and his lifeless eyes became bright as if a soul was injected into them.

Li glanced at her:

"Eat it up quickly, or your brothers and sisters will come over again. Will you give it to them or not?"

A Yuan replied vaguely:

"No, they won't let me stay."

During the Chinese New Year, Yuan went back to her grandmother's house and brought back two meat buns. She originally wanted to eat them herself.

But the eldest cousin Tuzi from the third room and the cousin Xingzi from the fourth room stood aside and watched, drooling.

She handed the buns to them and asked them to take two bites, but they took two bites after another and didn't leave any for her.

She almost cried and almost fell over, and almost bit off the flesh of both of them.

It was on that day that she sadly understood two truths. One was that food should be kept in one's stomach!

Second, her teeth are still young now. When she grows up, she will definitely be able to chew them until they cry and can’t get rid of them!!

"Just don't give it to them, even if they're drooling at you!

If you can't even eat enough yourself and still care about other people's business, that's just stupid.

I'm afraid I can't even support you as my only child.

Only the stupid couple in the second room gave birth to one child after another and couldn't even support their family, yet they still wanted a daughter.

This time, he picked up a girl from outside. If he kept this girl, life at home would be even more difficult!

They must both starve to death.”

Li said this angrily while glancing outside. Seeing that no one was paying attention, she quickly scooped up a spoonful of rice soup, blew on it twice, and handed it to Yuan:

"Come and drink."

A Yuan skillfully leaned over and drank it in two big gulps. There was no ginger left in the kitchen, but there was some brown sugar left, and the rice soup was sweet.

A Yuan smacked his lips and stood on tiptoe to stuff the remaining half of the egg into Li's mouth.

Li quickly stepped back:

"Poor child, your mother has eaten many eggs!

You've only seen a few of them, just eat them yourself, your mother doesn't need you to save any for her.

Didn’t you just say you would never give it to anyone else? Think about your big meat buns, how come this kid has no memory! "

"My own mother!"

It is very clear who is close to Yuan and how close he is to you.

Even Li, who was so eloquent, was stuck for a moment.

Yuan blinked his eyes, and seeing that his mother didn't want to eat it, he stuffed the egg into his arms and patted her gently:

"Turn back and give it to Dad."

Li hesitated for a moment and did not ask her to eat it. She turned around and served out only enough rice soup for one bowl and asked her daughter to carry it. She herself held the basin with warm water, but was afraid that it would not be enough, so she simply held the basin in one hand and picked up the bucket of hot water in the other and went to the main house.

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