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Chapter 14 - It's Never Too Late for Spring

I am a fake thousand gold, but my parents regard me as a treasure, and my brothers spoil me.

One day, Dad brought a girl with a knowledge of Darley, saying that it was my sister, the real gold of the house.

I was afraid that my sister took my darling, so I pushed her into the lotus pool, trying to give her some color to see.

But my sister touched my head and bent her eyes with a smile: "A sister likes you so much."

1

I am a little dumb, but fathers and mothers and brothers do not hate to abandon me, but also hold me all day, gently pet.

Dad's father ordered the whole best man to learn sign language, and even his maternal grandmother, who ate fasting for Buddha, could communicate with me freely.

My mother gave birth to four children, and I had only one daughter, so I became the best friend's most darling existence.

Brothers are simply going to spoil me to the sky, the elder brother taught me to read and write, the second brother teaches me to touch the piano and draw, and the third brother teachs me to ride and archery.

Big Brother Li Jingyuan is this year's new leader, learned and talented, holding jade beads, deeply valued by the emperor.

He would take me to the white eagles academy to listen to the talent debate, while I secretly observed which of the dudes was the most handsome.

"Beadle, what do you gain from listening to the student debate today?"

my cheerful than rowing: the land family young man clear breeze moon, it is very beautiful.

Big Brother rattles, puts up his thumb and praises: "My treasure jewel observation is one of the best."

second brother li jingying is this year's newest explorer, graceful, a table of talents, many family noble girls have long been promised.

He would take me to the theater to listen to the music, I would go to the piano workshop to learn the piano, and I would take the second brother to the Yihong court to see the flower queen sister dance.

Isn't it beautiful to dance?

My excited direct clapping hand, but the second brother played me a head jump: "Second brother think not as good as the jewel jump?"

I crooked my head, thinking of my own ghostly characteristic dance, and nodded with approval.

Third Brother Li Jingcheng is the emperor's pro-seal of the flying tiger general, the young man's ambition, the mood is windy.

When he was fourteen, he could take off the Wolf King's tooth and give it to me as a birthday present.

three brothers in leisure will take me to the royal hunting hare, and I have an arrow shot off today's prince's trousers belt, ashamed of him to flee.

"jewels, you are really good, the arrow method is accurate ..." three brothers are dazed, even tongue.

I don't know why, after returning to the residence, the third brother was punished by his father for four hours.

I worry with the food box to see the three brothers, he revealed a brilliant smile: "really tiger brother no dog sister! Little jewels, you are really proud of the third brother! When you grow up, you must be an excellent female general!"

I opened the flower, laughing, but only this word was heard by daddy, daddy angrily threw the box in his hand, and let three brothers kneel for two hours.

No matter what absurd things I do, my brothers are willing to take me, and the ass cleans up the mess for me.

However, I heard the lady of the royal historian behind me say that I am a waste, a handicapped, and a little fool with insufficient intelligence.

I took Miss Royal History in the face, clenched my fist and banged two punches, and punched her in a panda eye.

Don't look at my age, but I eat well, sleep well, covered with meat, my third brother often said that I am a calf, with strength.

The next day, she and her cheap dad came to the door and nodded and bowed to me to apologize.

I stared at her panda eyes, proudly forking her waist, and wrote a sentence: "who are you? What are you?" And then threw it on her face.

Miss Royal History looked at the bamboo, the face is pale, the legs are trembling, almost to kneel down, half a day can not speak.

Her cheap dad frowns and wrenches her hard: "Dead girl, say it!"

Her eyes were full of tears, her face was red, and she supported me with her opening: "I am the third lady of the imperial historian, Liu Liu, I am a waste, a disability, a small fool with insufficient intelligence."

The onlooking people laughed, I nodded with satisfaction, and bought a string of sugar goose wrapped in glutinous rice paper at the lively aunt, and jumped into the residence.

went to the courtyard wall roots, but saw the gardener Lao Chen and the king's daughter-in-law gathered together to mumble something, I set my ears, listen carefully.

"Have you heard that Miss Jewelry is not the father and the wife's own birth!The wife was born with the same farmer and woman in the countryside in Jiangnan, and she was wrong!"

wang jujuan straight thigh: "really false, this is really evil! The master and the lady took miss jewels as eyeballs hurt, now know that miss beads is not biological, how..."

! I heard that madam is sick because of this matter, and now that the old man has gone to the countryside to pick up miss big, heard that miss big died from childhood parents, is to eat a hundred families grown up children! It is not known how much we miss out of these years!

"If only I could get it back, Miss Jewel, not only have the dumbness, but also have the dementia ..."

I threw out the sugar guinea in my hand, and my tears fell uncontrollably.

Father and mother are not my biological father and mother, Grandmother is not my grandmother, and my brother who loves me isn't my brother!

I... I'm a mistaken fake king!

and real gold is sitting in my dad's carriage at the moment, snuggling with my dad, enjoying the love of my dad!

When she came back, daddy and aunt did not want me! my brothers did not pet me! and my grandmother did not care for me!

I ran back to the house, lay down on the bed, covered the quilt, and wept for a while.

"Lady, why is the ass so high? Catching hide and seek?" Green plum patted my round butt, smiling and sitting on the bed.

I put my head out from under the quilt, tearful eyes look at green plum, jumped into her arms, fanciful mouth drawn: father and mother do not want me, I am a fake thousand gold, the real gold will drive me away!

Green plum wiped my crying flower face, crying and laughing can't: Silly Miss! How can the master and the wife not want you!

"Who are the chatty slaves who chew their tongues?" let me catch them and pull out their tongue!

Miss, you are born of a master and a wife, but you have a cousin.

I sucked my nose: really?

Green Mead fixed his head: "nature is real, when did I deceive Miss?"

"After all, your brothers are going to spoil you to the sky, and they are almost taking the stars off and giving them to you! You, you really shouldn't be worrying about things..."

I pull my head, depressed.

green plum like a child like patting my back: "miss, don't drop the beans! Wait for the big lady back, give her some color to see, let her know our miss in the relationship status!"

My eyes lit up and revealed a big smile, and I thought of the sugar goose that I had just thrown away, and Wow cried, only to buy me another string with green plum.

2

Daddy's carriage stopped at the door, I was happy to run to meet, but saw Daddy holding the hand of another girl, Daddy had a gentle smile on his face, and carefully warned her to pay attention to her feet.

I stopped walking and looked at my dad.

Daddy smiled and waved to me: "Beadle, come here, Daddy introduced you, this is your sister, Li Xiaochun."

"Your sister is a good and sensible child, you will surely like her, and you two sisters must get along well in the future."

I put my head to one side and didn't respond to Dad.

Jewel, I'm your sister.

"I listened to daddy talk about your fun things all the way, you are very cute, a sister likes you a slender hand reached in front of me, the fingers have a clear visible old wart."

I looked up at her.

The spring breeze blew her hair, clear teeth, black hair, snow, sunshine on her, and dyed her with a layer of gold.

I stayed for a while.

Sister... so beautiful.

, Jewel, are you hungry?' she took out her handkerchief and wiped the corners of my mouth.

I was embarrassed to knock off my sister's cloth, and the momentum was fierce: You are not my sister, I don't want you to be my sister!

Sister crouched down, rubbed the top of my head, laughed and bent his eyes: "It is like a fried lion."

"A sister will be good to you, Jewelry"

"A sister will pamper you more than her brothers"

My face burned, I pushed my sister away, and I ran into the yard.

Behind him came the father's cheerful laughter: "Xiaochun, do not worry, the heart of the treasure beads pure and good, naive and lively, will soon like you..."

The family expressed a warm welcome to my sister's arrival, only I was depressed, and even the roasting of the big chicken leg was not in the mood to eat.

After dinner, my father ordered me to walk with my sister in the back garden, and I turned my white eyes and walked with a rapid pace.

Sister quickly caught up with me and took my hand: "Beacon, are you not full?"

My arrogant comparison: full, full.

"Oh, my jewels are full," my sister took out a big chicken leg wrapped in oil paper from her arms, unfortunately, "then this chicken leg will be rewarded to Xiaohuang to eat it."

Sister made a gesture to throw, my eyes were fast, and I grabbed my sister's sleeve and stared at her angrily.

"Do you want to eat?"

I am reluctant to compare: do not eat the jewels, but the belly of the beads to eat.

The sister laughed and laughed, "The belly of the elder sister touching the treasure bead is not hungry."

I flushed and nodded my head softly.

Sister put his hand on my clothes, touched my round belly, knocked, nodded: "Well, this little pig needs a long body, you can eat a big chicken leg!"

Sister's hand is warm, my heart is banging.

I wolf down the chicken leg, a sister sit quietly beside me.

The moonlight is clear and quiet around, and there is a sound of frogs in the lotus flower pool.

I was curious and secretly observed my sister.

sister named li xiaochun, very corny, daddy wanted to give her a name, the sister refused, she said "xiaochun" is the name of foster parents, now parents are gone, this name is the only thought.

A sister came from the countryside, but looks is great, talk and work is also generous, listen to daddy said that although she does not understand the law, but brilliant, especially wrote a good hand, daddy also said that for my special purpose to learn a long sign language, it is very careful.

father and mother to the elder sister praise, brothers are also warm voice, the most not laughing in the city of the maternal grandmother in the arms of elderly a sister kissed several times, but also to their own day and day to leave, the plate of bright green Buddha beads to give her.

I have asked for this Buddha bead many times, and my grandmother did not give it to me.

a sense of crisis drawn to the heart, think of green mey said to give her sister some color to look at, I suddenly evil from the edge of life, stomping to the sister behind, pushing hard, pushed the sister into the lotus pool.

Sister flung fell, I clap and giggle, but the sole of the foot slipped, also followed into the fall.

It's over!

I can't swim!

I struggled hard, but I drank a lot of water, and my eyelids got deeper and deeper, and everything around me gradually blurred.

3

Jewel! Jewel, wake up!

I opened my eyes and saw that my sister was pressing hard on my chest, she was soaked, her hair was messy, and the hair was continuously trickling down.

My sister's eyes are red, her face is pale, her lips are purple, and my name has been shouting loudly in her mouth.

I tried to think back, only to think of just pushing my sister into the water, I also accidentally fell down the picture.

Sister suddenly pinched my nose, opened my mouth, mouth to mouth to me.

I panicked, Sister is doing what?I hurried out and pushed her, nonsense: Sister, I'm okay.

My sister hugged me hard, tears fell on my shoulders, and my mouth kept saying that I was okay.

I can't help lying on my sister's shoulder, watching a group of girls come running in the distance, they clamoring, "no! Miss pushed Miss into the water!"

The whole family gathers in a very serious atmosphere.

daddy with a thick bed surrounded me into a ball, only my head was exposed outside, after I packed the post, he opened: "jewels, to daddy said, what is the matter? Listen to the mother said that your aunt pushed you into the water?"

I am a little shocked, in the end, I pushed the sister ah.

Big Brother sits next to me and carefully hangs my hair with a dry cotton towel: "Be afraid, big brother will be the master for you."

Listen to everyone's concerns, I did not respond, just staring at them.

The mother is somewhat anxious: "This child is not scared stupid?"

Third Brother pinched my face, soft voice: "Little Jewel, what happened?"

I looked at Sister, she was wet, righteous kneeling on the ground, tightly rubbing her lips, not a word.

Afraid of being punished by my father, my heart is vague: it is Sister, Sister pushed me.

Dad looked at his sister in disbelief, angry voice: "Xiaochun, how could you have such a vicious mind!"

"The jewel is your sister!"

She is good in heart, and you are trying to harm her!

"I knew this would happen, Dad shouldn't have picked you up!"

The sister did not explain, but the respectful father banged his head: "Know that the spring is wrong, please ask the father to punish."

Dad hummed and waved away.

Big Brother's tone of indifference: "Xiaochun, you really let my brother disappointed!"

Grandmother hit the crutch heavy: "mind missteps! punishment is good, long memory!"

Mother's eyes are red: "Xiaochun, Baoju is a good child, you must treat her well, do not ..."

Sister's voice is gentle and clear: "Mother, Xiaochun knows."

I hanging the hand of the cloth, the heart looked at the sister.

Between the sight collision, my sister smiled at me.

I don't open my eyes, I can't tell the pain in my heart.

Sister was punished by father for twelve hours, daddy did not allow anyone to go to see her sister, nor did she allow her to eat and drink, and after kneeling, let her sister copy a hundred times of the discipline.

Green plum laughing with me fun: "miss, you can be angry this time!" See! The master and the lady is still the most painful to you! The big lady will never pass you!"

I didn't respond, like an ostrich with my head in the quilt.

Sister, how is Sister so stupid!

I pushed her!

I can't sleep over and over, I think of a sister's ugly look, jumping out of bed and collapsing, trying to shake the green plum, eager to draw: I want to eat cheese cake!

I want to eat laurel cake, sweet cake, barley cake, walnut butter, green ball, hemp seed ball...

Green plum glared wide-eyed: "Eat now?"

I jumped up: Yes! Now!

Green meow yawns day after day: "okay okay, little ancestor, you really can toss..."

It was not long before the green plum carried the cake of picking the cheese, and put it in front of me: "Little ancestor, eat it, and caught the master at night, and paid three times more for it."

I took the box of fragrant pastries, twisted my head and ran to the hall.

Sister is kneeling in the hall, she is thin, but her spine is straight, a cold wind blows, A sister is frozen, but still motionless.

Now it is just spring, it is warm and cold, I am still wearing a thick mule, but Sister only has a thin long shirt.

Sister's hair is still trickling down, the thin long clothes are wet through, the wet clothes are close to the skin, and the goose skin on the skin is clearly visible.

My nose is slightly acidic, quickly step forward, take off the new flower sewn with cloud jade, and put it on for my sister.

"jewels, how did you come?" A sister pushed my flower bed, softly: "Beads, you wear, A sister is not cold?"

I stubbornly buttoned my sister, and took a cotton towel to dry her hair carefully, and then pushed the snack box in front of her.

My clumsy comparison: Sister, eat.

Sister opened the snack box, bent his eyebrows: "This is the jewel for Sister?"

I nodded my head and took a sweet cake and put it in my sister's mouth.

Sister finished two sweet cakes in a row, I brought out a bowl of water for her to drink, Sister drank water, put down the bowl, suddenly red eyes, hard to hold me in her arms.

Sister said that this is the best sweet cake she has ever eaten, and thanked me for being her sister.

I grabbed my sister, wanting her to stop kneeling, but she laughed and shook her head: "Be careful about Sister, Sister can stand it!"

The person who can be punished should be me, it is I who pushed my sister, I am afraid of being chastised by my father, I have disgraced my sister.

Why didn't Sister tell Dad the truth?

Sister is so stupid, the noble girls of the family always say behind me that I am stupid and stupid, but A sister is even stupider and stupider than me.

I bit my teeth and turned away.

I want justice for my sister!

4

I called my parents and brothers to the hall.

I bend my legs, honestly knelt on the ground, a one-sided comparison: father, mother, elder brother, second brother, third brother, sorry, I lied, but I pushed a sister, I am a bad child, you punish me!

Daddy meaningful look at me, nodded: "jewel, you really did not let daddy disappoint."

I look at my dad in doubt.

"Beadle, you continue to kneel and look at your sister," Xiaochun, get up.

My sister and I were shocked to look at Dad and didn't move for a while.

Daddy seriously stared at me: "Beaver, you know, if your sister's water is not good, it will cause death!"

I was ashamed to lower my head, and kept scratching in my hand: Sorry, I was wrong.

The mother's heart is long, touching my head: "Stupid child, do not do this kind of thing in the future."

You, no matter what you do, you can't hide it from your family.

"Your sister is decent, kind-hearted, a good child, and would never do such a thing."

Just seeing that you are such a nonsense, we can only count on it, only hope that through this matter, your sisters can be honest with each other and love each other.

Daddy picks up Sister, warm voice: "good boy, it is daddy bad, daddy makes you suffer"

The elder brother gently patted the shoulder of the elder sister: "Xiaochun, I am sorry for your brother, let you suffer, I hope you can forgive me."

He took out from his sleeve a black wooden wolf quill and handed it to his sister: "Sister, listen to daddy, you love to read and write, and prepare a small compensation gift for your brother, I hope you don't hate me."

Second Brother also frankly said: "Xiaochun, Li Baozhu, this stinking girl really owes a lesson, you don't want her to learn from now on."

Third Brother scratched his head: "Sister Xiaochun, I hunted a white fox a few days ago and made a fox-ride, now I give it to you, you must look good in it."

Sister laughing with tears, one answer.

mother carefully look at the old calligraphy of elder sister's hand, the sad straight tears: "my spring son, are you cold, are not freezing? My mother sewed you a few beautiful new bodies, but also for winter boots, you will not be hungry and frozen..."

Sister cried and jumped into the arms of her mother, and the mother gently patted her back: "Good child, good child, the mother's good child..."

Seeing, my nose is acidic, red eyes embraced my sister and mother.

Our mother and sister hugged tightly, crying and laughing, and daddy wiped tears on the side to say that our family was finally reunited.

Third Brother sucked his nose and looked at the elder brother and second brother: "Can we brothers hug?"

Big Brother squinted three brothers, faintly said: "Blow away."

Since then, my hated sister has become my favorite sister.

Sister wrote a good hand, I carefully look at it, A sister's words are strong, iron painting silver hook, quite a cheerful willow bone style.

I wrote: Sister, why do you write so well?

She said softly: "more practice. Before the family is poor, there is no paper, on the earth wall, sometimes writing on small stones, sometimes on the bark, sometimes with water on the table to write, in short, must diligently practice."

"When there is no pen, sharpen the stone for the pen, the branch can also be used as a pen, even a broke broomstick, can also love writing in the vast land."

elder sister also likes to read, but the book she reads is not "feminine commandment", nor "female training", but "the group of books to administer general knowledge", "the strategy" and other unfamiliar books.

I said, "Sister, how can you read the same book as your brothers?"

Sister put down the book, solemn tone: "jewels, although we are women, but also have the right to study the scriptures, also have a clear qualification to read history, if women can study, can be an officer as a general, women may be better than men."

"Scientific history can be wise, learning history can praise morality, and reading reason can build a good life."

"A woman can live high in the temple, she can live far away from the world, and she can also help the world."

"Be sure to read more, learn more, don't limit yourself to one side of heaven and earth."

I listened in the clouds and nodded my head vaguely.

Sister made a face, handed me a book: "Read, three months later, Sister will test you."

I looked down at this thick "History" and my hands trembled slightly.

My aunt and I stick together in the day, a sister read a book, I am in bamboo brief painting tortoise, aunt writing, I crouched in the corner to see the ants, elder sister recite, I in the kitchen to make a drum to eat.

Sister finished reading the book, I will be bummed with the sweet cake I just made.

I laughed and said: "Sister, is it good?"

Sister pinched my little meat face, laughing face pampering: "It is delicious, Sister loves to eat sweet cake made of treasure beads."

I am very happy: Sister, the sweet cake in the palace is even better than what I made, waiting for you to taste it when the Hundred Flower Feast!

For this mouthful of sweet cake, I hope and hope, finally hope to the end of the year, hope to spring, hope for a hundred flower feast.

Early in the morning, my mother took me and my sister to the palace to participate in a feast of flowers.

I happily put on the new water red dress, and took my sister's hand and jumped into the palace.

Sister can't cry and laugh, hold on to me: "jewels, pay attention to posture"

The mother and the other noble ladies familiarly greeted, so that Sister and I would go and talk to another noble woman.

I enthusiastically introduced my sister to all the noble girls, but behind her a sharp voice sounded.

"Lee Baozhu, I heard you are a fake thousand gold?"

5

I look to Zhang Qingqing, she is my best friend, but at this time contemptuous glaring at me.

I am a little overwhelmed: this is a rumor, my sister and I are close sisters...

She secretly laughed, "You also believe this?A fake thousand gold, still think that flying on the branch has become a phoenix?"

"I was wondering before, how did the prime minister of the Chella Yu tree give birth to such a thing as you? Ugly and crippled, or a pig brain!"

"It's disgusting to have had you for so many years before."

My eyes are red, angry staring at her, the original sister said that the heart is not ancient, two-sided three knife, that is this kind of person!

She charmingly climbed a sister's hand: "Xiaochun, can we be friends?"

Sister laughed and pushed her hand away, "You are worthy?"

"Are you not afraid of being judged for your sins?"

Zhang Qingqing is anxious: nonsense! Why am I guilty?

Sister's tone is faint: "You publicly slandered the prime minister, blatantly damaged the reputation of the best minister, and already committed the crime of slander!"

"The law is to remove the tongue and hit the thirty plates!"

Zhang Qingqing's face was pale, and the noble girls watching the lively scene also sounded, and dispersed.

I shook my sister's sleeve: Sister, do I have no friends?

Sister took care of my clothes, warm voice: "jewels, you just need to remember, do yourself well, naturally there will be sincere to your friends."

My depressed comparison: What if I still don't have friends?

Sister crouched down and looked me in the eye: "Then Sister is the best friend of Jewels."

Zhang Changqing Qinghua was hated by Sister, and deliberately recommended her when she performed to the Queen, saying that Sister had specially prepared a song for the Queen.

The queen was interested, and she looked up and down at her sister: "You are the big Miss Li Li, Li Xiaochun?"

"Looking at the looks, it is a wonderful person, this is the first time we met, you have specially prepared a talent show for me, but you have a heart."

My heart is shocked, where will Sister play!This is clearly Zhang Qingqing intentionally teasing her!

Noble girls are all grinning and laughing, and they have a good look.

My mother changed her face: "Queen Mother, Xiaochun ..."

Sister interrupted my mother's words: "the queen mother, xiaochun specially prepared for you talent performance, but miss zhang is misunderstood, xiechun prepared not for the piano, but..."

I stood up fiercely, the fingers are flexible compared: a sister of the wen, made a poem for the queen mother, and I have to present the song, next my sister and I will perform together!

Just after finishing the draw, I heard zhang qingqing and feng yue mumble: "who, a little mute, can still play music? Do you understand the rhythm? It is ridiculous..."

"And that Li Xiaochun, a wild girl who grew up in the countryside, can write poetry?I am afraid I don't know a word!"

"If Li Xiaochun could write poetry, I would cut off her head and give her a kick!"

Sister looked at me with surprise, and I returned to Sister with a determined look, indicating that she did not worry.

Although I can't speak, but my hearing is different from ordinary people, and I have a unique talent in piano technology, but I just play lazy, climbing trees and playing birds, only my second brother knows that I have excellent piano skills.

Queen's eyebrows laugh: "start it"

Under the worried eyes of my mother, under the contemptuous eyes of noble girls, in the eyes of the queen's mother, I am free to close my eyes, gently touching the strings, a sister stands beside me, with my piano sound, improvised creation.

The first half of the piano sound, like a swan, played in the second half but dignified, shocking heart.

Sister singing poetry, poetry from beautiful gentle to magnificent, a sister's voice from gentle and bright to passionate.

at the end of the song, elder sister curt knee a ceremony: "a piece of "flowing light" dedicated to the queen mother, may the Queen mother of the new year, Jiqing peaceful, healthy body, well-being, blessing the city.

There was no sound, I looked around curiously, and most of the ladies of honor were in tears, still immersed in the piano and poetry just now.

Zhang and Feng Yuer's face is ugly, and the face muscles are twitching uncontrollably.

The Queen's mother had tears in her eyes, but the corner of her mouth was smiling, and she looked at me and her sister with approval.

"good!" Behind him came the clapping applause, the emperor clapped and praised, "really an outstanding double master! A literary masterpiece, a masterpiece! Li Xiang, you old boy is a blessed man!"

My father's lips are almost gone to heaven, he armed: "The emperor's error praised."

Everyone praised the announcement.

Sister pinched my palm, I look to Sister, she revealed a very shallow smile to me: "Our jewels are good."

I grin and laugh, immersed in my sister's gentle praise, but I feel a hot look.

Following the line of sight, I saw the prince who had been shot off the belt of my trousers secretly looking at me behind the emperor.

I looked at him, but his face was red.

6

My sister and I are famous.

Sister became recognized as the first talented woman in Beijing, and the poetry she wrote was also passed on by the noble daughters in Beijing and was well known by the family.

Sister did not get tired of urging me to read and write, and I also made sweet cakes for Sister to eat day by day.

The practice of sweet cake is very simple, first, the fine flour is sifted, the white sugar is added, the egg is mixed with clear water, then the steam is steamed on the powder, and then the powder is wrapped in wet cloth, until the surface of the cake is smooth and delicate, then it is done.

Until one day I tasted a piece of my own sweet cake, frown, and put less sugar!

I burst into tears: Sister, the sweet cake made by Baoju is not sweet!

Sister laughingly shaved my nose, but the tone is unspeakably serious: "Why is not sweet?" Sweet. The sweet cake made by the jewels is the sweetest, sweet to my sister's heart.

The days passed day by day, flat and beautiful, and soon my sister and I were of the same age.

On the day before the wedding, my mother let me and my sister to eat wine, the mother agreed, and I ate very late to go home drunk.

Sister put my back behind me, step by step to go home, mouth chattering: "Lee Baoju, you are really a little treasure pig, and fat, do you want to sink your sister..."

I laughed and smelled Sister's neck, a laurel smell, is a reassuring taste.

Jewel, what is your desire?

I turned my head and thought for a while: I want our family to be happy together forever.

What is your sister's wish?

"A sister's desire is the same as yours, and a little more than yours"

I'm curious: What's a little more?

Sister whispered: "Sister wants to exchange her voice for the jewel..."

is a silly sister.

I clutched my sister's neck: "Sister, hurry home, I want to sleep."

But my sister and I were unable to return home after all.

The fire of the prime minister's residence is soaring, and the killing and fighting are inexhaustible.

I panicked and wanted to rush inside to see what happened, but was grabbed by my sister: "Beacon, run!"

I tremble: Grandmother, father, mother, and brothers...

"We can't save them, Jewel, listen to Sister, hide in a safe place first?"

I was afraid of crying, and Sister quickly carried me on her back, and she ran outside the city.

The voice of the officers came from behind: "Lee Xiang's two daughters have run away!"

Sister ran behind me for a long time, from the night to the sky bright, do not know how many heels, before throwing off the track.

When the sun was shining, Sister stopped in front of an old house on the outskirts, just to breathe.

She organized her hair, wiped the sweat on her forehead with a cloth, and carefully rubbed the dust on her shirt before knocking hard on the door.

The person who opened the door was an old man of a long time, and he was also the father of his sister, and I often saw his sister and his father debate history together.

Sister straight to the old man fell to his knees, squeezed three noises: "Teacher, please rescue us, the prime minister unexpectedly, my sister and I really have nowhere to go!"

sighed, said nothing, but put me and my sister in a remote country hut and left.

I asked Sister what to do later, Sister just touched the top of my hair, warm voice: "Beads, there is Sister, there will be your bite to eat."

I asked my aunt daddy in the end what crime, a sister told me daddy is loyal, daddy will not sin, but now the elder brother became a new leader, and became an official, second brother also became an officer, third brother is also a master of war, the emperor taboo Li's power, and found the head.

Sister also said that the affairs of the courtyard are fluctuating, not that we can touch it clearly.

I listened vaguely, and asked the aunt and father will they have the death worry?A sister mumbled for a while, firmly told me not.

I naturally believe in Sister, a heart put down, then sleepy.

Sister fanned me, saw that I was asleep, and then from the inside pocket felt a red cloth wrapped in a peace symbol, hanging on my neck.

"A treasure, happy birthday, a sister wish you a happy life"

I heard my sister whisper.

The next day, Sister went to the "precious" word in my name and called me only beads in front of others.

Sure as a sister said, daddy they were only sent into the jail, there is no news of execution, my sister and I put down heart, every day for livelihood to eat and run.

7

Sister before going out every day in the face of black pot gray, and patiently told me to read at home, do not run.

But I can not stay, always want to go out to play, a sister can not rest assured of me, then took a copy of the work, take the book home every day to copy.

Sister to copy three books a day, a book five dollars, a day can earn fifteen.

I am used to eating eggs every day, but also to eat meat and goat milk, and sometimes want to eat pastries.

Two eggs cost a penny, a pound of meat twenty, not to mention goat's milk and pastries.

Sister used twenty dollars to buy an old chicken from the next door king mother-in-law.

The old chicken laid eggs diligently every day, sometimes two, sometimes three, and my sister and I had enough eggs to eat.

Sister also loosened the soil in front of the hut, used a hedge to surround a small yard, loosen the loose soil with an iron spade, and sprinkle a lot of vegetable seeds.

Soon after the vegetable seedlings came out, lush, and the old chicken also cheerfully grasped earthworms, and there was a lively scene in the small courtyard.

Sister planted a lot of garlic seedling, garlic grows very fast, a sister said garlic can be eaten for a lifetime, garbage seedlings can eat garlic, garley can eat, and garlic also can eat.

I can't help laughing, garlic is really a good vegetable ah.

Sister also do not know where to bring a big yellow dog, said that the dog can see the home nursing home, my sister and two weak women not too dangerous.

After a period of time, Sister was busy all day, and I also followed Sister's ass, although the days were busy but full of fireworks.

years later, my sister actually sent me an ancient piano, although the piano is old, but the work is excellent.

I asked a sister where the money, a sister said that in the south city to buy second-hand ancient piano, worthless, but I know, in order to buy this piano, elderly copy to the middle of the day, until the eyes red before the rest.

Sister is too busy in the day, to cook for me to eat, but also plant vegetables to carry water, cut wood, sometimes go to the river to catch fish and shrimp, said to help me supplement nutrition.

She always copied the book late, the candle was dim, I was afraid of breaking A sister's eyes, I also wanted to help A sister copy the book, but A sister tightened my new collar: "precious jewels, you only need to read and practice the piano."

"In the past, you were the best lady, food and clothing, you can be free to play, but now you are in the middle of the road, you need to know that Shi understands, plays the piano and reads, and if one day, Sister..."

Sister paused: "you have to have a skill to be good."

I like to understand the nod, but also began to read seriously, practice piano.

In my free time, I will help my sister feed the old chicken, feed the new piglets of my sister, and water the vegetable seedlings, a sister happily exclaimed to me: "we treasures are really sensible!"

One day, a woman with long hair on the mole, wearing a basket of eggs to go to the door, I crouched behind the door to listen, heard the woman said that the West Village king butcher wanted to marry a sister, and promised that the king will treat me as a sister.

I have seen the king butcher, and he sold a few piglets to my sister.

I went to his pork shop, and he killed the pigs especially hard, and when he took the knife, the fat pork fell like snow.

But he was unusually gentle with his elder sister, maybe he loved the house and wu, and secretly stuffed me with chicken legs and little people books.

Sister refused the woman, but also handed her a string of money strings, my heart is distressed to take a breath of cooling, that is the sister to copy six books to earn!

The woman did not go far, at my doorstep and the next door king aunt chewing tongue root: "chunji really do not know how to be good! She did not want to take such a good marriage, she is willing to lead such a drag bottle to live, dragged into an old girl! You said that this woman does not marry people what way out? This life is over!"

I know that the woman of the population refers to me, then went to ask my sister why not marry the king butcher, but elder sister gently pinched my face: "a woman must marry?"

"jewels, women can do a lot of things, even if they are not beautiful, they can live out their own value."

I was stunned: "Sister, can I not marry later?"

Sister touched the top of my head and nodded: "Of course, we can do anything we want!"

"Our jewels can hold the world in their chests, they can also travel around the world, we can sing the wine, and we can also ride the sand field."

I crooked my head: "Can I eat a lot of ice cream?"

Sister helplessly pinched my little face and laughed.

I also laughed happily, revealing a neat row of small white teeth.

8

Two years have passed, and in these two years, Sister has saved a lot of money, but none of this money is left.

I know that all this money was used by my sister to make some prison heads, and the blessing of the prison head, Dad and his family had a good time in prison, eating well and sleeping well, and did not suffer from flesh.

years later, a sister saved a scattered sack of copper money all into gold leaves, led me to visit my father and family in prison.

Dad and mother are thinner, more wrinkles, white hair has become more, grandmother's spirit is not as good as before, and brothers are also not in the past.

I jumped into my mother's arms, direct tears, but my mother just laughed and praised that I grew up and would help Sister do things.

My brothers also took turns pinching my face, laughing with me like in the past, but my heart was sad.

My brothers are only eight times tall, able to be good at martial arts, instruments, unlimited future, but now they are in jail this day and steal life.

Fortunately, my brothers did not waste their time, and my sister always sent some brushes to the brothers every three or five times, so their studies were not wasted, but they were getting better and better.

In the daily hours and hours, the third brother will also lead the elder brother and the second brother to fight, kick, crouched.

Sister ignored the sadness, but carefully told the family to pay attention to the body, and let them stick to it, the good day will come.

I opened the package, the commonly used herbs in the weekdays, a sister hand sewing close-fitting shirt, the winter shoes that a sister personally took, and the meat dry and dried for a long time to distribute to the family.

Sister also brought two beds of new cotton quilt to her grandmother and her mother for many days.

The cotton was picked by me and my sister in the field.

Sister exposed the cotton, a little bit to remove the cotton seeds, and then put the white cotton in a stitch on the ground, thick and soft, covered with warm.

Daddy cheerfully took his sister's hand, directly said that a sister did not enjoy a few days of good days, but in the best man's home after the disaster, a sister only faint laugh: "daddy, these are the daughter should do."

My family and I were bored for a long time, until the prisoner urged me and my sister to leave.

The mother wiped tears behind her: "Xiaochun, Baoju, don't come later, as long as you have a good life, the mother is at ease..."

Sister did not respond, just held my hand tightly.

out of the prison, the prison head rubbed the hand gesture, a sister will be pleased, a large package of gold leaves all stuffed into the jailhead, thank you gone.

The sky is very good, the sun shines on my sister and my face, but I can see that my sister's face is full of tears.

This is the fourth time I have seen my sister cry.

In my impression, Sister is a very strong woman, A sister is very thin, thin skin and bones, but she never stops working, and never misses my meal.

extremely cold, my sister is not afraid, I am cold crying, a sister will hold my cold feet in her arms, never shouting cold, as if it is really not cold.

Even if the storm destroyed the hut, my sister never shed a tear.

That day, I looked at a bad house, crying in the dark, the house is full of brass basin, copper basin full of water, take a look, but it is like selling basin.

elder sister is quick to pack up, she borrowed from the king mother-in-law ladder, keep climbing up and down repairing the roof, this time with a hard green tile, two pieces of money, the roof is soon repaired.

Sister looked at the repaired roof, laughed and said that next time will not be afraid of heavy rain, my aunt why not cry, a sister said that the house collapsed can be built again, silver can no longer earn, as long as there are hands and feet can work, so long as they can labor, can think, life is full of hope.

In my memory, the first time my sister shed tears was the night I drowned.

The second time to shed tears is when the family solved the misunderstanding and embraced each other.

The third tears were the night that the best man was stolen, and Sister ran on my back and cried, and the tears shook my face.

At this time, when I saw my sister crying, I was at a loss, and I said, "A sister, do you want to eat sweet cake?"

Sister laughed and nodded, used the only five dollars left at home to buy coarse flour and sugar, and took four eggs from the chicken coop to make sweet cakes for me.

food is limited, I do not do well, but Sister said that this sweet cake is better than ever.

9

After two months, there was an accident in the city.

continuous heavy rain caused flash floods, tens of thousands of victims died in the flood, but the court was slow to come up with a reasonable water treatment plan, so that more and more victims, the disaster area is getting wider and wider.

The victims are displaced and the plague is spreading rapidly.

The emperor was angry, and he looked around for the master of water, and promised to give gold and thousands of talents to whoever could heal the water.

What I did not expect is that Sister actually opened the list, only went to the imperial palace, the emperor at a glance recognized Sister Li Xiaochun, but did not harsh.

Sister told the emperor that she did not need gold and gold, nor did she need to be added to the ranks, as long as the Li family was acquitted and classified as civilians.

emperor, but let a sister in three days to write a water policy to come, three days later, take me to see together, a sister hesitated a moment, also should.

elder sister home after not to work, do not copy the book, only concentrate on home to look at a variety of books, keep writing and painting on bamboo, but also often go to the village entrance of the river to collect soil, carrying the scale to measure, mouth also read the word.

I asked Sister if she really can cure water, Sister touched my face, showing me a reassuring smile.

When I saw my sister's smile, I knew it was all right.

Three days later, I went with my aunt to the palace.

Sister let me wear a pale gray new jacket, and also changed a clean underwear, washed white hidden blue underwear to emit the smell of sunshine.

I asked my sister why I was wearing new clothes, and Sister said that the Li family's daughter could not be looked down on wherever she went.

I knelt honestly in the hall, and only the emperor said, "Look up!"

I looked up at the emperor, he was still the same look three years ago, a pair of sharp eyes with a fog, people can not see.

He looked at me, "Are you the Li Baoju who originally played "Flowing Light"?

I nodded.

He whispered and laughed, "Your sisters are quite capable, but they can live so well without the asylum of the best man."

I'm serious about it: Sister said that hard work can make you rich.

The Emperor laughs, no longer look at me: "Lee Xiaochun, tell your water strategy to the public."

Sister calmly opened: "I am vast, the water network is dense, and there are many rivers, and these water systems are mostly distributed in the southern part of the Yangtze River, so every year, most of the South River will fall rainstorms, long duration, large intensity, wide range."

And heavy rains often cause rivers and rivers to soar, flash floods, resulting in large areas of crops being flooded, damage to people's property, and life being threatened.

To solve this problem completely, we must first build a flood barrier.

"Second is the flood resistance. When the rain will fall, the water will rise. Follow the national practice, look around the countryside, repair the embankment, open the ditch, and open the road without obstruction."

"For flood resistance, dredging and blocking are the two main methods. Dredging is where the flood is gathered, carving out a new river channel to the sea. It can also deepen and widen the existing river channel, so that the river channel becomes wider, deeper, and then the pressure of the barrier is reduced..."

Sister has a good chest, come, beautiful face flying, shining bright.

This is the elder sister I have never seen, as if she was born to stand here, pointing out the rivers and the rainbow.

I was stunned, the Emperor was slammed, and all the ministers were struck.

After a good half, the emperor began to say: "This method sounds good, but I do not know whether it is possible?"

Sister armed: "The people's daughter is willing to go to the disaster area herself."

"Which minister would like to go with you?"

Ministers look at me, I look at you, they shake their heads and shove.

"Your Majesty, the people's daughter is willing to recommend three people to go together."

Emperor's head: You say...

"A new leader two years ago, Li Jingyuan"

"Two years ago, the flower seeker, Li Jingyu"

"Flying Tiger Little General, Li Jing Cheng

The Emperor applauded and laughed: "I have accepted it."

Sister Yingling: "Thank You, Your Majesty"

The emperor's voice is not slow: "Lee Xiaochun, you must remember the agreement with Zhu, if you cure the water, all will be happy to let you a way to live."

"If you can't cure the water, Li's, the Nine Nationalities"

I looked at Sister, but Sister's eyes were full of firmness, so I was not afraid.

10

Sister did not take me to Shicheng, but gave the next door's mother-in-law a handful of gold cucumber seeds, let me live in her house, the king aunt accepted the gold cube seed, laughing.

I looked at the golden cucumber seed, and I wanted to stop, this is what the emperor gave to my sister, so that she could use it for disaster.

I dissatisfied with the sleeve of a sister, a sister just touched my head laughing, she said that the disaster relief funds, the court will not only use a golden goose to disaster.

I saw my sister and brother go out of the city with a huge number of soldiers, and my eyes were hot.

Suddenly, I was madly chasing my sister's carriage, afraid that she would never see her again.

Sister jumped out of the carriage, held me in her arms for a good time, I asked Sister when I could come back, Sister smiled, "When the spring flowers in the courtyard opened, I came back."

I took the peace symbol off my neck and put it on my sister's neck, seriously scratching it: "A sister, waiting for you to come home."

Tears fell from my sister's face, this is the fifth time that my sister shed tears.

The brothers also turned over and dismounted, touched my head in turn, and carefully told me to do a good deed until it was getting late, and promised that they would return safely.

I did not live at the home of the king's aunt, or I lived back in the hut where my sister and I lived.

I quietly guard this vibrant home, do my best to take care of the already long fat little piglets, and do not hesitate to cook them daily.

I learned the appearance of the elder sister, cabbage, radish, sweet potatoes, pumpkin, yams into pieces, put into the pot, full of water cooked, until the boiling soft, I again fished out into the sink, saw piglets eat fragrant spray, my heart is also beautiful.

I also went to Grandpa Liu's house in the east of the village to buy two big cocks and two big chickens.

Soon, the family's chicken children are swarming in the yard to catch earthworms, I daily take the eggs to the soft, eat eggs can not be sold to the market, the daily sale of the egg can also earn about five dollars.

Huang do not know where to turn back a handsome little flower dog, day intimate.

I carefully took care of my sister's little vegetable garden, watered it on time, fertilized it, and picked it.

Every day when I open my eyes, I eat fresh vegetables and fruits.

When I was free, I took a small stool and sat in the yard to see the spring flowers, hoping that they would bloom soon.

in addition to reading and practicing the piano, I will also learn a sister's appearance sewing some clothes, but also to the elder sister and the family to take a new shoe, although the needle twists and twists, but the material is very thick.

Every season, I will sew a few new clothes for the family, a few pairs of new shoes, I look forward to the family reunion when these clothes and shoes to give the family as a gift.

In this day after day of hope, my delicate little hand is also like an elderly sister, with a thick old pattern.

Before going to sleep, I repeatedly practice shouting "aunt" two words.

After practicing for a long time, my wasteful voice can also produce intermittent syllables, I am very happy, if the elder sister knows must be very happy.

Spring to the autumn, the courtyard of the rosewood tree full of red rosewood, I can not reach, then made a slingshot down many, the red roses fell on the ground, the style is beautiful.

I happily picked up, sat under the tree and the rhinestone together to eat, eat endless words I put into the bamboo basket, to send to the king and nearby farmers, everyone praised me understand.

Winter arrived, thick snow covered the whole yard, I in thick winter boots on the snow rattling, picking up the snowball, playing with the yellow dog cubs, playing a game of snow, tired and lying in the snow pile, cutting off the ice cubes in the roof of the house to eat ice.

big night, I stacked eight snowmen in the yard, namely grandmother, father, mother, elder brother, second brother, third brother, aunt, and me.

It was easy to look forward to spring, and I watched the spring flowers in the small courtyard bloom with yellow flowers.

My heart is excited, I don't sell eggs, all day carrying a small bench waiting at my door, waiting for my sister and brothers.

But I waited a long time, until the spring flowers all withered, and my sister did not come back.

11

Spring went to autumn, and the orange tree in the yard was fruited again, and Sister still did not come back.

Winter came again, the little piglets have grown into big fat pigs, I sold them all, sold eight hanging silver, and renovated the chicken house, aunt did not come back.

Spring flowers opened again, I simply moved a small bench to the village gate, waiting for three days and three nights in a row, until the spring flowers are almost withered, A sister still did not come back.

The aunts of the village all said that my sister and brother were drowned while they were healing water and would never return.

Grandfather Liu said that my sister and brother were unfortunately infected with the plague when they treated the water, and the bodies were burned, and even the ashes were not left.

the king's mother-in-law directly said that I was pathetic, saying that I would spend the second half of my life alone in the yard.

I referred to the chicken ducks, goose, pigs and dogs in the yard, than rowing: I am not alone.

One day, the woman with the long hair on the mole, wearing red and green, brought a hunchbacked old man, saying that I would follow him and not be alone for the rest of my life.

I suspected that they had defiled my little courtyard, took up the broomstick and kicked them out, and the woman with a big beak scolded me for not knowing how to do it, and said that our whole family was about to be killed by the nine families.

Naturally I was unbelieving.

My sister will come, and my brothers will come.

Sister will not lie to me, there must be something delayed, and the brothers will definitely not renege.

Grandmother, father and mother are still waiting for us in the prison.

I ignore the gossip, just do my own thing seriously.

While the sun is good, I sewed a few new cotton cloth shirts to my grandmother, father and mother to send them.

I first washed the cloth with water and put it on the stone platform to dry, and then softened it with my hand to sew it, wearing it soft and breathable.

I lifted the layers of stacked coarse sheets, and took out a small sack of heavy bags in the cracks, full of gold leaves, which Aunt left to me.

I hid the gold leaves in my little coat, put the newly sewn cotton cloth in the bag, fed the chickens, ducks, goose, pigs and dogs, and watered the little vegetable garden before I locked the door and went to the jail.

The prisoner took my golden leaves, but he did not lead me to my father and mother, and said that my parents were dead, and that they would never see them.

I'm angry than rowing: don't let me see my parents to return my gold leaves!

The prisoner was angry, and the abusive foot kicked me far away.

I bite my lip, carry the bag and run home, I don't believe what he says!

passing the flour stall, think of a sister like to eat my sweet cake, then took out the remaining five dollars to buy sugar and coarse flour, thinking of going home to make a sister, a sister smell sweet cake will definitely come back.

Several blind currents in the village surrounded me, they knew that I was a good bully, so they shouted in my ear, saying that my aunt died, my brother died also, my father and mother are dead, I am a poor little dumb, a small fool, said that my elder sister killed a lot of people, that a sister is an evil and unforgiving great sin, said a sister can not go to hell, but also to snat my bag.

I did not care about them in the past, but today I listened to the anger of the heart, and I took the shovel by the wall and shoved it at them, even though they were many, I was pushed down to the ground and let them punch and kick greet me.

Clean clothes were scattered on the ground, coarse flour and sugar were sprinkled on the floor, and I used my hands in vain to catch them, but only wet dirt was caught up, I closed my eyes, and tears finally poured out.

Sister has been gone for two years, and the spring flowers have not returned.

12

I no longer resist, let them kick and beat me, I do not know when, the body's fist is no longer dense, those blind flowers make a sound of screaming, the whip in the air to whip the wind.

I stopped the tears, confused open eyes, but saw a silver and willow waist female general riding a tall red pony is smiling at me, such as the tall hair bundle into a tall small picket, brave, dashing, the end is unspeakable fall.

I stayed, and the female general gave birth to a face exactly like my aunt.

"The jeweled female general calls to me."

Ah, this windy female general is actually my sister!

My elder sister, who thinks day and night.

only saw a sister carrying a barbed iron whip, the whip seems to have long eyes, accurately waving on the blind streamer, like a winding silver snake, flashing silver, blind streamers were beaten around, and soon fled.

Big Brother Two Brothers and Three Brothers riding high horses followed, the brothers black and thin, more hard and resolute on the face, but look at my eyes is still as gentle and pampered as ever.

Sorry, jewels, sister's late.

Sister Lilly fell down, folded a branch of yellow beautiful spring flowers not behind my ear: "Our jewels, so beautiful!"

I clung to my elder sister, nestled in her arms crying, a sister cold armor against my face, but I feel that this ice armor also seems to have a sister's temperature.

I stopped my tears, looked back at my sister's eyes, one word: "a sister."

"Sister, go home, jewels, for you, make, sweet cakes." Sister, love to eat..."

"Bebeadle, how can you talk?"A sister laughed and shed tears, "Well, go home, let's go back home, we make sweet cakes with jewels best to eat!"

I wiped my hand off my sister's tears: "Sister, don't cry, precious jewels, my heart hurts!"

Sister pinched my face like in the past, warm voice: "my little treasure, grow up."

My sister and brother have successfully dealt with the flood, saved tens of thousands of people from the disaster, and solved the water problem for hundreds of years, which the people call "God's Savior".

The Emperor kept the agreement and released her father and mother from the heavenly prison, and her grandmother went home not long after she had been in prison for many years.

We fell to our knees and cried, but our grandmother laughed and said that she was happy in life, that she had the best children in the world.

The emperor let his brothers choose an official post, the brothers did not take credit for their own pride, the elder brother received a good seven grades of official posts, and the second brother and the third brother asked for some money and retired.

and a sister, but by the emperor was sealed as the first female prime minister of my dynasty, is a good official.

Women as officials, in my dynasty is the first example, not to mention that a sister is the head of the hundred, I asked a sister whether willing to be the prime minister, a sister said that if it can benefit the people, she is naturally willing.

I have some concerns, afraid that a sister can't cope with the fluctuations and clouds in the courtyard, but think of a sister's intelligence, think of the aunt on the courtroom that day, always feel that elder sister is supposed to sit in that position.

Since Sister ascended to the throne, Sister founded a women's school, and the tuition was free, and in addition to the bad habit of binding feet, she also won the right to study for women.

With the support of my sister, I soon came out of the famous businesswoman Zhao Hingxiang, the female master Song Hearing Rain, and the female county made Deng Deng...

It is good that women who used to only know their husbands have the right to choose their lives.

The family moved to the little courtyard where my sister and I lived.

Sister led the three brothers to tear down the hut, and with hard bricks and cement rebuilt a larger and more beautiful courtyard, even larger than the original home.

cabbage garden has become larger and more spacious, the yellow and the small flowers of the baby are born, every day the eggs in the chicken's nest are too much to eat, the big white goose in the courtyard all day wagging, the small yellow duck in the pond to play in the water, the pigs are in the pig collar day to haunt the call.

I really love my new home, there are gentle father, a gentle aunt, there is a big brother who loves reading and writing, a second brother who likes to draw on the touching piano, a third brother that loves to dance with a knife and make a gun, and a sister that I love the most.

Afternoon, I was digging in the yard with an iron spade, my sister asked me curiously what I was doing, I showed a brilliant smile, and I answered: "Aunt, I am in the courtyard, planting, many, many and many, and welcoming the spring."

Sister laughed and bent her eyes, and put her hand over the dirt on my face: "jewel, you are Sister's spring flowers."

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