There is a 13-year-old boy named Xiaoshi, and Xiaoshi's home is in Lijia Village. One afternoon, Xiao Shi went alone to the field outside Lijia Village to cut sheep grass. When he walked to a lonely grave, he suddenly found that behind the lonely grave was a young woman of seventeen or eighteen years old. Xiao Shi recognized the young woman, who was from Li Family Village, named Li Xinghua, who was 18 years old this year. After seeing Li Xinghua, Xiao Shi asked Li Xinghua, "Sister Xinghua, aren't you sold by your father to the rich lord of the town?" How is it here? ”
It turned out that Li Xing'er's father, Li Dashan, was a gambler, and not long ago, he lost a lot of money, and in a helpless situation, he sold Li Xing'er to the town's rich lord, and then repaid the gambling debt with the money from the sale of Li Xing'er. Li Xing'er's mother died when Li Xing'er was 13 years old, and if Li Xing'er's mother lived, Li Xing'er's father would certainly not be allowed to sell Li Xing'er.
After listening to Xiao Shi's words, Li Xinghua said, "Xiao Shi, I escaped from the home of the rich man wang, I am very hungry now, can you go home and get something to eat for me?" Little Stone said, "I'll go home now and get something for you to eat." The little stone finished speaking, turned around and left.
When Little Rock returned home, he took three pieces of bread from the kitchen. Just as he was about to go out, he was discovered by his mother, Wang Meihua. Wang Meihua quickly asked him where to take the three pieces of bread? After all, Xiao Shi was a child, so under Wang Meihua's repeated questioning, he finally told the truth. After Wang Meihua knew the truth, she said to Xiao Shi, "Go, I will go with you." ”
After Xiao Shi and Wang Meihua came to the back of the lonely grave, Xiao Shi handed li Xing'er three pieces of bread. After Li Xing'er took the bread, she immediately devoured it. When she finished eating the bread, Wang Meihua said to her, "Apricot, it is not a way for you to hide here, I know the old nun in the nunnery on the mountain, I will send you to the nunnery, and you will hide in the nunnery from now on." Li Xing'er thought about it after listening to Wang Meihua's words, and then said, "Aunt Meihua, I will go to the nunnery with you." ”
After Wang Meihua took Xiao Shi and Li Xing'er to the nunnery on the mountain, she told the old nun about Li Xing'er's situation. After listening to her words, the old nun said, "Xing'er is really a poor child, let her hide in the nunnery from now on!" Since then, Li Xing'er has been hiding in the nunnery. Since Li Xing'er hid in the nunnery, Xiao Shi and Wang Meihua often visited her in the nunnery.
Half a year later, Xiao Shi's father, Li Changgen, returned to Lijia Village from the provincial capital. It turned out that Li Changgen had been working in the provincial city, and recently he missed Wang Meihua and Xiaoshi, so he specially took a leave of absence to come back to visit Xiaoshi and Wang Meihua. After Li Changgen returned home, Wang Meihua told Li Changgen what had happened to Li Xing'er. After listening to her words, Li Changgen said: "This Li Dashan grew up with me, he was very honest when he was a child, he did not expect that now he has become a gambler." ”
The next morning, the old bachelor from the village suddenly came to Li Changgen's home, he and Li Changgen had a very good relationship, he heard that after Li Changgen returned, he specially came to ask Li Changgen to come to his house for a drink, and Li Changgen happily agreed.
It was almost noon, and the little stone went to the old single stick's house. As soon as he walked to the door of the old Guanggun's house, he heard Li Changgen tell the old Guanggun about Li Xing'er's situation. He hurried back to the house, and then told Wang Meihua about Li Xing'er to the old Guanggun. After listening to his words, Wang Meihua said: "Your father is probably drunk, if he is not drunk, he will not tell the old Guanggun the secret of the apricot hidden in the nunnery, the old Guanggun is a money fan, he knows that the apricot is hidden in the nunnery, he will definitely go to tell the rich man, Xiao Shi, you hurry to the nunnery, tell the apricot to leave the nunnery." ”
The next morning, the rich man came to the nunnery with a group of family members, but they searched the entire nunnery and did not find Li Xing'er, and finally they had to leave the nunnery.
Time passed, unconsciously, and three years passed. Suddenly, one day, a group of officers and soldiers came to Lijia Village, led by a general. The villagers recognized the general, who turned out to be Li Xing'er's brother Li Qingshan. 6 years ago, Li Qingshan went to join the army and never returned, the villagers thought he was dead, did not expect him to return to his hometown as a general.
Wang Meihua heard that Li Qingshan had returned, quickly found Li Qingshan, and then told him what happened to Li Xing'er. Li Qingshan was very angry after listening to his words. He first scolded Li Dashan, and then took the officers and soldiers to the home of the rich man. Frightened, the rich man apologized to Li Qingshan vigorously, and also took out Li Xing'er's deed of sale, and burned Li Xing'er's deed of sale in front of Li Qingshan. Li Qingshan said to him, "You caused my sister to hide in Tibet, and you should make compensation." The rich man stammered, "I will compensate the general's sister for 5,000 taels of silver." ”
After Li Qingshan left the rich man's house with his officers and soldiers, he went to the nunnery on the mountain. The old nun told Li Qingshan that Li Xing'er was hiding in a small hidden cave. Next, the old nun took Li Qingshan to a very secret cave. After Li Xing'er saw Li Qingshan, she threw herself into Li Qingshan's arms and cried bitterly.
The next morning, Li Xing'er followed Li Qingshan away. Li Qingshan did not take Li Dashan away, he let Li Dashan fend for himself.