"Sister-in-law Soup" is also called "Shao Zi Soup"

In ancient times, there were a pair of Shao brothers in Jinan Prefecture. Their parents died early and they were helpless. The brothers have no names. The elder brother is called Shao Da, and the younger brother is called Shao Er. When Shao was more than ten years old, he took up the work of farming. to support his young brother. One day, Shao Da was weeding in the field, and a beggar girl from a foreign land fainted from hunger. Shao Da hurriedly ran home and brought the leftover soup and rice to revive the girl. From then on, the girl married Ding Shao Da. This woman is diligent and virtuous, and helps her husband cultivate two acres of thin farmland to ensure food and clothing. Unexpectedly, the good times did not last long. Shao Da suffered from a disease that was incurable and even two acres of thin farmland did not save his life. By the time the coffin and shrouds were ready, the Shao family courtyard had already become empty. The uncle and sister-in-law are extremely sad when people die and their wealth is gone. Shao was twenty-six years old this year. Every evening, he would follow his sister-in-law closely. My sister-in-law felt pity for her brother's hard life and treated him as her own child. After a hundred days, someone acted as a matchmaker for the sister-in-law and persuaded her to remarry. Although Shao Er is young, he is already sensible. As soon as the matchmaker left, he threw himself into his sister-in-law's arms and cried: "If my sister-in-law remarries, how will Shao Er live?" His sister-in-law held Shao Er in her arms and said with tears: "My brother is young and needs someone to take care of him. Sister-in-law I can't bear to leave you. My sister-in-law is determined not to remarry and will raise you up." From then on, my uncle and sister-in-law depended on each other and faced hard times together. Since the fields were gone, my sister-in-law did laundry, cooked pots, and did needlework for wealthy families to earn some odd money. Sometimes I can't even do these chores, so I use my thin body to work for the rich family. She does this work for free, just millet bran. Take it home and extract a little bit of broken rice from the bran to carefully make soup for your brother. Whenever Shao Er drinks this kind of soup, he always praises it, "Sister-in-law's soup is delicious, sister-in-law's soup is delicious." My sister-in-law never tasted such a delicious soup. Shao Er asked his sister-in-law to drink together, and her sister-in-law said she liked eating "golden steamed buns". This "golden steamed bun" turns out to be made entirely of millet bran. How could my sister-in-law have the strength to push her away after eating such a meal? Shao Er decided to help her. He was small and couldn't reach the rolling stick, so he imitated the way an adult pulls a cart and tied the rope to his sister-in-law's rolling stick. When he pulled her like this, my sister-in-law felt much lighter. What was supposed to be a day's work ended up being done in half a day. In this way, the uncle and sister-in-law were working and playing at the same time, and the grinding room often sounded with laughter and laughter. Shao Er said: "I will help my sister-in-law grind rice every day from now on." But the sister-in-law shook her head and said, "Brother, you will be seven years old next year, it's time to go to school!" "How can we afford to study if we are so poor? "No matter how poor you are, I still have to support you in your studies. My sister-in-law just has to endure more hardships."

Shao Er really entered school the next year. In the following ten years, hardship bent my sister-in-law's thin body; sweat deepened my sister-in-law's wrinkles; ice and snow dyed my sister-in-law's temples white... In order to provide for my brother's food and clothing, my sister-in-law insisted on doing laundry for nine cold days. Once while carrying water along the ice, I fell on the well platform and broke my right arm. In order not to distract her brother, she hid her injury and still carried water to wash clothes. She could not hold the well rope with her right hand, so she bit it with her teeth. Using both hands and mouth, the water was lifted up from the well inch by inch...

Shao Er was well aware of his sister-in-law's difficulties, so he studied hard to repay the kindness of raising her. He lived in poverty for ten years and gained a wealth of knowledge. In the year of the competition, I went to Beijing to take the exam. Before leaving, my sister-in-law called Shao Er to me and told me: "Brother, it's not easy for my sister-in-law to support you. What I hope is that you will gain fame and get out of the sea of ??misery. But remember, we come from a poor family, and you are taking the blame for my sister-in-law's misfortune." Tang grew up. No matter when or where you are, never forget the poor people." Shao Er fell to his knees and cried, "Sister-in-law, don't worry, Shao Er will keep your old man's words in mind and never forget them. " He also said: "Sister-in-law is waiting at home. If my brother fails the exam, he will come back immediately. If he gets an official position, he will take his sister-in-law and spend his old age with his brother. "

After Shao Er left. , my sister-in-law waited at home day and night, and three years passed, but my brother was nowhere to be seen. My sister-in-law became restless. That day, while she was leaning against the door and looking out, a rich man came to her with a bag of silver and said that her laundry wages had been reduced. Specially sent to make up for it. He also said that Brother Shao has now let the magistrate of Luling County, Henan Province go. It happened that Bei Ren's relatives were also in Luling County. Recently, because they injured a tenant, the lawsuit was filed by Brother Shao. I hope my sister-in-law would be accommodating. With that said, the money was stuffed over. The sister-in-law refused the money and closed the door. I didn't sleep a wink that night. She decided to go to Luling County, Henan to find her brother based on this information. She is not pursuing glory, but is really worried about her young brother. Having made up her mind, she sold her family property, carried a begging basket, and took the coarse sand bowl used by Shao Er, and started begging along the way. Go straight to Luling County. After entering the city, she did not go to the county government office first, but stayed in an inn. That night, I made an excuse to chat with the shop owner and brought up the subject of the new county magistrate. During this conversation, many people gathered around and talked about it. Although the new Mr. Shao came from a poor family, he could not resist the temptation of silver and red clothes. Not long after he took office, he had several banquets hosted by the richest man, Fourth Master Qiao; He also plans to marry Miss Qiao’s family. My butt gradually moved to the side of the evil rich. Whenever there is a lawsuit between the poor and the rich, it is always the poor guy who gets the blame in the end... When my sister-in-law heard someone say this, her heart immediately broke. She cried all night in the store. Early the next morning, I bought some broken rice and rotten vegetables and made a bowl of the same "sister-in-law soup" as before. Put it in a coarse sand bowl, hold it in both hands, and go straight to the county government office. The servant stopped her with a loud shout: "Have you opened your eyes? This is the county government, go begging for food elsewhere!" The sister-in-law was neither humble nor overbearing, and said Zhengse: "I am Mr. Shao's sister-in-law. I came all the way to deliver soup to my brother." The servant He opened his eyes wide and looked at the visitor for a while, then put on a smile and moved out a stool: "Please wait a moment, I will wait for you, Mr. Bingzhi."

"As he said that, he ran into the back hall. Not long after, Shao Er hurried out in plain clothes. After walking around the welcoming wall, he saw his sister-in-law. He choked up and staggered: "Sister-in-law, you are here. , come to the living room and rest! "

Sister-in-law was still sitting on the small stool outside the door without moving. She looked solemn and said word by word: "Sister-in-law and Mr. Shao have brought soup! Shao Eryi heard that the words were wrong, and hurriedly lay down on the ground with his head on the ground and kowtowed: "When my sister-in-law said such words, Shao Er had no place to stand. Shao Er was raised by my sister-in-law, whether he was beaten or scolded, Just don't keep your anger inside! "

"Sister-in-law doesn't want to beat you or scold you. I just want to ask you, do you still remember this bowl and this kind of soup?

Shao Er burst into tears and said, "I grew up drinking this sister-in-law's soup. How can I not remember it?" "As he spoke, he took the soup with both hands and drank it in public.

All the officials were completely stunned by this scene. Everyone stood aside with earth-colored faces and helpless. Pedestrians on the street also immediately gathered around one layer after another. On the first floor, they were all scrambling to see what was rare for the county magistrate to apologize to his sister-in-law. While Shao Er was drinking soup, his sister-in-law scolded Shao Er severely for a while in public. Shao Er could only nod his head. What my sister-in-law said is true, I will definitely keep it in mind and change my past mistakes...".

The next day, a topic immediately spread throughout the streets and alleys of the city: "Have you heard? The county magistrate's sister-in-law scolded him, and he said that he would change his past. Maybe, we ordinary people will have a good life! ”

Sure enough, under the supervision of his sister-in-law, Shao Er changed his mind and put his whole heart on the people. The cases that were wrongly tried were re-tried, and all the sentences that should be changed were changed; those who were unkind for the sake of wealth were punished. He received the punishment he deserved; the people of Zhaoxue were proud and proud... Mr. Shao now angered the evil tyrants. Fourth Master Qiao first broke up the engagement, and then colluded to jointly file a lawsuit; he also collected money and went to the capital to find a backer. , Shao Er was dismissed from office on unfounded charges.

On the day he left office, the people came out all over the city, and the dark crowd knelt down the ten-mile street. They cried and shouted, "Shao Qingtian, don't leave." The people of the whole county cannot live without you! "When my uncle and sister-in-law saw this scene, they thought that it was rare for the people to show their kindness. The family no longer had any land, so it was better to stay in Luling and share the joys and sorrows with their fathers and fellow villagers. So, the uncle and sister-in-law sold their goods in Luling City. When Shaozi Soup started, his sister-in-law was in charge and his brother was in charge, and the business quickly became prosperous. People said that Mr. Shao became an upright official because he drank his sister-in-law's soup since he was a child. Any child who drinks sister-in-law's soup will become an upright official when he grows up. . Therefore, people who go to the market always come to buy a bowl. In this way, sister-in-law soup became popular in Luling and even in eastern Henan.