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In the early years, there was a young man named Guo Fuzhang, born in an ordinary peasant family. His family of five brothers and sisters had only enough food to eke out a living.

By Thu Hà KhươngPublished 4 years ago 3 min read

In the early years, there was a young man named Guo Fuzhang, born in an ordinary peasant family. His family of five brothers and sisters had only enough food to eke out a living.

Recently, Guo Fuzhang took a liking to the village of red, he every day to the red gallant, sometimes to the field to help the red do farm work. Xiao Hong's family is very difficult. She is busy until dark every day before she goes home alone. The road in the village is dark at night, Guo Fuzhang is very worried, think red a person walk at night is too dangerous, so he took a flashlight to send red home every night. For a long time, Guo Fuzhang and red feelings slowly warming up.

Guo Fuzhang saw little red pale and thin, they want to send some dry food to her to eat, but his father love son as life, and the grain at home is not much, the father afraid his son is not enough to eat, said what also do not allow his son to send food to outsiders. Guo Fuzhang begged, but father temper is very stubborn, guo Fuzhang had to secretly think of a way.

One day, Guo Fuzhang was about to go out to send red home, but was stopped by his father, saw his father quickly forward, from Guo Fuzhang's pocket out of two large steamed bread, on the table said: "your pockets bulging, I would have seen you hit what ghost idea, you send food, later don't go home!"

Guo Fuzhang wronged nodded and promised never to do so again.

However, Guo Fuzhang still insisted on sending little red home every day, but before he went out, his father to search Guo Fuzhang, to ensure that there is no food in the clothes, to let Guo Fuzhang go out. Her father felt sorry for xiao Hong, but their own food is also limited, their family enough to eat good, this is also no way!

After a while, her father was surprised to find that Xiao Hong was smiling and ruddy every day, and she was much more energetic than before. Relieved, the father thought, She seems to be happy with my son. The power of love is not to be underestimated.

This day, Guo Fuzhang took a flashlight to send xiao Hong home. Not long after, the father accidentally found that Guo Fuzhang's head of the bed put two batteries. The father thought, "What a scatterbrain this kid is! He took the flashlight and forgot the battery." The father worried that his son would have an accident walking at night, so he anxiously took his flashlight, with the battery to go out to find his son.

Go not long, in the dark only heard someone whispering, father hurriedly with a flashlight to each other in the past, the original is Guo Fuzhang with red, the two of them hand in hand together.

Father could not help but blame guo Fuzhang said: "you see you this person, really confused ah, the battery did not install, how could the flashlight be bright!"

Guo Fuzhang faltered and couldn't speak, his father took guo Fuzhang's flashlight, turned on the knob under the flashlight, want to put the battery. At this moment, Guo Fuzhang lunged forward to stop, but it was too late, his father had opened the knob, I saw the white rice fell out of the flashlight, scattered all over the ground. Father could not help staring eyes, dare this flashlight is deliberately not loaded with batteries, only loaded with rice!

Guo Fuzhang quickly squatted down and picked up the rice scattered on the ground, and her father also hurried to help. After picking up, Guo Fuzhang drooped his head and timidly said to his father: "In fact, this road I accompany her to go every day, very familiar, do not play the flashlight can still go. It is because of your strict control over grain that I have to make this decision..."

Father this suddenly realized, red is becoming more and more spiritual, the original is relying on the moist rice! Seeing their love, the father smiled and said, "Oh, you boy, where is a flashlight for hiding rice? In the future, let Xiao Hong come to our home for dinner, and don't go to East Tibet any more!"

Hearing this, Guo Fuzhang and red are embarrassed to smile...

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