從前有一個孝順媳婦，家裡非常窮，丈夫上京赴考，卻都沒有寄錢回來，害她餓肚子，而且上有公婆要如何？結果，媳婦煮整碗白米飯給公婆吃，自己的飯碗裏，下面裝米糠，上面鋪白飯，鋪得尖尖的，比公婆還大碗，給長輩吃的是整碗實在的白米飯，而自己的飯下面鋪米糠，她也不敢說日子不好過，讓她公婆感覺媳婦吃的比我還好，結果去廚房偷看，才知道媳婦吃米糠，這樣是不是很感動？日子不好過，也不能對父母表現出來，這才是孝。

There used to be a filial woman who lived in extreme poverty. Her husband traveled

long distance to attend a royal examination. Without financial support she often

had to starve. At that moment, what she did was to serve her parents-in-law with

a bowl of beautiful white rice, and for herself she only took cheap rice bran.

But she covered her rice bran with white rice, in order not to embarrass her

parents-in-law. When her parents-in-law went to the kitchen and found out the truth,

they were moved to tears. The lesson we learn from this story is that,

even if life was hard, she did not let her parents feel bad.

This is a filial and virtuous deed!