Xu Fugui is the childe of home of a landlord originally, young lady of his a thousand pieces of gold to boss of travel of the rice on the town domestic precious falls in love at first sight, married domestic precious to be later wife.
徐福贵本是一位地主家的少爷，他对镇上米行老板的千金小姐家珍一见钟情，后来娶了家珍为妻。
Fu Guixi goes happily gambling house gambles. Once domestic precious is holding out pregnant to want to make blessing expensive come home to gambling house, ke Fugui not only do not listen return fan domestic precious spank, kill so that domestic precious was holding out pregnant to walk along ten lis night road to come home. Later dragon 2 set below bet bureau, blessing is expensive the family property complete gamble away oneself. The father with expensive blessing was enraged to die by his while still alive, the father of domestic precious also receives her accordingly in coming home, hope she and blessing are expensive do not have contact again. Ke Jiazhen is delivered of have after celebrating, a person is being carried on the back have celebrate returned blessing expensive home.
福贵喜欢去赌场赌钱。有一次家珍挺着大肚子去到赌场想让福贵回家，可福贵非但不听还扇了家珍一巴掌，害得家珍挺着大肚子走了十几里的夜路回家。后来龙二设下的赌局，福贵把自己的家产全赌光了。福贵的父亲被他活活气死了，家珍的父亲也因此将她接回家中，希望她与福贵不要再有往来。可家珍生下有庆之后，一个人背着有庆回到了福贵家。
Passed before long, the mother with expensive blessing is ill, blessing is expensive go asking doctor to the mother in the city, was caught however when militia, later by liberation army captive, gave him to return country fund to let him be able to with family have a reunion. But in these days, the mother with expensive blessing died because of doing not have doctor to see a doctor, the Feng Xia of big daughter —— with expensive blessing, also be caught in him when the country full marks / civilian army an a serious illness was born in road, became a deaf-mute.
过了不久，福贵的母亲病了，福贵去城里给母亲请郎中，却被抓去了当国民军，后来被解放军俘虏，给了他返乡钱让他得以与家人重逢。可这些日子里，福贵的母亲因没郎中看病去世了，福贵的大女儿——凤霞，也在他被抓去当国满分/民军的途中生了一场大病，变成了聋哑人。
Blessing is expensive after coming home before long, domestic precious got gibbosity not to do hard work. Prefectural madam gives birth to child massive haemorrhage later, need somebody donates blood. Have celebrate hear should donate blood, the first runs to the hospital, because exsanguinate is smoked,can die however. After Fu Guiting says, it is to want originally with the head of a county desperately, discover the head of a county is he is caught however the comrade-in-arms when militia spring unripe, be obliged give u.
福贵回家后不久，家珍得了软骨病干不了重活。后来县长夫人生孩子大出血，需要有人献血。有庆听说要献血，第一个跑到了医院，可却因为抽血抽死了。福贵听说后，本是要与县长拼命的，却发现县长是他被抓去当国民军时的战友春生，只得作罢。
Feng Xia is married later in a city slant head bearer after 2 happy event, also die in the hospital because of massive haemorrhage when giving birth to bitter root. As have celebrate, of Feng Xia dead, domestic precious also can'ts bear hitting, left the world. The son-in-law with expensive blessing 2 happy event, because building site accident is pressed by two flag,also died. Suffer from a root as to exclusive grandson —— , because family circumstances is poor, what to eat delicious, be in in disease, had a lot of good fortune expensive the bean that gives him, also was maintained to die by bean.
后来凤霞嫁给一个城里的偏头搬运工二喜后，也在生苦根的时候因为大出血死在了医院。随着有庆、凤霞的死，家珍也不堪打击，离开了人世。福贵的女婿二喜，也因为工地事故被两块石板压死了。至于唯一的外孙——苦根，因为家境贫困，没吃到什么好吃的，在一次病中，吃了很多福贵给他的豆子，也被豆子撑死了。
Finally, nuo amounts to a home, left Fu Guiyi's individual only, accompanying old ox to spend the remainder of one's life.
最后，诺达个家，只剩下了福贵一个人，伴着老牛度过余生。(文/向欣妍)