Early the next morning, Chu Tian met Chu Min who came to pick him up as soon as he went out. The only difference was that this time he came in a horse-drawn carriage. He was driving the old horses in the brigade, not the horses that Sun Weiguo often used to deliver supplies to the regiment headquarters.

It's impossible. Sun Weiguo and Sun Baoguo came to the regiment headquarters with a truckload of supplies before dawn today, and they haven't come back yet!

"Little brother, get in the car quickly. Let's set off quickly while the road is easy to walk on..."

"Um."

Chu Tian no longer treated Chu Liang with a cold shoulder like he did yesterday.

Chu Min felt the change in Chu Tian's mood, and the corners of his lips curled up slightly. Last night, after the children fell asleep, he and his wife talked for a while about the changes in Chu Tian and his wife. They both felt that Chu Tian and Yao Xiujuan had changed a lot, and all of them were for the better.

In particular, his wife has always felt that among the four sisters-in-law, only Yao Xiujuan is worth getting along with. However, her character is too weak and too insecure. She dares not do or say anything, which makes it very tiring to get along with her.

But now it is different. His wife told him that although Yao Xiujuan is still weak, she is not as weak as before, and she is also much more confident. She always has a faint smile on her face, which makes people feel very comfortable when interacting with her.

Chu Tian held a piece of hay in his hand and glanced at Chu Min who was driving the carriage next to him from time to time.

When Chu Tian looked at him again, Chu Min turned his head abruptly and said, "Little brother, if you want to say something to me, just say it! We are brothers, there is no need to be so embarrassed to speak!"

Chu Tian was so frightened that he almost fell off the carriage. He hurriedly grabbed the shaft under his butt and shouted unhappily, "Second brother, why did you turn around so suddenly?"

Chu Min laughed, "Little brother, you are wrongly accusing me, right? It was obviously you who was looking at me the whole time!"

Chu Tian was disgusted by Chu Liang calling him brother all the time, "Second brother! Can you please speak properly?"

Chu Min said obediently, "Okay."

Chu Tian was silent for a moment, but still asked the question in his heart, "Second brother, you and eldest brother both got married in our hometown, didn't you ever think about grandma and uncle?"

Upon hearing this, Chu Min, who had rarely smiled, fell silent. After a long while, perhaps five minutes or ten, he finally heard his voice slowly coming back.

"Why haven't you thought about it? Ever since the third child was born, Mom has favored him. But back then, there was a limit to her favoritism. Even though Dad couldn't come home twice a year, we were still living a decent life!"

"But right after our father passed away, mother changed completely. She was obsessed with the third brother and the other four of us were redundant. My eldest brother and I were better off. At that time, he was eleven or twelve years old, and I was eight or nine. Life was relatively easy. Even though mother often forgot to prepare meals for us, my eldest brother would cook for himself, so we never went hungry."

After a pause, she glanced sideways at Chu Tian, ​​with a hint of regret and heartache in her eyes, "But you were so young back then, you were just born not long ago, and your mother had milk but didn't feed you. Instead, she fed it to the third child who was already three or four years old at the time. He grew up white and plump, while you were as skinny as a cat..."

"If it weren't for grandma, eldest aunt, and second aunt who loved you so much and were willing to borrow money to buy rice and make rice porridge for you, you might have died..."

Chu Tian was surprised, "Second brother, you still remember me when I was so young?"

Chu Min smiled bitterly, "I will never forget the memories of that time! I will never forget how indifferent mother was to us, nor will I forget how good grandma, uncle and second uncle were to us. It's just that I..."

Seeing that Chu Min was silent again, Chu Tian frowned and asked, "Then why don't you ever send a letter back home?"

Chu Min looked up at the sky, and Nan Nan said, "Yeah, why didn't you send a letter?"

“····”

Chu Tian didn't understand what Chu Min said at the time, but he could understand Chu Min's thoughts later. He probably felt that the experience in his childhood was painful and not pleasant for him. So even though he missed Old Lady Chu and others in his heart, because it was a difficult memory, he chose to escape. He always felt that as long as he didn't see Old Lady Chu and others, he could pretend that nothing had happened during that period...

To put it bluntly, it is about escape, escape from everything that can remind you of past memories.

"Second brother, I asked my eldest brother for the address of our hometown before the New Year, bought some things and sent them back, and I received a reply letter from my hometown yesterday."

Chu Min was stunned for a moment, then turned his head to look at Chu Tian. Seeing Chu Tian's indifferent eyes, he pondered for a moment and asked, "Is there something wrong?"

Chu Tian said casually, "I told grandma how our mother treated me over the past ten years."

Chu Min instantly tightened the reins, stopped the carriage, turned around, and sat face to face with Chu Tian, ​​"You said you told grandma?"

Chu Tian nodded, "I said it!"

Chu Min touched his face helplessly and took a deep breath, "Then our mother is finished!"

Chu Tian raised his eyebrows, "Why did you say that, second brother?"

Chu Min sighed and looked at Chu Tian seriously, "When our father passed away, you were just born, so you don't know how much you look like our father..."

Chu Tian was confused, "So?"

Chu Min chuckled, "So, among all the grandchildren our grandma has, you are the one she loves the most..."

"Think about it yourself. Her most beloved grandson is being bullied by her most hated daughter-in-law. Can she easily let that daughter-in-law go?"

“····”

Chu Tian was shocked. He was not shocked by how much Old Lady Chu loved him, but was shocked that he was the one who looked most like his father among the four brothers. He now understood why Liu Zhaodi had looked at him with complicated eyes countless times before the family split up...

The carriage started running again, and Chu Min spoke again.

"You're going to reply?"

Chu Tian said "hmm".

Chu Min looked straight ahead and nodded, "Tell grandma that if she wants to come, she can come. I can go get her! Dad has never been filial to grandma, and as his sons, we haven't been filial to him either. For the past ten years, it has been uncle, second uncle, and aunts who have taken care of grandma. In the future, we will take care of her."

"Second brother, how did you know grandma wanted to come to Xinjiang?"

Chu Tian looked at Chu Min in great shock, even more shocked than when he heard that he looked like Chu's father.

Chu Min chuckled, "Since grandma wants to deal with mother, she will definitely come."

“·····”

Chu Tian wondered why his IQ had plummeted so much while he was with Chu Min. Why did he ask Chu Min about such a simple matter? Why?