Li Xiaoqin was very curious about what had happened during the day, but looking at Wang Huilian lying lifeless on the kang, she did not dare to wake her up at this time.
Li Xiaoqin left Li Xiang alone to cook, and then she and Chen Qiushu wentssiping in the doorway.
Li Xiaoqin had already told Shen Qiushu about Old Man Shen's plan to make Hu Lili his grandson's wife.
So when the two of them found out that the matter didn't work out, they felt very uncomfortable as if they were being scratched by a cat. They didn't dare to ask, and they felt very uncomfortable.
Li Xiaoqin then gossiped Chen Qiushu and asked him to find a time when his father-in-law was in a good mood to inquire, or he could ask his eldest brother!
Chen Qiushu was also very curious. He nodded and made random guesses with Li Xiaoqin.
Just as the two were whispering, Shen Chunshu and his son Shen Liming came back from outside.
Chen Qiushu's legs were numb from squatting at the door. When he saw Chen Chunshu, he stood up quickly and said, "Brother, what happened during the day? Why does Dad scold everyone he sees?"
Chen Chunshu's face was very ugly. He did not directly answer the third brother's question, but turned his head towards the east room and asked, "Did you get scolded? Is Dad still angry now?"
Chen Qiushu nodded: "That's right, he scolded me right after he came back. Didn't he see I was hiding here? Brother, what's going on? Can you tell me?"
Shen Chunshu waved his hand: "There's nothing much to say, hurry into the house, it's getting dark."
Then he led Shen Limin and the two of them went directly into the east room.
The evening meal was, as usual, a bowl of porridge so thin that you could see your reflection in it.
Wang Huilian in the west room had been lying there without getting up.
Li Xiang went to call her to eat several times but she didn't wake up, so she could only serve her a bowl of food from the pot and put it aside.
Chen Qiushu had been playing outside for a whole day and his stomach was growling with hunger. He was a grown man, and how could he be full with just this little bit of soup?
After finishing the porridge in his bowl in a few mouthfuls, he could not help but complain: "When will this day end? If I keep eating like this, I will starve to death sooner or later."
After hearing Shen Qiushu's complaints, Old Man Shen, who was already in a bad mood, put on a sullen face and slammed the bowl heavily onto the table with a bang.
The sound startled the people eating at the table.
Li Xiaoqin couldn't help but frowned and pinched Shen Qiushu under the table.
How can you be so lacking in tact?
Didn’t you see that your father-in-law always has a gloomy face?
Who in this family doesn't tread carefully, for fear of angering Old Man Shen?
He is still complaining at this critical moment. Isn't he asking for trouble?
As expected, Old Man Shen stared at Shen Qiushu and scolded him, "Can you get that food just by going out every day? You have a brain that only knows how to eat and sleep, and you don't think about anything useful at all."
"Does food come from the wind? Do you get it just because you want it? Do you just wait for pie to fall from the sky without thinking?"
Shen Qiushu was insulted by Old Man Shen, and he was so angry that he opened his mouth to retort, but was quickly stopped by Li Xiaoqin.
Old man Shen was still not satisfied after scolding Shen Qiushu, and began to find fault with everyone at the dinner table.
The first to initiate the attack was Shen Limin.
"Da Li, you are not a child anymore. Don't be like your Bai Bai and the others who are always thinking about running away. In a few years, you will be talking about getting married. You look a little serious."
Shen Liming looked around with his big eyes, and seeing that no one spoke, he was not a fool. He knew that at this time his grandfather had to stroke him in the right way and not against it, so he nodded vigorously and obediently.
Then there was Li Xiang, and the same old story of not being able to carry on the Shen family's bloodline.
This is also a scar in Li Xiang's heart that cannot heal. Every time it is brought up, it is like opening the wound again and sprinkling salt on it.
Then Old Man Shen didn't let any of them go, including Chen Xiashu, Shen Chunshu, and even the half-dead Old Lady Wang, and talked about them all.
During this time, Shen Limin was very considerate and poured a bowl of hot water for Old Man Shen, fearing that his throat would be dry.
At the end, Old Man Shen said to Shen Limin a little discouraged: "After dinner, go to the village to find your brother and visit a few families he is familiar with. It's already dark and he hasn't returned home yet. How long do you want to stay in other people's homes?"
Thinking of his eldest grandson who had deserted the battlefield, Old Man Shen wished he could hit him with a stick.
With such little courage, how can you support the entire Shen family in the future?
Alas, I don’t know what’s going on, but each generation in my family is getting worse than the previous one.
This meal was extremely depressing.
Li Xiang and Li Xiaoqin quickly cleaned up the table and then ran out of the house as if they were fleeing.
In the east room, Old Man Shen asked Shen Limin to spread out the bedding for him first, as he was going to sleep.
Not only did others not feel full, his stomach was also barely full, and it was almost the same whether he had eaten or not.
Go to bed early, you won’t feel hungry when you fall asleep.
Perhaps because he had expended too much energy during the day, Old Man Shen fell asleep soon after lying down.
Early the next morning, when everyone else was still asleep, Old Man Shen was awakened by the urge to urinate.
He put on his cotton-padded jacket and was struggling to move his injured body to go to the bathroom when he suddenly discovered that the blanket on the kang was empty.
He squinted his eyes and looked at the people lying on the kang one by one.
I found that everyone else was there, except Shen Weimin.
Old man Shen quickly hopped on one foot to the side of his grandson and pulled him to wake him up: "Didn't I ask you to call your brother back before going to bed yesterday? Where is your brother?"
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