"Ignore them and get some more sleep."
Pei Xinghe held his wife in his arms, and his big, bony hands patted her back gently to comfort her.
The wife was just woken up by the noise. The noise outside was made on purpose. As long as he was sleeping at home, the noise outside would not stop.
Before, they had forced him to lose his temper and ruin his reputation, but he didn't care about his reputation. When he got angry, he would resort to violence, and they couldn't do anything to him.
Today they should be venting their anger. They got nothing from the whole incident yesterday. This is all they can do.
"No need to sleep. I'm going to help mom cook. Are we going back to town today? What time did you get back last night?"
Gu Qingmeng stretched and woke herself up. She was so sleepy last night that she didn't even know what time Pei Xinghe came back.
"I came back just after you fell asleep. I'll go get you some water to wash your face."
Pei Xinghe was the first to get up and put on his clothes. They were going back to town today, and he felt bad that his wife couldn't sleep well at home.
When Gu Qingmeng finished washing up and went out, she saw that her mother-in-law Zhang Shuqin had already prepared breakfast.
There was a clatter of noise in the kitchen, and it was obvious that someone was fighting. Gu Qingmeng then remembered that there were three families living in the yard, and it was their turn after her mother-in-law had finished cooking.
"Mengmeng, eat eggs. Mommy cooked them specially for you."
Zhang Shuqin took an egg and gave it to Gu Qingmeng, then served her a bowl of thick two-grain porridge, which is a porridge made by mixing rice and millet.
Gu Qingmeng looked at the porridge and eggs in the bowl. There were only three eggs for the five people at the table, one for Grandma Pei, one for her, and one for Pei Xinghe.
But her parents-in-law had no eggs to eat. She had always known that the older generation was frugal and reluctant to eat or drink. Only now did she understand it clearly.
Neither she nor the original owner had ever experienced such heavy love.
"Mom, Xinghe and I will share one egg, and you can have the other one." Gu Qingmeng put the peeled egg in Zhang Shuqin's bowl.
When she turned around, she saw an extra egg white in her bowl, and the egg yolk man had already stuffed it into his mouth.
"Then give it to your father. Mom doesn't like it."
Zhang Shuqin was touched. She had worked hard for her family all her life, and except for the time when she gave birth and was in confinement after giving birth, she had never cooked an egg for herself.
She has cooked eggs for her daughters-in-law, for her son, and for her grandchildren.
They took the eggs and didn't leave any for themselves. They ate them all by themselves, fearing that they would miss out by eating one bite.
The only people in the family who care about whether she has enough to eat are her mother-in-law and daughter, her husband Pei Dazhuang as well, and now there is also the fourth daughter-in-law.
Pei Xinghe: All the pocket money I gave him over the years was ultimately a waste of money.
Zhang Shuqin: What's the point of giving her money? Even if I give her money, she won't spend it. Will she just save it for the family?
Pei Xinghe:.......
"Just eat it if you give it to me. Why would a grown man like me eat eggs?"
Pei Dazhuang put the eggs in the bowl back into his wife's bowl. His wife had worked hard to take care of the family for many years. Now that they were living together as an old couple, he would give all the eggs in the house to his wife from now on.
"Why bother refusing an egg? Eat it quickly." Grandma Pei broke half of her egg and gave it to her son. Now both of them had something to eat and there was no need to refuse.
As soon as the old lady spoke, there was no movement at the table, leaving only the sound of drinking porridge.
When Gu Qingmeng saw the childlike smile on her father-in-law's face, she couldn't help but smile too. It turned out that no matter how old a person is, he is still a child as long as his mother is around.
Before I had taken a few bites of the meal, I heard shouting from the gate: "Sister... Sister, hurry up and follow me, our mother is gone."
Zhang Shuqin's chopsticks fell directly to the ground, and her whole spirit and energy were gone in an instant.
Gu Qingmeng guessed from her mother-in-law's expression that "gone" meant death. She also knew the person who came, he was Pei Xinghe's uncle Zhang Desheng.
He was also the person Pei Heixiong said Pei Fugui and the others looked like yesterday.
"Shuqin, don't get excited, let's go back now."
"mother......"
Gu Qingmeng was closest to her mother-in-law, so she quickly stood up and helped her sit down. When she turned around and was about to ask what was going on, she saw Zhang Desheng sitting in Pei Xinghe's seat.
He picked up his bowl and chopsticks and started eating. This incredible behavior made her think that she had misunderstood, so she stood aside and said nothing.
"You bastard, you can still eat even though your mother is gone. When did this happen? How did your mother die?"
Zhang Shuqin was so angry that she almost died!
Yesterday she was angry at her son, and today she was angry at her younger brother. Why is her life so miserable?
"The dead cannot be resurrected, and the living must live. What's wrong with me eating? Mother died in the second half of the night. I came to inform you of the death at dawn. You were the first one I notified." As for how the person died, Zhang Desheng did not say.
"My mother sent some food to my grandmother before the New Year. How did she die?"
Pei Xinghe wasn't someone to be trifled with. Grandma was in good health, and I hadn't heard she was ill. How could she have suddenly passed away?
"Ah! Still breathing? Big sister, if you leave quickly, maybe we can see each other one last time."
Zhang Desheng saw an egg in his eldest sister's bowl and reached out to take it. He hadn't eaten eggs for several days. Fortunately, his eldest sister's family lived a good life and could eat eggs every meal.
Gu Qing dreamed of Zhang Desheng's performance. She silently moved her bowl to another place. There was still half an egg white left in her bowl.
Even if she didn't eat, she didn't want the leftovers to fall into Zhang Desheng's mouth.
Pei Xinghe saw it, picked up the egg white and stuffed it into his mouth.
"Tsk, I can even snatch food from you."
Zhang Desheng glared at Pei Xinghe. He disliked this nephew the most. He couldn't talk and was troublesome. He would scream if something touched him. When he grew up, he had a dark face, as if someone owed him money.
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