"Xiaogang! Xiaogang! Wake up!"
Children are naturally dormant when they sleep, and Lin Meishuang had to use a lot of strength to push Wu Degang awake.
"Mom! What are you doing? I was asleep!" Wu Degang was woken up from his sound sleep and was very unhappy.
"Degang! Come out! I have something to tell you!"
"Mom! It's so late, can't we talk about it tomorrow?" Wu Degang complained with dissatisfaction with his eyes closed.
"No! You must tell me this before you can go to bed tonight!" Lin Meishuang's tone was unusually stern.
Although Wu Degang usually stood on the same side as his father, he knew that Lin Meishuang was the one who made the decision at home. He knew from Lin Meishuang's tone that she was angry. He did not dare to talk back to her and obediently put on his clothes, got up to put on his shoes, and went out with Lin Meishuang.
Lin Meishuang brought him to the kitchen, took a small stool for him to sit on, and then said to him earnestly:
"Degang! Your dad and I love you too much, especially your dad. Why don't you think about the fact that the egg cakes you ate today were originally brought by your sister Tiantian and the others. You wanted to eat egg cakes, and your sister also wanted to eat egg cakes. It was wrong for you to snatch them from her. You don't even feel sorry for your own sister, and you blame others for being unfair to your sister."
"You two are siblings, and you even bully your own sister. What will you do when your parents are gone?"
Wu Degang looked nonchalant. Lin Meishuang felt heartbroken and helpless seeing him like this. When his brothers and sisters were young, Lin Meishuang was able to take good care of them.
When Wu Degang was born, Lin Meishuang was already very old, and that was the most difficult time for their family. She had no energy to take care of Wu Degang, which is why Wu Degang's personality became somewhat biased.
But Boss Wu just dotes on his youngest child. Sometimes when Lin Meishuang wants to say something, he comes out to protect her, making Wu Degang even more fearless.
Lin Meishuang was tired after a day's work and sometimes she was not in the mood to educate Wu Degang. It was not until today that she realized that Wu Degang could not continue like this.
"In the end, it's your father and I who are sorry for you. We don't have the ability to make a lot of money, so you guys have to suffer with us. Tell me, if I could buy you those egg cakes often, you wouldn't have snatched your sister away."
Wu Degang is a donkey that goes with the flow, and he is the typical person who responds to soft words but not hard ones. If Lin Meishuang teaches him a lesson, he will become rebellious and will definitely yell at Lin Meishuang.
But when he heard Lin Meishuang say this, he felt uncomfortable. He immediately hugged Lin Meishuang and said, "No! Mom is the best!"
Lin Meishuang sat there with her shoulders slumped, and said without any anger on her face, "I'm not good at all. If I were a good mother, why would you snatch your sister's egg cake? Your sister would have egg cake to eat too."
Lin Meishuang had aged faster than others due to years of hard work. Sitting there with her shoulders drooped, she looked like an extremely old person.
Wu Degang still didn't understand what she meant, but looking at Lin Meishuang's expression, he felt as if his mother was going to abandon him. All of a sudden, the words that the grandmothers and aunts in the team used to tease his stepmother about how vicious she was came to his mind, and he was so scared that he burst into tears.
"Mom, I will never fight with my sister for egg cakes or food again. I will also treat my brothers and sisters well, listen to you and help you with work! Please don't abandon me."
Lin Meishuang was worrying about how to educate her child when she suddenly heard Wu Degang say that he should reflect on himself. She was confused for a moment and didn't know what the child was thinking.
But Lin Meishuang was pleased to hear what Wu Degang said, "Are you really going to get along well with your brothers and sisters in the future? Are you taking advantage of your young age to bully them?"
"No!" Wu Degang said with a sob, "I will go and apologize to Tian Tian and Tian Zhuo tomorrow. I will never bully them again."
How could he not know whether what he did today was right or wrong? He just followed his temper and acted recklessly. Now, even without Lin Meishuang telling him anything, he would go and apologize to Tian Zhuo.
Lin Meishuang looked at Wu Degang and smiled with satisfaction. She rubbed Wu Degang's head with her rough and cracked hands. "Mom knows you are a good boy. You will definitely do what you promised me. Well, it's getting late now. Go to bed quickly. You have to go to your grandma's house tomorrow to see your second aunt off."
Lin Meishuang carried Wu Degang back to bed, went to the kitchen and added a handful of firewood to the stove, then went back to the room to sleep.
There are only three rooms in his house. Except for the two larger rooms, the east and west rooms, the rest are very small. They are so small that they are only big enough for two adults to sleep side by side. There is no room for one more person.
Now, Old Mrs. Wu lives in the room at the west end. That room cannot be occupied by anyone, otherwise it would be inconvenient for her to go to the toilet at night. Moreover, there are only four quilts in their house. If she lives in the same room with Old Mrs. Wu, they cannot get a quilt just for her, so she has been living alone.
The small house was for Wu Dejun and his wife to live in. After all, they were married and could not lie on the same kang anymore, so they just let them live in the small house.
Although the house is a little small, it at least ensures some privacy.
As for Lin Meishuang and her husband and their four remaining children, they all lived on the kang in the east room. The boys lived at the head of the kang, the couple lived in the middle, and Wu Juan slept next to Lin Meishuang. They slept very close to each other.
Sometimes Lin Meishuang was worried when she went to bed at night. There were three young children in the family who were about to get married, but there was not enough space at home. If they wanted to build a few more houses, they didn't have the money.
The eldest son's wedding had cost them a lot of money, and all the money they had saved up over the years had been spent. Now even the second son's wedding is a difficult matter, let alone building a house.
Lin Meishuang sighed, feeling that the burden on her shoulders had become heavier and the pressure in her heart was even greater. She wished she could get up and work right now to earn more money. She couldn't sleep for a while.
Tian Tian didn't sleep very well either. Maybe it was because she suddenly came to an unfamiliar environment. Tian Tian was subconsciously alert and couldn't completely relax. Her mind was tense the whole time and she didn't feel sleepy at all.
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