Chapter 9 Unfilial
The weather is hot.
The sun is scorching.
Thick clouds float in the sky, blocking the sun.
But it doesn't get cooler, it's like a steamer with a lid on, making it even more stuffy.
Qin Luoxia looked up at the sky and felt that it would rain.
She was going to put away the herbs she had dried, otherwise they would get wet and be in the sun.
There were more ants on the ground, probably because they smelled the moisture in the air.
It was going to rain.
A group of worker ants came out busily to find food.
Their food was very diverse.
They liked to eat insects the most, but they also ate some leaves, fungi, and honeydew.
There were also sweet and salty ants in the ant colony.
Sweet party ants cannot resist honeydew at all. If honeydew and insect corpses are placed in front of them at the same time, sweet party ants will only choose honeydew.
Salty party ants are typical carnivores, so they will definitely choose insects first.
And Xiao Hei, let's call him Xiao Hei, is a standard sweet party ant, obsessed with honeydew.
It didn't know why a liquid that was a hundred times more fragrant than honeydew fell from the sky and covered it. It was completely bathed in it. After drinking it, it suddenly became a little more thoughtful.
It was stepped on by a bigfoot. If it had been before, it would have been half-crippled if not dead, but this time it just had its tentacles bent, and it was actually fine.
It felt like I had become hard all over.
There was a strong attraction that made it circle around the huge wooden basin that was like a mountain.
Then it met another ant.
Xiao Hei was so scared that he took two steps back because he felt that his aura had changed and he was afraid of being discovered by his companions.
But when he retreated, he met another ant of the same kind.
In his little head, he knew inexplicably that if his aura was different and he got in, he would be torn apart and eaten.
Xiao Hei cleverly wanted to run, but found that there were more and more of his kind around him. They
didn't look like they were going to attack him, but wanted to follow him.
Xiao Hei found a corner and deliberately met a lone ant companion. At this time, he had an idea. If they touched corners and the other party found that he was different, he would take the initiative. He felt that he could easily tear the other party apart.
"Bang!"
A gentle collision and the exchange of pheromones at the same time.
There was no attack. The ant on the other side showed a friendly attitude towards him, even approaching him. After a while, the ant companion he had bumped into actually dragged a piece of worm meat to him.
Little Black was surprised and delighted.
His first reaction was to drag the meat back to the nest for the king to eat.
After dragging a few steps, he suddenly stopped. A question mark appeared in his mind. Why?
Why did he have to work so hard to find food for the king until he was exhausted to death? Why? Who was he? Why was he alive? What was he doing?
The little black ant's brain asked itself similar soul-torturing questions.
The problem was too complicated, so it flashed by in a flash. It was dominated by another strong desire: to drink honeydew, to drink honeydew, to drink honeydew...
...
Babies always get enough sleep.
After drinking milk, it was as if they had been stimulated to sleep.
Jiang Mianmian easily forgot about the little ant and fell asleep in her mother's arms.
She was awakened by a knock on the door.
She jumped with a start, and her heart was dirty.
She opened her eyes and saw that it was still daytime.
Her eyes were still a little blurry.
She found that she was still in her mother's arms, so she put her dirty heart back.
She adjusted herself to a comfortable posture after waking up.
The door was pushed open.
In the village, doors are usually not locked during the day.
A sturdy woman came in.
Jiang Mianmian saw that her mother was already a tall woman, but the woman who came in was even stronger. In comparison, her mother could be considered slim and fit.
The strong woman came in first, and then followed behind her was an old lady with a particularly dignified appearance.
Although she had wrinkles, you still felt that she was particularly beautiful.
Her eyebrows and eyes were delicate, and her skin was also very white.
Jiang Mianmian was just curious about who the person was, when she heard her mother call out: "Mom."
Hey, is this my mother's mother? Is that my grandmother? No...
her eyesight is very good now.
Although the old lady was wearing ordinary clothes and it looked like an old coat, it seemed that there were patterns on the coat in the past. In this day and age, it is very special to have patterns on clothes. It is also very special to have colors, and it is even more rare to have patterns.
At least it is wider than before.
The old lady had a beautiful face and her clothes and appearance did not fit in with the other villagers. She even had servants.
In addition to arrogance, there was also a kind of innocence in her eyes.
Her father Jiang Changtian was also very good-looking, and he was quite different from the uncles and grandfathers in the village.
If it were not for her family background, she would have thought that her father was at least a scholar if not a prostitute. She did not expect that he was just a farmer, and one who had no land.
So this mother should be her father's mother?
So this is her grandmother?
It had been more than a month since she was born, and she had not seen her grandmother, which was still a bit strange.
The strong woman came in, looked around, then found a seat, cleaned it carefully, took out a towel from her arms and spread it on the bed, and then let the old lady sit down.
This old lady had servants, so her family should be rich.
Others called Daddy Jiang Lao Er, and guessed that Daddy had at least one older brother, Jiang Lao Da, but the villagers rarely mentioned him when they chatted.
Even his own family did not mention him, which seemed a bit strange.
Jiang Mianmian's baby brain was spinning at high speed at this moment, and she was a little dizzy.
After the old lady sat down, her back was straight and she looked very well-mannered.
Her neck was wrinkled, but very slender.
It was a swan neck with a very beautiful small high collar.
Her eyes fell on Jiang Mianmian, and there was a kind of natural compassion in her eyes, which made Jiang Mianmian uncomfortable.
She buried her head in her mother's arms and stuck out her butt.
If she had done this at other times, her mother would have opened her clothes and fed her.
But at this moment, Qin Luoxia was silent and just stroked her daughter's back gently, without doing anything else.
This mother-in-law is terrible. She
looks so kind, but she can make people's lives worse than death without saying a word.
When she just walked in, she thought her mother-in-law was a good person.
It was this kind of mother-in-law who, in a gentle and kind way, let her husband bear the reputation of being unfilial, cut off the path of imperial examinations, and struggle for a lifetime in this country.
"Is there anything for you, mother?" Qin Luoxia waited seriously.
The old lady's eyes fell on Qin, and she also looked sympathetic.
The old lady did not speak.
Instead, the strong woman spoke first: "If you give birth to a son, he will be a playboy outside, and if you give birth to a daughter, she will be snatched by others as a maid. Why bother giving birth to a child to suffer and be embarrassed?"
The old lady seemed to disagree with her tone, frowned slightly, and just sighed in a gentle and kind voice: "Ayao, don't say that, it's a life after all."
The old lady's voice was very nice, crisp, and if you didn't look at her face, you would have thought she was a young girl.
The tone was also very good, neither slow nor anxious.
There is a feeling that this is probably the standard Mandarin in this world.
Jiang Mianmian was confused for a moment. What is this for? A mockery, a sorrow?
Qin Luoxia couldn't figure out her mother-in-law's thoughts. This mother-in-law has always been a female bodhisattva. It is said that she has never hurt even ants.
The bad things are all done by others.
Qin Luoxia just hugged the baby a little tighter and said:
"Mom, are you coming to help us because you see that we can't make ends meet?"
The old lady's eyes were sad, and she seemed to pity her even more.
She said in a Buddhist way: "You, you are not doing things properly."
Although she was criticizing, her tone was soft and somewhat cordial.
The strong woman said coldly: "In order to compete for the position of maid, Sister Yu spread rumors and slandered others. You, as a mother, are vindictive and spread rumors, causing injuries and disabilities. You are embarrassing and shameful to your ancestors. If you are still a member of the Jiang family, you should be punished by the family law."
Jiang Mianmian was shocked when she heard it. How could this old woman know everything?
Her tiger face is scary.
What family law is there?
Then the old lady sighed and said: "I don't deserve the title of mother. Our Jiang family has been kings for generations. There are no descendants who are maids. Don't be greedy and ruin Sister Yu's life."
Qin Luoxia looked ugly and even more angry.
This old woman always speaks without any hesitation. When Mianmian was born, she had a difficult delivery. When Yu Jieer went to ask for some food, they beat her and drove her out.
Even the strangers in the village would do their best to help with some food at such a time.
Jiang Mianmian could feel her mother's chest rising and falling.
Her round chin was also trembling.
If it were anyone else, Qin Luoxia would have shouted to get out.
Qin Luoxia was furious and wanted to confiscate the family.
But every time she thought about going against the old woman, she would be the one who suffered.
The woman was actually stronger than her and she couldn't beat her.
Qin Luoxia looked at the baby in her arms and suppressed her anger.
She has been married to the Jiang family for so long and has given birth to three children. Even though she is a pig, she has learned something.
Although she has a big face and a rough figure, at this moment, she imitated her mother-in-law's sad look, with thick eyebrows and big eyes, and said in a calm tone:
"What Madam Jiang taught is that my sister Yu is coarse and even has to fight for a maid. Unlike your sister Wan, she has been literate and talented since she was a child, well-educated, kind-hearted, and must be favored by God. I think she doesn't need to be a maid, and can directly become a concubine."
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