next day
Su Man got up and went to the kitchen to make herself a pot of chicken soup porridge. After eating, she sat on the wooden bench at the door and waited for Liu Ping to come.
After a while, Ma Hongxia got up and screamed in the yard.
"Gorman! Did you eat my rice, damn it!"
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They usually eat cornmeal and grits porridge, and mix it with white rice. They only eat white rice properly during festivals.
However, most of the white rice went into Gao Shengli's stomach, and Gao Man could only eat some steamed buns.
After all these years at the Gao family, she no longer remembers the taste of rice.
Su Man sat on the bench at the gate, not caring at all how Ma Hongxia was jumping up and down.
Putting aside the annoying people, the scenery of Daming Village is still very pleasant.
Without the obstruction of tall buildings, even the sky is exceptionally blue, and those fluffy white clouds look alike no matter how you look at them.
After a while, Liu Ping came with a small cloth bag and a square scarf tied around her neck.
Everyone in the village likes to tie it. It can keep warm when it is cold and provide shade when the sun is strong.
Su Man stood up from the wooden bench, "Auntie."
"Hey hey hey."
Liu Ping looked Su Man over and smiled even more. "You look much more energetic today. I'll go in and say hello to your mother and then we'll be leaving."
"No need, auntie. My mom is cooking for my brother inside. Let's just go."
Liu Ping nodded.
In fact, she didn't want to deal with Ma Hongxia. Everything else would be fine, but her son Gao Shengli was always stealing or cheating. When someone came to her house, Ma Hongxia not only didn't teach the child a lesson, but instead started yelling at them.
Over time, no one wanted to deal with their family.
Originally, she had no intention of marrying into the Gao family, but for Wang Fengye, she had no choice but to come.
To get from the village to the town, one has to go to the village entrance to catch the bus. The bus comes out of the mountain valley. When Su Man and Liu Ping got on the bus, it was almost full.
The two of them sat in the second to last row. The road was bumpy and the smell of diesel wafted in from outside from time to time. It took them more than two hours to reach the town.
After getting off the bus, Liu Ping took Su Man to the town hospital. After examination, the diagnosis was malnutrition.
Liu Ping was a little surprised. Ma Hongxia's husband had carpentry skills and worked in the city. It was much better than them who worked as farmers. At the very least, he would not have no food to eat.
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When I came out of the hospital, it was already noon outside and the scorching sun made me dizzy.
I happened to meet a man selling popsicles. He had a square foam box with the word "popsicle" handwritten on it.
Su Man usually saw popsicles in the refrigerator, but she happened to see these being sold on a cart. She thought it was interesting and took a few more glances at them.
Liu Ping mistakenly thought that she wanted to eat some, so she stopped the popsicle seller and asked, "How much is one?"
"Popsicles are four points, ice cream is eight points."
Liu Ping licked her lips and asked, "Girl, which one do you want to eat?"
"ah?"
Su Man was stunned for a moment before she realized that Liu Ping treated her as a greedy child.
She was afraid that if she said she didn't want to eat now, Liu Ping wouldn't believe her, so she said obediently, "I want to eat popsicles, it's cool."
The foam lid was opened, and the popsicles were neatly stacked inside. The old man selling popsicles took out two and handed them to them, then pushed the cart to the front to sell their goods.
There was no place to sit, so the two of them squatted under the shade of a tree to eat.
As soon as I bit into the red bean popsicle, the sweet taste spread all over my mouth. Although Suman doesn't like sweet food, it is refreshing and can relieve the heat.
Su Man was thinking while eating. Now that Liu Ping knew she was not sick, he would definitely propose marriage to her when he returned.
Su Man felt uncomfortable when she thought about the six hundred yuan going into Ma Hongxia's pocket, and she had to think of a way.
Just as she was pondering this, Liu Ping beside her hesitated and said, "Girl, why are you malnourished? Don't you usually have enough to eat at home?"
Su Man suddenly had an idea and said with tears in her eyes, "Aunt, usually the food and drink at home are all given to my brother. I, I can't eat enough."
Liu Ping didn't doubt it and sighed, "Poor thing, your mother is really too partial."
Let's not talk about anything else, just look at the pair of rubber shoes on Su Man's feet. They are obviously men's shoes. I guess Gao Shengli gave them to her because he didn't want them. The uppers are worn out and the seams are broken.
Not only that, even what Suman was wearing were leftovers.
The baggy clothes and pants were almost dragging on the ground. If it weren't for the hemp rope around the waist, they would probably fall off.
"Good boy, don't cry. When you get to my house, I'll make sure you have enough to eat."
Su Man's eyes were filled with tears. "I'm afraid I don't have this blessing."
Liu Ping was confused. "What are you talking about? Once I send the betrothal gift over, you can come to my house."
Su Man sighed quietly, "Aunt, you're so good to me, I don't want to hide it from you. In fact, my mother said that as long as I get the betrothal gift, she will let me sneak out and send me to a hair salon."
"What!"
Liu Ping couldn't believe it.
Not to mention the marriage fraud, it was also a rare idea of Ma Hongxia to send her own daughter to a hair salon.
The more she thought about it, the angrier she became. She was eager to stand up for her, "Don't be afraid, girl. Auntie will take care of it for you. We'll go back and find her right away!"
Seeing that she was impatient, Su Man quickly held her back and said, "Aunt, don't be impatient. If we go over like this, my mother will never admit it."
Liu Ping paused and thought about it and realized that this made sense.
In the past, when Gao Shengli stole things from neighbors, they would come to her house to complain.
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