"Don't be afraid, mom won't hit you, get up quickly."
The woman's gentle words reduced the fear in the two children's hearts. At this point, she had already accepted the original owner's memories, and hated her for her cowardly nature, but she had to hold it back so as not to let the two children mistakenly think that she was angry.
The two children stood up tentatively, their eyes fixed on her, as if judging the truthfulness of her words. The woman also waited patiently for the child to trust her. After all, this woman had a criminal record. She was smiling gently one second and raising her hand in anger the next. It's normal for children to be afraid of her.
Seeing that she didn't take the broom from the kang and the smiles on her faces didn't change at all, the two young ladies mustered up the courage to stand beside her. After all, she is my biological mother. If she gets angry, she will only hit me a few times. She won’t hit me without restraint like my grandmother would.
"Mom, does it hurt? Do you want me to rub it for you?"
The eldest spoke timidly. They were still young and felt pity and love for their mother. Unfortunately, I was small and weak, and all I could do was to comfort her after she was beaten.
"It doesn't hurt." Actually, there was some pain in my waist, and the initial estimate was that it might be bruised. However, this was nothing for her, who had been practicing martial arts since childhood and often suffered from bruises. The key thing right now was to feed the three of them.
Just as she said they were hungry, the two children's stomachs started growling, and then her stomach also growled. The two children held their stomachs and wanted to say something, but their eyes subconsciously looked outside the house separated by a door.
"Damn it! You dare to fight with your man. This is against the will of heaven."
"Help my second brother into the house first, or he'll get soaked in a little while."
"Second sister-in-law, please open the door..."
"Second sister-in-law, open the door quickly, what are you waiting for?"
Curses and urgings came through the door. The two children were so scared that they couldn't help shaking and hid behind her subconsciously. Although this mother is often useless and most of the time can't even protect herself. But this time she is pregnant with a little brother. She just fought hard with her father for the little brother. Maybe she won't be beaten anymore.
"Ignore them."
The woman spoke coldly, reached out and grabbed the two children's wrists, paused for a moment, and then sighed. Is this an arm? It’s not as thick as a stick. Just skin and bones, no meat at all.
"Hungry, huh?"
The two children nodded: "It's time to cook dinner on the stove. Let's go get the pots and get some..."
The eldest daughter stopped talking halfway. After what her mother did today, would the two of them be beaten to death by their father and grandmother if they went out? I was very hungry, but the fear of being beaten was also terrifying!
Looking down at his mother's belly, the child gritted his teeth and turned to get the casserole for rice. The younger sister was even more timid and followed her elder sister closely.
"Mom, wait a minute. I'll go get some food and be back soon."
The shouting outside the door had moved into the main room of the hall, which was separated from the ear room by a wall. The old lady's scolding could be clearly heard through the blue bricks. Her voice was as loud as a bell and seemed to be stronger than that of the three of them. Seeing the child reaching out to open the door, the woman walked over and stopped him.
"Don't go, mom has delicious food here." Opening the door was another trouble. She felt weak and her stomach was a little uncomfortable. She really didn't want to fight with anyone again.
"Really? What do you have, mom?"
The child's clear eyes were filled with disbelief and relief at having escaped a disaster. The younger sister behind her held onto her sister's clothes tightly, looking at her mother with eyes full of longing.
"Sit there and wait."
She reached out to carry the two children onto the kang. The child realized her intention and raised his hand to refuse, "Mom, don't hug me. You are still pregnant with your little brother. Let's do it ourselves."
The two children brought over a small stool, climbed up on it nimbly, and sat down on the kang obediently. The elder sister took a piece of rag from the pillow and covered her own eyes, then reached out and covered her younger sister's eyes.
"We don't look. We don't peek."
The woman felt sour and bitter in her heart, as if she had been soaked in unripe lemon juice. What a sensible child, it's a pity that he was born in this era and in such a family.
He took out the key according to his memory and opened a large box in the room, then took out a few packets of compressed biscuits wrapped in tinfoil from the space in a disguised manner. After thinking about it, I took two more cartons of milk. This stuff is the supplies she stockpiled after the apocalypse broke out. Time does not move in this space, so it did not break.
"Okay, open your eyes."
The outer packaging was torn off and thrown back into the space, and two pieces were handed to each of the ladies. The two of them smelled the rich aroma of milk, sesame and peanuts, and their mouths were instantly filled with saliva.
"It smells so good." My sister took it and studied it for a while, then asked, "Mom, what is this?"
"Biscuits, eat them quickly."
Seeing that her mother had spoken, and her voice was so gentle and her face so calm, the younger sister plucked up the courage to lower her head and take a bite.
The compressed biscuits are a bit hard and it is difficult for children's little teeth to bite them. Slowly grind off a small bit, and the sweet aroma will melt in the mouth, making children who have never tasted sweet want to hold it in their mouths and not be willing to swallow it into their stomachs.
"So sweet and fragrant." The elder sister was a little bolder and took a bite and chewed it quickly. "Mom, you eat it too!"
"Yeah, mommy eats too."
Looking at the two children's happy eyes as they chewed the food carefully and were reluctant to finish it all at once, Gu Yan couldn't tell what he felt. He felt sad but also a little distressed and pityful.
The three of them each had two pieces of compressed biscuits, and Gu Yan quickly devoured them with milk, but still did not feel full. She stroked her big belly and didn't eat anything else. It’s not that she’s worried about not having enough food. Her space is level six, and the supplies collected in it are enough for the people in this town to eat in five years.
"I ate too fast, and my brain didn't react. I'm hungry, and I can't handle eating too much at once."
He muttered a few words to himself, then handed the other two cartons of milk with straws to the two children.
"Mom, what is this?" It was the eldest child who asked the question.
"Milk is very nutritious. Drink it quickly."
"Hmm." The eldest sister held the straw and took a sip. She didn't like the unique fishy smell of fresh milk. But this stuff is strong and has a slight sweet taste, so it must be good stuff.
"It tastes good." The child ate with milk and quickly put a piece of biscuit into his stomach. She secretly stuffed the saved piece into her lapel and hid it, planning to eat it slowly later, or leave it for her mother who was pregnant with her little brother.
It was completely dark outside, and it was pitch dark inside the house. There was a sound of kicking and clattering, and it seemed that the whole family had returned from the stove to get food.
It is late autumn now. In the morning, everyone was still picking corn in the fields. In the afternoon, it rained too heavily and the team leader was afraid that everyone would trample the ground too hard to plow, so he gave everyone a holiday.
After eating and drinking, they lay down on the kang. There was not even a torn mattress under them. The mother and her two children lay on the torn mat.
The eldest sister obediently took the quilt from the head of the kang and covered her with it, and the two sisters huddled on either side of her. I could smell the scent of the quilt between my nostrils. It made her, a person with mysophobia, feel like vomiting instantly.
There are two quilts in this room, and there are several patches on the quilt covers and quilt linings. Don’t even think about being trapped. It is only taken apart and cleaned once a year when it is warm in summer. The people who cover it deal with the land all year round. If they don't have the conditions to take a bath, they can just wipe it at most. It is normal for it to have a smell. Men's probably stink even worse.
I reached out and pulled the quilt down, and the indescribable smell seemed to fade a lot. The younger daughter shrank into the quilt, and the older daughter wanted to pull the quilt up over her because she was afraid she would be cold, but she was a little afraid.
"Mom, aren't you cold?" It was late autumn and the house was still dark. It is still very cold at night in the Shangdang area in the Taihang Mountains.
"It's not cold." He tossed back and forth several times. It was uncomfortable to lie down no matter how hard he tried with a big watermelon on his back. Besides, there were two children around her, and if she moved, they would not be able to cover themselves with their quilts.
"Go and cover yourself with that quilt."
The child hesitated for a moment, then turned his head and glanced at the main room separated by a wall. Then he obediently got up and pulled over another quilt.
The two young ladies obediently went to the other side, and only then did Gu Yan dare to turn over happily. She moved back and forth like a pancake, and could hear the child's light snoring in her ears, but she still couldn't fall asleep.
"Open the door...you stinky woman, open the door for me." The man's shout was accompanied by the sound of "bang bang bang" knocking on the door. The force was so great that it seemed like it could tear down the house. If the landlord's house had not been built solidly and the door panels were not made of thick elm wood, it would have probably fallen apart.
Gu Yan is now a pregnant woman with a big belly, and according to her memory, she is more than seven months pregnant. She didn't know how big a seven-month-old belly should be. But these days, her belly seems a little out of line.
She was already in a bad mood because such a big ball suddenly stood up. Just after finishing her meal, she felt like going to the toilet. But these people challenge her again and again.
She took out a rolling pin from the cupboard according to her memory, and went downstairs holding it in one hand. The two little girls who had just fallen asleep on the kang were also woken up. The situation made them not know what to do, and they were so scared that they hid in the corner again.
Perhaps it was true that mother and daughter were connected by heart. Gu Yan seemed to sense the fear in their hearts and turned back to comfort them softly, "Don't be afraid, mom is here."
There was nothing wrong with saying this, as if she had always been their mother. Maybe from the moment she saw the book, the people here touched her heart. She felt even more pity for these two children who would never be able to escape the harm caused by their original families.
"Crash!" The door was opened from the inside by her, and the man who was trying to break down the door with all his strength stumbled and fell into the room, almost falling flat on his face. The old lady next to her also stopped cursing and bent down to see if her son was okay.
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