Chapter 14: Let’s Eat First
Shen Meng didn’t understand why the families of the two village cadres came to see her. She thought that the two families might have something to ask for. As for whether they were asking Shen Meng for something, she didn’t know, and it didn’t matter. It looked like they were not asking her for anything.
Wang Guizhi fried some shredded potatoes, baked a pot of pancakes, and cooked a pot of brown sugar eggs. She put all the ten eggs Zhou Jiaojiao gave her into the pot. Today, no matter whether they were the old couple or Xiao Meng’s mother, they had to make up for it.
She saw that Shen Meng's two women had not left yet, so she thought about it and washed the dishes. She scooped out two bowls of brown sugar water from the pot. When she scooped the last spoonful, a naughty egg flower ran into the spoon. Wang Guizhi quickly brushed it away and scooped again. The brown sugar water alone was already very good, so she kept the egg for her family to eat.
"Old man, you take the children to eat first, and I'm going to give some sugar water to the people in the house. I just heard that she is the village chief's sister-in-law and the branch secretary's mother. I will put in a good word in a while, and after we leave, our daughter will also have someone to help her."
"Okay, go ahead. I'll heat up some hot water and wash them all."
Wang Guizhi walked to the door and stopped again, and said to Shen Fugui who stood up from the stove: "Just heat it up, don't boil it, it will waste firewood."
"Hey!"
After Shen Fugui waited for her to leave, he moved the low kitchen table towards the door. It was getting late, so he had to eat quickly by the light. If it was late, he would have to light a kerosene lamp.
"Mingyang, Mingliang, hurry up and bring your brothers and sisters to eat. After eating, wash up and go to bed quickly. We won't be able to see you soon." Shen Fugui shouted and started to serve rice in the kitchen.
Mingliang in the other room sat up from the kang.
"Brother, did you listen? Grandpa is calling us to eat. Let's go, let's go."
Mingkai had eaten egg cake today. With his grandparents at home, he became a little braver. When he saw his second brother getting off the kang, he also moved his short legs.
"Go, go."
Lu Mingyang did not move. He pulled Lu Mingliang and said, "Don't go. You have eaten now. After grandpa and grandma leave for a while, the bad woman will definitely beat us hard. We are grown up. If she beats us, we will run away. What should I do? She can't run fast. She will be caught before I can even lift my legs."
Lu Mingyang's voice was slightly cold. He frowned and looked at Lu Mingliang. In his opinion, the words said by the stepmother were deliberately for the village chief and the party secretary to see, in order to move back to the brick and tile house. Moreover, he saw that the stepmother was in good spirits. How could she look like she was dying?
Whether it was grandma, fourth uncle, fourth aunt, or the village chief and party secretary, they were all deceived by her.
Not only did she get her house and food back, she also made her grandmother and the village chief pay her back. This was not like before when she was as stupid as a pig. Lu Mingyang glanced at the stone at the corner of the wall. Could it be that hitting her head could change her brain and make her smarter?
"Second brother, I think what the eldest brother said is right. What if mother hits us later? Her beatings hurt a lot. Last time she spanked my buttocks, I still tremble when I see her calves. Anyway, we don't eat every night. It's okay. Don't go. My younger brother won't go either."
Lu Mingliang ignored them and hugged Lu Mingkai who wanted to shrink on the kang.
"Go, why not? Tonight we have brown sugar eggs and pancakes. Grandma's pancakes are smeared with pig fat. They are very fragrant. If you want to fight, go ahead. Anyway, fill your stomach first."
After he finished speaking, he ran barefoot without waiting to put on his shoes. He was only seven years old, holding Lu Mingkai, a three-year-old baby, swaying back and forth, as if he would fall at any time. Lu Mingyang was scared and quickly climbed up from the kang. He ran to his side in a few steps and grabbed Lu Mingkai.
"Be careful, be careful not to fall."
"Hehe...Brother, I have strength in my hands!"
They had already run to the yard. Shen Fugui had already seen them and pointed to the washbasin at the door of the kitchen.
"Wash your hands and eat quickly. Grandpa has heated up some water. Wash up and then he will sleep with you. Mingfang, come quickly. Your grandma cooked a lot. Eat well before you go to sleep."
"Okay, thank you, Grandpa," Lu Mingyang said quickly, and turned to shout towards the west room. Lu Mingfang came over with her shoes on. She was so hungry that she would be afraid to eat alone, but she was not afraid if her brothers and sisters were eating together.
The fragrant green onion pancakes, the sweet brown sugar eggs, and a large bowl of shredded potatoes, although they had no taste, were much better than the food they had eaten together before.
The eyes of several children were narrowed while eating. Lu Mingkai started to cry while eating, which scared Shen Fugui so much that he quickly put the pancakes in the basket.
"What's wrong, Xiaokai? Why are you crying?"
Lu Mingkai looked at Shen Fugui with watery eyes and grabbed the corner of his clothes with his little hands.
"Grandpa, wuwu, Xiaokai doesn't want you to leave, please stay, and grandma, if you leave, mom will beat people, beat my brothers and sisters, and also beat me, wuwu, I'm scared."
After all, he is his own blood. Shen Fugui looked at the young child and sighed deeply.
"Don't be afraid, Xiaokai, your mother said she will change. Grandpa and grandma will come to see you often in the future. If your mother commits a crime again, grandpa will not recognize her as his daughter."
Lu Mingkai shook his little hand vigorously when he heard it.
"No, no, I have to recognize my mother. If I don't recognize my mother, grandpa and grandma will not come to see Xiaokai."
Shen Fugui was very sad. He touched Lu Mingkai's hair and thought to himself that he must have a good talk with Shen Meng when he left tomorrow. The child is still so young, and he can't keep beating and scolding him to educate him, which will hurt the relationship between mother and child!
Lu Mingyang glanced at his grandfather and then lowered his eyes.
Change? Change a ball, he doesn't believe that a bad woman will change!
In the east room, Tian Guihua and Chen Jinling each held a bowl of brown sugar water, drinking it in small sips a little shyly, and occasionally responding to Wang Guizhi's words.
"Sister, the old man and I will go back tomorrow. We still have a lot of things to do at home. I don't know when Xiaomeng's situation will get better. Please help me more often on weekdays!"
Chen Jinling said immediately: "Speak of help, Xiaomeng's affairs from now on are my wife's business. Speaking of which, today is also the fault of that stinky boy in my family. He is the one who takes care of me. " I have been a branch secretary for more than two years, and I am usually very busy. When Mrs. Lu said that Xiaomeng was fine, I quickly went to work. Hey, she is young after all, and I wonder if some people are like a hornet's nest. "
As a mother-in-law, she still doesn't know Liu Sanjin's ideas and methods. She has a sweet face and a bitter heart, and she turns eighteen corners in one sentence. She was like this when she was young, but she didn't expect that she would still be like this when she is old.
"As for me, don't worry, Auntie. Xiao Meng, if you have any problems in the future, just go to my sister-in-law. I will never refuse any help I can give."
Shen Meng agreed with a smile. One is the sister-in-law of the village chief, and the other is the mother of the branch secretary. If he has a good relationship with these two people, it will be like giving himself a buff.
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