Chapter 18: It's not easy to rush forward
Xie Jing looked at this family and Liu Sanjin's attitude, and knew that Shen Meng and the children would be hungry at noon today. She fed Xiaogang while calculating what else she could eat in her room.
Lu Mingyang took his brothers and sisters to hand in the pig grass and recorded the work points before starting to go home. Lu Mingliang, who was originally chattering, became silent as he got closer to home.
Lu Mingfang was even afraid to go forward.
Looking at the appearance of his brothers and sisters, Lu Mingyang's face darkened and he held Lu Mingkai's hand tightly.
"Don't be afraid. When we get home, you can go back to the house. I'll find you something to eat. If mom is angry and wants to hit someone, just hit me. Don't be afraid."
Anyway, as long as she doesn't beat him to death, when he grows up, he will definitely make this vicious woman pay the price.
"Brother, how about I go with you? Even if we get beaten, we'll both get beaten together. It won't hurt so much if each of us gets half."
"No, just take care of your brother and sister." After Lu Mingyang finished speaking, he pulled Lu Mingkai and walked home together.
Lu Mingfang and Lu Mingliang looked at each other and followed closely. They both decided to go with their brother and never let him get beaten alone.
After the children entered the yard, they stopped running towards the west house. The aroma from the kitchen made them turn their heads frequently. Even Lu Mingyang began to drool.
"Brother, smell it. It smells really good. What did the bad... mother do?"
Lu Mingyang didn't say anything, but he sneered in his heart. How could a bad woman cook for them, and it smelled so good? Maybe someone else had cooked it and sent it to them. It's hard to say whether she had eaten it or not.
"You're back?" Shen Meng came out of the kitchen with a slight bend in her waist, with no unnecessary expression on her face. She knew very well that what she was chasing was not a transaction, but to live in peace with these children or to improve their relationship. It would not be achieved overnight, and there was a long way to go.
Lu Mingliang and the other children were still fiercely inhaling the aroma. The youngest, Lu Mingkai, opened his mouth with a big mouth. When he saw Shen Meng suddenly speaking, he was so scared that he forgot how to move.
"Mom is not well yet, so I cooked some noodles and served them to you. Go and eat. If there is not enough, there is more in the sand basin. Mom will lie on the kang first. After dinner, Mingyang will wash the dishes. Don't go to work in the afternoon. Go pick up some firewood. From now on, it will be just us. Your grandmother doesn't care about our lives. You should be diligent and pick up more firewood so that you can cook."
Shen Meng stroked her head and slowly moved towards her room while speaking.
After she left, Lu Mingliang suddenly ran towards the kitchen. There were four bowls of noodles on the small low table in the kitchen, hot and hot, and each bowl was placed with a fried egg, golden brown, and looked delicious.
He ran out of the kitchen excitedly.
"Brother, there really is noodles. There are fried golden eggs on the noodles. They smell delicious. There is also a plate of smacked cucumbers. Let's eat them quickly."
The noodles were really delicious. There were also a few green vegetables next to the golden eggs. The aroma made the gluttonous worms in his stomach scream. It was really unbearable.
Lu Mingkai and Lu Mingfang also looked at him. It was really hard to say no. Lu Mingyang nodded. Even if he didn't want to eat, his brother and sister couldn't be hungry. Didn't the bad woman just say that they were asked to see Chaihe, so that they could eat enough and go to work.
Thinking of this, Lu Mingyang straightened his back.
"Let's go eat. Don't waste the food. We won't eat in vain. After we're full, let's go collect firewood. The firewood in the yard is not enough to burn for two days!"
"Okay."
Shen Meng seemed to have returned to the house, but in fact she had been hunched over the window, observing the movements of the children. Today she just boiled a pot of water and cooked two handfuls of handmade noodles. The soup base and side dishes were all broth and organic vegetables taken from the space, so the taste was naturally needless to say.
No one can escape the temptation of food, let alone a few children. Using food to attract a few kids is of course the first step.
Shen Meng did not eat with the children. It was obvious that these kids definitely did not want to eat with her. If she was there, they would not dare to eat.
Seeing them all go to the kitchen, Shen Meng felt relieved to get on the kang. There was not much food at home, and she could not rely on the Lu family. Maybe they would have to use morals to blackmail her and make her take out the things. After all, it was only a few days before Lu Zhenping sent money to his family.
Shen Meng was planning to do something. She was a little tired when she had just given birth to several children. She hadn't lit the earthen stove for many years. She had just tried to light the matches several times but couldn't. And the bellows, I don't know if it was kicked by Zhou Jiaojiao and Lu Jiaxuan when they moved out. It was very difficult to use. She
went into the space and ate some bird's nest porridge and light side dishes before lying down to rest. Everything had to wait until her body was well.
Several children in the kitchen gobbled up four bowls of noodles. Lu Mingyang and Lu Mingliang, the two half-grown boys, were naturally not full. Lu Mingliang was still thinking about the sand basin that Shen Meng mentioned. After he opened it, he found some noodles in it. He didn't hesitate at all and put it directly into his own bowl. He also put some of the rest into Lu Mingyang's bowl.
"Brother, eat something. I don't know if there will be anything to eat in the evening. Eat more. Let's pick up more firewood in the afternoon. Let Mingkai and Mingfang rest at home. The sun is too hot in the afternoon."
"Brother, let Mingkai stay at home. I'll go with you. I've eaten so much. If I don't work, mother will be angry." Maybe it was because of the delicious bowl of noodles, or because Shen Meng made it with his injured body, Lu Mingfang suddenly felt that bad women were not so bad. After all, she was nice to them before. If it weren't for the second aunt and the little aunt who always said that, mother would not change.
Lu Mingkai pouted and said nothing. He didn't want to be alone at home. If mother saw him alone, she would pinch him if she was unhappy.
"You stay with Mingkai, Mingliang and I will go to collect firewood. What if our little brother is alone at home and is bullied? The bad woman just cooked a meal for us, don't think it's good, who knows when she will beat us again." Lu Mingliang stuffed noodles into his mouth while preaching to Lu Mingfang. He obviously felt that his sister softened.
Lu Mingyang didn't say anything, but he had the same idea in his heart. He was not afraid of being treated badly, beating and scolding him, but was afraid of being treated well by them suddenly. Before, the aunt said that she would send them away to save food for the family. The bad woman had thought about it before, but she didn't dare to, because she was afraid that her father would stop sending money home.
This matter was on his mind, he was always afraid, so he took his brother and sister with him no matter what he did, never separated. Today, the bad woman actually prepared it for them, and it was so good, white flour and fine grain noodles, and eggs, with oil on top. If she didn't want to do something bad, she must have been struck by lightning.
He agreed with Mingliang's idea, leaving Mingfang and Mingkai at home, and also wanted to see what the bad woman wanted to do?
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