Chapter 23: Climbing on the Pole
Shen Meng looked at the still timid Lu Mingkai and waved at him,
"Mingkai, come here."
Lu Mingkai paused and slowly moved towards her. Although he was still a little scared, he was still very eager to get close to his mother because of the blood relationship.
"Mom."
Shen Meng got off the kang and held him in her arms and sat on the kang. The three-year-old child was a little shaky when she put him on her lap. He was too thin. She touched Lu Mingkai's hair.
"Mingkai, I just asked about dinner. Are you hungry?"
Lu Mingkai nestled in his mother's arms, smelling the fragrance, and felt a little dizzy.
"Mom, I'm not hungry, I just asked, the food you cooked is so delicious, I want to eat more."
"Okay, mom will cook for you later, and raise Mingkai to be fat and white, like a pig, okay."
"Hehe, okay, mom, you are so nice."
"Silly child."
The mother and the couple were affectionate in the house, and Lu Mingyang outside was furious. The bad woman said Mingkai was like a pig, what did it mean, did it mean that Mingkai would be sold when he grew up!
He was terrified, and his eyes were gloomy when he looked at Shen Meng. If the bad woman dared to sell Mingkai, he would fight with her.
In the evening, Lu Jiaxuan and Zhou Jiaojiao were assigned to deliver lunch to Shen Meng as soon as they got home from work. There was a small pot of stir-fried vegetables with five steamed buns on top and a small pot of corn noodle dumpling soup. When the two of them brought the food over, there were many people going home from work, and they kept looking at them when they smelled the aroma.
"Wow, what delicious food, it smells so good."
"It's so delicious to eat in the evening. You are worthy of being a household with surplus food. You still have to eat in the evening!"
Zhou Jiaojiao heard someone asking, and said with a smile: "How can it be, this is the meal for my sister-in-law and Mingyang. It was just prepared at home and sent back. We just eat something when we get home. My sister-in-law is not well yet!"
After Zhou Jiaojiao finished replying, she said to Lu Jiaxuan: "Hurry up, sister-in-law and the children are probably hungry. I still have to wash clothes when I get home. There are so many things to do!"
Lu Jiaxuan's face became a little ugly when he heard her words. His wife worked like a slave, but his sister-in-law was waiting for someone to deliver the meal to the door. He frowned, said nothing, and walked faster.
"What can I say? I heard in the afternoon that the Lu family didn't send meals to the Zhenping family. I saw it after work. It must be fake. Aunt Sanjin is such a good person, how could she not send meals!"
"I said it couldn't be possible. Maybe it was because it was delivered late, and Shen Meng was unhappy, so she said something bad. I have never seen such a daughter-in-law. Jiaojiao was busy all afternoon, and her work points were almost the same as those of heavy laborers. After work, she still had to send meals to her sister-in-law. It's really pitiful."
"Jiaojiao is such a good daughter-in-law. Jiaxuan is so lucky. Fortunately, Jiaxuan is a capable person and can get a salary of three yuan a month, so Jiaojiao can enjoy some happiness with her."
"No one like Shen Meng knows how to enjoy life. He lives in a big tiled house with green bricks. His brothers and their wives bring him meals. Look at how he lives. What a good life he has!"
"Capitalist behavior..."
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Shen Meng came out of the west room with a dark face. There was not even a decent piece of clothing in the children's closets. Not only were there patches piled on top of patches, but they were all dirty. You could tell at a glance that they washed them themselves.
In the afternoon, she held Mingkai for a while and smelled that he stinked and his head was dirty. She had just been busy coaxing him at noon and didn't pay attention to these things. Lu Mingkai, who was well taken care of by the children, was like this, let alone Mingyang and the others.
Lu Mingyang and the others watched Shen Meng wandering around and going to her room, then her face changed. They all became nervous. Just when Lu Mingliang was about to run away if she took action, Shen Meng sighed.
"Mingyang, you and Mingliang will help boil a pot of hot water. Mom will wash you in the evening. It's so hot, you can't not take a bath. When I held Mingkai in my arms in the afternoon, the little guy was sweaty." "Okay
, Mom." No matter what, he should agree to her now, Lu Mingyang thought.
When Lu Mingkai was called, his face blushed shyly. Lu Mingfang was also a little embarrassed. She subconsciously shrunk her neck and smelled herself. Hmm, it smelled a bit bad. Only Lu Mingliang didn't care. He thought it was a man's smell.
"Sister-in-law, Jiaxuan and I are here to bring food to you and the children. Can you come in?" Zhou Jiaojiao shouted loudly at the door.
"Come in, the door is not locked."
Zhou Jiaojiao saw Shen Meng standing at the door of the main room as soon as she entered the room with the dish basin, and several children stood in a row in front of her.
"Hey, sister-in-law, what are you doing? Mingyang and his friends are good kids. This afternoon, the two kids went back and forth several times to collect firewood for the family. Everyone saw it. No matter what, you can't hit them!" Zhou Jiaojiao hurriedly advised.
The door was not closed tightly when they came in. The villagers who were passing by listened to Zhou Jiaojiao's words and began to stop and look around.
"What are you talking about, Jiaojiao? I was just telling the kids that it was too hot and asked them to heat some hot water for a bath at night. And you guys came over. They are very well behaved. God is grateful to have given me such good children. How can I hit them!"
The people outside listened to Shen Meng's words and felt that it was meaningless, so they turned around and left.
So what if it's the male and female protagonists? She has a golden finger. She is not afraid of the male and female protagonists. She has never thought of avoiding them. After all, she promised the original owner that the instigator and the vested interests must pay back.
Zhou Jiaojiao's smile paused, and she turned to look at Lu Jiaxuan and said, "I misunderstood. Jiaxuan, put the rice on the table quickly. Today, the third sister-in-law made the rice. Mother specially asked the third aunt to cook eggs for you. Sister-in-law, you should eat quickly and replenish your body."
Shen Meng looked at the food on the table and nodded with a smile. It seemed that Liu Sanjin really invested a lot of money. The green vegetables were fried with oil, which was probably the amount of oil used by the Lu family for several days.
"Thank you, mother. Jiaojiao and Jiaxuan, have you eaten yet? Why don't we eat together?"
"No, sister-in-law, we'll go back now. There are still a lot of things to do at home. Sister-in-law, if you need anything at home, just tell me. I'll help you if I can."
"I'm so sorry. If you are not busy, can you help Mingyang to heat some water? He is a child and I'm afraid he will wet the kang if I light the fire at night. It gives me a headache. They can't wash the clothes they changed after taking a bath. Alas, I am useless."
Lu Mingyang: "..."
I wet the kang? I was nine years old and I wet the kang???
Zhou Jiaojiao just wanted to be polite before leaving, but she didn't expect Shen Meng to climb up the pole. She froze for a moment, then said, "Okay, Jiaxuan, help Mingyang boil some hot water. Sister-in-law, keep the dirty clothes, I'll come get them tomorrow."
Looking at the amiable Zhou Jiaojiao, Lu Jiaxuan felt sorry for his wife who was being bullied. He frowned and was about to refuse, but suddenly remembered that when he was working, Sun Shanzi mentioned that the commune was recruiting officials. He thought for a moment and shut up silently.
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