Chapter 41: You are my son
Shen Meng was breathing heavily while holding Xiao Kai. While taking a breath, she heard Wu Xianglan's flattering voice.
"Oh, Jinghao, you are still angry. In theory, we are not separated now. Even if we share the stove and eat, the things of the eldest sister-in-law's family are also the things of the Lu family. The eldest sister-in-law can leave you so much dumpling soup. What's wrong with me taking Yongqiang and Yongli to eat some? This is also the food of the Lu family. Jiahe and I work to earn work points and do hard work. What's wrong with eating a meal?"
"You, does what you said make sense? You brought two children to your eldest sister-in-law's house, and you either overturned the pot or opened the cupboard. What's the difference between what you did and robbing?"
Wu Xianglan's face changed. Seeing Xie Jinghao, she felt uncomfortable. Thinking that for such a long time, Xie Jinghao always brought Xiaogang here, it turned out that she came to eat alone. As for needlework, she is not incapable of it. Not to mention asking for cloth scraps, she is happy to eat such a bowl of dumpling soup every now and then!
Xie Jing must have said something bad about her and Jiaojiao, otherwise how could such a good job fall on her?
"Xie Jing, please stop talking nonsense. When did I steal my sister-in-law's things? Humph, you bring your son to my sister-in-law's house every day to take advantage of her. My sister-in-law is kind and doesn't have the nerve to say anything to you, but you are shameless. You come here every day to ask for money. You dare to do this, how dare you say anything to me? Let me tell you, Mingyang is the eldest son of the first wife. He doesn't even like me, so it's your turn to speak."
Xie Jing was so angry that the baby in her belly kicked her several times. Lu Mingyang saw that the third aunt was a little uncomfortable, so he hurried over and glared at her, saying viciously, "Go away, don't..." Come to our house, Third Aunt, it was my mother who asked you to come to our house. Why did you come? Why do you eat our food? My mother has already proposed to the village to divide the family, and my grandmother knows it. When my father comes back after the New Year, this family will be divided. When my father is not here, I, the eldest son, have the final say. You leave now. If you don’t leave, I will call people, and then the village chief and others will have to make the decision for me. "
Wu Xianglan's face turned red when a child said that. Everyone in the Lu family said that Lu Mingyang was Lu Zhenping's eldest son, but no one in their hearts denied it. After all, Lu Zhenping's legitimate son was Lu Mingkai.
Not only Liu Sanjin was worried, but other people in the Lu family were also thinking that if Lu Mingyang and his adopted children could inherit Lu Zhenping's business, then would these nephews and nieces of the Lu family also get some. After all, they were all legitimate blood of the Lu family, much closer than these adopted children.
Shen Meng was a scheming person, and she probably couldn't just sit there and watch her son's things fall into the hands of outsiders. In the past, Shen Meng beat and scolded the children every day, wasn't it because these children were not her own, and she wanted to take them away so that everything in the family would belong to her son in the future?
Thinking of this, Wu Xianglan became bolder and spoke less harshly,
"You are the eldest son, but after all, you are also an outsider. Mingyang, you are a smart child. Don't blame second aunt for being too blunt. After all, Mingkai is the only one in your family who is..."
"Shut up, you stinky mouth. Why does the yard stink so much when I go home? It turns out that someone hasn't brushed their teeth for years and months, and it's because of the stink!"
Shen Meng kicked the door open with Mingkai, panting. Her big toe was hurt by the shock. She looked at the vicious Lu Mingyang. The child's face changed when Wu Xianglan mentioned the outsider, and his whole body was posing.
Shen Meng put Lu Mingkai on the ground and was ready to have a good talk with Wu Xianglan. Who knew that in a blink of an eye, a small figure suddenly rushed over and knocked Wu Xianglan down. Then Wu Xianglan screamed like a pig being slaughtered.
Everyone else was startled. Xie Jinghao's stomach hurt so much that she couldn't stand up and sat down on the ground, "grunting".
"Jinghao, Jinghao, what's wrong with you?"
"Sister-in-law, I'm fine. Let Mingyang get up quickly. If he goes down like this, something bad will happen." She covered her stomach with one hand and pointed at Lu Mingyang with the other hand.
Shen Meng turned her head and hurriedly pulled Lu Mingyang. In the dim vision, she looked at Lu Mingyang's fierce eyes, and suddenly remembered the look she met when she first came through.
Lu Mingyang has never changed. The hurt he once suffered in his heart has not been healed, he just hid it. It was because Shen Meng has become better during this period that he hid his own heart.
He only had such a good mother in his dreams, and he often missed them, his father who was serving in the army, and the laughter of his brothers and sisters. Even though he and his mother were not that close, this kind of home was the home he dreamed of and longed for.
Now in front of his younger brothers and sisters, as well as his mother, this woman insisted on removing the cloth, saying that he was not a child of the Lu family, but an outsider. Why, why did she do this?
Lu Mingyang bit Wu Xianglan's arm tightly until the taste of blood rose in his mouth.
Wu Xianglan felt a sharp pain in her arm, and she slapped Lu Mingyang's body hard. The frightened Yongqiang and Yongli saw their mother being bitten, and they also rushed over to beat Lu Mingyang.
Seeing that everyone was bullying their brother, Lu Mingliang and Lu Mingfang also joined the team.
Shen Meng was so worried that she grabbed a child's collar and pulled it behind her. Finally, she slapped Lu Mingyang's face hard, trying to wake him up.
"Mingyang, Mingyang, don't be afraid. Mother is here, no one can bully you. Lu Mingyang, hurry up and open your mouth. If you bite your second aunt to death, our family will compensate you."
"Mingyang, good boy, mother is here, you are your father's eldest son, no one can say anything. Hurry up and open your mouth, Lu Mingyang, if you don't open your mouth, mother will not recognize you."
After calling and slapping again and again, Lu Mingyang finally opened his mouth. His mouth was full of blood, and he looked at Shen Meng stupidly.
"Mother, don't you recognize me?"
Shen Meng felt sad. She had been with them for most of the month, and she felt nothing but love for them. She tried her best to take care of them, and wanted them to forget the pain and hurt they had suffered. Time is not the best medicine to heal everything, but forgetfulness is.
She had used the good things she had accumulated over time to help the children forget their pain, but Wu Xianglan, the wicked one, made the children remember the past again.
She didn't even look at Wu Xianglan, who was rolling on the ground and screaming in pain.
She knelt on one knee, tried to look Lu Mingyang straight in the eye, held his arms with both hands, and said softly: "Mingyang, mother will not disown you. You are mother's child, mother's son. Mother can promise you that from now on, if anyone dares to say to you that you are not the son of Lu Zhenping and I, Shen Meng, mother will fight with that person to the death. No one can stop it, not even your father, your grandmother, your uncles and aunts. Mother will only recognize you. Don't be afraid, son, mother is here!"
Shen Meng spoke softly, slowly put Lu Mingyang in her arms, hugged him tightly, trying to calm him down.
Lu Mingyang was wrapped in a warm embrace, and suddenly he was startled. His clear-eyed face pressed against the woman's cheek and hair. His nose felt sore, and tears fell down.
"Mother, mother, wuwuwu..."
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