Chapter 8: Start my performance
Lu Mingkai looked at the pale-faced woman lying on the kang, not daring to take a step forward. Her small hands tightly grasped Shen Fugui's trouser legs. Seeing this, Mingfang next to him moved over and gently hugged him.
Shen Meng looked at the crying child and wanted to go forward, but didn't dare. She was afraid and terrified, and her heart was also sour.
Before she could say anything, she saw two more children coming into the cramped room.
They were wearing tattered clothes, with patches piled on top of patches, their hair was messy like a grass nest, and they were covered in dust. The younger child was barefoot.
This was not the most important thing. The most important thing was that both children had no expression on their faces. They looked at her with gloomy and indifferent eyes, and the corners of their mouths were slightly pulled up, as if they were happy about her impending death.
Shen Meng was horrified. She actually saw such terrible thoughts in two such young children. Her breath was stuck in her throat, unable to go up or down.
The wind blew in from the window, and she suddenly started coughing. When she came to her senses, she found that she was sweating coldly.
Liu Sanjin had a lot to say. From the shock she had seen Shen Meng at the beginning to the nervousness she saw Shen Fugui now, it was not until Shen Meng coughed that she realized that today's matter might not end well.
"Come, Mingkai, go see your mother. Your mother is badly injured. Look, your grandmother, your uncles and aunts just watched your mother die without even hiring a doctor. Do you know what they want to do? They want to take over the brick and tile house your father built for your mother. After you lose your mother, how will they bully you, my grandson?"
Shen Fugui didn't want to cry at first, but when he saw the seriously injured daughter, the young grandson, the vicious in-laws and the incompetent him,
tears suddenly flowed down his cheeks!!!
"My dear relatives, you can't say that. When the old man first came back, he was fine. He just had a small wound on his head. Otherwise, we wouldn't have refused to call a doctor. We, the Lu family, are a good family in this area. You can't slander us!"
"Slander, I'm slandering, then why is my daughter-in-law like this? Why aren't my grandchildren at home? You guys are enjoying the good life at home, but the kids are out there catching birds. If they weren't so hungry, how could these kids with short legs find food for themselves?"
Liu Sanjin was choked by what Shen Fugui said. They fried a plate of eggs at noon today, but didn't invite the kids from the first room because they were afraid they would eat it. But they left two bowls of porridge in the pot for them, but they didn't starve them on purpose.
Liu Sanjin didn't like Mingyang's kids in the first place, and now he was even more annoyed when he saw that they were being talked about because of them. He immediately glared at the kids viciously.
Wu Xianglan was praying in her heart, fearing that Shen Meng had really left and would come to find her in the middle of the night. She didn't dare to say a word. Zhou Jiaojiao didn't dare to say anything either, but she had to say it. She couldn't quarrel at this time and could only make peace. Otherwise, she would not be able to live in the three large tiled houses, and she would have to bear the bad reputation of occupying the property of the big house in the future.
"Sister-in-law, you have to hold on. Mingkai is still young. If you go, how will the children live? Woohoo, woohoo..."
Shen Meng was too lazy to pay attention to her. She just wanted to use her miserable appearance to win some sympathy from the children. The path of Lu Mingyang and Lu Mingliang was obviously not feasible. Shen Meng set her sights on Lu Mingfang and Lu Mingkai. Girls are soft-hearted and easy to conquer. With a young child, it is even easier to conquer them.
"Zhou Jiaojiao, move aside. You are blocking me from watching the children."
Shen Fugui heard it and didn't care whether the two children were willing or not. He picked them up and pushed them to the front of Shen Meng's kang, squeezing Zhou Jiaojiao aside.
"Xiao Meng, Ming Kai and Ming Fang are here, look at the children, if you have anything to say, speak slowly, don't be in a hurry, my lady!"
Zhou Jiaojiao staggered and almost sprained her ankle. She dared not say a word, for fear that Shen Meng would be sober now and think about the house.
Shen Meng looked at the two children in front of her, pinched her thigh hard under the quilt, and tears started to flow.
The eye drops she used just now must have been shoddy, and the effect was really poor. Not only did it become useless after a while, but it also made her eyes dry, sore, and tired.
"Ming Kai, my son, I'm so sorry for you. I gave birth to you in ten months of pregnancy and watched you grow up little by little. How could I not love you? But I was only nineteen years old when I gave birth to you. I don't understand anything. I feel anxious. Your father is not here and there is no one to help you. You You are so young, and every night Mom would wake up and put her hand under your little nose, fearing that something might happen to you, oooooo... You are Mom's biological son, how could Mom not love you!"
Shen Meng put her hand gently on Lu Mingkai's head, caressing and rubbing it.
The young man had his grandfather's big hands on his back, so he couldn't run away. He looked at the woman who usually beat, scolded, pinched and squeezed him. The woman was crying miserably. She said she loved him and said she was sorry. He didn't understand. He wanted to run, but... but in his memory, he had never been treated so gently by his mother. He was a little dazed for a while.
Mingfang also cried, not because she was moved by the words of the vicious stepmother, but because she saw her raise her hand and put it on Xiao Mingkai. She was afraid that the hand touching her head would suddenly slap her little brother.
"Mingfang, my child, I am sorry for you and Mingyang. Mingliang, when you first got married, you were so good to me. You were just a little girl, you didn't even care about eating, you were just thinking about whether I was hungry in the new room. When you brought me a bowl of rice, my hands were all red from being burned. I was not nice to you later, I really regret it. It is said that a girl is a mother's intimate little cotton-padded jacket. If there is another chance, I will definitely treat you with great care. Dad, take out the black cloth bag in the kang cabinet. Come on, there are fabrics in there that I saved for Mingfang. I was thinking of making her a new dress at the end of the year, but now I’m afraid I don’t have the chance.”
Shen Meng spoke intermittently, and it took a lot of effort. No one in the Lu family dared to interrupt her, for fear that Shen Fugui would blame them if she suddenly died. There were also Mingyang and several other children. Mingyang and Mingliang had grown up and had good memories. Even if Shen Meng was a
bad person, she was still Lu Zhenping’s wife. When he came back and knew how his wife died, how could he not be angry? Lu Mingfang was stunned, watching her grandfather take out a black cloth bag from the bad woman’s kang cabinet, and took out a piece of green peony cotton cloth from it and put it in her hand. Her heart seemed to be pierced by a needle, and it softened instantly.
Lu Mingyang, who was leaning against the door frame, snorted in his heart. This woman is really bad. She still wants to lie to others when she is about to die. She had clearly boasted to others before that she had a new piece of cloth and wanted to make cotton pants for herself. Now she said she gave it to Mingfang. She just wanted her brothers and sisters to remember her kindness. I am afraid that they are thinking about the first incense and paper money during the New Year and other festivals.
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