As he was talking, Meng Changshou walked in from outside, his hands tucked into his sleeves, hunched over, and said with a gloomy face, "You want to buy everything? How much money do you have? The doctor said you can have some porridge first. You can take this bowl and go to the hospital cafeteria to get a bowl of porridge. Jinniu and I can share it."

Meng Jinniu asked: "Sister, have you had breakfast?"

Meng Tao shook her head and said no, Meng Changshou then said: "Then the three of them can share a bowl of porridge, this bowl is quite big, each person can have a few sips to fill up."

Meng Tao: “…”

Who wants to share a bowl of porridge with an old man like you?

Seeing that Meng Tao didn't move, Meng Changshou urged her: "Why don't you go quickly? They will be done fighting soon, what are you going to eat?"

Meng Tao: "If you want to eat, go and eat it yourself. Why should I buy it for you?"

"You..." Meng Changshou choked and glared at Meng Tao angrily. All the money he brought was used to pay for medical expenses. If he had some money left, why would he have waited for her on an empty stomach?

Meng Jinniu did not speak for his grandfather. He could not move, so he could only look at the two of them with his eyes.

Meng Tao said to Meng Jinniu, "I'm going to go to the restaurant outside to have a bite to eat. I'll get you a bowl of porridge. Wait for me."

After saying that, he turned and left. Meng Changshou paused, then quickly followed him out.

Meng Jinniu: “…”

Would his grandfather scold Taohua again? Alas, it was all his fault that he was useless and made Taohua suffer.

Meng Changshou followed him to the door, and Meng Tao turned around and looked at him: "What are you going to do?"

Meng Changshou was annoyed: "What can I do? If you have money, buy me some steamed bread. I have to walk home later."

"You want to go home? Then who will take care of Brother Taurus?"

"You're not here?"

"It's not like I hurt him, and as a girl, it's not convenient for me to take care of him."

"Then I don't care. It's not my turn to serve him."

"What you said seems to make sense. It was your son Meng Laifu who injured Meng Jinniu. Meng Laifu was taken away by the police. As a father, shouldn't you take care of him for your son?"

Meng Changshou was speechless.

Meng Tao asked again: "Why didn't you stop Meng Jinniu when he was beaten?"

"I was in the yard and didn't know anything about them."

"You don't know, you are just used to seeing Meng Jinniu being beaten. Meng Jinniu is also your grandson and respects you so much, but you are so indifferent to him and let Geng Liuju abuse and beat him to death. You are really not worthy of being a grandfather!"

Meng Changshou stared at Meng Tao fiercely: "You lousy girl, if you keep talking nonsense, I..."

"What do you want? What do you dare to do? I'm a shabby girl, and you're a shabby old man! It's so ugly, don't follow me!"

"I have something to tell you. There are too many people in the ward. It's not convenient."

"I have nothing to say to you!"

A gust of cold wind blew, and Meng Changshou's patched cotton jacket could not resist it. He shrank his neck, tightened his sleeves, and the fierceness on his face subsided a little: "This is a big deal, just listen to it for your grandfather."

When Grandpa Meng was mentioned, Meng Tao fell silent. She really wanted to hear what Meng Changshou had to say, so she led the way into the restaurant, found a table for Meng Changshou to sit at first, and went to the glass cabinet to buy food. She ordered two bowls of steaming soy milk and six big meat buns, and asked the waiter to make a bowl of meat porridge, which she would bring to Meng Jinniu later. Meng Jinniu had an external injury, not an illness, so he could eat some meat porridge, otherwise it would be difficult to recover without nutrition.

Meng Changshou felt so distressed when he saw Meng Tao spending so much money just for breakfast.

After eating half a bowl of hot bean juice and two meat buns, Meng Changshou felt warm and asked Meng Tao, "How much money did your grandfather leave for you?"

Meng Tao: "Didn't you come when my grandfather passed away? He didn't leave any money. But the son-in-law my grandfather helped me recruit cost several hundred yuan, and when we broke off the engagement, I asked them to pay me back."

"How many hundreds is that?"

"Don't ask. I won't tell you even if you ask. That's the money I need to start a family."

"You're just spending the money for a family like this? Where are you going to find it again after it's all gone?"

Meng Changshou was so angry that he picked up the bowl and drank the dry bean juice in one gulp. He also ate a meat bun, wiped his mouth and said, "I can't control you, and I'm too lazy to control you. But seeing your disrespectful behavior, I'm afraid my brother's incense can't rely on you in the future. Since you dreamed that Changshuan said he liked Jinniu, I will adopt Jinniu to Changshuan and let Jinniu settle in Linshui Village to fulfill his third grandfather's wish."

After Meng Changshou finished speaking, tears welled up in his eyes, perhaps because of the heat or because he was so moved by himself.

Meng Tao looked at Meng Changshou and snorted in her heart. She started trying to dig a hole last night, and this old guy really jumped into it.

No matter whether he did it for Meng Changshuan or Meng Jinniu, he at least has some conscience.

Geng Liuju must definitely keep a hardworking and capable laborer like Meng Jinniu in his hands. Meng Changshou naturally couldn't bear to let her go. After making this decision, he probably couldn't sleep last night.

He believed what Meng Tao said. He dreamed that Meng Changshuan said he liked Meng Jinniu. He thought, what's wrong with giving his brother a grandson to inherit the family line? On the other hand, Meng Jinniu was beaten almost to death this time, which may have moved his sympathy. Moreover, such a big incident has alarmed the police, which is considered a family scandal. People will talk about it for a long time. The old Meng family will be disgraced in the village in the future.

According to Meng Changshou's character in the novel, he was afraid that his wife had no ability, but she was very concerned about her face and attached great importance to the "family tradition" and "reputation" of his Meng family, so he let go easily and let Meng Jinniu leave Liuzhuang.

Meng Tao had wanted to plan slowly and find an opportunity to help Meng Jinniu escape from the old Meng family, but she didn't expect that as time went by, Meng Jinniu was almost beaten to death, which also scared her.

I rushed to Liuzhuang yesterday and started to take things one step at a time. I also made up a few words to trick Meng Changshou. Today I heard Meng Changshou ask Meng Jinniu to settle down in Linshui Village. This result was unexpectedly smooth. It may also be because this step was destined to happen in Meng Jinniu's life, but it happened earlier.

Meng Tao pretended to be disgusted and said, "That was just a dream, it can't be true. Why didn't you give him a grandson when my grandfather was alive? Why did you give him a grandson after he passed away? I don't understand this, don't tell me."

Meng Changshou glared, "How can a dream not be true? That was the dream your grandfather gave you! You don't understand, I will teach you now, you should understand! Why do people have to give birth to sons and grandsons? It's because you girls are useless! Look, I found a good son-in-law for you, but you can't keep him, how can you support the family? Why are you worried even after your grandfather died? If you had a brother by your side, who would dare to bully you like this?

When your grandfather was still alive, it wasn't that I didn't want to give him a grandson. You were still young at that time, and I gave him the second child, but he didn't want it! "

"Why doesn't he want it? Because you and Geng Liuju asked him to abandon me first! My grandfather is not as heartless and ungrateful as you. He can't raise someone else's grandson and abandon his own granddaughter!" Meng Tao said.

Meng Changshou snorted and ignored her, continuing his story: "Your grandfather also liked Little Sanwa before. He only shared the candies he bought for you with Little Sanwa, so he asked for Golden Bull in your dream... It's settled! I'll go back today and find someone to do it. Write a written agreement, and then we'll all sign it. From now on, Golden Bull will be under your grandfather's name, and he will be your brother, Meng Taohua!"

Meng Tao curled her lips and said, "How rare! My grandfather hasn't even asked you for a share of the ancestral house, and you've sent the golden bull over first, and want to share my courtyard house. Do you want to kick me out? You have to ask our Linshui Village Brigade whether they agree or not!"

Meng Changshou was so angry that his mouth trembled: "Who wants to drive you away? According to your grandfather's idea, if you have a brother to rely on, no one will dare to bully you! You two will live in the same small courtyard. In the future, you will each start your own family. When you have more children, you need to separate. Whoever moves out first can just give some money to the other one, right?"

"Then you should give Meng Jinniu some money now that he has been sent to Linshui Village to settle down."

"He went to Linshui Village, so he is no longer my grandson. Should I give him money? No! Not a cent!"

Meng Tao: “…”

He is also a miser, and an old man who has never been disciplined! In the end, Meng Tao was "semi-forced" to accept that Meng Jinniu became Meng Changshuan's grandson and her brother.

An old man and a young boy brought the meat porridge back to the ward and fed it to Meng Jinniu. Then Meng Changshou told him about this. Meng Jinniu was stunned and looked at Meng Changshou in disbelief, then at Meng Tao. Meng Tao was standing behind Meng Changshou and nodded at him.

Meng Jinniu's eyes were filled with surprise and joy, and he stammered, "I will definitely work hard in the future! Be the dear grandson of my third grandfather and take good care of my sister!"

He had never thought of leaving Liuzhuang and the old Meng family, even though that family had never given him warmth and, on the contrary, had gone through many hardships. After all, it was where he grew up and he still had some feelings for it. But after experiencing this life-and-death crisis, he was completely disappointed with that family and those so-called "relatives" and had no regrets about leaving them.

What made him happiest was that Taohua sister was willing to accept him to settle in Linshui Village.

This was considered a happy event. Although it was not easy to show it to Meng Changshou, Meng Tao and Meng Jinniu were both very happy.

Meng Changshou said in a very disappointing way: "Since Jinniu is Taohua's biological brother, then the medical expenses should be paid by you, Taohua. I paid fifty yuan yesterday. Here is the receipt. Please return the money to me!"

Meng Jinniu was embarrassed and anxious after hearing this. Meng Tao directly said to Meng Changshou: "You wish! It was your son who injured Brother Jinniu, and I haven't asked your family for compensation for lost wages, nutrition fees, etc."

"That's Taurus's father!"

"Everyone is equal before the law. I deliberately hurt my son, but I still have to pay compensation! I will fight this lawsuit with you and see who wins!"

Meng Changshou: “…”

Meng Changshou was very unwilling to not get the fifty yuan. He muttered a few words and then got up to go home.

Meng Tao could have given him 80 cents for the bus fare, but she was so angry at his shameless request for medical expenses that she should have just not chased him for money for two meals. How could she be willing to pay for the bus fare?

(End of this chapter)