Seeing this, Lu Jianmin felt a little soft-hearted.
"Third brother, since mother knows she was wrong, let's forget about the past. Let's give her a chance, okay?"
When Lu Cheng heard Lu Jianmin say this, he frowned and was about to speak, but Lu Wei, who had just returned from playing outside, saw that the courtyard gate and the main room door of Lu Jianmin's house were wide open, so he rushed in.
As soon as he entered the room, he was attracted by the familiar and tempting sweet smell.
His eyes were fixed on the box of tempting egg cake on the table, and even a trace of saliva flowed from the corner of his mouth. He said loudly,
"Grandma, why did you give the egg cake you made to my second and third uncles without telling me, but not to me..."
Lu Wei's voice sounded aggrieved, and a bit coquettish.
Before he finished speaking, he didn't care about his muddy hands, and stretched out his hand impatiently and grabbed the egg cake directly.
When Liu Cuihua saw Lu Wei's actions, a trace of panic flashed across her face.
She rushed forward swiftly like a lit powder keg, and with a "bang", she knocked the egg cake out of Lu Wei's hand.
The originally intact egg cake instantly fell to the ground and was covered with dust. "Lu Wei, this is what grandma made for Uncle San, not for you."
Liu Cuihua's voice rose in pitch, with an unquestionable firmness.
Lu Wei was stunned by the sudden slap. After a few seconds, he curled his lips and his eyes were filled with tears. Then he cried out loudly: "No, I want to eat, grandma is partial..."
His cries echoed in the house, and the aggrieved feeling seemed to break through the roof.
While crying, he stomped his feet hard on the ground and waved his hands in the air, trying to reach the remaining egg cake in the box. He didn't look like a child over ten years old at all, but more like a mentally retarded child of three or four years old.
Liu Cuihua looked at Lu Wei's throwing tantrum, her brows twisted into the shape of a "川" character, and she became even more panicked. She was really afraid that Lu Cheng would not eat her egg cake.
This won't work, Gong Yunqiu said, as long as she finds a way to drug Lu Cheng and make him stupid, the Gong family will no longer recognize this son, and her position in the Gong family will be secure.
Liu Cuihua was so angry that she rushed over, grabbed Lu Wei's arm, and pulled him up from the ground, saying viciously: "You debt collector, you only know how to cry! This is your third uncle's favorite food when he was a child, how can you snatch it?..."
Her eyes were wide open, full of ferocity and impatience, and her look was completely different from when she admitted her mistake to Lu Wei just now.
Lu Wei was frightened by his grandmother's sudden and violent action. He stopped crying, but tears were still in his eyes. He looked at his grandmother in horror. He sobbed and said, "I... I just want to eat egg cake, grandma, why are you so fierce..."
Liu Cuihua ignored Lu Wei's grievances. She pushed Lu Wei hard to the side, and Lu Wei staggered and almost fell.
"Get out of the way, stop making trouble for me here!" Liu Cuihua yelled, and then she carefully pushed the egg cake on the table in front of Lu Cheng and said,
"San'er, I was wrong before. I shouldn't have treated you and your wife like that. I spent the whole morning making this egg cake. Please at least have a little and forgive me!"
Lu Jianmin watched his mother lowering her posture to seek peace with his third brother, and couldn't help but persuade Lu Cheng again, "Third brother, since mother knows her mistake, just eat a bite and forgive her!"
Wang Lijuan stood quietly by the side, not saying a word from beginning to end.
There was a bit of scrutiny in her eyes as she just looked at Liu Cuihua quietly. She exchanged a glance with Lin Yuexi, who also had a suspicious look on her face. The same thought came to both of them - they didn't believe that Liu Cuihua would be so kind at all.
Seeing that his grandmother was tough and determined not to let him eat the egg cake, Lu Wei's pent-up grievances suddenly burst out.
He first cried loudly at the top of his lungs, his voice full of resentment and anger. Seeing that no one paid attention to him, he turned around and rushed out the door.
He flashed by in the light and shadow at the door, feeling full of grievance and disappointment.
As Lu Wei ran out the door, the noise in the house stopped abruptly and became quiet in an instant.
The air seemed to have frozen, leaving only the ticking sound of the wall clock, which could be heard clearly over and over again.
Liu Cuihua stood there, looking a little unnatural, her eyes flickering, not daring to look directly at Wang Lijuan and Lin Yuexi.
Wang Lijuan sighed softly, breaking the silence. There was a hint of helplessness in her voice: "This child has been starving since my sister-in-law went to labor reform..."
Lin Yuexi nodded slightly and responded softly, but her eyes were still fixed on the box of egg cake on the table, as if she was trying to find the answer to Liu Cuihua's abnormal behavior from it.
But no one expected that at this confusing moment, something unexpected would happen.
A gray mouse suddenly emerged from the dark corner.
It was skinny and had messy, curly fur, and it looked like it was struggling to survive in these difficult times.
As soon as it appeared, the mouse raised its nose high and sniffed hard, instantly capturing the sweet scent of egg cake in the air.
Its green bean-sized eyes rolled around as it looked around vigilantly, only to see that the people in the house were all preoccupied with their own thoughts and their attention was not on it at all.
Taking advantage of the gap that no one was paying attention to, the mouse kicked its hind legs and shot to the cake on the ground like an arrow.
It opened its mouth impatiently, revealing its sharp teeth, and took a big bite of the cake. Its cheeks bulged rapidly as it gobbled the food up, apparently obsessed with this rare delicacy.
Wang Lijuan has always been a clean person and she pays great attention to the hygiene of her home.
Every day at dawn, she would pick up a broom and sweep every corner of the house spotlessly clean.
She wiped the furniture clean until it was shiny and arranged the items neatly. Logically, there shouldn't be dirty things like mice in the house.
But this was an era of extreme material scarcity. Every household lacked food and clothing, and there were very few things to eat.
This egg cake is carefully made with expensive ingredients, and its rich and mellow aroma makes it particularly tempting in those years of scarcity, luring the mice to risk being discovered and run out to steal a bite.
Who could have imagined that what happened next would make everyone speechless with shock.
The unfortunate mouse had just happily swallowed the last bite of egg cake, and before he had time to savor the rare sweetness, he suddenly began to tremble all over.
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