Chapter 638: One Drink, One Peck
"Your father is also a cruel person."
"Your mother has been married for many years and has devoted herself to the Li family. She usually does all the work at home and outside. She is more tired than your father."
"She also gave birth to children for the Li family and took care of them for many years. Right after she passed away, and before her body was even cold, she was already welcoming a new bride into the family." The most pitiful ones are the two children.
If there is a stepmother, there will be a stepfather.
"After Dong gave birth to Ruirui, she treated him like her own precious baby. She kept a very strict watch over him on weekdays."
"This woman is the same. She secretly went to her ex-husband's house to show off while the child was taking a nap. She showed off that she could give birth..."
"Who knew that the child woke up and went to the river to fish, and drowned..."
"Well, it's not anyone else's fault. Your stepmother was destined to have no children." The village chief sighed. If the matter had ended here, perhaps it wouldn't be so sad.
It's really fate that plays tricks on us.
"When the child fell into the water, the villagers heard the news and rushed out. It happened that your stepmother was returning home from the other side of the river, close to the child struggling in the water."
"Everyone on the shore called her for help..."
"Someone in the crowd was saying that the child looked like Guoguo, probably Guoguo... The woman looked and saw the child struggling in the water, floating up and down, so she couldn't see his face clearly, but he was about the same size as Guoguo and was wearing Guoguo's clothes. She left without looking back."
"The villagers cursed very hard at that time. A young man who was good at swimming immediately jumped in to save people. But he was delayed in swimming over from the other side of the river..."
When the child was fished out, his belly was swollen and his cheeks were pale. He had already drowned.
What’s even more surprising is that it was Ruirui who drowned.
Someone immediately ran to Li's house.
Dong returned home, opened the door and looked carefully. Her son was taking a nap under the quilt with his back to her and he hadn't woken up yet.
When I turned around, I heard someone shouting, "Li Fugui, Li Fugui, help come quickly, your son has drowned!"
Dong frowned, touched the camellia in her hair, and a hint of displeasure appeared on her face.
"Guoguo drowned, just let the villagers bury him. Why are you yelling? Don't wake Ruirui up from his nap!"
"A child who dies young will not be included in the ancestral tomb, so don't send him back."
The old lady who delivered the message slapped her thigh and shouted, "What Guoguo? It's Ruirui, Ruirui! Ruirui wore his brother's old clothes, went fishing in the river, and drowned in the river!"
"The one splashing in the water just now was your own son, Ruirui!"
"Go quickly!" The old lady's voice was a little shrill. Ruirui was sweet-spoken, and even though his mother, Mrs. Dong, was not likable, the villagers liked him.
"!" Dong jumped suddenly.
His brows suddenly frowned: "Why are you cursing my son? He is very well-behaved and is taking a nap at home." After saying that, he pushed open the door in a panic.
He suddenly threw back the quilt.
I saw a pillow inside the quilt.
Dong's whole body went limp, she wailed, and then she screamed and rushed to the river. I rushed over crying, and the crowd made way for me, only to find out...
The one with the bulging belly turned out to be her own son!
She knelt on the ground, holding her youngest son's body and slapping her cheeks again and again, leaving them bruised and swollen.
"Why did you go down to the river? Why did you wear his clothes? My son, my son..."
When the villagers found Li Fugui, Dong had already fainted from crying.
"Look, your family is holding a funeral for Ruirui. This woman, she mistakenly thought Guoguo died young and made a fuss that the son who died young could not be buried in the ancestral tomb. Now that her own son is dead, she will hang herself at the house of anyone who doesn't let Ruirui be buried in the ancestral tomb."
"It's infuriating and hateful." The villagers said in a few words, and Mai Feng fell silent for a while.
"Okay, I'll take you to relocate the grave. Your mother suffered all her life, but thanks to you, she can finally rest in peace in peace." The village chief personally took him to the back mountain.
The road in the village was difficult to travel on, so everyone got off the carriage and followed the village chief into the mountains.
Standing halfway up the mountain, Mai Feng stared in a daze at a small courtyard in the distance.
The place was brightly lit and with fires burning everywhere. Faint knocking sounds could be heard, as if someone was holding a funeral.
"Nini... don't you hate your brother?" Shanshan asked while lying on Zhuifeng's back.
Mai Feng lowered his head, and there seemed to be tears in the corners of his eyes, but it was not clear in the darkness.
He lowered his head and said in a muffled voice: "Although Dong's family can't tolerate me, Ruirui actually treats Guoguo and me well."
"He is still young and can't do much. But he always calls me brother in a baby voice and likes to follow me. I can't chase him away. During meals, he will secretly hide steamed buns in his arms. Even when his chest is burned red, he will still give them to me." Even though Mrs. Dong didn't allow Ruirui to contact him, Ruirui always helped him secretly.
This is why he never confronted Dong head-on.
He would rather take Guoguo away.
After he left home, he was worried about his dead mother and the person he missed the most was Ruirui.
Mai Feng lowered his head, his eyes were red under the moonlight.
It seemed as if the shoulders were trembling slightly.
At night, everyone burned Mai Feng's mother's coffin. Mai Feng walked forward and kowtowed twice, then went forward and put his mother's ashes into the sandalwood box.
"Do you want to go back and take a look? After you and Guoguo left, Ruirui has been looking for you in the village all day long."
"Ask everyone you meet if they have seen his brother."
"He is a good boy." The village chief was quite emotional.
"I want to burn a stick of incense for Ruirui." Mai Feng went down the mountain carrying his mother's urn.
When he was about to go down the mountain, passing by a stream, he picked up two handfuls of green grass and put them on the pile of earth under a big tree.
He took out another small carrot from his arms.
Mai Feng's eyes lit up: "When I was a kid, I went up the mountain to collect grass and encountered a pair of rabbits that fell into a trap. The rabbits were very small and their legs were broken by the trap."
"So I tied myself up with vines and stole them."
"But the rabbits were badly injured. My mother looked for some herbs but couldn't heal them."
"Later, my mother and I buried them under this tree to prevent their bodies from falling into the mouths of wild beasts. Every time I go up the mountain, I will pick some wild fruits here, hoping that they will not have to worry about food and drink in their next life." Mai Feng looked at the pile of earth reluctantly before leaving.
Zhuifeng glanced at him and said, "Not long after you returned, your mother became pregnant, right?"
Mai Feng was stunned: "Yes, what a coincidence, I got pregnant with my younger brother after I returned."
"And my younger brother also likes to eat wild fruits, so his nickname is Guoguo."
Zhuifeng nodded and hugged Shanshan without saying anything.
Shanshan leaned on his shoulder, thoughtfully.
After going down the mountain, a villager quickly came to inform Li Fugui, whose eyes were full of bloodshot.
Mrs. Dong stared at the small coffin blankly, her eyes were dazed, and the bruises on her cheeks have not subsided yet.
"Li Fugui, your son is back."
"Mai Feng is back, and he is following a noble man, and he has great fortune."
The shouting outside the house startled Li Fugui. Li Fugui seemed to have aged a lot overnight and walked out of the yard slowly.
Then he saw his eldest son dressed in gorgeous clothes not far away.
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